May 1st – Content to Amplify
Americans shut it down for May Day, Trump regime still desperate, GOP caves on DHS funding
TL/DR; Amplify these narratives (content below):
Today, millions of Americans are causing a massive economic blackout in protest of the Trump regime.
The Trump regime is desperate to control the outcome of our elections.
Republicans cave and pass DHS funding, without ICE.
Happy May Day and Full Flower Moon! This is a huge moment for our movement y’all. It is the moment that we shift and escalate our tactics beyond protest to mass noncooperation. And it’s looking huge - over 4,000 events, 16 cities all in, at least 100,000 students walking out, dozens of school districts canceling classes, and countless workers striking to send one clear message: workers over billionaires.
At the same time, we must continue the drumbeat on the devastating Supreme Court’s Callais decision - a decision that rewound the clock on our progress by more than 60 years. They just undid the law that ended Jim Crow in a desperate effort to dilute Black political power, and we will not let this go. This fight is only getting started.
TOP THREE THINGS TO AMPLIFY
1. Today, millions of Americans are causing a massive economic blackout in protest of the Trump regime.
Y’all MAY DAY IS LIT 🔥 Millions of people are protesting on a Friday. Hundreds of thousands of teachers and students are skipping school. And what’s really exciting is that we are seeing a real escalation of tactics. People are shutting down roads and highways, staging sit-ins at corporations, and even completely blocking the entrance to the New York Stock Exchange!! This is a huge day for our movement and the kickoff to our ✨noncooperation era✨. Today and over the weekend, our primary job is to amplify and own the narrative from May Day. Be sure to like, share, and comment on every May Day post you see and share footage of crowds and signs so that we can flood the feeds today!
Actions Today
DC shuts down highways and intersections for May Day
Activists block freeway exit to oil & gas headquarters
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New Yorkers have shut down every entrance to the New York Stock Exchange
Activists arrested for blocking a bridge in MN despite peaceful protest
Young activists occupy a Hilton hotel housing top DHS officials
Portland police arrest activists staging sit-in at Hilton to protest their cooperation with ICE
Chicago students walk out for May Day
Nurses on strike in NOLA
Aaron Parnas: One of the largest economic blackouts has begun [IG] [Tiktok]
Delivery robot stealing worker jobs crashes May Day press conference
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Unionized airport workers in Boston demand to shut it down
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Headlines
USA Today: May Day protests to highlight struggles of workers across the US
NPR: Nationwide May Day protests expected to pick up mantle of ‘No Kings’
NBC Philadelphia: Thousands nationwide — and in Philly — to rally for workers rights
NBC Bay Area: Activists to march for workers’ rights and immigrants
2. The Trump regime is desperate to control the outcome of our elections.
If it hasn’t been clear already, it should be clear after Callais: the Trump regime will do everything they can to hold onto power. Their power grab is taking many forms — from county investigations to state anti-voter legislation to rigging maps to now stripping away Black political power. We must expose their intentions and use every attack on our vote to build our movement.
SCOTUS guts the Voting Rights Act
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How Trump is moving to try to control elections
Louisiana suspends Congressional primaries following SCOTUS decision in order to redraw maps to disenfranchise Black voters
The UCLA Voting Rights Project is suing Louisiana for suspending their primaries
Florida passes gerrymandered district map that could give the GOP 4 seats
FL voters protest Republicans gerrymandering
States pass SAVE Act copycats
3. Republicans cave and pass DHS funding, without ICE.
Celebrate every win! After a 75 day DHS shutdown, Republicans caved and passed DHS funding without any money for ICE. Think about that for a moment — Democrats held strong… and won. We love to see it.
In a win for Democrats, Republicans caved and finally passed DHS funding, excluding ICE
Sen. Van Hollen blasts Republicans for 75 days of political theater
MORE CONTENT + CLIPS
Stories of Defiance
(showcase the movement to fight back from everyday people to institutions to build social proof)
“F*ck your censorship” projected on the FCC building
Banksy’s new statue of man with flag in face stepping off an edge depicts blind patriotism
Jeopardy champion Jamie Ding slams ICE and says “I hope that immigrants can be seen in a positive light”
Bus stop ad protesting Bezo’s Met Gala: “Party like it’s 1939”
Cartoon shows high gas prices while Trump says “This wouldn’t be happening if I had a ballroom”
Venice Biennale’s jury panel resigns, saying they will not consider art from countries whose leaders are currently charged with crimes against humanity
Pizza Hut’s “BOOK IT!” summer program returns to promote children’s reading goals
Senate bans senators from trading on prediction markets
Pam Bondi to testify in front of Congress after House Dems introduced a contempt resolution
Dems fire back at Hegseth while he testifies about the Iran war
Democrats in New York, Colorado, Illinois, and Maryland are looking to redistrict
Rep. Jacobs grills Hegseth on Trump’s mental fitness, or lack thereof
ICE & Military Escalations
(show the reality of fascism and widespread impact on communities)
Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who murdered Renee Good, quietly returns to work in another state
Two high school students were detained by ICE while waiting for the school bus and later released
Rep. Ansari speaks of the cruelty at Mesa Gateway Airport holding facility
Children as young as four years old forced to appear in court alone
Grieving mother states that the Trump regime exploited her daughter’s death to further ICE’s agenda
ICE in the parking lot of a middle school in Memphis, TN
Fascism + Corruption
(showcase corruption and rising fascism in U.S. government)
Trump releases a 250th anniversary passport with his face
Trump fires entire National Science Board, first established in 1950 to protect investments in science and engineering research from political swings
Fidelity and Vanguard cite DOJ investigation and won’t allow donations to Southern Poverty Law Center
All 6 conservative Supreme Court justices attended the WH State Dinner
Personal Impacts
(showcase the real world day-to-day impacts on everyday people)
Job creation continues to plummet under Trump
Gas hits $4.35 per gallon in the US
23 Planned Parenthood centers have closed due to Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”
Data center being built near Tucson despite protests and public backlash
Building Alternatives
(to purposefully disrupt existing systems and show an alternative future)
Mayor Mamdani announces five free fan events across New York City for the World Cup
Democratic Gov. Stein signs a bill securing Medicaid funding for more than 725,000 North Carolinians
Lots of good content here. I wish I’d seen it earlier but I’m still amplifying it.
Thank you, Jiggy. Woo hoo, May Day national economic blackout! Love all the actions taken. So proud of America. 🇺🇸🗽