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[–] potoo22@programming.dev 123 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Kinda wish people were this angry before the election. Please remember to vote in the midterms so we can at least drop the Republican majorities in congress. They're rushing all this crazy shit first, hoping we forget everything by 2026 and 2028. It's not like we didn't have 4 years of this asshole, then after a 4-year break and it's like people from 2020 forgot to vote in 2024. Voter turnout dropped.

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 33 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If you think the midterms are going to be democratic in nature, you've still got another 17 months of Trump's current bullshit to consider.

By the time he's done, those elections are going to be about as "fair and balanced" as a Fox News broadcast.

[–] quetzaldilla@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Even if the Republicans are corrupt and do not respect the law, we must still uphold it, because they want us to give up on the rule of law.

Trump keeps losing court cases and Kilmar is back in US soil. They fear and hate the rule of law.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They were angry. At Democrats. (And rightfully so.)

And I have no faith the Democrats will do anything meaningful when they get Congress back in 2026. (And they will.) They just kicked David Hogg out of the DNC and they're doing everything they can to silence their most effective voices, who just happen to be filling football stadiums in red states across the country.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 62 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I was at my local protest. I'd guess there were around 3,000-5,000 people and it was literally just a bunch of hippies chanting. The protest was so lawful that people were even obeying walk signals at the intersection where it occurred.

Our governor had a state of emergency in place for this.

[–] regedit@feddit.online 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So peaceful that when the permit said 1pm, people started walking back to where they were supposed to go. The only scuffle was caused by a raised-truck tRump supporter and they were booed to all hell before driving away like the coward they are.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The fact that you need a permit is already a violation of the right of assembly IMHO.

[–] regedit@feddit.online 1 points 2 days ago

Oh, I agree. I would have stayed out there all day!

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 68 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Far more impressive than the military parade.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 4 days ago

My backyard barbeque had a bigger crowd than that parade

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 27 points 4 days ago

This is giving me an ounce of hope, y’all. From across the pond, keep this up and vote common sense

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 18 points 4 days ago

HitlerPig is obsessed by ratings, polls, popularity, etc., so seeing these kinds of crowds demonstrating against him, when his own birthday party, in only one city, had empty seats, has got to be making him crazy.

I'll give $100 to the first journalist who asks, on camera in a White House press conference "Mr. President, what do you think of all the enormous demonstrations against you, when nobody came to your birthday party?"

I just want to see him cry.

[–] D_C@lemm.ee 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I've been giving you yanks some grief about not doing anything about the treasonous tangerine but I've got to say watching that video was quite heartening. Keep it up everyone!!

[–] regedit@feddit.online 12 points 4 days ago

And those were just the biggest cities with the biggest turnout. There were A LOT of large turnouts in even remote or usually smaller communities. It was extremely neat to be a part of and I look forward to the next one. I'll be bringing anyone who wants to join me the next time!

[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 34 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Good job, USA...

When I think about protest in the USA, it's usually a single person at the side of the road holding up some text written on paper....

But this.... This is awesome.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] fishy@lemmy.today 11 points 4 days ago

Absolutely. It shows just how many people are awake and ready to do something. If that many people participated in a general strike the country would buckle to demands real fast.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 50 points 5 days ago

These are the true kings of this country

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 40 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

If you right click on the imgur link and then click "copy video link", you can make the link more direct. You can use that to embed the video in the body text with ![alt text describing the video](copied video link ending with .mp4)

which will look like

large crowds at protests in chicago

[–] popjam@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

Thanks, didn't know that

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[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 4 days ago

Maybe I do love this country.

[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I'm more surprised at how heavily everyone in Boise and Dallas showed up.

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[–] Zenith@lemm.ee 12 points 4 days ago

At the San Diego airport watching this trying not to tear up in public

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Kinda makes you wonder how he was elected in the first place.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago
[–] theotherbelow@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 4 days ago

Feels good man.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 22 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Had fun at our local march. Should’ve brought earplugs, though. Neat to see so many people acting in solidarity, and I hope we can keep up this energy.

Edit: anyone see any vandalism? I saw some spray paint on the upper floor of a restaurant, but literally nothing else.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 13 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Good, now you know how big the support is it's time to turn it into action. I don't mean violence, but turning up on a summer's day to go for a walk and hear some people speak is not enough.

I'm not going to tell you what to do next (it's not my country) but one day is easily ignored. I know from other fights around the world that these things need persistence and sacrifice.

[–] underwire212@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago

Small steps, friend. Progress is progress.

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[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 9 points 4 days ago

I love the time lapse. They should do one every time there's a March.

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (10 children)

As a Canadian watching in horror, is this going to change anything?

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Only if it's a springboard for more.

If they all go home and do nothing more the country is sunk.

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I can't imagine it doing much. I guess people felt good that they aren't alone, but Republicans will continue to ignore the Constitution, and the apathetic majority will probably continue to not vote.

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[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I'm very much out of the loop. Can someone give me a tl;dr of what this is? How it got started, its goals, etc. I heard nothing about this until today.

USA is a country without kings, we don't want any.

We're protesting trump, but also his stupid military parade. We're trying to reclaim what it means to be an American.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

This is a planned mass protest in the United States against the trump administration and his policies specifically concerning his stance on immigration.

Honestly this is somewhat of a milestone for my country. I've never seen anything like this.

[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago

True beauty

[–] Hux@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Woulda been nice if they all voted.

[–] RunJun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 4 days ago

Who is this comment for exactly?

155M people voted and 75M voted for Harris. 11M is being tossed around so far for the protest numbers. I’ll let you deduce those numbers from there.

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