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u/Bat-Honest 1d ago
Remember to put your phones in airplane mode, y'all!
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u/IWantAnE55AMG 17h ago
If you’re doing that you also need to turn off Bluetooth and WiFi. They’re scanning anything and everything that can be used to connect your phone.
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u/jgoose0614 14h ago
Airplane mode does not disable your GPS, so I'm sure whoever you're worried about knows you were there.
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u/frodeem Chicago 19h ago
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u/RamenJunkie 18h ago
So there is no trace/logs of who was there, when the ghestapo start really cracking down.
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u/sdaalmlmas 2h ago
Please check out Occupy Elgin to get involved in more actions and protests. Mary hosts the group and is such a lovely lady. I have met some incredible people from Occupy Elgin.
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u/sdaalmlmas 2h ago
The other community group I've been apart of AMCIVIC also host events, protests, and fundraisers. This group is a little more diverse and younger than those in Occupy Elgin and hosts events all over the Chicagoland and Suburb areas. AMCIVIC also gets more involved in local government, we actually have someone who was voted in as Alderman for a district in Naperville and a lot of the people in the group go to town hall/City council meetings. I just moved away from the area but I still want to represent both of these groups because it has surrounded me with such incredible and selfless people.
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u/AmericanEagleScout 18h ago
All politicians should be in to make themselves richer. They are public servants. I don't trust either side anymore.
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u/schlitz0221230 21h ago
What?
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u/FellTheAdequate 21h ago
Protests. Demanding that Trump get his hands off our money and the Constitution.
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u/schlitz0221230 21h ago
What money has he taken? What has he done to the constitution?
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u/Intrepid_Blue122 18h ago
He’s taking people off the streets and they disappear with no due process. He is silencing campus protesters. People entering our country legally at pre stopped by customs and taken sometimes for weeks before they deported. Customs officials are taking cell phones and checking social networking to delve for anti-Trump conversations. You want me to list more?
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u/AmericanEagleScout 21h ago
He is taking money from special interests. My fellow democrats are pissed
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u/Wonderful_Ad5651 18h ago
You mean the politicians won't be able to get rich anymore and turn a 174K salary into being worth millions ?
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u/retrorick77 20h ago
Can you give specific examples for us? ty
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u/AmericanEagleScout 20h ago
He and Dodge took my sisters cousins college research money. He/she/they were researching the mating habits of transgender blind hamsters in the desert of southeastern Illinois.
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u/retrorick77 20h ago
Were these the same hamsters doing that play " The Three Blind Identify as Hamsters"?
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u/Dramatic_Writing_780 21h ago
Didn’t DOGE put billions back in the treasury? How is not a good.
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u/RamenJunkie 18h ago
DPGE has not actually done shit and they are breaking things that people depend on because rich assholes have no clue how poor people (or you and I) work on a day to day basis.
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u/No-Shoulder-8452 1d ago
Lames
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u/Breadman65 23h ago
Troll
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u/Dramatic_Writing_780 21h ago
You guys are tilting at windmills.
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u/spcmiller 16h ago
People who have never protested anything before are coming out. I think that's important. That alone shows how dire and 'not normal' the situation is.
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u/Dramatic_Writing_780 16h ago
How old are you? I have seen this many times in my life. 99% of these people couldn’t find Washington DC on a map.
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u/spcmiller 16h ago
I'm in middle age, I heard it over and over again all around me. People were saying 'this is my first protest'. I even said it. I asked a girl if she would take my picture with my phone since it was my first protest. People are feeling threatened enough by what's going on that even those who usually just write their congresspersons are taking to the streets. This is new and different.
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u/Dramatic_Writing_780 16h ago
But what is the complaint?
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u/spcmiller 16h ago
Too many to list, but if it helps, my sign said "Hands off veterans benefits" and had a cool military patch pinned to it for authenticity. I was one of at least 5 veterans there (in Chinago).
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u/Dramatic_Writing_780 16h ago
You guys are tilting at windmills.
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u/spcmiller 16h ago
No, this is something that the powers have to take note of. And it's sad it took threat to people's money for the media mogules and congresspersons to react. They're beginning to break formation now with these depression inducing tariffs. The larger the crowd, the greater the notice. We were loud, too, so were the drivers honking. Another vet may have viewed my sign and started to research.
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u/Dramatic_Writing_780 16h ago
So you are an expert on global trade. Expert on tariffs? Where is your degree? You can’t comment because you’re not qualified. Be quiet.
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u/spcmiller 15h ago
I know this about tariffs: the current administration has lied to us, says the other govts pay for it. The truth is that it works like this. The American importer pays the tariffs, then has to markup the price, then pass that on to the consumer. So we the people will pay that tax so rich Elon and Trump and even Gov. JB get tax breaks. So don't let the blond White House press sec fool you. You don't need a degree, you just need to read.
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u/blackbird24601 5h ago
but a Fox talking head, Musk,and RFKJ are?
and they are running the country?
we are protesting your brainwashing for you
hope this helps
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u/_Total_Garbage_ 1d ago
I was just at the library about an hour and a half ago and looks like the crowd doubled.