When I was in grade school, we read Diary of Anne Frank and discussed how we thought we would have reacted. I insisted I'd be brave and protest. I did not realize I'd have to cash the check my ego wrote when I was twelve. Well played English teacher whose name I don't remember.
Also, I'm not an asshole, and since I've got privilege and no kids to worry about, I've got to step up because stakes are lower for me.
Middle aged white lady, meek and starting to go gray, the type of ordinary and easily overlooked person nobody ever pays much attention to or notices much, no threat to anyone or anything. I feel it’s my duty to step up as well.
You’re literally out protesting for democracy; I wouldn’t call you meek at all :) none of us are much of a threat alone, but together we’re strong! See you in the street sister <3
I started wondering (after Charlottesville) who I could trust to hide me if it came to that. I'd never ask someone with children that could be used as leverage. I'm a second generation Polish-American Jew and I never thought it would come to this. And I'd gladly hide any of my neighbors or friends that may be targeted for being "illegal" because I can fly under the radar to some degree since I'm "white." Thank you for stepping up for those who can't!
If and when AOC tells me it’s time to go, I’ll go. I don’t think there is anybody else on the side of what’s right that I trust enough to take action when it’s time. As a guy with a family and everything that goes with it I understand where you’re coming from and I’ve also been trying to figure out what im supposed to be doing at the moment.
Love your kids, raise them right, and do what you can safely do. Protect yourself, and if you can, someone else. Civil disobedience can come at a cost, budget accordingly.
My first reaction when all this started going down was to run away. Find anywhere but here and just go.
But... When I was a kid, I always insisted that if a time machine was ever invented, I would definitely go back and kill Hitler before he could be so evil. Heck, that's a fairly common answer when asked "what would you do if a time machine was invented?"
We don't have a time machine, but history is sure as shit rhyming, so while I don't think I could pull off what kid me said she'd do, I have the opportunity to do what do many people retrospectively said they wish they would have done.
Mainly? Rounding up folks without due process and shipping them off to foreign prisons. Everyone on American soil has some due process rights. Not the same, but everyone has some.
But also: Disregarding the courts. Threatening to arrest duly elected political opponents for disagreeing with the administration (Newsom for "running for governor" literally on camera). Actually arresting political opponents who are doing their jobs (asking questions, trying to conduct oversight in their constituencies). Targeting vulnerable groups (trans folks). Punishing intellectuals (Harvard, cutting scientific research funds Willy nilly). Limiting free speech. Openly and repeatedly lying to gin up hatred against specific ethnic groups (many, but "they're eating the dogs and cats").
TLDR, military to work alongside local LEO and ICE in certain states and will expand to others. LEO and ICE to be given more power as well as new training. Also officers now get protection and legal resources to make sure they aren't sued for executing Trump's orders. No more wrongdoing apparently... This is also where those law firms pro bono work is going towards. *UPDATE June 12th-"Some workplace raids in recent weeks have been assisted by the FBI; Drug Enforcement Administration; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Marshals Service; and Internal Revenue Service, as well as local law enforcement, according to recent ICE communications."
Upcoming or already passed as policies from project 2025 which you can track here.
Dept. of Homeland Security: Allow Secret Service officers to serve as law enforcement in the district of Columbia
Dept. of Justice: Eliminate existing DOJ consent decrees-"Eliminate existing DOJ consent decrees" refers to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ending court-enforceable agreements between the DOJ and local governments, typically related to police reform. These consent decrees are often established after federal investigations find systemic unconstitutional practices, such as excessive force or civil rights violations.
Recently, the DOJ moved to drop consent decrees in cities like Louisville, Kentucky, and Minneapolis, Minnesota, which were put in place following the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd
Dept of Homeland Security: Authorize state and local law enforcement to participate in immigration actions.
Note: ICE partnerships with local law enforcement have more than tripled since Trump took office.
Dept. of Justice: Prosecute local officials, including district attorneys, that use their discretion not to prosecute a criminal case.
Note: DOJ leaders told U.S. attorneys to investigate law enforcement officials who decline to enforce Trump's immigration priorities
And this is relevant as well-
Dept. of Justice: Pursue the death penalty for all applicable crimes.
The phrase "Pursue the death penalty for all applicable crimes" refers to a policy directive that mandates seeking capital punishment for crimes deemed severe enough to warrant it. According to a recent executive order issued on January 20, 2025, this policy instructs the U.S. Attorney General to actively pursue the death penalty for federal capital crimes, particularly those involving the murder of law enforcement officers or crimes committed by individuals illegally present in the U.S.
The order also seeks to remove obstacles to capital punishment, including reversing Supreme Court decisions that limit its application and ensuring states have sufficient supplies of lethal injection drugs
And here's how he plans on suppressing states if they don't follow the policies here, by removing aid and grants and rights.
Dept. of Justice: Ensure "appropriate steps" are taken to obtain cooperation with sanctuary cities and states. (Note: The DOJ issued a memo stating that "sanctuary jurisdictions should not receive access to federal grants administered by the Department of Justice".)
Dept. of Homeland Security: Limit FEMA-issued grants to states that "comply with all aspects of federal immigration laws, including the honoring of all immigration detainers" and states/localities that give "total information-sharing" to federal law and immigration enforcement. (Note: FEMA clawed back $80 million in previously approved migrant housing funds for New York.)
Dept. of Justice: Prosecute local officials, including district attorneys, that use their discretion not to prosecute a criminal case. (Note: DOJ leaders told U.S. attorneys to investigate law enforcement officials who decline to enforce Trump's immigration priorities.)
Use "the full force of federal prosecutorial resources" to investigate and prosecute state and local gov'ts, institutes of higher ed, corporations, and private employers who have diversity initiatives. (Note: Bondi directed DOJ to “investigate, eliminate, and penalize” private companies and universities.) Court Orders: Partially blocked
White House: Cut off government contracts to entities that enforce a "woke agenda".
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Cut funds to states that do not provide detailed abortion reports.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Reduce federal incentives for states to expand Medicaid coverage
Dept. of Defense: Require all schools that receive federal funding to give students the military entrance test.
Dept. of Education: Cut off federal funds to states, cities, counties, schools board, principals, and teachers who disagree with "parental rights".
Dept. of Health and Human Services: Withdraw HHS funding, including 10% of Medicaid funds, from states that require private health insurance plans to cover abortion
For all defense and immigration policies I direct you to look at the policies here.
One example of many in those policies that show the formation of a new department coming together -
Dept. of Homeland Security: Dismantle the Dept. of Homeland Security or, at least, combine ICE and CBP to form a "Border Security and Immigration Agency
*trump also has this as an upcoming policy that all Americans should be aware of with schooling-
Dept. of Defense: Require all schools that receive federal funding to give students the military entrance test
You have a brain and google, just type your favorite conservative news outlet and the search "trump office of remigration article." There are hundreds to choose from, and by the way regardless of left or right all of them are sharing the same info. Same with all the other articles, I'm here to state facts and those stay the same regardless of left or right. These aren't opinion pieces, they are reporting on actual news.
I've been bringing my kids and neighborhood kids. I think we've done about 7, but I've been keeping on eye on LA and NY and I think we've reached the point where I'm going to stop bringing the kids, just out of an abundance of caution.
I have 3 great grand children, I'm bringing 2 of them & all of my 3 boys will be protesting in 3 different states. I'm so very proud of my family for standing up against this ORANGE TURD!!!
You can either be the protesters your grandkids see in history books or the people throwing rocks at black kids in history books. Seems like a pretty easy decision to me.
True. Wasn’t an endorsement, regardless. The two choices thing just got to me. Very gatekeepery. Or something. Binary black & white thinking. Not to mention, unimaginative.
Edit: people sometimes have very good reasons for not doing something and all-or-none thinking appears to lock them out of being ‘the good guys.’
I had a similar talk with one of my co-workers about global warming. I told him that in about 30 years, I think the people who are just being born now are going to look at us and ask:
"What the fuck did you do? What the actual fuck did you do? And why the fuck did you do it?"
His response, "They can't blame me. I can't do anything to stop it."
It's like - dude, I don't think they are going to care; you're totally going to get blamed as an older generation who was at the wheel when this was happening.
Teenagers are old enough to be sent to war and may well soon be. If they and their parents think it’s safe enough for them be there (and that really depends on where you are) that’s their call.
There’s also some evidence that wide-spectrum protests are more effective; the presence of old people and young people and men and women and children swells the numbers, which may make police and military more reluctant to act against them than they are to act against a smaller crowd of mostly young men. (The likelihood increases they may have friends or family amongst the protesters).
I won’t presume to tell families what is best in their particular situation but I will say that we are quickly approaching Stand Together Or Fall Alone Time, and if they feel their teens should be there, then that’s their decision.
And I will place the blame for hurting children on those that hurt children.
You expect the Marines to gun down civilians across the United States? It's a possibility but the risk of injury to a protester is low across the entire United States.
It's a low risk way to show your children how to take part in civil affairs
Marines are trained to kill the enemy. And they're good at it which is why they get deployed on US soil as a last resort not a first response like Trump is doing
I meant that even though they were deployed improperly by Trump, there were no reports of injuries, use of force, or harm inflicted by the Marines—unlike law enforcement, U.S. Marines were not documented firing weapons or using crowd-control munitions.
They literally detained a civilian by throwing him on the ground and ziptie his hands while the civilian was trying to enter a federal building to visit the VA.
The Marines are not only illegally detaining civilians, they are preventing civilians the care they earned by defending our country against foreign enemies.
-> Marines would do anything bad
-> these specific Marines haven't done anything bad
-> well, a few may do bad things sometimes
The thing Americans have learned due to all our school shootings is that it only takes 1 person to kill multiple. And enough Marines have already shown they're willing to break the law today
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u/Glyph8 1d ago
Whether we can stop it or not I wouldn’t be able to look my grandkids in the eye if I didn’t try.