On March 28, 2026, Donald Trump locked himself away behind the gates of his private club, Mar-a-Lago in Florida, while 8 million people across the United States took to the streets to send an unmistakable signal to him, and all of his enablers: we will not let you continue to destroy our country. The message was clear. We are taking our country back in November. The collective action was hard for anyone to ignore, let alone the President of the United States. Because while his administration described the protests earlier this week as...
UK here. You did it USA, and big time !!! Proud of you for creating hope 👏💐Well done and thank you for demonstrating ‘enough is enough’. Thanks also to Tokyo. Lost an hour but gained a trickle of comfort. ( Thanks Pam Birkenfeld- just woke up and hadn’t seen that news - and UK , and seems also other countries)
I love the signs! We are currently in Europe but see signs of protest here. Yet the NY Times had nothing about the protests in the headlines. Shameful but we know the truth.
My 91-year-old mom (who was at her local protest yesterday despite poor health) was infuriated that the New York Times had some paltry mention of the protests. And even then, they couched it as a feeble, hopeless attempt at resistance.
The Times covered the protests below the fold and generally soft pedals the administration’s crimes. I, a long-term subscriber, keep it only for the crosswords and long, non-news articles. I get my real news from the independent press.
Let me paint a picture of my favorite moment at Pittsfield Massachusetts protest, held at The Commons. I decided to take my posters along the road so the cars (most honking) could be a part of something they were not able to get out of their cars for. A pick up truck with a Trump flag approached my position. He was stopped in traffic and yelled at me. My poster, a collage of the Twump cabinet, all with 3D red noses, some with clown hair, pacifiers for Rubio and Mullin, a hypodermic needle and straw going into the nostrils of RFK Jr, with a center heart shaped picture of Twump and Epstein staring into each another's eyes with Putin shirtless on horseback by the sad clown of Tulsi the Russian operative, etc. I held that poster up in front of me for at least two minutes, only a few feet from his windshield, following his slow progress to get out of the traffic, unrelenting, as I heard him yelling names at me. As he finally got to the light and it changed to green, I took my poster down and looked into the car behind him. Two young women were in tears with laughter, howling and giving me waves of support. They had been stuck behind this guy and, I imagine, grossed out. They got a few minutes of what resistance looks like: an old lady with her clown show poster in the face of a single white man in a pick up truck with his Twump flag flying. He called me names like bitch, clown, stupid, etc.. Me, normally willing to engage, said nothing. The stupid clown faces of his Dear Leader said it all.
The other side of the poster read, If it walks like a NAZI and talks like a NAZI, it's Stephen Miller.
Awesome! We small town New England’ers stand firm and tall! (I’m from Maine.)
I know Pittsfield. I have a friend who lives near there in Housatonic.
It was my first march (due to multiple reasons), but we chose a smaller town and loved the turnout with kids, dogs, many people our age and older. Maine is notoriously the oldest population state. But it was so encouraging and unifying to be with all walks, especially children and veterans, and elderly in wheelchairs, with walkers, and canes.
We certainly have a very scary and dangerous road ahead.
Heather D R, THANK YOU; with this post, you once again ‘nailed it’, in each and every paragraph. I want to give you a special thank you for expressing this sentiment:
“I also know how difficult it is for so many people right now, not just politically but personally, when you realize that friends you have aligned with for decades, people you trusted, have been lost to something that looks and feels like a cult, or when you start to see that people you thought cared about the world and about each other turned out to be more self-centered than you ever imagined.”
I spent my birthday (71) protesting with 3500 of my neighbors. Our little town made national news! A lot of us are retired now but we remember Vietnam and every war since, as well as every Administration, good or bad. People of all ages were there and I felt a sense of hope. It was amazing to me that the signs ran the gamut of issues. I love my country but I fear my government now. Thank you for your hard work. I appreciate you.
Your writing today brought tears to my eyes. Thank you. Your pieces are always thought-provoking and well done. But you outdid yourself today. It was cold at our rally in Saratoga Springs, and yet I saw thin, frail-looking senior citizens braving the cold, carrying signs, and smiling at the incredible turnout of Americans who see what's happening and are fighting to change it. And it only took me a few minutes to realize that all ages were represented. Thanks again for your diligence and excellent writing.
The last thing you see in the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia is a mirror with the phrase “You are the revolution”. It is reminder to everyone who visits that we the people have the power and we should NEVER forget that.
I too was gratified by the number of elder citizens in our huge crowd in Grand Rapids, MI. I am one if them, but healthy and able. Some I saw had canes and wheelchairs, some couples helping each other walk. Despite discomfort they stood up for a resolution to the mess trump and company have made - a resolution that they may never see!
We seniors have seen a version of this movie before.
Thank you to communities of all ages, everywhere, for showing up for peace and justice. 💪🏼
Can’t think of much to say but a fragment of a nursery rhyme comes to mind “the king was in his counting house counting out his money, the queen was in her parlour eating bread and honey …..” and so it goes on, doesn’t end up too well for the maid!
Oh Heather. Thank you for this post, especially this one. I am a 77 year old flower child who protested civil rights and viet nam in the late sixties. Marching today was a reminder of just how much it actually matters to resist-even in small ways- when the federal government is destroying itself and us. Because we ARE the country. And however much I wish the rally and March were better organized and executed, I felt a revitalized hope in our collective future and a blooming love for my neighbors and fellow citizens. Thank you, Heather, for your writing.
Yes, another amazing piece. This was my first No Kings march along with my spouse and sister(her birthday!) and it was in a smaller New England town. The crowd was quite large, some young and many our age and older.
Wheelchairs, canes, walkers (we live in one of the oldest population New England states)and dogs adorned with great signs like “anti-fascist dog” and no king t-shirts!
It was peaceful and uniting.
We chose the smaller No Kings march, but I know the many others across our state had great crowds.
Seeing so many children and those of the older generation and war veterans was encouraging.
But like you said, sometime along the way, people stopped listening, schools still teach white-washed history, we have a Covid, AI generation that is still learning about the real world and trying to develop their socio-emotional and psychological skills. We have a population of people now exposed only to the fascist propaganda machines and can’t decipher fact from fiction.
We have a long, dangerous, and dire road ahead of us. Project 2025-26 meet “1984” on steroids…our Orwellian, fascist, white “christian” nationalists/MAWA, “Epstein Class,” authoritarian, imperialistic, dictatorship taking us to a political Civil War to declare Martial Law to cancel elections they will rig and steal like the last one, or worse, WWlll.
THANK YOU Heather for ALL your amazing hard work and awesome writings (and videos) and pics!
Thanks , Heather, and to those throughout the world who want America back to where it needs to be. The country that is a beacon to others, dependent upon other countries for their support and friendship. This country, which offered the “Marshall Plan” as an olive branch, that made the USA great in the eyes of Europe, Japan, and others.
UK here. You did it USA, and big time !!! Proud of you for creating hope 👏💐Well done and thank you for demonstrating ‘enough is enough’. Thanks also to Tokyo. Lost an hour but gained a trickle of comfort. ( Thanks Pam Birkenfeld- just woke up and hadn’t seen that news - and UK , and seems also other countries)
But London did it too! 500k! Thanks!
I love the signs! We are currently in Europe but see signs of protest here. Yet the NY Times had nothing about the protests in the headlines. Shameful but we know the truth.
My 91-year-old mom (who was at her local protest yesterday despite poor health) was infuriated that the New York Times had some paltry mention of the protests. And even then, they couched it as a feeble, hopeless attempt at resistance.
The NYT is over and can suck it
I canceled my subscription to the NYTimes and now get my news from Independent Media!!!
The Times covered the protests below the fold and generally soft pedals the administration’s crimes. I, a long-term subscriber, keep it only for the crosswords and long, non-news articles. I get my real news from the independent press.
This is a very good one Heather! Full of hope and joy for our task!
Let me paint a picture of my favorite moment at Pittsfield Massachusetts protest, held at The Commons. I decided to take my posters along the road so the cars (most honking) could be a part of something they were not able to get out of their cars for. A pick up truck with a Trump flag approached my position. He was stopped in traffic and yelled at me. My poster, a collage of the Twump cabinet, all with 3D red noses, some with clown hair, pacifiers for Rubio and Mullin, a hypodermic needle and straw going into the nostrils of RFK Jr, with a center heart shaped picture of Twump and Epstein staring into each another's eyes with Putin shirtless on horseback by the sad clown of Tulsi the Russian operative, etc. I held that poster up in front of me for at least two minutes, only a few feet from his windshield, following his slow progress to get out of the traffic, unrelenting, as I heard him yelling names at me. As he finally got to the light and it changed to green, I took my poster down and looked into the car behind him. Two young women were in tears with laughter, howling and giving me waves of support. They had been stuck behind this guy and, I imagine, grossed out. They got a few minutes of what resistance looks like: an old lady with her clown show poster in the face of a single white man in a pick up truck with his Twump flag flying. He called me names like bitch, clown, stupid, etc.. Me, normally willing to engage, said nothing. The stupid clown faces of his Dear Leader said it all.
The other side of the poster read, If it walks like a NAZI and talks like a NAZI, it's Stephen Miller.
Brilliant!
Awesome! We small town New England’ers stand firm and tall! (I’m from Maine.)
I know Pittsfield. I have a friend who lives near there in Housatonic.
It was my first march (due to multiple reasons), but we chose a smaller town and loved the turnout with kids, dogs, many people our age and older. Maine is notoriously the oldest population state. But it was so encouraging and unifying to be with all walks, especially children and veterans, and elderly in wheelchairs, with walkers, and canes.
We certainly have a very scary and dangerous road ahead.
UNITED WE STAND AND DIVIDED WE FALL❤️🩹
Brilliant
A FELON MARRIED TO AN IMMIGRANT IS TELLING US THAT THE PROBLEM IS IMMIGRANTS AND FELONS
... like all your reporting. Thank you, that gives us hope in Europe as well.
Heather D R, THANK YOU; with this post, you once again ‘nailed it’, in each and every paragraph. I want to give you a special thank you for expressing this sentiment:
“I also know how difficult it is for so many people right now, not just politically but personally, when you realize that friends you have aligned with for decades, people you trusted, have been lost to something that looks and feels like a cult, or when you start to see that people you thought cared about the world and about each other turned out to be more self-centered than you ever imagined.”
I spent my birthday (71) protesting with 3500 of my neighbors. Our little town made national news! A lot of us are retired now but we remember Vietnam and every war since, as well as every Administration, good or bad. People of all ages were there and I felt a sense of hope. It was amazing to me that the signs ran the gamut of issues. I love my country but I fear my government now. Thank you for your hard work. I appreciate you.
Your writing today brought tears to my eyes. Thank you. Your pieces are always thought-provoking and well done. But you outdid yourself today. It was cold at our rally in Saratoga Springs, and yet I saw thin, frail-looking senior citizens braving the cold, carrying signs, and smiling at the incredible turnout of Americans who see what's happening and are fighting to change it. And it only took me a few minutes to realize that all ages were represented. Thanks again for your diligence and excellent writing.
The last thing you see in the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia is a mirror with the phrase “You are the revolution”. It is reminder to everyone who visits that we the people have the power and we should NEVER forget that.
I too was gratified by the number of elder citizens in our huge crowd in Grand Rapids, MI. I am one if them, but healthy and able. Some I saw had canes and wheelchairs, some couples helping each other walk. Despite discomfort they stood up for a resolution to the mess trump and company have made - a resolution that they may never see!
We seniors have seen a version of this movie before.
Thank you to communities of all ages, everywhere, for showing up for peace and justice. 💪🏼
Can’t think of much to say but a fragment of a nursery rhyme comes to mind “the king was in his counting house counting out his money, the queen was in her parlour eating bread and honey …..” and so it goes on, doesn’t end up too well for the maid!
I Am Canadian ❤️🇨🇦❤️
I am crying happy tears as I read your beautiful words..
I have grown up near our shared border with the USA 🇺🇸
I am almost 55, and I can say with Great Pride
THIS!
Is the AMERICA 🇺🇸 I LOVE! 💗
You are All So Awesome! 👏
Oh Heather. Thank you for this post, especially this one. I am a 77 year old flower child who protested civil rights and viet nam in the late sixties. Marching today was a reminder of just how much it actually matters to resist-even in small ways- when the federal government is destroying itself and us. Because we ARE the country. And however much I wish the rally and March were better organized and executed, I felt a revitalized hope in our collective future and a blooming love for my neighbors and fellow citizens. Thank you, Heather, for your writing.
The feelings are thoroughly mutual and so widely valued and shared across space and time in our country's history.
Thanks, Pete—Heather is doing an immortal job!
For which we all have you to thank as well!
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correction: gemccully@icloud.com
Yes, another amazing piece. This was my first No Kings march along with my spouse and sister(her birthday!) and it was in a smaller New England town. The crowd was quite large, some young and many our age and older.
Wheelchairs, canes, walkers (we live in one of the oldest population New England states)and dogs adorned with great signs like “anti-fascist dog” and no king t-shirts!
It was peaceful and uniting.
We chose the smaller No Kings march, but I know the many others across our state had great crowds.
Seeing so many children and those of the older generation and war veterans was encouraging.
But like you said, sometime along the way, people stopped listening, schools still teach white-washed history, we have a Covid, AI generation that is still learning about the real world and trying to develop their socio-emotional and psychological skills. We have a population of people now exposed only to the fascist propaganda machines and can’t decipher fact from fiction.
We have a long, dangerous, and dire road ahead of us. Project 2025-26 meet “1984” on steroids…our Orwellian, fascist, white “christian” nationalists/MAWA, “Epstein Class,” authoritarian, imperialistic, dictatorship taking us to a political Civil War to declare Martial Law to cancel elections they will rig and steal like the last one, or worse, WWlll.
THANK YOU Heather for ALL your amazing hard work and awesome writings (and videos) and pics!
UNITED WE STAND AND DiVIDED WE FALL❤️🩹
Well said! 💪
We just have to keep going forward and NOT let the machine/fascist regime exhaust us.
We definitely NEED to keep gathering those that have finally come over to the right side of history.
It is a hard process to get out of any cult, but especially the MAGA KKKult.
We NEED them ALL.
Thanks , Heather, and to those throughout the world who want America back to where it needs to be. The country that is a beacon to others, dependent upon other countries for their support and friendship. This country, which offered the “Marshall Plan” as an olive branch, that made the USA great in the eyes of Europe, Japan, and others.
So proud of you all. Thank goodness the weather seemed generally kind.
I spent the day looking for some news and received one photo from a friend of her group.
So cross that UK seems not to be mentioning it on the news despite there being a march in London.
On the other hand Jeremy Bowen has written a very good article about the war and how it’s not going.
I see my country mate beat me to it and yes guys so proud of you all. 🤗