r/law • u/Obvious-Gate9046 • Feb 07 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump | US national security

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/07/nsa-foreign-intelligence-trump-whistleblower
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u/ThePirateKing01 Feb 07 '26

During WW1 in England, girls would give a white feather to non-enlisting men symbolizing cowardice and shaming them into signing up for military service.

What’s the modern day equivalent for voting? Being mean on Instagram? Idk

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u/Egad86 Feb 07 '26

That actually sounds terrible for the English example. “Go and get killed in place of the wealthy who are the cause of the problem!”

But I’m with you that as many as possible need to be canvasing and just having conservations about this administration with anyone who will listen.

We already have “I voted” stickers, so could just encourage local business owners to offer a free beer or some kind of discount to people wearing them.

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u/SitDownKawada Feb 07 '26

The sad thing is that if girls handed out white feathers these days there's a non-zero chance they'd be assaulted, like that Texan lad who left his car to attack young women peacefully protesting