One of these pictures is different from the others. The third one appears to have been altered to include a line in a font like handwriting: "Kiss the boss's ass, cover mine." Her testimony was reprehensible enough to preclude the need for cheap tricks.

This is what I am looking for on Bluesky: creative responses to the insanity and inhumanity of our political leaders and a call to action that respects the ability of people to be persuaded. Thank you.

Diesel Dick? He must have been a character! Sounds like the memorial convoy is a nice tradition...

For me, this is the context of my experience of the truck convoy at the Hands Off demonstration. I'm glad that most people were friendly or indifferent, but I can't forget that some people see us as targets.

And I remember how folks in Forks used their vehicles to terrorize an interracial family on a Twilight vacation.
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I recall the Trump Trains didn't just target Biden and Harris, they slowed traffic between Port Angeles and Sequim.
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When a man in a giant truck is yelling at me and my protest sign, I'm thinking of Heather Heyer.
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Maybe the shouts, slurs and middle fingers were expression of judgement clouded by grief, but it doesn't change the fact that we live in a time when vehicular attacks against protestors have become a part of American political expression.

On their way to a memorial in trucks decked with flags and pro-Trump signs? Maybe it was a funeral for American democracy. Look, I'm prepared to believe you, but the fact is whatever brought them to the Hands Off demonstration, they acted badly once they got there.

Worley of Forks, WA
Ellis Trucking
James Ellis DBA The Heartline DOT 2412615
Ozette Industries
John R. Prichard
Jeff Wilcox Trucking
Micheal L. Burke Trucking
Herman Brothers Logging and Construction
Kevin Becker DOT 3047331

It was only after the first few trucks had moved on that I thought to photograph the aggressive drivers. I wanted to remember who they were and avoid patronizing their businesses. I realize I have no way of knowing if the owners of these vehicles knew they were being used for this purpose. 4/5

I'm not surprised by incivilities on either side of a protest in these polarized times, but there have been so many instances of cars being driving into and sometimes killing demonstrators, that I couldn't help but be concerned by the aggressive ways these people were using their vehicles. 3/5

The horns where so loud that one frail older woman stumbled into the street with the first onslaught. There were children present, too, and I was glad to see they had ear protection, but that didn't protect them from clouds of exhaust fumes as the trucks stopped and gunned their engines. 2/5

2/2 The issues that drew the newcomers I spoke to were diverse: education, loss of federal employment, worry about threats to cancer and other medical research, and several who didn't identify just one issue but felt like the current administration is "going too far."

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In the wake of international tensions, Port Angeles residents organized to welcome the return of ferry service between the US and Canada. It was beautiful.