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50 protests. 50 states. 1 movement.
Join us in the fight to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach!
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Friends don’t let friends buy from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
(next to a crossed out Home Depot logo) “Home Depot has allowed its parking lots to become ground zero for ICE raids on immigrant day laborers, and its billionaire co-founder Bernie Marcus has funneled millions into Trump's campaigns.” (next to a crossed out Target logo) “Target, which once branded itself as the friendly, inclusive big-box store, has now scrapped its DEl goals and scaled back LGBTQ+ offerings to avoid angering the regime.” (next to a crossed out Amazon logo) “Amazon didn't just shower Trump's inauguration with cash -- Jeff Bezos' company pitched facial-recognition tools to ICE and powers the Palantir systems ICE uses to track and deport immigrants, making Amazon a core contractor for the regime's deportation machine.”
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Watch this video before you do your Black Friday shopping on Amazon.
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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We Ain’t Buying It Day 1! Spend time with your family, tell them you ain’t buying it and why! #weaintbuyingit
WE AIN'T BUVING 17 Don't Spend a Dime. Spend Family Time. NEXT • Enjoy time with your family, Tell your family why you li ain't buying it. • Discuss alternatives. • Encourage participation. WE AIN'T BUVING 1T No gastes ni un centavo. Pasa tiempo en familia. • Disfruta el tiempo con tu familia. • Cuéntale a tu familia por qué tú no te lo compras. • Hablen de alternativas. • Fomenten la participación.
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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TUESDAY, November 25 -- 5:00-6:30pm PST
"Scrape ICE Out of Home Depot" Action - Virtual Call.

This weekend, community members froze sales at Home Depot in Monrovia, CA, buying and returning inexpensive ice scraper tools in protest. Let's make it nationwide!

Join us: www.mobilize.us/ndlon/event/...
NATIONAL CALL: Learn to Replicate the "Scrape ICE Out of Home Depot" Action · National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Join a national call to debrief this past weekend’s viral ICE Scraper action, strengthen our nonviolent strategy, and coordinate safe, visible actions nationwide. Learn how communities are organizing ...
www.mobilize.us
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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From @slotkin.senate.gov

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.

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DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRMxZAnlUF9/ TRANSCRIPT: I'm Senator Elissa Slotkin - Former CIA Officer I'm Senator Mark Kelly - Former US Navy Captain Representative Chris Deluzio - Former Navy Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander - Former Intelligence Office Representative Chrissy Houlahan - Former Air Force Congressman Jason Crow - Former Paratrooper and Army Ranger We want to speak directly to members of the military, and the intelligence community, who take risks each day to keep Americans safe. We know you are under enormous stress and pressure right now. Americans trust their military. But that trust is at risk. This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens. Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats to our Constitution aren't just coming from abroad, but from right here at home. Our laws are clear: YOU CAN REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. YOU MUST REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution. We know this is hard, and that it's a difficult time to be a public servant. But whether you're serving in the CIA, the Army, our Navy, the Air Force, your vigilance is critical. And know that we have your back. Because now, more than ever, the American people need you. We need you to stand up for our laws, our Constitution, and who we are as Americans. DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP If you are National Guard or Active Duty Military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of U.S. citizens, then this is the number to the GOVERNMENT ISSUE RIGHTS HOTLINE. There is support. You don't have to go through with it. 1 - 8 7 7 - 4 4 7 - 4 4 8 7
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday make up 20% of corporate retailers' annual sales. Keep your hard-earned money and let’s apply pressure on the businesses that support the Trump regime. Shop local and small businesses and keep your money in your local economy.

🔻WeAintBuyingIt.com #WeAintBuyingIt
From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we're saying "We Ain't Buying It" and asking Americans to hit pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump's fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com We Ain't Buying It Target Companies This action is taking direct aim at TARGET, for caving to this administration's biased attacks on DEI; HOME DEPOT, for allowing and colluding with ICE to kidnap our neighbors on their properties; and AMAZON, for funding this administration to secure their own corporate tax cuts.
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Holiday Boycott

This holiday season, we’re saying it loud and clear: We Ain’t Buying It.

Scan the QR or visit weaintbuyingit.com for more information.
Instagram @weaintbuyingit
#WeAintBuyingIt
We Ain’t Buying It Your wallet. Your power. * Hold your money - no Target, no Home Depot, and no Amazon due to their support of harmful policies! * Delete shopping apps * Donate to Mutual Aid * Support Small Businesses Scan (QR code) to access the full toolkit, petitions, and resources. Or visit https://weaintbuyingit.com/ #weaintbuyingit For too long, corporations have profited while our communities face attacks—on workers, families, and racial equity. From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we’re taking action with our wallets to demand accountability. This is more than skipping a sale—it’s about building power, protecting our communities, and showing corporations that our values aren’t for sale. Scan the QR or visit weaintbuyingit.com for more information. Instagram @weaintbuyingit #WeAintBuyingIt Sponsored by a coalition including the 50501 Movement, Black Voters Matter, Indivisible, Target Fast, Tesla Takedown, NDLON, and others for a coordinated economic pressure campaign centered on Black Friday weekend.
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Rallies don't do anything. "Democrats sweep the . . . 2025 elections"
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Don't just wait for the big events!
There are things happening every week, everywhere!
Bookmark this page:
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Events Archive - 50501 Vermont
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November 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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This is an overpass visibility event on Veterans Day, November 11, 2025.
www.mobilize.us/nooathstotru...

Other Events on Nov 11:
If you are looking for a more traditional visibility event on sidewalks with signs, please head over to Vets Say No campaign: www.mobilize.us/publiccitize...
VETERANS DAY 11.11.2025 NO OATH TO TRUMP NATIONAL OVERPASS BANNERING
November 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop streaming ICE recruitment ads NOW!
The Trump administration has funneled billions of dollars into these dystopian ICE recruitment ads. Meanwhile, cities are being terrorized by ICE agents who are running rampant with abuses of power, s...
sign.moveon.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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NO KINGS ALLIANCE ACTION ALERT!
This weekend, join the millions of Americans coming together to provide mutual aid and care for our communities. Consider hosting a No Kings give-back drive in your community this weekend.

SNAP benefits stop Nov. 1.

Take action now at NoKings.org/alliancek
NO KINGS MASS MUTUAL AID MAGA wants people to starve. America, it's up to us. Take action now at NoKings.org/alliance
October 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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OUR HEALTHCARE IS ON THE LINE

Join us and coalition partners this Thursday, October 30 at 8 PM EST/5 PM PST for an update on the shutdown situation and the campaign to organize collectively to protect our healthcare.

www.mobilize.us/wfpower/even...
OUR HEALTHCARE IS ON THE LINE Dear Friends, On November 1st, as open enrollment in the healthcare marketplace begins, working families will face the consequences of Trump’s healthcare cuts and refusal to fund the government. Millions of Americans will see huge increases in their premiums because Trump and Congressional Republicans are refusing to extend premium tax credits for people who use the ACA. At the same time, more than 40 million people will be unable to afford food when SNAP benefits are halted because of the government shutdown. Join us and coalition partners this Thursday, October 30 at 8 PM EST/5 PM PST for an update on the shutdown situation and the campaign to organize collectively to protect our healthcare. We won’t sit by as an estimated 22 million people watch their healthcare premiums double and 4.2 million lose healthcare because they can no longer afford it. We won’t sit by while government workers go without pay and families go without food. It’s time for Donald Trump and congressional Republicans to negotiate a deal to lower healthcare costs and fund our government. We hope you’ll join us this Thursday as we strategize to protect our healthcare and our communities amidst the threats we’re facing from the Trump administration. In solidarity, 50 50 1 (50 protests. 50 states. 1 movement.) https://www.mobilize.us/wfpower/event/864944/ Help Support Our Cause: Each local chapter of 50501 relies on community support and sponsorships. If you’d like to help us continue our work and are able to, please consider donating. Your support makes a difference. Thank you! https://secure.actblue.com/donate/50501vermont Find your local chapter: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1azok1bA4NxkPKdIb2xIptmqinovTirIPcA3rc-s2tys/preview
October 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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meidastouch.com
Trump destroys the East Wing of the White House as the GOP refuses to extend health subsidies for Americans; Trump screws farmers to help Argentina; Inside Trump's pay-for-pardon scheme; and more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT.
LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to MAJOR BREAKING NEWS - 10/23/25
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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October 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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50501movement.bsky.social
Spotify is running ICE advertisements and refuses to address it. Might be because their founder is basically another Elon Musk.

It’s time to cancel your subscription, and we made it easy for you—just go to BoycottSpotify.com.
Drop ICE ADS NOW! No ICE Ads on our Streaming Platforms boycottspotify.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/VermontRises

Website coming soon!
Vermont Rises is a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to advancing equity, resilience, and justice in our communities. We empower local leaders and grassroots movements across Vermont to rise together by fostering connection, amplifying community voices, and investing in sustainable action. Through grassroots organizing, public education, and policy advocacy, we fill the gaps left by unjust policies and inadequate systems - ensuring no neighbor is left behind and everyone has a voice in shaping their future.
October 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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50501movement.bsky.social
Spotify customer service is immediately ending conversations if you ask about them airing ICE advertisements on the platform.

Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify
Spotify Support — Spotify at 10:04 PM, Oct 21 Jake R. is now connected and reviewing your question. They'll message you shortly. Hi there! Jake R. at 10:04 PM, Oct 21 Hi - I have read that Spotify is advertising ICE commercials. Is this true? If so, I would like to cancel my subscription. You at 10:05 PM, Oct 21 End of conversation. You can close the messaging window now.
October 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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People’s Summit to Offer Answers to: “We’ve Marched, Now What?”

Hundreds of Vermonters are expected at this weekend’s People’s Summit in Winooski.

All out to the People's Summit! www.rakevt.org/2025/10/21/p...
The People's Summit Organizing Resistance against Trump & the Billionaires Saturday Oct. 25 9:00am-7:00pm Winooski School District
October 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Saturday 10/18 was amazing! And now we get the questions:

> Why didn't you do _______?
> Where are the pictures from ______?
>You really should do _______.

Do YOU have some great ideas? JOIN US!

VOLUNTEER: 50501vermont.com/volunteer/
Volunteer - 50501 Vermont
Volunteer with 50501VT: Complete our intake form. Volunteers are grouped into three categories: Committees, Nodes, and the Volunteer Brigade.
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October 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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@maddow.msnbc.com covered the NO KINGS protests.
NO KINGS protests in Burlington and Montpelier, Vermont NO KINGS protests in Burlington and Montpelier, Vermont NO KINGS protests in Burlington and Montpelier, Vermont
October 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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We want to make sure the every single person who showed up on 10/18 gets counted! You can be part of the OFFICIAL count, even if your event wasn't registered on Mobilize! Send your attendance # to [email protected]; we'll send you back instructions on how to be officially counted.
Barre-Montpelier 25 Bellows Falls 470 Bennington 1,043 Brandon 450 Brattleboro 4,500 Burlington - 7 events 10,000 Chester 605 Danby 15 Essex Junction 1,000 Fairfax 90 Fairhaven 60 Fairlee 425 Hardwick 286 Huntington 163 Jamaica 14 Jericho-Underhill 750 Manchester (1) 670 Manchester (2) 1,000 Middlebury 1,007 Milton 156 Montpelier 6,500 Moretown 3 Morrisville ? Newbury 380 Newport 350 Pawlet 60 Pittsford 25 Randolph 400 Richford 21 Rochester 60 Rutland 1,326 South Hero 300 South Royalton 375 Shelburne 500 South Burlington (1) 43 South Burlington (2) 47 South Burlington (3) 638 St. Albans 1,000 St. Johnsbury 1,000 Vergennes 764 Waitsfield 450 Wallingford 200 Waterbury 387 White River Junction 3,500 Williston 503 Wilmington 327 Windsor 300 Winooski 300 Wolcott 97 Woodstock 500 VERMONT TOTAL 43,085
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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10-18 NO KINGS - Public Photo Album - hosted by 50501 Vermont

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10-18 NO KINGS - Public Photo Album VERMONT - Google Drive
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October 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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10/18 NO KINGS in VERMONT

57 Events
~ 43,000 attendees
6.6% of our state population
Brattleboro Common Montpelier Pawlet South Burlington, Patchen Road overpass
October 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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I'll be at my state capital on Saturday. Where will you be?
Find your closest event: www.nokings.org#map
The only thing more dangerous than overestimating the power of protest is underestimating it. A demonstration isn’t just a crowd; it’s public proof of shared dissent and collective power. Here’s why demonstrations matter: – They influence elites: Large crowds signal that politics are shifting, pressuring business leaders, politicians, and civil servants to reconsider loyalties. – They cause loyalty shifts: Movements from South Africa to Serbia succeeded when insiders stopped defending regimes; even small defections alter power balances. – They drive progress: Every major U.S. reform (the Civil Rights Act, ADA, marriage equality) was born from street pressure. – They shape elections: 2009 Tea Party → 2010 Republican wave; 2017 Women’s March → 2018 Blue Wave; 2020 BLM → record turnout. People who take to the streets take to the polls. Demonstrations seed democracy, build the road to deeper resistance, and open gateways to liberation. They plant the courage and connection that grow into organizing and transformation. They’re on‑ramps that turn witnesses into participants, feeding organized networks and pillar work. Each action opens the gate to new ones: defections, mutual aid, solidarity, and policy shifts. Erica Chenoweth’s research shows nonviolent movements reaching 3.5 percent of a population never fail to remove an autocrat. That’s roughly 12 million Americans and can be built through national days like No Kings. Momentum matters too: success comes from mass × velocity which is participant numbers times frequency of events. That’s when regimes lose their grip. And this one is slipping. Trump’s federal crackdowns prove protest power. Crackdowns don’t happen when movements fail; they happen when movements work. Since June 14’s No Kings Day, hundreds of thousands have moved from the streets into strategy, building the scaffolding for the country we deserve. Demonstrations aren’t endings; they’re beginnings. See you in the streets Saturday and in the strategy sessions after. Since June 14’s No Kings Day, hundreds of thousands have moved from the streets into strategy, building the scaffolding for the country we deserve. Demonstrations aren’t endings; they’re beginnings. See you in the streets Saturday and in the strategy sessions after.
October 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM