Trump is failing before he even gets inaugurated. Government workers like me save our sacred democracy from Project 2025 MAGAt fascism. While orange menace and muskrat have been squabbling, we have been preparing to undermine both of them: democracydefender2025.sā¦
*Media Blackout on Jan 20. Do not watch one second as it will show viewership. Some are boycotting for 4 days all coverage, analysis and commentary on the ceremony.
* Twitter Walk Off at noon Jan. 20. Delete your account. If you are worried someone may steal your handle, reinstate your account but block all comments. Do not interact. The algorithm will still read zero.
* Apply and petition your Senators for tickets to the Inauguraation. You are allowed 2 per person. Then do not show up.
* Place yourself and others along the parade route. Bring a Kazoo. Play the Imperial March from Star Wars as they go by.
I like your ideas. I have no intention of watching the inauguration, but I hope it's smaller than his last one. I would like to be in DC to protest, but I can't afford to travel that far.
There is something to be said for knowing the enemy. When I have dialogues with MAGA followers I make sure to use Trump's own words and Trump's own actions to argue my point. I do not want to listen to spin without knowing whZt the primary source material says.
Exactly. When we remove ourselves from the source, we also lose access to our best tools for resistance. I will watch and listen because I want to be ready to resist.
That kazoo idea is brilliant. I wish my disabilities would allow me to travel to join you but I'll be looking forward to the coverage after the fact. Highlarious. š
Addendum: refrain from visiting web pages that support GOP. Advertisers monitor the clicks . I boycott all MSM NOW. BUTā¦I question how anyone knows what radio or TV you may boycott. As far as I know, there is not metering process, only user surveys? True???
Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) is a technology that identifies content playing on media devices, such as smart TVs and mobile devices. ACR works by analyzing the digital patterns and distinctive characteristics of audio, video, or images. It then compares this content to a repository of recognized media files or signatures.
ACR is used for a variety of applications, including: Content customization, Synchronization, Intellectual property protection, and Collecting user media consumption habits.
ACR is important for advertisers and content creators because it allows them to gather critical information about users' media consumption habits. This data is gathered automatically without any user-based opt-in or input, which offers greater depth and accuracy than user-offered data
Thanks for the information, Iām 84, and have very little understanding of the way technology works. Your explanation makes sense to me, and I will leave my smart tv off for that entire 24 hours.
That is status quo for me, Rose! But it might be fun for a lot of people to go onto a site all at once to crash the site. That's not a tactic for now, but something to keep in mind to protest egregious corporate support. It would take a lot of organizing, perhaps through one or more of the sites we frequent. Works better than boycott, which is absence. Easy to overlook absence. Not so easy to overlook an overloaded system.
Thank you for sharing that information. My plan is to be in *boycott and blackout mode* for several days on TV, radio and internet. I already deleted my Twitter account a few days ago. I will check with my Senator's website regarding tickets, so I can have the pleasure of not attending. My only regret will be to not to witness any kazoo-playing that happens along the parade route!
I will watch the inauguration on my computer through the government feed. I frankly don't care if they know I am watching. I am an American and I have the right to watch. This is not about Trump. It is about my country, and I want to know what is going on that day, and I want to see it myself, not second hand accounts. I am dong this so that I am prepared to resist in the ways I have available to me. Kazoos don't meet my criteria for resistance: they meet my criteris for grade school level behavior. If I were there, I'd want to stand with my back turned to the stage. That comes closer to resistance than childish school pranks.
Trump is failing before he even gets inaugurated. Government workers like me save our sacred democracy from Project 2025 MAGAt fascism. While orange menace and muskrat have been squabbling, we have been preparing to undermine both of them: https://democracydefender2025.substack.com/p/resisting-project-2025-from-within-government
RULES FOR RESISTANCE ON JAN. 20 INAUGURATION:
*Media Blackout on Jan 20. Do not watch one second as it will show viewership. Some are boycotting for 4 days all coverage, analysis and commentary on the ceremony.
* Twitter Walk Off at noon Jan. 20. Delete your account. If you are worried someone may steal your handle, reinstate your account but block all comments. Do not interact. The algorithm will still read zero.
* Apply and petition your Senators for tickets to the Inauguraation. You are allowed 2 per person. Then do not show up.
* Place yourself and others along the parade route. Bring a Kazoo. Play the Imperial March from Star Wars as they go by.
Stay tuned for more.
Thanks to Malcolm Nance RESIST! āš¼š«¶š¼
AND Celebrate Martin Luther King Holiday instead!!! It falls on Monday January 20 as well!
That is what I planned to do, šÆ
I like your ideas. I have no intention of watching the inauguration, but I hope it's smaller than his last one. I would like to be in DC to protest, but I can't afford to travel that far.
There is something to be said for knowing the enemy. When I have dialogues with MAGA followers I make sure to use Trump's own words and Trump's own actions to argue my point. I do not want to listen to spin without knowing whZt the primary source material says.
Exactly. When we remove ourselves from the source, we also lose access to our best tools for resistance. I will watch and listen because I want to be ready to resist.
Know your enemy! Anticipate what they can do versus what they will do.
That kazoo idea is brilliant. I wish my disabilities would allow me to travel to join you but I'll be looking forward to the coverage after the fact. Highlarious. š
Addendum: refrain from visiting web pages that support GOP. Advertisers monitor the clicks . I boycott all MSM NOW. BUTā¦I question how anyone knows what radio or TV you may boycott. As far as I know, there is not metering process, only user surveys? True???
Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) is a technology that identifies content playing on media devices, such as smart TVs and mobile devices. ACR works by analyzing the digital patterns and distinctive characteristics of audio, video, or images. It then compares this content to a repository of recognized media files or signatures.
ACR is used for a variety of applications, including: Content customization, Synchronization, Intellectual property protection, and Collecting user media consumption habits.
ACR is important for advertisers and content creators because it allows them to gather critical information about users' media consumption habits. This data is gathered automatically without any user-based opt-in or input, which offers greater depth and accuracy than user-offered data
Thanks for the information, Iām 84, and have very little understanding of the way technology works. Your explanation makes sense to me, and I will leave my smart tv off for that entire 24 hours.
That is status quo for me, Rose! But it might be fun for a lot of people to go onto a site all at once to crash the site. That's not a tactic for now, but something to keep in mind to protest egregious corporate support. It would take a lot of organizing, perhaps through one or more of the sites we frequent. Works better than boycott, which is absence. Easy to overlook absence. Not so easy to overlook an overloaded system.
Thank you for sharing that information. My plan is to be in *boycott and blackout mode* for several days on TV, radio and internet. I already deleted my Twitter account a few days ago. I will check with my Senator's website regarding tickets, so I can have the pleasure of not attending. My only regret will be to not to witness any kazoo-playing that happens along the parade route!
Yes! Yes! Yes! Roger wilco!
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I will watch the inauguration on my computer through the government feed. I frankly don't care if they know I am watching. I am an American and I have the right to watch. This is not about Trump. It is about my country, and I want to know what is going on that day, and I want to see it myself, not second hand accounts. I am dong this so that I am prepared to resist in the ways I have available to me. Kazoos don't meet my criteria for resistance: they meet my criteris for grade school level behavior. If I were there, I'd want to stand with my back turned to the stage. That comes closer to resistance than childish school pranks.
Happy to hear of your efforts and will check your publication/s out.