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Joel Lesko

@sunshowerlearning.bsky.social
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New video youtu.be/4bqhuzI6Pig Filmmaker, producer, DEI educator for belonging www.sunshowerlearning.com ✍️ www.cultureofbelonging.net 🎥 seeds-movie.com Abolish ICE• #NoKings • Expand SCOTUS • Support Ukraine

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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you, Perry. So important. "The problem is the paper’s coverage approach combined with its huge influence on Democrats and liberals." Bingo: Correct way to practice politics in 26 is to read NYT but remember that much of the essential news to save our democracy has been fit to print elsewhere.
The Times has the right to cover America in 2026 this way. And there is nothing inherently wrong with centrist, nonideological media, or coverage that doesn’t use blunt language to describe today’s Republican Party. The problem is the paper’s coverage approach combined with its huge influence on Democrats and liberals. The mistakes that Democrats have made in fighting the MAGA right have been numerous and deeply costly: believing that Trump won in 2016 largely because of economy anxiety, trusting that Joe Biden’s conciliatory approach would bring politics back to normal, refusing to push Biden to stop fully supporting Israel’s war in Gaza, spending much of last year not fighting hard against Trump’s destruction of federal agencies and radical immigration policies. 

In my view, the Times helped lead Democrats to all of those fateful decisions. The paper’s coverage hints that the Republican Party is reasonable and parts of the Democratic Party base are unreasonable. That approach pushes Democrats away from the reality: The MAGA right must be defeated, not negotiated with.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I agree! I made this short video to help Democrats make their case! Please help spread this far and wide.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I just made this video to support Democrats in the midterms. Please share widely. #Midterms #VoteDemocrats If you're with a candidate, I'm happy to customize it for you to use.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A neutral read of this photo is these two people are walking past cameras w practiced composure. But neutral is the mechanism that lets documented harm pass as ordinary. Way too many are neutral to the harm these two cause. He is a convicted felon. She launders Putin's violence stealing children
Atl text A stern white-haired man in a dark suit stands beside a serious woman; bold text reads “Fear Hated Rage” and “Anger Dominating,” creating a tense political tone. But alt text isn't the whole story, it's Donald and Melania, the mobsters who harm people.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nova is always watching over us. Is there food? A walk? Play?
A black-and-white Australian Shepherd sits among ornamental grasses in a landscaped garden, with stone steps, a seated statue, flowers, and fountains behind it.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The press corps' silence is the story inside the story. The President used his body as a weapon against a Black woman journalist who asked an accountability question. The reporter next to her could've held the line and let her continue, or ask again. He didn't. #RachelScott #JournalismSolidarity
ANDREW HARNIK VIA GETTY IMAGES
Donald Trump, in a dark suit and red tie, speaks aggressively to a female reporter, calling her the worst to intimidate her on the tarmac before boarding Air Force One after attending the Republican Midterm Convention on Sept. 10, in Dallas, Texas. 
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
In order to avoid the BS, I always yell “he’s not friendly”. They react immediately and keep their dog away. Otherwise, if I ask, “is yours friendly?” They always say, “Oh yes, very friendly”. But we’ve had bad experiences in which these “friendly” dogs have attacked our dear Nova.
A tri color Australian Shepherd looks at the camera. Our very friendly Nova but we always say he’s not so bad dog parents don’t bring their unfriendly dogs close!
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hide n Seek is one of Nova's favorite games.
Nova, an Aussie peeks through green bushes.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hide n seek is one of Nova's favorite games
Nova, an Aussie peeks through green bushes.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Josh Lucas?
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Let's go!
Nova, a tri color Aussie, says let's go!
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Happy International Dog Day to all. Pure love and loyalty and joy.
Nova emerges from the bushes. Did you see what I did?
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Two sides of the same coin. Trump's face on both. This is what fascism does with working-class bodies. It spends them abroad for profit and at home for fear. Sickening, enraging, resisting. ✊🏽
The disgusting golden commemorative coin featuring Donald Trump in a suit, surrounded by stars and engraved letters and numbers. Hypocrisy of the word Liberty. It looks like his mug shot. It is enraging.

This is a man who sent sailors to float in the Strait of Hormuz for 260 days without port, without adequate food, without clean showers, while their crewmates tried to jump overboard, and when asked if they had been out there too long, he said "not nearly long enough." That face is on a coin. Gold-plated. Commemorated. While a son deteriorates on a carrier deck and his father rots in an ICE detention facility separated from his children by deliberate government policy.

This coin is American fascism minted into metal. It is the face of a man whose administration is caging U.S. citizen children's parents at a rate of 3,000 arrests a day, whose detention system told families that "being in detention is a choice," whose border czar called mass deportation a "large-scale military operation." And someone pressed his profile into gold and sold it.

The sickness is not just that he exists. The sickness is the commemoration. The sickness is the solemn, powerful tone of a coin that treats a fascist as a founding father. It is a collector's item for people who believe some lives are worth gold and others are worth a cage or a coffin at sea.

This coin does not represent America. It represents who America has always protected, who it has always elevated, and who it has always been willing to let suffer so that face can keep shining.

Sickening. Enraging. And we are resisting. Every single day.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
In this photo, he reminds me of the dirty cop, Ray Vega in Sugar.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Coming up - Thursday, August 13th. 2pm EDT. Free webinar - register here. www.sunshowerlearning.com/breaking-the... #DEI #anti-racism #anti-bias #microaggressions #inclusion #belonging
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Nova rolls on the beach in pure joy (and our horror as we know he will bring a bucket of sand into our camper) 🤣
A happy dog rolls in his back in the sand 
in pure joy.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We must abolish ICE. Not reform. Not improve training. Not fund more body cams. Abolish
Crushed ice falling from a machine into a dark bowl held by a hand, with "Crushed ICE" text in bold white letters at the bottom.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Dr Derald Wing Sue and Dr Lisa Spanierman talk the upcoming free Zoom webinar. They will introduce new book Breaking the Deadly Dance of Racism and discuss research and share skills to disarm bias, interrupt racism, and shift harmful dynamics #DEI Register www.sunshowerlearning.com/breaking-the...
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Stillness with waves 〜 Bandon Oregon at low tide.
A serene beach with dark sand curves along the shore. Gentle waves meet the sand under a clear blue sky, evoking a sense of calm and openness. This is Bandon Oregon in the early morning. Stillness with waves.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
C’mon grandpa, it’s time for your medication.
The Spanish team celebrates winning the World Cup. Trump is pulled off the stage because, well, he's a narcissist and wanted to make believe the crowd was cheering for him. But earlier, they booed him thunderously.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Dr. Spanierman: "Breaking the deadly dance of racism requires more than good intentions. It requires awareness, practice, accountability, and the willingness to act. This book helps readers understand their role in the dance and take meaningful steps toward disrupting it."
An image promoting a Zoom conversation event with Derald Wing Sue and Lisa Beth Spanierman about their book "Breaking the Deadly Dance of Racism." The cover features silhouettes of people against a blue backdrop. The event is on Thursday, August 13, at 2pm EDT/11am PDT. The tone is informative and academic.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Breaking the Deadly Dance of Racism - I'm hosting a conversation w Dr. Derald Wing Sue and Dr. Lisa Spanierman August 13 at 2pm EDT From Dr. Sue "I will share a metaphor how the puppeteer of cultural racism pulls the strings of all four dancers" Register www.sunshowerlearning.com/breaking-the...
A silhouetted figure controls puppet-like people with strings, set against colorful stage lights, creating a dramatic and suspenseful atmosphere.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Today in Status - Sulzberger writes he wants a "forceful defense of press freedom." While the NYT issued internal memos banning the words "genocide" and "occupied territory" in Gaza coverage. Press freedom starts in your own newsroom, A.G.That's not defending the press. That's defending power.
Black and white image of a man with glasses gazing intently to the right, suggesting deep thought. Text header reads "the fourth estate." The overall tone conveys seriousness. Text - Sulzberger’s Press Warning: Ahead of the July 4th holiday, The NYT publisher A.G. Sulzberger is urging political and business leaders to mount a more forceful defense of press freedom, arguing that attacks on independent journalism ultimately threaten American democracy itself. In an essay published in The Dallas Morning News, Sulzberger warned that “the press that the founders regarded as crucial to American democracy is at its weakest point in the nation’s history” and that it requires public support when it comes under political assault. 

A.G. Sulzberger is writing op-eds about press freedom while Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat said "a reason why we are still being bombed is because of the New York Times." The NYT silenced its own reporters on Gaza. That's not defending the press. That's defending power.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The #BrokenTimes describes Trump's $2.2B self-enrichment as 'dual roles that seemed to pay off' 🤣 This is how corruption gets normalized. Name it. This is a sitting president using policy as a personal revenue stream. But to the Times, it's just a game and power wins.
Screenshot of The Morning: "Trump made at least $2.2 billion during his first year back in the White House, including about $1.4 billion from his family’s cryptocurrency businesses, according to a mandatory financial disclosure last night. 

Trump is a major crypto operator and the industry’s top policymaker, dual roles that seemed to pay off."

But they make no mention of how corrupt this is.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Nova getting blown around on the Bandon beach, famous for 💨 wind! The hotter it gets inland, the windier it gets out here.
Nova, an Australian Shepherd, celebrates the removal of Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The cultist sycophants ignore Trump's snores, using his carcass to enact their fascistic cruelty on the country. What happens when he starts drooling? The media snoozes too, barely a mention. Where's Jake Tapper now that there's an actual sleeper in the Oval Office?
An old man sits at a desk sleeping, his head tilted off to his right shoulder, surrounded by four standing men in suits, some looking thoughtful or speaking. The setting is formal, with flags and an ornate curtain in the background. This is Donald J Trump, the sleeping fascist, surrounded by sycophants who ignore his snores.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The real Donald J. Trump Ballroom. Only the best! A special collection of sycophants who gave it all up for power, a tax cut, cruelty, racism, or to avoid getting an angry tweet. "And they give them to me with tears in their eyes. "Sir, you are a genius, you are the best." #trumpballroom
A graphic that shows The Donald J Trump Ballroom with two shelves of glass jars with two balls in each jar. The jars are labeled with names of sycophants - Lindsay, JD, Mikey J, Little Marco, Lyin' Ted, Tim Apple, Zuck, Jeff Amazon, Sen Tommy Tuberville, Jimbo Jordan, John Roberts, Scott Bessent, Howard Nutnick, Elon Musk. Reply with more names to add to the collection.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The real Donald J. Trump Ballroom. Only the best! A special collection of sycophants who gave it all up for power, a tax cut, cruelty, racism, or to avoid getting an angry tweet. "And they give them to me with tears in their eyes. "Sir, you are a genius, you are the best." #trumpballroom
A graphic that shows The Donald J Trump Ballroom with two shelves of glass jars with two balls in each jar. The jars are labeled with names of sycophants - Lindsay, JD, Mikey J, Little Marco, Lyin' Ted, Tim Apple, Zuck, Jeff Amazon, Sen Tommy Tuberville, Jimbo Jordan, John Roberts, Scott Bessent, Howard Nutnick, Elon Musk. Reply with more names to add to the collection.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The real Donald J. Trump Ballroom. Only the best! A special collection of sycophants who gave it all up for power, a tax cut, cruelty, racism, or to avoid getting an angry tweet. "And they give them to me with tears in their eyes. "Sir, you are a genius, you are the best." #trumpballroom
A graphic that shows The Donald J Trump Ballroom with two shelves of glass jars with two balls in each jar. The jars are labeled with names of sycophants - Lindsay, JD, Mikey J, Little Marco, Lyin' Ted, Tim Apple, Zuck, Jeff Amazon, Sen Tommy Tuberville, Jimbo Jordan, John Roberts, Scott Bessent, Howard Nutnick, Elon Musk. Reply with more names to add to the collection.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Real Donald J. Trump Ballroom. Only the best! A special collection of sycophants who gave it all up for power, a tax cut, cruelty, racism, or to avoid getting an angry tweet. "And they give them to me with tears in their eyes. "Sir, you are a genius, you are the best." #trumpballroom
A graphic that shows The Donald J Trump Ballroom with two shelves of glass jars with two balls in each jar. The jars are labeled with names of sycophants - Lindsay, JD, Mikey J, Little Marco, Lyin' Ted, Tim Apple, Zuck, Jeff Amazon, Sen Tommy Tuberville, Jimbo Jordan, John Roberts, Scott Bessent, Howard Nutnick, Elon Musk. Reply with more names to add to the collection.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The real Donald J. Trump Ballroom. Only the best! A special collection of sycophants who gave it all up for power, a tax cut, cruelty, racism, or to avoid getting an angry tweet. "And they give them to me with tears in their eyes. "Sir, you are a genius, you are the best." #trumpballroom
A graphic that shows The Donald J Trump Ballroom with two shelves of glass jars with two balls in each jar. The jars are labeled with names of sycophants - Lindsay, JD, Mikey J, Little Marco, Lyin' Ted, Tim Apple, Zuck, Jeff Amazon, Sen Tommy Tuberville, Jimbo Jordan, John Roberts, Scott Bessent, Howard Nutnick, Elon Musk. Reply with more names to add to the collection.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
#MayDay in Ashland Oregon on KDRV. It was a joyful and meaningful rally.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
May Day Ashland Oregon showing up. Still growing. #mayday
Healthcare not war sign
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Just getting started here in Ashland Oregon.
Man protesting against war holding sign
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Nova wants us to get over to the May Day Rally downtown Ashland at Noon!
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Thank you Vegas and thank you to the resisters in Medford Oregon. You are showing up for our country.
A group of people with American flags stand on a street corner holding signs advocating resistance. Their expressions convey determination. We the People let's take our country back.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I understand - W A L K - Nova says, let's go!
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
We had no idea he understood!
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Fixed that photo. You're welcome!
Donald J. Trump, the well-known pedo, walks into the Offal Office
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Amanda Ungarro is posting directly at Melania. Is this why Melania walked up to the podium yesterday and said, "I was never been convicted of a crime" - thus becoming the first First Lady to utter such a line.
Tweet by Amanda Ungaro, with a verified check, expressing determination to challenge a corrupt system. Mentions fearlessness and ominous knowledge.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
We are going to hear a lot from #AmandaUngarro in coming days. She was brought to Paris from Brazil at the age of 17 on Jeffrey Epstein's "Lolita Express" from Paris. Her agent was Jean-Luc Brunel, a procurer for Epstein. She was friends with Melania for 20 years. She's talking - #EpsteinFiles
A formal event at Mar-a-Lago with three elegantly dressed individuals posing inside a lavishly decorated room. Paolo Zampolli, Melania Trump and the person we are all going hear a lot from - Amanda Ungaro
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Headline should read, Trump accepts bribe from foreign steel corporation.
creenshot of a news snippet titled "White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project" from nytimes.com dated April 8, 2026. It states ArcelorMittal is donating steel for President Trump's ballroom - the headline should read, Trump accepts bribe from foreign steel corporation
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Republican Profile in Cowardice: US Rep Cliff Bentz (OR2) says NOTHING about Trump's warcrime statement or the impact of the war on our lives in OR2. In a call with his DC office, a staffer said Bentz will not be issuing a statement. Spineless sycophant must be replaced.
White-haired, spineless man in dark suit and red tie.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
A fluffy dog dressed in pink glasses, a bow tie, and booties sits on a ledge. The sign reads “No Kings, Just Treats.” People are gathered around. #NoKings Ashland Oregon
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Trump will do anything and fire anyone to coverup all his crimes. He knows that he's going down.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Trump is desperate for someone to shred, delete, pour acid on the hard drives, and make it all go away.
A serious man wearing a respirator and putting on yellow gloves stands in a utility room. Text reads "Crime Scene Cleaner" in bold, distressed font.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Fact Check ✅ Correct. Trump will replace Bondi with someone who will clean up the crime scene.
A serious man wearing a respirator and putting on yellow gloves stands in a utility room. Text reads "Crime Scene Cleaner" in bold, distressed font.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Cool shot from above and beyond. Thank you. I was on the ground and it was awesome there, too.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
#NoKings Ashland Oregon we had a joyful demonstration to say ENOUGH.
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Joel Lesko @sunshowerlearning.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
#NoKings Ashland Oregon Standing shoulder to shoulder for our community, for democracy and for the joy of expressing ourselves for the future.
A Vietnam veteran dressed in white shirt with a VFW353 cap stands on the side of the demonstration with many people lining the road behind him with signs. A green frog holds a sign - waiting 4 him 2 croak. Alongside a man dressed in a purple inflatable outfit that has text - Purple People Fascist Eater. Very creative here in #AshlandA demonstrator wearing the outfit of a felon in prison with horizontal stripes, sits on a motorcycle and drives up the rally with a sign on the handlebars, Defeat the Day One Dictator, and another sign on the back, Black Lives Matter. Woman wearing a handmaiden costume holds a sign - he is robbing you blind and you are cheering in on just to avoid admitting you were wrong. Next to her is a man with a t-shirt that reads, ICE can gargle my balls, and a sign that reads 8647 Resist.
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