{"id":45146,"date":"2020-04-28T23:25:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T03:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=45146"},"modified":"2020-04-28T23:25:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T03:25:19","slug":"trump-lies-all-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/trump-lies-all-the-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Lies All the Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I left my neighborhood for the first time since Friday, March 13, to join a few of my friends<\/a> from\u00a0the Remove Trump<\/a> collective and We Will Not Be Silent<\/a> in making a little statement.\u00a0 Just kidding about the “little” part! This banner is 20′ by 30′ — so it was easy to hold it while observing the six-feet social-distancing rule.<\/p>\n

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Photo by George De Castro Day. Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div><\/center>
\nThis here is real grass-roots action, unlike the astroturf<\/a>, gun-waving “back to work” rallies that are secretly supported by what the Guardian describes<\/a> as “street-fighting rightwing groups like the Proud Boys, conservative armed militia groups, religious fundamentalists, anti-vaccination groups and other elements of the radical right.”\u00a0 We were also responsible, with no more than seven participants — all wearing masks — at each of our stops around the city. We started at Wall Street. In the photo above, we are standing in front of the New York Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n

It’s been hard to sit at home knowing that the epic fail of Trump’s COVID-19 response — the lies, misinformation, and self-dealing actions — are leading to so many unnecessary deaths from the novel coronavirus. There have been, as of April 24, over 55,000 COVID-19 deaths across the nation, with over 17,280 deaths in New York City alone.<\/p>\n

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Photo by George De Castro Day.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

Among the dead are the essential workers who help all of us, including health care workers<\/a>, grocery-store workers<\/a>, delivery workers<\/a>, and bus drivers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photo by George De Castro Day. Click to enlarge.<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n

Feel free to share these photos by George De Castro Day, but let people know they don’t need a giant banner or a trip outside to be activists. If you’re in New York City, sign up for my Indivisible Activate NYC weekly newsletter<\/a>. Some of the newsletter items — like calls to fake Democrat Governor Cuomo<\/a> — apply to the rest of New York State as well. If you’re outside of New York City, the best thing you can do is call your senators<\/a> and congressperson<\/a> every day, and tell their staffers what your biggest concerns are. Constituent interaction is crucial to making change. If you’re phone-shy or can’t call during business hours, text the word RESIST to 50409, and use the free Resistbot<\/a> service to email your elected officials. It’s available 24\/7 and especially fun to use after a glass of wine. And it’s always wine o’clock now! How convenient.<\/p>\n

Come back tomorrow for more photos from today’s banner drop, including pictures of my sometimes sex-ay, sometimes highlarious outfit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I left my neighborhood for the first time since Friday, March 13, to join a few of my friends from\u00a0the Remove Trump collective and We Will Not Be Silent in making a little statement.\u00a0 Just kidding about the “little” part! This banner is 20′ by 30′ — so it was easy to hold it…<\/p>\n

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