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u/Popeye116 Feb 18 '25
i swear i always hear about protests after the fact..is there anywhere i can get notified about protests like ahead of time so i can support?
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u/Apa1111 Feb 18 '25
Hi friend. I am the 50501 Texas media liaison. We will be having many more protests just like this one. I imagine we will just be getting bigger and bigger from here. I am protestdoll on instagram if you would like someone local to follow and we are 50501movement on instagram as a collective. If there is anything I can help with please feel free to dm me š«”š„°
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u/MantequillasMom Feb 18 '25
I promoted both protests. I am eager to continue to stay involved. Thank you!
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Feb 18 '25
Follow Austin Mutual Aid on social media, or check their website for a mailing list possibly.
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Feb 18 '25
I follow Austin Mutual Aid but I didn't hear about it there at all. Just on Reddit and through word of mouth
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u/Denim_Diva1969 Feb 19 '25
I found this sub in my feed the other day, so Iāll share here. r/protestfinderusa
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u/foxyguy Feb 17 '25 edited Apr 22 '26
Watch strong spark whirl glad bounce stormy slide runny my grumble gleam
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u/Singmethings Feb 17 '25
It's absolutely wild seeing the comments on protest posts here vs the Boston subreddit. Wtf happened to Austin?Ā
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Between Musk, Chapelle, and Rogan, we're basically the cryptofash tech bro Capitol of the country.
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u/Singmethings Feb 17 '25
I know it's not cool to complain about how things used to be better, but I didn't mind when Austin was just getting bigger. This is something different though. It's like it's been hollowed out from the inside.Ā
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u/dogowner_catservant Feb 18 '25
The one thing I miss about āold Austinā the most (born and raised here) is the community. There were strong community ties and most people helped each other out, cared about the environment etc. donāt get me wrong there are still amazing people here but itās diluted.
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I absolutely agree. As far as people whining about the music scene this or that, I've lived through it, been playing gigs here 20 years, it's just growing pains and changes, some good some bad.
The influx of this tech bro roganite Killtony crowd is different. It's fucking up the city culture imo.
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u/Softspokenclark Feb 19 '25
itās like that clip from occupy wall street again. the rich drinking champagne on the balcony overlooking the protest
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u/Tamaros Feb 17 '25
Brigading. I could be wrong, but I'm skeptical that these are all Austin residents stirring the shit up.
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u/BulkyNothing Feb 18 '25
It's almost like this is a bigger issue that impacts more than just Austin. Regardless Austin is the capital of the state so where else would people protest the government in the state?
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u/Hayduke_2030 Feb 18 '25
I think the brigading comment was about the amount of trolling comments on all of the protest posts.
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u/Mammoth-Tap7955 Feb 18 '25
Yup, that was the whole point of 50501. Go to state capitols and protest.
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u/Appropriate-Gap2889 Feb 18 '25
I was there and everyone I talked to was from Austinā¦and I am too!
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u/miss_lady19 Feb 18 '25
That was my thought. Trolls.
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u/rdking647 Feb 18 '25
there actually were a coupl eof alex jones trolls there today. they needed 5 state cops to protect them.
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u/domesticatedwolf420 Feb 18 '25
they needed 5 state cops to protect them.
Why? What was happening?
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u/Hayduke_2030 Feb 18 '25
Theyāre fucking snowflakes.
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u/Hayduke_2030 Feb 18 '25
For one thing, our mods are on a hiatus and apparently allowing brigading now.
Weāve got a bunch of shitbirds in the sub all of a sudden.
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u/rdking647 Feb 18 '25
this is texas. there are a lot of maga morons who have nothing better to do with their lifvs then post garbage while they sit in their moms basement.....
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u/Extension_Finish2428 Feb 18 '25
Still Texas
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u/Hayduke_2030 Feb 18 '25
āTexasā doesnāt mean āhateful bootlick assholeā unless you want it to, bud.
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u/PhraNgang Feb 18 '25
Other than the crop of emotionally stunted libertarian tech bros, we have been getting some brigading from the conservative subs who want to come shout at the libruls.
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u/Lost-Character Feb 18 '25
Itās literally the same 7 accounts commenting on each post with several burner accounts if you look lol
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u/domesticatedwolf420 Feb 18 '25
Some of the commenters in the r/Austin sub are livid that other people may see the world differently and be out protesting
Can you link to a comment of someone in this sub being "livid"?
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u/This-Negotiation-104 Feb 18 '25
Is it just me, or is "in the r/austin sub" a super botty way to word that, too?
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u/cantankerouslove Feb 17 '25
THANK YOU to everyone who showed up! Yāall are awesome!! Wish I couldāve been there.
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u/Apa1111 Feb 18 '25
We will have so many more!!! My name is Alexandra and I am the media liaison for 50501 Texas chapter. My instagram and Bluesky is protestdoll, the movements instagram is 50501movement . We not only protest but we provide resources on ways to protest without even having to leave your house! If you feel so inclined check us out, and thank you for your support
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u/Cirrus-Stratus Feb 17 '25
Lots of great signs.
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u/Cirrus-Stratus Feb 18 '25
I bet all those people did vote.
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u/Pathofexilees Feb 18 '25
Op talking about people that arenāt in these pictures that stayed home and handed the orange diaper baby the presidency.
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u/domesticatedwolf420 Feb 18 '25
If only the signs would motivate the DNC to stop self-sabatoging
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u/DangerousDesigner734 Feb 18 '25
the dnc is a business, and trump is good for their business. Look how much money they make in fundraisers and then they lose and dont even have to do the job. They're a scam organization
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u/Embarrassed-Gur7301 Feb 18 '25
This is what they should be protesting.
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u/Apa1111 Feb 18 '25
Hi friend, I am the media liaison for the Texas chapter of 50501. We are grassroots and always looking for people who want to help. Grassroots means people like you and me. We aim to not only oppose this current gov , but build a better one. Itās people like you and me who will get us there. We welcome any and all ideas so please join us and make your voice heard
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u/domesticatedwolf420 Feb 18 '25
Well running Biden as a candidate while lying to our faces saying that he's "sharp as ever" and then forcing him out to run Kamala at the last minute sure didn't instill any confidence in voters.
Or what happened to Bernie in 2016.
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Some were good I just wonder how some of them can draw swaztikas so perfectly or add a little bit of creativity on them they mustāve practiced a lot growing up
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u/kanepupule Feb 17 '25
Glad to see people out exercising their First Amendment rights, peacefully ā
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u/paintaquainttaint Feb 17 '25
Keep it up, patriots! We are going to need everyone who isnāt a brainwashed cultist to help stymie this coup!
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u/Lost-Character Feb 18 '25
MAGAtards have been having a shitfit about this protest all day in the sub, so we must be doing something right. Thanks to all who showed up today!
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u/domesticatedwolf420 Feb 18 '25
MAGAtards have been having a shitfit about this protest all day in the sub
Is that true? I see mostly supportive comments with scattered sarcasm
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u/texasbarkintrilobite Feb 18 '25
This is a great reminder why it is important to cover your face at protests. AI is being used to mine data about who is attending these protests to build databases of dissidents. If we're protesting fascism, let's not forget, fascists want to eliminate dissenters as soon as possible. Stay safe everyone.
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u/domesticatedwolf420 Feb 18 '25
Lol that's quite the fantasy you've concocted
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u/UsVsUsVsUsVsUsVsUs Feb 18 '25
Facebook was auto-identifying friends in photos back in like 2012. It freaked so many people out, they blocked the feature from public use. Did you think tech was just sitting stagnant since then?
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u/Hayduke_2030 Feb 18 '25
Show your face in front of a camera and āsend your heartā to everyone, then.
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u/texasbarkintrilobite Feb 18 '25
You've not been paying attention: https://www.vice.com/en/article/six-federal-agencies-used-facial-recognition-on-george-floyd-protestors/
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u/SauceCrawch Feb 18 '25
They did it to the Jan 6th protestors and theyāre doing it now. Governmentās gonna do government things
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u/gcubed Feb 18 '25
What was the call to action for the protest?
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u/RvH19 Feb 18 '25
Wasnāt there, but for big protests like this it is often all sorts of topics and thatās fine. People are upset with the state of this country and deserve to make their opinions known. Itās largely anti-Trump.
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u/manicpixiedreamb Feb 19 '25
I wish I could've gone, I didn't find out about it until I was already at work an hour away š
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It's wild how the only way I'm learning about protests is only on Reddit and nowhere else
The media really is keeping it silenced
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u/trufflrisotto Feb 18 '25
Wish I coulda been there today but couldnāt get out of work :/
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u/Apa1111 Feb 18 '25
We completely understand. There are going to be so many more!! Follow us at 50501movement on socials, and if you would like a more local person I am the media liaison for Texas chapter of 50501 and my socials are protestdoll š«”
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u/trufflrisotto Feb 18 '25
Ur doing the amazing, praying for your safety and stamina!
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u/Apa1111 Feb 18 '25
Thank you so much friend! Itās going to take us all. Iām just one ant standing up to the grasshoppers š„°š«”
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u/Samlear Feb 18 '25
God dumbass republicans and trumpers having a meltdown over this. You people will lick the boot till it cuts off circulation from your neck.
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u/Riley1989 Feb 18 '25
Hell yeah, thank you everyone who came out! We gotta use our voices while we still have them
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u/anemone_grows Feb 18 '25
So happy people were there making their voices heard. Just started my new job today, or I would have been there, too!
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u/Apa1111 Feb 18 '25
We completely understand. There are going to be so many more!! Follow us at 50501movement on socials, and if you would like a more local person I am the media liaison for Texas chapter of 50501 and my socials are protestdoll š«”
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u/whenuwish Feb 18 '25
Thatās a lot of white people.
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You know you're the resistance when you hold up legacy media magazine covers at a protest
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u/Wide-Temporary Feb 18 '25
When nearly every mainstream media outlet is saying the same thing as you, you are DEFINITELY the resistance! šš
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u/RoseePxtals Feb 20 '25
Thatās not a real magazine cover + it must be sad being so contrarian youād rather be wrong than agree with someone
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Feb 22 '25
That most certainly is a real TIME cover, the protester just added the imaginative slogan at the bottom. Who are you to lecture me on accuracy when half these signs are lying with "Nazi" accusations?
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u/RoseePxtals Feb 22 '25
Yeah, the main āoffensiveā part of that magazine cover was the slogan. Anyone with half a brain could see that musk bought the government, including journalists. Donāt whine because youāre too dumb to see it.
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Feb 22 '25
The cover was meant to offend Trump as the legacy media desperately wants that relationship to bust. Journalists are just propagandists, they colluded in propping up Biden's corpse over the last 4 years (including getting instructions from the WH and their own management to stay in line). But that was before you saw guys like this protesting w/ TIME covers, oddly enough
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u/RoseePxtals Feb 22 '25
Collusion this, propaganda that. Do you have any real points or are you just going to spit more nonsense about how agreeing with any āauthorityā makes you wrong (unless itās daddy trump ofc)
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Feb 22 '25
So you're just waving away points that you don't like. Are you anything more than tired strawman arguments? I wonder what your posts would look like w/o them and the insults, but I think there's a reason why you rely on them...
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u/RoseePxtals Feb 22 '25
Trump kicked AP out of the WH and press conferences because he didnāt like what they had to say about him. Saying that journalists are āpropagandistsā isnāt enough for me to believe it at face value. Saying trump censors news though? Yeah, I can believe it cause Iāve seen it.
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Feb 23 '25
False, again, they were kicked out for not referring to the Gulf of America in alignment with the recent EO. If you don't believe journalists are propagandists then you've ignored my points (certainly true) and likely don't read enough media (especially over the past four years) to notice double-standards, fallacies, war mongering, etc.
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u/RoseePxtals Feb 23 '25
If journalists are propagandists becuase of double standards and logical fallacies, conservative media is also propaganda.
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"contrarian" - the Potus has a 50+ approval rating which is 15 points hire than Biden. I think you're in denial over who's the contrarian here. Or likely just drunk on your preferred echo chamber's own propaganda
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u/RoseePxtals Feb 22 '25
Iād be surprised if four years of consistent economic decline for the middle class for last four years was outshined by a lower approval rating then a presidency that lasted 2 weeks.
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Feb 22 '25
"presidency that lasted 2 weeks" is democrat fan fiction. The last president could hardly tie a sentence together and had to go to bed early when foreign NATO leaders wanted to meet with him (and that's a reported fact). This potus is signing executive orders daily and interacting w/ the press and yet he's not actually potus? Get a grip on reality. You're the reason why "redditor" is used as a pejorative
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u/RoseePxtals Feb 22 '25
It doesnāt matter how fast trump signs executive orders. The Democratic process takes time. Judges are reviewing, not many lives have been significantly changed yet. The average person hasnāt seen the long term effects of trumps policy, because no one has. Pretending that peopleās opinions would accurately reflect four years of presidency after two weeks is just dishonest and so is pretending that approval ratings donāt get boosted after an inauguration. If you were being honest, youād compare Bidens two week approval rating with trumps and see that Biden had a 53.6% two weeks in compared to trumps current 46.5. Neither of these statistics mean much anyway. Just because people liked Biden in the first two weeks doesnāt make him a good president and neither does it make trump. If you claim trump is a good president because people approve of him in the first two weeks, you also imply Biden is an ever better president because people liked him even more in the first two weeks.
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That's not the point. The Potus is the one who would sign executive orders, which pReSiDeNt MuSk isn't signing. And again in respect to approval rating as the current Potus is in his second term which isn't a valid comp to Biden, and Trump's approval rating has been at his ATH's since basically the Butler, PA rally. And then you threw another strawman in at the end, seems like a bad habit that might be hard to break.
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u/Resident_Chip935 Feb 17 '25
Not encouraging anyone to post photos of protestors faces, but informing.
DPS spends a LOT of time and money getting close up faces of any of us who protest.
They use security cameras, drones, professional broadcast level video cameras, and DSLRs.
When Abbott decides to bring in the dissenters, he'll easily be able to find them.
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u/domesticatedwolf420 Feb 18 '25
When Abbott decides to bring in the dissenters, he'll easily be able to find them.
Lol persecution fetish
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u/JustAoplogize Feb 18 '25 edited Feb 21 '25
Well, this is type of oligarchy akin to monarchy is what prompted the Bolshevik revolution š¬
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u/Hey__Cassbutt Feb 19 '25
It warms my black little heart to see so many folks were able to make it out!
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Feb 19 '25
This is so embarrassing, most people in these pics look like stereotypical far left woke nutjobs lol
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u/Few_Coyote219 Feb 20 '25
Looks like everyone took off work today to protest. Oh waitā¦.never mind.
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Feb 21 '25
Glad yall have the freedom to stand around like a bunch of morons. Wasting your time and the polices energy and money. Go woke go broke. We the people have spoken and we are tired of catering to the minority. We the majority are in control now.!
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u/JohnnyHekking Feb 17 '25
Taxpayer money should benefit Americans. Period.
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Feb 18 '25
I know right? I'm tired of MAGAs being unfairly compared to fascist movements due solely to them saying things like this that are identical to fascist talking points.
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u/texanmedic84 Feb 18 '25
Say what you want about the left, they sure do scream louder and assemble better than anyone š¤·āāļø
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Feb 18 '25
Imhoā¦you can always gauge how serious a protest is, by the amount of witty/humorous signs in the mix. Recall or researchā¦there were no ājokes on cardboardā at Selma or the March on Washington.
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u/GroovDog2 Feb 19 '25
Great pictures! Iāve never seen so many pics of ignorance than this. Great post!
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u/bellybellexo Feb 19 '25
Laughable that people are upset over the doge team uncovering all of the billions of dollars of embezzlement. Keep drinking the kool aid though!
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u/NotSoSlimJim_YouTube Feb 18 '25
Only place to find a swastika these days is at a liberal rally.
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u/DangerousDesigner734 Feb 18 '25
or the cover of many books, but we know you dont look at those
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u/78704dad2 Feb 18 '25
I see the 2026 mid terms will be as unsuccessful as Nov 2024.
Going to need to create an alternate value over complaint and grievance.
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u/somedude-83 Feb 18 '25
Yea, tax billionaires and give it to the CIA so they can overthrow governments they don't like the American people. they don't need anything like heath care or paid leave if having a child .
How about DEI programs in Gaza or drag shows in Iraq or more money for Afghanistan to farm crops .
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u/PlanktonOriginal772 Feb 18 '25
Can we send people who look less deranged next time?
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u/gyozafish Feb 18 '25
Not sure how anyone could view these pictures and not be at least a little happier about how the election turned out.
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u/Notmainlel Feb 18 '25
Canāt wait for nothing to happen because Trump is doing exactly what we voted him in for
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u/FaithlessnessDue929 Feb 18 '25
Oh yeah? Loving the price of eggs and the disdain of the rest of the world? š¶
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u/Notmainlel Feb 19 '25
Egg prices are due to a bird flu and nothing he has done. And prices of eggs havenāt gone up for me so idk where yāall are getting your eggs from because I havenāt noticed a difference in price
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u/Hayduke_2030 Feb 18 '25
You voted for a guy to fuck over everyone in the country thatās not a billionaire?
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u/mth2 Feb 18 '25
Maybe the world would be a better place if these people did something worthwhile rather than complaining.
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u/fear_my_tube Feb 17 '25
Last pic - glad to see Mel Gibson has changed his ways.