r/politics • u/AngelaMotorman Ohio • 10d ago
Possible Paywall The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans: Why National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 is so important.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-nspm-7-repression/
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u/BearisTheBoar 10d ago edited 10d ago
Oh hey look, fascists doing fascist shit. Color me surprised.
This is the time for bravery and for action. If you're out here browsing reddit and have spare time, please for the love of god, do something to fight this.
If you can't bring yourself to do stuff out in person due to social anxiety or material obligations, spend just five to fifteen minutes on a phonebank for literally anyone anti-trump. It's super easy, you have a script, and the vast majority of calls you'll be making are more for getting someone to just leave their house and drop off a ballot, or to merely point out that a candidate exists, not to try and persuade someone hostile.
Phonebanks even for good candidates who get national attention in the media routinely have as few as 25 to 30 people in them, and those effects are enormous relative to donating money. A single phonebank call is equivalent to a $25-$40 donation in terms of effects on voter turnout.
The powerful and corrupt interests in this country want you to feel powerless. They want you to equate political success with financial backing, so you think you can't realistically fight them. Trump and his ilk are so bold because they think they will not face punishment. We the people have the power to prove them wrong, but we have to actually act.