Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement. Check out how tiny the crowds were: Philly: 200 DC: "several hundred" Boston: 500 Austin: 1,000 Houston: 2,000

he's lost the QAnon Shaman

I got permission to share this, and I'm extremely grateful for that. The Onion got this letter from one of our subscribers in Alaska. She works with dementia patients and decided to leave a copy in the car for each one. This email made my year. Read it and you'll see what I mean. People are good.

Yankee Fans welcome Ted Cruz to New York. Proud of my homies!

LAPD brutalized this protestor and trampled them with a horse. #resist www.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles...

ICE tear gassed people who were stuck in their vehicles because ICE blocked the intersection. They were not even protesters. They were just stuck there due to ICE blocking them. As the helpless car passengers watched, ICE, unprovoked, began firing gas canisters upon the cars.

With so many wankers, fiends and goons in the Trump regime, we need a chart to keep track of them all. As ever, data quality matters at altCDC. Who’s more stupid than evil? More wanker than goon? Did we get these right? Who are we missing?

The vibe at #GoogleIO was so subdued this year. It felt really strange compared to previous years.

Pope Leo XIV: ‘There Couldn’t Be A Better Time To Get The Fuck Out Of America Forever’

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

This is a cool way to understand the scale of the US budget and the DOGE funding cuts. www.debtinperspective.com #doge

Women and girls are literally under attack and the narrative that men and boys are struggling in comparison to them is part of that attack. Their “struggle” as it’s so often harped on is that women and girls aren’t just bending the knee to them in all spheres of life

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

so i've been honing my approach and i've landed on the optimal way to interact with cybertruck drivers: give them an enthusiastic thumbs up first, before dramatically turning it upside down and scowling. did it this morning and watched the light leave a man's eyes. very powerful

Look if we’re ignoring Supreme Court rulings then every American woman has a right to an abortion again

The message is: crowd large. Many politicians, administrators, and business leaders, in bowing to Trump, have drawn confidence and comfort from the perceived vibe shift. Events like this puncture that delusion.

It's amazing that more than 5 million Americans protested today! They flooded the zone so we flooded the streets! 🇺🇸 #HandsOff #resist

To the world: We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom. —With love, Your American allies.

West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

people being in the streets means something. never let your cynicism convince you otherwise.

Boston loves a Revolutionary War reference @ #HandsOff Boston

The importance of these protests isn’t necessarily that they are sending a message to the “people in power.” It’s sending a message to other people that WE have the power.

Hmm. Seems a few people showed up to the Hands Off protest in DC And yes, some of the signs? Epic.

I was the one with the HUD sign but holy cannoli the resting place of the founding fathers is COVERED in protest signs. Pretty surreal 👀 #HandsOff #Boston

Civic Center Plaza in San Diego. #HandsOff

#HandsOff San Diego. Trains packed! A good sign ... and many more when we got downtown.

really into this new collaborative art installation

Boston proper is 655k – so if this is right, a group of folks equivalent to 15% of the city showed up, which is WILD(ly encouraging)

Maybe the best sign.

THANK YOU 💙💙💙

RP #TeslaTakedown Europe‬ ‪@teslatakedown-europe.org‬ The message is clear: ✊ No #Musk. No #KKK. No #fascist USA! ✊ @teslatakedown.com @teslatakedown.co.uk #teslatakedown #stopmusk #stoptrump #handsoff #global #protest

Portland, Maine!

Also enjoyed (but didn't get a pic) of the sign reading "TRANS PEOPLE ARE NOT THE 1% I'M WORRIED ABOUT, BAN THE BILLIONAIRES"

It also gives less room for the media to craft a narrative It’s harder to pretend that Dem policies are unpopular when protests with thousands and thousands of people are showing otherwise

The #HandsOff rally in Chicago is packed!

Wow!!!! Protesters showed up at the Capitol building in Helena, Montana for the Hands Off protest! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Absolutely proud of you all! HUG! So far, 3.1 million protesters counted today — that’s nearly 1% of the U.S. population! Photos are flooding social media everywhere. Still waiting on more numbers to come in.

100,000+ people marched at the #HandsOff rally in New York!

MEDINA??? Oh he might really truly be done

Salem, OR.

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

#HANDSOFF #NYC

#HandsOff Helena, MT Guessing 1200 or so.

Representing NE and Meidas Touch