I do a lot of driving all across the Alabama countryside, and all the Trump flags people have been flying in their front yards for the past decade have been coming down quickly this year. Only saw 1 on my 120 mile route today.
Orzorn on
Its not just protests; its the lack of counter protests. Some of these events previously would have had a significant cadre of counter protestors (pro-Trump, that is to say) there to try to counter the energy.
There were virtually none. A random shit stirrer here and there, but virtually no organized efforts. Its **one thing** if there’s a bunch (a historically large bunch) of people upset and protesting, but its **another thing entirely** if Trump isn’t having people show up to rep him at these things.
We’ve reached the point where we have a significant portion of the country mad about him, and then too few of his followers showing up to counter that, either because they are apathetic about it, or afraid of the sheer number they’d have to counter protest against.
This *very same energy* is appearing in the special elections we’ve had this year thus far. Voters for Democrats have turned out in droves and pushed a number of elections in their favor, and even the ones that didn’t (a few in north Florida, for instance) had a significant shift leftward. If this momentum keeps up, it doesn’t really matter if several states gerrymandered, the Democrats would be on a path to +9 or more nationwide.
We’re even seeing momentum of the gerrymandering slowing down. Indiana Republicans seem disinterested. New Hampshire Republicans outright rejected it. Certain more moderate (or swing state) Republicans can’t afford to hitch themselves to that. This is **precisely** why polling and voting matters. Its scaring the absolute shit out of Republicans to see those kinds of shifts. Sure, some are pushing for gerrymanders, but others are seeing the writing on the wall and deciding to keep their hands clean of that in hopes of better chances come election season.
SagesseBleue on
Are there refunds for cult memberships? Or just store credit?
Smithy2232 on
While it sounds hopeful, the madness of this administration continues nonstop.
Yes, I hope people are coming to their senses, but I would of never thought we would be here to begin with.
Redshirt_Welshy_Nooo on
Urban areas in *every* state are blue. What separates “blue states” from “red states” is the proportion of the population that lives outside the urban hubs.
What doesn’t separate them is that the overwhelming majority of productivity and GDP is tied to those blue urban hubs. The “red state” intrastaate model is the same as the “red vs blue” state model nationally. Blue urban hubs drive productivity, innovation, value, wealth, and it is stolen to keep the surrounding red areas afloat.
Least_Training_968 on
They’ll still vote GOP next year though! They’re not too smart down there!
thistimelineisweird on
But but that red geography map that MAGA loves says they’re the majority!
HeggyMe on
We have to be very careful because when dictators loose significant popular support things tend to go south pretty rapidly.
OkPerspective7652 on
My family in The Dallas Suburbs saw protests against the GOP, time to make America Blue
KingMario05 on
Cool. Please vote blue in 2026, Red America. That’s the only way we can put all this madness behind us for good. And never fucking relapse.
HWTseng on
I’ve been burned more times than Australian bushfires on reddit about politics, I remember the optimism during the previous election with Kamala Harris.
I’ll only believe it when I see these people actually get taken down. The way I see it, he’s not even a year in, and he’s already slowly eroding power away from the people, eventually even if people want change, they won’t have the agency to make those changes happen
Alwaystired254 on
No they aren’t.
Alternative_Rate7474 on
Well about damn time
OpenImagination9 on
Let’s see that energy in the voting booth.
pizzapartyprisoner on
If those states weren’t full of inbred morons we wouldn’t be here in the first place.
bedofhoses on
Don’t believe it.
Spacebotzero on
Even if you are MAGA and a trump supporter, he isn’t doing what he said he be doing.
He’s falling all Americans regardless of who you are. We should all be angry.
And a slight side note, how the fuck is there not more anger about the Whitehouse being demolished for a fucking ballroom?
str00del on
Doesn’t mean shit if they still vote Republican in the midterms and in 2028.
Choice-of-SteinsGate on
MAGA is demanding to know why the millions protesting against him are calling him “king.”
Well, here’s a list of “grievances” if you will:
– The Trump family has monetized the presidency to the tune of billions; exploiting Trump’s political power to secure cryptocurrency investments, business and real estate deals overseas, financial and political contributions from wealthy figures, corporations and foreign governments looking to literally purchase favors, influence and access to the president.
– Trump has turned the presidency into a moneymaking scheme. His many conflicts of interest have raised ethical and legal red flags. The Trump family and administration are engaging in massive insider enrichment and the government’s kleptocratic policies resemble how authoritarian regimes centralize economic power to line the pockets of a small number of political and wealthy elites while most citizens suffer economic hardship.
– Trump’s transformation into a dictator can be seen in the juxtaposition between visuals of the hideously gilded Oval Office, Trump’s garishly decorated ballroom and descriptions of detainment centers which depict such horrid conditions that they resemble concentration camps.
– The Trump regime is plagued by rampant cronyism, corruption and favoritism. Loyalty is a priority in Trump’s circle and plays a major role in securing power and influence within his administration. Trump has issued pardons to his corrupt lackeys and co-conspirators; signaling to his political allies that they can commit crimes with impunity.
– Obstruction of justice is a privilege for Donald Trump. His party has helped him repeatedly escape accountability by subverting the court system, establishing blanket immunities for the president, by dismantling oversight and creating a unitary executive beholden to no one.
– Trump has stated that he is above the law; posting comments like, “He who saves his country does not violate any law,” insinuating that he is entitled to act outside all laws and regulations whenever he sees fit.
– Trump has taken control over independent agencies and has transformed the DOJ into his own personal legal arm. He is exploiting the power of the justice department to target and prosecute his political opponents without evidence.
– Trump is abusing his executive powers to normalize punishing those who have exposed his criminality and corruption in the past. He is weaponizing every agency and power of the federal government to seek retribution against his critics, his opponents, and anyone who has ever tried to hold him accountable. He has also ordered the DOJ to fire US attorneys and prosecutors who do not toe the line; consolidating investigative power under his administration.
– Trump has appointed loyalists into director positions within agencies like the FCC where they carry out his authoritarian whims against his critics in the media; applying regulatory pressures on companies to silence those who criticize him and/or his policies.
– The Trump admin has flagged “unpatriotic” and ideologically “diverse” content for removal from federal property.
– The government is violating free speech, defunding independent journalism, suppressing the arts and intellectual, whitewashing history, stifling the press, and amassing control over how and what information is being shared to the public.
– Trump has been abusing his powers to declare needless “emergencies” and enact record breaking numbers of executive orders—many of them unconstitutional.
– He is employing these unlawful tactics to carry out excessive national security measures and to wage war on the American people. He is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act while federalizing local police and the military to centralize authoritarian control over US cities. He is also deploying these troops without consent from the states. These measures are not intended to “reduce crime” or drive back some imaginary “rebellion,” but to crackdown on protestors and dissent, to suspend civil liberties and to terrorize the public.
– Interventionism and expansionism are justified when it suits Trump’s political goals or narratives. He is carrying out extrajudicial killings and war crimes; threatening our allies; currying favor with foreign dictators; instigating trade wars; unilaterally intervening in foreign affairs.
– The Trump admin’s “law and order” rhetoric is inciting hostilities towards immigrants, marginalized groups and minorities. To Trump and his allies, “law and order” means punishing your enemies.
– This obsession with crime and punishment is reflected in Trump’s militarization of domestic policy, in his admin’s disregard for people’s constitutional rights, in Trump’s attacks and threats aimed at judges and law firms, in his unjustified prosecutions of his political opponents, in his weaponization of the DOJ, and in his deputizing of masked ICE agents.
– Trump has been deploying armies of hostile and unaccountable ICE agents around the country who are concealing their identities and violently arresting, detaining and deporting thousands of people without due process. They are terrorizing citizens, throwing people into unmarked vehicles, acting as law enforcement, profiling their targets, and suppressing civil rights and liberties.
– Trump has been violating the constitution, flouting the law, defying court orders, bypassing checks and balances, abusing impoundment procedures, overstepping congressional authority, and defiling democratic norms.
– He is undermining the constitution by seeking to end birthright citizenship and the two term presidential limit. He has also repeatedly violated constitutional principles and clauses, expressly those contained within the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, and fourteenth amendments, not excluding the separation of powers and the citizenship clause.
– The MAGA coalition is concentrating power into the hands of the president who is issuing autocratic decrees while disregarding legislative and judicial oversight; interpreting laws however the president and his attorney general see fit; defunding and cancelling programs enacted into law; raising taxes without approval; instituting unilateral and illegal tariffs; withholding congressionally appropriated funds; undermining checks and balances.
– Trump is abusing his power to strong-arm universities; demanding that they hand control over academic decision making to the government.
– He is making excessive demands of these private institutions and cracking down on student protestors while requiring that they be vetted and reported on and that universities teach government approved viewpoints.
– Trump’s actions, rhetoric and imagery resembles that of a monarch. He is a self-styled king. From his gilded decor and his immodest “renovations” of the White House, to his taxpayer funded vanity projects designed to pay tribute to him. From the many “gifts” that his rich benefactors have bestowed on him in exchange for political favors, to his messages online that include literal images of him wearing a crown and referring to himself as “KING.” Even official White House accounts amplify these posts and images.
– Lastly, Donald Trump facilitated an insurrection at our Capital in order to overturn the results of a free and fair election. Trump and his MAGA allies are consolidating power at an alarming rate and have been exploiting their voter’s confidence in Trump’s lies to suppress the vote, and to deny and subvert elections under the deceitful guise of combatting election fraud.
Recent_Tap_9467 on
Good. Don’t get complacent, though. They may be less willing to defend their positions publicly, but they don’t go away during voting.
They hid after Bush, then came right back for Trump. Besides, some have joined the Gestapo, as we have also seen.
Designer_Buy_1650 on
Some are. Don’t be fooled. The vast majority are MAGA. And, MAGA is a cult. They are beholden to their Satanic leader.
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I do a lot of driving all across the Alabama countryside, and all the Trump flags people have been flying in their front yards for the past decade have been coming down quickly this year. Only saw 1 on my 120 mile route today.
Its not just protests; its the lack of counter protests. Some of these events previously would have had a significant cadre of counter protestors (pro-Trump, that is to say) there to try to counter the energy.
There were virtually none. A random shit stirrer here and there, but virtually no organized efforts. Its **one thing** if there’s a bunch (a historically large bunch) of people upset and protesting, but its **another thing entirely** if Trump isn’t having people show up to rep him at these things.
We’ve reached the point where we have a significant portion of the country mad about him, and then too few of his followers showing up to counter that, either because they are apathetic about it, or afraid of the sheer number they’d have to counter protest against.
This *very same energy* is appearing in the special elections we’ve had this year thus far. Voters for Democrats have turned out in droves and pushed a number of elections in their favor, and even the ones that didn’t (a few in north Florida, for instance) had a significant shift leftward. If this momentum keeps up, it doesn’t really matter if several states gerrymandered, the Democrats would be on a path to +9 or more nationwide.
We’re even seeing momentum of the gerrymandering slowing down. Indiana Republicans seem disinterested. New Hampshire Republicans outright rejected it. Certain more moderate (or swing state) Republicans can’t afford to hitch themselves to that. This is **precisely** why polling and voting matters. Its scaring the absolute shit out of Republicans to see those kinds of shifts. Sure, some are pushing for gerrymanders, but others are seeing the writing on the wall and deciding to keep their hands clean of that in hopes of better chances come election season.
Are there refunds for cult memberships? Or just store credit?
While it sounds hopeful, the madness of this administration continues nonstop.
Yes, I hope people are coming to their senses, but I would of never thought we would be here to begin with.
Urban areas in *every* state are blue. What separates “blue states” from “red states” is the proportion of the population that lives outside the urban hubs.
What doesn’t separate them is that the overwhelming majority of productivity and GDP is tied to those blue urban hubs. The “red state” intrastaate model is the same as the “red vs blue” state model nationally. Blue urban hubs drive productivity, innovation, value, wealth, and it is stolen to keep the surrounding red areas afloat.
They’ll still vote GOP next year though! They’re not too smart down there!
But but that red geography map that MAGA loves says they’re the majority!
We have to be very careful because when dictators loose significant popular support things tend to go south pretty rapidly.
My family in The Dallas Suburbs saw protests against the GOP, time to make America Blue
Cool. Please vote blue in 2026, Red America. That’s the only way we can put all this madness behind us for good. And never fucking relapse.
I’ve been burned more times than Australian bushfires on reddit about politics, I remember the optimism during the previous election with Kamala Harris.
I’ll only believe it when I see these people actually get taken down. The way I see it, he’s not even a year in, and he’s already slowly eroding power away from the people, eventually even if people want change, they won’t have the agency to make those changes happen
No they aren’t.
Well about damn time
Let’s see that energy in the voting booth.
If those states weren’t full of inbred morons we wouldn’t be here in the first place.
Don’t believe it.
Even if you are MAGA and a trump supporter, he isn’t doing what he said he be doing.
He’s falling all Americans regardless of who you are. We should all be angry.
And a slight side note, how the fuck is there not more anger about the Whitehouse being demolished for a fucking ballroom?
Doesn’t mean shit if they still vote Republican in the midterms and in 2028.
MAGA is demanding to know why the millions protesting against him are calling him “king.”
Well, here’s a list of “grievances” if you will:
– The Trump family has monetized the presidency to the tune of billions; exploiting Trump’s political power to secure cryptocurrency investments, business and real estate deals overseas, financial and political contributions from wealthy figures, corporations and foreign governments looking to literally purchase favors, influence and access to the president.
– Trump has turned the presidency into a moneymaking scheme. His many conflicts of interest have raised ethical and legal red flags. The Trump family and administration are engaging in massive insider enrichment and the government’s kleptocratic policies resemble how authoritarian regimes centralize economic power to line the pockets of a small number of political and wealthy elites while most citizens suffer economic hardship.
– Trump’s transformation into a dictator can be seen in the juxtaposition between visuals of the hideously gilded Oval Office, Trump’s garishly decorated ballroom and descriptions of detainment centers which depict such horrid conditions that they resemble concentration camps.
– The Trump regime is plagued by rampant cronyism, corruption and favoritism. Loyalty is a priority in Trump’s circle and plays a major role in securing power and influence within his administration. Trump has issued pardons to his corrupt lackeys and co-conspirators; signaling to his political allies that they can commit crimes with impunity.
– Obstruction of justice is a privilege for Donald Trump. His party has helped him repeatedly escape accountability by subverting the court system, establishing blanket immunities for the president, by dismantling oversight and creating a unitary executive beholden to no one.
– Trump has stated that he is above the law; posting comments like, “He who saves his country does not violate any law,” insinuating that he is entitled to act outside all laws and regulations whenever he sees fit.
– Trump has taken control over independent agencies and has transformed the DOJ into his own personal legal arm. He is exploiting the power of the justice department to target and prosecute his political opponents without evidence.
– Trump is abusing his executive powers to normalize punishing those who have exposed his criminality and corruption in the past. He is weaponizing every agency and power of the federal government to seek retribution against his critics, his opponents, and anyone who has ever tried to hold him accountable. He has also ordered the DOJ to fire US attorneys and prosecutors who do not toe the line; consolidating investigative power under his administration.
– Trump has appointed loyalists into director positions within agencies like the FCC where they carry out his authoritarian whims against his critics in the media; applying regulatory pressures on companies to silence those who criticize him and/or his policies.
– The Trump admin has flagged “unpatriotic” and ideologically “diverse” content for removal from federal property.
– The government is violating free speech, defunding independent journalism, suppressing the arts and intellectual, whitewashing history, stifling the press, and amassing control over how and what information is being shared to the public.
– Trump has been abusing his powers to declare needless “emergencies” and enact record breaking numbers of executive orders—many of them unconstitutional.
– He is employing these unlawful tactics to carry out excessive national security measures and to wage war on the American people. He is threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act while federalizing local police and the military to centralize authoritarian control over US cities. He is also deploying these troops without consent from the states. These measures are not intended to “reduce crime” or drive back some imaginary “rebellion,” but to crackdown on protestors and dissent, to suspend civil liberties and to terrorize the public.
– Interventionism and expansionism are justified when it suits Trump’s political goals or narratives. He is carrying out extrajudicial killings and war crimes; threatening our allies; currying favor with foreign dictators; instigating trade wars; unilaterally intervening in foreign affairs.
– The Trump admin’s “law and order” rhetoric is inciting hostilities towards immigrants, marginalized groups and minorities. To Trump and his allies, “law and order” means punishing your enemies.
– This obsession with crime and punishment is reflected in Trump’s militarization of domestic policy, in his admin’s disregard for people’s constitutional rights, in Trump’s attacks and threats aimed at judges and law firms, in his unjustified prosecutions of his political opponents, in his weaponization of the DOJ, and in his deputizing of masked ICE agents.
– Trump has been deploying armies of hostile and unaccountable ICE agents around the country who are concealing their identities and violently arresting, detaining and deporting thousands of people without due process. They are terrorizing citizens, throwing people into unmarked vehicles, acting as law enforcement, profiling their targets, and suppressing civil rights and liberties.
– Trump has been violating the constitution, flouting the law, defying court orders, bypassing checks and balances, abusing impoundment procedures, overstepping congressional authority, and defiling democratic norms.
– He is undermining the constitution by seeking to end birthright citizenship and the two term presidential limit. He has also repeatedly violated constitutional principles and clauses, expressly those contained within the first, fourth, fifth, sixth, and fourteenth amendments, not excluding the separation of powers and the citizenship clause.
– The MAGA coalition is concentrating power into the hands of the president who is issuing autocratic decrees while disregarding legislative and judicial oversight; interpreting laws however the president and his attorney general see fit; defunding and cancelling programs enacted into law; raising taxes without approval; instituting unilateral and illegal tariffs; withholding congressionally appropriated funds; undermining checks and balances.
– Trump is abusing his power to strong-arm universities; demanding that they hand control over academic decision making to the government.
– He is making excessive demands of these private institutions and cracking down on student protestors while requiring that they be vetted and reported on and that universities teach government approved viewpoints.
– Trump’s actions, rhetoric and imagery resembles that of a monarch. He is a self-styled king. From his gilded decor and his immodest “renovations” of the White House, to his taxpayer funded vanity projects designed to pay tribute to him. From the many “gifts” that his rich benefactors have bestowed on him in exchange for political favors, to his messages online that include literal images of him wearing a crown and referring to himself as “KING.” Even official White House accounts amplify these posts and images.
– Lastly, Donald Trump facilitated an insurrection at our Capital in order to overturn the results of a free and fair election. Trump and his MAGA allies are consolidating power at an alarming rate and have been exploiting their voter’s confidence in Trump’s lies to suppress the vote, and to deny and subvert elections under the deceitful guise of combatting election fraud.
Good. Don’t get complacent, though. They may be less willing to defend their positions publicly, but they don’t go away during voting.
They hid after Bush, then came right back for Trump. Besides, some have joined the Gestapo, as we have also seen.
Some are. Don’t be fooled. The vast majority are MAGA. And, MAGA is a cult. They are beholden to their Satanic leader.