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4bonhoffer

(102 posts)
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:38 AM 5 hrs ago

How do we stop his brown shirts ?

I’m asking, I really have no clue. Thanks to the republicans their budget is huge. Every thing goes to the Supreme Court and they have proven that they will give him all the power he wants. I haven’t heard anything from our side on this except for that we are winning in the courts, but again, everything ends up with the supremes so that’s not an answer.
I’m hoping that bigger brains than I have are working on this. If he can control states national guards then what options are left. Anyone have any ideas?

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How do we stop his brown shirts ? (Original Post) 4bonhoffer 5 hrs ago OP
Figure out how to keep hope up and stay engaged -- and connect in our local communities. pat_k 3 hrs ago #1
Thank you. Mister Ed 1 hr ago #2
Numbers canetoad 1 hr ago #3
Hundreds of thousands edhopper 23 min ago #5
Talk to the squishy centrists in your life meadowlander 33 min ago #4

pat_k

(11,978 posts)
1. Figure out how to keep hope up and stay engaged -- and connect in our local communities.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 02:37 AM
3 hrs ago

Ultimately, there will be no great mind or grand plan. What will stop them will be the same thing that has stopped past horrors -- The Sleeping Giant of the American People Roars.

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-sleeping-giant-is-awakening

But it doesn't happen overnight. And it doesn't happen on its own. The tipping point comes from countless conversations, and countless people doing their bits of good where they are. Fight not to fall into cynicism and hopelessness or get too exhausted by the overwhelm of it all. Pay attention to the wins. Ariella Elm's daily round up helps me.

When you see those around you losing heart, find ways to help them recapture faith in each other and the will to stay in the game in some way.

One neighbor of mine grew food for the local food bank. You might wonder how does that stop the brown shirts? It helps spread our faith in each other. And that is what we need to turn the tide. It is the antidote to hopelessness and the zero sum view of the world. We each must find the things we can do, and feel good about doing. Another example is printing and distributing message cards as part of the Card Campaign for Democracy.

We will never know how close or far we are from the Sleeping Giant Roaring so loud it turns the tide until it happens. We each just need to know it IS coming as long as we keep doing what we can. The only way we lose is by withdrawing and staying silent as those around us withdraw.

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
― Desmond Tutu

Mister Ed

(6,701 posts)
2. Thank you.
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 04:37 AM
1 hr ago

This, times tens of millions of good and decent people, will turn the tide.

canetoad

(19,581 posts)
3. Numbers
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 04:39 AM
1 hr ago

Thousands of citizens in the streets for every one of them. I can't think of any other way .

meadowlander

(4,996 posts)
4. Talk to the squishy centrists in your life
Sat Oct 4, 2025, 05:06 AM
33 min ago

and make sure they know what is happening and why.

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