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HANDS OFF!

The Contrarian, the country, and true patriots like Alice Yee prepare for tomorrow's National Day of Action
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/hands-off

Interviews with some of the major players involved in organizing the #HandsOff protest including: Ezra Levin, Maria Peralta, Ana María Archila,and Rahna Epting.

Also a a special shout-out to Alice Yee, who is still protesting at 105 years old.

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Trump #Musk #GOP #Coup #Corruption #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA
Text and photo from article: Text: We know that people from every walk of life (and from multiple political persuasions) are planning to add their voices to the chorus of those who have simply had enough. Every voice counts. We would, however, like to give a special shout-out to Alice Yee, hailing from La Jolla, CA. Alice is 105 years old, so was born when Woodrow Wilson was president. She’s observed the administrations of 15 presidents in her lifetime, so is especially attuned to recognize a rotten one. Not long ago, she (in the red beanie) lead a protest of “oldies” (her term) eager to share their disgust with Donald Trump. Photo: Alice Yee protesting with her walker followed by others, one of which is in a wheelchair. Text: Alice is now in rehab, but completely undeterred. She’s oiling up her walker for Saturday’s National Day of collective action.
#news #trump #musk #gop #us #politics #protest #usa #uspol #resistance #corruption #Coup #resist #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"All across the country, people got out and protested today. Big rallies and small ones. In some places, people lined city streets and waved at passing cars. Elsewhere, people gathered in parks or in front of state office buildings.

Birmingham, Alabama, was one of those cities...

Some of my favorite signs"
-Joyce Vance
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/hands-off

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #ProtestSigns #Signs #HandsOff #Birmingham #Alabama #USA #US #Trump #Musk #GOP #Politics #USPol #USPolitics #News
Protestor holding a bright pink sign with the text, "WTF RFK jr?"
An older couple holding a sign that reads, "My father fought fascism in World War II so we would not have to at home. -- I'm sorry Dad!"
A group of protestors, one of which is holding a sign that says, "If we comply, democracy will die. Law firms, universities, corporations, politicians, the media, SCOTUS."
A protestor holds up a sign with an illustration of Elon Musk jumping in the air with his shirt up and his belly showing, and the text, "Nobody voted for this absolute MAGAt funkin, tiny little prick." There's a drawing of an exploding cybertruck to the left and a falling stock market arrow to the right.
#news #trump #musk #gop #us #politics #protest #usa #uspol #alabama #resistance #signs #Birmingham #uspolitics #resist #protestsigns #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"And then today, across the country, millions of people turned out for #HandsOff protests...

In #SanFrancisco, where Buddy and I joined a protest, what jumped out to me was how many of the signs in the crowd called for the protection of the U.S. Constitution, our institutions, and the government agencies that keep us safe."
-Heather Cox Richardson
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-5-2025

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #California #USA #US #HeatherCoxRichardson #Politics #Constitution #Government #ProtestSigns
A protest sign with the text, "Real Americans respect the Constitution!"

April 5, 2025

It’s been quite a week.
Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
#us #politics #protest #usa #sanfrancisco #resistance #california #constitution #government #resist #protestsigns #handsoff #heathercoxrichardson
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"those who were a part of the #HandsOff gatherings had a momentous experience, wherever they were...

Millions gathered in all 50 states, several territories, #Canada, #Mexico, and #Europe to protest #DonaldTrump and #ElonMusk. ...

people joined an estimated 1,400 protests... a response to the “hostile takeover” of #American rights and freedoms"
- Dan Rather
https://steady.substack.com/p/fortunate-son-now-and-then

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #ProtestSigns #Trump #Musk #GOP #Politics #USPol #US #USA
A protestor wearing a "Make Lying Wrong Again" baseball cap holds up a sign that reads, "This crisis is not right vs left, but right vs wrong."

Fortunate Son — Now and Then

A Reason To Smile
Dan Rather (Steady)
#europe #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #donaldtrump #canada #us #politics #protest #usa #uspol #resistance #Mexico #american #resist #protestsigns #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Some #HandsOff protest signs from Don Moynihan's article about how #SocialSecurity is under threat from Trump, the GOP, Elon Musk and Doge.
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/as-savings-crater-social-security

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #ProtestSigns #US #USA #Politics #USPol #Trump #Musk #Doge #GOP
A group of protestors march down a street holding signs that read, left to right, "Hands off veteran services", "Hands off cancer research", and "Hands off social security."
A grinning protestor holds up a sign that reads, "Keep your tiny hands off my social security!!"

As Savings Disappear, Social Security is Also Under Threat

A two-pronged attack on Americans' financial security
Pamela Herd (Can We Still Govern?)
#trump #musk #gop #us #politics #protest #usa #uspol #resistance #resist #protestsigns #socialsecurity #doge #handsoff
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"“There is no noise as powerful as the sound of marching feet of a determined people.”

- MLK

Truly an incredible day.

Thank you those who marched and rallied, and thank you to those who organized these events around the country. I know how hard you’re working.

My rally in #Cincinnati was packed with thousands, and we marched from Music Hall to City Hall"
- David Pepper
https://davidpepper.substack.com/p/marching-feet-of-a-determined-people

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #HandsOff #Quote #MLK #NoKings #Ohio #USA #US #USPol
A protestor in a pink coat holds a sign that reads, "No kings"
A group of protestors stand under cloudy skies. One of the protestors is flying a US flag upside down.

"Marching Feet of a Determined People"

Incredible Day Across America
David Pepper (Pepperspectives)
#us #protest #usa #quote #uspol #resistance #ohio #resist #cincinnati #mlk #handsoff #nokings
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Marisa Kabas wrote about a #HandsOff protest with a very specific message in the small conservative town Sackets Harbor. Of about 1300 residents, apx 1000 came out to protest against the unlawful detainment/disappearance of a hardworking mother & her three children. All of whom were going through the proper procedures to become legal immigrants.
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/sackets-harbor-tom-homan-jaime-cook

Here's a thread of her article:
https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/114293023693850921

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Immigration #ICE #NewYork #USA #News
Screenshot of a social media post (Fediverse) with text and screenshot of text and photos from article. Text: " #HandsOff a #protest in the tiny town of Sackets Harbor, NY... A worker on a local dairy farm who had no criminal record and was awaiting legal #immigration proceedings was disappeared late last month by #ICE along with her 3 children... whisked away to #Texas. And around 1,000 people came together this weekend to rally for their safe return and to send a message that this won’t be tolerated there—or anywhere." https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/sackets-harbor-tom-homan-jaime-cook Screenshot: Text: ... too long to share ... Photos: Photo 1: A protestor holds up a sign that reads, "Snatching kids = lifelong trauma" Photo 2: A protestor holds up a sign that reads, "Innocent Children Exploited" in a vertical format with I, C and E in red ink, spelling ICE down the left side.
Screen shot of a social media post (Fediverse) with text and screenshot of text and photo from article. Text: "These types of arrests—known as “collateral detention”—are becoming more common. “What we have been seeing is #ICE at random detaining people who are not the people they’re looking for,” Murad Awawdeh, president & CEO of the #NewYork Immigration Coalition [said]. “They go in allegedly looking for someone else & then they’ll take whoever they can find just so they can meet their quota numbers that #DonaldTrump has put in place.”" https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/sackets-harbor-tom-homan-jaime-cook Screenshot: Text: These types of arrests—known as “collateral detention”—are becoming more common. “What we have been seeing is ICE at random detaining people who are not the people they’re looking for,” Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO of the New York Immigration Coalition, told The Intercept. “They go in allegedly looking for someone else and then they’ll take whoever they can find just so they can meet their quota numbers that Donald Trump has put in place.” As protesters marched by Homan’s waterfront home on Saturday, a sign on a neighbor’s lawn—a photo of which was shared with me by rally attendee Ginger Storey-Welch—read: “WE NO LONGER HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN POLITICAL OPINION. WE HAVE A DIFFERENCE IN MORALITY.” Photo: A protestor holds up a sign that reads, "Nazis used trains. Ice uses planes."

Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (@ZhiZhu@newsie.social)

Attached: 1 image "Principal Jaime Cook describes one of the 3rd graders in her northern #NewYork school... this particular student loves to sing & loves to dance.
Newsie
#news #protest #usa #resistance #ice #immigration #newyork #resist #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"Yesterday, millions of Americans rallied nationwide at #HandsOff! protests, taking a stand against the Trump-Musk chaos regime... The energy was electric as #Americans delivered a clear message to #Trump & #Musk: Hands off our #Constitution.

Now, the real work continues. We must never stop fighting for #democracy. Never stop organizing. Never stop speaking out."
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/april-5-millions-take-to-the-streets

Video of #protests around the country.

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Video #Politics #USPol #US #USA #News
Video still and headline from The Contrarian. Video still: A protestor holds up a skeleton that is wearing a USAID ball cap and "holding" a sign that reads, "Willing to lend Congress a spine!"

April 5: Millions Take to the Streets for a National Day of Action

Americans Say: Hands Off!
The Contrarian
#news #democracy #trump #musk #us #politics #protest #usa #uspol #protests #resistance #constitution #Video #americans #resist #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"They came out in defense of #NationalParks & small businesses, public #education & #health care for #veterans, #abortion rights & fair #elections. They marched against #tariffs & #oligarchs, dark money & #fascism, the deportation of legal immigrants & #DOGE.

Demonstrators had no shortage of causes as they gathered in towns and cities across the country on Saturday to protest Trump’s agenda."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/us/politics/anti-trump-protests-hands-off.html

#Resist #Resistance #HandsOff #Protest #Trump #GOP #USPol #News #USA #US
Headline and video still with embedded caption from The New York Times: Headline: Mass Protests Across the Country Show Resistance to Trump Demonstrators packed the streets in cities and towns to rail against government cutbacks, financial turmoil and what they viewed as attacks on democracy. Video still: Protestors march together and hold up signs signaling their opposition to President Trump and his administration’s cuts to the federal government. Some signs read, "Hands Off!", "Hands off social security", "Hands off voting rights", and "Don't be a chicken in a coup." Embedded caption: Protesters Rally Against Trump and Musk Across the U.S.
Protestors fill the streets in Manhattan.
Protestors fill the National Mall in Washington DC.
Protestors in Atlanta raise their voices and their protest signs, one of which reads, "Hands off civil rights"
#fascism #news #elections #trump #gop #abortion #us #protest #education #usa #health #uspol #resistance #tariffs #nationalparks #oligarchs #veterans #resist #doge #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"I scoured the news for reports on the more than one thousand other rallies. Of course people would show up in the big cities & the bluest places, but what really exhilarated me was to see the turnout in reddest America--#Utah, #Nebraska, #Missouri, #Indiana, #Iowa, #Idaho--and small communities not known for their #protests...

some early estimates say well over three million people showed up."
- Rebecca Solnit

https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/millions-stood-up-april-5-hands-off-day-of-action/

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #HandsOff #USPol #News #USA
Social media post from Nate Blouin with text and photo. Text: This is Utah in case anyone's wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this. Photo: A large mass of people protesting.
Social media post from Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway with text and photo. Text: Hands Off Madison Wisconsin! Hands off our democracy #HandsOff Photo: Protestors fill a very long straight street.
Social media post by Art Candee with text and photo. Text: Large crowd of protestors in Omaha, Nebraska at the Hands Off! protest! Love to see it!! Photo: A large crowd of protestors.
Social media post by Rep Zooey Zephyr with text and photo. Text: Great showing at Missoula's Hands Off rally today. It was an honor to get to speak briefly, and to introduce the folks doing amazing work on the ground here in Missoula. Photo: Shot from above shows a mass of people in front of an old fashioned building, probably a city government building.

Millions Stood Up: April 5 Hands Off Day of Action

I was the closing speaker at the ebullient San Francisco Hands Off rally, and when I got home later I scoured the news for  reports on the more than one thousand other rallies.
Rebecca Solnit (Meditations in an Emergency)
#news #protest #usa #utah #uspol #protests #resistance #missouri #idaho #nebraska #iowa #resist #indiana #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"There are 1280 US #protests listed for today and many more not on the list. THAT is BIG. 686 were counted in the #US for the January 21, 2017, Women's March, in which 1% of the country marched, and that was until today the biggest single day of protest in this country's #history."
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/millions-stood-up-april-5-hands-off-day-of-action/

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #HandsOff #USPol #USPolitics #News #US #USA
Social media post from Tim Onion with text and photo. Text: New York Fucking City. A full mile of people filled to the brim. Fascism is going to lose. Photo: Protestors fill the street in New York City.
Social media post from ActionAlaska.bsky.social with text and photo. Text: OMG! Over 1500 people showed up in Anchorage, Alaska to say #HandsOff our democracy, our veterans, our social security, our schools, our Medicaid, our jobs, our 401ks and our democracy! #StandUpAlaska Photo: A large group of protestors, many of whom are carrying signs.
Social media post by Prescott Indivisible with text and photos. Text: Over 1600 patriotic Americans made it to the #PrescottAZ Courthouse Square. it was probably closer to 2000. 2000 people showing up in red Yavapai County might seem hard to believe, but we have been organizing here awhile now. Photos: four photos of large groups of protestors carrying signs.
Social media post by Jeff Sharlet with text: I'm in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, today, deep red country -- remember the video of the woman being dragged out of a town hall by goons? That was here. Town of 44K. 1,000 turned out to protest. North of here, in even more extremist country, smaller town, 700. That's a little good, brave news.

Millions Stood Up: April 5 Hands Off Day of Action

I was the closing speaker at the ebullient San Francisco Hands Off rally, and when I got home later I scoured the news for  reports on the more than one thousand other rallies.
Rebecca Solnit (Meditations in an Emergency)
#news #us #protest #history #usa #uspol #protests #resistance #uspolitics #resist #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"insurrectionary sentences... drawn from nature. One goes "They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds." Seeds germinate underground, and they send up their shoots in the springtime. The other sentence goes, "They can cut down the flowers but they can't stop the spring." Be seeds, be the spring. Be the insurrection. Be civil society. Be what happens."
- Rebecca Solnit
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/millions-stood-up-april-5-hands-off-day-of-action/

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #HandsOff #US #USA #USPol #Quotes
Text from article: I want to end with two of the most beautiful insurrectionary sentences I know on this beautiful spring day, sentences drawn from nature. One goes "They tried to bury us, but they didn't know we were seeds." Seeds germinate underground, and they send up their shoots in the springtime. The other sentence goes, "They can cut down the flowers but they can't stop the spring." Be seeds, be the spring. Be the insurrection. Be civil society. Be what happens.

Millions Stood Up: April 5 Hands Off Day of Action

I was the closing speaker at the ebullient San Francisco Hands Off rally, and when I got home later I scoured the news for  reports on the more than one thousand other rallies.
Rebecca Solnit (Meditations in an Emergency)
#us #protest #usa #quotes #uspol #protests #resistance #resist #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
Creative, pissed off people.
And some amazing political cartoons.
by Susan Niemann
https://adchick.substack.com/p/creative-pissed-off-people

"Yesterday was inspirational. I had to gather my favorite protest signs because wow… Americans are damned creative, and not happy!

Here are a few of my favorites."

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #ProtestSigns #Signs #US #USA #USPol #Hegseth #PeteHegseth #History #GulfOfMexico
A protest sign that shows an silhouette of a man on a horse in a tricorn hat holding a cell phone, with the text, "One if by land, two if by see, WTF?! Hegseth just texted me!?"
A protest sign that says, "Don't make me repeat myself. ~History"
A smiling young protestor holds a sign that reads, "But... it was the Gulf of Mexico at birth."
A protest sign that reads, "Honk if you never drunk texted war plans."
#us #protest #history #usa #uspol #protests #resistance #signs #gulfofmexico #resist #hegseth #petehegseth #protestsigns
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"Over 1,400 “Hands Off!” mass-action protests were held at state capitols, federal buildings, congressional offices, Social Security’s headquarters, parks and city halls throughout the entire country – anywhere “we can make sure they hear us,” organizers said. “Hands Off!” demands “an end to this billionaire power grab.”"
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/05/us/hands-off-protests-trump-musk/index.html

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #HandsOff #USPol #News #US #USA
A protestor holds an upside down US flag draped across their arms and back. Attached to the flag is a protest sign which reads, "Dump Trump. Resist fascism."
#news #us #protest #usa #uspol #protests #resistance #resist #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"Opponents of #DonaldTrump and billionaire #ElonMusk rallied across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the administration's actions on #government downsizing, the #economy, #HumanRights and other issues.

More than 1,200 #HandsOff demonstrations were planned by more than 150 groups, including #CivilRights organizations, #labor unions, #LBGTQ+ advocates, #veterans and elections activists."
https://abc7.com/post/us-politics-hands-off-protests-president-donald-trump-billionaire-elon-musk-underway-united-states/16131309/

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #Trump #Musk #GOP #USPol #News #US #USA
Protesters carry signs and chant slogans in protest to the policies of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk across from the Federal Building in Los Angeles, March 22, 2025.
Protesters carry signs and chant slogans against the policies of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Miami.
Activists protest President Donald Trump, who was a few miles away at his Trump National Golf Club, during a "Hands Off!" demonstration, April 5, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

'Hands Off!' protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk across the US

Thousands of demonstrations were planned by more than 150 groups, including civil rights organizations, labor unions, veterans and elections activists.
DAVE COLLINS, Associated Press (ABC7 Los Angeles)
#news #trump #musk #elonmusk #gop #donaldtrump #us #humanrights #protest #usa #uspol #protests #economy #labor #resistance #civilrights #government #veterans #resist #lbgtq #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"The crowd easily numbered in the tens of thousands, starting with an afternoon kickoff in Pershing Square, followed by a march to City Hall and a sunset rally there that filled the street and adjacent Grand Park.

The #demonstration was peaceful, colorful and creative, but there also was a palpable and diverse sense of outrage"
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-05/rump-protests-kick-off-in-l-a-and-around-the-nation

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #HandsOff #Trump #Musk #GOP #USPol #News #LosAngeles #California #US #USA
Protesters demonstrate at a “Hands Off!” rally against the Trump administration on Saturday in Los Angeles.
People gather for the “Hands Off!’” demonstration in opposition to the Trump administration’s tariffs, program cuts and mass layoffs of federal workers at Hollywood and Vermont in Los Angeles. Some of the protest signs read, "Childless cat lady against fascism" and "Morons Are Governing America" with the MAGA in red down the left.
Protesters hold signs as they march during the nationwide “Hands Off!” protest against President Trump in downtown Los Angeles. The street is absolutely filled with protestors.
#news #trump #musk #gop #us #protest #usa #uspol #protests #resistance #california #losangeles #demonstration #resist #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
“This mass mobilization day is our message to the #world that we do not consent to the destruction of our #government & our #economy for the benefit of #Trump & his billionaire allies,” according to the event description for the #HandsOff protest. “Alongside #Americans across the country, we are marching, rallying, & protesting to demand a stop [to] the chaos & build an opposition movement against the looting of our country.”
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-05/rump-protests-kick-off-in-l-a-and-around-the-nation

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #News #USA
A large balloon with an image of President Trump floats above demonstrators dressed as characters from “The Handmaid’s Tale” during the nationwide “Hands Off!” protest against Trump in downtown Los Angeles. (Etienne Laurent / AFP / Getty Images)
Protesters hold up signs at the “Hands Off!’” demonstration in Los Angeles. One sign, held up by a protestor in clown makeup, reads, "Elect clowns, expect a circus!" Another sign declares, "Down with fascists!" (Carlin Stiehl / For The Times)
People gather in Pasadena for a Trump protest. One protestor holds up a sign which reads, "No kings in America." (Carlin Stiehl / For The Times)
#news #trump #protest #world #usa #economy #resistance #americans #government #resist #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"Tens of thousands of #protesters mustered in cities and towns across the country on Saturday to sound off against the #Trump administration's cuts to the federal #government and its policies.

Carrying homemade posters and chanting "Hands Off," the protesters came out to the more than 1,200 rallies nationwide despite rain in many cities"
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/huge-crowds-gather-hands-off-rallies-nationwide-protest/story?id=120523176

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #HandsOff #Trump #GOP #Musk #SocialSecurity #GeorgeWashington #Congress #News #US #USA
Protesters attend a "Hands Off" rally to demonstrate against President Donald Trump on the National Mall, on April 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Demonstrators rally against President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk during a 'Hands Off!' protest on the Washington Monument grounds, in Washington, D.C., April 5, 2025. Ken Cedeno/Reuters Some of the signs read, "Hands off my social security!", "Hands off HHS", "You wanted cheap eggs, but got measles instead", and "Protect due process."
Demonstrators gather outside the Minnesota State Capitol during the nationwide "Hands Off!" protest against President Donald Trump and his advisor, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, in St. Paul, Minnesota, on April 5, 2025. Tim Evans/AFP via Getty Images A huge mass of people just fill the area.
A demonstrator dressed as George Washington marches during the "Hands Off Massachusetts! Rally/March" in Boston, on April 5, 2025. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images He holds a sign that reads, "George Washington told Congress #NoKings "

Huge crowds gather in 'Hands Off' rallies nationwide in protest of Trump administration

Elected officials in Washington joined the protests.
Ivan Pereira (ABC News)
#news #trump #musk #gop #congress #us #protest #usa #protests #resistance #georgewashington #government #protesters #resist #socialsecurity #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
""Our founders wrote a #Constitution that did not begin with 'We the dictators,'" Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., told the crowd gathered on the National Mall in #WashingtonDC, where organizers said over 100,000 people gathered.

He slammed the administration for several of its policies, including Donald Trump's implementing of #tariffs on nearly every country."
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/huge-crowds-gather-hands-off-rallies-nationwide-protest/story?id=120523176

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #HandsOff #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #News #USA #US
Demonstrators rally against President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk during a 'Hands Off!' protest, in Asheville, North Carolina, April 5, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
People fill 5th Avenue during a demonstration against President Donald Trump, in New York, April 5, 2025. Caitlin Ochs/Reuters
People protest President Donald Trump, who was a few miles away at his Trump National Golf Club, during a "Hands Off!" demonstration, April 5, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Alex Brandon/AP The most obvious sign reads, "Fascism will fail"

Huge crowds gather in 'Hands Off' rallies nationwide in protest of Trump administration

Elected officials in Washington joined the protests.
Ivan Pereira (ABC News)
#news #trump #gop #us #politics #protest #usa #uspol #protests #resistance #constitution #tariffs #resist #WashingtonDC #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"Demonstrators... united in opposition to the #Trump administration with the single message: "Hands off!"
...
"We took an oath long ago to protect against all enemies foreign and domestic, and I don't think either Sonya or I ever imagined that we would have to kick in on the domestic piece of our oath, but we have, we are, and we will," said Boland, who said she served in the Army and Air Force. "
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/05/nx-s1-5353388/hands-off-protests-washington-dc

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Protests #HandsOff #News #US #USA
Demonstrators gather Saturday on Boston Common during the nationwide "Hands Off" protests against President Trump and Elon Musk, in Boston. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images Several protestors hold a large upside down US flag stretched across the front of the photo. Some of the protest signs read, "Stop mass deportation & kidnapping" and "History does not forgive silence"
Protesters gather during a "Hands Off" protest against the policies of President Trump and Elon Musk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images The protestor front and center wears a t-shirt that reads, "Get in trouble. Good trouble. Necessary trouble. ~John Lewis" Behind him is a sign that reads, "Free speech is an American right!"
#news #trump #us #protest #usa #protests #resistance #resist #handsoff
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
"Paul Osadebe, a #lawyer for the #US Dept of Housing and Urban Development and a labor union steward, criticized #Trump, #Musk and others in the admn...

"Billionaires and #oligarchs don't value anything other than profit and power, and they sure as hell don't value you or your life or your community," he said. "And we're seeing that they don't care who they have to destroy or who they have to hurt to get what they want.""
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-musk-hands-off-demonstrators-protest/

#Resist #Resistance #HandsOff #News #US #USA
Protesters attend a "Hands Off" rally to demonstrate against U.S. President Donald Trump on the National Mall on April 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. / Getty Images One protestor waves a Ukrainian flag. Another waves an upside down US flag. Others hold signs that read, "Proud to protest against tyrants", "Mass noncompliance is the only way to end this", and "Trump lies. Musk spies" with a swastika beside Musk's name.

"Hands Off!" demonstrations protest Trump, Musk across U.S.

More than 1,200 "Hands Off!" demonstrations were planned by more than 150 groups.
CBS News
#news #trump #musk #us #usa #resistance #oligarchs #resist #Lawyer #handsoff
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From Manhattan to Alaska, protesters rally against Trump and Musk
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elon-musk-tariffs-protests-democracy-hands-off-6eefb02bad92d71b9066d49c23f551b3

Lots of great photos! Too many to share all or even most of them. There's no paywall, so click on the link to see.

Here's a few of my favorites.

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Demonstrators hold up signs during a “Hands Off!” protest against Donald Trump at the Washington Monument in Washington, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) One sign reads, "I need to be able to tell my grandchildren I did NOT stay silent."
Protestors shout slogans as they march during a “Hands Off!” protest against President Donald Trump on Saturday, April 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) A bunch of young protestors who have obviously coordinated with each other. Two of the signs are in the shape of giant hands (one left, one right), both say, "Hands off!" Other signs are in the shape of hearts and say, "Hands off our Constitution", "Hands off our freedoms", "Hands off our rights", "Hands off our unions", and "Hands off our LGBTQ rights"
A demonstrator carries a sign during a “Hands Off!” protest against President Donald Trump on Saturday, April 5, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) The sign has a photo of Donald Trump and the text, "Not my dictator"
Demonstrators carry signs during the “Hands Off!” protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk at the Washington Monument in Washington, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) The center sign says, "These clowns are stealing from you." With images of Trump in clown makeup, and Elon Musk in clown/Nazi makeup.

From Manhattan to Alaska, protesters rally against Trump and Musk

Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied across the U.S. to protest the administration’s actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.
The Associated Press (AP News)
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More photos from the AP collection of photos.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elon-musk-tariffs-protests-democracy-hands-off-6eefb02bad92d71b9066d49c23f551b3

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Demonstrators rally in Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, on Saturday, April 5, 2025, during a protest against President Donald Trump, part of the “Hands Off” rallies held nationwide. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) One protestor has made signs in the shape of arms and hands and is holding them up so they are an extension of her own arms. One sign says, "Hands" and the other says, "Off".
Protesters form a human banner on Ocean Beach during a protest against President Donald Trump, part of the “Hands Off” rallies held nationwide, in San Francisco, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Photo from high up in the air (probably a drone) shows the protestors standing in organized rows to form a huge double ringed circle with a US flag in the center with the text, "Hands off democracy"
Demonstrators hold a rally at the Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., during the “Hands Off!” national day of protest against the Trump Administration on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Zach Gleiter/The Patriot-News via AP) One of the signs reads, "Dumb Oligarchs Grifting Everybody" with the letters on the left forming DOGE. Another reads, "Don't buy a swasticar! F-Elon." A third reads, "Stop the war on truth."

From Manhattan to Alaska, protesters rally against Trump and Musk

Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied across the U.S. to protest the administration’s actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.
The Associated Press (AP News)
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‘Hands Off’ rally in Saranac Lake
Hundreds of locals rally to protest federal government
https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2025/04/hands-off-rally-in-saranac-lake/

"The protestors want the government’s #HandsOff a lot of things — immigrants, veterans’ #health care, #LGBTQ+ rights, #SocialSecurity, schools, #women, #penguins, the #FirstAmendment, the climate, #Canada, #Greenland and the #Constitution. Signs primarily focused on #DonaldTrump and his billionaire advisor #ElonMusk."

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Jump Miller leads a crowd of hundreds of protestors down River Street on Saturday at one of hundreds of “Hands Off” rallies around the country. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone) His sign says, "Cuts that deep kill a nation"
Helen Demong and Dorothy Waldt walk in a crowd of hundreds of protestors down Broadway on Saturday at one of hundreds of “Hands Off” rallies around the country. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone) The front sign reads, "By the people, for the people. Remember? No kings."
Hundreds of protestors turned out on Saturday to Saranac Lake’s “Hands Off” rally, one of hundreds around the country that day. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone) One sign reads, "Stop trampling our laws and morality." Another reads, "Human rights belong to everyone"
Dana Fast, who survived the Holocaust in Poland as a child, attended Saranac Lake’s “Hands Off” rally on Saturday, one of hundreds around the country that day. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Marbone) An older lady sits in front of a sign that reads, "I survived the Holocaust. I don't want another one."

‘Hands Off’ rally in Saranac Lake

SARANAC LAKE — Hundreds and hundreds of locals turned out Saturday afternoon to protest the federal government and voice their displeasure with how the country is being run in one of more than 1,000 “Hands Off” rallies held nationwide.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
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"A large group of people gathered in Houghton Saturday, joining millions nation-wide that took part in protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. CNN reported that more than 1,400 “Hands Off” mass-action protests were held in all 50 states. Locally, more than 300 people, who pre-registered, met up for the Copper Country protest...

military veteran, Vytantas Packauskas said “Freedom isn’t freedom unless we are all free.”
https://www.mininggazette.com/news/2025/04/hands-off-2/
Headline and photo with caption from The Dailing Mining Gazette. Headline: Hands Off! Locals join in national movement Apr 6, 2025 Paula Porter Photo with caption: Paula Porter/For the Gazette Protesters marched on the Portage Lift Bridge following the Hands Off rally at Houghton's Bridgeview Park. The local rally was one of five in the U,P. and more than 1,400 across the United States.

Hands Off!

HOUGHTON — A large group of people gathered in Houghton Saturday, joining millions nation-wide that took part in protests against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
The Mining Gazette
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Massive Crowds March Downtown Against Trump, Musk At ‘Hands Off’ Protest

An estimated 30,000 people joined the Chicago edition of the “Hands Off” day of action, which saw communities across the country protest President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts to government and stripping of rights.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/05/massive-crowds-march-downtown-against-trump-musk-at-hands-off-protest/

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Thousands of demonstrators gather in Daley Plaza to protest against President Donald Trump’s agenda as part of a national day of action on Saturday April 5, 2025. Credit: Jim Vondruska for Block Club Chicago
Demonstrators march through downtown Chicago to protest against President Donald Trump’s agenda as part of a national day of action on Saturday April 5, 2025. Credit: Jim Vondruska for Block Club Chicago One of the protestors in a Donald Trump in a diaper blow up costume.
Demonstrators march through downtown Chicago to protest against President Donald Trump’s agenda as part of a national day of action on Saturday April 5, 2025. Credit: Jim Vondruska for Block Club Chicago A protestor stands on a raised area and hold a blue pink and white Trans visibility flag above their head.
Demonstrators march through downtown Chicago to protest against President Donald Trump’s agenda as part of a national day of action on Saturday April 5, 2025. Credit: Jim Vondruska for Block Club Chicago Protestors photographed from the back. One holds a US flag. Another has an upside down US flag draped across their back with the text, "Resist" written on it.

Massive Crowds March Downtown Against Trump, Musk At ‘Hands Off’ Protest

An estimated 30,000 people joined the Chicago edition of the "Hands Off" day of action, which saw communities across the country protest President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's cuts to government and stripping of rights.
Charles Thrush (Block Club Chicago)
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I've been seeing a lot of creative #ProtestSigns. Many of which made me nod, some of which made me smile, and a few of which made me laugh out loud. This one made me tear up.

I was still a girl when the first #StarWars movie came out. The first Halloween costume I made for myself was a Princess Leia outfit. That character was one of the first strong female heroes I'd encountered.

"A woman's place is in the resistance." Indeed it is.

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A protestor holds a sign with text on the left that reads, "A woman's place is in the resistance." And a picture of Princess Leia on the right.

Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (@ZhiZhu@newsie.social)

Attached: 1 image I've been seeing a lot of creative #ProtestSigns. Many of which made me nod, some of which made me smile, and a few of which made me laugh out loud. This one made me tear up.
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