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Hi Cspam. I don't usually post here, but BYOB is a no-politics zone because "chill" and "politics" don't really mix, so I'm venturing out of my home forum to share some information with you. Since the election I've been what I like to call "really pissed off" and I'm channeling all that "really pissed off" into actions. I've amassed a list of resources I'm going to share with you in case you're also "really pissed off" and want to do something with that pissed off besides chain chugging HoHos and bitching at people on Facebook. (Hey I'm not judging - that was my whole November) ----- Here's my list. If you have other resources please post them and I'll add them to the op. https://www.indivisibleguide.com - These guys are getting huge and very active. I'd say they're a good place to start https://www.moveon.org - Has been super active. They don't just have petitions to sign, they've started hosting "Resist Trump Tuesday" protests every Tuesday so you can look up protests in your area to participate in. They've also partnered with some other groups for larger initiatives and hold conference calls on Sunday nights to talk about accomplishments and areas of focus going forward. https://www.wall-of-us.org - you can sign up to receive weekly emails with actions to focus on (letter writing, phone calls, etc) https://www.grabyourwallet.org - is a group who is boycotting businesses who financially benefit the Trump family https://www.swingleft.org - This group is focusing on swing districts for the 2018 elections. You enter your zip code and they assign you to your closest swing district. So far they're in their organizing stage so they haven't had any work for us to do, but as we get closer to the election there will be action items to do to help win those seats back. https://www.solidaritysundays.org - is a great group for feminists against trump. They have local groups all over the country that meet one sunday a month. It's a great way to meet like minded women who can become your protest buddies. https://www.townhallproject.com - lists upcoming representative's town halls https://www.resistancecalendar.org - Tries to collect major resistance events actions from all these different groups into one location. https://www.roganslist.blogspot.com - You can sign up here and get regular emails with phone calls to make, postcards to send, and interesting things to read https://www.countable.us - Follows and reports on what congress is doing in a way that even a politics newb like me can follow. https://www.5calls.org - Gives you 5 suggested calls to make every day. They even include the phone numbers and a suggested script to make the call easier https://www.peoplepower.org - if you like getting in on the ground floor of something this is your project. The ACLU is starting a group of grassroots volunteers to take the fight "not just to the courtroom, but to the streets". Their first initiative is to encourage your cities to become "freedom cities" to fight ICE. https://www.flippable.org is focusing on getting more democrats in state level positions. http://www.peaceisloud.org/small-victories/ - for when you're getting burned out and think we're not making progress https://www.americanprogressaction.org/resistance-near-me/ - a comprehensive list of resistance events in your state. https://www.popvox.com/ - if you sign up to be on their newsletter they send non-partisan weekly summaries of US government activities. http://www.postcardsforamerica.com/ - i've added these guys on facebook and every morning i wake up to a couple of new postcards to send. some are to protest actions that are happening, some are to thank people who are standing up for us. it's a good way to start off the day. if you're a meetup user, meetup has set up resist groups in 1000 different cities. anyone who joins can add local events. you can find your meetup group here https://www.meetup.com/pro/resist/ ----- My intent with this thread is for us to share our efforts to help encourage others to get involved. Please share what you're doing, even if right now it just involves hiding under the bed eating HoHos.
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This is an incredibly helpful list, thank you. 5calls alone is huge.FluffieDuckie posted:My intent with this thread is for us to share our efforts to help encourage others to get involved. Please share what you're doing, even if right now it just involves hiding under the bed eating HoHos. As for what I'm doing: being grateful that Phoenix didn't go all the way fascist today! http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/plan-a-protest-lose-your-house-bill-sb-1142-killed-by-arizona-house-9121181
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FluffieDuckie posted:Hi Cspam. I don't usually post here, but BYOB is a no-politics zone because "chill" and "politics" don't really mix, so I'm venturing out of my home forum to share some information with you. What? Yes they do, otherwise we wouldn't exist bazomatic posted:This is an incredibly helpful list, thank you. 5calls alone is huge. Same. 5calls is one of the best sites out there right now, because it encourages you to do something very important with a minimum of effort. The internet can actually get involved for once! e: Mods/Admins, can someone sticky this? Otherwise I'll pony up for it after my next paycheck comes in.
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op u forgot to post links about siezing the state and overthrowing capitalism
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Right this very moment, I'm retweeting anything I get my hands on. Yeah, it's dumb, but it helps keep stories alive among people who will do something about them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Long term, I've been to a couple of protests (there's just not very many in our area) and following Shaun King for various action items. The big thing he/we have been focusing on the last few weeks is disrupting the Dakota Pipeline money flow. Actions taken by King's organizing were the major reason Wells Fargo got their contract pulled in Seattle.  He's now working on getting other major financial companies to stop or risk significant boycotts. I've already moved my credit account from Chase to Discover because of it. It's a little thing, but little things add up. (And, speaking of which, part of my bonus this year is going to the ACLU and RAINN.)I highly recommend following @ShaunKing. If you DM/tweet at him, he'll probably add you to the action item mailing list. (I don't know how else to get on it and I'm not sure the account drains into something he can read.) It's definitely something to keep an eye on, the guy does great work.
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jarofpiss posted:op u forgot to post links about siezing the state and overthrowing capitalism linking posts to themselves is frowned upon 
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5 calls is awesome and effective. I sit in traffic for nearly 2 hours a day so i grind them out there.
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FluffieDuckie posted:Hi Cspam. I don't usually post here, but BYOB is a no-politics zone because "chill" and "politics" don't really mix, so I'm venturing out of my home forum to share some information with you. What about those of us who just want to support our president and help him enact his policies?
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cool list, please stick around in cspam and hang out if u want imospacetoaster posted:What about those of us who just want to support our president and help him enact his policies? get a job at infowars and ask daddy alex for a white house press pass or something
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wizard on a water slide posted:get a job at infowars and ask daddy alex for a white house press pass or something I was just kidding. We don't need to do anything at all to get everything we want. The left is just eating itself and the right is already on track to sweep 2018 (and probably 2020 too). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OcldMG932o
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IMHO FluffieDuckie a teen vogue tag would look great on u 
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spacetoaster posted:What about those of us who just want to support our president and help him enact his policies? i'm not supposed to say this any more but let's just say there's a really emphatic and final thing you can do that will affect everyone who cares about you deeply and forever, and you should do it
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crazy cloud posted:i'm not supposed to say this any more but let's just say there's a really emphatic and final thing you can do that will affect everyone who cares about you deeply and forever, and you should do it Typical lefty. To weak to do your own work. 
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hey fluffie how are you doin!!! protesting in the rain sucks but its a good excuse to get drunk with comrades to warm up after lol
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FluffieDuckie posted:Hi Cspam. I don't usually post here, but BYOB is a no-politics zone because "chill" and "politics" don't really mix, so I'm venturing out of my home forum to share some information with you.
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do not fill your sign up all the way to the top with gas, you want to leave a bit of space for gas fumes to form because thats what catches on fire when you throw the sign at a cop or starbucks namaste
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Chokes McGee posted:Right this very moment, I'm retweeting anything I get my hands on. Yeah, it's dumb, but it helps keep stories alive among people who will do something about them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ retweeting is good because it has a better chance of getting to the president than all the calls i'm making to the White House comments line Chokes McGee posted:e: Mods/Admins, can someone sticky this? Otherwise I'll pony up for it after my next paycheck comes in. we can pay for stickies here? why didn't i think of that. i would have made several dollars in byob by now mrbradlymrmartin posted:hey fluffie how are you doin!!! protesting in the rain sucks but its a good excuse to get drunk with comrades to warm up after lol here's my rain walkin' sign. it's a one hander so i can carry an umbrella with one hand and my sign with the other. it's also completely waterproofed with packing tape. i'm so proud of it i kind of wish it would rain again 
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FluffieDuckie posted:retweeting is good because it has a better chance of getting to the president than all the calls i'm making to the White House comments line have you ever considered attaching an umbrella top to the sign instead? or tape the sign onto an open umbrella
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having tried that before there's a couple of practical problems with that, most of which involve your own head. it gets in the way while wielding the thing so either you are comfortable with not being able to see what the gently caress is in front of you or you have to lean out far enough that you get no coverage from the umbrella.
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such penmanship such brevity! 
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i did see some people who had used sharpies to write their messages directly onto their umbrellas. I thought that was pretty smart plus had the added bonus of being perpetually in a state of protest everytime it rained
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Coolguye posted:having tried that before there's a couple of practical problems with that, most of which involve your own head. it gets in the way while wielding the thing so either you are comfortable with not being able to see what the gently caress is in front of you or you have to lean out far enough that you get no coverage from the umbrella. theres an idea here just waiting to be sold
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Coolguye posted:having tried that before there's a couple of practical problems with that, most of which involve your own head. it gets in the way while wielding the thing so either you are comfortable with not being able to see what the gently caress is in front of you or you have to lean out far enough that you get no coverage from the umbrella. you don't have to hang it in front of you or anything, just stick to the top of the umbrella straight up
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i need an engineer to come to my house and install my sign onto my umbrella
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Chokes McGee posted:you don't have to hang it in front of you or anything, just stick to the top of the umbrella straight up tried that once too, god help you if the wind is over 15mph works great if there's no wind though! FluffieDuckie posted:i need an engineer to come to my house and install my sign onto my umbrella call the mythbusters those guys will do anything for a little publicity nowadays
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FluffieDuckie posted:i need an engineer to come to my house and install my sign onto my umbrella im thinking this...  but on every peice you write Trump Sucks Piso Mojado has issued a correction as of 21:39 on Feb 28, 2017 |
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I bet I can make u smile right now Ms. Duckie ready?  gotcha
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Mariana Horchata posted:I bet I can make u smile right now Ms. Duckie IT WORKED!
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I edited the op to add that meetup has set up local meetup resist groups. you can find yours here https://www.meetup.com/pro/resist/
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Join the DSA Fluffieduckie.
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Ace of Baes posted:Join the DSA Fluffieduckie. Do they stand in the rain with signs? Because I'm really good at that
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FluffieDuckie posted:Do they stand in the rain with signs? Because I'm really good at that They stand in the rain with signs for feminism, racial equality, workers rights, universal healthcare, and the protection of immigrants and refugees.
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Oh I'm already doing that
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I'm going to my representative's town hall on Saturday morning. In the event I'm not allowed in, I'll stand in the rain and hold a sign. Also it might not be raining.
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ScrubLeague posted:I'm going to my representative's town hall on Saturday morning. In the event I'm not allowed in, I'll stand in the rain and hold a sign. Also it might not be raining. Good for you. You don't have to hold an umbrella if it's not raining. Unless you want
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soz i only stand in the rain with a boombox
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FluffieDuckie posted:Good for you. You don't have to hold an umbrella if it's not raining. Unless you want can be helpful if it is very sunny and you are especially pale do not underestimate the sun it is v powerful
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ok here's a thing that doesn't require standing in the rain if you want to file an ethics conplaint about a federal employee (say for example Sessions) the correct way to do that is by fax. they won't take telephone calls you can use https://www.faxzero.com to send a free fax Send to: DOJ Inspector Michael E Horowitz Fax #: 202 616 9881 Name of Offending Employee: Jefferson Sessions Date of Offense: 1/10/17 Location of Offense: Congressional Hearing Offense: Lying under oath
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Ace of Baes posted:Join the DSA Fluffieduckie. I agree with this fluffie. You should join our ranks
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fluffieduckie owns really hard
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