Hands Off 2025

[theshadowknows]

Protests today about the current administration are a sight to behold. From a sea of people in Boston resembling Woodstock to the rest of the world.


 

Here’s a wrap-up of the day’s key events:

• Hundreds of protesters – including Americans living abroad – have taken to the streets across major European cities in a show of defiance against Donald Trump’s administration. Protesters rallied in Frankfurt, Berlin, Paris, London and Lisbon, all in a united show of opposition against Trump’s policies.
  
  
• Jamie Raskin, the Democratic representative of Maryland, addressed the crowd in Washington DC. Raskin said: “We’ve got the right to protest for what is right without being arrested, deported or fired. We’ve got the right to read the books we want… We’ve even got the right to call the president deranged from crashing our economy, destroying $6tn of wealth…and the press has the right to call the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico.”
  
  
• Maxwell Frost, Florida’s Democratic representatve, also adddressed the crowd in Washington DC. Frost said: “This insidious rise of authoritarianism is fueled by corrupt billionaires and mega corporations who believe that they have the right to control every aspect of our lives.”
  
  
• Demonstrators from as far afield as New Hampshire and Pennsylvania gathered on Washington DC’s national monument. In overcast conditions, protesters displayed a vast array of placards and, in some cases, Ukrainian flags, expressing opposition to administration policies.
  
  
• In addition to large US cities, anti-Donald Trump protests are also taking place through the US’s smaller towns, including in red counties. Photos posted onto BlueSky showed demonstrators in St. Augustine, a small town in Florida of 14,000 people in a red county. Many waved signs that read: “The king of corruption!” and “Make lying wrong again!”
  
  
• About 600 people registered for the event, billed as a “Hands Off” rally, at the Ventura Government Center on Victoria Avenue in California. Signs indicated protesters are worried about a range of issues – racism, national parks, health care, environment, veteran benefits, grocery costs and more.
  
  
• Several hundred vociferous anti-Trump demonstrators converged on a traffic circle in Florida’s Fort Lauderdale suburb of Hollywood Saturday morning to vent their rejection of the 47th president’s policies and myriad executive orders. Chanting “hey hey, ho ho, Trump and Musk have got to go,” the predominantly white protestors jeered motorists in Tesla Cybertrucks and hoisted a variety of colorful placards that left little doubt where they stand on the topic of Donald Trump.
  
  https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...nistration
  

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

Haven't marched since his first term. And this was that on steroids.

And I didn't see a single arrest. It really was what democracy looks like. Police estimated 14,000 showed up. Ours was around Noon to 2 PM. Took over the core of downtown pretty much. Very few counter protestors to be seen.

The official White House statement along the lines of "Protests will not intimidate or derail the President's agenda." couldn't better encapsulate the purpose of the day.

It was way bigger than the BLM one, and far less destructive. No windows boarded up. It went out of its way to be as joyful and united as possible. And this is just the first one. Now we get all the policies designed to antagonize the people demonstrating against him today. And those protests.

Most common things for Trump/Musk to keep their hands off included:

Body
Marriage
IVF
Right to serve
Job
Education
Healthcare
Free trade
Immigration Policy

Knowing how he works, some of those may be further targeted in the coming weeks as his official response.

[Maxmars]

Congratulations on exercising your rights without interference... a rare success these days! 

This was very much what protests are supposed to be. 
Speak your mind... no one gets hurt.

Of course, it helps to not hear any media antagonism.
(It's quite easy to manufacture though, as you well know.)
The "free speech" of money will tell, ultimately.

[xuenchen]

Looks like thousands upon thousands really want the Biden/Democrat corruption back!!

Democrat Leaders are pouring it on thick too

[UltraBudgie]

This was... rather suspiciously well organized, wouldn't you say? I suspect these guys were behind it:

[KKLoco]

This was... rather suspiciously well organized, wouldn't you say? I suspect these guys were behind it:

[Image: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gnu5vh9aMAAw...ame=medium]

[MonkMode]

It doesn’t seem like Trump is backing down on the tariffs, whattaya think?

He announced on “Truth Social” ONLY THE WEAK WILL FAIL.

That is what makes it seem like he is not backing down to me.

[UltraBudgie]

It doesn’t seem like Trump is backing down on the tariffs, whattaya think?

He announced on “Truth Social” ONLY THE WEAK WILL FAIL.

That is what makes it seem like he is not backing down to me.

He also roguishly shared a video of him bombing a civilian gathering in Yemen today, on the 15th anniversary of the "Collateral Murder" video from Iraq.

https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/190...0810479821

Someone knows exactly what message they want to send. Stay safe out there.

[theshadowknows]

Looks like thousands upon thousands really want the Biden/Democrat corruption back!!

Democrat Leaders are pouring it on thick too

[Image: https://i.ibb.co/kQPtvnK/Zophie-Jan18a.gif]

I think there are a lot of conservatives in regret right now too. The important thing is that it was peaceful. Further contributions to tribalism from either side serve no purpose.

[IdeomotorPrisoner]

whattaya think?

I feel something gnawing holes in me.



Apologies to any AFI fans in existence.

Lyrics:

Hope unknown, sometimes just waking is surreal
I pass right through the nameless ones
I know that hope's unknown, sometimes the water feels so real
As I walk through, it fills my lungs, my God I'm drowning

This day never seems to end
This pain, never
This day never seems to end
This rage, I cannot let go

I hear them calling my name
I feel them gnawing out holes
All throughout my flawless soul
I hear them calling my name
I feel them gnawing out holes
All throughout my flawless soul

So alone, sometimes I swear that I can hear
The taunting of the voiceless ones
I fear that I alone fear those who finally ceased to feel
That they're alone inside this place, I am the misplaced

This day never seems to end
This pain, never
This day never seems to end
This rage, I cannot let go

I hear them calling my name
I feel them gnawing out holes
All throughout my flawless soul
I hear them calling my name
I feel them gnawing out holes
All throughout my flawless soul

Now every face looks familiar
Found every face would melt away until now
Everyone, do you know?
I know your deception
Now every face looks familiar
Found every face would melt away until now
Everyone, do you know? (Do you know?)
I know your deception

I hear them, I hear them calling my name
I feel them gnawing out holes
All throughout my flawless soul
I hear them calling my name
I feel them gnawing out holes
All throughout my flawless soul