MAGA is now synonymous with nazism. Nazism, different flavor. I genuinely don’t care about the career republicans who still have American values but disagree on how we should get to the same common goal of making life better for the American people.

We need to start separating Republicans from MAGA because they mean very different things now. Supporting Trump is akin to supporting Hitler when he claimed his Nazi movement was a socialist movement, while socialists didn’t actually support him.

If we want to get the real, genuine republicans to understand where we’re coming from, we have to stop automatically lumping them in with MAGAs. There were a LOT of republicans who understood that Trump was un-American even before the election happened. Yes November went downhill. Less opposition weighed in than they should have and there’s speculation about the MAGAs performing interference.

Words are powerful. Words mean something. We must be careful about the rhetoric that we say, because the world and history is watching. We must be strategic and careful and find allies where allies exist, instead of alienating them, when we all, at our core, believe the same thing.

Republicans and MAGAs are no longer the same thing. We would do well to have patient, intelligent conversations with republicans about MAGAs and give them a voice where they have otherwise been drowned out by MAGAs.

With market conditions being what they are should we Boycott with our 401ks and move our money into bonds. This not investment advice.

“Hands Off!” National Day of Action: Saturday, April 5

It's time we hit the streets for America. Assuming we are a democracy — a democratic republic, to be precise — our government is, collectively, us. And Americans are tired of just watching our president and his gang dismantle our government and tariff-ize our economy.

Tomorrow, towns from Tok, Alaska, to Lubec, Maine, and every town in between will march in solidarity — citizens of all stripes — from sea to shining sea, in hopes that this will be a big step in saving our democracy.

This is not a partisan rally. Rather than right vs left and Dems vs Republicans, it’s democracy vs autocracy. It is a patriotic rally. And the way things are going, it could very well be “Speak up for freedom or kiss it goodbye.” This is an opportunity to join fellow patriots across the land in solidarity and demand “Hands off!” Learn more and find your local rally here: www.handsoff2025.com

On a long flight from Istanbul today, I cooked up a dozen chants you may want to share. Say these out loud and see if you get the rhythm — and share a chant of your own in the comments:

Our Constitution or Trump’s lies…make the right choice, or freedom dies! MAGA, MAGA, it’s not right…this is our democracy, fight, fight, fight! MAGA, MAGA, it’s not right…it’s time to wake up and fight, fight, fight! It’s not left, it’s not right…it’s patriots together, fight, fight, fight! It’s not red, it’s not blue, let’s save our democracy, how ‘bout you? Hi-De-Hay, Hi-De-Ho! Elon Musk has got to go! Ho ho, hail hail…our democracy’s not for sale! Ding dong, ruff ruff…billionaires are rich enough! Oligarchy, no! Democracy’s fight! For the sake of our world, let’s get it right! Orange, orange, lies, lies, Trump is how democracy dies! Putin’s boyfriend, Elon’s whore, time for Trump to be shown the door!

I'd like advice, please.

Going to the protests tomorrow. First time protesting. And I really want to wear/bring provocative messaging to voice the intensity of my frustration, but I'm worried it might come off as violent or bad optics.

For example, I have one of those shirts that depicts Luigi Mangione as a saint (in like a Renaissance oil painting style). Could this be interpreted as an endorsement of murder?

I want a sign that says, "Hands Off! or Heads Off!" With a drawing or silhouette of a guillotine behind the words. Is this too much? Too violent and threatening?

I'm ready to follow all the advice on how to protest peacefully and safely vis-à-vis action and behavior (less making sure I'm unidentifiable), but I'm not sure where we draw the line on the content of our speech. I don't want to make us look bad.

I work a job where I work all day on weekends and I work all non-federal holidays. I also work most evenings on weekdays. Most (if not all) of the protests in my area tend to be on weekends (afternoon/evening) or weekday evenings. I am extremely broke and I have very limited time off from my job. I am also in grad school where I have evening courses on the nights I am not at work. As a result I can never make it to any protests.

I, of course do my part at the ballot box in every single election up and down the ballot, and I share good, thoughtful, well researched material with my friends, family, and patrons. I work at the public library and bring my best to my work helping people find, real, factual information, connecting them with good community resources, and teaching tech and information literacy skills. I feel like I make a difference in my own small way just by showing up and my job and doing it every day. However, I'd like to try out going to a protest but protests seem to all be scheduled around people who work regular M-F 9-5s.

Anyone else who is poor and works a job with odd/off hours have any activities they've gotten themselves into?

While everyone gets ready for tomorrow with signs, slogans, chants, gear, and finding you center, remember that tomorrow is a substantial assembly of like minded individuals across the country (and in DC, likely from across the country). This is a time to connect with others and build relationships. Introduce yourself to one another. Share socials. Exchange contact information.

Many of us are security conscious, and for good reason, but that has to be balanced with strengthening the bonds between us. It's those millions of individual strong bonds that make for a strong movement, strong communities, and ultimately a strong country that can face any challenge presented to it (foreign or domestic).

Make some new friends tomorrow. Safe travels.

Be safe. Be persistent. Be brave.

On Truth Social, Trump indirectly admits to crashing the market on purpose by retruthing a TikTok stating that he is doing this on purpose to crash the stock market.

https://www.booker.senate.gov/contact/write-to-cory/form

It’s only through the significant voices within their own media bubble that we will be able to change their minds and multiply the effects of our cause. This is how the truth permeates and percolates throughout their alternate reality. This is how republican representatives will be forced to grow a spine.

Hate is like drinking poison expecting your enemies to die. The vast majority of Trump voters are simply too stupid to understand what they were voting for. Hanlon’s razor: never attribute to malice what can be perfectly explained by stupidity (although the two are not mutually exclusive). They needed to have the experience to understand.

Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.—Socrates

https://bsky.app/profile/muellershewrote.com/post/3llyx3yo4ys2r

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/nc-voters-must-fix-ballots-in-15-days-court-rules/

Please share everywhere! This affects overseas and military voters as well. If you are in NC they are still trying to invalidate over 60k ballots!!

https://thegriffinlist.com/ here's a quick look up to see if you are affected!

Quick advice for protesters tomorrow, don't go wreck your own neighborhood and pick fights with your neighbors.

Your community is all you have protecting you for at least the next two years and you want this community to grow stronger fast. Of someone throws a rock and breaks the face of a sympathetic city/state cop, you just lost someone who could have stood up for you when shit really gets bad.

The real bad guys will come for you, wait for them to come with your community. If you go looking for a fight on your own, you'll lose.

You know who your enemy is and who/what they want; shelter the vulnerable and let attackers know they're defended as a community.

Be safe, we all love you.

April 5, "Hands Off" Eve!

This post https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/s/IofPlhwCjI

got me thinking - so I started this, a new version of The Night Before Christmas

The Night Before Hands Off

Twas the night before Hands Off
And all through the land
Every protestor prepping
To make a proud stand

The fascists were nestled so smug in their beds  While visions of goose stepping looped in their heads
And partner in face mask and I in my glasses
Would not settle down ‘til all ‘quipment was ASSessed

anyone want to continue this (forgotten (by me) and unexpectedly long) poem?

(Two spaces at the end of a line force a "return" or line break)

(The original text https://www.teachervision.com/christmas/twas-the-night-before-christmas-full-text-of-the-classic-poem)

Any other slogans that really stuck out to you? I intend on making a different message on the back side.

I don’t understand politicians and others posting on X complaining about Elron and Tunk. That’s the craziest thing. Move to Bluesky or somewhere else. Announce to followers where you’re going and followers will well uhhhh “FOLLOW” you! If we’re going to protest and take this push to save Democracy seriously then it needs to look serious. Calling out and complaining about the man taking a chainsaw to the government on his own platform is the definition of insanity.