Photo: This is Dave. Dave's sign says, "FUCK ICE," in bold black letters against a white background. Dave's khaki ballcap says, "Resist Fascism." Dave drove quite a ways to be here.
Photo: This is Cat. Cat's sign, printed in black and red ink on white, reads, "Hands Off! Science / handsoffnow.org " Cat is a scientist.
This is Paisley. Paisley holds a hand-wrought sign in turquoise and red that reads "Honk [with sound line blaring from the "k"] For our Republic." Paisley, an organizer for Indivisible Kansas City, wants you know that the group will be staffing a table at the First Friday celebration in Kansas City's Crossroads District where they'll be soliciting and recording first-person accounts of the negative impacts Americans are experiencing as a result of the current administration's disastrous corruption, ill-advised "policies," or fascist proclivities.
Photo: This is Ashley. Ashley's hand-lettered sign reads, in purple and red letters, "Schmidt & Hawley Voted For Medicaid Cuts." (This is true and well worth remembering, especially since Hawley spent a LOT of money on television ads across the state over the past month to announce he was *defending* medical services to Missourians *and* told reporters this past week:
"This has been an unhappy episode here in Congress, this effort to cut Medicaid. And I think, frankly, my party needs to do some soul-searching. If you want to be a working-class party, youβve got to deliver for working-class people. You cannot take away health care from working people. And unless this is changed going forward, that is what will happen in coming years. So Iβm going to do everything I can to stop that."
Exactly one day later, he voted to take health care away from the people of his state. One day. So if that was "everything he could do to stop it," that speaks poorly of his, um stamina, and you should not vote him ever again. Nor should buy or read any book by him that purports to describe /Manhood/ or promote "The Masculine Virtues America Needs."
Signs and Wonders No. 4
#PopUpDemonstration
1 July 2025
#LeesSummit, #Missouri
Atten: βͺ@paisleyplanet.bsky.socialβ¬
All: See alt text for "Honk for our Republic" for an important message from Paisley.