Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
Text from article: Reason to Show Up No. 1: Bursting the illusion of invincibility Authoritarians worldwide depend on projecting strength and inducing fear. They rarely gain control unless people go along, institutions capitulate in advance, and society fails to put up a fight. But when millions turn out, especially in red states and small towns, it punctures that image and signals that we aren’t intimidated. No Kings 3 has added hundreds of events that even include remote rural regions of Alaska. Wherever Trump looks, he will see opposition. It also shows the world that most Americans now oppose Trump, and that the actions he is taking that harm other nations and their people do not reflect the will of most of us. Millions of protesters at thousands of events across the nation and world shape electoral perceptions, as I’ll discuss below. And the Republicans’ decision to ignore the protests this time shows they know they’re working. They want to deprive them of media oxygen, so we need to counter by showing up anyway. Our anger is now driven by a war Trump has recklessly begun and can’t seem to end; by spiking costs of fuel, food and other necessities; and a cynical, transparent cover-up of the Epstein files to protect billionaire pedophiles, which appear to include Trump himself. We need to voice that anger and keep showing Trump and the world that Americans do not support his criminal actions or their consequences.
Text from article: Reason to Show Up No. 1: Bursting the illusion of invincibility Authoritarians worldwide depend on projecting strength and inducing fear. They rarely gain control unless people go along, institutions capitulate in advance, and society fails to put up a fight. But when millions turn out, especially in red states and small towns, it punctures that image and signals that we aren’t intimidated. No Kings 3 has added hundreds of events that even include remote rural regions of Alaska. Wherever Trump looks, he will see opposition. It also shows the world that most Americans now oppose Trump, and that the actions he is taking that harm other nations and their people do not reflect the will of most of us. Millions of protesters at thousands of events across the nation and world shape electoral perceptions, as I’ll discuss below. And the Republicans’ decision to ignore the protests this time shows they know they’re working. They want to deprive them of media oxygen, so we need to counter by showing up anyway. Our anger is now driven by a war Trump has recklessly begun and can’t seem to end; by spiking costs of fuel, food and other necessities; and a cynical, transparent cover-up of the Epstein files to protect billionaire pedophiles, which appear to include Trump himself. We need to voice that anger and keep showing Trump and the world that Americans do not support his criminal actions or their consequences.
Text from article: Reason to Show Up No. 1: Bursting the illusion of invincibility Authoritarians worldwide depend on projecting strength and inducing fear. They rarely gain control unless people go along, institutions capitulate in advance, and society fails to put up a fight. But when millions turn out, especially in red states and small towns, it punctures that image and signals that we aren’t intimidated. No Kings 3 has added hundreds of events that even include remote rural regions of Alaska. Wherever Trump looks, he will see opposition. It also shows the world that most Americans now oppose Trump, and that the actions he is taking that harm other nations and their people do not reflect the will of most of us. Millions of protesters at thousands of events across the nation and world shape electoral perceptions, as I’ll discuss below. And the Republicans’ decision to ignore the protests this time shows they know they’re working. They want to deprive them of media oxygen, so we need to counter by showing up anyway. Our anger is now driven by a war Trump has recklessly begun and can’t seem to end; by spiking costs of fuel, food and other necessities; and a cynical, transparent cover-up of the Epstein files to protect billionaire pedophiles, which appear to include Trump himself. We need to voice that anger and keep showing Trump and the world that Americans do not support his criminal actions or their consequences.
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
Text from article: Reason to Show Up No. 2: Applying Direct Political Pressure If Minneapolis taught us anything, it’s that not only is the Trump regime far from invincible, it actually retreats when it’s losing the battle for public opinion. That gives protesters a powerful tool to resist federal authorities wherever Trump deploys them. This is an important lesson as we look ahead to his plans to disrupt the November midterms. After the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, Minneapolis mobilized rather than going quiet. Protesters braved below-zero temperatures to turn out by the tens of thousands. Neighborhoods organized to track and record ICE movements and operations, even though federal agents had just shown their willingness to kill peaceful protesters in cold blood. The courage of the people of Minneapolis made Trump’s goons, including Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem, look cruel and weak by comparison. Neither still has a job. Trump was forced to bring in new leadership and end the massive ICE surge in Minneapolis, even if some agents still operate within the city. The takeaway is that Trump backed off in the face of concerted public resistance. No Kings protests can repeat that dynamic on a national scale.
Text from article: Reason to Show Up No. 2: Applying Direct Political Pressure If Minneapolis taught us anything, it’s that not only is the Trump regime far from invincible, it actually retreats when it’s losing the battle for public opinion. That gives protesters a powerful tool to resist federal authorities wherever Trump deploys them. This is an important lesson as we look ahead to his plans to disrupt the November midterms. After the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, Minneapolis mobilized rather than going quiet. Protesters braved below-zero temperatures to turn out by the tens of thousands. Neighborhoods organized to track and record ICE movements and operations, even though federal agents had just shown their willingness to kill peaceful protesters in cold blood. The courage of the people of Minneapolis made Trump’s goons, including Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem, look cruel and weak by comparison. Neither still has a job. Trump was forced to bring in new leadership and end the massive ICE surge in Minneapolis, even if some agents still operate within the city. The takeaway is that Trump backed off in the face of concerted public resistance. No Kings protests can repeat that dynamic on a national scale.
Text from article: Reason to Show Up No. 2: Applying Direct Political Pressure If Minneapolis taught us anything, it’s that not only is the Trump regime far from invincible, it actually retreats when it’s losing the battle for public opinion. That gives protesters a powerful tool to resist federal authorities wherever Trump deploys them. This is an important lesson as we look ahead to his plans to disrupt the November midterms. After the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, Minneapolis mobilized rather than going quiet. Protesters braved below-zero temperatures to turn out by the tens of thousands. Neighborhoods organized to track and record ICE movements and operations, even though federal agents had just shown their willingness to kill peaceful protesters in cold blood. The courage of the people of Minneapolis made Trump’s goons, including Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem, look cruel and weak by comparison. Neither still has a job. Trump was forced to bring in new leadership and end the massive ICE surge in Minneapolis, even if some agents still operate within the city. The takeaway is that Trump backed off in the face of concerted public resistance. No Kings protests can repeat that dynamic on a national scale.
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