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Join us as we take part in saving our democracy!

Next Event: June 14th

Register to table: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1586WV2jcCpBSeA-ZOzyw8ZSJgHjV-BtxPVqQZz361fo/edit?usp=drivesdk
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50501 Rhode Island ❌👑 @50501-ri.bsky.social · Jul 6
Thank you to everyone for joining the event on July 4th. Stay tuned for more details for the next upcoming event on July 17th at 2pm at Statehouse in Providence RI!

Co-hosted with RI Indivisible Action Alliance

#50501movement #indivisible #goodtrouble

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GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON IN RHODE ISLAND · John Lewis Actions
Join the Rhode Island Indivisible Action Alliance for an empowering protest in response to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration. Our Good Trouble Lives On protes...
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50501-ri.bsky.social
Due to the misalignment in the goals for the specific event at the Rhode Island statehouse, we are choosing to focus our energy towards events that align with ALL the goals mentioned. We are open to looking for alternative opportunities!

#50501 #50501movement #riccc #rhodeisland #nokingsri #50501ri
September 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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August 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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What is happening in DC is an abuse of federal authority based on a manufactured crisis. Violent crime for 2024 in DC is down 35% from 2023, the lowest it’s been in 30+ years.

#FreeDC
August 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Butler workers make hard and painful movement on contracts, Care New England is unresponsive

"...it’s never been about money for [Care New England]. It’s about power and greed. They want it all."

steveahlquist.substack.com/p/butler-wor...
Butler workers make hard and painful movement on contracts, Care New England unresponsive
"...it’s never been about money for [Care New England]. It’s about power and greed. They want it all."
steveahlquist.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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🚨Calling all Columbia-area friends 🚨 please join us in support of women's healthcare access THIS Friday August 15th
8AM - 12PM
2712 Middleburg Dr, Columbia
Feel free to bring your own signs! We suggest “Don’t stop for the protesters!”

#scpol #ColumbiaSC #USProtest #ResistSC
COLUMBIA, SC CALL TO ACTION CounterProtest in support of Columbia Planned Parenthood Patients and Volunteers Stand with us against the forced-birthers FRIDAY, AUGUST 15th 8AM - 12PM 2712 Middleburg Dr, Columbia Feel free to bring your own signs! We also suggest “Don’t stop for the protesters!”
August 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Trump is deploying the National Guard in D.C. in a blatant attempt at a hostile takeover. The time to act is NOW.

D.C. deserves statehood, representation, and their own power.

Join Free DC in standing up to Trump. Call, email, and send letters to your senators. Organize a protest. Show up for DC!
Image: Donald Trump yelling during a press conference. Title: National Emergency: Trump Deploys National Guard in D.C. Body Text: Trump invoked Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act in an executive order to declare a “crime emergency” so his administration could take over the city’s police force. He signed a directive for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to activate the National Guard. Attorney General Pam Bondi will assume responsibility for Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department. Source: AP News Title: "They're allowed to do whatever the hell they want." Body Text quotes Donald Trump: "We're going to take our Capital back. Under the authorities vested in me as the President of the United States I'm officially invoking Section. 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. You know what that is? And placing the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control and you'll be meeting the people that will be directly involved with that. Very good people, but they're tough and they know what's happening. They've done it before. In addition I'm deploying the National Guard to help re-establish law order of public safety in Washington, DC and they're going to be allowed to do their job properly...You tell them, you spit, and we hit. And they can hit real hard. It's a disgusting thing. I've watched that for years, three or four years, I've watched them. Police have said, and they're told, don't do anything under any sense of this. And you can see they wanna get at it, and they're standing there and the people are spitting in their face. And they're not allowed to do anything. But now they're allowed to do whatever the hell they want." Source: Transcribed from Trump's own words from a CNN broadcast on 8/11/2025. Title: There is no safety problem, only a Trump problem. Body Text: Crime has significantly decreased in D.C.; there is no crime problem, it’s just a power grab: D.C. already has more police per capita than anywhere else in the U.S., there is NO NEED for military intervention. Escalating police enforcement only serves to escalate the risk of harm for Black and immigrant communities. If Trump truly cared about safety: He wouldn’t be fast tracking his agenda and Project 2025. He would stop the kidnapping of immigrants. He wouldn’t cut funding for social services, such as Medicaid and SNAP. He would stop the mass firings of federal workers and the deconstruction of federal offices. He would defund and dismantle ICE. He wouldn’t try to remove the rights of citizens. He would release the Epstein files. Source: Free DC Title: This is not about crime; it's about control. Controlling the capital of a country provides authoritarian leaders with immense power. It would allow Trump to fast track his and his allies’ agendas. This is an attempted hostile takeover. He’s using D.C. as a testing ground for what he can get away with, while terrorizing its communities. D.C.’s lack of power puts our democracy even more at stake. If the capital is controlled by a dictator (Trump), it makes it easier to silence dissent and more difficult to stop. Without representative power, D.C. is unable to stop what is happening. This is a means to oppress the people of D.C. If successful, he seeks to move onto other Blue cities, such as Chicago and NYC. Source: Free DC
August 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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I just want to say FUCK YOU to @brown.edu How fucking DARE you not support the trans community? Hope you don’t rely on alumni donations because this isn’t going to go over well. @mass50501.bsky.social and @50501-ri.bsky.social and @50501connecticut.bsky.social please help me spread this #BanBrown
August 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Rage Against the Regime ❌👑
kojamf.bsky.social KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · Jul 18
50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑
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July 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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50501movement.bsky.social
America is designed to funnel money into the pockets of the few.

We’re owned by a small group of investment firms, private equity, and monopolies.

These companies and their puppet politicians know the rigged system is exposed—and they are terrified.

People power is unstoppable.

Change is coming.
July 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
50501-ri.bsky.social
Rhode Island Statehouse: August 2nd is going to be ELECTRIC ⚡
🎶 It’s not just a dance party — it’s a movement! Let’s turn up the volume and dance for change. ✊
📢 Peaceful. Powerful. UNMISSABLE. ✨ Glow sticks encouraged. Noisemakers welcome. ENERGY REQUIRED.
#50501movement #50501
July 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Call Gov McKee & tell him NO to McCaffrey!
#RI #McCaffrey #visibilitybrigade #goodtrouble
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July 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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This will happen in RI if we let it. A Texas man sues out-of-state doctor for supporting his girlfriend's right to bodily autonomy. The judge hearing this case is a know opponent to bodily freedom. RI has a similarly despotic public figure nominated for District Court Judge. Call McKee today.
motherjones.com Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jul 23
“The whole game for Jonathan Mitchell is to get into federal court, both because he wants to shut down doctors in shield-law states, like everyone in the anti-abortion movement, and because he wants a federal court to weigh in on the Comstock Act.”
He’s suing his girlfriend’s doctor for prescribing abortion pills. Could this gut access everywhere?
Texas lawyer Jonathan Mitchell is going after a California doctor, Here’s why that’s terrifying.
www.motherjones.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Thank you to Ventura County Supervisor Vianey Lopez for honoring the late John Lewis and making Good Trouble with us Thursday evening.
Ventura County Supervisor Vianey Lopez speaks at the Good Trouble rally
July 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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50501 Rhode Island celebrates John Lewis and Good Trouble as an antidote to Trump

“We must join together in community and in recognition of the importance of diversity in our communities and in standing against the American Fascist party attacks," said 50501 organizer Lauren.
50501 Rhode Island celebrates John Lewis and Good Trouble as an antidote to Trump
“We must join together in community and in recognition of the importance of diversity in our communities and in standing against the American Fascist party attacks," said 50501 organizer Lauren.
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July 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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“He has publicly shamed different communities that are marginalized and doesn’t stand for the separation of church and state,” Jocelyn Foye, the organization’s director and co-founder, said of McCaffrey in an interview Thursday.
July 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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@steveahlquist.bsky.social Great coverage thank you so much! Go check out the recording linked below!
#50501movement

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July 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Local business owners and community members announce pledge to defend immigrants

“Let’s be clear: deportation doesn’t happen in a vacuum," said business owner Trent Manning. "It’s one of the many tools of the racist capitalist system. It tears working-class families apart..."
Local business owners and community members announce pledge to defend immigrants
“Let’s be clear: deportation doesn’t happen in a vacuum," said business owner Trent Manning. "It’s one of the many tools of the racist capitalist system. It tears working-class families apart..."
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July 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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The canceling of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert is a dick punch to democracy. So obviously part of the deal to merge Paramount with Skydance. Congratulations shareholders, you have traded bedrock American ideals for a few percentage points on your stock. Pathetic cowardice and greed.
July 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Paramount settled Trump's frivolous lawsuit against 60 Minutes. Stephen Colbert rightfully spoke out about it. Now he's getting fired.

Reminder that Paramount needs approval from the FCC to be acquired by Skydance — a media company founded by the son of billionaire Trump-backer Larry Ellison.
CBS cancels Stephen Colbert’s show days after Trump settlement criticism
The late-night host had scoffed at a decision by CBS’s parent company to pay the U.S. president $16 million over a disputed interview.
www.politico.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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50501movement.bsky.social
We are a nation under duress. People are being taken from their homes, from grocery stores, from safe places. People with no prior criminal history. People who have active cases for citizenship or asylum.
July 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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This is not the land of the free. This is the land of the wealthy and privileged. August 2nd, we will RAGE against the REGIME!! #50501 #50501movement #peoplesmovement #nokings #rageagainstheregime
July 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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BREAKING NEWS: The Department of Homeland Security is brutalizing protesters in Downtown LA.

If it is safe for you to do so and you are able, please get on site with DTLA and help those targeted by DHS.

Video credit: @kuali.indigenous
July 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Be safe! Drink water! Wear sunscreen!
Find an event near you.

goodtroubleliveson.org
Good Trouble Lives On
On July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities across the country will take to the streets, courthouses, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, v...
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July 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON IN RHODE ISLAND: July 17th Statehouse at 2pm. Hear from elected officials like Rep. Morales and Senator Mack, learn about ways to protect your neighbors from being racially targeted, listen to musical performances both humorous and moving... chant, engage, and empower! #50501
July 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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July 17th
Westerly, RI
Good Trouble
Celebrate John Lewis whose legacy lives on and whose shoulders we stand on, by standing up for our rights and to save our Democracy.

#RI #CT #socorising
CC @50501-ri.bsky.social @indivisibleri.bsky.social @50501connecticut.bsky.social
Good Trouble Lives On John Lewis Day On July 17th, March in Peace. Act in Power. Downtown Westerly 5pm - 7pm PARKING Wild Park Bring a sign, Bring a friend Parking: 14 Canal St Lot, High St Lot, designated street parking. We will march the sidewalks, South on High St to Broad St. to Grove St. back to High St. around Wilcox Park. If you are unable to march, please congregate peacefully at the Town Hall. Westerly
July 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM