Reality: The fascist bill was expected to pass. The R’s control Congress.
The resistance made them work hard. Big bribes were given to some Rs in Congress to gain votes for the bill. For the first time, the Dems in Congress fought as a unit. The biggest impact now is the funding of a police state. Medicaid cuts and Medicare cuts are going to be phased in with the bulk coming conveniently after the midterms.
Reality: This was expected as a police force reporting only to Trump was in the cards. The bill funds a police force that stands to become larger than Russia’s army, and it is already clear that ICE and other groups have no interest in being held accountable by anyone.
Reality: Democracy has not been defeated. Yes, it is a dark day, but it was going to happen once Trump won the election. This is what we organized for. ITCA has grown beyond expectations and keeps growing.
Want to fight back? Reach out to friends and neighbors. Tell them as horrifying as the Medicaid cuts are, the bigger picture is that the bill funds a police state. And the only way to defeat this, and we will, is to rise up together. Indivisible!
- The Fourth of July celebrates the right of Americans to resist tyranny, to resist evil, and to fight for freedom and democracy. The Declaration of Independence is a colossal break up letter, a thumbing of our collective noses against a tyrant.
- Grab a few friends and protest signs, find a piece of sidewalk or a street corner. You have every right to be there, and you have freedom of speech. Use it or lose it. (Post it so we all celebrate our freedom!).
- Above all, plan to be on the streets on July 17th, and beyond.
- Stay tuned: “Good shit be happenin’
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July 5th, the North County Rock Stars have a protest in Manzanita starting at noon on Saturday.
Good Trouble lives on! See you on the streets on July 17.
“Peaceful, non-violent protests win.”
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