iNFoPiG<p>02-17-2025 - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OlympiaWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OlympiaWA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OlyWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OlyWA</span></a> - Presidents' Day, 5051 Fifty Protests, Fifty States, One Day - Washington State Capitol</p><p>Thousands of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protesters</span></a> showed at the Capitol on Monday in response to orange man and his crony friends. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Antifascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antifascist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> signs were in abundance with non-stop references to Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and Elon Musk. Large crowds gathered at the side of Capitol Blvd, in a circle on the lawn of the Capitol and at the Capitol steps.</p><p>An interesting trend seen in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> lately includes "Pro-America, Anti-Trump" protesters with an effort to "take back the flag". Other more classically right-wing representations such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitutional</span></a> t-shirts, constitutional protest signs, references to supporting "law and order" and "rule of law" were seen.</p><p>Excerpt from February 13th "Governor Bob Ferguson Press Conference" (seen on TVW.org):</p><p>REPORTER: "With regards to your 100 million dollar proposed state grant program for local <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> departments, what would you say to bystanders, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a> and demonstrators who sustained permanent and serious injury during racial <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> in 2020, in which police departments namely the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> police department were found in violation by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> courts with regards to failing to respect peoples constitutional rights" (CLIPPED)</p><p>FERGUSON: "I hear your question but, I'm also aware that we rank last, per capita, the number of law enforcement <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/officers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>officers</span></a> we have, in the united states, and so I hear your thoughts and what's in your statement, but we need to move forward on making sure that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> is a safe place for all Washingtonians" (CLIPPED) </p><p>@ 40:30 - <a href="https://tvw.org/video/governor-bob-ferguson-press-conference-2025021318/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tvw.org/video/governor-bob-fer</span><span class="invisible">guson-press-conference-2025021318/</span></a></p><p>(THREAD)</p>