October 18 "No Kings" Protest

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heelinhell said:
This is what makes America great !
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So how does getting paid for this stuff work? They give it to you in cash in a brown paper bag or something? (I obviously have no clue. Protesting is not my thing, but I have wondered about the crowds that get into the protest pictures. Especially those that get behind Trump at his rallies )
 
Someone on here posted an article or stat looking at the efficacy of protests. I think it said that when 3% of a population dislikes a policy enough to protest, it changes. Do I recall that correctly? Might No Kings be close to that number? Should Soros pony up more money?
 
8992Tiger said:
Someone on here posted an article or stat looking at the efficacy of protests. I think it said that when 3% of a population dislikes a policy enough to protest, it changes. Do I recall that correctly? Might No Kings be close to that number? Should Soros pony up more money?
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What nycfan just posted applies only to maximalist campaigns -- i.e. campaigns seeking regime change. It doesn't necessarily apply to reform campaigns.
 
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I tend to agree. He's using powers given to the President, but he's using them in a way that other Presidents have not, so he appears to be acting like a king.

I hope Congress reels in the powers.
 
ZenMode said:
I tend to agree. He's using powers given to the President, but he's using them in a way that other Presidents have not, so he appears to be acting like a king.

I hope Congress reels in the powers.
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Need a new Congress for that to happen. And the current Congress is doing everything possible to prevent that.
 
ZenMode said:
I tend to agree. He's using powers given to the President, but he's using them in a way that other Presidents have not, so he appears to be acting like a king.

I hope Congress reels in the powers.
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He is also using powers NOT given to the president (i.e., impoundment) or never before understood as having belonged to the president (i.e., firing any executive branch employee at any time for any reason, or no reason) and purporting to use emergency emergency powers with obviously pretextual justifications. Congress does indeed need to exercise its own constitutional powers, and reassert its constitutional authority (not gonna happen with the current Congress) but Congress can't "reel in" any of those things, at least not by itself.
 
1moretimeagain said:
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Whoopie doo. Full of sound and fury signifying nothing.
If he’s talking about a No Kings event, 100% of those will be 100% peaceful, no weapons of any kind other than perhaps a guitar with words in sharpie written across it: “this machine kills fascists” a la Woody Guthrie. That’s as close to “antifa” Abbot and Costello is going to find.
 
rodoheel said:
He is also using powers NOT given to the president (i.e., impoundment) or never before understood as having belonged to the president (i.e., firing any executive branch employee at any time for any reason, or no reason) and purporting to use emergency emergency powers with obviously pretextual justifications. Congress does indeed need to exercise its own constitutional powers, and reassert its constitutional authority (not gonna happen with the current Congress) but Congress can't "reel in" any of those things, at least not by itself.
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Agree. He's also testing "potential" powers.
 
nycfan said:
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I have been saying that today's MAGAs are yesterday's George Wallace voters. The difference between Trump and Wallace is that Wallace did not have the the right wing media propaganda machine or the support from the GOP as its nominee.

George Wallace begins at the 1: 34 minute mark.

Is the Wallace message any different than the Trump message ? Is his audience any different than Trump's Maga audience ?

 
Centerpiece said:
Whoopie doo. Full of sound and fury signifying nothing.
If he’s talking about a No Kings event, 100% of those will be 100% peaceful, no weapons of any kind other than perhaps a guitar with words in sharpie written across it: “this machine kills fascists” a la Woody Guthrie. That’s as close to “antifa” Abbot and Costello is going to find.
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They will plant instigators into the crowd to start fights as an excuse to send in police/ NG.
 
Kingpin said:
They will plant instigators into the crowd to start fights as an excuse to send in police/ NG.
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I really hope it doesn't happen, but I absolutely believe they will try, as they have nothing to lose and it would be foolish to dismiss it. Mrs Korg and I will be hypervigilant tomorrow, and we will be texting with relatives every half hour on the half hour until the event is over. If they don't hear from us, they try to call each one of us. If we don't answer or call back within 15 minutes, they are to presume that we have been detained and take appropriate action.
 
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