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gopiscrap

(24,731 posts)
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 11:46 PM Wednesday

I have to walk!!!!!

We have a president who has 34 felony convictions
I have to walk!
We have a president who wages a war with out thinking
I have to walk!
We have a president who stole classified documents for personal gain
I have to walk!
We have a president who molested children
I have to walk!
We have a president who alienated just about all of our alllies
I have to walk!
We have a president who denigrates and dismisses those who have died for our country
I have to walk!
We have a president that allows our own citizens to be shot in cold blood in our neighborhoods
I have to walk!
We have a president who makes it a part of his administration to disappear people
I have to walk
We have a president who is actively trying to suppress your right to vote
I have to walk!
We have a president who revels in cruelty
I have to walk

On Staurday we have that chance. Please join a No Kings protest. I had a heart attack in December and then got diagnosed with cancer in January and am taking chemo and radiation, but thios is so important to me. I wish to still struggle for the dream that was presented to me when I first came to the US.

What ever you can do, join a protest. run, march, ride walk, but please show up!!! There are those that say marching and protesting doesn't do anything...just ask the folks who protested against the Vietnam War and those who demonstrated for civil rights, what being out in the streets did to progress those causes.

So I invite you to in person or in spirit on Saturday, to WALK WITH ME!!!!!
Peace Mike C

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I have to walk!!!!! (Original Post) gopiscrap Wednesday OP
Mrs. Permanut and I are in. Permanut Wednesday #1
I am walking WITH you!! lastlib Wednesday #2
OMG you said it better than I did gopiscrap Wednesday #3
I would disagree with you there.... lastlib Thursday #24
thank you, you are very kind gopiscrap 6 hrs ago #30
I will be with you in spirit, Mike C. sheshe2 Thursday #4
excellent gopiscrap Thursday #5
I will be there. murielm99 Thursday #6
thank you gopiscrap Thursday #12
Still have not made any signs RussBLib Thursday #7
PLEASE. I just kicked this awesome post. usonian Thursday #20
I wish I could help, but NJCher Thursday #21
I will be there. brer cat Thursday #8
We'll be walking on Saturday. calimary Thursday #9
We have to walk flamingdem Thursday #10
great!, I was thinking of a few many more things Shellback Squid Thursday #11
Rural northern Wisconsin out in force! Wild blueberry Thursday #13
excellent gopiscrap Thursday #14
I'll be there! BeneteauBum Thursday #15
Walking with you, Mike, in Greenville, SC stage left Thursday #16
Absolutely! My first protests were 1967-71 while in college and I have been at it in one way or another ever since! My KitFox Thursday #17
I'll be there with my family and a few friends. byronius Thursday #18
Hear Hear Mike C JMCKUSICK Thursday #19
Spent part of the day 'building' the illusion of a jail cell for daughter's planned 'costume' for Saturday Attilatheblond Thursday #22
Ill be there..California BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #23
Great OP malaise Thursday #25
I'll be there! Ocelot II Thursday #26
I had planned to do the NYC one, because I think it will be epic. But I'm just getting Scrivener7 Thursday #27
Hey stay healthy thank you for your note gopiscrap Thursday #28
Will do, with a seated walker. UTUSN Thursday #29

lastlib

(28,248 posts)
2. I am walking WITH you!!
Wed Mar 25, 2026, 11:57 PM
Wednesday

We WILL NOT let this autocratic basturd crush what we have spent a quarter of a millenium building. It has been won at too high a price to surrender it to the likes of donald fucking tRump! We fought a revolution, a civil war, and two world wars; endured lynchings, beatings, attack dogs, fire hoses, depressions, epidemics, shooting massacres and more to gain the liberties we have---and we will NOT give it all away to the likes of donald fucking tRump!

lastlib

(28,248 posts)
24. I would disagree with you there....
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:58 AM
Thursday

Your eloquence truly inspired me!

WE will walk with you!

sheshe2

(97,587 posts)
4. I will be with you in spirit, Mike C.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:01 AM
Thursday

I am going to a local gathering as I did last year. Not huge but good turnout with good people.

murielm99

(32,983 posts)
6. I will be there.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:31 AM
Thursday

I was recently declared cancer free, but I have a newly diagnosed, untreated heart condition. I will not be deterred.

NJCher

(43,140 posts)
21. I wish I could help, but
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 01:45 AM
Thursday

My sign turned out to be such an expression of my hatred of this despicable piece of crap that I’d best not carry it.

There will be signs there and I will take one of those.

calimary

(89,967 posts)
9. We'll be walking on Saturday.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:37 AM
Thursday

With you, and hopefully, crowds of other people!

Really looking forward to it! A bunch of us got together last Sunday afternoon to make our signs. This Saturday, we’ll be showing them off! Gonna be fun! AND decorative!

Wild blueberry

(8,291 posts)
13. Rural northern Wisconsin out in force!
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 12:49 AM
Thursday

Lots of us will stand up and walk on Saturday. Making my sign tomorrow.
Thank you.

stage left

(3,305 posts)
16. Walking with you, Mike, in Greenville, SC
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 01:08 AM
Thursday

At least friends of mine are walking with us. Maybe more.We want our country back.

KitFox

(562 posts)
17. Absolutely! My first protests were 1967-71 while in college and I have been at it in one way or another ever since! My
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 01:18 AM
Thursday

pals and I bring our instruments, put up a pop up and play and sing. People stop and sing along. It is affirming to be in the midst of throngs of folks feeling the same as you. At a protest last year, I saw this tiny, frail elderly woman slowly walking by. On the front of her walker, her sign said: “Courage Is Found In Unusual Places”. We can’t let up and need to keep insisting, resisting, and persisting whenever and however we can. Be well and safe DU family! 😊

JMCKUSICK

(6,031 posts)
19. Hear Hear Mike C
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 01:35 AM
Thursday

My first protest was Presidents day last year, 4 days before my quadruple bypass surgery. I almost didn't make it through as I should never have risked it, but I've been going since and wouldn't miss saturdays for all the tea in India lol.

All joking aside, Our country depends on it!

Attilatheblond

(8,867 posts)
22. Spent part of the day 'building' the illusion of a jail cell for daughter's planned 'costume' for Saturday
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 01:47 AM
Thursday

She always comes up with a dilly of a costume and sign for these events. And she got some cheap gold sneakers to wear with her many Trump slap-down ensembles. The Marie Trumpinette was a show stopper, but I think this week's outfit will be an even bigger crowd pleaser.

Did you guys know hospital scrubs are available in orange?

Ocelot II

(130,497 posts)
26. I'll be there!
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 09:03 AM
Thursday

I'm too damn old for this. First protest was in 1968; I didn't think I'd have to haul my old ass out into the streets again some 60 years later, but here we are.

Scrivener7

(59,499 posts)
27. I had planned to do the NYC one, because I think it will be epic. But I'm just getting
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 09:11 AM
Thursday

over bronchitis, so sadly I think I will fill out the ranks in a local one.

I have such fond memories of the absolute sea of humanity that was the Women's March in NYC, with a roaring crowd and a sign in front of me that said, "See? You are not alone." It really restored my faith in humanity. I think this one will be like that again. If there's any way I can make it downtown, I will.

gopiscrap

(24,731 posts)
28. Hey stay healthy thank you for your note
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 09:37 PM
Thursday

and your willingness to stand up for democracy Mike

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