PRESERVE or OBLITERATE CONSTITUTIONAL SEPARATION OF POWERS?
With great concern, I am watching the race/battle between those who seek to PRESERVE the Constitutional separation of powers and those who strive to OBLITERATE it. Alarmingly-strong forces are seeking to concentrate all power in the hands of Trump and the Executive Branch.
It’s bizarre to see so few (essentially none) Republican representatives or senators standing up to preserve Congress’ legislative power, power of the purse, and power to create and mandate federal agencies.
Robert Kuttner has an excellent article about the impending Government Shutdown Battle. Kuttner asks the essential question: "Will the Democrats have the savvy and unity to outplay Trump?"
Also worthwhile at The American Prospect is their Weekly Roundup. Harold Meyerson and Adam Serwer of The Atlantic analyze the early days of the second Trump term.
Trump is blatantly impounding funds that have been allocated by Congress – a power he does not have. (Presidential impoundment authority was eliminated during Nixon’s reign.) Likewise Trump & Musk are essentially neutering or even eradicating agencies created by Congress and past administrations. (Again, a power they do not have.)
But this matters only if the Supreme Court orders Trump to cease and desist, or if Congress resists. The ongoing Budget / Shutdown battle is probably Democrats’ best shot at extracting meaningful concessions. Imho, these concessions must include:
1) That funds allocated by Congress shall be spent as specified.
2) That the eradication/neutering/mass firing at agencies Trump & Musk don’t like be halted and reversed.
An opposition party in Congress seeking to preserve the constitutional balance of powers would be issuing articles of impeachment against a chief executive violating that balance. Otherwise, wringing hands and bemoaning what's happening is mostly all hot air.
Neither Kuttner nor I approve of hand-wringing and bemoaning – quite the contrary. Which is why Democrats need to stand united and play hardball.
On the other hand, an impeachment effort would be merely performative and a waste of time, resources and political capital. Moreover, it is a distraction.
Visualize the WH mail room: On March 15, many people will mail Donald Trump a postcard that publicly expresses our opposition to him. And we, in vast numbers from all corners of the world, will overwhelm the man with his unpopularity and failure. We will show the media and the politicians what standing with him—and against us—means. And most importantly, we will bury the White House and post office in pink slips, all informing Trump that he's fired.
Each of us—every protester from every March, each Congress calling citizen, every boycotter, volunteer, donor, and petition signer, if each of us writes even a single postcard and we put them all in the mail on the same day, March 15, well: you do the math.
No alternative fact or Russian translation will explain away our record breaking, officially-verifiable, warehouse-filling flood of fury. Hank Aaron currently holds the record for fan mail, having received 900,000 pieces in a year. We're setting a new record: over a million pieces in a day.
So sharpen your wit, unsheathe your writing implements, and let Donald Trump know what you think about his actions.
Spread the word. Everyone on earth should let Trump know how he's doing. They can't build a wall high enough to stop the mail.
Then on March 15, mail your messages to President Donald J Trump, the White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500.
Yes! Enough pink slips to bury him, if all of us write just 1....or 5.....or......Here's what a friend put on hers - the front "Here Is Your Pink Slip " next to the address: the back "You're Fired! Please pack Your bags and LEAVE! Sincerely, the American People"
Use any postcard. It's the msg that's important and the numbers sent. Someone here posted that she would be using postcards from National Parks and writing something like "In order to save our National Parks......You're Fired!"
Of course, that ignited the thought that we could send a postcard of anything we want to save such as the Decl of Ind (those first words...) and repeat her phrase as a msg.."In order to save our/the (.....), You're Fired!"
It's spreading across many activists groups! Check out Card Campaign on FB or their website https://cc4democracy.com for details about this event plus the other cards they print with relevant information. Heather Cox Richardson heard about this group months ago and encouraged her readers to check them out.
Thanks for this alternative postcard source - it's fabulous. Any and all will contribute to the flood of protests on the date targeted - The Ides of Trump.
Great way to let the very heart of America know just how the " real America" ...not his synchophants ...truly feels about him & his latter day storm troopers. DEMOCRACY WILL PREVAIL!🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
With the latest activities of Dolos per the sale of Ukraine “down the river” (please understand this US Slavery reference), this interview (not quite 30 minutes) with Malcolm Nance by Ukraine’s “Kyiv Independent” is extremely timely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cjIggQwUHQ&list=TLPQMDcwMzIwMjWlUfov7dkB8A. The money quote is “Russia is a trailer park with atomic bombs”; according to some of my associates, outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg, this is the truth (smile). For a similar perspective from an academic and specialist on Russia, this recent episode from “Silicon Curtain” is a sobering view on the USA from abroad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wzJX-ogA9M .
Here is a 50-minute (use 1.5x speed) take on Russian propaganda from a Russian with a strong background in communications (at timestamp 32:33 think of Dolos with three marriages plus numerous affairs and Leon with fourteen children by four or five different women): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyXfbM-kTP8&list=TLPQMDgwMzIwMjXVqDHBaoKK_Q. It is a tired history. Unfortunately, she skips the Mongol terror, but THIS ACCOUNT IS EXTREMELY RELEVANT TO OUR PRESENT.
Finally, while I was on the road last week, I made sure to call my all-Republican delegation. As usual, I was only able to leave VMs for my Senators (this lack of contact has been consistent). Yet, on occasion, I did get to speak with a young staffer for my Representative. With all of the PREDICTABLE MISHEGOSS relative to tariffs, my concerns about their obviously damaging economics have gained some recent currency with my politicos.
CARTHAGO DELENDA EST (via nonviolence).
P.S.: Do the following now! FIRST, TEACH CIVICS. Second, register voters. THIRD, TEACH CIVICS. Rinse. Repeat.
P.P.S.: DEMOCRATS (AND PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE) NEED TO HAVE “TOWN HALLS” IN REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS - ASAP. YOUR OPPONENTS HAVE WILLINGLY CONCEDED THE FIELD.
Empty chair town halls in red districts is a nice touch Also a Democratic rep in Wisconsin is holding a town hall in a town near the boundary between his district and an adjacent red district inviting the people from the red district to come and participate
Republicans are “hopeful.” They’re frightened and cowed. We are realistic about what we see and mobilizing in ways that are overt and otherwise. We’re creating new hope, along with a new vision for this nation. Keep your eyes above the horizon and refuse to give up your joy.
Will read your long issue later. For now, people should know that Trump was saved by Russia way long ago because of all his bankruptcies. US, Europe banks cut him off. He is Russian agent and probably went to Russian prostitutes who were spies.
Liberal Canadian candidate if she wins will put 100% tariff on Tesla. Way to go! Many Canadians have cancelled trips to the US. They can come to my house and walk my dog!
I hope that Hopium members in R districts can hold town halls, even if people just yell at an empty chair. Make a ruckus! Your local democratic town committee should be able to help.
My hope and encouragement is for citizens to realize they have a right to petition. And that several hundred signatures on a petition is a very loud voice. And that they can petition FOR their representative... THEIR REPRESENTATIVE... who works for them ... will meet in person with them. The "media" will be VERY interested in such a petition.
It requires people working together. The hard work of signing a name to a piece of paper.
Working with local Indivisible group on just such a plan right now. Town Hall with/without at least one MT Senator who has been formally (by letter) invited to attend. No response as yet... surprise! Unsure about other Senator and Representative. Maybe 3 empty chairs with a full room of pissed off citizens.
How does one promote a non-event in an official way to bring people to an event that will not be happening due to a failure to appear? Does the R rep have to issue a denial of an event that has been promoted and announced by some false "official" announcement? Maybe this should be tried. We have no Rs in Congress in my small blue state, NM.
I'm pretty sure the event will take place, with or without members of Congress. We (several constituents including current and past elected State officials) have issued an invitation to one of our Senators (Daines) to let us know when it would be convenient for him to appear at a town hall so we could arrange a venue. Now, it appears that our efforts have merged with our local Indivisibles who have arranged a venue. The ball is in the Senator's court to respond, and if he doesn't we will have the town hall with at least one empty chair. Or, up to three chairs for our other Senator and Congressional Representative.
What if we had a kind of speechwriting contest for lay politicos? Choose one winner from each state. Addressed to the Orange Man about why he has betrayed us, maybe a 1500 word limit. Similar to the Letter to America idea; this would be Letters from America, not to infringe on Heather Cox Richardson!
See Ali Velshi's detailed reporting on Lawrence O'Donnell show Friday night re: Trump supposedly reining in Musk. Trump is NOT reigning in Musk. In fact, he has threatened his cabinet secretaries to make the cuts themselves or he would tell Musk to do it. But that wasn't all. See the reports leaked from people at the meeting to the NYT. Velshi goes over it line by line.
I would say that it's wrong because trump IS reining in musk. It is a response to pushback from Senate Majority Leader John Thune and many others in Congress from both parties. trump is saying that musk/DOGE is not authorized to make the cuts, only to be an adviser to the Cabinet Secretaries. That is a demotion.
I would like to hear an explanation also. Since I basically think Trump is focused on looting our country as Putin did to Russia, and having people grovel like they do to Kim Jong Un and Musk hell bent is on corruption and his dictatorship dreams - replacing every government agency with a business he owns -- I hardly know what to make of the reining in of the reigning.
I organized a grassroots coalition to rally in front of my Long Island R Congressman’s office. We held the rally yesterday (Hopium Day).
Simon we had 400-500!!!!!!!!!! people show up!!!!! Rep. Garborino has never had a crowd at his office like that. He touts how bipartisan he is. F that shit he is a Trump enabler just like the rest of the spineless Republicans.
I spoke first.
I began with:
We are Americans & we are here because we love our country! (Crowd roared)
We oppose DOGE takeover!
We oppose cutting Medicaid to fund tax cuts for the rich!
We want an in person town hall!
There were speakers, music and chants. We collected hundreds of signatures demanding an in person town hall and delivered them to the staffer.
The local news came and the rally has been on the news today on a loop!
I’ve never done this before. But I’m here, now, just like all of us in the Hopium community and across the country. And we’re already planning a town hall for our rep who will not show. Together we will win!
This is the real America!.THE GRASS ROOT AMERICANS. ..who have finally had a crawfull of this malignant narcissist phoney baloney nut case & and his moneyed enablers!.The REAL CITIZENS of this country will voice their strong aversion to these despots trying to mendaciously .STEAL OUR DEMOCRACY...OUR BELOVED LAND OF FREEDOM.AND EQUALITY! NO!
Please..! Send your postcard 's to the White House on March 15, 2025!..
That’s great! I grew up on LI & still have family there so I know it’s a challenging place w some towns much like the redder areas of FL. Can you share a few photos of the protest? I’d like to share w my Indivisible group.
Tomorrow, Sunday, March 9, noon to 3 p.m. Denver Capitol Hill Rally with the Ukrainians of Colorado and Sunflower Seeds to support the defenders! https://www.sunflowerseedsukraine.org/events
I attended the Stand Up For Science rally in Seattle yesterday! It was a masterclass on how to organize a rally and how to talk to the thousand or so ppl who were there. Not all of us in the audience were scientists or medical professionals but I left knowing how important the stakes are and what we need to do.
Hi everyone - today in my messages to elected officials, I'm going to focus on all these retributions Trump is turning on Ukraine and Ukrainians in the US. I've never seen such brazen open childish behavior deliberately trying to hurt people by a US President. He doesn't even try to hide it. Thanks to the Republican lawmakers who have spoken out with the Dems. Have a great weekend everyone and don't lose the faith.
On cutting Ukraine off from US intelligence info: I hate to be thinking this way but if it’s restarted, why should Ukraine trust the info they get from the USA? Of course there are analysts who don’t support Trump’s treachery, but they have to obey orders. Inaccurate or incomplete intelligence info could be so bad. What am I missing here?
That's a totally shrewd sane thought but horrendous. The only hope is that the UK and EU analysts would remain true weather vanes if and when they can start sharing info again.
Trump is a traitor, a coward, and an idiot. But anyone with a functioning brain who wasn’t engaging in willful ignorance knew that, many years ago. The group that is especially repugnant are Republican Senators, who knew damn well that Trump would sell out the Ukrainians while embracing Putin but are shocked, so shocked at Trump’s betrayal. The entire lot of them are a disgrace to this country and also traitors
That has been the core of my message to NC's GOP senators for the past few days. This morning I told them that Musk and the administration had injected cancer into the body politic and that I needed them to stand up to defend the Constitution.
Trump is talking about ending military exercises with Europe now, according to the Kyiv Independent who is sourcing Swedish media. This is honestly treason levels to me.
If you guys can, consider bringing this up in your phone calls and letters to your representatives. I'm going to be sending it to mine, who are Republican. Abandoning NATO is bad for Americans.
I think this is the most important thing we can call our elected Reps about. The man is committing treason in front of our eyes by making America far more vulnerable to attack by hostile countries - which Russia is, btw. And he’s responsible for Ukrainian deaths in a very direct way due to his cutting off of intelligence sources. He is simply an abomination, and Dem electeds must call it out - forcefully.
PRESERVE or OBLITERATE CONSTITUTIONAL SEPARATION OF POWERS?
With great concern, I am watching the race/battle between those who seek to PRESERVE the Constitutional separation of powers and those who strive to OBLITERATE it. Alarmingly-strong forces are seeking to concentrate all power in the hands of Trump and the Executive Branch.
It’s bizarre to see so few (essentially none) Republican representatives or senators standing up to preserve Congress’ legislative power, power of the purse, and power to create and mandate federal agencies.
Robert Kuttner has an excellent article about the impending Government Shutdown Battle. Kuttner asks the essential question: "Will the Democrats have the savvy and unity to outplay Trump?"
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-03-07-impending-government-shutdown/
Also worthwhile at The American Prospect is their Weekly Roundup. Harold Meyerson and Adam Serwer of The Atlantic analyze the early days of the second Trump term.
https://prospect.org/videos/2025-03-07-prospect-weekly-roundup/
DEMOCRATS MUST EXTRACT CONCESSIONS
Trump is blatantly impounding funds that have been allocated by Congress – a power he does not have. (Presidential impoundment authority was eliminated during Nixon’s reign.) Likewise Trump & Musk are essentially neutering or even eradicating agencies created by Congress and past administrations. (Again, a power they do not have.)
But this matters only if the Supreme Court orders Trump to cease and desist, or if Congress resists. The ongoing Budget / Shutdown battle is probably Democrats’ best shot at extracting meaningful concessions. Imho, these concessions must include:
1) That funds allocated by Congress shall be spent as specified.
2) That the eradication/neutering/mass firing at agencies Trump & Musk don’t like be halted and reversed.
#1 must include e.g. USAID, IRS, aid to UKRAINE…
Agree. The American prospect is doing a great job covering these issues
An opposition party in Congress seeking to preserve the constitutional balance of powers would be issuing articles of impeachment against a chief executive violating that balance. Otherwise, wringing hands and bemoaning what's happening is mostly all hot air.
Neither Kuttner nor I approve of hand-wringing and bemoaning – quite the contrary. Which is why Democrats need to stand united and play hardball.
On the other hand, an impeachment effort would be merely performative and a waste of time, resources and political capital. Moreover, it is a distraction.
How much does it cost to file an article of impeachment? How much in the way of resources does it require?
I don't regard our constitution as a performative document. Or a distraction.
Impeachment is the very remedy set up by our framers.
It is only a waste of time to those who do not regard the constitution.
Visualize the WH mail room: On March 15, many people will mail Donald Trump a postcard that publicly expresses our opposition to him. And we, in vast numbers from all corners of the world, will overwhelm the man with his unpopularity and failure. We will show the media and the politicians what standing with him—and against us—means. And most importantly, we will bury the White House and post office in pink slips, all informing Trump that he's fired.
Each of us—every protester from every March, each Congress calling citizen, every boycotter, volunteer, donor, and petition signer, if each of us writes even a single postcard and we put them all in the mail on the same day, March 15, well: you do the math.
No alternative fact or Russian translation will explain away our record breaking, officially-verifiable, warehouse-filling flood of fury. Hank Aaron currently holds the record for fan mail, having received 900,000 pieces in a year. We're setting a new record: over a million pieces in a day.
So sharpen your wit, unsheathe your writing implements, and let Donald Trump know what you think about his actions.
Spread the word. Everyone on earth should let Trump know how he's doing. They can't build a wall high enough to stop the mail.
Then on March 15, mail your messages to President Donald J Trump, the White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500.
Yes! Enough pink slips to bury him, if all of us write just 1....or 5.....or......Here's what a friend put on hers - the front "Here Is Your Pink Slip " next to the address: the back "You're Fired! Please pack Your bags and LEAVE! Sincerely, the American People"
Feel free to use and pass on!
Use any postcard. It's the msg that's important and the numbers sent. Someone here posted that she would be using postcards from National Parks and writing something like "In order to save our National Parks......You're Fired!"
Of course, that ignited the thought that we could send a postcard of anything we want to save such as the Decl of Ind (those first words...) and repeat her phrase as a msg.."In order to save our/the (.....), You're Fired!"
I decided to delete my postcard message.
I'm happy to do this but I wonder how this effort is being publicized other than here
I received the original idea as a Bcc mass email from an activist friend -
https://www.dwcmarco.org/event-details/the-ides-of-trump-postcard-mailing-campaign
It's spreading across many activists groups! Check out Card Campaign on FB or their website https://cc4democracy.com for details about this event plus the other cards they print with relevant information. Heather Cox Richardson heard about this group months ago and encouraged her readers to check them out.
Thanks for this alternative postcard source - it's fabulous. Any and all will contribute to the flood of protests on the date targeted - The Ides of Trump.
You, too! Looks like we posted great resources at the exact same time. Great minds . . .
Evidence of a spreading blue wave that'll crest on 3/15....and then go on to be that tsunami we wanted last fall.
Jayne: Thank you so much.
I can do this!!
Will be spreading the word
Great way to let the very heart of America know just how the " real America" ...not his synchophants ...truly feels about him & his latter day storm troopers. DEMOCRACY WILL PREVAIL!🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I’m in.
Simon et al.:
With the latest activities of Dolos per the sale of Ukraine “down the river” (please understand this US Slavery reference), this interview (not quite 30 minutes) with Malcolm Nance by Ukraine’s “Kyiv Independent” is extremely timely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cjIggQwUHQ&list=TLPQMDcwMzIwMjWlUfov7dkB8A. The money quote is “Russia is a trailer park with atomic bombs”; according to some of my associates, outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg, this is the truth (smile). For a similar perspective from an academic and specialist on Russia, this recent episode from “Silicon Curtain” is a sobering view on the USA from abroad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wzJX-ogA9M .
As I’ve suggested previously, everyone should read the works of Nance, a former intelligence operative. He always brings the receipts: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/why-did-czech-communist-secret-police-have-a-dossier-on-donald-trump/lwekp32yv. His observations are now more “on-point” than ever!
Here is a 50-minute (use 1.5x speed) take on Russian propaganda from a Russian with a strong background in communications (at timestamp 32:33 think of Dolos with three marriages plus numerous affairs and Leon with fourteen children by four or five different women): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyXfbM-kTP8&list=TLPQMDgwMzIwMjXVqDHBaoKK_Q. It is a tired history. Unfortunately, she skips the Mongol terror, but THIS ACCOUNT IS EXTREMELY RELEVANT TO OUR PRESENT.
Finally, while I was on the road last week, I made sure to call my all-Republican delegation. As usual, I was only able to leave VMs for my Senators (this lack of contact has been consistent). Yet, on occasion, I did get to speak with a young staffer for my Representative. With all of the PREDICTABLE MISHEGOSS relative to tariffs, my concerns about their obviously damaging economics have gained some recent currency with my politicos.
CARTHAGO DELENDA EST (via nonviolence).
P.S.: Do the following now! FIRST, TEACH CIVICS. Second, register voters. THIRD, TEACH CIVICS. Rinse. Repeat.
P.P.S.: DEMOCRATS (AND PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE) NEED TO HAVE “TOWN HALLS” IN REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS - ASAP. YOUR OPPONENTS HAVE WILLINGLY CONCEDED THE FIELD.
Empty chair town halls in red districts is a nice touch Also a Democratic rep in Wisconsin is holding a town hall in a town near the boundary between his district and an adjacent red district inviting the people from the red district to come and participate
Republicans are “hopeful.” They’re frightened and cowed. We are realistic about what we see and mobilizing in ways that are overt and otherwise. We’re creating new hope, along with a new vision for this nation. Keep your eyes above the horizon and refuse to give up your joy.
Will read your long issue later. For now, people should know that Trump was saved by Russia way long ago because of all his bankruptcies. US, Europe banks cut him off. He is Russian agent and probably went to Russian prostitutes who were spies.
Liberal Canadian candidate if she wins will put 100% tariff on Tesla. Way to go! Many Canadians have cancelled trips to the US. They can come to my house and walk my dog!
I hope that Hopium members in R districts can hold town halls, even if people just yell at an empty chair. Make a ruckus! Your local democratic town committee should be able to help.
Note: Democrats are beginning to hold town halls close to Repub districts and inviting Ds, Rs, Is to all attend the Dem town hall. See https://pocan.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/pocan-host-town-hall-lafayette-county
My hope and encouragement is for citizens to realize they have a right to petition. And that several hundred signatures on a petition is a very loud voice. And that they can petition FOR their representative... THEIR REPRESENTATIVE... who works for them ... will meet in person with them. The "media" will be VERY interested in such a petition.
It requires people working together. The hard work of signing a name to a piece of paper.
Working with local Indivisible group on just such a plan right now. Town Hall with/without at least one MT Senator who has been formally (by letter) invited to attend. No response as yet... surprise! Unsure about other Senator and Representative. Maybe 3 empty chairs with a full room of pissed off citizens.
How does one promote a non-event in an official way to bring people to an event that will not be happening due to a failure to appear? Does the R rep have to issue a denial of an event that has been promoted and announced by some false "official" announcement? Maybe this should be tried. We have no Rs in Congress in my small blue state, NM.
I'm pretty sure the event will take place, with or without members of Congress. We (several constituents including current and past elected State officials) have issued an invitation to one of our Senators (Daines) to let us know when it would be convenient for him to appear at a town hall so we could arrange a venue. Now, it appears that our efforts have merged with our local Indivisibles who have arranged a venue. The ball is in the Senator's court to respond, and if he doesn't we will have the town hall with at least one empty chair. Or, up to three chairs for our other Senator and Congressional Representative.
What if we had a kind of speechwriting contest for lay politicos? Choose one winner from each state. Addressed to the Orange Man about why he has betrayed us, maybe a 1500 word limit. Similar to the Letter to America idea; this would be Letters from America, not to infringe on Heather Cox Richardson!
See Ali Velshi's detailed reporting on Lawrence O'Donnell show Friday night re: Trump supposedly reining in Musk. Trump is NOT reigning in Musk. In fact, he has threatened his cabinet secretaries to make the cuts themselves or he would tell Musk to do it. But that wasn't all. See the reports leaked from people at the meeting to the NYT. Velshi goes over it line by line.
I don't agree with this interpretation of what happened.
What's wrong with that interpretation???
I would say that it's wrong because trump IS reining in musk. It is a response to pushback from Senate Majority Leader John Thune and many others in Congress from both parties. trump is saying that musk/DOGE is not authorized to make the cuts, only to be an adviser to the Cabinet Secretaries. That is a demotion.
If true what Velshi reports, it's typical Trump. Trying to have it both ways, placating both sides and confusing lines of command.
I would like to hear an explanation also. Since I basically think Trump is focused on looting our country as Putin did to Russia, and having people grovel like they do to Kim Jong Un and Musk hell bent is on corruption and his dictatorship dreams - replacing every government agency with a business he owns -- I hardly know what to make of the reining in of the reigning.
I organized a grassroots coalition to rally in front of my Long Island R Congressman’s office. We held the rally yesterday (Hopium Day).
Simon we had 400-500!!!!!!!!!! people show up!!!!! Rep. Garborino has never had a crowd at his office like that. He touts how bipartisan he is. F that shit he is a Trump enabler just like the rest of the spineless Republicans.
I spoke first.
I began with:
We are Americans & we are here because we love our country! (Crowd roared)
We oppose DOGE takeover!
We oppose cutting Medicaid to fund tax cuts for the rich!
We want an in person town hall!
There were speakers, music and chants. We collected hundreds of signatures demanding an in person town hall and delivered them to the staffer.
The local news came and the rally has been on the news today on a loop!
I’ve never done this before. But I’m here, now, just like all of us in the Hopium community and across the country. And we’re already planning a town hall for our rep who will not show. Together we will win!
So amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW! Go, go ,go!!!
Awesome! Kudos! Thank you. You are a great American <hugs>
That's fantastic!
Clever, posts like this are why I love and can’t give up on our country. Thank you. You have a serious fan in NJ.
This is the real America!.THE GRASS ROOT AMERICANS. ..who have finally had a crawfull of this malignant narcissist phoney baloney nut case & and his moneyed enablers!.The REAL CITIZENS of this country will voice their strong aversion to these despots trying to mendaciously .STEAL OUR DEMOCRACY...OUR BELOVED LAND OF FREEDOM.AND EQUALITY! NO!
Please..! Send your postcard 's to the White House on March 15, 2025!..
" WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!"!
Wow! Good work!
That’s great! I grew up on LI & still have family there so I know it’s a challenging place w some towns much like the redder areas of FL. Can you share a few photos of the protest? I’d like to share w my Indivisible group.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1698zLHmVD/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Let me know if the link doesn’t work. It’s reminding me to download the pictures too as I didn’t take them.
Oops wrong rally! Here’s the right one: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1HR1vqpxKE/?mibextid=wwXIfr
From Aurora, CO (Home of our great Rep. Jason Crow): If you need a dose of happy news this weekend: https://denverzoo.org/zootales/baby-bulletin-bbs-baby-is-here/
Also enjoy the live web cam!
Tomorrow, Sunday, March 9, noon to 3 p.m. Denver Capitol Hill Rally with the Ukrainians of Colorado and Sunflower Seeds to support the defenders! https://www.sunflowerseedsukraine.org/events
I attended the Stand Up For Science rally in Seattle yesterday! It was a masterclass on how to organize a rally and how to talk to the thousand or so ppl who were there. Not all of us in the audience were scientists or medical professionals but I left knowing how important the stakes are and what we need to do.
What kinds of things did they recommend?
Hi everyone - today in my messages to elected officials, I'm going to focus on all these retributions Trump is turning on Ukraine and Ukrainians in the US. I've never seen such brazen open childish behavior deliberately trying to hurt people by a US President. He doesn't even try to hide it. Thanks to the Republican lawmakers who have spoken out with the Dems. Have a great weekend everyone and don't lose the faith.
On cutting Ukraine off from US intelligence info: I hate to be thinking this way but if it’s restarted, why should Ukraine trust the info they get from the USA? Of course there are analysts who don’t support Trump’s treachery, but they have to obey orders. Inaccurate or incomplete intelligence info could be so bad. What am I missing here?
That's a totally shrewd sane thought but horrendous. The only hope is that the UK and EU analysts would remain true weather vanes if and when they can start sharing info again.
You are missing absolutely nothing, dear lady!
Just to even imagine a president of these United States...A REAL PRESIDENT, mind you...not pino?..being capable of such diabolical treachery...?
So very sad....beggars belief.!
Trump is a traitor, a coward, and an idiot. But anyone with a functioning brain who wasn’t engaging in willful ignorance knew that, many years ago. The group that is especially repugnant are Republican Senators, who knew damn well that Trump would sell out the Ukrainians while embracing Putin but are shocked, so shocked at Trump’s betrayal. The entire lot of them are a disgrace to this country and also traitors
Republicans are complicit in Project 2025 or they get an angry ranting phone call from the King
That has been the core of my message to NC's GOP senators for the past few days. This morning I told them that Musk and the administration had injected cancer into the body politic and that I needed them to stand up to defend the Constitution.
Where do we go for this data without 538?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/abc-news-538-shut-down
This is an amateur outlet: https://thedatatimes.com/trump-admin-approval-rating/
G. Elliot Morris is putting something together as well: https://bsky.app/profile/gelliottmorris.com/post/3ljsokdyewc2r
Trump is talking about ending military exercises with Europe now, according to the Kyiv Independent who is sourcing Swedish media. This is honestly treason levels to me.
If you guys can, consider bringing this up in your phone calls and letters to your representatives. I'm going to be sending it to mine, who are Republican. Abandoning NATO is bad for Americans.
https://kyivindependent.com/u-s-to-stop-participating-in-future-military-exercises-in-europe-swedish-media-reports/
I think this is the most important thing we can call our elected Reps about. The man is committing treason in front of our eyes by making America far more vulnerable to attack by hostile countries - which Russia is, btw. And he’s responsible for Ukrainian deaths in a very direct way due to his cutting off of intelligence sources. He is simply an abomination, and Dem electeds must call it out - forcefully.