Hi everyone. I also cannot physically attend a demonstration today, but i am there in spirit. I like the way music works to elevate vibration. In 2017 when we attended the first Women's March, a musician friend of mine suggested that a melody would work better to transform things than chanting. She may be right.
With this in mind, I would like to recommend the Piedmont Raging Grannies singing their hearts out like Woody Guthrie of "This Machine Kills Fascists" fame. They are reincarnated suffragettes, obviously. <3 Their songs and social media pages are on FB and IG.
You gotta love LA. After you click, turn on the music!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP76ty8jdSB/?igsh=bGFrYXRtNDN3aG10
@lovendures @Andrew @Andy
I went to a smaller rally today in my hometown . The large one at the state capital was huge. They marched and also had a stage where the inflatables did the Macarena at that large one. Haha
Mine was along a major 8 lane street, and was just a rally. Every mile for five miles along this road was an additional rally. Many cars were going along the road with their own signs and decorations honking at all of us on the sidewalk with our signs. Almost a parade feeling but the cars went faster than a parade, mostly. Haha
Yes, we did get flipped off and told off but only about one in 20 did that. We just yell back to have a a nice day or yelled “ bless your hearts”.
There were six of us who went together, three of whom had never participated in any kind of rally previously.
We made signs at my house last night and had a great time.. My favorite was one I made. “ “Honk if you’re not in the Epstein Files.”
The consensus from the newbies was how wonderful it was to be surrounded by like minded individuals, especially when living in a MAGA leaning community.
We all had an additional take away. It was the first time since Trump took office that there were pick up trucks carrying American flags that were anti-Trump as opposed to pro Trump. There were so many that had “no kings” slogans written on them. What a new experience!!
People passed out American flags to hold. It was a taking back of what it actually means to be a patriot. certainly police presence many gave us a thumbs up as they drove by.
On a personal note, it was the first time I stood for two hours without sitting down since breaking my ankles. I’m glad I attended this smaller rally because I don’t think I could marched yet and I was very slow moving getting back to the car. But I was really happy to be there.
Nice visual summary of the No Kings day: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP31CRbEdmm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Boston, Boise, LA, NYC, Dallas, Ann Arbor, Denver, NJ, WASHINGTON D.C., Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Cambridge, Indianapolis, Salt Lake, Seattle, LA, and thousands of smaller cities and towns. According to AI estimates, nearly 7 million people participated in the "No Kings" protests across the United States today, making it the largest single-day nationwide demonstration in U.S. history. The protests took place in over 2,700 cities and towns.
Not sure this is the right place for this, but . . .
I had a dream last night that a precinct or a county re-counted the 2024 election ballots using a purified tabulation machine. Two election officials were standing over the machine as it produced the results. The tally was an overwhelming Kamala result (74%), much different than had been reported and certified.
Bernie was wonderful on No Kings Day. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP_3tR0js19/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Clever non-violent protest videos cast on city walls. On instagram, a video artist asked people with projectors to download his videos and project them on city walls across the country try. T crumbling up and eating the Epstein list; Levitt as Chatty Cathy; Kash projected onto a freeway staring wide-eyed at everyone driving by; and that I Love LA No Kings Day video which shows an amalgam of so many videos.
https://www.instagram.com/vjaybombs/reel/DMCaAnHOBFp/
https://www.instagram.com/vjaybombs/reel/DPtghX-kcHe/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DO_EQJ-gpEh/
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP76ty8jdSB/?igsh=bGFrYXRtNDN3aG10
Does anyone else feel extra traumatized watching the destruction of the East Wing of the People's White House? Robert Arnold on Substack explains why so many people feel that this act of destruction has so many people feeling pushed over the edge:
Nobody's throwing a fit over construction, updates, renovation. Many presidents have done renovations and reconstruction before. It's not the construction.
We all know that the building isn't sacred in its drywall. It's sacred in its symbolism.
So this is not about bricks or permits.
This is about WHO Is doing it. This is about who is holding the wreaking ball.