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Trump is intending to turn the tariffs into a sales tax to replace the income tax. This place a monumental amount of the tax load on poor and middle class Americans. The tariffs do not show up on your receipts or your tax return, but it is a huge economic burden nonetheless. If the republicans manage to make a case for getting rid of the income tax, it will be very difficult to reestablish it.

We cannot allow republicans to control the narrative on this. We need to stop talking about tariffs and taxes like they're two separate things. TARIFFS = TAXES. Repeat this over and over again on all media platforms.

Originally Posted By u/BeneficialNatural610 At 2025-04-27 02:04:23 PM | Source

Hey, y’all. I’ve been working a lot to try and stay more informed but it has been getting increasingly difficult to find any reliable information. I’ve been using sources from here and their links, scrolling through and reading various news articles, along with fact checking social media posts that I see (such as reading proposed/passed bills, reading news coverage, etc).

But even with that I realised just how little I knew when I was at 4/19 and how little I could find aside from local coverage and such (which is even more difficult to do considering I’m from a small middle of nowhere town). I’m aware that I can’t know everything at anytime all at once since it’s just one thing after the other, but even with topics I felt like I was more informed on, such as trans rights, I just didn’t know a lot.

I feel like I need to know more and know more about what I can do since I won’t be able to attended May 1st since I will be in school (I’m 17) and they’ve already gotten upset with me and threatened legal action against me over missing a couple classes along with testing starting. I just want to know how I can learn more and be more informed, especially since I’ve started deleting a lot of my social media.

And on a side note, I don’t know how to properly mange how much I should be informing myself/managing the information I learn since I often end up doing so and leading myself to spiralling and such.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted By u/TwoCrowsForMirth At 2025-04-27 11:40:14 AM | Source

To the American resistance: we are all in this together! Whoever is not against us is for us. Anyone who wants to stand with us in the cause for freedom, defense of the Constitution, and protection of human rights is welcome.

We do not say, "we stand for freedom, but not freedom for LGBTQ people."

We do not say, "we stand for freedom, but not freedom for immigrants."

We do not say, "we stand for freedom, but not freedom for Black Americans and people of color."

We do not say, "we stand for freedom, but not freedom for Palestine."

We do not say, "we stand for freedom, but not freedom for Ukraine."

We do not say, "we stand for freedom, but not freedom for the disabled and the neurodivergent."

We do not say, "we stand for freedom, but not freedom for the cash poor and the working class."

We stand for freedom. Period. Freedom from executive overreach. Freedom as defined by the Bill of Rights. Freedom to enjoy the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

We stand together. We rise together, motivated by love, convinced that all are created equal, and committed to the idea of liberty and justice for all.

Whatever cause you want to bring to a the protest, whatever flag you want to fly, as long as it aligns with the cause of freedom, I say: do it. I stand with you. Our liberation is bound together.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail

We are all in this together.

In solidarity, friends. ✊

Originally Posted By u/Primary-Weakness8728 At 2025-04-27 11:43:20 AM | Source

Join the Discord and vote on the next national day of action in June! Head to the server-announcements channel to find the poll.

Discord link: https://discord.com/invite/50501

Originally Posted By u/ForcedCreator At 2025-04-27 02:23:49 PM | Source

https://abc7ny.com/amp/post/us-politics-house-minority-leader-hakeem-jeffries-ny-nj-sen-cory-booker-begin-livestreamed-sit-protest-capitol-steps/16260342/

Originally Posted By u/Competitive_Ad291 At 2025-04-27 10:30:09 AM | Source

We protest every 2nd and 4th Saturday!

Originally Posted By u/ericat713 At 2025-04-27 10:21:45 AM | Source

Originally Posted By u/NewDiamondBox_ At 2025-04-27 12:36:22 PM | Source

Level 4 - Super Hard - But Absolutely Necessary

It will take courage, but we must protect our neighbors. Things will only get worse if we go not stop it now.

For those who have while privilege, weaponize it.

• If you see someone getting arrested by ICE and you are alone:

  • Videotape it - it will protect you and document the truth.
    • Even better if you livestream it or it automatically gets uploaded to the cloud so it can't be deleted without your permission.
  • Ask the officer:
    • Their name
    • Their badge number
    • For a warrant
    • (They are legally required to identify themselves)
  • Ask detainees
    • Their name with spelling
    • Their date of birth
    • A phone number for a person to contact.
  • Narrate the date, time, and location.
  • Help translate a warrant if required. You can use online translation tools.
  • Get the vehicle and license plate number on camera.

• If there are people around:

  • Yell for them to help. Sometimes people just need to be spurred into action.
  • One person can get the information from the officer and one from the detainee(s). More people can record from different angles.

Either way, if the officer is in plainclothes and does not provide sufficient evidence that they are ICE or other law enforcement agent, it could 100% be a kidnapping. You can scream that someone is being abducted and call 911 if your are in a state or city that will not cooperate with ICE.

• It is legal to shout or use a bullhorn to warn others. This is covered under the first amendment. Just make sure not to use "fighting words".
  • Even though it is legal, it is risky. Do not aim your warning towards a single person. Better just to announce the presence of the officer.
• Write down phrases in different languages.
  • For example, la migra is term for immigration enforcement and border patrol officials in Spanish.

Level 2 - Medium

• Join the ACLU as a volunteer.

  • They have opportunities to call and text for different civil rights violations. Recently, there have opportunities have been related to the violation of immigrant rights.

• Volunteer for the United We Dream MigraWatch Hotline

  • Volunteers are need to answer answer calls and provide guidance for people calling the hotline.

• Start a list of local pro-bono immigration lawyers that are willing and ready to provide services for people being detained.

Level 1.5 - Not as Easy

• Print and distribute Red Cards from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center
  • One one side is a statement invoking the 4th and 5th amendments in English. On the other side are rights in a language other than English.
  • There are cards in 19 different languages.
• Print and distribute Know Your Rights Cards from the ACLU for if ICE shows up.
• Post Know Your Rights flyers as well from the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Level 1 - Easy

• If you witness a person having been taken by ICE, immediately report it to

  • Stop Ice
  • The appropriate link at the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.
  • United We Dream Migrawatch Hotline: 1-844-363-1423

• Send & Receive alerts about ICE raids and activity in your area.

Level 0.5 - Super Easy

• Get the word out: Tell your friends, share on social media.

Extra

• If you are an immigrant (or any non-white, non-conforming person) consider getting a video doorbell like Ring.
• See if someone has been detained. (You will need their Country of birth AND “A number” OR Country of birth, first name, last name, and date of birth)
• NYC Gov guide on what to do if a friend or loved one is detained.
• Know your rights resources (I'll lay these out in a later post)
  • https://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/know-your-rights-with-ice/
  • https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/services/immigration-know-your-rights
• The Immigrant Defense Project's Defend Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests

Learn more and see more ways to resist: https://whatyoucandonow.org/defend-against-ice-the-new-gestapo/

Originally Posted By u/LoroBlonyo At 2025-04-27 09:15:54 AM | Source

Originally Posted By u/Manitoba-Chinook At 2025-04-27 09:38:17 AM | Source

Here is a link to it happening right now: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16TeCa5RDb/.

If you are in or near Washington DC, please join the sit-in if you can!

Originally Posted By u/peacelovearizona At 2025-04-27 10:31:02 AM | Source

Cory Booker just said "everyone is welcome to join us at the Capitol" and to DM questions if you can't get there in person. I don't know the exact time stamp he said that, but it was within the last 10 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/live/5ceR90lihX8

Originally Posted By u/Bassoon55 At 2025-04-27 09:13:58 AM | Source

Originally Posted By u/Naive_Sleep_6873 At 2025-04-27 10:16:21 AM | Source

It's working, guys. Americans are soundly rebuking Trump's handling of...well just about everything.

If you need a little motivation, you have to watch these 2 recent videos from Maddow:

Trump's second term already falling apart less than 100 days in, polls show

And this one, about how the mass public resistance is successfully forcing him to reverse a bunch of major decisions, including: Reversing cancelations of thousands of student visas. Reversing the firing of FDA food safety workers. Walking back RFK's "autism registry" where he wanted to track a bunch of private medical data for a population he has zero understanding of. Restoring the Crime Victims Hotline. Resuming non-English translations for the National Weather Service. Restoring funding for the most successful long-running study of women's health in history.

Protests broke out immediately over the WI judge arrested for "obstructing" an ICE arrest and she was quickly released, prompting the governor to officially limit cooperation with ICE from state employees. Trump is drowning in lawsuits over small businesses and state economies hurt by tariffs. Lawsuits from schools and research institutes over funding cuts. SCOTUS is not greenlighting his witch-hunts, and his DOJ is not going to avoid a contempt charge over the Abrego Garcia case.

100 days in, and he's absolutely lost the public. An increasingly united refusal to comply from every level of government and civil society will absolutely be the end of his wannabe-dictator reign. In fact, it appears to work much better than capitulating in fear, and a new ad campaign is resolved to make that clear.

Do not break stride. Keep showing up. Keep refusing to accept any of his blatantly corrupt actions as legitimate. Keep demanding the attention of the media, lawmakers, and the public. It's working, the tides are turning, because we've kept showing up, speaking out, and refusing to give in.

We're witnessing the last tantrums of a doomspiraling administration. The delayed effects of this tariff war will become visible on the shelves within the next 2-3weeks, and the trucking industry is going to take a hit with the 30% drop in cargo too. It'll suck but it will also make it impossible for Republicans in Congress to keep defending him...

Impeachment is imminent.

Let nothing slow this movement down, flow around the twists and turns like water and keep moving forward. Trump's regime is too incompetent and reckless to hold itself together in the face of united resistance.

Originally Posted By u/lappelduvide24 At 2025-04-27 07:37:42 AM | Source

I know there is a lot of things going on inside 50501 and the groups that can be extremely frustrating, but I want all the organizers to know that you are seen and appreciated deeply.

It's extremely mentally taxing to run these events, especially with a shortage of volenteers. The work that you all have done, even between jobs, caregiving, household chores and (hopefully) self-care, is incredible and inspiring.

I don't think a lot of people realize how much work, and sometimes money, it takes to put on these events, especially for the larger groups.

You ARE making a difference. Don't forget to look back at the photos and videos taken at your events and say, "I did that. I made that happen." between your work and reading online remarks.

I highly highly encourage anyone who is frustrated with how certain things are run, to PLEASE join your local group and kindly share your ideas. They are likely struggling under the work load and, from what I have seen, are very open minded to new ideas.

Most of all, though, thank you organizers. Truly. You have sparked people to realize that they have power, and sparked communities to get together to do great things. Take care of yourselves and remember... you are, right now, a key player in history. ✊🏻

Originally Posted By u/UnderOurThumb At 2025-04-27 05:09:34 AM | Source

For fucks sake, trump wearing a blue suit to a funeral gets more media attention than all the horrible shit he’s done and still doing this week. Let’s focus on the Supreme Court and their sitting on their hands instead of having him taken out of office by whatever and all means possible.

Originally Posted By u/Panelpro40 At 2025-04-27 08:31:36 AM | Source

Around 2014, the United Kingdom was one of the best places to be transgender. There were great protections, healthcare was readily available (although with long wait lists through the NHS), and in general, transgender people could live a pretty normal life. This is relative to the time of course as other countries had not progressed as much on transgender matters.

In the span of a decade, the U.K. has gone from this to having some of the most regressive transgender policies in the western world. The U.K. embraced the largely pseudo scientific Cass Review which literally claimed that transgender people can not possibly be happy and must be lying about their own happiness, which of course means that transgender healthcare is bad.

During the same span of time, Germany and France created their own transgender healthcare policies which are among the most inclusive of any country and directly call out the Cass Report as unscientific.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-german-swiss-and-austria-guidelines?triedRedirect=true

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-french-guidelines-recommend-trans?triedRedirect=true

Yale University also created its own critique of the Cass Review.

https://law.yale.edu/sites/default/files/documents/integrity-project_cass-response.pdf

Despite this, news agencies such as the New York Times, BBC, The Guardian, The Economist, The Atlantic, Telegraph UK, and many more took the Cass Review as gospel and began writing progressively harsher anti trans articles.

NYT in particular was cited in many of the worst anti transgender laws in the country and their false narrative has literally caused transgender youth to committ suicide out of hopelessness.

https://www.them.us/story/66-percent-new-york-times-stories-trans-issues-failed-quote-trans-person

In the U.k., the conservative government completely banned puberty blockers for transgender youth. Then the Labour Party refused to repeal that law and became progressively more transphobic throughout their time as the ruling party.

Fast forward to last week and the U.K. Supreme Court ruled that transgender women are men, do not qualify for protections reserved for women, and cannot even legal call themselves lesbians if they are in a relationship with another transgender woman or a cisgender woman. Transgender women must use the men's restroom. Transgender men are expected to use the women's restroom. However they have a clause that if a trans man's appearance could cause alarm in the women's restroom, he also could be kicked out of there.

These kind of policies are downright sadistic. Ironically, as an American citizen from a trans friendly state, I have more rights in the U.K. as a visitor. Since my birth certificate says female, the U.K. wouldn't readily have a way of knowing that I'm transgender. The Labour Party has expressed support for this ruling and truly has completely thrown transgender people under the bus.

We will not let the United States go the same direction. I will not let my right to exist be the heavy object the democrats throw out of their sinking ship. We don't owe that to you. We don't owe that to the stock market or whatever other dumb status quo bullshit you long for. If someone can look at this chaos going on and decide that trans kids playing sports is worse than pure fascism, they were never going to vote for a democrat in the first place. No one has rights until everyone does.

Note: apologies for typos. I literally wrote this wearing rubber gloves.

Originally Posted By u/Accomplished-Unit343 At 2025-04-27 03:25:28 AM | Source

There're constant language games. "Lefties." They do it because it works.

I no longer say MAGA. I say the whole name, every time.

"MAGA Nazis." Every single time.

After the first two minutes they stop bickering.

After ten minutes of otherwise reasonable discussion, it sticks in their craw, and they repeat it too.

I don't say this about republicans. I want them to feel like choosing to be a republican, and not a MAGA, means they're different. I want to drive a wedge in their heart between their old self identity and being part of (gestures widely) this.

Is it different? No. But I want them to feel like they can be not a part of this without admitting it.

We can work on admitting it next year. Baby steps.

Fuck those MAGA Nazis. You? You're just an innocent republican caught in the crossfire, poor dear. You didn't vote for this. There, there. You're still an American.

Now prove it and pick up a shovel.

You're not a MAGA Nazi, right?

... right?

It works. Give them an out.

Originally Posted By u/StoneCypher At 2025-04-27 08:17:48 AM | Source

Originally Posted By u/alicedean At 2025-04-26 10:57:00 PM | Source

Hi friends! This is just a suggested schedule - the sooner people can plan on attending, the better turnout we can have! I've been looking for the location where we vote on the schedule, but can't find it anywhere. Trying to get a bit of traction in helping everyone plan ahead and keep moving forward :)

Originally Posted By u/Crime_Panda At 2025-04-26 09:58:29 PM | Source

Come out and join us 😁 I am looking for any fellow handmaids who would like to join me and march together. Message me so we can coordinate

Originally Posted By u/hiya555 At 2025-04-26 10:20:52 PM | Source

r/TheDisappeared

Originally Posted By u/Resist_20 At 2025-04-26 09:40:13 PM | Source

Originally Posted By u/Manitoba-Chinook At 2025-04-26 06:59:18 PM | Source

Tell a friend! Tell 10 friends! See you there!

Originally Posted By u/believetobe At 2025-04-26 07:48:05 PM | Source

We have been fighting tirelessly to have rights and have been attacked by the Trump administration over and over. Are we not important enough? We lived in a democracy that still tried to outlaw our existence. Do y'all care if we're allowed to exist within the next government that takes charge? You complain when we advocate for our brothers and sisters at protests. For the younger generations of us trying to fight for their right for freedom. Because we're not popular with democrats who have abandoned us. Because we're too hard to stomach for some of y'all. Are we not good enough to y'all? Do you actually want us to thrive or do you just want our support so you can start a new government without bothering to give us rights? I am all for stopping Trump, but can we stop pretending that we aren't hated by tons of people and treated poorly and made to feel suicidal everyday because of what is being done? Just be honest if you want us in the movement or not. I'm done acting like it's okay to debate our existence. Tell me now if we have the support or if we need to protect our own.

Originally Posted By u/christermaxinework At 2025-04-26 11:32:34 PM | Source