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David I's avatar

Be calm, my people. No vandalism, no crossing into Federal buildings without caution and no damaging property.

Gather, protest respectfully, dance, sing… bring flowers!! Stay peaceful, be thoughtful!! Be careful!

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Leabertsch's avatar

Stay away from his parade. Hopefully no one shows up and its a wash

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Marti Williams's avatar

Hopefully, the sky will open up for this boondoggle.

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Teach84's avatar

I heard a news report today that over two million people are expected to attend. I hope that’s an inaccurate assessment.

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Rosemary Dill's avatar

I hope it pours.

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Sarah Gillian Bower's avatar

Oh puhleese! We could be sitting there with halos and wings. They don’t need an excuse they don’t I mean a reason they just make it up all you have to do is just be there.

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Wyo_to_Nev's avatar

As well-intentioned as your comment is, with this president, that doesn’t seem to matter. He’s lied so much and so many people accept them as truth, that he can say protesters are “violent” and he’s believed.

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Black Raven's avatar

I agree about the music. However, I'm conflicted. Because dancing is as if we're celebrating 🍾 the fascism that has fell upon us. What I've said and will say again. Is this: protest loudly, boisterously, without fear. If people can bring drums 🥁 🪘 that would be great, too. Chant in unison. Because not for nothing but lord have mercy I've heard and seen a lot of protesters chanting out of pocket. That let's me know they don't know what the hell they're saying. It is important that people coordinate properly in order to get it right. Find the video of the Latinos in California. Where you see them at the stadium 🏟 chanting "We're Los Angeles, California." There was one guy with a drum 🥁. They chanted this in unison, powerfully, loudly. It was a beautiful sight. No dancing though. Just the chants, flags flying, and the beat of the drums. America has a lot to learn from these immigrants and black people if I'm to be honest. Us Latinos and blacks know how to be very assertive and stand in our convictions. Because we've been targeted, and persecuted. We have this experience. White people on the other hand have privilege and never had to face something like this. So it is understandable. But here's your chance to learn from those that have gone through this many times in a life time. 💙🗽🇺🇸

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Nathalie Suteau's avatar

I’m not American but if it’s too festive, the first line of attack is going to be that it’s a Pride because we’re in June. It’s probably the only thing MAGA knows about LBGT: I see the same attack every year from MAGA and affiliated about the Pride(s) in Europe. I have a gay couple as neighbours: one works in IT/AI, the other is doing Drag stand up comedy. He does 60% of his yearly turnover in June. Otherwise, he’s in jeans and tee-shirts. Dunno what would happen to him in the US at the moment when getting to work in drag.

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james lester's avatar

Trump needs to be detained in the same method tomorrow during his stupid ego drive parade .

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Leabertsch's avatar

Hopefully it is raining on his parade and no one shows up

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Rosemary Dill's avatar

A deluge

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Rosemary Dill's avatar

Fingers crossed that they need to call the parade off.

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MT's avatar

We have to play his game. For those of you still thinking you can wear masks, the regime has outlawed those. I was just reminded of what we did during the Viet Nam protests. We carried flowers and gave one to every officer. No one arrested us. Think about that, okay? We are 1 inch away from martial law and if that happens, it will be another Civil War or worse. Millions could die! We don't want that! Cool and calm and sit down, lower your posters if there's any agitator!!!

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Rosemary Dill's avatar

Totally agree

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Rosemary Dill's avatar

Totally agree

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Diane Lee's avatar

.....and the senators & reps are just whistling Dixie, inactive, speechless....This is very very bad news for America. Thanks a shitload "justice " Roberts, you've created another Frankenstein's monster for us to suffer under. You're a disgrace to the legal profession.

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Karene Gebhard's avatar

🙌🏼

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Elizabeth Almengor's avatar

How much more harm does the “USA” have to tolerate from Trump?

He is a traitor inside & out!

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Black Raven's avatar

See? I've said this on another post. Many military active duty personnel are and have been infiltrated by the white nationalists movement in this country. These are the same type of men that listen to the likes of Joe Rogan and Charlie Kirk. They are emotionally damaged and suffer feom toxic masculinity. And here they are violating their oath to the constitution simply to serve one petty racist malignant narcissist. Not to mention all the Project 2025 malignant evil losers that are behind all of this. This country is so fucked.

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CK's avatar

The Marine Corps attracts psychopaths. Not all Marines are psychopaths, but the psychopaths know how to fit in.

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Michael Baker's avatar

We are fucked. The Administration used immigration as the hook, but their goal is the crackdown of minorities, LGBTQ, dissidents, to strangle any opposition.

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Black Raven's avatar

You are correct. They are starting with the most "vulnerable" to then go after the rest of us. They've already arrested a judge, arrested a senator, and next just like you said dissidents. This republican fascist regime needs to be overthrown. My honest opinion. They know that we're focused on peacefully protesting. They are sitting back and laughing at us. Whilst they continue their diabolical plans against the United States 🇺🇸. They are the enemy within. They've taken over and now it is up to us to remove them. Now, don't get me wrong we must continue to protest nonstop and of course peacefully. But I question how this will end. Because as of now these fuckers are unfazed.

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Sid Kaye's avatar

Oh good, what a relief, some Republicans are "queasy" ... and of course, in private. Do they even have principles and standards anymore, this formerly "patriotic" party that thumped its puffed out chest about all things American before the orange man came?

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The Paranormal Geek's avatar

May any Marine who puts their hands on or harms another citizen be discharged in shame. They are a disgrace to the uniform and the oath they took.

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Leslie Davis's avatar

Getting very mean and sloppy. Legal tradition out the window in exchange for mass control over, well -- literally everything and everyone. Let's be clear... To not admit that an authoritarian regime now runs our country, would be to continue to normalize this emboldening them even more. With both parade day and 2,000 protests scheduled for Saturday, this weekend should be red hot!!!!

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Susan Gorman Gerke's avatar

So the U. S. Capitol building is not a federal building?

Didn’t Trump order his angry crowd to “March to the Capitol and I’ll be right behind you…”

Didn’t he watch on tv while his crowd he sent to the Capitol bear sprayed Capitol Police, brutally beat them, then broke down doors and shattered windows to gain entry. Once inside didn’t some defécate in the halls? Go through Congress members offices and rummage through their papers? And I could have sworn I heard them

chant “Hang Mike Pence”

Didn’t Trump refer to the insurrectionists as hostages? Is this the same Trump who refused to call in the National Guard while this was going on? And didn’t he pardon all of them his first day in office?

Am I on drugs? Is there something in the water? I could’ve sworn I witnessed a true insurrection, not the JD Vance or Steve Miller let’s call protests an insurrection. “Americans are dumb they’ll believe anything.”

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Michelle's avatar

This is absolutely scary shit

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Teach84's avatar

“Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman who commands Marines sent to LA: "I would like to emphasize that the soldiers will not participate in law enforcement activities. Rather, they'll be focused on protecting federal law enforcement personnel.”’ (from Ron Filiokowski’s newsletter this evening)

So who is lying and why?

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Bill's avatar

This national crisis - at the moment - is mostly a very dangerous game of semantics. A word, here and there during a flash point can change the situation enough to cascade our country over the cliff into some form of civil war. We may already be past that line.

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Teach84's avatar

Yes, I believe that we are.

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LindyLoo's avatar

As much as I do not want to "overreact"....are we going to have a civil war to be able to live in a democracy?

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CK's avatar

The civil war is already underway. Ask your MAGA neighbors. Be prepared to duck.

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LindyLoo's avatar

Do you mean the spineless, racist maggots?

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Gloria Wetzel's avatar

Courts must rule now

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Lizz's avatar

I have heard that the 3%, proud boys, etc

are going to be coming to protests to cause violence and unrest and therefore allow trump to try martial law or whatever other bs he wants to do. Peaceful protests have to remain peaceful. If people try to invite violence, peaceful protesters are told to sit down right where they are and let the racists carry on. Video everything possible. Just reporting what I've read.

Stay safe, remain peaceful, and God bless us all!🇺🇸🙏

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LindyLoo's avatar

Just as the article in The Atlantic....Where is Obama? This is a dictatorship with an authoritarian regime!

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Betsy Escher JonesBetsy Jones's avatar

Did u see the background? Parklike setting with people shopping and strolling around. What in Hades is going thru the dictator’s heads??!!

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