Resistance 101: The Frogs, Cows, and Lobsters of Operation Inflation Are Working

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Written By Barbara Isaacman

QUICK READ:   We must not be cowed by the threats of an increasingly authoritarian administration. Engage in economic boycotts. Recognize that protest matters.  Hound ICE. Record their actions. Push your representatives to inform their constituencies. And remember that no fascist regime can succeed without the compliance of its own citizens.


CONTENTS:

BACKGROUND

Shortly before the enormously successful mass protests this month, MAGA warned that protesters would be unhinged, sinister, fierce anti-Americans.

Instead, there were frogs. And unicorns. And an occasional axolotl.

In a brilliant move exposing Trump’s invented American war zone cities, “Operation Inflation” provides an absurd counter to fear and troop deployments.

"One of the things fascists can't handle is humor," said Scott Rohrbach, a NASA engineer who attended the recent “No Kings” protest as a unicorn. Can you really expect the public to believe that blow-up lobsters, cows, and roller skating frogs are dangerous enemies of the state? 

Behind the dangerous law violations and wasted tax dollars spent on deploying the National Guard to “fight crime,” are Trump’s attempts to normalize troops in American cities before the next election. Once we accept their regular presence, they can reliably be used to intimidate voters.

Fear tactics and constitutional violations are also at play everywhere whenever masked ICE agents kidnap and arrest our community members without warrants or due process of law. 

To protect and resist, we must inform our neighbors, colleagues, and friends of their presence—usin Stopice.net to monitor and report ICE sightings in our communities. We can blow whistles. And where one avenue of resistance is blocked, we can immediately invent new ways to alert others of danger. We can engage in boycotts and mass protests and spend money only locally from November 25-December 2. 

No fascist regime can succeed without the compliance of its own citizens. 

ACTION One: Call the Senate.

Script for Oregon Senators

SEN. MERKLEY: Portland office: 503-326-3386 | D.C. office: 202-224-3753

My name is [--] and I'm a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

We thank you for speaking out regularly and aggressively about the illegal actions and violations of the increasingly autocratic Trump administration. We ask that you remind your colleagues in the legislature about the boundaries between the powers the Constitution grants to the Executive and Legislative branches of government.

SEN. WYDEN:

Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

We thank you for speaking out regularly and aggressively about the illegal actions and violations of the increasingly autocratic Trump administration. We ask that you remind your colleagues in the legislature about the boundaries between the powers the Constitution grants to the Executive and Legislative branches of government.

Script for Republican Senators

D.C switchboard: 202-224-3121

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], [state], [zip code].

We are alarmed by the increasingly illegal actions undertaken by the Trump administration and want our representatives to maintain the constitutional boundaries established in the US constitution.

ACTION TWO: Call the House.

Script for Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)

Oregon office: 503-469-6010 | DC office: 202-225-0855

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

We thank you for speaking out regularly and aggressively about the illegal actions and violations of the increasingly autocratic Trump administration. We ask that you remind your colleagues in the legislature about the boundaries between the powers the Constitution grants to the Executive and Legislative branches of government.

Script for Cliff Bentz (OR-02)

Medford office: 541-776-4646 | DC office: 202-225-6730

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

We are alarmed by the increasingly illegal actions undertaken by the Trump administration and want our representatives to maintain the constitutional boundaries established in the US constitution.

Script for Maxine Dexter (OR-03)

Oregon office: 503-231-2300 | DC office: 202-225-4811

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

We thank you for speaking out regularly and aggressively about the illegal actions and violations of the increasingly autocratic Trump administration. We ask that you remind your colleagues in the legislature about the boundaries between the powers the Constitution grants to the Executive and Legislative branches of government.

Script for Val Hoyle (OR-04)

Eugene office: 541-465-6732 | DC office: 202-225-6416

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

We thank you for speaking out regularly and aggressively about the illegal actions and violations of the increasingly autocratic Trump administration. We ask that you remind your colleagues in the legislature about the boundaries between the powers the Constitution grants to the Executive and Legislative branches of government.

Script for Janelle Bynum (OR-05)

DC office: 202-225-5711

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

We thank you for speaking out regularly and aggressively about the illegal actions and violations of the increasingly autocratic Trump administration. We ask that you remind your colleagues in the legislature about the boundaries between the powers the Constitution grants to the Executive and Legislative branches of government.

Script for Andrea Salinas (OR-06)

Salem office: 503-385-0906 | DC office: 202-225-5643

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

We thank you for speaking out regularly and aggressively about the illegal actions and violations of the increasingly autocratic Trump administration. We ask that you remind your colleagues in the legislature about the boundaries between the powers the Constitution grants to the Executive and Legislative branches of government.

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Barbara Isaacman
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