Alina B Baciu

@alinabbaciu.bsky.social

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she/her; my own views; #publichealth; ❤️ our nation of immigrants; abolish 🧊; ❤️ diversity, equity, inclusion; home is Nacotchtank land, Douglass Commonwealth, future 51st state

All You Fascists Bound To Lose stenciled in colorful letters on a wheat-pasted poster at the base of a streetlight post in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington DC
Marching band from Grand Island Nebraska participated in the July 4th parade down 8th St SE (Barracks Row) in Washington DC’s Capitol Hill neighborhood
Hand lettered sign with Woodie Guthrie’s words: All You Fascists Bound to Lose
what is left of a poster that compares ICE agents to Nazis and says We beat them before, we’ll beat them again All that’s left is the Nazi with his arms up and most of the words the ICE agent depicted has been clawed off
A couple of National Guard troops stand on the Metro platform in L’Enfant station in washington DC
picture of smoke rising in the distance in DC’s Capitol Hill neighborhood
Four National Guard troops “patrolling” near Eastern Market Rainy day brick sidewalk, trash cans and a scooter in the foreground
Giant banner with We the People and the Preamble to the Constitution being carried by multiple people
handmade poster with Healthcare Not Ballrooms and paper cutout figure of Trump as Marie Antoinette saying Let Them Eat Cake
photo of DC metro station with multiple National Guard troops on the platform
tabby cat sitting in a box on a countertop washing herself box is labeled Kitty
pavement with shadows and the words No fascists! No kings!
handmade protest sign with Stephen Miller in a KKK hood and the words Stephen Miller is a racist part of DC No Kings march
Speaker standing on the back of a truck at a rally
No Kings rally crowd at the Frederick Douglass Bridge in DC The bridge’s graceful 3-arch span is in the background.
picture taken in Washington DC L’Enfant metro station, with train wrapped in cherry blossom graphics standing at the platform
three National Guard members standing on street corner waiting to cross at a light
speaker behind a lectern at Stand Up for Science rally
speaker behind lectern at Stand Up for Science Rally
rubber ducky with Anti Vax Quack sign
giant inflatable rubber duck with “ Anti-vax quack” on the National Mall
screen shot of NYTimes excerpt: MAGA Republicans often complain that the United States is turning into the “third world” because of immigration. But it’s Mr. Trump who has remade the United States in the image of the Latin America that our government and chief executives helped create with foreign interference: a place where masked men routinely leap out of unmarked vans to snatch citizens, where people are disappeared and human rights activists publicly killed, where soldiers patrol cities to crush dissent, and where organized crime and the state blend into a single machinery of power that protects the interests of the oligarchs.
screen grab from a Fox News January 7 2025 article that had the following headline and sub headline JONATHAN TURLEY: Meta's Zuckerberg makes a free speech move that could be truly transformational Elon Musk may have just added a major new ally who could help turn the tide for free speech: Meta's Mark Zuckerberg
DC residents stand outside ICE HQ with signs and noisemakers
A Bluesky post by Max Berger that says: I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth: “ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king. This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
photo of sunset above a streetscape, with bright flame like colors (pink, coral, gold)
people marching with Free DC and Free America and other signs on Pennsylvania Ave just east of the White House, near Freedom Plaza
Representative Maxwell Frost speaks to protesters at vigil for Renee Good
protest sign black letters on yellow background reads: ICE shoots moms in the face
people with protest signs including Free DC in front of the US Customs and Border Protection HQ
Handmade poster with the words Enough is Enough on pale yellow background with blue black and red lettering and white “rays”
Photo of panelists at Congressional briefing: from the left Keya Chatterjee, Councilmember Robert White, Elissa Johnson, and Monica Hopkins sitting at the front of a meeting room in a Senate building
people marching to ICE HQ in DC carrying signs and banners
Replica of a bronze plaque bearing a rendering of the Capitol and the following inscription ON BEHALF OF A GRATEFUL CONGRESS, THIS PLAQUE HONORS THE EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS WHO BRAVELY PROTECTED AND DEFENDED THIS SYMBOL OF DEMOCRACY ON JANUARY 6, 2021. THEIR HEROISM WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE ARLINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE METRO TRANSIT POLICE DEPARTMENT METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AUTHORITY MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, DEPARTMENT OF POLICE NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND, POLICE DEPARTMENT PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT VIRGINIA STATE POLICE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND EXPLOSIVES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PENTAGON FORCE PROTECTION AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE UNITED STATES PARK POLICE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
a truck bearing a billboard advertising US Border Patrol jobs with a photo of a woman in CBP uniform and the message “Be an Agent of Purpose”
diverse crowd of people standing on the steps of the Wilson Building at a rally to protect the health of DC residents who depend on DC Healthcare Alliance
Sign that says what good is making America great again if we’re losing the America part
protest sign that says “let’s do Nuremberg before Auschwitz this time” with pictures of American politician super imposed on famous Nazis
on the National Mall, with the US Capitol in the background, there’s an ice sculpture that spells out “democracy” but the letters are melting
Reverend Black attacked with pepper balls by ICE agents in Chicago
residential street with row houses, trees, hedges, and a Stop sign, with four National Guard troops walking past
person wearing a green T- shirt with the words VT stands with DC stenciled on it
Two people smile at the camera, one wearing a Free DC shirt
headlines from renamed Department of Defense news web page: including “Nation to Mark Patriot Day with Tributes” and “”Guard continues to Support DC Safety Mission”
poster with the statue of liberty getting ready to hurl a hoagie
marching in DC with Free DC, a sea of marchers with banners and flags
Free DC advocates posing with US Representative Jim McGovern with the US Capitol in the backdrop
Shadow US Sen Ankit Jain speaks next to the US Capitol surrounded by Free DC advocates
DC Councilmember Janeese Lewis George speaks at the Capitol surrounded by Free DC advocates
Rep Ayanna Pressley speaks next to the US Capitol surrounded by Free DC advocates and allies
facade of the US Department of Labor building in DC with small flags on the lawn in front and banners featuring Teddy Roosevelt and the current US President, with the line American Workers First
The Kennedy Center lit up in red white and blue instead of the brilliant rainbow hues that previously graced it
banner draped on the front of the Department of Health and Human Services HQ with a cheery mural and the words Real People Real Food Real Health MAHA
rally at the US Capitol, people on picnic blankets and standing with protest signs
crowd, marching downBlack Lives Matter Plaza toward the White House
The DC Council is ready to kick 25,000 people off their health insurance Take Action bit.ly/savealliance
graphic showing the proportion of NIH vs private funding of pharmaceutical innovation, 356 pills of differently shaped and colors illustrating the former vs 2 pills shown in grayscale illustrating the latter