Resist: It's Time

Feb 22nd, 2025

This is possibly !leopardsatemyface@lemm.ee material but I don't want to assume who these people voted for.

Government employees fight the Trump administration’s chaos by organizing and publishing information on Bluesky

I don’t think [sighs] that our elected officials really believe in the democracy that we’re supposed to be. I feel that corruption has taken over, that morals and principles can be abandoned. A demagogue like McCarthy could come into power again; we’re not immune to a Hider. It’s being proved every day. Violence is rising; hatreds and ethnic divisiveness are escalating. The kind of country we are known to be is in jeopardy. It has always been true; even more so today. But then there are a lot of people who’d fight. The same way we fought fight it now.

Claire Hartford, Red Scare: Memories of the American Inquisition by Griffin Fariello https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6827485-red-scare

Private security dragged out a woman who had been interrupting a Kootenai County Republican Central Committee legislative town hall in Idaho Saturday as Sheriff Robert Norris stood by, spurring a disagreement between the sheriff and Coeur d’Alene’s police chief over the First Amendment implications of the incident.

https://youtu.be/K-aPFGNO5Wg

Update:

https://cdapress.com/news/2025/feb/24/update-on-town-hall-chaos-woman-who-was-dragged-out-speaks-police-chief-condemns-security-name-of-security-firm-confirmed/

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

Whoever did this, hats off to you.

Edit: Whoever took this video and posted it, hats off to you, too. It takes a village.

We the Builders aims to explain why DOGE’s data access matters.

https://www.wethebuilders.org/

This is resistance, and this kind is risky. I know that not very many people will see this, but if you are a person who knows or suspects the identity of any of the people doing this kind of thing, no you don't.

Resist.

The General strike organization is dedicated to creating real change by striking against The System. This country still does not work on behalf of its people. By striking we deny the corporations their greatest power - IT's labour.

Chainsaw Jack:

I come to an app from the other side of the world to see what's going on 1 hour drive from my house because they don't cover it in our news!!! Our news is heavily censored here. It's despicable.

http://xhslink.com/a/o44zxOlQeBl6

To follow up my previous post, I did some research on alternatives to Amazon Shopping to suggest to anyone interested in ditching Amazon. Note that I have not personally read each company's mission statement. AFAIK, all of these businesses are registered as B Corporations.

Sources: Rolling Stone, The Good Trade

BLK + GRN

blkgrn.com

Black-owned Natural Beauty Products

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Bookshop

bookshop.org

Books, Audiobooks, Texbooks, Puzzles, and Gifts

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Chewy

chewy.com

Pet Food, Toys, and Accessories

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Credo Beauty

credobeauty.com

Beauty, Skincare, and Fragrance

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Earth Hero

earthhero.com

Home Goods and Baby Essentials

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Etsy

etsy.com

Crafts, Decor, Gifts, and DIY Designs

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Grove Collaborative

grove.co

Health/Personal Care Products and Cleaning Supplies

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Hive

hivebrands.com

Pantry Items and Household Goods

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Huckberry

huckberry.com

Clothing, Accessories, Fitness Equipment, and Hiking Gear.

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Instacart

instacart.com

Groceries

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Package Free

packagefreeshop.com

Bath & Body, Home Goods and Bulk Purchases

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Public Goods

publicgoods.com

Home Goods, Skincare, and Bath & Beauty

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REI

rei.com

Travel, Outdoors, and Sports Apparel/Accessories.

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Thrive Market

thrivemarket.com

Groceries, Supplements, and Snacks

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Uncommon Goods

uncommongoods.com

Gifts

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World Market

worldmarket.com

Home Decor and Gifts

If anyone has any reasons that any of these sites aren't a good replacement for Amazon (ie shitty business practices), please let me know so that I can reconsider their inclusion on this list. If anyone has more suggestions as well, I'm all ears. I'll be working on an infographic with this same information as well, to be more easily spread throughout social media.

Law enforcement officials are searching for a suspect after a Tesla dealership was damaged by gunshots in Salem, Oregon, on Wednesday.

This is not my favorite source article, but it does clear up something that's been getting passed around.

Yes, someone shot up a Tesla dealership in Salem, OR, a couple days ago. Yes, this is the same dealership that had one of its cars set ablaze on Jan 20, 2025.

However, this shooting is being conflated with a sticker that says "Kill Elon".

The "name tag" style sticker with "Kill Elon" inscribed on it was not at either Salem, OR, incident. That was a separate thing done by protesters in New York. That's why I chose this article to post, because it refers to that.

(For legal reasons, we cannot recommend this kind of action be undertaken, planned, threatened, encouraged, etc. Definitely do not do anything like this.)

I was sent this by a friend who saw it trending around various social media which I don't use.

Personally, I think it would do good to lengthen the economic blackouts to 3-7 days. But, any coordination helps, and I think the weeklong corporate boycotts will at least send a message.

I'm looking for other places to share this. I checked BuildTheResistance, but I couldn't figure out a way to submit dates for a protest without a link to a site. I have a link for the February 28th blackout, and I would be grateful to anyone that could help me in sourcing these other protests.

EDIT: found the sources! They're all by The People's Union USA. It's just that all the boycotts besides the 28th are tucked away in their FAQs page.

I should say, as well: I think general boycotts are a good idea, and I support the idea of protesting on these dates. However, I don't necessarily trust The People's Union USA. They have a login feature. Don't be so foolish as to make an account on a fucking resistance website.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/33161269

Theoretically, if Canadians gave real-looking one star ratings on Google Maps for Tesla dealerships and chargers, then it would discourage buying Teslas. People who already own Teslas would choose public chargers from other brands - even Canadian ones. It would also be hilarious to see every place selling swastikars with reviews lower than a doge employee's IQ.

Skim existing low reviews, find a common thread, and run with it.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/32356461

Bezos' Washington Post refuses to run this ad and get paid over $100,000 for it. Let's run it ourselves! There are two pages. We can print them and post them up around our towns and cities. It would be great to post it on federal buildings, and if you are or know a federal worker, have them print it, too and distribute them.

With enough, it can have at least a small psychological effect on Musk and his followers.

Here's a link to the actual PDF

https://landfamilyhome.substack.com/p/a-household-guide-for-cyber-defense

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Photo source: https://www.wired.com/story/the-official-doge-website-launch-was-a-security-mess/

https://bsky.app/profile/stephenking.bsky.social/post/3liazdbpm6c2o

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/25588154

Solidarity, not charity.

In challenging times, mutual aid is one way that communities can come together to support one another when the government can’t or won’t.

https://www.fiftyfifty.one/