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AI6YR Ben<p>Someone put this together... <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Jason Stiff<p>Me too, little one... me too.</p><p>You tell &#39;em!</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/April5th" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>April5th</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/handsoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>handsoff</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>protest</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Saturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Saturday</span></a></p>
Christine Malec<p>Fuck I love Mastodon! No other platform has ever given me as a Blind person such access to the public sphere as I've gotten today from alt text of protests in the United States. Thanks to all you gorgeous folk for demonstrating that inclusion matters, cause it sure does to me!</p>
John Refior<p>In 1773, Boston stood up to a tyrant who called himself king. Today, Boston did so again.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DefendTheConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendTheConstitution</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massachusetts</span></a></p>
Norcal Gma 2<p>It looks like a new storm on the horizon. The offshore rain clouds were blocking my beautiful sunset.<br />Summer wasn&#39;t in the mood to relax and chat because she was watching the herd of deer in the neighbor&#39;s field. She discourages them from feeding in our garden just by existing.<br />When I joined this community, and started tooting the comings and goings of our days, politics wasn&#39;t a big part of my daily life. <br />I know some people followed us to avoid the negative politics that threatens to suck us all into a black hole full of anger and anxiety. <br />I still toot about our everyday lives, but include my attempts to resist the wrongs perpetrated against all of us, by our elected officials.<br />I do wish things were different, and that my retirement could be what it should be, and I could toot accordingly, but for now this is my reality. <br />Today has shown that clearly I am not alone. Thank goodness!</p>
Madeleine Morris<p>So, while the massive crowds in NY, Washington, Boston and Chicago are great, please show your appreciation to those who protested in smaller towns.</p><p>Even a crowd of 25 or 30 people… they risk more. They’re holding up signs in front of their neighbours and people they know. That takes a courage that you don’t need in a big march in a big city.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a></p>
Esther Schindler<p>I laughed out loud</p>
Brian Ward<p>One of my favorite signs spotted today in Seattle.</p>
McNadoMD<p>To everyone who went out today to protest — strong work! You got NBC and CNN to finally cover it, and they are now listing the attendance as “millions”. Fuck yeah.</p>
Joaquín Baldwin<p>Big crowds in downtown Los Angeles. The sign was a success, although it slowed my pace a lot. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DTLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DTLA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PershingSquare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PershingSquare</span></a></p>
Alexander Karn<p>They will minimize it. Mock it. Insist there’s no point. </p><p>But we know. </p><p>Next round on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/May1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>May1</span></a>. </p><p>If everyone who protested today brings one more person…BOOM. 💥</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/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RMOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RMOL</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>Relay stations owned or leased by the US government are no longer carrying Radio Free Asia broadcasts with transmissions to China and Tibet totally gone. <a href="https://www.rfa.org/english/asia/2025/04/04/china-tibet-shortwave-radio-free-asia/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rfa.org/english/asia/2025/04/0</span><span class="invisible">4/china-tibet-shortwave-radio-free-asia/</span></a></p>
Sue Stone<p>"demonstrators told me that they were under no illusion that Trump or Elon Musk would be much swayed by their anger or creative signage. The point, they said, was to show the rest of America that the opposition exists—and is widespread. “This is not for them,” Gina King, a retired teacher from New York City, told me. “This is for us.”"</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/protest-washington-hands-off/682317/?gift=mBLCHcnsd_Gd3EecvWSKTbW3JMLKKRlqPl3NTGvhtq4&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/politics/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2025/04/protest-washington-hands-off/682317/?gift=mBLCHcnsd_Gd3EecvWSKTbW3JMLKKRlqPl3NTGvhtq4&amp;utm_source=copy-link&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share</span></a></p>
Michael H<p>Some reflections about today at the <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a> rally in <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/Atlanta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atlanta</span></a>. </p><p>I admittedly was feeling a bit hopeless. All the messages of terribleness from family and friends this week (from gov't firings, programs shutting down, etc), my literal life savings getting hit by these stupid tariffs, and well, I felt like a rowboat in stormy seas.</p><p>But my god, the number of people who showed up at Piedmont Park and marched - miles of patriotic Americans - marching to the GA State Capital. All the signs, the energy, the chants, the marching bands. </p><p>The energy was great, the mood was intense but focused, and seeing the sea of Americans at the end of the march brought tears to my eyes.</p><p>The media showed up too - documenting to everyone that this for real. </p><p>And during this, all the organizing on Mastodon, on Bluesky, the work of <a href="https://theatl.social/tags/Indivisible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indivisible</span></a> Atlanta (esp. Kimberly Krautter) has been inspiring beyond words.</p><p>We've got a political and social movement, folks. There is a long way to go to fixing what is so terribly broken, but activating people for political action is Step 1 in that struggle.</p>
Vas<p>Shannon Watts<br>@shannonrwatts<br>Um. This is Utah. …UTAH.</p>
Gabe Ortíz<p>“The message is: crowd large. A lot of politicians and administrators and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift. Events like this puncture that delusion.</p><p>They are an unavoidable illustration of outrage. Trump may have gotten a lot undone in the last three months, but the opposition never went away, and it may finally be emboldened.</p><p>On Saturday, it showed that it is everywhere.”</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/hands-off-donald-trump-fear-new-york-city/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/hands-off-donald-trump-fear-new-york-city/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a></p>
Chris Price<p>*coo*</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/pigeons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>pigeons</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<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/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a> <br>Talkeenta Alaska Hands Off</p>
Missing The Point<p>Today there was even a protest rally on Heard Island.</p>
MtnSunTrees<p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Boise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boise</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idaho</span></a><br> :bongoCat:</p>
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