Call it what it is

[malaise]

- a war on cities and states with Democratic party leadership.
Wake the fuck up people.

[OLDMDDEM]

1. I agree with you.

[SheltieLover]

2. US govt attempting to destroy centers of commerce: cities. For pootin

[31st Street Bridge]

3. And the real answer is secession

Start the conversation!
The southern states left the union for far less cause than we're experiencing now.

[EuterpeThelo]

8. Seriously!

I don't even effing CARE if CalExit turned out to be a Russian psyop. I support us ditching this irreparable failed nation ASAP.

[jfz9580m]

20. Balaji Srinivasan had the same idea!

And he seems..like he is ..a person.
Btw Welcome to DU!!!!!

I have never said that before.

[EuterpeThelo]

35. Thanks!

I've actually been reading here since 2002! Just registered an account last year in the run up to that travesty of an "election."

[Farmer-Rick]

23. Please don't leave us behind

Many so called red states are just barely red. Just the outside edges in the poverty stricken rural areas, or behind rich plantation sized gates where reality never reaches. There are many liberals hidden among the the idiots who vote for filthy-rich men because god?

Don't leave us to fight it on our own. Look at all the people who marched on No Kings day. Many red states are really very purple and marched against the pedo king. We need to fight the bullies together.

Pedo Trump sent his goon squads to Memphis TN too. While Governor Lee cheered on, the goon squads arrested and disappeared entire apartment complexes of people. They attack everyone. They will murder anyone. We need to fight this together.

[EuterpeThelo]

36. I understand

I guess I'm just sick of having stood in the streets with signs screaming for the past thirty-five years or so an it feels like nobody even looks up. I've marched, written THOUSANDS of postcards to voters, written letters to the editor, called/written/visited my congress critters, voted in every election since 1988, registered voters, amplified stuff on social media and in conversations, had my car keyed multiple times due to bumper stickers, created and circulated voters guides to my circle of friends for the past fifteen years. I'm TIRED.

[spanone]

4. K&R

[H2O Man]

5. That it is!

Recommended.

[Permanut]

6. Zackly. K & R.

[TommieMommy]

7. Exactly 👍

[Martin68]

9. Yup. Intimidation, bullying, defunding (theft), military invasion, violent confrontation.

[La Coliniere]

10. That is exactly what's going on...

never thought I’d live to see the day when fascism would take hold in this country, but here we are and this is where we stand.

[Justice matters.]

11. Every accusation is a confession (re: "domestic terrorists").

Even more accurately:

Every lie is a projection (unconscious "hate" of themselves about what they are and what they do).

[BeneteauBum]

12. I've said the same repeatedly

We are now the enemy. As Colbert said in his monologue, obey or die. I will not submit. Rallies tomorrow and Monday.
Peace ☮️

[Eko]

13. I agree but I would further that is is a war on our democratic form of government and the people who support that.

The cities and states with Democratic party leadership are just the biggest, easiest targets.

[EarthFirst]

14. What we need is more highway banners!

That’ll learn ‘em!

Eventually the machine is going to need a few broken teeth in the gears of said war machine…

[70sEraVet]

15. With an eye toward denying voting rights to radical citizens of hellhole cities?

No need to worry about 'blue waves', when you've removed the water from the sea!

[Picaro]

16. We are awake

We just don’t know what to do.

[red dog 1]

17. K&R

[popsdenver]

18. The people in Red Cities and States

Don't care.......they keep getting THEIR money which is more than they send to the Fed Govt.......

Trump's CABAL and his entire government keep provoking, until they seemingly can justify Militarizing the U.S. Military across the nation, declare martial law, and call off future elections......

Every day, the Republicans get closer and closer to their future dictatorship/tyranny

[Farmer-Rick]

24. We do care

While TN governor cheered on, pedo Trump's goon squads cleared out, arrested and disappeared entire apartment complexes of people in Memphis.

The difference is our Governors and mayors in red states don't care. They don't fight back. The rich Republicans, not the people who live here, are glad to see the poor harassed and murdered. The rest of us are just watching in horror.

What's happening is bullies are being bullies and the victims are saying ignore them, they'll go away. Bullies never go away with out a fight. We have to fight.

A giant March to DC would be a good start. Start in Minneapolis. Just gather as many people as you can and start walking to DC. Make it public, ask for anti fascists everywhere to march with you. Can you imagine what will happen? Say you are marching to get pedo Trump out of office.

As the march gets closer and closer, pedo Trump and his henchmen will get more and more nervous. No need for violence. No need for threats of violence. Just keep marching. Taking turns as some get tired, others can come to replace them. Just say you are practicing your civil rights to petition your government to get rid of pedo Trump.

[John1956PA]

19. One day before the tragedy in Minneapolis, the DHS mocked the city's citizens with this:

[jfz9580m]

21. Indeed Malaise..

This ain’t no Diplomacy Game..it is reality..
Wake the fuck up humans

[yellow dahlia]

22. Truth.

[ReRe]

25. Damn right, malaise.

Call it what it is: A fascist police state. Period.
Some of the darkest History in modern time is repeating itself right here in America.
It IS happening here.

[live love laugh]

26. Because the Republican owned media won't ...

[jaymac]

27. So, in 2026 midterms

if dems sweep the elections.......what if mike Johnson refuses to swear them in? this regime has pretty much destroyed any sense of normalcy or regularity, only chaos and destruction. what then?

[FakeNoose]

28. I've seen no proof that there are illegal immigrants in Minneapolis

Why the hell are ICE-goons invading Minnesota, anyway?

The immigrant problem - such as it is - is down in Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, maybe some in California. That's where ICE should be, defending our border. Their job is to make sure the immigrants come in peacefully and legally. That's all ICE is needed for. Those who can't do their jobs should be fired immediately.

[Magoo48]

29. Yes, wake up and swim down in unison

Until we have the collective mass to breakthrough the fascist net closing around us. Midterms are critical, of course, but, Americans must organize and put forth the effort across all social and cultural fronts, both individually, and in groups, to effectively achieve change.. In my opinion, if the extent of my actions is voting in the midterms, if I think the midterms alone will save us, then I’m simply bullshitting myself.

[OldBaldy1701E]

30. "... if I think the midterms alone will save us, then I'm simply bullshitting myself."

HEAR FUCKING HEAR!

[RandiFan1290]

31. Dems are still voting for his nominees. nt

[CommonHumanity]

32. We're awake, thank you very much. NT

[Blue_Roses]

33. Yep.

This!

[malaise]

34. All Democrats should wake up

This is their guru