I've sent all these. Now we have to found a Democracy Foundation and create a Project 2028 to outline the actions we have to take, starting NOW! We all agree: so the time for talk is OVER!!!
I have already sent these so many times to Kirstin Gillibrand and Timothy Kennedy. I get emails back from them but never from Chuck Schumer. I wonder if he is asleep just like Trump?
We are told they have an effect, but how? Do they sort them by topic and yea or nay and report the numbers? Resistbot (50409)makes it easy, but even though we get the form letters back, they never seem to change their votes. How can we really get their attention? My representatives have NEVER actually represented me or given me a reason why they think I am wrong.
As I already posted, he really doesn't have very many "Uncurated" public appearances (where he isn't in control of the audience).
So I think hegenuinely believes much of the self-aggrandizing information he spouts about how people worship him. Recall how he always likes and retweets any memes that make him look powerful - like an action hero, of the Pope.
I listened to Mary Trump explain that Donald’s most humiliating experience was having a bowl of mashed potatoes dumped on his head as a child because he wouldn’t stop torturing his baby brother at the dinner table after being told to STOP IT by his siblings. So Freddie, his older brother, picked up a bowl of mashed potatoes his mother had set on the table and dumped it on Donald’s head and everyone just laughed and laughed.
At any event, protest or communication involving Donald mashed potatoes need to be highlighted. I can imagine so many props and signage just thinking this infuriates Donald and now we all know it! Just carrying a box of potato flakes will do just fine!
Susanna: Are you thinking of a new product, “Mr. Mashed Potato Head”? Or a new accessory to put on the existing Mr. Potato Head besides a hat, like a dripping mass of mashed potatoes with a jaunty pat of butter off to one side?
all the potato references I found perfect! I was just waiting for the first mention of a used chamber pot! I am pleased that I am not the only one whose mind was turned somewhat dirty by our fearless leader the Potato Head!
“But there are currently four vacant seats in the House, and three of them cover deep blue districts where the Democrat is expected to prevail in special elections slated for later this year. Two of those elections will happen this month, and both of the Democratic candidates are vowing to sign the petition as soon as they arrive on Capitol Hill — enough to hit the magical 218 number required to force the Epstein bill to the floor. “
We need to create a Democracy Foundation and write up a plan of action: Project 2028! NOW!! We need to have a plan to follow step by step to block these MAGAts and undo the damage!!!
Crazy times when I can agree with anything from Rand Paul and even MTG, although it will be interesting to see if she continues to stand up for the Epstein survivors. Was glad to hear they're talking about putting out their own list if this regime continues to bury THE EPSTEIN FILES.
No way is Vance going to come out on top in a battle with Paul. For that matter, I don't see him coming out on top of a battle with much of anyone. It's not "coming out on top" if he illegally uses power to punish people, or, you know, kill them.
Most of us had no idea he'd get this bad so fast. (Yeah, yeah. Someone's going to see this and say "I did!") Many of us new it would be terrible for him to be back in office, but how many people would have thought that in less than six months he'd be sending innocent people to hellholes in countries with no connection to them, much less setting up concentration camps in our own country? Yes, the stuff he pulled at the border in his first term was bad, but he's put all of that and worse into his first few months this time around. Every crime is exponentially worse.
Edited to add: darned if I can figure out why I can't get my computer to put the k at the beginning of "new." Makes me cringe to see it wrong.
⬆️Most of us had no idea he'd get this bad so fast. (Yeah, yeah. Someone's going to see this and say "I did!")
I always suspected he would use Bannon's strategy of flooding the zone, but the scope of it is mind-blowing.
For example, I was expecting tariffs - that was well telegraphed. Even the on-again off-again TACO strategy was predictable from his behavior during Trump 1.0. But trying to annex Canada as the 51st state, buying Greenland, or taking back the Panama Canal? Bonkers!
The same with deporting undocumented immigrants. Everyone knew he was going to make maximum use of that as a wedge issue. That's why he scuttled the bipartisan immigration bill by leaning on the GOP.
But even knowing that he would have his toadies in the DOJ, Homeland Security, etc. I am still shocked by the jack-booted ICE thugs kidnapping people off the streets and then sending them to prison camps in the FL everglades or hijacking them and putting them in hellhole prisons in 3rd world countries.
Honestly, I'm not so much surprised that Trump would think of it - he is phychopath IMO -- but I am that so many people would go along with him! Nor was I expecting so many institutions like universities, media companies or law firms to obey in advance and surrender without a fight. Disgusting!
All of that, all at the same time, and, yes, with so many people/entities folding so fast. I honestly keep expecting him to have his thugs break whatever surrounds the original Constitution (surely something more than basic glass?), seize the document, and burn it. I wish NARA would step in and store it somewhere he'll never find it.
The domino effect of law firms, universities and news media is beyond chilling. We're back in "yo, Roget!" territory. (see above)
The first time around, I cried for three days after the election results were announced. (Okay, I woke up and cried and then kept going; I didn't cry 24/7.) This time, I felt numb. People on TV shows say "they're going into shock!" and I honestly don't know what that means symptom-wise, but it felt like what could be called that. But hey, we've learned that the vocabulary that existed prior to this past Jan. 20, already fragile with cracks and even breakthroughs in a few places has been rendered almost worthless.
⬆️"...although it will be interesting to see if she continues to stand up for the Epstein survivors."
I have heard 2 credible explanations for MTG's standing with the survivors.
They both show calculated self-interest (which is part of why I think they're credible):
* she doesn't want to offend the Q Anon wing of the GOP who are totally bought into the Epstein Pedophile conspiracy theory that led to Pizzagate - they believe that it will take down a bunch of prominent Democrats.
* she wants to run for GA Governor and she needs to broaden her appeal beyond MAGA and she thinks this will help her with women voters
One big plus for the pro-democracy, pro-America resistance is that the Republicans have been recruiting from the bottom of the barrel for several decades now, and OMG does it ever show. JD Vance? Mike Johnson? the entire cabinet? and of course Trump himself?
And imagine he gave up a day of golf to attend. Guess he figured he needed a nap! I hope some independent news source got the booing and have posted it!!
I love to see this kind of unambiguous coordination in Chicago. Unfortunately, the local groups in my community that are ‘organizing’ things often send out contradictory or ‘on again / off again’ messages. I’m seeing less participation, simply because no one seems to know what’s going on (or more importantly, where).
⬆️"I’m seeing less participation, simply because no one seems to know what’s going on (or more importantly, where)."
Check out "We the People Dissent" for a weekly list of protests that makes it very easy to find a protest near you. Here is the post for this week. A new one should be posted Thursday or Friday:
Also, are you a member of a local Indivisible chapter? They usually have their act together. You can look for a local chapter here: https://groups.indivisible.org/
FYI, I think there are now only a handful of US congressional districts without an Invisible chapter. They have been growing by leaps and bounds. My local chapter has tripled in membership just since the first of the year!
Somehow being told you can’t boo the president makes it so much more fun to do so. The “rules” and expectations around Trump’s appearances are getting increasingly bizarre and tread on our freedom of speech and expression. Keep being vocal!!!
I was in school in Soviet dominated Hungary when Stalin died. I remember the exhilarating joy in the joyous faces all around. But soon the order for mourning and crying came around with another order that required all of us to serve as Honor Guards at his statue and each of us had to recite the great leader's virtues increasing the praise as we went around.
Watching the last Cabinet meeting of President Mashed Potato Head Reminded me of that unforgettable day!
I can't quite decide how they expected that to work. It is not like a Trump rally where a heckler would be outed by the MAGA supporters around him or her and then Trump's Security could manhandle them out of the arena.
Or was it just something they said to make trump happy knowing that the boos would happen anyway so they could shrug and say "well, we tried"?
NEW: Tell Congress: Pass the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act: https://tinyurl.com/3yfw2m7a
NEW: Tell Congress: Demand Kennedy Resign: https://tinyurl.com/2324bmrh
NEW: Tell Congress: Demand answers about Trump’s visibly deteriorating health: https://tinyurl.com/sk9xm38v
Tell Congress: Protect our use of voting by mail: https://tinyurl.com/bde676xm
Tell Congress to push back on Trump’s DC takeover: https://tinyurl.com/2jpp94yk
Tell Congress to support law to unmask ICE: https://tinyurl.com/bp8cau82
Tell Congress save the National Weather Service: https://tinyurl.com/bdbur8df
Tell Congress to investigate the Jeffrey Epstein trafficking case: https://tinyurl.com/4pfh2p4f
Links to everything we are doing: https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/how-were-fighting-trump
I've sent all these. Now we have to found a Democracy Foundation and create a Project 2028 to outline the actions we have to take, starting NOW! We all agree: so the time for talk is OVER!!!
I have already sent these so many times to Kirstin Gillibrand and Timothy Kennedy. I get emails back from them but never from Chuck Schumer. I wonder if he is asleep just like Trump?
Schumer needs to do us all a favor and retire.
They are my representatives and I have never heard a single word from Schumer.
I get reponses from Chuck Schumer, but like the others, they are basically AI.
Done!
We are told they have an effect, but how? Do they sort them by topic and yea or nay and report the numbers? Resistbot (50409)makes it easy, but even though we get the form letters back, they never seem to change their votes. How can we really get their attention? My representatives have NEVER actually represented me or given me a reason why they think I am wrong.
What did he expect in NYC. We remember his antics from before he became a faux politician. Sleazy and corrupt.
I think the folks around him clap really loudly, and always try and act like he is celebrated.
As I already posted, he really doesn't have very many "Uncurated" public appearances (where he isn't in control of the audience).
So I think hegenuinely believes much of the self-aggrandizing information he spouts about how people worship him. Recall how he always likes and retweets any memes that make him look powerful - like an action hero, of the Pope.
I listened to Mary Trump explain that Donald’s most humiliating experience was having a bowl of mashed potatoes dumped on his head as a child because he wouldn’t stop torturing his baby brother at the dinner table after being told to STOP IT by his siblings. So Freddie, his older brother, picked up a bowl of mashed potatoes his mother had set on the table and dumped it on Donald’s head and everyone just laughed and laughed.
At any event, protest or communication involving Donald mashed potatoes need to be highlighted. I can imagine so many props and signage just thinking this infuriates Donald and now we all know it! Just carrying a box of potato flakes will do just fine!
That gives me some ideas for my next poster. Anyone else remember Mr. Potato Head?
Susanna: Are you thinking of a new product, “Mr. Mashed Potato Head”? Or a new accessory to put on the existing Mr. Potato Head besides a hat, like a dripping mass of mashed potatoes with a jaunty pat of butter off to one side?
Maybe add sleeping eyes and orange pancake make-up, too.
Potatoes Au Gratin!
Au Putin
Brilliant!
Make it Mr. "Sweet Potato" Head.
Ooo! I like that! Makes it already orange! But I think we could lose the “sweet” (this IS representing trump, after all), and call it “Mr Yam Face”.
Add orange cheddar
Orange Goolius, aka, Potato Flakes.
Also: since he's orange, how about Mr. Yam Head? (Or Yammer?)
YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mr. Mashed Potato Head!!! With a bowl turned upside down over him!
Great idea
"Stay safe and be kind." 😉
If we weren't being kind it would be a bowl of diarrhea.
all the potato references I found perfect! I was just waiting for the first mention of a used chamber pot! I am pleased that I am not the only one whose mind was turned somewhat dirty by our fearless leader the Potato Head!
😂
I like this.
OK! Mashed potatoes it is!!
Thank you Karen!
Love that!
😅🤣😂
I reposted this, as it's a good idea for demonstrations--especially in front of the White House!
BOY oh BOY I bet Trump will be fuming when he wakes up
LOL I love how you wrote this around 11am assuming he's not up, probably accurate
😄
LOL
Yay !!⬇️
“But there are currently four vacant seats in the House, and three of them cover deep blue districts where the Democrat is expected to prevail in special elections slated for later this year. Two of those elections will happen this month, and both of the Democratic candidates are vowing to sign the petition as soon as they arrive on Capitol Hill — enough to hit the magical 218 number required to force the Epstein bill to the floor. “
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5487779-epstein-discharge-petition-incoming-democrats/
Yep one is tomorrow and the other the 23rd!
Tomorrow: VA-11 James Walkinshaw is running to replace his former boss, Sen. Gerry Connolly. Walkinshaw was his cheif of staff for more than a decade.
https://wtop.com/virginia-election/2025/09/voters-choose-new-virginia-congressman-tuesday-in-special-election/
Sept. 23rd: AZ-07 Adelita Grijalva is running to replace her late father who died in office in March: https://cardswire.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/08/29/arizona-congressional-candidate-adelita-grijalva-sharpens-tone/85875957007/
If ever there was a time for our community to unite and resist, this is it.
We need to create a Democracy Foundation and write up a plan of action: Project 2028! NOW!! We need to have a plan to follow step by step to block these MAGAts and undo the damage!!!
Crazy times when I can agree with anything from Rand Paul and even MTG, although it will be interesting to see if she continues to stand up for the Epstein survivors. Was glad to hear they're talking about putting out their own list if this regime continues to bury THE EPSTEIN FILES.
No way is Vance going to come out on top in a battle with Paul. For that matter, I don't see him coming out on top of a battle with much of anyone. It's not "coming out on top" if he illegally uses power to punish people, or, you know, kill them.
“Illegally using power” seems to be the “in” thing to do in this swamp-government, HarrisWaltz. “Illegal” has lost all meaning.
I know. On top of that even Roget has run out of words for "horrifying," "incomprehensible," "inhumane," etc.
As for "illegal," with everything else he's doing, no one even talks about how he has kicked the crap out of the emoluments clause.
"Clause? What clause? What is this Constitution of which you speak?"
I’d put an “😅” emoji here if it weren’t so true. (And Roget’s has to create an expanded “trump edition” to include more adjectives for “horrific”.)
Most of us had no idea he'd get this bad so fast. (Yeah, yeah. Someone's going to see this and say "I did!") Many of us new it would be terrible for him to be back in office, but how many people would have thought that in less than six months he'd be sending innocent people to hellholes in countries with no connection to them, much less setting up concentration camps in our own country? Yes, the stuff he pulled at the border in his first term was bad, but he's put all of that and worse into his first few months this time around. Every crime is exponentially worse.
Edited to add: darned if I can figure out why I can't get my computer to put the k at the beginning of "new." Makes me cringe to see it wrong.
⬆️Most of us had no idea he'd get this bad so fast. (Yeah, yeah. Someone's going to see this and say "I did!")
I always suspected he would use Bannon's strategy of flooding the zone, but the scope of it is mind-blowing.
For example, I was expecting tariffs - that was well telegraphed. Even the on-again off-again TACO strategy was predictable from his behavior during Trump 1.0. But trying to annex Canada as the 51st state, buying Greenland, or taking back the Panama Canal? Bonkers!
The same with deporting undocumented immigrants. Everyone knew he was going to make maximum use of that as a wedge issue. That's why he scuttled the bipartisan immigration bill by leaning on the GOP.
But even knowing that he would have his toadies in the DOJ, Homeland Security, etc. I am still shocked by the jack-booted ICE thugs kidnapping people off the streets and then sending them to prison camps in the FL everglades or hijacking them and putting them in hellhole prisons in 3rd world countries.
Honestly, I'm not so much surprised that Trump would think of it - he is phychopath IMO -- but I am that so many people would go along with him! Nor was I expecting so many institutions like universities, media companies or law firms to obey in advance and surrender without a fight. Disgusting!
All of that, all at the same time, and, yes, with so many people/entities folding so fast. I honestly keep expecting him to have his thugs break whatever surrounds the original Constitution (surely something more than basic glass?), seize the document, and burn it. I wish NARA would step in and store it somewhere he'll never find it.
The domino effect of law firms, universities and news media is beyond chilling. We're back in "yo, Roget!" territory. (see above)
Me too. Cringe and wonder where we will be in 3 1/2 years. After a moment of cringing and wondering that, I want to cry.
The first time around, I cried for three days after the election results were announced. (Okay, I woke up and cried and then kept going; I didn't cry 24/7.) This time, I felt numb. People on TV shows say "they're going into shock!" and I honestly don't know what that means symptom-wise, but it felt like what could be called that. But hey, we've learned that the vocabulary that existed prior to this past Jan. 20, already fragile with cracks and even breakthroughs in a few places has been rendered almost worthless.
⬆️"...although it will be interesting to see if she continues to stand up for the Epstein survivors."
I have heard 2 credible explanations for MTG's standing with the survivors.
They both show calculated self-interest (which is part of why I think they're credible):
* she doesn't want to offend the Q Anon wing of the GOP who are totally bought into the Epstein Pedophile conspiracy theory that led to Pizzagate - they believe that it will take down a bunch of prominent Democrats.
* she wants to run for GA Governor and she needs to broaden her appeal beyond MAGA and she thinks this will help her with women voters
First seems more likely, but I wouldn't rule out the second. It appears that many women from Georgia are misogynists.
Everyone needs to keep it up. Not just boos but protests, calls, and letters. Follow Scott and become a member. We need to support the Resistance!
Thank you Krysia!
One big plus for the pro-democracy, pro-America resistance is that the Republicans have been recruiting from the bottom of the barrel for several decades now, and OMG does it ever show. JD Vance? Mike Johnson? the entire cabinet? and of course Trump himself?
I think my next protest sign is going to be:
IKEA has better cabinets than Trump
All Americans need to be able to express their views and we do not need to be told that we can’t!
Booing Trump at the US Open was the only acceptable response. What was he even doing there anyway, other than sleeping, of course.
Proving (sort of) that he’s still alive?
And imagine he gave up a day of golf to attend. Guess he figured he needed a nap! I hope some independent news source got the booing and have posted it!!
Ty Scott! Hey, the American people are showing their dissent everywhere he goes….it’s only in his head,(or by his cabinet) that people adore him.🫤🙄
Thanks Janet!
To see some good reports of protests check out
https://open.substack.com/pub/thepeopledissent/p/tens-of-thousands-take-to-dc-and?r=1aiy5t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false.
Here is a recap of Protests in August: https://open.substack.com/pub/thepeopledissent/p/resistance-wrap-up-august?r=1aiy5t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
I love to see this kind of unambiguous coordination in Chicago. Unfortunately, the local groups in my community that are ‘organizing’ things often send out contradictory or ‘on again / off again’ messages. I’m seeing less participation, simply because no one seems to know what’s going on (or more importantly, where).
⬆️"I’m seeing less participation, simply because no one seems to know what’s going on (or more importantly, where)."
Check out "We the People Dissent" for a weekly list of protests that makes it very easy to find a protest near you. Here is the post for this week. A new one should be posted Thursday or Friday:
https://open.substack.com/pub/thepeopledissent/p/the-resistance-is-rising-engage-this?r=1aiy5t&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Also, are you a member of a local Indivisible chapter? They usually have their act together. You can look for a local chapter here: https://groups.indivisible.org/
FYI, I think there are now only a handful of US congressional districts without an Invisible chapter. They have been growing by leaps and bounds. My local chapter has tripled in membership just since the first of the year!
Somehow being told you can’t boo the president makes it so much more fun to do so. The “rules” and expectations around Trump’s appearances are getting increasingly bizarre and tread on our freedom of speech and expression. Keep being vocal!!!
I was in school in Soviet dominated Hungary when Stalin died. I remember the exhilarating joy in the joyous faces all around. But soon the order for mourning and crying came around with another order that required all of us to serve as Honor Guards at his statue and each of us had to recite the great leader's virtues increasing the praise as we went around.
Watching the last Cabinet meeting of President Mashed Potato Head Reminded me of that unforgettable day!
Wow, what an experience. Thanks for sharing.
Yes Linda!
I can't quite decide how they expected that to work. It is not like a Trump rally where a heckler would be outed by the MAGA supporters around him or her and then Trump's Security could manhandle them out of the arena.
Or was it just something they said to make trump happy knowing that the boos would happen anyway so they could shrug and say "well, we tried"?
The Susan Collins scandal is her death knell, finally. And check out Graham Platner who will unseat her. He’s quite presidential!
Talk about open bribery. 🙄
He deserves “BOOS!!!” The only people he’s serving is himself, his family, loyalists and billionaires. Everyone else is getting screwed. 😡😡
He deserves boos but Kegsbreath wants booze.
😂😂
Fox can pretend the boos didn't happen, but people talk. Trump getting booed by thousands gets around quickly.