Good Trouble Rising: Power of the People vs Oligarchy
Americans Called On to Confront Corruption, Cruelty & Insanity on a Historic Scale
HANDS OFF 2025: April 5th Organizing & Mobilizing Across America
On April 5, national and local organizations are coming together across the country to organize for Hands Off!, a national mass activation in defiance of the Trump-Musk billionaire takeover and the Republican assault on our freedoms and our communities. Hands Off! is an all-in moment for the pro-democracy, pro-worker movement—a demand, a warning, and a rallying cry that responds to the primary reasons for our mobilization:
Trump and Musk are attempting an illegal power grab is a crisis we must stop.
Trump, Musk, and congressional Republicans are gutting services, raising prices, and racing towards slashing Medicaid, Social Security, and more.
Trump, Musk, and congressional Republicans are on this path of destruction for the benefit of their billionaire allies.
FIND YOUR LOCAL April 5th EVENT:
Why we’re mobilizing on April 5th:
🔥We are facing a national crisis. Since his inauguration, Donald Trump has launched an unprecedented power grab—driving up prices, slashing funding for essential programs, and creating instability at every turn. Enabled by Elon Musk and Republicans in Congress, his corrupt agenda is making life harder for everyday Americans while eroding our democracy. We can’t afford to wait any longer to fight back
🐷 They think everything belongs to them. Trump and his allies are rapidly stripping America for parts and selling us out—and now Congress is trying to do the same by slashing Medicaid, Social Security, cancer research funding, and more. Why? To give more tax cuts to billionaires.
💸 But the services and jobs they’re slashing aren’t theirs—they’re ours. Our communities are paying the price while the Trumps and Musks of the world cash in. It’s not just about money—it’s about power. his administration is targeting everybody who isn’t part of the 1%—veterans, kids, seniors, farmers, immigrants, transgender people, and political opponents. All to consolidate power and reward their allies.
✋The lawlessness, cruelty, and corruption has gone too far. On April 5, we unite to say: Hands Off!
Whether you're outraged by skyrocketing healthcare costs, job cuts, attacks on privacy, or the gutting of essential services—this moment is for you. Whether you've been in the fight for years or you're just fed up and ready to take action—this moment is for you.
🛑 We need to build a massive, visible, national rejection of this crisis. On April 5, we will host events across the country, in major cities and small towns in every state. Our goal is to show that the people—the majority—are taking action to stop the corruption and power grab.
💪 The power is in your hands. Join us. If there’s a mobilization in your area, sign up to attend. If not, use this toolkit to host your own in your area.
Our Demands
We demand an end to the billionaire takeover and rampant corruption of the Trump administration.
We demand an end to slashing federal funds for Medicaid, Social Security, and other programs working people rely on.
We demand an end to the attacks on immigrants, trans people, and other communities.
FIND YOUR LOCAL April 5th EVENT:
“Action is the antidote to despair.” ~ Edward Abbey
RESISTANCE LAB vs The Department of Greed & Evil
Join Resistance Lab to Save Democracy:
https://www.pramilaforcongress.com/the-resistance-lab
In this moment we need every talented organizer, activist, campaigner & political hack to get in gear and stop Donald Trump. And with rapidly changing contexts in media, technology & politics, the old ways aren’t good enough.
Submit an idea that you or your team could execute that could change voting behavior in the battleground states. If we pick your idea, you’ll get a prize of $25,000, as well as the funding to execute it at scale if it works & save democracy
https://resistancelabscom.wpcomstaging.com/ideas/
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
Now, more than ever, we need the wisdom of our intellects, the patriotism of our citizens, and the passion and talents of those who still believe in the American experiment. I am deeply grateful to Timothy Snyder for his 20 Lessons On Tyranny and for talents of the brilliant John Lithgow for bringing them to life.
DON’T OBEY IN ADVANCE:
"Constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth & lies cannot distinguish between right & wrong. With such a people, you can do whatever you want."
~ Hannah Arendt
Shrinking Trump: How Trump’s Psychopathology is Crashing the World:
“Be careful when a democracy is sick; fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
~ Albert Camus
The Orange Menace wants the entire world to pay attention only to him. Now trying to crash the US government, smash the future, make the world beg for relief. Bullying & cruelty are the maga-cult grind, & sadly the most vulnerable will pay the price. Warning: 💀
Workers vs. Musk: Federal Unions Resist Attacks on Bargaining Rights & Cuts to Essential Services
As federal unions lead the resistance to cuts by billionaire Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency, President Trump has pushed to ... Read More →
Hilarious "Not Wanted: Convicted Felon Trump" posters appearing on bus stops in Canada.
aliases: "The Manchurian Cantalope, Don the Con, Cheeto Benito, Putins-Puppet"
The entire world wants this psychopath stopped from destroying America & locked up. 🚨
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” ~ Frederick Douglass 🦋