More than 20,000 people gathered on "a bright, cold day in April" for the big Hands Off rally at the State Capitol.
"A bright cold day in April" is also in the opening line of George Orwell's 1984.
Everything was peaceful and generally jolly. Penny Cooper was maybe a tiny bit disappointed I didn't need the matches, but it proved my point:
I didn't need them precisely because I brought them!
Most photos by bink---it was very windy and I had my hands full holding up my sign. (bink didn't carry a sign because she needed her hands free to hand out her zines.)
Many signs referenced the founding of the United States, one way or another, or the Constitution--and there were lots of non-ironic US flags.
BELOW: "We the People ... HATE FASCISM.
If not dictator why dictator shaped?"
[take off on meme "if not friend why friend shaped?"–with a photo of cute but dangerous animal]
"How many Teslas should we throw into Boston Harbor"
[My "No Kings" cat to the right]
Lots of take-offs on NO KINGS---here with a hammer and sickle.
I love the highly local and personal.
"MN LOVES A FISH FRY
ELON MUSKIE"
"Muskie" is a game fish, you know?
BELOW
Team Zelenskyy
King of Dumbfukistan Not Here
Trump is a Traitor
[my Ignore Alien Orders]
Many people wore their pink pussy hats! From the Women's March in 2017.
I wish I'd asked this painter her name...
In summary:
WE FUCKING HATE DONALD TRUMP
WE FUCKING HATE DONALD TRUMP
