I was shocked that after a day of massive protests the coverage was
ho -hum. It made me realize how much we have to do. Be relentless..we have to do this.
I really wish we would. Screaming into the void is exhausting. I turned off all news after Nov 5 th. None were telling the truth. And they still aren't.
I stopped watching all news when they started gaslighting us. She sold her soul just like Mika and Joe for the almighty dollar. No thanks.
I do keep up and all I'm reading is that the media isn't covering all the nationwide protests yesterday.
Rachel Maddow reports daily on the protests - one of the few TV journalists that does. If you're not watching her show, it would be a great time to start 💙
I used to be a diehard fan. I lost respect for her & MSNBC when they normalized what happened Nov.5th Never questioning never investigating.
I also was disgusted with her on the Joe's gotta go bandwagon.
She'll have to stand up & get loud before I give her another chance. No TV news is good 4 me.
Rachel is far beyond "TV news" as she also adds a unique historical perspective and ties it back to today. History matters or the fascists wouldn't be trying to bury it...
The only thing this protest accomplished was that old neoliberals who are too rich to actually protest got to show off how funny and clever their signs are. Hope the traffic heading out after your 2 hours wasn't too busy and you made it home in time for dinner.
The official turnout from yesterday's protest marches (April 5, 2025 Hands Off) is 5.2 million. Most media is saying thousands. Mark you calendars for April 19 for the next one. The snowball has started to roll. The snowflakes have become a blizzard.
An Epic Failure!
BLK folks burn N tear shit up. You nice White ppl hold up cleverly written signs and see how many steps you can get in to win an office gift card.
Nobody went to jail or was dragged off in cuffs.
#Handsoff was weak as fuk! and didn't move 47 one bit. Smh.
5.2 million (5,200,000) protesters is NOT weak as fk. It's a movement that We the People will continue. The Snow Flakes have become a Blizzard! Watch us retake our country and thank you for letting us know who you are. Keep them Trump flags waiving ... BOY ⚫️
This is exactly why black people should and are staying home. It wasn’t black people tearing up the Capital or beating cops on Jan 6th. They are rightfully standing down so Trumpsters can’t pretend it’s all racism like you did with the many peaceful BLK PROTESTS. Or they would be out too.
“Win an office gift card”? GMAFB. Musk was publicly paying (bribing) people millions to vote Republikkkan. I can only imagine how this amazing 100% peaceful turn-out to save democracy upset you. If Hands-Off is any indication, the midterm elections will blow the roof off the house.
Fuk you! I'm not delusional, #Handsoff was an Epic Failure. Nobody went to jail, nobody was dragged off in cuffs and nobody even looked angry. Trump wasn't moved one bit at ya'll holding nice little creative slogans on signs.
#Handsoff was an embarrassing display of a protest. Box checked, whatsNex
I don't think that it has to end in violence, Dr. King proved that, but the #Handsoff protests looked like people just getting their steps in holding cleverly written slogans. It had no effects on Trump's change of agenda. I hope you won't the gift card at work for the most steps though🤣🤣
like the movie titles :
Putin must die.
they just used romeo in the movies.
look up #Technocracy and you might find it in South Africa, Russia,Israel, and yeah you guessed it, USA..
dont mind if you sumble across elons grand dad in that process. Apartheid was a form of Nazism,made by German Nazi´s!
This Senior, using a walker herself, with her dog at her side, not only showed up at the initial rally, but marched the entire (hot) trek all the way to the end spot.
I say if she can show up for Democracy's sake, we'd BETTER too! If She can, we can!✊🏾✌🏾
Everyone needs to be there! Thank goodness she was and hopefully she's shown others they can too!
5 Million people is what I've heard were out marching, we can do better! America deserves better; her people deserve the best life has to offer! Let's get that number of people marching up next time!💙
No it doesn’t. It only proves that there are many people who don’t like Trump and what he’s doing to our country. Please don’t be like the crazy Trumpers in 2020 talking this nonsense about stolen elections and decertification. It just sounds unhinged.
Sorry you feel that way… there are groups proving there was a breech of security and ballots removed… watch and wait… you will be pleasantly surprised !
Hot take: I don’t think incumbent republicans care. I think they feel Trump will help them keep their seats through voter suppression (rigging elections). In for a penny, in for a pound at this point.
And let's plan the rest in front of billionaires residences (or at least the nearest public road that leads to the private road that leads to the mansion). Every Trump property should be miserable to get to.
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
Fuck MAGA.
Fuck Trump and Fuck the Fascists who supported him.
The traitor felon conman received a 1.3% MAGA “mandate” in the November election in which most eligible voters chose not to exercise their right to vote. I wonder how many of them are joining the HandsOFF protests now? 🤔
Hello, Friend! The best of Americans know who our friends and allies are. It's good to see others are starting to come around. Can't say sorry enough for that orange guy (don't know what others see in him). I can say he's never had my vote! Hang in there. Removing orange mold takes time.
Thanks, as an American I apologize for our lack of civility lately. It is NOT us… we understand we are in a slow moving coup, and are trying our best to push back against it… but it’s hard when all three branches of our government are either scared, or complicit.
After watching clips of the cabinet members of the Orange Reich on the Sunday shows today, I don’t think the message got across to them. There was not one question today about then million people that took to the streets.
Rachel, I am so looking forward to your show on Monday evening! Watch you religiously because you give me hope! My 70+ year old friends and I participated in our first time ever rally in Chaska, MN. Peaceful yet profound. You rock!!
In Raleigh, there was a group of guys who stayed off to the side. They gave the vibe that they were there to counter-protest. Then, we noticed their sign said "Fire Hegseth." I'm not sure if they had any liberal leanings whatsoever, but they were there to stand up for their issue. This gave me hope.
Perhaps they have realised that the protests are for everyone. These policies don't just hurt left minded people.
Maybe they're a bit shy and embarrassed, but I know dems will welcome them.
They seemed very organized, and a few had miliary insignia on their jackets, so they were probably veterans. They were a bit intimidating, and I feel like they may have wanted to keep to themselves. But yes, next time, I will at least make an effort to thank them for showing up.
🇨🇦💔 At 77, I thought I'd get out of here without having to worry about what we're all experiencing: all because of one inhuman unintellectual extremely selfish pig of a man. Golfing at a time like this! World's in chaos because of him & his evil crew. Retribution folks!! OUR RETRIBUTION IS OVERDUE
Wondering if yesterday was the largest protest by Americans against actions of the government during peacetime …. ever?! Any historians care to comment? It was a beautiful day in sunny San Diego!
Yesterday on a raw, drizzly day I stood with a crowd that filled the New Haven green. There were speeches on education, healthcare, immigration, LBGTQ, housing, and women's reproductive rights. We marched through the streets en masse chanting, "Trump and Musk have got to go. Hey Hey Ho Ho."
Sadly, the USA is a basket case under Trump - the product and result of four decades of neoliberal ideology & libertarian drivel which advocates & fosters a greed-fuelled, dog-eat-dog, winner-takes-all approach to the economy…at the expense of societal well-being.
The American Dream is a cruel hoax
I’m not sure if there are other lists going so I started this for fun- an open google sheet for tallying up the 4/5 protest list and estimated attendance..
Yesterday I was one of millions who proudly participated in a peaceful protest guaranteed to me in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution:
“The right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
I’d love a tally of how many coast to coast marched. That number needs to be said out loud to Trump. It needs to be handed to the GOP on a silver platter.
Inspiring to see the support but this must be only the beginning of the fight to save our country. Generating real support from the sheep in congress is critical.
The sheep are watching. They are terrified the Musk will pay someone to “primary them” if they start to stand up… but if they decide the public vote can’t be bought by Musk (like in Wisconsin last week) they will start to represent their constituents (maybe even some GOP folks too)!
People talk about 47 following Hitler’s playbook, suggesting that his takeover is inevitable. But nothing like these protests occurred in Germany. I know this because my mother grew up in Berlin in the 30s until her family escaped in March 1939. We aren’t the Germans of the 1930s. That give me hope.
That’s good to hear. I watched cabaret for the first time on inauguration day and was chilled when I saw the scenes of the German people singing “tomorrow belongs to me” … it was so similar to MAGA like. I imagined there were people protesting but they didn’t make a difference. There is hope!
Protesters lined both sides of the streets for blocks in Conroe Texas the county seat of Montgomery County the reddest county in TX. Never seen such a turnout here! More video available. Sharing broadly as it seems hopeless here in TX till we see this energy! #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne
I had CNN and MSNBC and thought that would be their lead off story! Watched for 10 minutes each station at 9 and 10 am. Nothing! Nothing last night either.
Indeed! Maybe we will start taking care of our responsibilities in regards to democracy. Certainly hope so! It’s the only way to get rid of Project 2025 Technocrats who want to rule the world!
Indeed, responsibilities. From another hemisphere (in Australia where voting is compulsory) it was mind blowing that 90 million didn't vote. So hard to watch the 'save our democracy' chants now when they could have saved it in January. But we all hope you do!
Hey, you know if you was to announce that you was gonna stay on the air beyond those 100 days, it may incite enough ire & rage in the beast, to finally bust that blood vessel in his head ! Like fuses popping in an overloaded circuit !
I wish I got a pic but a random car on the bridge over the river in Portland had a sign that just said “Thank God for Rachel Maddow” and people were losing it and screaming for it while we passed lmao 😂
Now we all need to find a way to keep Rachel on her show for at least another 100 days or until he implodes! You are our shining light and the most thoughtful and honest journalist on earth.
PLEASE stay with us. We all need each other.
It will. I brought a friend with me who never protested before. She’s now energized and will bring a few reluctant friends with her to the next rally. More will come with me as well. There’s more to come.
It’s a simple strategy… it’s a numbers game. That’s all it needs to be along with as much peaceful protest aligned with your democratic rights as you can muster.
History says THIS always wins. It’s called the genuine will of the people.
There were general calls to protest buying goods from certain companies -- from now until the 14th it's Walmart. They're not getting much attn right now, but nationwide boycott on buying all goods (except local) and only using cash scheduled for 18th of Apr. Another big protest coming in May!
I can’t wait till Monday night when you give us the real news on this. Most US news sights have barely covered it and underestimated the numbers of protests and protesters.
And not one riot geared police officer or military peace keeper in sight. Gee, I wonder why? Oh yeah, because there's not any black people protesting out there. But people want to gaslight black people into thinking it's not about race. SURE IT'S NOT. JUST LIKE THE ELECTION WASN'T...RIGHT?
Black people have been fighting for the last 400 years. Why should they put their lives on the frontlines when every other group was split on the vote?
Exactly! Black folks made a difference by simply not showing up. Even when we are not there we are there. African Americans stay activated.
#FUCKDonaldTrump
I feel like all it was for him was reinforcement that what he’s been doing has been working. He is actively destroying the United States, so the more pissed off people there are, the ‘better’ of a ‘job’ he’s doing.
I know I've read that historians who've studied authoritarian governments have said it is possible to stop such a take-over if you can engage significant numbers of people and the legitimate government parties, but it cannot be done by one of these entities alone. We can do this if we remain steady.
Geez! He’s ignorant. Act Blue is where all of us little people give our $10.00 or $20.00 bucks. Grass Roots! Instead of buying elections for losers he could be giving the millions to a charity. If nothing else, it would help his image. People really hate him!
All MSM is now State media. They'll never step up again. So we share on the internet using every tool available. WE know it was a huge day, everywhere. We keep showing up for each other, build community, support the movement.
Don't worry about the MSM or the number of protesters in DC.
Ppl had the option to protest in their communities and capital cities, which is the point.
We need to elect dems and watch who is elected to city councils, school boards etc, on a state/local level.
The protests will grow.
I understand your point.
Consider it a start.
This is a marathon, and we barely started.
It is going to be long and painful, but we will get there.
Don't give up.
It would, if media outlets actually did their job and got out to cover these protests. Our local stations fell over themselves covering a food truck festival last summer, but don't give a flip about people making their voices heard.
Too bad one of the freedumbs amerikkkans love is an optional voting system .. doesn't stop them from bitching about the outcome unfortunately .. maybe you all should have gotten out and voted before you ended up in this shit
Yeah, what a country for electing #Trump. There'll be no victory celebration of any kind for me until this nightmare is over and these criminals and charlatans in government get the justice they deserve! And after only 3 months, this will be a long and painful wait 🤷🏿
North Carolina you are being targeted. You have 15 days to verify your vote is counted from last year's supreme Court race. Check to see if your name is here, if it's here make haste to make your vote count. https://thegriffinlist.com
Republicans were always saying taxes were bad and here we are with the biggest unilateral tax hike in a generation. Republicans HURT the American taxpayer. Stop the madness and can these grifters.
Rachel - if they try to kick you off of MSNBC please start a news podcast. I have MSNBC on on my phone 24/7 - even through the night. You are my favorite. If I happen to miss you at 9:00 I watch you on YouTube. (We don’t have cable anymore).
It was a great day of protest for our country. I'm watching the Sunday shows now (This Week) and the protests aren't getting much coverage. Has the media been cowed into submission?
So happy to see all these protests. DCs was huge (finally). This quick pan was maybe a quarter of the crowd. Amazing, friendly, loud crowd (my watch kept warning me to cover my ears😂)
Here's an Idea: I think it's time to take back our flag. Should we all make a commitment to hang the American Flag on our houses this week? Thoughts? Maybe upside down for now?
The core issue is Trump wants, enjoys power over people including thought control, death, economic destruction. He likes the power and must cause havoc with his whims. That is how his mind works. When he says he admires Putin believe him.
P.S. Rachel - went to see your Friday show on YouTube and it seems your last two segments (one including info on the #HandsOff protests) were scrubbed for a video of a girl doing art. No joke. May want to ask your network what that was about? And, thank you for your unflinching coverage!
Her show is on MSNBC. Ppl posting it on you tube are doing it out of kindness to pass her message along. They have to add something at the end to avoid AI pulling it down since it infringes on copyright not to do that.
In a better society we would all be able to watch her without “subscribing”
That’s Right, the small dick mothers are usually the ones that caused all the trouble, and it’s not as if they can defend themselves, they have no clue or idea about the art of self-defense.
We do care indeed! Most of the Belgian people also hate Trump, Musk and his puppets.
I really feel sorry for you all who voted against that dictator… 🙏🏼
Yup! I was out there. Great turnout in downtown St. Petersburg FL. Multiple blocks filled with people at the corners in at least a 5 block or more radius. Love this trump impersonator too! Haha
Our next rally to take back our country will be 4/19/25. This is the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War. Let’s raise our voices in Rome,NY. Are you ready?
We invited a friend to the hands off rally in New Hartford and wow what a turnout!! We were in awe of so many people standing in the rain unified in our desire to stop the madness that is happening in our government today.
I will be there in Los Angeles. Nothing is as important as saving our country for our grandchildren. Some day we will all be good for the worms… but our Democracy may still be alive!
These protests make me proud. I can't help but wonder though, if the twisted, sick *%$& in the peoples' house might actually being enjoying the attention? To a narcissist, negative attention is better than none at all. Has anyone else wondered about this?
Thank you! Appreciate your support. Mom was born/raised in Newfoundland and dad USAF. Proud to be part Newfie and an American. The crap DT is doing hurts my heart.
Hey Debbie, I too have a vested interest: my Dad was born and raised in Boston.
We are all in this together honestly. (Most of) my American cousins feel the same.
Sending you ❤️🤍❤️🤍 from the Atlantic provinces and 🇨🇦
Your msg warms my heart! Many of my ancestors/relatives moved to N. England and Boston. I lived in Boston for 20 years too!!! G. Grandma from NFLD was treated for cancer in Boston. Deep connections - Boston & Atlantic provinces!
we are here! and we love Canada! This is my mom at the Houston Hands Off rally. She celebrated her 98th birthday on Saturday. She had a wonderful time at the Houston rally. She is ready to go to as many rallies as it takes to "fix this mess." #handsoff #indivisible #fiftyfifyone @maddow.msnbc.com
Love it! Although your corporate media downplayed the rallies, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News Network covered it really well. Your mom and others like her have give the rest of the world some hope!
Part of the reason we’ve been gone is pure shock. The energy was so great in the country for Kamala, this seemed impossible. There was a cognitive dissonance between our expectations and realities, and we needed to find our grounding again. Very sorry for the poor treatment of 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦💓
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ho -hum. It made me realize how much we have to do. Be relentless..we have to do this.
Seriously how are we supposed to believe you care about America?
I do keep up and all I'm reading is that the media isn't covering all the nationwide protests yesterday.
purpose since 2008 is
enlighten viewers on
truths.Inform us what’s
happening to our country
Institutions & democracy.
truths plus humbleness &
humor for many yrs. So
yes watch her show..Also
watch Lawrence & Velshi.
I also was disgusted with her on the Joe's gotta go bandwagon.
She'll have to stand up & get loud before I give her another chance. No TV news is good 4 me.
https://bsky.app/profile/lakauffman.bsky.social/post/3lm4euruva32i
Love your hat too!
BLK folks burn N tear shit up. You nice White ppl hold up cleverly written signs and see how many steps you can get in to win an office gift card.
Nobody went to jail or was dragged off in cuffs.
#Handsoff was weak as fuk! and didn't move 47 one bit. Smh.
Trump was not moved to do shit by that weak ass protest. That's all I'm saying. #Handsoff didn't do shit!
#Handsoff was an embarrassing display of a protest. Box checked, whatsNex
Putin must die.
they just used romeo in the movies.
look up #Technocracy and you might find it in South Africa, Russia,Israel, and yeah you guessed it, USA..
dont mind if you sumble across elons grand dad in that process. Apartheid was a form of Nazism,made by German Nazi´s!
Senior Resistance✊🏻&Strength💪🏻
👇🏾
This Senior, using a walker herself, with her dog at her side, not only showed up at the initial rally, but marched the entire (hot) trek all the way to the end spot.
I say if she can show up for Democracy's sake, we'd BETTER too! If She can, we can!✊🏾✌🏾
5 Million people is what I've heard were out marching, we can do better! America deserves better; her people deserve the best life has to offer! Let's get that number of people marching up next time!💙
We all know that election was a farce. I want to see him and Elon imprisoned!
I’ll bring the chips and frisbee.
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
Fuck MAGA.
Fuck Trump and Fuck the Fascists who supported him.
Americans are standing up against the orange felon and All of his sidekicks.
absolute power corrupts absolutely!
We'll be back!
Sort of jealous; Carney seems like a decent, educated, mindful dude.
PS: sorry aboot the met lab
Same day we #ShopStopWalmart 4/7-4/14
4/15/2025
#WorkStopShopStop
All who can!
United we stand, Divided we fall!
Maybe they're a bit shy and embarrassed, but I know dems will welcome them.
When everyone joins in
Cause autocracy will never stand
It’s Putin’s original sin!
#handsoff
other countries protest every day until the problem is fixed
how will you put real pressure on the regime with just one day?
The American Dream is a cruel hoax
dog owners should toss their dog poop bang over the fence. (wear gloves and a mask to leave no fingerprints)
No I did not!
we live in a time
we live in a place
...2025 Texas.
((((sigh)))
God bless her little heart
https://tinyurl.com/337nw4rh
“The right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
Plus "we the people" won the Revolutionary War and the Civil War so we're not going to let them take "our country" 💙
I know how red it is there, I lived in Klein for a decade.
It’s awesome to see that! 👏 👏 👏
You are not alone!!!
https://www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/nationwide-protests-grow-over-trump-administration-policies-236629061729
When u have 5 million eyeballs out at #HandsOff, u can see which outlets are willing to tell the truth, which downplay and which completely ignore.
PLEASE stay with us. We all need each other.
Love it.
#FightHarder
This isn't a one day exercise! This is a job that has to continue to be executed by the American people.
Next is to couple this with general strikes!
History says THIS always wins. It’s called the genuine will of the people.
Think about how the economy has already been decimated + plus striking?
It would be impossible to ignore. Here in Europe we're also defending you guys. ✊
WE'RE UNITED!
Yesterday was just the start!
❤️🇺🇸💙📎🌹🖇🦋
I value those moments when something happens to remind me of the isms, particularly racism, that still live within me.
#FUCKDonaldTrump
The country isn't understanding narcissism. It's GD terrifying how we are just frogs in boiling water when it comes to this.
Chubbs is dropping lit matches all over the world. It's going to take more than this. The abuse he's dishing out is DEADLY.
https://commonslibrary.org/10-things-you-need-to-know-to-stop-a-coup/
When you truly realize, in your gut, that these malnarcs CAN'T feel empathy and CAN'T feel anything genuine, it's really freaking terrifying.
Not everyone makes it out alive in a narcissistic relationship.
Anyone alive right now won't see the repair of the destruction he's already caused. It's going to take decades to fix this, if we ever can.
No one can stop him except his base.
I came home and put on the news to see what was happening countrywide.
It was just a mention. Even on MSNBC. But an empty segment of DC was shown over and over saying there were 12K there. For DC that was miniscule.
We needed it to BE big and to BE the news cycle. It wasn't.
WHY?
THAT got equal or move coverage than the protests.
What the hell! watch Rachel Mon but what happened on networks? BS on
Ppl had the option to protest in their communities and capital cities, which is the point.
We need to elect dems and watch who is elected to city councils, school boards etc, on a state/local level.
The protests will grow.
Consider it a start.
This is a marathon, and we barely started.
It is going to be long and painful, but we will get there.
Don't give up.
Like they did for VP Pence?
This is getting good!
#maga_EXODUS
It's growing!
Start suing them for everything and tie up their stacked courts. Take some action that has consequences!
Also: we have the best signs!
In a better society we would all be able to watch her without “subscribing”
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https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/05/us/hands-off-protests-trump-musk/index.html
See???
I need to scroll.
Thank you for the heads up.
🙂👏🏼
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/04/05/duizenden-protesteren-tegen-trump-in-vs/
I really feel sorry for you all who voted against that dictator… 🙏🏼
#FlippersUp 🇺🇸
#handsoff
#elbowsup
Keep it going! We are with you sensible people!
We are all in this together honestly. (Most of) my American cousins feel the same.
Sending you ❤️🤍❤️🤍 from the Atlantic provinces and 🇨🇦
❤️❤️❤️❤️ to Atlantic provinces and 🇨🇦 ELBOWS UP!
RESIST! For as long as it takes.
"The only tired I was, was tired of giving in"
>Rosa Parks
https://5calls.org
https://usa.gov/elected-officials
https://indivisible.org
We shall overcome.
I love blueberries!!