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People think they’re too good for the methodical, thoughtful resistance of the Civil Rights Movement but they want all respectability and influence of MLK Jr. and the support of the black community at large.

People out here quoting Gil Scott Heron like if he wrote “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” today there wouldn’t be lines saying:

“The revolution will not be brought to you by your favorite YouTuber”.

“There will be no highlights on BlueSky or twitter/X”.

“The theme song won’t have a TikTok dance”.

“The Revolution will not be brought to you by Hasan Piker on Twitch”.

“The revolution will not be televised” isn’t just a catchy quote, it’s whole song about black liberation. I hate seeing his song being co-opted by people who don’t support the black community.

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Frederick Judd Waugh - "Mid Ocean"

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Wilfred Bosworth Jenkins - "Moonlit view of Hull"

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Andrew Grant Kurtis - "La Serenissima"

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today is the only day you can reblog this

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See, I foolishly thought that Emmerich’s character arc was going to be him coming to terms with the concept of his own mortality and that his desire to be a Lich would fail as long as he was so afraid of death.

Foolishness.

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Just drink water and drink fresh fruit/vegetable juice!?

The administration is deporting people who harvest the fruit and vegetables! The Supreme Court said Americans don’t need clean water!

People have to act like everything is happening in a vacuum with no relation to anything else in order to defend this!

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I think it would be helpful if liberals, progressives, leftists, Democrats, whatever the hell you call yourself these days kept in mind that things kinda blow right now and everyone is mad at each other and the party and arguing over tactics because we lost and losing sucks and now we're in the minority, which means in the American system that we don't have power at the federal level, and that's just the situation. People keep talking like there's some shadow version of reality where actually we have (legal) power that we're just not accessing, but nope, we just lost. This is what losing feels like, especially when you lose to a bunch of stupid corrupt assholes.

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Actual quotes I’ve seen on social media blaming themselves Democratic Party despite the fact that over 70% of either didn’t vote if voted something other then Democrat:

“As a reminder you’ve allowed us to become an authoritarian state.”

“Under your watch and leadership ; “The United States is now the only country in the world besides Lichtenstein that is not a member of the world health organization.””

The American Voter will do anything but blame themselves for the state of America.

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i think some of u are just violent ppl with no consistent set of morals. u can pretend it’s abt us imperialism and the military industrial complex all u want but it’s not. it’s abt the violence. and if u’d happened to end up in conservative circles, u would be saying the exact same things abt immigrants and queer ppl.

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My new Congresswoman had her first virtual town hall (over 9500 people joined the call), along with our Attorney General (both Democrats). They confirmed the Democrats are hearing a lot of complaints about the South African, and they're also hearing from a bunch of people about the immigration crackdowns.

They emphasized that the last time Trump was in office, they had over an 80% success rate in court with him.

Confirmed that Trump's anti-trans laws are in conflict with states with laws that force insurance to cover trans healthcare. OR/WA/MN are the states leading the charges in the courts and they feel pretty confident they will win.

Brought up how the Congressional Dems tried to bring up the Stop Musk Act, the Saving Civil Service Act; and the Veterans Affairs Committee is pushing back hard against the firings. Democrats are trying to get a formal hearing on DOGE, and said if the Republicans don't cooperate, they'll try to hold their own hearing.

Confirmed the courts have been agreeing that Elon and Trump have exceeded their authority with unlawfully cutting spending.

They encourage federal workers who have been fired or are in danger to whistleblow to the Democrats so they can help them sue. They recognize the fear of people worried about retaliation but emphasized the Democrats cannot help if people do not come forward.

AG said that certain states have more power to fight in the courts than others depending on how much Trump's EOs affect their individual states. So states with more federal workers (VA/MD/etc) are the ones who are holding the microphones, with other states that don't have as many federal workers backing them up.

People in the town hall overwhelmingly said "protecting democracy" is the most important issue.

Emphasized that Congress has the power of the purse and no funds have been approved in Congress to detain immigrants at Gitmo. Our state Democrats are not deputizing local authority to work with ICE and will not work with the Trump with anything that violates sanctuary state laws.

Said massive numbers of people were calling in when Elon and DOGE were messing around with our security data.

Democrats are overwhelmingly hearing from constituents to be bold (altho they're also hearing people demand they do things they can't, like arrest Elon). They emphasize that the definition of "bold" depends on the district you're in; deep blue district Democrats can be bolder than purple or especially red district Democrats, so be understanding that not every Democrat can get away with what deep blue Dems can.

Admitted sometimes Democrats hold back too long because they want to know what the "right thing" to say is before they respond to something, but they said that the Dems are working on a rapid response team to get over this hurdle.

Their messages going forward will be short, simple, and basically at an Eighth Grade reading level.

Emphasized they are not going to help the Republicans with budget votes without concessions.

Emphasized Democrats are even more unified now than the first Trump admin, which will make them more efficient.

Emphasized that Republicans control both chambers. Democrats will do what they can, but there's only so much they can as the minority party. Putting pressure on Republicans - especially on bipartisan issues like FEMA - will help more than dragging Dems.

Said the most effective thing individual people can do is be active and loud at all levels of government (they confirmed it's having an impact; it helps that Dems can say "Over 2,000 constituents told me to take a stand against Elon"). Make sure people know their rights.

State laws exist independent of the Trump admin. Get involved in contacting your local and state governments.

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Around 32% of American voters voted for Trump, a little less the 2% voted third party, and ~36% didn’t vote at all. Meaning that ~70% of American voters DIDN’T vote for democrats but blaming American voters for the results of the election is wrong.

The American voter didn’t do enough. This is their fault.

Stop begging the Democrats to save you. Get involved with your state and local politics where you can do the most good.

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