Two days from now, January 27, 2026, the Dumpster is planning to make an appearance in the Des Moines suburb of Clive, Iowa. You can do what I did: register for a “ticket” with no intention of attending, a la the infamous Tulsa rally. (MAYBE - I just checked the link, and it was dead. Never hurts to try, anyway.)
There will be other opportunities to do this, both for him, and for other people as well.
They will tell the truth about the registration, then lie about the actual attendance…just like they have done before.
“It was the bigliest group in the history of Clive!”
During the 2024 campaign, he spoke at an auditorium here that has a capacity of about 2,500, and while it WAS full, he kept claiming that 3,500 were in attendance.
And that adds your email and contact details to their databases.
True, but maybe we could crash some servers in the meantime.
Silly me, should have thought of this first - nothing to stop enough people creating new gmail identities just for this
It seems to require Facebook, and the only FB account I occasionally look at is that of my deceased dog… I can probably risk a bit of spam.
Of course, my dog, being South African, and, well, a dead dog, I suspect that account may confound their targeted marketing strategies.
I therefore signed up, as a fuck you to the Trump machine. Tiny, tiny protest, but another grain of sand in the wheels.
Darn, says it’s “no longer available”
One should have at least one (or more) “throw way” email addresses, just for this reason.
The RSVPs probably reached venue capacity in number.
In the meantime, I looked up the proposed venue; it’s called Horizon Event Center, and has an SRO capacity of 3,000. I would not be surprised if Mr. Dumpster says at some point that this will be the biggest crowd ever in the history of central Iowa.
Ahem, John Paul II would like to have a word with you. I was there myself, although I slept through the Mass; we had a sandwich booth as a fundraiser for the marching band, and I’d had to get up at about 2am.
Update: I have no idea what the attendance was, nor do I really care, but I am not seeing any accounts of troublemaking, let alone arrests.
There was also a pop-up ICE protest at a very busy intersection near my house. I should keep a sign in the trunk of my car, to get out and display in case I happen to come across one. One side says “SHAME SHAME SHAME” in different fonts, and “Abolish ICE” over an ice cube with a no-parking sign over it. (Stick-on letters.)
He gave a speech. People were there. He lied a lot his accomplishments. He attacked his enemies. He was somewhat more coherent than usual. So nothing worthy of note.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/27/trump-iowa-shift-conversation-economy-00751246