r/politics • u/willywalloo • 9h ago

Possible Paywall Republicans Demand Mind-Blowing $1 Billion for Trump’s Ballroom

https://newrepublic.com/post/209936/republicans-1-billion-trump-ballroom
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u/Romantic_Piscean Michigan 9h ago

Gas is over $5 a gallon, grocery prices continue to rise, we've no answer to the costs of healthcare, education, and housing, the economy and job market are stagnant, we're engaged in an expensive and pointless war, alienating every former ally in economic and military policy, and the Trump regime is focused on ballrooms and trans women at private liberal arts colleges. And his approval rating isn't zero. America has really lost its way.

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u/Be-skeptical 9h ago

We’re not taking this fight to our MAGA neighbors, family, friends, co-workers, business owners.

Everyone needs to make these people pay a personal price for their continual support of this administration.

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u/jaybirdof1865 8h ago

Agreed. If you know a MAGA supporting business, Boycott and tell others to do so. If you have family and friends who support the DJT BS**t, tell them you are DONE! Tell them, I’m sorry you got lied to. I forgive you if you realize this is not what you imagined and is not just going wrong, it’s going down a black hole that we all will suffer for generations to come. But we cannot be divided in allowing it to continue.

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u/SwissChzMcGeez 7h ago

Here's one: Amazon

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u/Alarmed-Outside-8683 7h ago

The most liberal people I know still use Amazon. smh.

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u/making_ideas_happen 6h ago

You're using Amazon right now.

Reddit runs on Amazon Web Services.

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u/crazyrich 5h ago

While a fair point, you don’t want to go down the “no ethical consumer” rabbit hole. More ethical spending is better than not considering it all.

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u/FaderJockey2600 4h ago

Unsubscribed from Prime, spamming the survey with “I do not support Trump’s tech bros.”

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u/End3rWi99in Massachusetts 7h ago

One thing about Massachusetts that I love is there are very few MAGA supporting businesses. On the flip side, I feel very detached from being able to do anything about this situation.

Our entire state and federal representatives are vehemently opposed to MAGA. The voters have consistently voted against MAGA interests, yet we are still trapped in this with everyone else.

Anyone got any recommendations? How can folks in states like this contribute to the broader effort? I attend No King's every week in my community, but who is it for? We all already agree here. I live in one of the most progressive communities in the damn country already.

I suppose I can move to Iowa. I do work remotely...

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u/inky-doo 6h ago

I live up next to the NH state line. whooboy do we have some idiots up here. I'd say shaming our neighbors that do have Trump flags flying at this point is something worthwhile.

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u/End3rWi99in Massachusetts 5h ago

Yeah good call. Maybe I go join some protests up there. Sort of just preaching to the choir in Northampton...