Originally Posted By u/bigrobb26 At 2025-03-18 01:12:25 PM | Source

Behind the scenes, I've been facing some threats suggesting there are some who want to stop the 50501 movement by stopping me.

To be honest, it makes me a bit anxious, and I’ve lost some sleep over it.

Yet, I'm certain that I could shout this message from the rooftops, take out full-page ads in newspapers, and create viral videos pleading, "PLEASE STOP PROTESTING!"

And still, the PROTESTS WOULD GO ON!

I could plead with people to stop protesting. I could even yell it in frustration, and get friends to join me in this plea!

And the PROTESTS WOULD STILL GO ON!

I could warn people that Donald Trump is displeased with me, that Elon Musk is searching for me, that my well-being is at stake for starting this movement!

And yet, the PROTESTS WOULD GO ON!

The essence of 50501 has taken hold. It’s an idea that unites people without a single leader or group at the helm. It’s the belief that we are all leaders, capable of HOLDING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE!

For anyone who thinks I’m leading this movement, I’d love to hear how you think I could stop it. Because I’m absolutely convinced that I couldn’t! And honestly, I’m not sure I would, even if I could.

Because the PROTESTS MUST CONTINUE!

People have discovered community. They’ve found strength in their voices. They’ve rekindled hope in America, something so many had lost after the election.

So the PROTESTS WILL GO ON!

When an idea unites not just our country, but the world, it cannot be extinguished, especially not by me! Starting a fire requires just a spark, but it takes tremendous effort to put it out.

The IDEA that we have power together is that spark. The IDEA that we are ALL leaders in the fight for what’s right is the FLAME. Knowing that we are ALL 50501 is the FIRE THAT CAN’T BE EXTINGUISHED!

The IDEA ensures that the PROTESTS WILL GO ON!

With me or without me, by its very nature. No matter what I do, I am no more powerful in this movement than anyone else. Like a candle that ignites others, who then go on to light even more. My flame is just one among many now. I’m powerless to halt this movement, and that’s what makes it so beautiful! SO POWERFUL!

Even if I’m silenced, it wouldn't matter because there are hundreds of thousands of others with the same voice, ready to inspire, lead, and hold those in power accountable!

If I’m silenced, the next protest is still planned. If I’m silenced, the movement will continue to grow without me!

And that’s the true strength of this movement. Leaderless, yet driven by an IDEA. Leaderless, but FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE LEADERS!

And because of that, the PROTESTS WILL GO ON!

With or without me.

I’ve come to realize I’D RATHER LOSE SLEEP AT NIGHT FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING than to lie awake at night regretting not doing anything.

We ALL HOLD THAT FLAME to make sure the FIRE THAT IS 50501 continues to BURN!

WE ARE ALL 50501!

Thank you, every single one of you! BECAUSE OF YOU, we are 208,000 STRONG! AND WE CANNOT BE STOPPED!

LET THE PROTESTS GO ON!!!!

Stand Up for Science 2025 did not disappoint! Thank you to the organizers for a day full of inspiring, hopeful messages. ❤️🇺🇸

Still time show up if you're in DC! There is ASL interpretation as well.

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We need a new PROGRESSIVE party. Not democrats. A new party for progressives! There is a difference! We need to stop moving backward in time! I fear the Democratic Party is not progressive enough anymore! It’s 2025 ! We should NOT still be having trans, gay and abortion rights argued. Our minimum wage should be way higher. Healthcare should be way cheaper. These shouldn’t even be debates!! Free the people of America already!! We need progress!! No more stone age watered down crap!!! And we need Sanders type leadership and we need it now. This is a call to action!! I believe we should make this our end goal of 50501. Remove, reverse, reclaim. Well y’all this is what the RECLAIM part would look like. Power to the People! ✊🏽💯💙🇺🇸

Edit: Many of you seem excited and like you could get behind this. My thought process of how we could make this happen is by getting 50501 leadership behind this idea. Then we launch the idea on all platforms as the RECLAIM goal. Then we petition AOC, Crockett and Sanders to be our new leadership. It’s a large task but The movement as it stands is lacking a current long term end goal for sustained change.

Second edit: For a quicker short term goal. We can get behind the most progressive candidates we currently have and rally our full support behind them for the next elections. This begs the question Who do we want to put our support behind? Can we the 50501 movement unify on this matter? And are we comfortable displaying support for candidate(s) on public platforms? I may make a secondary post in regards to this.

Third edit: it doesn’t have to be a progressive party. I can be independent/a workers party/ the people’s party etc etc. something more unifying but new and with an untarnished image.

Final edit: this could be a potentially bad idea as some people have pointed out due to split votes and the current voting system. Idk though. Could be great. But an Avenue for now though is just rallying behind current candidates we love for the primaries and also putting massive support behind Kamala for the 2028 election. 💙💙💙 thanks for participating in the conversation and I hope this is the start of many more helpful conversations like this that lead to real change and action. 💙💙🇺🇸✊🏽💯💯

https://www.reddit.com/r/Global/_News/_Hub/comments/1j51ws6/rep/_al/_greens/_response/_to/_a/_congressman/_saying/

Watch "Sen. Chris Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History" on YouTube https://youtu.be/hycoCYenXls

Hold them accountable guys!!

Yesterday, the "No Invading Allies Act" was introduced in the House of Representatives by Seth Magaziner (D-RI):

• H.R.1936 - To prohibit funds for the Armed Forces to engage in operations to invade or seize territory from Canada, the Republic of Panama, or the self-governing territory of Greenland.

The "No Invading Allies Act" has been cosponsored by Norton (D-DC), McIver (D-NJ), Thanedar (D-MI), Boyle (D-PA), Evans (D-PA), Titus (D-NV), Swalwell (D-CA), Jayapal (D-WA).

**Edited to add some resources I have found: https://www.reddit.com/r/WaybackMachine/comments/v6yafe/how/_to/_archive/_an/_entire/_website/?utm%5C_source=share&utm%5C_medium=web3x&utm%5C_name=web3xcss&utm%5C_term=1&utm%5C_content=share%5C_button

I've tried to contact Archive-It and I'm getting an error.

Original Post: In order to comply with the DEI purge, the Pentagon created a database of historical images to purge using the CTRL+F function, (CTRL+F "gay", then delete = deletion of photos of the Enola Gay.) This information is out there.

Here is the database of 26,000 images. Some have already been purged. I'm not the most technical person but if we can save these images along with their captions and the credit to the photographers I think we would be doing a great service to our ancestors who broke barriers and our descendants who need to understand what happened here.

I've been saving the images and copy/pasting information under Comments in Details in Properties. There are surely better ways. What say you Protectors of the Free World?

https://apnews.com/article/dei-purge-images-pentagon-diversity-women-black-8efcfaec909954f4a24bad0d49c78074

They’re slashing staff, crushing unions, and selling out the VA—for what? So billionaires can make more money while Veterans sit on a waitlist. Or worse, get no treatment.”

“We served this country. We know how to take the fight to them. And we know how to win.”

What everybody misses and mass media isn’t talking about: America doesn’t have until 2026 to be saved. #1 DODGE scandals are a distraction for him and top 1% to privatize America, including public infrastructure, treasury, gold reserves etc. This isn’t always a traditional privatization, so might be harder to detect, aka what they can’t sell on paper, they are “leasing”, or getting control of via Sovereign Wealth Fund or even will digitize (e.g things like gold reserves). Behind the scenes some of these privatizations already complete or in progress, others are in the planning stage, like SWF creation. It’s a matter of a couple of months, not years. #2 US has the best consumer market in the world and accounts for 50-80% of the Americas largest corporations. We are their cash cows 🐄 💰💵 #3 Musk (and top 1%) doesn’t want to be just the richest man in the world he wants to be the “king of the world” and establish 1 global government. Did you really think he is tweeting about Democracy in Ireland and Europe, because he has nothing else to do?! #4 The top 1% haven’t been paying their share of taxes since 1970’s - we workers pay 85-90% of annual federal revenue, and corporations only 9%. Our taxes make them richer, while we’re getting poorer. #5 Protests are useless, we need to step up our game - think boycotts, etc

I am a veteran of the Iraq War. After retiring from military service, I worked at the VA, where I put in a lot of hard work and built strong relationships with my colleagues. However, last week, I was told by personnel management that I was being fired. I was completely shocked, as I had done nothing wrong.

I had supported Trump in the past, but after he took office, I began to notice that many of his policies seemed to target individuals like me—supporters who found themselves laid off. Now, I’m in a difficult situation. I have two children to support, and I don’t even know how to explain this to my wife. It feels unjust, and I’m unsure where to turn next.

I recently saw a post on X about a march on Washington for veterans on March 14. I’m considering joining, as it seems like a way to stand up for those of us who feel unheard.

https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/03/06/michigan-republican-congressman-would-prefer-it-if-people-stopped-calling-his-office/

Reddit recently updated it's moderation policy regarding "violent content". It could be innocuous, it's too early to tell for sure. However, if it becomes clear that censorship is occurring, it may be prudent to migrate to another platform, such as Bluesky.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditSafety/comments/1j4cd53/warning/_users/_that/_upvote/_violent/_content/

I have researched a way we may be able to help our country. I have called State Representative office, US Senators office, and Governor office. I was finally told to call my states Attorney General office.

The United States no longer has an Attorney General office. BUT, ourr individual States do. State's AG is required to Uphold our Constitution, and our nations laws. Currently the Attorney General in each of these States have joined New Mexico in filing New Jersey, Massachusetts, California, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Michigan, Colorado, Delaware, Nevada, Hawai’i, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, Vermont, Wisconsin and North Carolina, along with the District of Columbia and the City of San Francisco.

This law suit was filed inorder to halt the President’s unconstitutional action, which threatens the rights of hundreds of thousands of American children, Attorney General Torrez has joined a coalition of states in filing a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The lawsuit seeks to invalidate the executive order and block any actions to enforce it. The states are requesting immediate relief through a Temporary Restraining Order and a Preliminary Injunction to prevent the order from taking effect.

I talked with one of our State's Attorney General office about removing "Bad Actors" from the US House of Representatives. I was told that each state's Attorney General office would have to receive a complaint on each "Bad Actor." The more people who get on to their Atorney General cite and fill out a formal complaint the faster they will act. Not upholding the Constitution of the United States. Firing thousands of people from their government jobs with out Congressional Approval, Terrifs with out Congressional Approval, cutting off Congressional approved funding to our Federal Agencies. Destroying Government Digital Records, gaining illegal access to American Citizens personal records.

Please fill out the Complaient Form on your State AG web cite. If the "Bad Actor's" are taken out then Trump will lose support in Congress. Our Governors will have to get someone for the remainder of the term or a special Election will have to held. So find someone in your state Government who ID trust worthy to take the "Bad Actor's" place.

The sooner we get this done means the sooner we get our country back and the less damage we will have. Let's spread the word across the nation. WE ARE THE PEOPLE! AND WE ARE MADDER THAN HADIES!

Florida has two special elections coming up in April. There's a non-zero chance that Republican House seats could be flipped. At the very least, an unexpectedly close race could make swing state Republicans real nervous, which will make it tougher to secure their votes. Special elections come down to turnout, so we need to work on getting people to VOTE.

If you're in Florida, check your district here.

• If you're in District 1 or District 6, you're in luck. Election day is April 1st. You can vote early from March 22 to March 29, or register for a mail-in ballot by March 20. I would go ahead and check your voter registration to make sure you haven't been purged.
• If you're in another district, you can either canvass in-person or phonebank with us. Josh Weil has volunteer opportunities here. Gay Valimont has them here.

If you're NOT in Florida, congratulations! We're phonebanking buddies now. Sign up for either Josh Weil (District 6) or Gay Valimont (District 1). You'll be given training and a script. Your job isn't to convince people, it's to inform them and help them register. Most of the people that I talked to didn't even know the special elections were happening -- a few hundred voters could seriously make the difference here.

If you absolutely cannot phonebank, you can sign up to send postcards or donate. You should all have something to do now.

Here are the websites for Gay Valimont and Josh Weil, in case you're interested in learning more about their platforms.

PS: Yes, I know we're all bitter at the Democrats right now. Yes, I know many of us don't trust elections. That's fair. I still think volunteering beats doomscrolling. Do what you can.

I saw another post on this, but it's locked.

I also woke up to a "rule 8 violation" for upvoting violent comments/posts. And I also can't imagine what it's for.

Meanwhile, there are some... questionable.. subs here fully devoted to violence. Here we are OPPOSING actual violence by organizing peaceful boycotts and protests. Reddit needs to be called out.

I know our media has been silenced and sued for sharing the truth, and they aren't covering the protests well, but receiving requests from us for coverage and awareness might help? There are also non corporate media sources or international sources we could share with.

Cannot believe Reddit is censoring those peacefully advocating for peace and against fascism for "violence".