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Is the protest interest as high for the 19th as the one on the fifth? (Original Post) JMCKUSICK Apr 2025 OP
I think the message is-- blubunyip Apr 2025 #1
Agreed. I would love to start going to these JMCKUSICK Apr 2025 #3
This is not bdamomma Apr 2025 #2
Correct. I want to start showing up JMCKUSICK Apr 2025 #4
Locally is bdamomma Apr 2025 #5
Right blubunyip Apr 2025 #8
I won't be here. I will be on a plane to Copenhagen. sinkingfeeling Apr 2025 #6
I'm jealous JMCKUSICK Apr 2025 #7

blubunyip

(267 posts)
1. I think the message is--
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 05:12 PM
Apr 2025

stay tuned and go local (if you can't get to DC). The day before Easter might be hard for some. But the idea is to keep it going.

50501 is behind it. Non-partisan. For anyone who wants a government that works for the people and is disgusted with what we are witnessing. Americans have a tendency to put up with too much.

bdamomma

(69,176 posts)
2. This is not
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 05:16 PM
Apr 2025

going to be a one and done. We all need to be persistent to the end. Protests are not going to end with American citizens losing rights.

blubunyip

(267 posts)
8. Right
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 08:51 AM
Apr 2025

Locally is really important. Their nasty tentacles have reached into every pocket of the country. It actually feels like another creeping pandemic in many ways, very triggering. Which the perpetrators are just fine with. Everybody should have a way to respond locally.

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