I know it is not all that I need to do, but it gave me some strength to carry on. Thank you.

Making my protest sign with Franklin, looking forward to seeing other citizens who care about defending democracy as much as I do, and then actually being there and seeing all those earnest, irreverent, angry lovely people did me more good than I can say.

No Kings III demonstration poster featuring a globe encircled by a banner that reads, "Working on a world I may never see." There is an adult hand holding a flower near the top of the banner and a child's hand receiving a seed near the bottom of the banner. The globe is surrounded by flowers and stars. The geographic details of the globe are inexact.

A day after No Kings III, I hear it dismissed as a therapy session. As if eight million million Americans getting mental health support would be something to sneer at!

Northwest Detention Center DENIED my right to conduct oversight YouTube video by Representative Pramila Jayapal

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Great turnout for today’s Rapid Response training. If you couldn’t attend today, online training is available at waisn.org/events/
Thank you @waisn.bsky.social

I am so grateful to the many people who turned out today! I feel stronger and more hopeful knowing so many folks in our community care about their neighbors. I will do anything I can to support them.

A graceful young man holds balloons and a protest sign across the street from the Clallam County courthouse. The sign says, "Release the list."

I was inspired to meet so many people today who are willing to stand up for the best of what America stands for! Port Angeles had great turnout for No Kings in two locations. There were some coal rollers but they left when the police showed up.

One of these pictures is different from the others. The third one appears to have been altered to include a line in a font like handwriting: "Kiss the boss's ass, cover mine." Her testimony was reprehensible enough to preclude the need for cheap tricks.

Pro-democracy demonstrator holds dog and a protest sign depicting a submarine sandwich and the word "resist." They are standing in front of a branch of Subway restaurant.

We stopped for lunch after joining the pro-democracy protest in Port Angeles today. I was craving a sandwich.

JOANN Fabrics, Party City, Toys R Us, Red Lobster — private equity drove all of them to the ground. YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

My community used to have Joann Fabrics. Now, we don't. I thought it was because people aren't as crafty now as they were during the pandemic. Elizabeth Warren explains the real reason why...and the real reason makes me mad.

This is what I am looking for on Bluesky: creative responses to the insanity and inhumanity of our political leaders and a call to action that respects the ability of people to be persuaded. Thank you.

Diesel Dick? He must have been a character! Sounds like the memorial convoy is a nice tradition...

For me, this is the context of my experience of the truck convoy at the Hands Off demonstration. I'm glad that most people were friendly or indifferent, but I can't forget that some people see us as targets.

The True Story of the Antifa Invasion of Forks, Washington A false report on Twitter exploded into a call to arms. Then a bus, carrying a family and two dogs, rolled into a remote Northwestern town.

And I remember how folks in Forks used their vehicles to terrorize an interracial family on a Twilight vacation.
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Defendants in 'Trump Train' trial gloated about swarming Biden bus: 'Ready to f*** s*** up' The plaintiffs are arguing that members of the "Trump Train" broke the KKK Act, an 1871 law against coordinated intimidation and political violence.

I recall the Trump Trains didn't just target Biden and Harris, they slowed traffic between Port Angeles and Sequim.
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Charlottesville: Who was victim Heather Heyer? Tributes have poured in for the 32-year-old killed while protesting at a "Unite the Right" rally.

When a man in a giant truck is yelling at me and my protest sign, I'm thinking of Heather Heyer.
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Maybe the shouts, slurs and middle fingers were expression of judgement clouded by grief, but it doesn't change the fact that we live in a time when vehicular attacks against protestors have become a part of American political expression.

On their way to a memorial in trucks decked with flags and pro-Trump signs? Maybe it was a funeral for American democracy. Look, I'm prepared to believe you, but the fact is whatever brought them to the Hands Off demonstration, they acted badly once they got there.

Worley of Forks, WA
Ellis Trucking
James Ellis DBA The Heartline DOT 2412615
Ozette Industries
John R. Prichard
Jeff Wilcox Trucking
Micheal L. Burke Trucking
Herman Brothers Logging and Construction
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It was only after the first few trucks had moved on that I thought to photograph the aggressive drivers. I wanted to remember who they were and avoid patronizing their businesses. I realize I have no way of knowing if the owners of these vehicles knew they were being used for this purpose. 4/5

I'm not surprised by incivilities on either side of a protest in these polarized times, but there have been so many instances of cars being driving into and sometimes killing demonstrators, that I couldn't help but be concerned by the aggressive ways these people were using their vehicles. 3/5

The horns where so loud that one frail older woman stumbled into the street with the first onslaught. There were children present, too, and I was glad to see they had ear protection, but that didn't protect them from clouds of exhaust fumes as the trucks stopped and gunned their engines. 2/5

Most folks driving by the Hands Off demonstration in Port Angles on April 5th either gave a friendly honk and whoop or did not make any kind of communication, but there was one coordinated response I found disturbing. A convoy of heavy trucks used loud horns and fumes to express their opposition.

2/2 The issues that drew the newcomers I spoke to were diverse: education, loss of federal employment, worry about threats to cancer and other medical research, and several who didn't identify just one issue but felt like the current administration is "going too far."

A large crowd of protesters gather in front of the Clallam county courthouse in Port Angeles, WA. In the foreground a protestor holds a sign that says YOU ARE LOVED, SEEN VALUED, NEEDED.

Yesterday's Hands Off demonstration in Port Angeles was inspiring, not only for the sheer volume of the people who turned out, but also because it attracted people for whom protest was an unfamiliar form of political expression. 1/2

Port Angeles welcomes first visitors from Victoria after Trump threats Around 150 people showed up, most of them wearing red, for the first sailing of the Coho ferry since Trump’s tariff threats

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In the wake of international tensions, Port Angeles residents organized to welcome the return of ferry service between the US and Canada. It was beautiful.

The Anti-Inaugural Concert: Leonard Bernstein, Richard Nixon and the "Plea for Peace" music of 1973 Inauguration - The Kitchen Sisters Present The Kitchen Sisters Present… Stories from the b-side of history. Lost recordings, hidden worlds, people possessed by a sound, a vision, a mission. Deeply layered stories, lush with interviews, field r...

I always enjoy this show, but this timely episode was just what I needed today: a reminder of how our country has survived other difficult times by joining together and lifting our voices not just in protest but in song. Thank you, Kitchen Sisters!

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post Democracy can't function without a free press

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