FiftyFiftyOne

---

Originally Posted By u/TotinosPizzaBoyz At 2025-03-31 04:15:02 PM | Source

---

https://joshweil.us/

https://gayforcongress.com/

---

Originally Posted By u/FivebyFive At 2025-03-31 09:10:16 AM | Source

---

This is something that any motivated group of people can do. I am part of the flyer team in our local group and decided to try and get a billboard up as a proof of concept. We were in the process of getting a 501c set up so i used that for the "Paid for by ..." part that is required for billboards, individuals can also use their name and number. I started a GoFundMe to raise some money as well as some large donations from friends i have that were in on the project. I went with Lamar for the advertising company, i dont know if they are politically aligned but they are well known and are also running the Canadian billboard campaign against tariffs so thats good. Feel free to ask me questions about the process because i think crowdfunded digital billboard campaigns is a good tactic to get our message across to the public for a relatively affordable price.

---

Originally Posted By u/RaiseRuntimeError At 2025-03-31 10:57:36 AM | Source

---

---

Originally Posted By u/rb3po At 2025-03-31 07:06:31 AM | Source

---

A number of folks on 50501 and elsewhere have asked if it is safe to go out and protest. This is understandable. We live in scary times!

We all know that America’s twin wannabe kings, Trump and Musk, are employing intimidation as a weapon right now: Trump posted a nonsensical rant on twitter about protests and boycotts being “illegal.” He sent ICE to deport Mahmoud Khalil and other green-card/visa holders because of their history protesting for Palestine; a French scientist was denied entry to the U.S.; over two hundred people have been sold to an inhumane El Salvadoran prison; Germany has issued travel advisories for the U.S., etc.

You all know that I could go on!

But this is the time to fight. Things are not really getting any better!

You will never be safer than you are right now.

You will never be stronger than you are right now.

If we don't protest, trike, and boycott now, we will become further entrenched in authoritarianism.

Authoritarian governments are extremely dangerous for their citizens. Trump and Musk are trying to transform our liberal democracy into an authoritarian regime: this attempt presents us with wild uncertainty. On a scale of Hungary to Venezuela, Russia to 1930s Germany, how bad will it get?

We don’t know! Did anyone expect Trump to deport random people to El Salvador -- a country that they’re not even from?

But we do know that authoritarian governments disappear people for no reason. They jail people without trials. They destroy social safety nets. They punish any dissenters. Authoritarian governments often start wars, commit genocide, and may kill people en masse.

This is the safest you will ever be. This is the strongest you will ever be. That’s why our first response should be to fight. Always fight back first, as hard as you can, for as long as you can.

Remember Historian Timothy Snyder's first tenet for fighting back against authoritarians:

"Do not obey in advance.

Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do."

A weapon is bluff before it’s a tool. Call their bluffs; seize their tools.

Protest. Disrupt. Boycott. Strike.

(On a more personal note: I have attended protests every week for the last two months. Big protests of 5K+ in major cities. Small protests of 50-200 people in suburban towns. So far these have been objectively very tame protests. They have all been peaceful, friendly protests full of folks mostly 55+ carrying homemade signs. People have been passing out cookies! Very chill.)

---

Originally Posted By u/kccm06 At 2025-03-30 10:52:10 PM | Source

---

This is in Redding CA and after I gave this "speech", they stopped doing it. Fight back against the nonsense and disinformation.

---

Originally Posted By u/thesatiresire At 2025-03-30 08:27:15 PM | Source

---

---

Originally Posted By u/NH_50501 At 2025-03-30 07:52:16 PM | Source

---

---

Originally Posted By u/East-Beyond3494 At 2025-03-30 10:13:43 PM | Source

---

Musk is in that building right now, bribing local voters with money to cast their vote for Wisconsin Republican Supreme Court Justice candidate Brad Schimel. If Schimel wins the election on Tuesday, Republicans will have majority in the state court. VOTE SUSAN CRAWFORD APRIL 1ST IF YOU ARE A WISCONSIN RESIDENT!

---

Originally Posted By u/Hikari_No_Willpower At 2025-03-30 06:36:21 PM | Source

---

I was thinking of doing something like this Iron Front poster but replace the WP flag with the Trump flag (obviously still fuck WP). What will you guys be putting on your signs?

---

Originally Posted By u/Technolio At 2025-03-30 06:31:33 PM | Source

---

---

Originally Posted By u/MrsWidgery At 2025-03-30 05:28:18 PM | Source

---

I've asked family and friends that are liberal and always up to date on news (and in different regions) if they've heard about the protests on April 5th.

ALL of them said no!!

I really do think the social media algorithms are working against us. We need to take this analog and one-by-one.

-Text people you know

• Ask people to join you
• Print out flyers and post them
• Email people you know
• Ask neighbors

Do we know if any major political figures are advertising this, like Bernie or AOC? I haven't seen anything but I haven't checked everything of theirs to be completely sure.

Can we reach out to our local congress-people? They have newsletter reach that's expensive!

This is the biggest opportunity yet and it's honestly not looking as big as it should. We want this to overwhelm the administration.

If everyone who read this printed 5 flyers and posted them, that would help immensely.

Details here for protest info: https://handsoff2025.com/

---

Originally Posted By u/lilangelkm At 2025-03-30 06:52:34 PM | Source

---