gatheringwater.bsky.social
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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.
October 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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.
July 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Diesel Dick? He must have been a character! Sounds like the memorial convoy is a nice tradition...
April 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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.
April 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
And I remember how folks in Forks used their vehicles to terrorize an interracial family on a Twilight vacation.
www.wired.com/story/antifa...
The True Story of the Antifa Invasion of Forks, Washington
A false report on Twitter exploded into a call to arms. Then a bus, carrying a family and two dogs, rolled into a remote Northwestern town.
www.wired.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I recall the Trump Trains didn't just target Biden and Harris, they slowed traffic between Port Angeles and Sequim.
www.statesman.com/story/news/p...
Defendants in 'Trump Train' trial gloated about swarming Biden bus: 'Ready to f*** s*** up'
The plaintiffs are arguing that members of the "Trump Train" broke the KKK Act, an 1871 law against coordinated intimidation and political violence.
www.statesman.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
When a man in a giant truck is yelling at me and my protest sign, I'm thinking of Heather Heyer.
www.bbc.com/news/world-u...
Charlottesville: Who was victim Heather Heyer?
Tributes have poured in for the 32-year-old killed while protesting at a "Unite the Right" rally.
www.bbc.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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.
April 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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.
April 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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
April 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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
April 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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
April 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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
April 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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."
April 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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.
March 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM