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Lulu KC

(6,155 posts)
Tue Feb 4, 2025, 11:22 PM 9 hrs ago

50501 demonstrations tomorrow--looking much more organized than 24 hours ago

I just noticed on our local reddit page that there is now a website: https://50protests.com. It looks thorough and organized. Good guidelines, advice from ACLU, and where permits are required they have them.

They now have an official partnership with Political Revolution.

And, oddly, Newsweek continues to cover them.
https://www.newsweek.com/50501-protests-update-anti-trump-march-50-states-expands-2025741

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50501 demonstrations tomorrow--looking much more organized than 24 hours ago (Original Post) Lulu KC 9 hrs ago OP
Kick Demovictory9 9 hrs ago #1
Resist. Persist. sheshe2 9 hrs ago #2
There is nothing near us Meowmee 8 hrs ago #3
That's too bad Lulu KC 8 hrs ago #5
It's ok... I am glad people are doing this 😁 Meowmee 8 hrs ago #6
Seems like both the protests and members of Congress are gaining steam newdeal2 8 hrs ago #4
Good! The first messaging I saw on a flyer was bad, rallying against Project 2025. summer_in_TX 8 hrs ago #7
I wish I were home in Santa Fe instead of BadgerMom 8 hrs ago #8
Palm Springs cate94 7 hrs ago #11
I am not, but I really appreciate the info and help, cate94. BadgerMom 7 hrs ago #13
There's also one at 3 pm at Los Angeles City Hall on 2/5! SunSeeker 4 hrs ago #23
There's one in downtown LA tomorrow: La City Hall 3:00 p.m. 50protests.com LauraInLA 7 hrs ago #15
Thanks! BadgerMom 5 hrs ago #21
One of the reasons they're doing it at Capitols is for protection from MAGAt brownshirts. SunSeeker 8 hrs ago #9
Down here in Alabama misanthrope 7 hrs ago #16
Don't be intimidated! Don't obey in advance! Join the heroes in Montgomery! SunSeeker 4 hrs ago #22
Too bad there's nothing in Florida radical noodle 8 hrs ago #10
There absolutely is a demonstration in Florida, in Tallahassee at the Capitol! SunSeeker 5 hrs ago #20
This is So Encouraging & Inspiring, Lulu.. Cha 7 hrs ago #12
We'll have a vigil in Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico Foolacious 7 hrs ago #14
kick proud patriot 7 hrs ago #17
Good! calimary 6 hrs ago #18
This is great to see! ShazzieB 6 hrs ago #19
Please fix the link to the organizing web site. intheflow 2 hrs ago #24

Lulu KC

(6,155 posts)
5. That's too bad
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 12:07 AM
8 hrs ago

There will be more. Not always organized by this group, but I am seeing all kinds of things in the least expected places.

Meowmee

(6,806 posts)
6. It's ok... I am glad people are doing this 😁
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 12:08 AM
8 hrs ago

It's hard on me to get to these things anyway although if there is something eventually closer I will go.

summer_in_TX

(3,415 posts)
7. Good! The first messaging I saw on a flyer was bad, rallying against Project 2025.
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 12:27 AM
8 hrs ago

Maybe a quarter of the country has any idea what that is. But they have long, deep brain constructs of better terms: Nazis and Fascists. All the books and movies covering WWII both in fiction and non-fiction give those words power. Project 2025 should be never be mentioned in critical messaging ever again.

It can be talked about only if talking about Nazis and Fascists and as the plan to put our new Nazis and Fascists in power.

BadgerMom

(3,041 posts)
13. I am not, but I really appreciate the info and help, cate94.
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 01:04 AM
7 hrs ago

DU can make me feel full even when so much else is bleak. Thank you!

SunSeeker

(54,388 posts)
9. One of the reasons they're doing it at Capitols is for protection from MAGAt brownshirts.
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 12:42 AM
8 hrs ago
Speaking to Newsweek Citizen Rosengarten, an organizer of the 50501 Movement protest in Springfield, Illinois, said: The Illinois Citizens 50501 Movement has requested the permits to meet on the Capitol grounds. We have also received substantial threats of violence from MAGA groups, so we're meeting on Capitol grounds to guarantee that they will be limited in their efforts to harass/silence/harm us."

https://www.newsweek.com/50501-protests-update-anti-trump-march-50-states-expands-2025741

misanthrope

(8,361 posts)
16. Down here in Alabama
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 01:33 AM
7 hrs ago

Some of the state solons are likely to let the MAGA horde convene in their offices first before pouring into the protests to crack skulls.

radical noodle

(9,097 posts)
10. Too bad there's nothing in Florida
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 12:45 AM
8 hrs ago

because the weather is glorious and it would be a good time for a protest. But DeSantis has all sorts of legal mumbo jumbo about protests so maybe that's the problem.

SunSeeker

(54,388 posts)
20. There absolutely is a demonstration in Florida, in Tallahassee at the Capitol!
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 03:48 AM
5 hrs ago

400 S Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL 32399

More info here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tallahassee/s/6reKwrxwFs







Note that these were organized mostly on reddit, using the Capitol city's reddit pages of each state. So I just looked up r/Tallahassee on reddit and sure enough, there was a post about the protest!



ShazzieB

(19,243 posts)
19. This is great to see!
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 01:54 AM
6 hrs ago

Unfortunately, the only one listed in Illinois is at the state capitol in Springfield. That's too far for me (4.5 hours each way). But I'm really glad this is happening, even though I won't be able to make it!

intheflow

(29,238 posts)
24. Please fix the link to the organizing web site.
Wed Feb 5, 2025, 05:58 AM
2 hrs ago

The period after the com is bringing up unsecured website warnings and won’t work. Tried on Safari and DuckDuckGo browsers. Worked fine on both once the dot was removed.

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