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linda's avatar

This is the first thing that has put a genuine smile on my face since 11/6.

If you don’t already have it, now you need merch. Honest, made in America merch. I’d absolutely buy it. Besides, the proceeds after expenses can be plowed back into the channel. Win win?

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Sandra Tuttle's avatar

Speaking of Pink hats and protests Marches, can we start pushing information on the Sat Jan 18, 2025 "Peoples March" in DC and all state capitals? I have heard many writers here say they will join in protests marches. Its time to start announcing and push this march. The only announcement I have seen is on the Women's March website. They have rebranded it to the "Peoples March".

I have heard Al Sharpton is planning an MLK march on the 20th. I wish everyone would join together on the 18th and have a banging protest march on the 18th. What will I protest? "No Kings, no Facists."

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Marcia Naroditsky's avatar

Great idea. If we look at what occurred in South Korea, I think we should begin marches earlier. With the nominees he has put out, we see exactly his plan, his maddening immorality, and we should write letters, cards to every Congressperson, the supposed check on his imbalance, right now. Confirmation hearing should soundly reject each nominee.

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Ellen Morrison's avatar

Yes, yes, and, yes, Marcia

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Linda's avatar

Along with singing John Lennon's song "POWER TO THE PEOPLE"!

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Shame On ‘em's avatar

I like that. That would make a great protest sign.

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Robertp123's avatar

Or shirt... No Kings, No Fascists

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Shame On ‘em's avatar

I’d Definitely sport one.

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Sharon Bouchard's avatar

I've been spreading the word on that since a link to their site passed my way. I am not seeing it show up anywhere else. It needs to be promoted more for sure.

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Sandra Tuttle's avatar

I am hoping Meidas and some other large substacks will promote this march. I know we haven't done this before much, but isn't this time, a time when our democracy is feeling a sustained tyrannical blow, the time to start protesting? Are we going to lie down or will we rise up and take our country back?

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Odette Tenney's avatar

I pray we will rise up & fight like our Fore Father's did, & some lost their lives, that's how much they TRULY LOVED THEIR COUNTRY.

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Becca's avatar

Unfortunately, many who protested in the 1960's-70's with passion, got arrested for women's rights, civil rights, desegragation, voting rights, wars are too old to march in the cold or heat. Younger people are too busy, poor, feeling powerless are unaware of their power for peaceful resistance - Gandhi, MLK, even Icelandic womens' 24 hour strike, centuries of their usefulness in revolts. I have been advocating tax revolt, never list 0 on your W-2 form for a tax refund, instead take the max. deductions or like Yale students did on their telephone bills during Vietnam war-they refused to pay the taxes on the bills-I had to write off tax off monthy-general strike, boycotts, sit-down protests-got arrested, marches. Get in their way, pepper them with outbreaks, be a constant irritant, take profits away, do not cooperate. So many opportunities to act have passed us by while we listened to all the "Town Criers" warn us of DANGERS!

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ABossy's avatar

I’m worried about infiltration from MAGA goons who would bring anarchy, giving trump the opportunity to call out the “violent left”. Then enact very authoritarian laws to forbid public assembly, or something else very putin-esque . I swear, I can tell how he thinks now 🤮

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Becca's avatar

"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." If our freedom and democratic, responsible, honorable, representative governments are what WE love and want for future generations and we know that no one is coming to save us from a corrupt, partisan US Supreme Court, a puppet Congress, authoritarian, theocratic, oligarch ridden governments, WE are in the trenches as peaceful 'soldiers' willing to risk it all for the nation we love-imperfect though it was and will be. This is the TIME and PLACE before it all is dismantled and WE rebuild from scratch for 330M Americans.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

I can totally relate. Hope the young step up.

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Claire's avatar

Agree! but the Women's march 2017 with 500,000 didn't seem to phase rump. Maybe it raised awareness.

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DD.'s avatar

It certainly did raise awareness - in spite of no coverage of it !

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Becca's avatar

A one off doesn't move the needle. It has to continue, be an ever present and irritating movement that draws attention, takes away revenue, business profits, disrupts the status quo, requires a response.

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Moon Cat's avatar

We had Foreign coverage and marches supporting us in Europe.

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SNaomi19's avatar

Count me in!! We need to keep spreading the word, this is the first I heard of it. I was hoping we weren't going to let a traitor sit in OUR White House without us publicly showing how much we despise this human.

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ABossy's avatar

I may risk getting a lot of flack for this, but marches are risky. They easily get out of hand, usually by bad actors who infiltrate to stir up sh*t and I think this could be a Made for MAGA skinhead opportunity. Then trump (or Patel!) sends in the National Guard, publicly denounces the Violent Left, and enacts authoritarian laws against public gatherings, or whatever it is in russia or hungary.

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Sandra Tuttle's avatar

Biden's still prez on Jan 18. Are we going to let a traitor take over the WH with nary a word. Shame on us if we do.

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ABossy's avatar

I know, I know. I’ve turned it around in my head a lot. It’s a fine line between courageous resistance and playing into their slimey hands. I myself prefer a stealth mode, but probably attacking by two fronts is best 💪

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Public Servant's avatar

Seconded. Meidas merch for the win! Made in America pink hats would be perfect.

Trump is such a loser grifter.

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Jos1463's avatar

They have merch that's Made in America. Not sure about pink hats though https://store.meidastouch.com

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Colleen McGloughlin's avatar

And, for Dog’s sake, get some classy designs. (Of course you would. I just had to weigh in.)

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Roberta's avatar

Medias merchant sounds cool, just please don’t package it in plastic.

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Ruth Johnson's avatar

Yes, I would love to wear a MeidasMighty tee!!

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Jos1463's avatar

They have made in America merch. https://store.meidastouch.com

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