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50 protests. 50 states. 1 movement.
Join us in the fight to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach!
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HOLIDAY SHOPPING BOYCOTT

Scan the QR or visit weaintbuyingit.com for more information.
Instagram @weaintbuyingit
#WeAintBuyingIt
THESE COMPANIES AREN'T ON OUR SIDE (Target logo) Caving to attacks on DEI (Home Depot logo) Colluding with ICE to harm families (Amazon logo) Funding big tax cuts at our expense November 27th-December 1st WEAINTBUYINGIT.COM WE AIN'T BUYING IT Shop Small Saturday Support Local Businesses * Buy from Black-owned, immigrant-owned, and POC-owned businesses * Redirect your dollars locally * 60-70% of your money spent locally goes back into the neighborhood X out logos for Target, Amazon, Home Depot weaintbuyingit.com Try out these website: BuyBlack.org Little Blue Cart weaintbuying it.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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From @slotkin.senate.gov

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.

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DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRMxZAnlUF9/ TRANSCRIPT: I'm Senator Elissa Slotkin - Former CIA Officer I'm Senator Mark Kelly - Former US Navy Captain Representative Chris Deluzio - Former Navy Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander - Former Intelligence Office Representative Chrissy Houlahan - Former Air Force Congressman Jason Crow - Former Paratrooper and Army Ranger We want to speak directly to members of the military, and the intelligence community, who take risks each day to keep Americans safe. We know you are under enormous stress and pressure right now. Americans trust their military. But that trust is at risk. This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens. Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats to our Constitution aren't just coming from abroad, but from right here at home. Our laws are clear: YOU CAN REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. YOU MUST REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution. We know this is hard, and that it's a difficult time to be a public servant. But whether you're serving in the CIA, the Army, our Navy, the Air Force, your vigilance is critical. And know that we have your back. Because now, more than ever, the American people need you. We need you to stand up for our laws, our Constitution, and who we are as Americans. DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP If you are National Guard or Active Duty Military and you are being ordered to violate the Constitutional rights of U.S. citizens, then this is the number to the GOVERNMENT ISSUE RIGHTS HOTLINE. There is support. You don't have to go through with it. 1 - 8 7 7 - 4 4 7 - 4 4 8 7
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday make up 20% of corporate retailers' annual sales. Keep your hard-earned money and let’s apply pressure on the businesses that support the Trump regime. Shop local and small businesses and keep your money in your local economy.

🔻WeAintBuyingIt.com #WeAintBuyingIt
From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we're saying "We Ain't Buying It" and asking Americans to hit pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump's fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com We Ain't Buying It Target Companies This action is taking direct aim at TARGET, for caving to this administration's biased attacks on DEI; HOME DEPOT, for allowing and colluding with ICE to kidnap our neighbors on their properties; and AMAZON, for funding this administration to secure their own corporate tax cuts.
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Holiday Boycott

This holiday season, we’re saying it loud and clear: We Ain’t Buying It.

Scan the QR or visit weaintbuyingit.com for more information.
Instagram @weaintbuyingit
#WeAintBuyingIt
We Ain’t Buying It Your wallet. Your power. * Hold your money - no Target, no Home Depot, and no Amazon due to their support of harmful policies! * Delete shopping apps * Donate to Mutual Aid * Support Small Businesses Scan (QR code) to access the full toolkit, petitions, and resources. Or visit https://weaintbuyingit.com/ #weaintbuyingit For too long, corporations have profited while our communities face attacks—on workers, families, and racial equity. From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we’re taking action with our wallets to demand accountability. This is more than skipping a sale—it’s about building power, protecting our communities, and showing corporations that our values aren’t for sale. Scan the QR or visit weaintbuyingit.com for more information. Instagram @weaintbuyingit #WeAintBuyingIt Sponsored by a coalition including the 50501 Movement, Black Voters Matter, Indivisible, Target Fast, Tesla Takedown, NDLON, and others for a coordinated economic pressure campaign centered on Black Friday weekend.
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Rallies don't do anything. "Democrats sweep the . . . 2025 elections"
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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This is an overpass visibility event on Veterans Day, November 11, 2025.
www.mobilize.us/nooathstotru...

Other Events on Nov 11:
If you are looking for a more traditional visibility event on sidewalks with signs, please head over to Vets Say No campaign: www.mobilize.us/publiccitize...
VETERANS DAY 11.11.2025 NO OATH TO TRUMP NATIONAL OVERPASS BANNERING
November 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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NO KINGS ALLIANCE ACTION ALERT!
This weekend, join the millions of Americans coming together to provide mutual aid and care for our communities. Consider hosting a No Kings give-back drive in your community this weekend.

SNAP benefits stop Nov. 1.

Take action now at NoKings.org/alliancek
NO KINGS MASS MUTUAL AID MAGA wants people to starve. America, it's up to us. Take action now at NoKings.org/alliance
October 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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OUR HEALTHCARE IS ON THE LINE

Join us and coalition partners this Thursday, October 30 at 8 PM EST/5 PM PST for an update on the shutdown situation and the campaign to organize collectively to protect our healthcare.

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OUR HEALTHCARE IS ON THE LINE Dear Friends, On November 1st, as open enrollment in the healthcare marketplace begins, working families will face the consequences of Trump’s healthcare cuts and refusal to fund the government. Millions of Americans will see huge increases in their premiums because Trump and Congressional Republicans are refusing to extend premium tax credits for people who use the ACA. At the same time, more than 40 million people will be unable to afford food when SNAP benefits are halted because of the government shutdown. Join us and coalition partners this Thursday, October 30 at 8 PM EST/5 PM PST for an update on the shutdown situation and the campaign to organize collectively to protect our healthcare. We won’t sit by as an estimated 22 million people watch their healthcare premiums double and 4.2 million lose healthcare because they can no longer afford it. We won’t sit by while government workers go without pay and families go without food. It’s time for Donald Trump and congressional Republicans to negotiate a deal to lower healthcare costs and fund our government. We hope you’ll join us this Thursday as we strategize to protect our healthcare and our communities amidst the threats we’re facing from the Trump administration. In solidarity, 50 50 1 (50 protests. 50 states. 1 movement.) https://www.mobilize.us/wfpower/event/864944/ Help Support Our Cause: Each local chapter of 50501 relies on community support and sponsorships. If you’d like to help us continue our work and are able to, please consider donating. Your support makes a difference. Thank you! https://secure.actblue.com/donate/50501vermont Find your local chapter: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1azok1bA4NxkPKdIb2xIptmqinovTirIPcA3rc-s2tys/preview
October 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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People’s Summit to Offer Answers to: “We’ve Marched, Now What?”

Hundreds of Vermonters are expected at this weekend’s People’s Summit in Winooski.

All out to the People's Summit! www.rakevt.org/2025/10/21/p...
The People's Summit Organizing Resistance against Trump & the Billionaires Saturday Oct. 25 9:00am-7:00pm Winooski School District
October 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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@maddow.msnbc.com covered the NO KINGS protests.
NO KINGS protests in Burlington and Montpelier, Vermont NO KINGS protests in Burlington and Montpelier, Vermont NO KINGS protests in Burlington and Montpelier, Vermont
October 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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We want to make sure the every single person who showed up on 10/18 gets counted! You can be part of the OFFICIAL count, even if your event wasn't registered on Mobilize! Send your attendance # to INFO@50501vt.com; we'll send you back instructions on how to be officially counted.
Barre-Montpelier 25 Bellows Falls 470 Bennington 1,043 Brandon 450 Brattleboro 4,500 Burlington - 7 events 10,000 Chester 605 Danby 15 Essex Junction 1,000 Fairfax 90 Fairhaven 60 Fairlee 425 Hardwick 286 Huntington 163 Jamaica 14 Jericho-Underhill 750 Manchester (1) 670 Manchester (2) 1,000 Middlebury 1,007 Milton 156 Montpelier 6,500 Moretown 3 Morrisville ? Newbury 380 Newport 350 Pawlet 60 Pittsford 25 Randolph 400 Richford 21 Rochester 60 Rutland 1,326 South Hero 300 South Royalton 375 Shelburne 500 South Burlington (1) 43 South Burlington (2) 47 South Burlington (3) 638 St. Albans 1,000 St. Johnsbury 1,000 Vergennes 764 Waitsfield 450 Wallingford 200 Waterbury 387 White River Junction 3,500 Williston 503 Wilmington 327 Windsor 300 Winooski 300 Wolcott 97 Woodstock 500 VERMONT TOTAL 43,085
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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10/18 NO KINGS in VERMONT

57 Events
~ 43,000 attendees
6.6% of our state population
Brattleboro Common Montpelier Pawlet South Burlington, Patchen Road overpass
October 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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I'll be at my state capital on Saturday. Where will you be?
Find your closest event: www.nokings.org#map
The only thing more dangerous than overestimating the power of protest is underestimating it. A demonstration isn’t just a crowd; it’s public proof of shared dissent and collective power. Here’s why demonstrations matter: – They influence elites: Large crowds signal that politics are shifting, pressuring business leaders, politicians, and civil servants to reconsider loyalties. – They cause loyalty shifts: Movements from South Africa to Serbia succeeded when insiders stopped defending regimes; even small defections alter power balances. – They drive progress: Every major U.S. reform (the Civil Rights Act, ADA, marriage equality) was born from street pressure. – They shape elections: 2009 Tea Party → 2010 Republican wave; 2017 Women’s March → 2018 Blue Wave; 2020 BLM → record turnout. People who take to the streets take to the polls. Demonstrations seed democracy, build the road to deeper resistance, and open gateways to liberation. They plant the courage and connection that grow into organizing and transformation. They’re on‑ramps that turn witnesses into participants, feeding organized networks and pillar work. Each action opens the gate to new ones: defections, mutual aid, solidarity, and policy shifts. Erica Chenoweth’s research shows nonviolent movements reaching 3.5 percent of a population never fail to remove an autocrat. That’s roughly 12 million Americans and can be built through national days like No Kings. Momentum matters too: success comes from mass × velocity which is participant numbers times frequency of events. That’s when regimes lose their grip. And this one is slipping. Trump’s federal crackdowns prove protest power. Crackdowns don’t happen when movements fail; they happen when movements work. Since June 14’s No Kings Day, hundreds of thousands have moved from the streets into strategy, building the scaffolding for the country we deserve. Demonstrations aren’t endings; they’re beginnings. See you in the streets Saturday and in the strategy sessions after. Since June 14’s No Kings Day, hundreds of thousands have moved from the streets into strategy, building the scaffolding for the country we deserve. Demonstrations aren’t endings; they’re beginnings. See you in the streets Saturday and in the strategy sessions after.
October 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Every time Trump escalates his attacks on our communities, the #NoKings movement grows stronger.

We, the millions of Americans who make up of this peaceful movement, are coming together on Oct. 18th to say: NO KINGS! app.sosha.ai/s/yJcKRx4q
October 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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LET FREEDOM RING! Literally!

Ask your local church(es) to ring their bells on 10/18 at Noon for 5 minutes.

#nokings #october18
LET FREEDOM RING Ask your local church(es) to ring their bells on 10/18 at Noon for 5 minutes in solidarity with the No Kings 2.0 Protests
October 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Ok folks, time to get that chalk back out and CHALK THE WALK!

10/18 EVERYWHERE!
www.nokings.org/#map

#chalkthewalk
CHALK the WALK! Bring your message of Democracy to your towns (public) sidewalks with... CHALK! This is an independent, nationwide action! No groups, no sign ups - JUST DO IT! & take photos to post! #ChalkTheWalk
October 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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LET FREEDOM RING! Literally!

Ask your local church(es) to ring their bells on 10/18 at Noon for 5 minutes.

#nokings #october18
LET FREEDOM RING Drawing of the Liberty Bell
October 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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We cannot and will not allow these attacks on our freedoms to stand uncontested.

MAKE YOUR PLANS FOR 10/18:

Find an event near you: 50501vermont.com/event/no-kin...

No event in your town? Start one: nokings.org/host-toolkit

Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/50501vermont
The administration continues to escalate its attack on our rights and the rule of law. In late September, the president authorized the use of tear gas and other “non-lethal” munitions against peaceful protesters (1) legally exercising their right to free speech in Portland, Oregon. Last week, ICE carried out a full-force raid on U.S. citizens’ homes in Chicago without warrants.(2) And on Friday, they began targeting immigrant children as young as ten.(3) It’s getting frighteningly real. As a trans woman, I feel particularly vulnerable when the Donald calls transgender people the “biggest domestic public safety threat.” The Heritage Foundation now labels anyone who supports us as a “domestic terrorist.”(4) The creator of the trans flag, like nearly half of respondents to a poll conducted by Williams college in May, is fleeing the country.(5) If the spending bill had passed, hundreds of thousands of transgender Americans could have lost access to hormones, without which many would not survive.(6) We cannot and will not allow these attacks on our freedoms to stand uncontested. On October 18, we come together across Vermont to speak truth to power, defend our communities, and reclaim our democracy from the cruelty and corruption threatening it. MAKE YOUR PLANS FOR 10/18: Find an event near you: 50501vermont.com/events No event in your town? Start one: nokings.org/host-toolkit Across Vermont, nearly 40 towns are already organizing, from Brattleboro to Burlington, from Barre to Bennington, joining a national wave of peaceful resistance. Together, we can help the country reach the “3.5% threshold” that research shows always leads to real change. In America, we don’t have kings. We will not back down from chaos, corruption, or cruelty. “No Kings” is more than a slogan - it’s a promise to each other. SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT: Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/50501vermont Grab a t-shirt: marchmerch.com/collections/50501-vermont OUR COMMITMENT TO NONVIOLENCE All No Kings events are rooted in peaceful, lawful action. We ask everyone to act with compassion and discipline, to de-escalate and not to provoke, and to leave all weapons, even legal ones, at home. We show our strength not through force, but through courage, truth, and unity. Together, we rise. Geri Peterson, Volunteer/Organizer, 50501 Vermont (1) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/I-bqKEd1OiU (2) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2d591LRPU40 (3) https://immigrantjustice.org/press-release/operation-freaky-friday-what-you-need-to-know/ (4) https://www.wired.com/story/heritage-foundation-uses-bogus-stat-to-push-a-trans-terrorism-classification/ (5) https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/creator-of-the-trans-flag-is-fleeing (6) https://www.gendergp.com/the-danger-of-withdrawing-hormones-from-trans-people/ use of tear gas and other “non-lethal” munitions against peaceful protesters The Heritage Foundation now labels anyone who supports us [trans people] as a “domestic terrorist.”
October 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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A wearable way to support 50501 Vermont (which helps to financially support activism throughout Vermont).

Now available in LONG SLEEVE, and in black or white shirts!
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Long sleeve black t-shirt 50501 Vermont 2 short-sleeve white t-shirts 50501 Vermont with state graphic 50501 Vermont with Pride flag
September 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Wear your support!
Order now to be sure to get your shirt by 10/18.
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2 t-shirts 50501 Vermont
September 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY!
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NO KINGS MONTPELIER, VT https://50501vermont.com/events/ NO KINGS RANDOLPH, VT https://50501vermont.com/events/ NO KINGS WOODSTOCK, VT https://50501vermont.com/events/
September 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY!
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NO KINGS WRJ, VT https://50501vermont.com/events/ NO KINGS CHESTER, VT https://50501vermont.com/events/ NO KINGS ESSEX JUNCTION https://50501vermont.com/events/ NO KINGS HARDWICK/MONTPELIER https://50501vermont.com/events/
September 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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If your town/group isn't doing an event for 10/18, please
SHARE THIS FLYER in your area!
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Power belongs to the people Join the Movement Saturday, OCT 18 NO KINGS Find an event near you: 50501vermont.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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50501 In the wake of the killing of Charlie Kirk, the apprehension of a suspect, and the Evergreen school shooting, 50501 continues to vehemently condemn political violence in all its forms. We denounce escalating rhetoric by the president and the far right that generates violence, and we stand with all victims of gun violence and their families. We remain committed to radical love and nonviolence even in the face of bigotry and hate.
September 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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CARPOOLING TO DC for 9/6 - or to a bus/train station or airport

If you would like to be put in touch with others who would like to carpool, EMAIL info@50501vt.com with WHERE you are, and 1) carpooling all the way to DC, 2) to a bus/train station in Massachusetts, or 3) to an airport (which one).
WE ARE ALL DC WE MARCH ON SEPT 6 STOP THE TRUMP TAKEOVER Saturday, September 6 11 AM @ Malcolm X Park weareallDC.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM