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I'm Making, thrifting, gifting from what I have, swapping for what I need. Holding back my spending wherever possible as a form of resistance.

Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.

A person wearing a cardboard sign that says "Bad DOGE! Good Dogs" and walking two sausage dogs wearing dogs against DOGE signs

A small Beagle mix wearing a cardboard sign that reads "Dogs Against DOGE"

A person holding a red white and blue sign that reads "Elect a Clown Expect a Circus" with a picture of Donald Trump dressed as a clown. Another person holding a blue sign that says "There is only one immigrant taking American jobs away" with a picture of Elon Musk giving a Nazi salute

A person in a crowd of people holding a hand drawn sign that shows Leo Lionni's children's book bear with text overlay "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" and a word bubble that reads "I see Nazis, that's what I see!"

Boston's humor, intelligence and attitude buoy us through typical crap weather for #HandsOff @50501movement.bsky.social with over 100,000 turnout to Boston Common and City Hall Plaza! Here are some of my favorites of the day. If little dogs can show up in the rain, so can we all!

100,000+ marching in the seat of democracy, our Boston, to demand #HandsOff! #50501

Numbers so underreported here - it was easily 10x 10,000!

For full transparency, there were free snacks in Boston! #mutualaid But it was totes raining and in the 30's and still 100,000+

Massive. Thank you to everyone who turned out! Funny, on the ground as a short person I had no idea how many were behind us. 100K+ in Boston.

TODAY WE MOBILIZED OVER 3 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION!!!

This movement has entered the next chapter: the people will mobilize again, and again, until we make a difference.

It only takes 3.5% of the population in a sustained resistance in order to make a difference.

#50501movement

YouTube video by Associated Press LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor

15 hours and counting! The account of wrongs being done to our democracy can last forever, but only if we let it... www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...

Wake up America - free speech is dying a not so slow death. This is a test to see what the people will bear.

YouTube video by Rai Adriano Celentano canta "Prisencolinensinainciusol" da "Formula due" del 1973

@djjohnrichards.bsky.social & djmorgan spinning a 1970's Italian pop set @kexp.bsky.social and I'm 💀. I love it so much that I show my Italian husband and he says "Oh, that's [husband's bff for 50+ years] great uncle, one of the most famous Italian pop stars of all time" 🤯 youtu.be/fU-wH8SrFro?...

That’s right. 🇺🇦

I would say more, but the below caption is already perfect.

Signs of the times. They've just been waiting for their "moment," I guess.

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And, general public, if you think this memo isn't code for restricting more than "sports" related freedom of movement for the trans community, you're kidding yourself. We need to protect our trans community - this is a big red flashing warning light.

Useful? You decide. screamintothevoid.com

Where To Get Financial Help When You’re Unemployed If you're about to run out of unemployment benefits — or those benefits aren't enough to pay the bills — here's how to find help.

Where To Get Financial Help When You’re Unemployed
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DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.

No Sequoia, by Sapling 12 track album

Happy 5th birthday, No Sequoia! Our debut full-length is now available free to download on our Bandcamp. Help us celebrate by sharing!

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That $10.7 mil would pay a at least a few salaries from the "wasteful" fed jobs chump authorized DOGE to trash.

As Trump takes over leadership at Kennedy Center, some protest through dance President Trump and his appointees are now solely in charge of the Kennedy Center. Performers protested by dancing.

President Trump and his appointees are now solely in charge of the Kennedy Center. Performers protested by dancing.

People in winter gear outside the Massachusetts State House holding protest signs. One sign reads: cheap egg when? Another sign reads: Immigrants make us great

"Cheap egg when?" One of my favorite understated signs at the Boston 50501 protest.

After Censorship, Santa Rosa Students Write Their Own Play — and Take the Gold | KQED A state festival awarded top honors to ‘REDACTED,’ which ruthlessly lampooned district officials.

More "small wins add up" resistance to celebrate. Theater kids clap back against censorship 🎭 www.kqed.org/arts/1397192...

Minneapolis theater group doubles down on DEI initiatives as federal funding is threatened The theater organization says it recently received orders from the National Endowment for the Arts to stop promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion or be denied federal funding.

We MUST share the pushback as much as the crimes! To help embolden the resistance. "We cannot comply. We cannot betray our mission. We will not be silent. We will continue to support a beautifully diverse and inclusive group of playwrights..." bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...

I got my stickers this week too and it was such a nice surprise. I could not make it through the day without KEXP

Just... wow ☢️

So, they are
- illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress
- burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah
- reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system
- putting backdoors into Treasury
This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.