I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort.

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:44:34 GMT

clintruin@mastodon.social — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:44:34 GMT

@maccruiskeen @Remittancegirl
"Let's review here: You told me to vote for Joe Biden, to "stop fascism." I did that. Joe Biden did not stop fascism, and instead mass murdered Palestinians including starving children. Ergo, my vote to "stop fascism" did nothing to stop fascism and... murdered a bunch of brown people. And you're mad I won't do it again. Cool story. And you think you have the moral high ground here? I'd be embarrassed for you if I wasn't too busy barfing on my shoes."
-AnarchoNina

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:54:24 GMT

doctordns@masto.ai — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:54:24 GMT

@Npars01 tax them on donations over, say, 100,000.

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:14:22 GMT

maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:14:22 GMT

@Remittancegirl There's a lot of overlap with the people telling you _voting_ isn't worth doing. Or that voting to keep, you know, fascists out of office is bad somehow ("they're all fascists"). If they're rejecting the tools of democracy, they're on the side of the fascists.

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:11:05 GMT

alpacamale@social.cologne — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:11:05 GMT

@Remittancegirl Cynicism and defeatism in general is running rampant on the internet. Not caring, or pretending not to care, is seen as cool. But a society that doesn't care will not solve its problems and die.

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:52:30 GMT

swggrkllr3rd@mastodon.world — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:52:30 GMT

@Remittancegirl

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:51:36 GMT

jawarajabbi@mastodon.online — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:51:36 GMT

@Remittancegirl
Last Saturday at our regular suburban protest, a young man approached me and asked what we were doing. He and I had a long discussion about politics. At some point he told me he was a member of the Proud Boys, so then I made the case that in a democracy we should settle our differences without resorting to violence. Who knows if I made any headway in his thinking but that conversation would not have happened were I not on the street holding my "Fire Hegseth Now" sign.

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:32:20 GMT

xs4me2@mastodon.social — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:32:20 GMT

@Remittancegirl

Basically this in fact:

https://mastodon.social/@xs4me2/113895525737253534

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:18:20 GMT

robotistry@fediscience.org — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:18:20 GMT

@JoannaCanFixIT @HollieK72 @Remittancegirl
"Gathering support" isn't just popular support.

If you want direct action (including even simple action like encouraging people to vote), you need a situation where people who agree on things have each others' contact information and know and trust each other. The connections that enable direct action and support for direct action are more easily formed at protests. Dropping into conversation with the people around you and getting to know them is easier because you already have at least one thing in common. If you regularly see the same people at your local protests, you are building a community that didn't exist before.

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:03:36 GMT

ilumium@eupolicy.social — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:03:36 GMT

@Remittancegirl So true. If peaceful protest was "useless," peaceful protestors wouldn't be frequently beaten up by police for it.

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:26:06 GMT

zerofactorial@noc.social — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:26:06 GMT

@Remittancegirl Those cynics seem not to know that the Solidarity Movement and the Velvet Revolution accomplished their aims without violence

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:18:45 GMT

punchymcgee@mastodon.social — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:18:45 GMT

@Remittancegirl there was a brilliant take on this from Nato Green on the Bugle podcast recently. Basically saying mass protest movements have no chance and are never going to win until they do.

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:10:23 GMT

remittancegirl@mstdn.social — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:10:23 GMT

@geliga Eh... I think it's probably both.

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:02:57 GMT

npars01@mstdn.social — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:02:57 GMT

Dead billionaire bigots fund Trump's corrupt regime.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/12/30/texas-billionaire-harold-simmons-dies-called-obama-most-dangerous-man-in-america/

Harold Simmons, GOP Mega-Donor, Dead at 82

Harold Simmons, a Dallas businessman and billionaire, philanthropist and Republican mega-donor, died Saturday at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. He was 82.

The Texas Tribune (www.texastribune.org)

Tax cheat & polluter
https://publicintegrity.org/politics/top-gop-donor-harold-simmons-dead-at-82/

https://archive.is/WXyV0

The GOP's nuke-dump donor - Salon.com

Harold Simmons has given the most money to Republicans this election. Could his nuclear-waste dump be the reason?

Salon.com (www.salon.com)

53. Harold C. Simmons $5,596,530
54. Kelly Navarro $5,373,100
55. Alice Walton $10,248,000
56. Rob Granieri $5,587,899

Just a moment...

(www.opensecrets.org)

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:57:08 GMT

geliga@mastodon.world — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:57:08 GMT

@Remittancegirl the world is broken not because bad people's actions, but because of good people not doing anything

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:54:58 GMT

npars01@mstdn.social — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:54:58 GMT

Keeping gas prices high for their corruption & greed.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hands-first-sale-of-swiped-oil-to-his-megadonors-company/

'Unchecked Corruption': First US Sale of Venezuelan Oil Goes to Company of Trump Megadonor | Common Dreams

"Trump took Venezuela's oil at gunpoint, and gave it to one of his biggest campaign donors," wrote one US senator.

Common Dreams (www.commondreams.org)

First US Sale of Seized Venezuelan Oil Goes to Company of Trump Megadonor

Proceeds from the oil sale are being stashed in Qatar, an arrangement critics say opens the door to more corruption.

Truthout (truthout.org)

43. John & Shannon V. Addison $6,757,065
44. Robert H. Book $6,986,387
45. Susan Fox $6,687,414
46. Patricia Perkins-Leone $6,606,600
47. Jeffrey Hildebrand $6,508,389
48. Bernard Marcus $9,397,150
49. Steve Brodie $6,481,298
50. Daniel Newlin $6,063,928
51. Trevor D. Rees-Jones $5,765,124
52. Ross & Sarah Perot $5,643,416

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:52:52 GMT

remittancegirl@mstdn.social — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:52:52 GMT

@rasterweb Me too. Exactly this!

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:51:31 GMT

npars01@mstdn.social — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:51:31 GMT

Trump met with Chris Reyes, leader of giant Rosemont food company

Chris Reyes, co-chairman of Reyes Holdings, is a major Chicago philanthropist and is a big donor to the Republican National Committee.

Chicago Sun-Times (chicago.suntimes.com)

They funded a coup attempt.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2021/02/19/here-are-the-billionaires-who-donated-to-donald-trumps-2020-presidential-campaign/

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing/how-reyes-holdings-became-biggest-beer-distributor-us/
https://archive.is/U5N6o

https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2024/biggest-campaign-donors-election-2024/
https://archive.is/f9wGP

34. J. Christopher Reyes $9,536,425
35. Jay Winters Faison $9,084,324
36. James Davis $8,497,854
37. John W. Childs $8,694,286
38. Patricia Duggan $8,446,099
39. Richard G. Haworth $7,500,800
40. Marc J. Rowan $8,721,299
41. Jeffrey Specher, Kelly Loeffler $7,052,013
42. John L. Nau III $7,030,556

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:48:20 GMT

wyckedyum@mastodon.social — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:48:20 GMT

@Remittancegirl

Thats purely plotted planned propaganda,
because
PROTEST is literally the only tool (we the) people have to combat corruption at the highest level.
Period.

Wish id seen such ridiculous commentary, because id have to object & explain why that in itself is: compliance/complicity/permission.

Protest, 24/7, with ample enough #’s of people, is doable & effective.

And while we succumb to the extravagance of white collar crime & allow it to continue, is acceptance & approval.

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:45:05 GMT

npars01@mstdn.social — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:45:05 GMT

Why Was Walmart Selling White Nationalist T-Shirts?

T-shirts for the infamous white-power band Skrewdriver were briefly being sold on the Walmart website by third-party retailers.

Rolling Stone (www.rollingstone.com)

Prison labour tied to Walmart and McDonald’s, investigation finds

Two out of three prisoners are likely to be forced labourers

The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)

Trump’s 5-Step Fascist Plan

He’s already laid each step out

(robertreich.substack.com)

21. Rob Walton $17,572,601
22. Janet J. Duchossois $16,306,033
23. Howard W. Lutnick $16,503,667
24. Kelcy L. Warren $16,151,105
25. Walter W. Buckley Jr. $15,522,500
26. Thomas Peterffy $14,305,900
27. Anthony Pratt $14,000,000
28. Sherrilyn Fisher $13,299,894
29. David Millstone $13,413,486
30. Lynne Walton $13,037,750
31. Charles Schwab $12,801,600
32. Stephen Wynn $12,518,750
33. Anthony Lomangino $9,529,705

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:41:25 GMT

xauriel@mastodon.nz — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:41:25 GMT

@Remittancegirl I always want to ask the people that slag off peaceful protest how many molotov cocktails they've thrown. Like, put up or shut up

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:40:54 GMT

npars01@mstdn.social — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:40:54 GMT

Marc Andreessen’s Manifesto for Rule by the Few

Drawing on a century-old theory about the inevitability of elite control, billionaire venture capitalist Marc Andreessen champions Silicon Valley as a new ruling class. His worldview revives the reactionary dream of greatness unencumbered by the masses.

(jacobin.com)

The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

8. Marc Andreessen $42,365,113
9. Stephen Schwarzman $40,202,039
10. Timothy Dunn $35,780,200
11. Rob Bigelow $34,991,500
12. Diane Hendricks $33,165,417
13. JJ Ricketts $32,273,650
14. Shirley W. Ryan $32,198,116
15. Warren A. Stephens $25,895,650
16. Isaac & Laura Perlmutter $25,344,890
17. Vince & Linda McMahon $23,961,659
18. Ronnie & Nina Cameron $21,372,500
19. Jan Koum $20,855,091
20. Thomas Klingenstein $17,410,263

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:38:16 GMT

npars01@mstdn.social — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:38:16 GMT

Project 2025 has six dynasties funding it, in alliance with petrostate despots like Putin & #PrinceBonesaw

6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025

More than $120 million from a few ultra-wealthy families who have spent years working to promote climate change denial has powered the Heritage Foundation and other groups that created the plan to remake American government.

DeSmog (www.desmog.com)

Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife Mellon, Seid, Uihlein

Mapped: How 6 Billionaire Family Fortunes Fund Project 2025

Unraveling a $130 million web of climate denial, political extremism, and Trump campaign ties.

DeSmog (www.desmog.com)

These are the top GOP donors in 2024.
They're the ones funding the fascism.

1. Elon Musk $291,482,587
2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200
3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900
4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936
5. Ken Griffin $108,402,284
6. Jeff Yass $101,128,680
7. Paul E. Singer $66,800,800

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:34:41 GMT

androcat@toot.cat — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:34:41 GMT

@Remittancegirl At the end of the day, even when the framework of democracy has been completely erased, getting out into the streets still works.

There are definitely situations where voting no longer works - but no situation where bodily protest stops working.

Reply to I need to warn you that I have very little patience for people who insinuate that getting out onto the streets and protesting is useless and not worth the effort. on Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:33:10 GMT

joannacanfixit@mastodon.social — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:33:10 GMT

@HollieK72 @Remittancegirl gathering support is important, but most of people already agree that genocide should be stopped, rich should get taxed and environment should be protected. What more popular support do you need?