Monday, August 25, 2025

✊ The Big List of Protests

 https://theblop.org/

✊ The Big List of Protests

Monday, August 25, 2025

Event Flyer

Olympia Visibility Brigade

Olympia, WA

Bring your high-visibility protest signs, flags, and a good mood to join us on the bridge to make good trouble.

🗓️
Monday, August 25, 2025
️🕒
4:30 PM

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

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Corner Protest

Fort Collins, CO

Join us for the Corner Protest every Tuesday and Thursday as we engage positively and stand together. Let's protect democracy and speak against injustices. We gather at the SW Corner of Drake and College in Fort Collins.

🗓️
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
️🕒
4:15 PM
📝
SW Corner of Drake and College

Thursday, August 28, 2025

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Corner Protest

Fort Collins, CO

Join us for a recurring protest for positive engagement, happening every Tuesday and Thursday in Fort Collins. The protest aims to promote democracy and civil discourse.

🗓️
Thursday, August 28, 2025
️🕒
4:15 PM
📝
SW Corner of Drake and College

Friday, August 29, 2025

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Loveland Labor Night Out

Loveland, CO

Join us to kick off Labor Day weekend by meeting your local unions. Enjoy food trucks and announcements of unions joining us for the evening.

🗓️
Friday, August 29, 2025
️🕒
5:00 PM
📝
North Lake Park
👥
Democratic Socialists of America Fort Collins

Saturday, August 30, 2025

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STOP The Deportation Machine! (Solidarity Warriors) Rally in front of Immigration Court

Denver, CO

Join us in front of the Immigration Court for a rally to stop the deportation machine. This event is organized for Indivisible to show solidarity and support for immigration rights.

🗓️
Saturday, August 30, 2025
️🕒
10:00 AM
📝
Plaza in front of the Byron Rogers Federal Building
👥
Indivisible
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Olympia Visibility Brigade Overpass Bannering

Lacey, WA

Join us for an overpass bannering protest event where we rally with high-visibility signs and flags to raise awareness on important issues at the Chehalis Western Trail pedestrian bridge.

🗓️
Saturday, August 30, 2025
️🕒
12:00 PM
👥
Olympia Visibility Brigade

Monday, September 1, 2025

Event Flyer

Rally for the Working Class

Ames, IA

Join us for a Labor Day event with sign-making, music, speeches, and a rally with Ames Visibility Brigade. Get involved, take action, and learn about local organizations!

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
10:00 AM
📝
Bandshell Park
👥
Democracy Every Day, Indivisible Ames, League of Women Voters
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Fascist Fighter Fun Run

Salt Lake City, UT

The event invites participants to a fun run where they dress as historical or fictional figures. The entry fee will support local organizations.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
10:00 AM
👥
Salt Lake Indivisible
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Fascist Fighter Fun Run

Salt Lake City, UT

Join us for the Fascist Fighter Fun Run on Labor Day! Dress up as your favorite historical, contemporary, or fictional character and send a powerful message while participating in a fun run. Proceeds from the entry fee will be donated to local organizations.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
10:00 AM
📝
Liberty Park
👥
Salt Lake Indivisible
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Loveland #WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day

Loveland, CO

Join us for a rally organized by May Day Strong to celebrate Labor Day and promote the interests of workers over billionaires.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
10:00 AM
📝
Dwayne Webster Veterans Park
👥
May Day Strong
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Labor Day Actions

Novi, MI

An event promoting labor solidarity as part of #SolidaritySeptember on Labor Day.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
10:00 AM
📝
Corner of Novi Rd & Grand River, Novi, MI
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Labor Day March

Reno, NV

Join 50501 NNV for a silent march in support and solidarity for workers and families who have gone missing due to unlawful ICE activities. Wear black and receive a yellow mask at the event to symbolize support.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
10:00 AM
📝
City Plaza
👥
50501 NNV
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Chicken Taco Cookoff

Denton, TX

Join us for a fiery gathering where flavor meets resistance at the Chicken Taco Cookoff.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
11:00 AM
📝
Fred Moore Park
👥
Indivisible Denton
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Workers Over Billionaires

Ogden, UT

Attend a gathering promoting workers' rights over billionaire interests. Join us at Union Station for this Labor Day event to make your voice heard.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
11:00 AM
📝
Union Station
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Labor Day Protest

Greensburg, PA

We are organizing a protest on Labor Day to advocate for worker rights and taxation of billionaires.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
12:00 PM
📝
Westmoreland County Courthouse
👥
WTFCanIDoWestmoreland
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Portland Rally & March

Portland, OR

We invite you to join us for the Labor Day kickoff event as part of #SolidaritySeptember at the Battleship Oregon Memorial.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
12:00 PM
📝
Battleship Oregon Memorial
👥
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Labor Day Rally

Bloomington, IN

Join us in a national movement to support working-class power in the fight for social justice, featuring musical performances and a diaper and formula drive.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
12:00 PM
📝
Courthouse Square
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Labor Day Rally

Bloomington, IN

Join us for a Labor Day rally featuring speakers, singing, and activities such as postcard writing and sign making. Enjoy musical performances by Christy Crandall, Sharla June, and Marc Haggerty while supporting worker solidarity.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
12:00 PM
📝
Courthouse Square
👥
50501
Event Flyer

Workers Over Billionaires

Brigham City, UT

We are organizing an event on Labor Day to emphasize the importance of workers over billionaires. Our aim is to foster nonviolent action and reduce potential confrontations with those with differing values.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
2:00 PM
👥
Indivisible Box Elder
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Workers Over Billionaires

Tukwila, WA

Rally and march to Tukwila ICE Field Office as part of a nationwide protest advocating for workers' rights over billionaires' interests.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
2:30 PM
📝
Tukwila Int'l Blvd Light Rail
👥
No Kings, 501, 3
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Workers Over Billionaires

Madison, WI

Join the Silver Badgers in rallying to support workers and defend democracy. This demonstration is wheelchair accessible and open to everyone.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
3:00 PM
📝
Tree Lane at Gammon Road
👥
Silver Badgers
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Workers Over Billionaires

Salt Lake City, UT

We are organizing a rally and march to promote worker solidarity over billionaires. United, we are strong!

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
6:00 PM
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Share Your Voices for Working Families

Logan, UT

Join us for a Labor Day rally to express your views on working and living in America. Be a musician, poet, or labor speaker and share your voice.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
6:00 PM
📝
Historic Courthouse
👥
We the People Cache Valley, Indivisible of Cache Valley
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Labor Day Nationwide Protest

Nationwide, Nationwide

Join us for a nationwide protest on Labor Day to stand up for workers' rights.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
See Flyer
👥
50501
Event Flyer

We Are Over It

Nationwide, Nationwide

Join us for a peaceful protest called 'We Are Over It,' where we unite to express our dissatisfaction with political issues through overpass bannering. This Labor Day, let your voice be heard across the nation.

🗓️
Monday, September 1, 2025
️🕒
See Flyer
📝
An overpass near you
👥
Evergreen Resistance

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

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Corner Protest

Fort Collins, CO

Join us every Tuesday and Thursday for the Corner Protest, aimed at positive engagement and protecting democracy. We stand against wrongdoings, regardless of political alignment. Meet us at the SW corner of Drake and College in Fort Collins.

🗓️
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
️🕒
4:15 PM
📝
2601 S College Ave, Fort Collins, CO
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Join the Corner Protest

Fort Collins, CO

Join us for the Corner Protest every Tuesday and Thursday to positively engage and protect democracy. We aim to raise awareness and bring together the community.

🗓️
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
️🕒
4:15 PM
📝
SW Corner of Drake and College in Fort Collins

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Event Flyer

Corner Protest

Fort Collins, CO

Join us at the Corner Protest for positive engagement as we aim to protect democracy and express our concerns about current issues.

🗓️
Thursday, September 4, 2025
️🕒
4:15 PM
📝
SW Corner of Drake and College

Saturday, September 6, 2025

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NOW is the time to ACT UP!

Timnath, CO

Join us for a protest every other Saturday at Harmony Road & Weitzel, Timnath, CO. Bring your protest signs or flags, and if you don't have any, we've got extras. Let's make a difference together.

🗓️
Saturday, September 6, 2025
️🕒
9:00 AM
📝
Corner of Harmony Road & Weitzel
👥
Indivisible Timnath

Saturday, September 20, 2025

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ACT UP Protest

Timnath, CO

Join us in a recurring protest to make a difference. Bring flags or signs, or use extras provided. Upcoming dates include October 4 & 18, and November 15.

🗓️
Saturday, September 20, 2025
️🕒
9:00 AM
📝
Corner of Harmony Road & Weitzel
👥
Indivisible Timnath

Monday, December 15, 2025

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Christmas Wonderland Market

Springfield

Join us for a festive day of holiday shopping, food, and fun.

🗓️
Monday, December 15, 2025
️🕒
10:00 AM
📝
Riverside Park
👥
Springfield Community Center

 

so now they have dog dna tests?

https://www.chicagotribune.com/consumer-reviews/sns-bestreviews-shopping-which-dog-dna-test-should-i-buy-20201226-qyk2ckgakvd73m2mzzegdsjwx4-story.html#nt=pf-triple%20chain~unnamed-chain-1~recommender~automated~ss-consumer-reviews-rec~QYK2CKGAKVD73M2MZZEGDSJWX4~3~5~1~2~art%20yes 

 

 i guess now trump can see if he really is a son of a bitch

Sunday, August 24, 2025

5 things that are not cruel and excessive in Trump's America

 https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/24/2339747/-5-things-that-are-not-cruel-and-excessive-in-Trump-s-America

 

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A New York state appellate court ruled that making Donald Trump pay a $500 million fine for repeated fraud was excessive.

Well, thank god justice has prevailed, and President Donald Trump and his family will not be forced to pay the $500 million penalty in the New York state civil fraud case over their years-long habit of providing inflated property valuations to banks and insurers. Sure, the New York state appellate court that threw out the penalty made sure to say that Trump and his companies did indeed engage in fraud—but decided they don’t have to pay, because the penalty was an excessive fine that violated the Eighth Amendment. 

No, really. 

Trump is making the rounds and bragging about it, and why wouldn’t he? It’s quite the gift to a president who is basically stripping the nation to the studs and selling it off to crypto grifters to be told that any effort to punish his behavior is simply too much. But according to the court majority, the president and his sons juicing their valuations to deceive banks into giving them more money is “not the cataclysmic harm that can justify a nearly half billion-dollar award to the State.”

There is something so grim about seeing the court provide Trump with the protection of the law while he’s busy dismantling democracy. The tender solicitude for the pocketbook of Donald Trump, who has added over $3 billion to his personal fortune just since taking office in January, is nauseating, particularly when you contrast it with how gleeful Trump has been about forcing “settlements” that require universities to give the administration millions of dollars to access federal money they were already entitled to.

So, while a fine of roughly one-sixth of the amount Trump made in the past seven months is cruel and excessive, these extortions are, apparently, not. 

Not excessive: $221 million from Columbia University

The Trump administration squeezed Columbia University, accusing it of allowing antisemitism, for months until it coughed up nine figures so that federal grants would be restored. There’s no real justification for that figure—it’s just the amount the administration settled on as the amount it would accept in order to restore funding. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is busy bragging about how its $21 million portion of that is “the largest EEOC employment discrimination resolution publicly announced in nearly 20 years; the agency’s largest ever for victims of antisemitism; the most significant religious discrimination EEOC settlement for workers of any faith; and is part of a historic multi-agency settlement achieved by the Trump Administration”


Related | Columbia caves to Trump, setting dangerous precedent for higher ed


Sure, we don’t know exactly how many employees were victims of antisemitic discrimination and sure, the administration is fully in charge of how that $21 million gets allocated to those employees, but let’s just pretend that it’s a totally real number rather than just a way to step on Columbia and “woke” higher education institutions. 

Not excessive: Demanding $1 billion from UCLA

Yep, that’s the demand from the administration. The University of California-Los Angeles should give it $1 billion to get … $584 million in funding restored. With that threat hanging over its head, UCLA has entirely paused faculty hiring for next year. 

To be fair, it’s correct that this isn’t excessive—it’s extortion.  

Not excessive: An ever-increasing amount from Harvard University

The administration is furious that Harvard will not bend. Part of how you know that the proposed “fine” Harvard is expected to pay is intended to be punitive is that it’s an entirely arbitrary amount that Trump keeps juicing because he’s mad. A recent New York Times report revealed that Trump wants Harvard to pay $500 million because he wants it to be double what Columbia had to pay. 

That report also shows just how much Trump wants to punish Harvard for fighting back: “Every time they fight, they lose another $250 million. Harvard has to understand, the last thing I want to do is hurt them. They’re hurting themselves. They’re fighting.”

Yeah, this isn’t just excessive. It’s abusive. 

Not excessive: Taking Harvard’s intellectual property

In the war with the Ivy League school, the Trump administration has also threatened to take away patents Harvard holds that stem from federal grants. Under the Bayh-Dole Act, schools can receive patents for inventions stemming from federally funded research, but the government can step in and take ownership of those patents if certain conditions are violated.

Cartoon by Pedro Molina

According to the administration, Harvard failed to timely disclose inventions, didn’t use enough U.S.-based manufacturing, and didn’t maximize public benefits. Did the administration detail which patents, exactly, are at issue? Nope. Instead, Harvard is supposed to tell the administration about all of its patents and then maybe, maybe the administration will tell them more. 

How would this help address the alleged raging antisemitism that plagues Harvard? It wouldn’t! What it would do is allow the administration to have another point of leverage, another way to wreak harm so that Harvard will give up that same half-billion-dollar amount that was far, far too excessive for Trump to pay. 

Not excessive: $50 million to settle … nothing?

Where Donald Trump thinks that Donald Trump would have been irrevocably harmed by coughing up a fraction of his wealth, Donald Trump also thinks that forcing Brown University to pay $50 million in order to unlock millions in grants the administration illegally withheld is just dandy.

With Brown, the administration didn’t even bother to come up with a reason that it was withholding $500 million in already-allocated grants and contracts, nor did it say that Brown violated any law. Without that funding, Brown had to take out a $300 million loan in April and a $500 million loan in July. The administration knew full well that the loss of half a billion dollars in funding was catastrophic and used that to bring Brown to heel. Too bad Brown didn’t have the New York state appellate court looking out for it, like they looked out for poor Donnie. 

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the 40 days of trumpmas - a surreal serial poem

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Remember, remember! The fifth of trumpvember

 the 40 days of trumpmas - a serial poem

 

for 40 days the trumpeter reigns,

his lies and hate on whom he disdains,

but election day will come so soon,

we'll no longer hear the orange baboon;

 

in 39 days full of world wide problems.

we could elect him to get rid of the muslims,

but as he'll rant on trivialities of his presidential life,

what could be worse? - you could be his wife;

 

in 38 days just what will you do?

the donald has said he likes lgbtq,

but as he bullies his women and all his men too,

if youre questioning, what stops him from bullying you?

 

in just 37 days, some people are saying,

(or pleading or hoping or some even praying)

the duke of prunes will dye his forelock purple my friend,

and thus make america grape again,

 

our days are down to just 36,

before our problems the don will fix,

he will on day one do what hes said - true,

he'll wall out our enemies - and fat women too!

 

on the 35th day of trumpmas

yes just seven weeks remain!

will the polls and tallies deliver us

donald with his golden mane?

 

34 days and the vice-pipers have piped,

though pence didnt say why donalds suit shouldnt be striped,

he wouldnt defend his master's string pulling,

to make america great? - who do they think they're fooling?

 

just 33 days till the macho tornado,

unless its blown away by hurricane machado,

with women and voters he has so much to loose.

keep your mouth shut donald (unless youre changing your shoes)

 

32 days and we’ve been hit by the big blowhard,

donald spoke here in fla (oh, we had a hurricane too)

this administration gives us playing the race card, a weak economy, and unemployment

but if you want a job you could be donald’s campaign manager (unless youre a jew)

 

31 days, just a month, remains;

will the donald say hes sorry, and his baser impulses restrain?

or keep blaming bill clinton for our moral demise;

when trump speaks to us, our NO votes must be our replies!

 

election comes this time (in 30 days) each 4 years,

time for praise and tears and fears;

as polls will open in many states,

vote early, please dont vote late!

 

down to 29, just a leap february,

and theres still the donald quite

contrary;

donald donald, how does your garden grow?

quoth the master debater, "with pretty maids groped in a row"

 

just 28 days - later or soon,

and the zombies will rise, led by the big goon;

unless everyone gets a reality inoculation,

i might have to move to canada for a well deserved vacation; 

 

now just 27, less than 4 weeks,

no time for you to say 'yikes!' or 'eeeks!'

obama wants to go to mars and colonize it for man,

lets send trump tomorrow! and colonize it for orangutan!

 

26 days are all that remain,

will our democracy and economy go down the drain?

if we all keep listening to the blustering oaf,

will he give jobs and prosperity? - or just half a loaf

 

25 days - will more women speak?,

of the antics of donald who the presidency seeks,

dating 14 year old girls or groping their mothers,

how did the gop pick him over the others?,

 

24 days - were down to two dozen,

the next woman who speaks just might be your cousin,

or mother or sister, aunt, niece, even daughter,

describing the circumstance in which donald caught her,

 

23 days left and trump doesnt yet have as many accusers,

as cosby, but he assures us that they are all really losers,

sent by bankers or hillary with secret agendas,

to disrupt our election of him - our defender!,

 

22 days and we know charity begins at home,

but donalds attention is so prone to roam,

his gift that disappeared to 911 survivors from his foundation?,

oops! maybe donald spent it on a vacation,

 

21 days and trump says the election may be rig-ly,

if hes not the winner and his total's not big-ly,

tremendously higher than hillary gets,

he warns his supporters may all lose their wits,

 

20 days left and while george zimmerman still walks free,

the man who shot at HIM got 20 years - while trayvon got eternity,

trump wants us to support our cops and maintain law and order,

he'll put all the inner city dwellers in jail, and send the immigrant criminals far across the border,

 

19 days left till we all go to pretend,

to elect someone to lead us, as if on it our lives depend,

but wise man, donald trump, already really knows,

who we really voted for - a wolf in president's clothes?,

 

18 days and we bad hombres demand a rebate,

on the ill feelings left since the comments of one candidate,

the debaters have met in their final grudge match,

but only donald can say from whose hands victory will be snatched,

 

17 days and our government is corrupt with quid pro quo,

did you take latin at wharton? is that how you know?,

donald wants us to fire at them all - the bureaucrats lined up in rows,

and believe me, corruption is a subject. that donald really knows,

 

16 days - lets set term limits on all our office holders,

and put all our women in binders - or maybe in folders,

donalds endless complaints are becoming a sour whine,

have a little cheese with that, from wisconsin, where 

hillary's doing fine,

 

15 days and on stocking covered thighs did linger,

two miniature hands with two thumbs and eight tiny fingers,

they belonged to the donald who believed that he owned,

any thing that he wanted - or anyone he got alone,

 

14 days yes only two weeks,

till the duke of orange assends to the throne he seeks?,

to rule all americans, the strong and the weak?,

and dominate the globe with power that's peak?,

 

the 13th day to go - does that seem unlucky?,

not for donald whos lately been appearing quite plucky,

claiming media, polls, and parties are against him,

and rallying his multitudes with wit waxing dim,

 

on the 12th day of trumpmas donald awoke with a jerk,

promptly fired his latest campaign manager (who considered that a perk),

if youre "AAAfroAAAmurikan" and unemployed i can put you to work,

barked donald the businessman from behind his sly smirk,

 

it's the 11th and engineer casey trump is in the caboose,

i hear some of you saying oh no! what's the use,

our campaign will probably just go off the tracks,

but donald says its ok - cause he's got "the blacks",

 

just ten days left yes only one-zero,

til donald is hoping that he'll be your hero,

as new hillary emails come under investigation,

donald hopes to rename camp david to camp donald for

his vacations,

 

like a cat has nine lives we're left with only 9 days,

till we're subject to donald? and his old wicked ways,

on foreign affairs he says he'll save us from isis,

but his domestic affairs are misogyny and crisis,

 

our days are numbered - yes only eight,

till once again we make america great,

by getting rid of candidates who have nothing to add,

goodbye donald you wont make america sad,

 

just one week to go - its day minus seven,

till america's lifted above - to trumpty dump heaven?,

where for rich folks like donald opportunity abounds,

and we keep the working poor with a wall that surrounds,

 

how the time it does fly its already day 6,

till americans problems the donald will fix,

his solutions begin on trumpday number one,

dont you like them? they'll come at the barrel of a gun,

 

Five days to go, baby, One in five,

No one here gets out alive, now,

david dukes not opposed to all jews,

he backs trump - who are you going to choose?,

 

only 4 days left till the armaged-don,

he'll seize power by the horns once he has won,

and donnie will be what he longs for - a winner,

using the FBI to wreak havoc on hillary the sinner,

 

only three left, just a triad of days,

and the donald his supporters continues to amaze,

with hoopla and folderoll made up in his head,

his winning temperament will leave us all dead,

 

just a pair of days - 2 - till trump paradise,

since these words you're reading please heed my advice,

the creatures that surround us are beginning to bite,

'blacks for trump' fear the Illuminati so lets turn out their light,

 

just a single day left till our thanksgiving,

deliver us from donald and preserve the living,

forget sanity and disgard your misgivings,

but pray hard to your gods that they'll be forgiving,

since we've got the nukes why can't we use'em?,

on the road to 2016 why couldn't we lose HIM?,

 

and trumpmas now has finally come,

the tallies will count up to a winning sum,

unless the earth is struck soon by a cataclysmic comet,

to elect a candidate who just makes you want to vomit?,

we wish you a merry trumpmas at this time each 4 years,

if you have'nt voted you've lost the chance to mitigate your fears,

cause donald duck is ready to lead, forget your crocodile tears,

so you'd better get the vaseline and lubricate your rears!

 

stay informed 4

 https://www.youtube.com/@SenatorChrisMurphy/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@RepRoKhanna/videos 

https://www.politico.com/ 

https://www.youtube.com/@ForbesBreakingNews/videos 

https://www.nbcnews.com/ 

https://www.nvunheard.org/protest-listings/?q=ergonomic%20backpack 

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