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Today, over 3 million people stood up to the billionaire-backed hostile government takeover.

We are building a massive, visible, national rejection of this crisis—and today’s numbers are proof that the people—the majority—are taking action to stop a hostile government takeover.

Because let’s be clear: We do not have a functioning democracy anymore. Trump and his billionaire allies have dismantled our system of checks and balances, stacked the courts, silenced dissent, and declared themselves above the law.

They are disappearing people, attacking universities and the free press, and purging agencies meant to protect the people—from the environment to civil rights to public health.

This is not politics as usual. This is a hostile takeover by billionaires, corporations, and authoritarian enablers.

They are gutting the country for parts—and selling us out in the process.

They are not leaders. They are traitors to the people of this country.

So we are building a People’s Movement. And history shows that when just 3.5% of the population engages in sustained, peaceful resistance—transformative change is inevitable.

But we have to earn it. And we have to fight for it.

We may no longer have a functioning democracy—but we still have a chance to restore it. The window is closing though. And we are the ones who must rise to meet this moment.

So here’s what you can do: 📱 Use the 5 Calls app or Resist Bot to contact your elected officials—every single day.

🎤 Demand town halls. Show up at their public appearances.

🚫 Boycott the corporations funding this hostile takeover.

🗣️ Talk to your friends, family, coworkers, and neighbors. Don’t let them sleep through this moment.

📸 Share protest footage, updates, and facts on social media. Amplify the truth—because the billionaires are trying to drown it out.

📲 And follow us to stay connected, get updates, and join future actions.

We are not alone. We are not powerless. And we are not backing down.

#50501movement #PeoplesMovement #FiftyFiftyOne #50501 #ImpeachTrump #HandsOff #April5

Originally Posted By u/FiftyFifty1Movement At 2025-04-05 07:56:36 PM | Source

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Today, over 3 million people stood up to the billionaire-backed hostile government takeover.

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I've read a couple of books on tipping points, and it takes between 2-3.5% to reach a tipping point, and create change. With a population of 335 million, that's a top number of about 11-12 million people.
They don't all have to be in the streets protesting. Writing your elected representatives, posting opposition messages online, speaking to, and influencing those around you, even just staying aware and following the news can help.
By next summer, nearly every American will be negatively impacted by Putin's Chaos Strategy that HitlerPig and Skum are implementing as official government policy. Not only will there be enormous protests, but there will be multiple simultaneous protests in every city, representing various issues - inflation, deportations, race relations, women's rights, healthcare, war, etc. Elected officials will be drowning in angry messages from constituents. Even MAGA Morons will be feeling the pinch, and demanding change, and the upcoming mid-term will be looking like a MAGA Republican bloodbath. And it will all be deliberate.
HitlerPig has a very slim lead in both Chambers, and he can't afford a flip in either one, or Dems will have control of investigative committees with subpoena and arrest powers. He cannot take that chance, even with a rigged election. He will have to find an excuse to suspend elections, and time it so it won't make it through the courts before Election day. His frequent criminal and civil cases have made him an expert on manipulating the judicial calendar, slowing it down and speeding it up as needed.
So he will use the time between now and next summer to cause as much chaos and mayhem in the lives of American citizens as possible, creating an historically huge protest movement next summer. Then he will start attacking.
He will encourage his RedHats (the equivalent of Hitler's Brownshirts) to instigate trouble at protests, destroying property, looting, burning, etc., accompanied by shocked and angry responses from official MAGA sources. As we get closer to the election in late-summer, he will start having law enforcement start responding to the violence with heavier violence and arrests of demonstrators, who will be charged with domestic terrorism (for property damage caused by MAGA RedHats), and threatened with deportation to El Salvador without due process.
Finally, sometime in October, he will unleash the military on multiple protests in several major cities, with Tiananmen-style attacks that will kill hundreds, if not thousands. Of course, he will have blamed the liberal protesters for all of the violence every step if the way, and when we are too close to the election for the courts to intervene, he will announce that he is imposing Martial Law, and suspending elections (and protests) until peace can be restored. Since he controls the peace, that will never happen.
Of course, skipping the Mid-term election will soften the citizens up to the idea of skipping the 2028 election, and the he can settle in as Dictator-4-Life, his real ambition.
- The possible strategy against hidden redhats in the crowds before they get violent is to have everyone sit.
  The redhats will either get caught out not wanting to sit because they want to cause violence or they will actually sit and grumble about wanting to do more while everyone can see their jackboots while they sit. Pass the word about the suspected redhats so they can be shunned from the group until proven to be safe peaceful protesters by giving them false information and see if it leaks to authorities.
  
  Good post. Sitting protests are sometimes effective, but not always.
  The most important thing about your post is that it demonstrates acknowledgement that HitlerPig WILL actively try to incite trouble from within, using agents provocateurs. We need to have a portfolio of options ready in advance to apply when the RedHats start their shenanigans.
  It won't be that hard to identify the troublemakers quickly. Video is a great tool to later identify the perpetrators and their crimes, and perhaps the chance of being caught on video will force them to back off. Video is what put many J6 Traitors in prison, so they'll be aware of that.
  Unfortunately, one of the first pieces of advice given to protesters is to leave your phone at home. I doubt current protesters are following that advice, but as the protests get more and more violent, they will start. If you don't bring your phone (which can be confiscated, and apps, texts, emails, etc. can be used as evidence to designate the protester as a terrorist, and deny them due process), then bring some other device for video, like a GoPro or burner phone with no apps or social media.
  If you go to protests, make sure you always identify an escape route if the RedHats or Gestapo or Einsatzgruppen show up.
- So your plan for resistance within this scenario is to do what exactly? If the opposition is going to false flag violence like you are predicting here then doesn't that mean the only option for "harm reduction" would be to preemptively direct that violence towards said brown shirts?

Did fake news start covering these or are they still pretending nothing happened?
Seems like all news and politics communities on reddit are ignoring these. The actually post hitting front page come from odds subs that don't specialize in left right circle jerk
- There were enough people crowded around my state's Capitol building that it was causing traffic jams that rippled out across nearly the entire city. Not a peep about it from the local news.
  Any other day they'll devote a whole 20 minute segment to telling you about how the rain is causing delays, but when it's something people actually need to know about? Even the crickets are silent.
- In my major city the only media that was there was Associated Press. We had over 5k people. Zero local coverage.
- Yes lots of ignoring and claiming "it wasnt alot of people"
- Early Sunday morning, I saw a post about this and didn't realize this had happened (I try to avoid news mostly).
  So I went to a major news site and it was the primary front article, with a big crowd picture and direct references to like 1,400 protests, hundreds of thousands for some protests, and even references to international protests.
  By late Sunday it had been updated a bit but that was still the main story.
  Just noting it got coverage, and they were clear about the amounts as the story was developing.
  I dunno about local DC news, though DC was not the only protest location. It appears early Monday that the larger news has moved on from the story.

3 million is about 1% of the population of the US, so we've still got a ways to go. But it's encouraging so many people are standing up.
- The 3 million is outdated, it was more like 5. We're almost halfway.
  
  Really putting the "united" back into the states of america.

Great stuff, but 0.857% of the population is somewhat short of a majority.

So 1%.
They need more.
- YES!
  MORE!

That's less than 1% of the country.
Don't get me wrong, it's great to finally see Americans do something about this, but try again with 10-20% of the country. Rile more people together

That's very good news. But however: Isn't it sad, that only when it is about the money people stand up?
- Better rising up about money than not rising up at all
  
  True. And don't misunderstand me: I welcome any protest against this.
- A large portion of voters have been told their whole lives that "politicians suck, both sides are the same". So they question why bothering to vote. The sanewashing, editing of Trump to sound not insane, constantly asking primarily for Republican input by the media had really inured people to the effects and reasons. Now that things are happening to them they're hopefully waking up a bit. It took pearl harbor to get us into WWII, crashing the economy seems to be getting us fighting for at least a middle class again.
  Even my local NPR gives so much airtime to Republican lies with minor if any push back by interviewers. There's rarely Democrat input except for against other Democrats.
- Turns out thoughts and prayers don't buy groceries
  
  Nor do tots and pears.

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