#resistance

"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.

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!"

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**Zhi Zhu** @ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 34m

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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

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

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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."

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**DoomsdaysCW** @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · 41m *

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Source:
https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.bsky.social/post/3lm7y5l7fk22q
#PineTreeActivism #Events #MaineEvents #MaineResists #BadDOGE #ResistAuthoritarianism #TeslaTakedowns #Resistance #Resist

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. 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.

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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**Zhi Zhu** @ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 51m

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"“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

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.

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**Zhi Zhu** @ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 59m *

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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

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!!"

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**DoomsdaysCW** @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · 59m

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Rod2ik @rod2ik@mastodon.social

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 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

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

**Rod2ik** @rod2ik@mastodon.social · 1h

#Droits de #douane de Donald #Trump : "La #France sera touchée par la #deuxième #vague"

Mais , arrêtons de négocier avec ce petit tyran méprisable, et entrons en #résistance #tarifaire #européenne (et même #mondiale) concertée

https://www.lexpress.fr/economie/politique-economique/droits-de-douane-de-donald-trump-la-france-sera-touchee-par-la-deuxieme-vague-RRRXW3FVOVAZNJHDBXCL4222DI/

L'Express · 5hDroits de douane de Donald Trump : "La France sera touchée par la deuxième vague"By Muriel Breiman

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**Zhi Zhu** @ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 1h

"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

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."

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**Zhi Zhu** @ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 1h

"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

A protest sign with the text, "Real Americans respect the Constitution!"

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**DoomsdaysCW** @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · 1h

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, 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/

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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/

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**Zhi Zhu** @ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 1h

More protest photos from Joyce Vance's write up of the international #HandsOff protest.
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/hands-off

A protestor holds up a sign with plain black and white text that reads, "We value due process, public health, science, our veterans, our diversity, the friendship & autonomy of our allies."

Two protestors hold up signs, the higher sign reads, "Honk if you never drunk texted attack plans to a reporter!!" The lower sign is in the shape of a national park sign and reads, "Hands off our national parks. Be gay. Do climbs."

A protestor hold up a sign that reads, "Hands off our rule of law"

A protestor looks at the sign he's holding which says, "Cory Booker sent me!" with a photo of Cory Booker at the bottom.

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**Zhi Zhu** @ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 1h

"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

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.

**Zhi Zhu** @ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 1h

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.

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.

**DoomsdaysCW** @DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · 3h