Mother Jones: We Asked You to Share Protest Photos. Wow, You Delivered.

[UpInArms]

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/protest-photos-audience-april-19-50501/

This weekend, national protests broke out once again to demand an end to creeping authoritarianism and to defend the rule of law—sparked by the chaotic opening months of the Trump administration, defined by the flouting of judicial authority, executive overreach, and a subservient Congress. You can find a wrap-up of those protests, organized under the banner “50501”—meaning “50 protests, 50 states, 1 day”—here.

Over on Bluesky, we asked readers to share their own images from wherever they showed up, and we were flooded with responses, from tiny towns and a highway overpass, to sprawling cities—all forming a vivid, grassroots tapestry of resistance.

Followed by lots of pics from all over!

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[TygrBright]

2. BEST sign: "I Bet Canada Feels Like They're Living Above a Meth Lab" n/t

[SCantiGOP]

5. That's a Robin Williams line from 20 years ago

He said that Canada was like a really nice apartment that had a meth lab in the apartment below them.

[pecosbob]

3. These days I wouldn't go to a protest without a faraday bag.

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They're watching us.

Link...ACLU tips for protest safety

[UpInArms]

4. I was at one 2 weeks ago

Carrying my sign:

My father fought the Nazis

And so will I

Next time, I will will wear my dad’s suit coat with all his patches

[markodochartaigh]

7. It might be a good idea to have a burner phone

with nothing political on it, and not connected to any personal accounts with anything political, just in case you are stopped at a protest or at the border.

[ariadne0614]

8. What's a faraday bag?

I’m getting paranoid about doing searches.

[pecosbob]

9. A bag made to prevent your phone or other electronic device from being tracked.

A Faraday cage or Faraday shield is an enclosure used to block some electromagnetic fields. A Faraday shield may be formed by a continuous covering of conductive material, or in the case of a Faraday cage, by a mesh of such materials. Faraday cages are named after scientist Michael Faraday, who first constructed one in 1836.

-wikipedia

[ariadne0614]

10. Thank you for taking time to answer my question. n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Simplest is a sheet of aluminum foil folded a few times to make a simple "folder" or pouch to slip the phone into. . nt

[ariadne0614]

12. Thanks!

i love simple solutions.

[iluvtennis]

6. KnR. n/t