#HandsOff in pictures: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2025/apr/05/anti-trump-hands-off-worldwide-protests showing the amazing #creativity of the protests.

"When you have a popular-resistance strategy and an effective legislative strategy, it wins more than two-thirds of the time.": https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/trump-hands-off-protest

They will minimize it. Mock it. Insist there’s no point.

But we know.

Next round on #May1.

If everyone who protested today brings one more person…BOOM.

If on normal days, Mastodon users say that only the Fediverse is the best of the best channels and that all others should be avoided: on days like today, *all* platforms play a role when people show their protest there.

These posts on big platforms may be muted by the algorithms or even shadowbanned, but they *exist*, with their hashtag. Every single protester counts. On days like #Handsoff there is no "good" or "bad" protester. The world needs all of you!

If you want to know more about the #protests today in the USA, look at the hashtags #HandsOff (most posts) #HandsOff2025 or #April5
You can subscribe to hashtags for not missing anything.

Pissing down with gusting wind.

Thermos with tea, raincoats, and brolly.

LFG!

“The Senate Budget resolution sets up the toxic combo of

Tax cuts tilted to the wealthy
+Cuts to programs helping people afford food and health care
+Massive, regressive tariffs
=Transfer of wealth from low- and middle-income families to the wealthy”
-B Duke

The majority of Americans are harmed by this draconian budget. The resolution now goes to the House.

#April5 #Resist #Recession #Austerity #Stagflation #Resolution #USPol

https://www.cbpp.org/research/federal-tax/republican-agendas-triple-threat-to-low-and-moderate-income-family-well-being

If you want to follow the US protests tomorrow, you can use or subscribe to these hashtags: #HandsOff (used mostly) - #HandsOff2025 or #April5 for https://handsoff2025.com/

Subscribing to a hashtag brings you all relevant posts automatically into your home-timeline! Posts with hashtags give you more visibility! They are the "glue" in the Fediverse, a short how-to: https://fedi.tips/what-are-hashtags-how-do-i-use-them-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/

More than 1,100 anti-Trump demonstrations planned in all 50 states this Saturday

#uspol #MuskSucks #trumprecession #trump #musk #handsoff2025 #april5

https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-than-1100-anti-trump-demonstrations-planned-in-all-50-states-this-saturday-190310200.html

Good to see people in the US mobilizing against Trump and Musk. I wish all those people good luck and strength in these difficult times.
#Trump #Musk #handsoff2025 #april5
https://handsoff2025.com/

HANDS OFF! COUNTRYWIDE PROTESTS APRIL 5, 2025

Please find the protest near you and join in. Get out there and protest the theft of our country

#HandsOff
#April5
#Protest
#TakeOurCountryBack

https://handsoff2025.com/about

What to know about Saturday's nationwide "Hands Off!" anti-Trump protests

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/hands-off-protest-trump-musk-april-5

A nationwide anti-President Trump movement on Saturday, "Hands Off!," is expected to be the largest single-day protest since he entered office.

"This is not just corruption," the Hands Off! website said. "This is not just mismanagement. This is a hostile takeover."

#April5 #HandsOff protest will not topple the regime. But it is a necessary step for keeping truth and democracy alive. Here’s what we can accomplish:

1. Cultivate active, engaged citizenship.

2. Build and foster broad solidarity.

3. Incentivize political leadership.

4. Take control of the narrative.

5. Signal to non-Americans that we are not done yet.

5. Take the temperature of police and security forces.

6. Enact a culture of non-violence.

Check your area.

https://handsoff2025.com/

For USAians, Saturday, April 5 is a day of action and mass mobilization.

This is challenging in a large country, where few live near the seat of power. It comes down to local planning and organization.

For most, you should be able to find a local demonstration where you can be with others and make yourselves heard.

https://handsoff2025.com/

We came. We hummed. We conquered.

Don’t underestimate the power of multiple kazoos at a protest. When law enforcement gets aggressive or counter-protesters get loud, the Darth Vader theme on kazoos will effectively shame them into silence. It’s the ultimate attention-grabber, plus it saves your voice after hours of chanting.

Bring a bunch, hand them out like party favors, and be hilariously loud when needed!