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pecosbob

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10. I envy your certainty.

Reply to Tom Rinaldo (Original post)

Thu Oct 16, 2025, 02:16 PM

13 hrs ago

Personally I'd prefer a national day of strike to one of protest. Attack their bottom line and you'll get their attention. I believe that in the current environment marching in the streets is a lot more likely to result in the Insurrection Act than any change in policy.

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No Kings 2 Has No Downside, and Negligible Risk [View all] Tom Rinaldo 16 hrs ago OP

Don't take provocateur bait. Make wide circles around them or walk far away. Do not sit down! . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 16 hrs ago #1

this!!!!! Shellback Squid 16 hrs ago #2

Fun day for good people, almost without exception, but maintain situational awareness at all times Bernardo de La Paz 16 hrs ago #3

Networking AdamGG 14 hrs ago #8

Indivisible is a primary sponsor of No Kings 2 Tom Rinaldo 14 hrs ago #9

Great Post Tom, gab13by13 16 hrs ago #4

Absolutely, Tom! Thank you for posting. Collective joy in defiance is not only effective, it is exhilarating. At a KitFox 16 hrs ago #5

Kick BlueWavePsych 14 hrs ago #6

❤️ RESIST!! ✊️ littlemissmartypants 14 hrs ago #7

I envy your certainty. pecosbob 13 hrs ago #10

National protests build base for strikes. You may get your first national strike ever in the not-too-distant future. Bernardo de La Paz 12 hrs ago #12

If marching in the streets is all it takes to trigger the Insurrection Act Tom Rinaldo 11 hrs ago #13

A most excellent post! Mountain Mule 13 hrs ago #11

Common sense...avoid the instigators. BigmanPigman 10 hrs ago #14

This is why I think the multitudinous rallies all over the country are so great. yellow dahlia 5 hrs ago #15