Joan M. Saniuk

A sign with a flag: a line of four pink stars, with light blue bars above and below. The caption says "Hands off Chicago."

Alt text for the four photos:
Two inflatable dinosaurs with sign that says "No Kings in America."
Sign with a steaming cup of coffee that says "Wake up and smell the fascism."
T-shirt saying "Alexa, change the President."
A woman holding a sign that says "I've had my coffee and I'm still pissed."

A few scenes from #NoKings2 last Saturday in Hendersonville NC.

@indivisibleavl.bsky.social Black Mountain today.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

A Saturday with Two Hundred Thousand of My Friends What the Rally Meant in Chicago

From a good friend in Chicago. A Saturday with Two Hundred Thousand of My Friends open.substack.com/pub/gwendoly...

Donald Trump has declared war on the citizens of the United States, beginning with cities. Chuck Edwards voted with the rest of the GOP house to fund Trump's private ICE/HSI army. Shame on the GOP, cutting health funding to give $75 billion+ to that army.
The whole world is watching, and nauseated.

October, meet the Wally Head.

October 2, 2025 American League Wild Card Game 3 lineup at Yankee Stadium: Duran LF, Story SS, Bregman 3B, Yoshida DH, Rafaela CF, Lowe 1B, Narváez C, Abreu RF, Gonzalez 2B, Early P. Watch live on ESPN and listen on WEEI and Spanish Radio. First pitch is set for 8:08 pm. IMAGE: Trevor Story pointing after a big hit at Yankee Stadium. He is wearing the team's road grey uniforms.

Game 3 tonight.

So Hegseth wants to ban beards, including stopping religious exemptions. If he thinks a bearded Sikh man is incompatible with his “warrior culture,” he doesn’t know jack about Sikh faith or history. He doesn’t know that the Sikhs have the OG warrior culture.

What an idiot.

Veteran and US citizen arrested by ICE warns it could happen to anyone The Army vet was arriving at work when federal agents surrounded his car, broke his window, pepper sprayed him, dragged him out and arrested him, he said.

Veteran and US citizen arrested by ICE warns it could happen to anyone www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...

My heart is breaking for LA, for my beloved California, and for my country. Trump is behaving outrageously, and trying to create an excuse for declaring martial law. God/dess forbid.

Just so we understand what this is and what it isn't but also knowing all of it is Trump's precursor to go after a bigger target: Elections 2026.

Never forget that he didn't call National Guard on January 6th.

In case you need a little encouragement. www.facebook.com/share/16VyQ3...

@michaelsteele.bsky.social on image of Trump in papal regalia: "...this affirms how unserious and incapable he is. At 78 he remains a 10yo child, emotionally scarred and broken while desperate to prove he could be somebody. His problem: he can’t grow up to prove it."

Of all the US media, PBS and NPR are recognized as the LEAST politically biased.

The fact that they speak the truth, as best they can, is what drives the orange guy crazy.😡

Tom the Dancing Bug Q-Nuts: "All Hail the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"

Down with the great pumpkin

Friday's comic strip by @rubenbolling.bsky.social

A colossal waste of money. And proof that his priorities are not on the side of actual American citizens.

From USA Today:

"Speaking...in August 2024, [Pope] Francis stated that 'it needs to be said clearly: There are those who systematically work by all means to drive away migrants, and this, when done knowingly and deliberately, is a grave sin.'"

Rest in peace, good and faithful servant. #Mt25:40

Heaven has a new saint. May the next Pope be as courageous a witness for justice and compassion.

BILLBOARD: BRING KILMAR HOME! The Trump administration is IGNORING court orders to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home to Maryland from wrongful deportation to El Salvador. Send a message to Congress at bringkilmarhome.com

“If this disappearance, this forced rendition to El Salvador can happen to him, who is next?” President of the legal organization defending deported makeup artist Andry Hernandez Romero says no one is safe from deportation risks.

A guide to Polish sausage - Chicago Reader Kielbasa, that is, in (many of) its tubular forms

In case any of you are Polish and are gearing up for Easter! A guide to Polish sausage chicagoreader.com/food/a-guide...

This was fun! Honored to be with sisters from Womansong to help lead the crowd in song.

Outrageous: Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad

ABC News photo of Hands Off protest April 5, 2025 at Pack Square in Asheville, NC.

One of the best pics of the crowd today at the Hands Off protest at #Asheville Pack Square Park from ABC News. 7.5 to 10K filled up all of Pack Square and onto the sidewalks lining the park up to Biltmore Ave. 600K+ nationwide. Bigger than FOTUS 1st inaugural crowd.

Today was the Hands Off rally across the country, and I joined my Asheville community where they expected 2,000 people—but nearly 8,000 showed up, all of us united in wanting our country back.
#Asheville
#HandsOff #WeThePeople #AshevilleStandsUp

Hendersonville NC!

Wish I could be there! I'm already committed to singing at the event in Asheville.