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If you are joining one of the more than 1,000 protest rallies and marches across the country tomorrow (and in the future), please heed this advice. And just as important: THANK YOU for going!

Looking for inspiration, encouragement, and more ideas on big and little ways you can protest the current administration's harmful and illegal actions against the good of the people? Join the Silver Resistance Facebook group at www.facebook.com/groups/silverresistance, and help spread the word!

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Easy messaging idea: If you're driving and waiting at lots of red lights, make a small sign and hold it out your window for all the people in vehicles to see. One ally on The 50501 Movement shared, "I held my 'THIS IS NOT NORMAL' sign today and got a lot of gentle honking and thumbs up."

So, like us, you may be having a challenging time today. That just means your activism is more crucial than ever! And if there's anything we need to literally and figuratively take to the streets over, it's this:

It’s not just Newark: Nearly all air traffic control facilities in the U.S. are understaffed.

If this comes to pass, it’s bad.

The Republican tax plan is Robin Hood in reverse. It would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich through a single law in our entire history. Stop this bill.

"There will be trials for these monsters one day, and we need to get their names."

Of the 1,001 reasons to protest the 47 regime in whatever way you can, this must surely rank in the top 10.

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"If you are a normal human being, Donald Trump should disgust you." - Pete Buttigieg

‪Unite For Veterans Coalition‬ ‪@unite4vets.bsky.social‬ Veterans across the country are watching our institutions being chipped away. We've seen the power of veterans working together to make our country better. So we won’t sit it out. On D-Day, we’re taking a stand. www.unite4veterans.org

We may not win every battle right now. But if keep fighting, we’ll win enough to give people hope and inspire them to join our cause. Step by step, day by day, we will take our country back.

Another easy-peasy (and fun!) resistance activity, this one courtesy of Cassidy Fewell from the 50501 FB group: Leave recyclable sticky notes with pointed messages everywhere you go (e.g., bathrooms). Get creative, like “Fight Truth Decay,” as one person suggested!

Please consider calling the offices of these Republicans to say *thank you* for doing the right thing and sticking their necks out this one time. They’ll get blowback from 47 but should get encouragement from us. 👍🏼

How do you plan to take a stand?

Protests at Tesla dealerships and other acts of resistance against Elon Musk keep paying off. Biggest dividend: He's said to be winding down his nightmare time in DC government. Can we get a preliminary "Amen"?

A customer sent me a picture of their Support Federal Workers, and I felt it went quite well with the neighboring sign: “There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” Hold the line, don’t resign. fedupstudio.etsy.com

Supremely worthwhile read for Silver Resisters. Copycats encouraged!

Fight Trump's threats to the Fed Reserve Chair: Use Resistbot to send a letter to members of Congress. Just text SIGN PBLBKC to 50409 on your phone. Look for new Resistbots every week, both from this account and on your phone after your first Resistbot action. Easy peasy protesting!

In Pope Francis’s last public address, he preached care of the marginalized, the vulnerable, and migrants, saying: “I would like all of us to hope anew and to revive our trust in others, including those who are different than ourselves.” May we heed his wish.

This guy is great at this, and thank god.

What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...

Keep up the pressure, Silvers! Our phone calls, letters, rallies, marches, town halls, info sessions, neighborhood gatherings, and other acts of push-back are lighting a desperately needed fire...https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/politics/democrats-trump-resistance.html

THIS is what we expect of our leaders in Congress—from now on, nothing less.

Our job: Keep calling legislators’ offices to say we expect them to have spines and stand up for us. Can you commit to calling one congressperson or senator this week? It’s cathartic!

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Noel opens this session with a Dylan-esque song that could be the official anthem of the Resistance.

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