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Happening right now @Remove_TrumpNow
has shut down Constitution Avenue in DC near the Capitol and is holding a giant banner of & reciting Article 2 Section 4 #TrumpIsGuilty #SwarmTheSenate #WitnessesNOW #GOPCoverup
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riversedge
(70,239 posts)Hope they get LOTS of protestors.
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TOMORROW Friday January 31 at 5pm, east side of the Capitol
EMERGENCY PROTEST r
Remove Trump #SwarmTheSenate
@Remove_TrumpNow
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TOMORROW Friday January 31 at 5pm, east side of the Capitol
EMERGENCY PROTEST
As the Senate votes on witnesses
BRING. YOUR. RAGE.
#SwarmTheSenate #RemoveTrump
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Blues Heron
(5,936 posts)u should edit your post it's today!!
katmondoo
(6,457 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)2naSalit
(86,636 posts)I'd be on it otherwise.
Hekate
(90,705 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,242 posts)bdamomma
(63,868 posts)back down from this fight, we will not. I am so angry this morning I wish I could be in DC.
2naSalit
(86,636 posts)That I awoke with a terrible headache at 3am. And I went out to help at a recording session just for something completely different. But, as with all bad things, it was waiting for me like an obedient dog when I got home.
Paladin
(28,262 posts)As long as they don't fear us, they will keep doing their evil actions.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)emailing senators.
But I would know that, no matter how large, marches in the street totally fail to display our numbers, they anger and harden up "The Resistance" on the right, and they are used fairly effectively by McConnell et al to GOTV against us.
I'd love to march anyway, but next November 3 is when we kick them out by Voting. Our. Power.
Cartoonist
(7,317 posts)It will all be over by then.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)until We the People say it's over, o tay tay?
oldsoftie
(12,548 posts)No one is going anywhere until Jan '20. This circus could give the Dems the Senate though.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Perseus
(4,341 posts)Why is it that it is just a few?
pangaia
(24,324 posts)to big a bunch of see/hear/do nothings...
super bowl DUH!!!!
jayfish
(10,039 posts)jayfish
(10,039 posts)When does your live stream of whatever protest YOU are attending start?
stillcool
(32,626 posts)Perseus
(4,341 posts)But I feel that if they would have announced it more people would have shown up.
Not sure what you try to get to with your "Are you there?" besides...Oh, well, it doesn't matter.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)But now we are older, and sadly the fire still burns in our hearts, but age, health and other concerns keep us home.
The question that should be getting asked is WHERE ARE ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE ????? They are going to inherit all of this. They should be out there by the thousands. This is going to be their future.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Where are our young people? There are many brave ones... but where are the rest?
I am 76 and am a busy street corner in my small town most fridays during rush hour with 4 to 20 others. Almost all 40-80 years old.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)like the Brits either. They were out for the Brexit vote.
Putin must be ecstatic.
jayfish
(10,039 posts)take time off from their jobs to keep a Doctors appointment. How hard do you think it would be for a protest against their employers idol? The "free market" stifles freedom.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,355 posts)Perseus
(4,341 posts)1. I live very far from DC, very far
2. My point, which is hard to understand for a couple of people here is that if they had announced it properly more people would have shown up. Maybe they did announce it, I don't live in DC, as I said, I live far, but I would have liked to see a massive demonstration.
I do understand a comment from someone here that, in fact, it is hard for a lot of people to attend due to Dr. appointments, not being able to get away from their jobs, etc. but I feel that if they had announced it properly that more people would have ventured to show up, just like they did when they parked at Moscow-Mitch's office.
bucolic_frolic
(43,173 posts)it is tantamount to the US Government falling. Aside from how our citizens feel, and how much they protest, I can't help wondering how this will be perceived overseas, by adversaries, and by capital markets. The US Dollar is in peril in my view.
And it's like saying to criminals near and far, domestic and foreign, we have no laws anymore. Laws have been suspended, so you might get away with something.
oldsoftie
(12,548 posts)The world has seen what has happened. It depends on who you are and where you are as to whether or not it'll affect you. Right now the world markets are fairly stable. And acquittal has been the most likely outcome since day one.
bucolic_frolic
(43,173 posts)but if the consequences of acquittal match fears over the next 9 months, the world is in for a surprise or two.
oldsoftie
(12,548 posts)because i see a downturn well before the end of the next term. If trump is in there, then HE gets the blame for the disaster. He's already doing what he slammed Obama for doing & has even suggested negative rates because he's such an idiot. So it cant go on forever. Hopefully i'll see it coming & sell my 401k before it drops TOO far!!
I see many of the same things i saw in my area in the mid 2000s; everyone with a pulse is a "contractor" building over priced houses. Sure, people are moving here, but if 1000 people move in & you've built 3000 houses, you're in trouble.
Auto loans are now going 7 yrs and longer. people WILL default on them when they tire of the car & see they're constantly upside down on value. Its going to come before the housing drop, I believe.
We'll see.
Meantime, I'm going to work every day regardless. And i'll cast my vote in Nov!!
BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)ffr
(22,670 posts)Love it to bits!
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)wear red hats!
marieo1
(1,402 posts)I LOVE IT!!! I HOPE IT WORKS AND WE GET RID OF ALL OF THEM. WE NEED A REAL PRESIDENT NOT A FAKE ONE!! I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SUCH A CORRUPT AND INSANE PRESIDENT AND ALL THAT SUPPORT HIM CAN STAY IN OFFICE!! HIS SUPPORTERS ARE JUST AS WORTHLESS AS DJT IS!!!
ancianita
(36,060 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)I keep posting the same thing!
I only have 2-3 friends in HK and they LOVE HK and want the communists to keep the fuck out.
I get live streams and messages with links, updates almost every day....
ancianita
(36,060 posts)llmart
(15,540 posts)Massive protests. Yes, we boomers did that.
ancianita
(36,060 posts)llmart
(15,540 posts)I protested in DC when Dubya had his run up to the Iraq fiasco. I'm older now but am healthy and fit and I'm retired.
We need massive crowds and the young need to join us.
ancianita
(36,060 posts)ancianita
(36,060 posts)calimary
(81,297 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)Again and again
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)They must fear the people. Its the only thing greedy people fear, us the unwashed.
Karadeniz
(22,526 posts)dalton99a
(81,513 posts)turbinetree
(24,703 posts)JudyM
(29,250 posts)turbinetree
(24,703 posts)oldsoftie
(12,548 posts)Voting will!!
No one is taking up arms and rushing the capital like they do in other countries when they want to overthrow those governments. And even then, it may not work. Look at Venezuela. Still slowly dying with Maduro in charge. And look at THOSE protests.
ancianita
(36,060 posts)EVERY DAMN DAY.
We pay them. They still work for us. They must keep up the fight WITH us.
Democratic leaders on The Mall. With The People. Every. Damn. Day.
cilla4progress
(24,736 posts)Wish I could send support!!!
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Shut the whole fucking thing down. Don't allow a single thing to happen until the orange asshole is thrown out of office.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)should be organized we all need to get in the act and have them hear our voices.
yellowdogintexas
(22,256 posts)and join them. If someone organizes one locally I will be there though. Down here in DFW it is a pain to get anywhere.
Magoo48
(4,712 posts)May their courage and commitment stand for the millions of us who might also be there.