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[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

On the up side, Nancy Pelosi is running for re-election.

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 4 points 17 hours ago

It's only been six months!

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Question: I'm not one for protesting and marching in the street. I'm sure it matters, but I'm introverted and large crowds make me very anxious. I also have health condition that needs regular management and live in the rurals, most of my time is spent at home. What can I do to actually help?

I already donate to causes I care about regularly, such as my local food bank, wikipedia, NPR, and PBS. Is there something else I can or should be doing? I hate what's happening to the US right now, but I don't feel like I have much, if any power to do anything about it or help, outside of donating to charitable causes.

[–] witten@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Check out https://heywhatcanido.com/ ... Even if it's not tailored to your specific region, it should give you ideas about the types of things you can get involved with to actually make a difference. Much of it from home.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago
[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can search for local mutual aid groups. You won't have to be in crowds but you can still help with organizing, and making a difference on the ground. Logistics and administration are crazy helpful.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Any tips on what I should be looking for? Or sites that might help?

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[–] andybytes@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where's Nancy Pelosi? Probably too busy getting rich. These Democrats supported a genocide and they got us in this position because all they are is controlled opposition. In order to have any thoughts about domestic politics in the imperial core, you need to understand the world as a whole. Liberals struggle to do this. This little island called the United States likes to smell its own brand. I think the right-wing piglets call this fuck around and find out. At least these fascist neoliberals are actually working for their money nowadays. You ain't getting no tears from me. I saw it down the track, a hundred miles away. There is no fucking war, but the class war

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where’s Nancy Pelosi?

So cool for Democrats to be in functional retirement, but still squat on their House seats like they're taking a lifetime shit.

[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago

Fucking Boomers.

Yes, she was born 4 years early to officially be a boomer, but she's definitely a "fuck you, got mine" boomer.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

thats despite peaceful protesting btw.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 156 points 2 days ago

Hell year one! Hasn't even been 6 months.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But hey, at least people are gathering in the streets! If there's one thing that fascists hate it's groups of people walking together.

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[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 129 points 2 days ago

Judge arrested

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 83 points 2 days ago (16 children)

DNC: Oh no! Our fellow party members have been harassed and killed.

Also DNC: Anyway....

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[–] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 115 points 2 days ago (5 children)

There probably won’t be midterm elections. If there are, it will be with armed ICE agents accosting people in line to vote and making arrests.

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I like how they'll get away with it because if you say to arm up and use direct action against violent Nazis on this site you get banned and a mod sends you a message telling you to get help.

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[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

"Filthy Communists" - Hitler 1933

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 90 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No way the party incapable of doing anything defeated by the party capable of only evil, never would have seen this coming

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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 76 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Don't WORRY! Democrats ALREADY have the Fundraising text WRITTEN and READY TO GO for when the NEXT Democrat Politician gets Assassinated!

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[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

For those of you keeping track, for this week it’s MAGA 5 / “Resistance” 0

[–] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hey but the cities around me had protests that went till 2pm, only on a non-work day and family friendly so everyone could get their photo ops and be home in time to watch the game. That's surley going to change things right? ... right?

[–] witten@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Read this if you're having difficulty understanding the purpose of the recent protests.

[–] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I understand a bit deeper than that actually. These things aren't happening with a two hour march on the weekend. This reeks of the BLM protests, where people just wanted to return to the status quo and go back to brunch. And people did go back to brunch and things just continued getting worse, with no systemic changes.

We need more than a two hour photo-op.

[–] witten@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

I take it you weren't at these protests. At the one in my city, the end of the protest march had tables and tables full of resistance organizations signing people up to get involved, handing out fliers on ways to do more than wave cardboard signs, etc.

In many ways, protests like these are onboarding for the resistance.

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