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bubbles 🫧💕

@imcryingpotatoes.bsky.social

ah, yes. that'll show him.

A new anti-Trump demonstration is in the works. But this time, it's in the form of writing. A social media post that encouraged people to flood President Trump with postcards has gone viral. Activists are calling on users to mail Trump a postcard on March 15th. The idea is to get enough people to voice their opposition to where the public's concerns can no longer be ignored. The movement has been deemed #TheIdesOfTrump. The word "ides" refers to "The Ides of March"--a date that corresponds to March 15th on the Roman calendar. March 15th, 44 B.C. was also the day that Julius Caesar was assassinated. The date is associated with doom.

The original social media post reads:

On March 15th, each of us will mail Donald Trump a postcard that publicly expresses our opposition to him. And we, in vast numbers, from all corners of the world, will overwhelm the man with his unpopularity and failure. We will show the media and the politicians what standing with him--and against us--means. And most importantly, we will bury the White House post office in pink slips, all informing Donnie that he's fired!

Each of us--every protestor from every march, each Congress-calling citizen, every boycotter, volunteer, donor, and petition signer--if each of us writes even a single postcard and we put them all in the mail on the same day, March 15th, well: you do the math.

No alternative fact or Russian translation will explain away our record-breaking, officially-verifiable, warehouse-filling flood of fury. Hank Aaron currently holds the record for fan mail, having received 900,000 pieces in a year. We're setting a new record: over a million pieces in a day, with not a single nice thing to say.

August 22, 2026 at 7:06 AM

bubbles 🫧💕

@imcryingpotatoes.bsky.social

like. i know this piece of paper is like a decade old, so. but 1) if people saying mean things was enough to "make him crack" he would've cracked a looooong time ago, 2) there's no way that man checks his own mail

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So sharpen your wit, unsheathe your writing implements, and see if your sincerest ill-wishes can pierce Donald's famously thin skin. (Dump Despicable Donnie! He's not my President! Impeach Dumpy Donnie! Not smart enough to be my President! Stop walking all over our Constitution! Donnie the dictator belongs in Russia!).

Prepare for March 15th, 2017, a day hereafter to be known as #TheIdesOfTrump

Write one postcard. Write a dozen! Take a picture and post it on social media tagged with #TheIdesOfTrump! Spread the word! Everyone on Earth should let Donnie know how he's doing. They can't build a wall high enough to stop the mail.

Then, on March 15th, mail your messages to:

President (for now) Donald J. Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

It might just be enough to make him crack.

August 22, 2026 at 7:08 AM

Lauren Merry Vale (they/she)

@pixielauren.bsky.social

Here are some postcards I made for #theidesoftrump 😸

A postcard that is hand lettered with the words "AN ARMY OF LOVERS CANNOT LOSE."

A postcard with a cat sticker. The cat is wearing a scarf. There is a text bubble from the cat's mouth. In the text bubble the cat is saying "It's gonna be a cold day in hell before I stop resisting and fighting your fascist regime!"

The front of a postcard. The postcard is pink and it has a sticker on it. The sticker is the ACT UP slogan, "SILENCE = DEATH."

The back of a postcard addressed to Trump in the White House. It reads, "When queer people's rights and lives are threatened, we become activists. When you erase us from your websites, we protest. We have a history of not giving up! You should read about it sometime. Love, a queer American."

March 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM

Kathy Piersall

@k-piersall.bsky.social

#TheIdesOfTrump: Here’s what I’m sending to #Thug47, @jdvance1.bsky.social, @kevinstitt.bsky.social, @KevinHern, @jameslankford.bsky.social, and @senmullin.bsky.social:

March 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM

Kathy Piersall

@k-piersall.bsky.social

Mary Beth Babcock’s Meadow Gold Mack: the perfect place to buy postcards for #TheIdesOfTrump:

March 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM

Kathy Piersall

@k-piersall.bsky.social

#TheIdesOfTrump

March 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM

Laura

@thelaurar.bsky.social

#TheIdesofTrump today’s the day send the orange 💩 his postcard I happened to have one of the best postcards to send. Sure to get a poop in his diaper.

March 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM

Dr. Katie Sieving

@chucao.bsky.social

March 15th!!!! Write one postcard. Write a dozen! Take a picture of your postcard and post it on social media tagged with #TheIdesOfTrump.
And send to:
President (for now) Donald J. Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Let’s flood TWH with pink slips!

March 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM

Kas

@scientistkas.bsky.social

People I just heard of a postcard writing campaign to tell Felon47 what Americans really think. Everyone write a postcard and send it to President Donald Trump, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500 on 3/15/25. The campaign is called #TheIdesOfTrump
Pass it on. Thanks 😊

March 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM

Carnivorous Plant 📜🛑📊🎨

@drosera154.bsky.social

Indivisible/Mobilize is doing a #TheIdesOfTrump campaign today where everybody mails him a blazingly pissed off #postcard.

#TheIdesOfMarch

www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

POSTCARDS TO TRUMP · Indivisible

To answer all your questions. Please read until the end. I attached FAQs at the bottom. This event is happening based on your time zone. On March 15th, mail Donald Trump a postcard that publicly expr...

www.mobilize.us

March 15, 2025 at 5:54 AM

Carnivorous Plant 📜🛑📊🎨

@drosera154.bsky.social

crap. Double crap. I’m crafting my postcard message in a notebook, and I’ve broken my pencil lead twice in the first sentence.

#TheIdesOfTrump

March 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM

Carnivorous Plant 📜🛑📊🎨

@drosera154.bsky.social

Love it!

The only thing I don't like is it will feed his ego. Maybe address them to the other president.

"Write one postcard. Write a dozen! Take a picture and post it on social media tagged with #TheIdesOfTrump ! Spread the word! Everyone on Earth should let Donnie know how he’s doing."

POSTCARDS TO TRUMP · Indivisible

On March 15th, mail Donald Trump a postcard that publicly expresses our opposition to him. We, in vast numbers, from all corners of the world, will overwhelm the man with his unpopularity and failur...

www.mobilize.us

March 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM

Indivisible Hill Country and New Braunfels

@indivisiblenb.bsky.social

Check out the postcard to Trump day of action on March 15th. www.facebook.com/share/p/1KA9...

#TheIdesOfTrump

Redirecting...

www.facebook.com

February 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM

mary0034.bsky.social

@mary0034.bsky.social

Letting trump know my thoughts on his administration.
#TheIdesOfTrump

March 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM

Cindy Cohen

@cindydcohen.bsky.social

#TheIdesofTrump

March 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM

nzgmom.bsky.social

@nzgmom.bsky.social

Join in. #TheIdesOfTrump. Write postcards to flood the White House to bury trump with pink slips...he's fired. The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Washington DC 20500

March 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM

rizzotti.bsky.social

@rizzotti.bsky.social

March 15th, 2025, #TheIdesOfTrump
Let Donnie know how he's doing by writing & sending postcards without a single nice thing to say & send to:
President Donald J. Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Post a pic of it on social media tagged with #TheIdesOfTrump

March 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM