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#MassiveProtests Against #Trump are Just The Beginning

A co-founder of #Indivisible lays out a vision for harnessing millions of protesters into an unstoppable pro-democracy movement

by Tim Dickerson, April 8, 2025

Excerpts: "The demonstrations were organized by a broad coalition — including groups that rose to prominence in the first Trump administration, like Indivisible, upstarts like the #50501Movement, as well as established grassroots groups like #MoveOn. The upswell of resistance surprised even seasoned organizers. Indivisible cofounder #EzraLevin texted Rolling Stone on Friday to predict 'one of the largest single-day protests in years' adding that the public response was “kind of shocking."

[...]

"This was a Big Tent — everybody from like #DSA to #MattYglesias and #NeverTrump Republicans were endorsing it. I had briefly gotten excited about calling this the 'Normal March.'

"Like the wacko, MAGA, right-wing crazies are not gonna be part of this. But if you’re a normal person, you would want to take part. Because obviously you oppose #Project2025, you oppose #DOGE and the richest man in the world coming after your #SocialSecurity.

"But I’m happy we went with '#HandsOff.' It served as a good rallying cry, because we all come to this for different reasons. Maybe we’re concerned about the #tariffs, maybe we’re concerned about #TransKids in our community being targeted, or the #immigrants being disappeared, or maybe we’re concerned about Social Security. We’ve all got something to fight back on."

Read more:
rollingstone.com/politics/poli

Archived version:
archive.ph/eohLD
#Resistance #Resist #ResistAuthoritarianism #ResistFascism #BadDOGE

A large balloon with an image of President Donald Trump above protesters during the nationwide "Hands Off" protests against Trump and Elon Musk in downtown Los Angeles on April 5, 2025. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)
Rolling Stone · Massive Protests Against Trump Are Just the BeginningBy Tim Dickinson
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Pine Tree Activism Calendar
Scheduled Events (cont'd)

April 12th - #DamariscottaME - Sat 12noon-1:00PM - Bridge over the Damariscotta River - Friends for Freedom - Hosted by Lincoln County Indivisible. Peaceful assembly to support the continuation of democracy and resistance to the unprecedented wealth transfer by super wealthy. mobilize.us/mobilize/event/771

April 12th - #RocklandME - 12noon-1:00pm (& every Sat), Chapman Park, 294 Main St. - Sing Songs of Resistance with The Audacity mobilize.us/indivisible/event/

April 12th - #BlueHillME - 12noon-1:00pm (& every Sat) - Town Hall, 18 Union Street.Join us in Weekly Peaceful Protest

April 12th - #BucksportME - Sat 12:30 (& every Sat) - #BucksportME / #VeronaME - Route 1 Bridge (Eastern Channel Bridge) - #SolidarityBucksport Gathering

April 13th - #EllsworthME - 12noon-1:00pm (& every Sunday), Main Street, River Bridge, For Peace & Palestine

April 13th - #WatervilleME - 1:00-2:00pm (& every Sun), 1 Kennedy Memorial Drive (on the bridge next to CVS), Stand Up to Preserve & Restore Our Country

April 13th - #PortsmouthNH - Sun 4-5PM (& every Sun) - #PortsmouthNH - In front of North Church off Market Square - #CivilRightsSundays - take a stand to defend our democracy! Hosted by #OccupySeacoast.

Source:
bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactiv
#PineTreeActivism #Events #MaineEvents #MaineResists #BadDOGE #ResistAuthoritarianism #TeslaTakedowns #Resistance #Resist

April 12th - #DamariscottaME - Sat 12noon-1:00PM - Bridge over the Damariscotta River - Friends for Freedom - Hosted by Lincoln County Indivisible. Peaceful assembly to support the continuation of democracy and resistance to the unprecedented wealth transfer by super wealthy. https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/771003 April 12th - #RocklandME - 12noon-1:00pm (& every Sat), Chapman Park, 294 Main St. - Sing Songs of Resistance with The Audacity https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/755899/ April 12th - #BlueHillME - 12noon-1:00pm (& every Sat) - Town Hall, 18 Union Street.Join us in Weekly Peaceful Protest April 12th - #BucksportME - Sat 12:30 (& every Sat) - #BucksportME / #VeronaME - Route 1 Bridge (Eastern Channel Bridge) - #SolidarityBucksport Gathering April 13th - #EllsworthME - 12noon-1:00pm (& every Sunday), Main Street, River Bridge, For Peace & Palestine April 13th - #WatervilleME - 1:00-2:00pm (& every Sun), 1 Kennedy Memorial Drive (on the bridge next to CVS), Stand Up to Preserve & Restore Our Country April 13th - #PortsmouthNH - Sun 4-5PM (& every Sun) - #PortsmouthNH - In front of North Church off Market Square - #CivilRightsSundays - take a stand to defend our democracy! Hosted by #OccupySeacoast.
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Pine Tree Activism Calendar
Scheduled Events (cont'd)

April 10th - #KennebunkME - Thurs 4:00-5:00PM (& every Thurs) - Route 1 & Fletcher Street, in front of the Kennebunk Library. Weekly Stand Out to Speak Against Government Actions.

April 10th - York County - Thurs 4:00-5:00PM - Stand Up For Our Freedoms - Six location along Route 1, York County, Maine. Sponsored by York County Democratic Committee and Democratic Town Committees

April 11th - #BiddefordME - Fri 4:00-5:30PM - Mechanic Park, Water & Main St., Biddeford, Maine. Stop The Coup - Indivisible Biddeford Saco Area SURJ.org mobilize.us/mobilize/event/770

April 12th - #PortsmouthNH - Sat 10:00AM-11:00AM (& every Sat) - #Tesla showroom, 2454 Lafayette Rd. #TeslaTakeDown - Do NOT park in the shopping center. For parking info: mobilize.us/event/769783/

April 12th - PortlandME - Sat 11:00AM-12noon (& every Sat) - Monument Square, 456 Congress St. Creative signs encouraged. Speakers welcome.

April 12th - BathME - Sat 11:30AM-12:30PM (& every Sat thru April 19th) - Bath Iron Works Admin Building, 700 Washington Street. Vigil for Disarmament - Say No! FMI - Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm: 763-4062

Source:
bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactiv
#PineTreeActivism #Events #MaineEvents #MaineResists #BadDOGE #ResistAuthoritarianism #TeslaTakedowns #Resistance #Resist

April 10th - #KennebunkME - Thurs 4:00-5:00PM (& every Thurs) - Route 1 & Fletcher Street, in front of the Kennebunk Library. Weekly Stand Out to Speak Against Government Actions. April 10th - York County - Thurs 4:00-5:00PM - Stand Up For Our Freedoms - Six location along Route 1, York County, Maine. Sponsored by York County Democratic Committee and Democratic Town Committees April 11th - #BiddefordME - Fri 4:00-5:30PM - Mechanic Park, Water & Main St., Biddeford, Maine. Stop The Coup - Indivisible Biddeford Saco Area SURJ.org https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/770382/ April 12th - #PortsmouthNH - Sat 10:00AM-11:00AM (& every Sat) - #Tesla showroom, 2454 Lafayette Rd. #TeslaTakeDown - Do NOT park in the shopping center. For parking info: https://www.mobilize.us/event/769783/ April 12th - PortlandME - Sat 11:00AM-12noon (& every Sat) - Monument Square, 456 Congress St. Creative signs encouraged. Speakers welcome. April 12th - BathME - Sat 11:30AM-12:30PM (& every Sat thru April 19th) - Bath Iron Works Admin Building, 700 Washington Street. Vigil for Disarmament - Say No! FMI - Smilin' Trees Disarmament Farm: 763-4062
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Pine Tree Activism Calendar
Scheduled Events (cont'd)

April 8th - #PortsmouthNH - Location TBA. Portsmouth Democrats Annual Potluck & Bi-Monthly Meeting.

April 9th - #BridgtonME - Wed, 10-11:00AM (& every Wed) - US 302 and Maine Route 117, Bridgton - Lakes Region Indivisible Peaceful Solidarity Protest, mobilize.us/mobilize/event/768

April 9th - #DamariscottaME - Wed, 11:00AM-12noon (& every Wed) - Damariscotta-Newcastle Bridge, US Bus Rt 1, Main St. By the community, For the Community Rally.

April 9th - Virtual Event - Wed, 5:00-6:30PM - Town Hall with Senator Angus King. Senator Angus King will join Indivisible Cumber County by Zoom in a virtual town hall. To register and FMI - mobilize.us/mobilize/event/773

April 9th - #BangorME - Wed, 12noon-12:30PM (& every Wed) - Peace & #Ceasefire in #Gaza. Weekly vigil hosted by Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, peacectr.org

April 9th - Virtual Event - Wed, 6-7PM. #TeamEnough (for young people under 26) - a youth-led program whose mission is to educate young people about gun violence and mobilize them to take meaningful action. FMI mobilize.us/mobilize/event/751

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Source:
bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactiv
#PineTreeActivism #Events #MaineEvents #MaineResists #BadDOGE #ResistAuthoritarianism #TeslaTakedowns #Resistance #Resist

April 8th - #PortsmouthNH - Location TBA. Portsmouth Democrats Annual Potluck & Bi-Monthly Meeting. April 9th - #BridgtonME - Wed, 10-11:00AM (& every Wed) - US 302 and Maine Route 117, Bridgton - Lakes Region Indivisible Peaceful Solidarity Protest, https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/768909/ April 9th - #DamariscottaME - Wed, 11:00AM-12noon (& every Wed) - Damariscotta-Newcastle Bridge, US Bus Rt 1, Main St. By the community, For the Community Rally. April 9th - Virtual Event - Wed, 5:00-6:30PM - Town Hall with Senator Angus King. Senator Angus King will join Indivisible Cumber County by Zoom in a virtual town hall. To register and FMI - https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/773472/ April 9th - #BangorME - Wed, 12noon-12:30PM (& every Wed) - Peace & #Ceasefire in #Gaza. Weekly vigil hosted by Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, https://www.peacectr.org April 9th - Virtual Event - Wed, 6-7PM. #TeamEnough (for young people under 26) - a youth-led program whose mission is to educate young people about gun violence and mobilize them to take meaningful action. FMI https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/751813/ (cont'd)
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[Thread] Pine Tree Activism Calendar
Scheduled Events

April 7-14 - All Week - #WalmartBoycott. Please support locally owned business instead of big box stores.

April 8th - #FreeportME, Tuesday, 8am-10am (& every Tuesday) - Corner of Main & School Streets. #AmericansUnitedInCommonCause

April 8th- #BangorME, Tue 11AM-1PM (& every Tue) - Federal Building, 202 Harlow Street - Weekly peaceful protest

April 8th - #LewistonME - Tues 12noon-1PM (& every Tuesday) - Across from Susan Collin's office: Dufresne Plaza, 72 Lisbon Street

April 8th - #WatervilleME - Tues 12-1PM (& every Tue) - Stand at #Tesla - 334 Main Street (Elm Plaza Tesla charging station) mobilize.us/indivisible/event/

April 8th - #RocklandME - Tues 6pm-7:30PM - Rockland Public Library - Midcoast : Success in Creating Housing - mobilize.us/mobilize/event/767

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Source:
bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactiv
#PineTreeActivism #Events #MaineEvents #MaineResists #BadDOGE #ResistAuthoritarianism #TeslaTakedowns #Resistance #Resist

Pine Tree Activism Calendar Scheduled Events April 7-14 - All Week - #WalmartBoycott. Please support locally owned business instead of big box stores. April 8th - #FreeportME, Tuesday, 8am-10am (& every Tuesday) - Corner of Main & School Streets. #AmericansUnitedInCommonCause April 8th- #BangorME, Tue 11AM-1PM (& every Tue) - Federal Building, 202 Harlow Street - Weekly peaceful protest April 8th - #LewistonME - Tues 12noon-1PM (& every Tuesday) - Across from Susan Collin's office: Dufresne Plaza, 72 Lisbon Street April 8th - #WatervilleME - Tues 12-1PM (& every Tue) - Stand at #Tesla - 334 Main Street (Elm Plaza Tesla charging station) https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/762157/ April 8th - #RocklandME - Tues 6pm-7:30PM - Rockland Public Library - Midcoast : Success in Creating Housing - https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/767554/ (cont'd)
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Some scenes from the #AugustaME #HandsOff rally (not my images -- from the Kennebec Journal)

by Hannah Kaufman, Kennebec Journal

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.
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.

"Vivian Myers-Jones, a protester from New Brunswick, Canada, said an organizer estimated 3,000 people were at the protest during its peak.

"Several students from Bates College in Lewiston said they came to Augusta to protest in support of #Palestine. One student, Dylan, said action on the Israel-Hamas war is overdue.

"'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.'

"Another student, Robert, said it’s important to exercise the right to protest.
'We’re fighting to continue fighting — about Palestine, about everything that’s going on in this country,' he said.
It’s important that we come together now.'"

Original article:
pressherald.com/2025/04/05/liv

Archived version:
archive.md/k03Q5#selection-201
#MaineResists #HandsOff2025 #April5th #BadDOGE #EatElon #FreePalestine #HandsOffOurRights #NoDOGE #FASCISTS #NoTaxBreaksForTheRich #RobberBarons #DeportOligarchs #ImpeachImperialImbeciles

Protestors crossing a street, forming a long line. They are marching from an official looking building (the state capital). Many of them are holding signs, some upside down American flags.
A crowd of people gathered in front of an official-looking building (the Maine state house). They are a mix and old, young, and middle-aged, and many of them are holding up signs. Some of the signs read: "Eat Elon"; "Stop funding the ethnic cleaning in Palestine"; "Hands Off Our Rights - No DOGE - FASCISTS"; "No tax breaks for the rich"; "Robber Barons"; "Deport Oligarchs, Guarantee Efficiency"; "Take Your Plutocracy to Pluto" (with a Rocket going into space).
People at a rally holding up signs. In the background is the dome of the state capitol. Some of the signs read: "Hands Off!" and "Impeach Imperial Imbeciles".
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‘Listen to the people’: Thousands demonstrate across #Maine for national day of action against #Trump

#Mainers rallied in over 20 towns against mass firings and cuts to federal programs

By: Lauren McCauley - April 5, 2025

"'The power of the people is more important and stronger than the people in power.'

"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. [#UselessSusanCollins wasn't there. Nothing new...]

"According to organizers, 3,000 people attended the #PortlandME rally, which was just one of more than 20 events held across Maine as part of national '#HandsOff!' actions to demonstrate widespread opposition to the gutting of the federal government spearheaded by billionaire advisor #ElonMusk.

"The town mall in #BrunswickME, 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.'

"The message, she said, is 'to listen to the people.'

"'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.'"

Read more (includes photo gallery):
mainemorningstar.com/2025/04/0
#MaineResists #HandsOff2025 #April5th #BadDOGE #ResistFascism

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Thousands gather in #BangorME for "#HandsOff!" rally

by Cali Warren Apr 5, 2025

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.

"'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.

"Protesters advocated against cuts to healthcare and government offices, and rallied for #equality and rights for #PeopleOfColor, #immigrants and the #LGBTQ+ community.

"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.

"'I think a lot of people are here because, hands off of our #SocialSecurity, hands off of our #Medicaid, hands off our #healthcare, hands off our #HumanRights, our #CivilRights,' explained rally volunteer Deborah Lee.

"Elected officials say it's important to hear Mainer's voices at these large-scale protests.

"'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.

"'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 #resistance, such camaraderie,' said Bangor City Council Member Joseph Leonard."

Source:
foxbangor.com/news/local/thous
#MaineResists #HandsOff2025 #April5th #BadDOGE #ResistFascism

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'#HandsOff' rally in #PortsmouthNH: Thousands slam #Trump and his policies

by Ian Lenahan
Portsmouth Herald
Updated 3:19 p.m. ET April 5, 2025

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.

"Large crowds in downtown Portsmouth lined both sides of the length of Congress Street, spilling into side streets, exceeding expectations for city police.
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.

"Protesters in Portsmouth called for the Department of Government Efficiency to be dismantled, for the federal government to protect #teachers, public #school staff, #Abortionrights, #FederalWorkers, #WomensRights and #LGBTQ+ rights, labeled Trump “#orangeMussolini,” and called for preserving #Medicaid, #Medicare and #SocialSecurity.

“Hands off the Constitution,” one sign said. “Democracy is not for sale!”
Portsmouth crowd grows to thousands

Read more, view photos:
usatoday.com/story/news/local/

Archived version:
archive.ph/VtjVe
#NewHampshireResists #HandsOff2025 #April5th #BadDOGE #ResistFascism #USPol

USA TODAY · 'Hands Off' rally in Portsmouth: Thousands slam Trump and his policiesBy , USA TODAY
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