2025/04/05

Saturday, April 5, 2025 (#95)

Friday Saturday Sunday On This Date 2025/04/05 23:23 UTC [L..T] You Can Stop Asking Where the Mass Opposition Is. It's Everywhere. «It is a cliche to begin a story about a rally with a quote from a funny sign, but one small piece of floppy brown cardboard floating down 40th Street in Manhattan on Saturday seemed to capture the mood of this weekend’s "Hands Off" protests against President Donald Trump: "Where do I start?"» [...] «People weren't taking action just to protest what the president and his movement represented, but because of visceral fear – real fear – of what he had already done, and that once impossible things were now very much possible.» Article also references the "Ikea has better cabinets" sign. 2025/04/05 22:34 UTC [L..T] My Trump-Loving Massachusetts Hometown Just Showed The Hell Up «Marshfield votes more red than Massachusetts does overall. But their massive protest on Saturday suggests Trump might be changing that.» 2025/04/05 19:37 UTC [L..T] In Carthage, Protesters Join Nationwide "Hands Off" Rally Against Trump, Musk «In Carthage on Saturday afternoon, opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk gathered around the Moore County Courthouse to protest the administration's actions on government downsizing, the economy and human rights. [/] The protest, which lasted from 1 p.m. to about 2:30 p.m., was, at its peak, attended by close to 200 people. A counter protest of about three cars began at around 1:10 p.m. and lasted a little less than an hour.» Photos United States Albany, NY Albany, NY Albany, NY Albany, NY Asheville, NC Asheville, NC Asheville, NC Baltimore, MD Boston, MA Boston, MA Boston, MA Bothell, WA Bothell, WA Bothell, WA Buffalo, NY Buffalo, NY Cornelius, NC New York City New York City Palm Springs, FL Palm Springs, FL Philadelphia, PA: "Take out the Trash" (using Tesla, Inc. logo for the "T") Philadelphia, PA: "The Handmaid's Tale should remain fiction." Philadelphia, PA: "No king but Burger King" Raleigh, NC San Jose, CA South Portland, ME Washington, DC US: Durham, NC worldwide London, UK Amsterdam, Netherlands: "UNTRUMP THE WORLD" Lisbon, Portugal