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Jude Jackson<p>Protesters denounced Trump’s fascist attacks on workers, immigrants, social benefits, and democratic rights.</p><p>The political meaning of the April 5 mass protests against Trump - World Socialist Web Site</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/April5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/07/fpwl-a07.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/0</span><span class="invisible">7/fpwl-a07.html</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindowRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowRock</span></a>: Live on Saturday: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dine</span></a>' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassMobilization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassMobilization</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> Capitol </p><p>via <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/live-now-window-rock-dine-mass.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04</span><span class="invisible">/live-now-window-rock-dine-mass.html</span></a></p><p>Watch recorded videos<br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/marley.shebala" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">facebook.com/marley.shebala</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Remembrance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Remembrance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChokecherryMassacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChokecherryMassacre</span></a> Remembrance March by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Din%C3%A9Bikeyah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DinéBikeyah</span></a> Chapter of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanIndianMovement</span></a> [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIM</span></a>]</p><p>Saturday, April 5, 2025, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FarmingtonNewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarmingtonNewMexico</span></a>. </p><p>Remembering three Navajo men <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HermanBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HermanBenally</span></a> of Kirtland, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JohnEarlHarvey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnEarlHarvey</span></a> of Fruitland, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DavidIgnacio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidIgnacio</span></a> of Blanco who were beaten and killed in April 1974 by three Farmington High School students.</p><p>Signs read: "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ScienceIsReal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceIsReal</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackAndBrownLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackAndBrownLivesMatter</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoHumanBeingIsIllegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoHumanBeingIsIllegal</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LoveIsLove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoveIsLove</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRightsAreHumanRights</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KindnessIsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KindnessIsEverything</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopArrestingMyBrothersAndSisters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopArrestingMyBrothersAndSisters</span></a>."</p><p>Read more / photographs:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/chokecherry-massacre-remembrance-march.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04</span><span class="invisible">/chokecherry-massacre-remembrance-march.html</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Din%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diné</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Remembrance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Remembrance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a></p>
wdhughes.bsky.social<p>Plus we need to see how elected Rs react to millions of people who protested on <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23April5th" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#April5th</a>, plus the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Republican" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a> loss for <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Wisconsin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wisconsin</a> Supreme Court, plus the backslide of 2 R+30 <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USHouse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USHouse</a> districts in <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Florida" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Florida</a> to R+10...
These people will only stay loyal to <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> if he's a guaranteed winner.</p>
JennyQuackles<p>HANDS OFF DEMOCRACY!
Yesterday, blustery rainy day in Vermont, around 45 residents at The Residence at Otter Creek joined the HANDS OFF! 😭😍
Thank you @erin_hurlburt for doing this!!!!
<a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23handsoff" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handsoff</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%2350501movement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#50501movement</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23handsoff" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#handsoff</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23peoplesmovement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peoplesmovement</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23april5th" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#april5th</a></p>
jackhutton 🇺🇸<p>Hands-off, San Francisco, April 5, 2025. City Hall, Civic Center. Some signs, etc. at the rally. "When we fight we win." Do not give up. We have to put these protests front and center. Make our objections heard--to everything this administration and the Republicans are doing to destroy America. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/handsoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handsoff</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanFrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/handsoffprotest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handsoffprotest</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trumpprotest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpprotest</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/handsoffmedicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handsoffmedicare</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/handsoffmedicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handsoffmedicaid</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/usaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usaid</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/april5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>april5th</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/saveAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saveAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>california</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/northerncalifornia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>northerncalifornia</span></a></p>
Dennis A<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HandsOffProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffProtest</span></a> <br>"In coordinated demonstrations that organizers said took place across all 50 states, the "Hands Off!" protest accused Trump and his administration of championing policies that benefit the rich while making life harder for everyone else."</p><p>We went to the anti-Trump protests. Here's what surprised us the most.</p><p>"Coordinated nationwide protests against the Trump administration drew large crowds. Business Insider was there."<br><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anti-trump-protests-hands-off-2025-4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businessinsider.com/anti-trump</span><span class="invisible">-protests-hands-off-2025-4</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Some scenes from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AugustaME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AugustaME</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> rally (not my images -- from the Kennebec Journal) </p><p>by Hannah Kaufman, Kennebec Journal</p><p>AUGUSTA — "By about 2:20 p.m., the protest in Augusta had effectively ended, but for a smaller group, the march continued, with some making their third and fourth laps around the block.<br>Organizers had intended the march to take place on the sidewalk, but the width of Capitol Street was filled with a throng of protesters shortly before 2 p.m.</p><p>"Vivian Myers-Jones, a protester from New Brunswick, Canada, said an organizer estimated 3,000 people were at the protest during its peak.</p><p>"Several students from Bates College in Lewiston said they came to Augusta to protest in support of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>. One student, Dylan, said action on the Israel-Hamas war is overdue.</p><p>"'We’ve been seeing a genocide unfolding before our eyes for years now, and it’s overdue that people are doing something,' he said. 'We’ve been trying to make change, and I think some people are being shocked into action now, which is good to see.'</p><p>"Another student, Robert, said it’s important to exercise the right to protest.<br>'We’re fighting to continue fighting — about Palestine, about everything that’s going on in this country,' he said. <br>It’s important that we come together now.'"</p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/live-updates-mainers-rally-throughout-the-state-to-protest-trump-policies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pressherald.com/2025/04/05/liv</span><span class="invisible">e-updates-mainers-rally-throughout-the-state-to-protest-trump-policies/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.md/k03Q5#selection-2017.0-2018.1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.md/k03Q5#selection-201</span><span class="invisible">7.0-2018.1</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EatElon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatElon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOffOurRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffOurRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FASCISTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FASCISTS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoTaxBreaksForTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoTaxBreaksForTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RobberBarons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RobberBarons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeportOligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeportOligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpeachImperialImbeciles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachImperialImbeciles</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>‘Listen to the people’: Thousands demonstrate across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> for national day of action against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mainers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mainers</span></a> rallied in over 20 towns against mass firings and cuts to federal programs </p><p>By: Lauren McCauley - April 5, 2025 </p><p>"'The power of the people is more important and stronger than the people in power.'</p><p>"That was what U.S. Sen. Angus King told the thousands of people who gathered on Congress Street in Portland on Saturday to protest the administration of President Donald Trump. [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UselessSusanCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UselessSusanCollins</span></a> wasn't there. Nothing new...]</p><p>"According to organizers, 3,000 people attended the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortlandME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortlandME</span></a> rally, which was just one of more than 20 events held across Maine as part of national '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a>!' actions to demonstrate widespread opposition to the gutting of the federal government spearheaded by billionaire advisor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>.</p><p>"The town mall in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrunswickME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrunswickME</span></a>, where over 500 people rallied, was a sea of homemade signs. Maine Senate President Mattie Daughtry, who represents the district, was among the crowd and noted it was one of the few times in her life she’s seen 'this many people gathered for something like this.'</p><p>"The message, she said, is 'to listen to the people.'</p><p>"'A lot of the signs that I saw were about ‘Hands off our Social Security,’ ‘Hands off our libraries,’ ‘Hands off our health care,’ I think what we’re saying is, you can’t completely unravel the fabric of our society without people noticing.'"</p><p>Read more (includes photo gallery):<br><a href="https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/04/05/listen-to-the-people-thousands-demonstrate-across-maine-for-national-day-of-action-against-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mainemorningstar.com/2025/04/0</span><span class="invisible">5/listen-to-the-people-thousands-demonstrate-across-maine-for-national-day-of-action-against-trump/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Thousands gather in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BangorME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BangorME</span></a> for "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a>!" rally</p><p>by Cali Warren Apr 5, 2025<br> <br>BANGOR -- "On Saturday, Bangor's waterfront was packed with thousands participating in an initiative called "Hands Off" - one of several protests happening all over the state and nation.</p><p>"'Hands off, it's a national mass mobilization so all over the world, all over the country, people are taking protests to the streets,' said organizer Amanda Roy.</p><p>"Protesters advocated against cuts to healthcare and government offices, and rallied for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a> and rights for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeopleOfColor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeopleOfColor</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ community.</p><p>"You name it, we're facing critical cuts, veterans and their benefits, federal employees, everything. This isn't the America that I want to live in," Roy stated. </p><p>"'I think a lot of people are here because, hands off of our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a>, hands off of our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a>, hands off our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a>, hands off our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a>, our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a>,' explained rally volunteer Deborah Lee. </p><p>"Elected officials say it's important to hear Mainer's voices at these large-scale protests.</p><p>"'We don't have billions or millions here in Maine, we're just regular Mainers speaking up, but we the people do have the power to make change and to stand up for our communities and to help each other,' explained Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who attended the rally as a guest speaker. </p><p>"'What a time to be alive, we are all living in history...I honestly would not choose to be in another time than this one right here. I feel so incredibly moved to just exist right now, in this moment where I see such energy, such <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a>, such camaraderie,' said Bangor City Council Member Joseph Leonard."</p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/thousands-gather-in-bangor-for-hands-off-rally/article_f4765c96-fba7-48aa-8340-7fdff545e200.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">foxbangor.com/news/local/thous</span><span class="invisible">ands-gather-in-bangor-for-hands-off-rally/article_f4765c96-fba7-48aa-8340-7fdff545e200.html</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a></p>
Jason Stiff<p>Me too, little one... me too.</p><p>You tell 'em!</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/handsoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handsoff</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Saturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saturday</span></a></p>
jackhutton 🇺🇸<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sanfrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanfrancisco</span></a> City Hall, Civic Center *now* <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/april5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>april5th</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Image via @witchofagnesionx.bsky.social -- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheTurdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheTurdReich</span></a>! From the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortlandME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortlandME</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> rally!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>I love this sign at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthParisME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthParisME</span></a> rally! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a>! (Not my photo -- from the Lewiston Sun Journal.)</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOffOurLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffOurLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LibrariesRule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibrariesRule</span></a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OxfordHillsME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OxfordHillsME</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Images from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AuburnME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuburnME</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> rally! (Not my images, from the Portland Press Herald.)<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LewistonME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LewistonME</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>More images from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortlandME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortlandME</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> rally at Monument Square (not my images, from the Portland Press Herald). The statue atop the monument is "Our Lady of Victories".<br> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>It seems my <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainePride</span></a> sign was a big hit! <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthPortlandME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthPortlandME</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOffOurBodies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffOurBodies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOffOurJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffOurJobs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOffOurSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffOurSchools</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DontApologizeJanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DontApologizeJanet</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>'<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a>' rally in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortsmouthNH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PortsmouthNH</span></a>: Thousands slam <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and his policies<br> <br>by Ian Lenahan<br>Portsmouth Herald<br>Updated 3:19 p.m. ET April 5, 2025</p><p>PORTSMOUTH — "Large crowds of protesters gathered Saturday at "Hands Off" rallies in Seacoast New Hampshire and Maine and across the nation, speaking out against President Donald Trump and his administration's actions.<br> <br>"Large crowds in downtown Portsmouth lined both sides of the length of Congress Street, spilling into side streets, exceeding expectations for city police.<br>Protesters have focused on issues like Trump's tariffs, Trump's actions to end protections for immigrants and transgender people, the dismantling of the Department of Education, cuts to the Veterans Administration, and layoffs of thousands of federal workers. </p><p>"Protesters in Portsmouth called for the Department of Government Efficiency to be dismantled, for the federal government to protect <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teachers</span></a>, public <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a> staff, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abortionrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abortionrights</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ rights, labeled Trump “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/orangeMussolini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orangeMussolini</span></a>,” and called for preserving <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a>.</p><p>“Hands off the Constitution,” one sign said. “Democracy is not for sale!”<br>Portsmouth crowd grows to thousands</p><p>Read more, view photos:<br><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/local/2025/04/05/hands-off-rally-portsmouth-nh-trump-protest/82762300007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usatoday.com/story/news/local/</span><span class="invisible">2025/04/05/hands-off-rally-portsmouth-nh-trump-protest/82762300007/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/VtjVe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/VtjVe</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewHampshireResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewHampshireResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConcordNH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConcordNH</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> rally!</p><p>Crowds gather in Concord, other New Hampshire communities for 'Hands Off!' rallies</p><p><a href="https://www.wmur.com/article/hands-off-rallies-new-hampshire-4525/64395338" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wmur.com/article/hands-off-ral</span><span class="invisible">lies-new-hampshire-4525/64395338</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewHampshireResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewHampshireResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HandsOff2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a></p>
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