Summary
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) sparked controversy with a fiery speech outside the Treasury Department, declaring, “We are at war!” and calling for the Senate to be shut down in response to Elon Musk’s access to federal payment systems.
Her remarks, applauded by some Democrats, drew backlash from Republicans, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who likened them to “a call for insurrection.”
While I’ll grant Trailer Trash Barbie knows a thing or two about insurrection, bitch don’t know a goddamn thing about patriotism.
Unfortunately, that is what we are left with. All the other means of change have been and continue to be disabled and otherwise shutdown
Yeah, and…?
The key point here is that an insurrection against fascism is justified, while an insurrection in favor of it is not.
Liberty and tyranny are not fucking morally equivalent!
We are already at “war”. A strange feature of modern (idealism) warfare is to keep your opponents from realizing while you advance your armies.
At what point to left-leaning states governors start building up their own militias?
I’m asking this as a Canadian, I honestly don’t know what the process is vis a vis state militia vs federal military.
Up until recently I felt like at a certain point, there were lines that the military would not cross regarding Trump orders. But now I’m kind of terrified that they really haven’t pushed back at all, meaning if it comes down to it, it’s all going to up to the individual states.
I’ve already written my governer to ask to be on a mailing list for any state sponsored militias. I also said that he should very seriously entertain the notion of filing charges against Trump, Musk, Vance, and all of their cabinet and appointees and court nominations for Treason. Treason can be filed at both the state and federal level, and there have been a number of successful convictions of treason at the state level.
More importantly, it saddles trump and his cronies with charges that will make it justified for both state and federal militias to remove them from power by any means necessary. At that point just deputize members of your state militia, and they will have to take an oath to protect the nation from all enemies foreign AND DOMESTIC. They now have legal protections backed by the charges filed by the state. Now you fund those militia’s and give them military kit, and refuse to cooperate with federal officials until a new election has been held and trump has been removed from power.
This is a fucking war, and the victors will write the history of it. The most important part is that facism and all of its supporters lose, and suffer the full consequences for their actions.
It doesn’t matter what you do to republicans now, just do it swiftly and severly, and the next president can pardon you and tie up the loop holes.
The same tactics that facists are using to destroy the country CAN also be used to save it. We just have to act with strength and conviction.
State militias already exist, we call them “National Guard”
Well not exactly. The Executive branch is the top authority for the National Guard. If Trump wants to send the California National Guard to the Texas border with Mexico he can.
The closest analogue to a militia would be the California Highway Patrol. Trump can’t command them to do shit about fuck. However they’re not really on par as far as logistics and material. Considering they don’t have an airforce, or any appreciable armor assets.
Technically yes. But if the Governor refuses things get interesting. And in a National Guard unit they’re far more likely to side with the Governor than the President.
Yep it would be another constitutional crisis
I didn’t know that. You sure are a correct horse battery staple, thanks
I couldn’t justify putting correct in my username on Lemmy. But I loved the reference too much not to use it, so here I am, a less secure truncated version of a better password.
That’s fair enough, it would seem like hubris to the uninitiated. Don’t tell the feds but that’s my SSD encryption phrase lmfao
Well, it is a Nazi government now, so, what are you gonna do?
Lol MGT. Didn’t she want Georgia to secede? That girl has no business being where she is, but neither do most of our politicians.
Always projection with the assholes like Marge.
There’s a protest planned for today near you. If you’d like to attend below is a bit of info.
Some more media mentions, mostly local and brief:
- Fox 9 St Paul (MN): https://www.fox9.com/news/50-states-50-protests-feb-5-2025
- KVRR North Dakota: https://www.kvrr.com/2025/02/04/project-2025-protests-planned-wednesday-at-all-50-state-capitol-buildings/
- Shreveport Times (Louisiana): https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2025/02/04/what-is-the-50501-movement-find-out-more-about-the-nationwide-protest-anti-fascicm-against-trump/78208443007/
- Savannah Morning News (GA): https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2025/02/04/where-are-people-protesting-in-georgia-against-trump-the-50501-details/78207555007/
- Dallas Observer (TX): https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/where-to-go-in-texas-for-the-reject-project-2025-protest-21675389
- Clarion Ledger (MS): https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2025/02/04/people-plan-to-protest-donald-trump-administration-in-mississippi-see-where-when-immigration-dei-ice/78207203007/
- Westword (Denver, CO): https://www.westword.com/news/denver-fifty-state-capitol-protest-when-where-what-to-know-23293344
- Newsweek, a second article: https://www.newsweek.com/50501-protests-update-anti-trump-march-50-states-expands-2025741
edit:
- the Savannah GA story above seems to have been picked up by USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/02/04/where-are-people-protesting-in-georgia-against-trump-the-50501-details/78207555007/
- CT News Junkie (Connecticut newsletter?): https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/02/04/50501-movement-rally-planned-at-connecticut-capitol-wednesday/
- Herald Dispatch (WV) - very brief: https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/protest-against-project-2025-planned-at-state-capitols-wednesday/article_4e7efd0e-e33e-11ef-95da-e7064df63151.html
- Longmont Leader (CO) mostly sourced from the Westword story: https://www.longmontleader.com/colorado-news/nationwide-protest-against-trump-and-project-2025-planned-in-denver-tomorrow-10181600
- Phoenix New Times (AZ): https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix-arizona-fifty-states-protest-when-where-what-to-know-21131150
- KSNT Topkea (Kansas): https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/two-protests-coming-to-the-capital-city-on-wednesday/
- Herald Net (WA) - brief mention: https://www.heraldnet.com/news/protest-planned-wednesday-at-snohomish-county-campus/
- Kennebec Journal (Maine): https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/02/04/trump-project-2025-protesters-to-gather-wednesday-in-augusta/
BONUS:
- Snopes article with some info on who started it https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/02/04/anti-trump-state-capitol-protests-february-5/
near you.
I appreciate the effort, but this sort of minimizes just how far a lot of people are from a state capital, and how unlikely they can just up and take a day in the middle of the week to just go to their state capital. Particularly on what was, at most, a week’s notice. This just seems doomed to produce an underwhelming turnout.
It’s a general notice of information. If you’re near a capital show up and check it out.
Who knows, it might take longer than a day, so a wednesday seems fine so more people can join over the weekend.
“Democrat lunatics want us all dead, and have declared war on all of us. Protect your family accordingly,” wanted the American Firearms Association on Facebook.
Holly shit, are these people shameless.
Yeah I said when we say it, nobody is trying to remove the metal detectors from around the Capitol building and stockpiling guns in nearby hotel rooms, placing pipe bombs in the streets. Nope, that’s just Republicans. And that’s why they have their motto “we are all domestic terrorists.”
That’s only because Antifa hasn’t shown up yet. But they only show up when the cops show… oh.
Antifa needs to be what they always say Antifa is.
The Republican party has long referred to the events of January 6th as “legitimate political discourse”, and Trump even went so far as to pardon those who stormed the capital on January 6th.
Well, if it’s legitimate political discourse, there shouldn’t be any problem in us doing it either.
At least one Dem is using the correct terminology for what is going on.
Oh look, the kiddie fiddlers and book burners that accuse others of being pedos and anti free speech are accusing people of things again.
Republicans have been saying they were at war for the past decade+ But I suppose it’s “controversial” now since a Dem has said it.
