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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

this is the face that broke the minds of every conservative and liberterian voter out there.

[–] masterbaexunn@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's the fact that he is black man.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 0 points 3 hours ago

that is the only reason. aside from the fact they will never accept a women as well.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

What kind of marshal? A fire marshal? A sky marshal?

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes and so strong was the belief with Republicans that Obama was going to hold citizens prisoner in Walmarts in Central TX that Abbott ordered the TX National Guard to oversee the Jade Helm training exercises. Insane that he is still Governor after taking action on such a ridiculous story.

The CIA later confirmed that the conspiracy theory came from the Russia and its propaganda machine.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

wouldnt surprise you, if they all came from russia. qANON specifically was from russia the last i remembered. remember how social media got quiet when the ukrain invasion began, or last nov and december(luigi). and who funds the gop, right wing supremecist groups, and other far-right govt all over the world.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 167 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's always projection. Literally every single time.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I can't help but wonder if this is how they beta test their plans. Accuse the other party of doing what they intend to do, see how people react, then adjust strategy accordingly and deploy.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

That is part of it. It also helps muddy the waters. If you accuse the other people of doing the thing, and people recognize it's bullshit, then those people are going to think it's bullshit when they hear about them doing it.

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

"Pfft.. martial law? No that's what you guys are doing." - MAGA

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Classic Nazis.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Gaslight. Obstruct. Project

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

That explains the name "Project 2025"

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 75 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That was the whole point. Now dipshits can counter with, "Oh when we warned you about Obama it was stupid. Now that it's our guy it's a problem." It was meant to create a mess in a country without critical thinking.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

It's a reverse cargo cult. Postmodern conservatism. Reality as a team sport.

Their news is propaganda? All news must be propaganda! The facts aren't on their side? Facts aren't real! Their wooden helicopters don't fly? The ones in the sky are a conspiracy! Surely everybody thinks this way, they tell themselves. They are the clever ones for noticing they're full of shit. We idiots still believe things can be true.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 50 points 1 day ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (4 children)

MARSHALL

Edit: so cursed I didn't even register they spelt it with a single L.

[–] clif@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

I wish Marshal would stop being such a jackass with his laws.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Marshall, Marshall, Marshall!

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Marshmallow law

[–] Mozingo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Yea, you know, the guy from Tekken, obviously lol

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 37 points 1 day ago (9 children)

This protest was 3rd biggest in US history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Kings_protests

Yet media didn't Twitter or showed crowds before it even started.

Foreign media seems to also not cover it. Seems like all those billionaires owning media are this time on it.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

as far as protests going, its much less efficient than when other countries do it. its too spread out to matter to people like trump, plus republicans wont do it, they would had a bigger impact if they protest with everyone else, but they love the "follow the leader, put your head down, dont ruffle feathers" type. nobody is willing to STRIKE over this, if at all, the country is too divided care.

the best way this wouldve matter, was quashed last year, with the railroad strikes.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

August 25, 2025 : Trump orders Hegseth to form National Guard unit in each state to combat crime, protests

President Donald Trump on Monday ordered the National Guard in each state to create a quick-response force to quell protests and deter crime after using troops to assist with security during immigration protests in Los Angeles and patrol in Washington, D.C., as part of a crackdown on crime.

Good luck with your next protests.

EDIT: I just... fascism is taking root and encroaching more and more in every facets of the US every day, but you had a big protest once.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

Cool beans, nice that you guys did a little walk, I hope the weather was nice and you had fun.
Are you going to do something about your fascists in power though?

[–] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Aftermath

Another nationwide series of protests, described as "No Kings 2.0" and "Free America", was set for July 4, 2025

'Stop, or we'll say stop again.' (except we didn't even do that much)

That'll definitely end the fascist dictatorship that's taking over America.

I'm glad that many people managed to get together and speak up, but it's woefully insufficient.

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (5 children)

That's how communism was overturned in Poland.

That's also how color revolutions happened, including orange revolution in Ukraine and Euromaidan. That forced Russia to proceed with actual invasion.

The thing that absolutely doesn't help is apathy and "activism" on social media.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

It is absolutely not how euromaidan happened, kind of the opposite of that actually.
Euromaidan had two very distinct characteristics that helped them to succeed - self-organisation and persistence. They had tangible achievable goals, demands that everyone knew and agreed upon, and they didn't stop the protest ever, not when the fighting started, not when the police snipers started shooing at them.
What the US is doing is more of what Russia was doing from 2012 to basically 2022. Series of more and more numerous protesters where some random people said some vague platitudes and tried to shame the dictator into disappearing, and despite every protest being bigger than the last, in the end it achieved absolutely nothing. Just like random protests in US achieve absolutely nothing, mainly because there isn't even something to achieve by them.
A protest is a tool in a toolbelt of people's resistance, but alone it can't do shit, you need all the other tools, and more importantly you need a metaphorical builder to actually use the tools.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

the us method, is just people protesting for the sake of protesting. they wont fully commit to escalate the issue. i would say the most effective was a strike, by the railroad workers, it was enough to scare the elites and the whole congress. but that was a different issues, are people willing to do this again.

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[–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What's insane is the organization isn't calling for any more nationwide protests. The city next to mine has had no calls for protests since then. Just dead silence. I was hoping there would be a protest that size every Saturday to get people comfortable with going out and organized. But no, we get to happily go to one protest once every 3 months if we're mad enough.

[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

There are next big one is this Monday. https://www.fiftyfifty.one/

There are also local ones that are happening all the time, you can't find them on https://mobilize.us/

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[–] tallricefarmer@sopuli.xyz 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Marshal law or martial law?

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] tallricefarmer@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago

Ah, a fellow traveler.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

i’ll stick with bird law

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[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

Bone apple tea

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Their own fear is what gave them the idea, because that's what they'd do.

This is like the grown-ass-country version of being afraid of your own shadow and then stapling your dick to your leg.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 5 hours ago

more like startled by thier own fart, like a dog would.

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Every accusation is simply a confession in plain sight.

[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don't know how they keep up with all the conspiracy theories.

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