If the start of 2025 has shown us anything, it’s that we can’t count on the people in power to protect us or the people we love. We have to count on each other. Of course we knew this before, but in the wake of this fresh onslaught, it bears repeating.
So if you’re looking for a reason to feel something apart from undiluted disgust and terror at our country’s direction right now, here’s some evidence (anecdotal, but it still counts!) that at least some people somewhere are doing the right thing.
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Just as the prophecy foretold.
Our story begins in 2020, when an ICE agent trying to board a Seattle bus was told by the bus driver to “gargle [his] balls.” The phrase would immediately enter the resistance lexicon during the first Tr*mp administration, so it’s no surprise that five years later, it’s coming back with a vengeance.
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— uwutangclan (@executivejeff.bsky.social) January 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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When one Bluesky poster referenced the iconic meme today, everyone knew exactly what she was talking about.
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— kat, ghost of helenruthsghost (@chaoskat.bsky.social) January 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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One user replied with context: “This was a 2020 story but I can confirm that my Seattle bus driver said “China las migra, god bless” when he dropped another woman off this morning so there’s at least one cool dude driving for the city.”
That’s what we like to hear. Before cute winter boots, we had “gargle my balls.” And thank God for both!
“I lived in the PNW and frequently took a shuttle to SEATAC,” another poster wrote. “When ICE would board us, they were never warmly greeted. There is a disconnect about how the average person feels about immigrants and how our government is behaving.”
“ICE is decidedly not welcome in the PNW basically at all,” said another user. Exactly as it should be!
“I want that bus driver’s name so I can send him a gift certificate for a pizza (or ten),” someone else said. “God bless him and everyone else who stands up and says “not on our watch, you don’t.””
Exactly. The new regime is trying to break us down, and they’re definitely making some headway. But we can’t forget that there are small (sometimes hilarious) acts of resistance happening all the time. And they’ll keep on happening.
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