{"id":18046,"date":"2025-02-24T20:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T20:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/americans-push-back-at-trump-with-upside-down-flag-other-acts-of-resistance-national\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T20:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T20:02:06","slug":"americans-push-back-at-trump-with-upside-down-flag-other-acts-of-resistance-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/americans-push-back-at-trump-with-upside-down-flag-other-acts-of-resistance-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans push back at Trump with upside-down flag, other acts of resistance &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Thousands of visitors flock to Yosemite National Park in California each February, hoping to catch a glimpse of \u201cfirefall\u201d \u2014 a natural phenomenon that causes the falling water of El Capitan\u2019s Horsetail Fall to light up and look like a ribbon of molten lava cascading down the sheer rockface.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>But this year, crowds took in a different spectacle in the form of an upside-down American flag hung at the top of the El Capitan summit, in protest of <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Donald Trump<\/a>\u2018s administration\u2019s layoffs in the National Park Service.<\/p>\n<p>According to NBC News, Saturday evening\u2019s act of resistance came from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/upside-us-flag-hung-yosemite-national-park-protest-employee-cuts-rcna193409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">group of unhappy Yosemite employees<\/a>, and photographer Brittany Colt captured the moment the flag was unfurled.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/national-international\/upside-down-us-flag-el-capitan-yosemite-trump-administration\/3639800\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hit so close to home for me<\/a>. I witnessed several of my friends lose their jobs overnight while leaving our public lands vulnerable. These people had very valuable jobs, such as Search and Rescue and keeping the restrooms and park clean for visitors. If we lose the public servants, the park experience will get only harder and potentially more dangerous for visitors,\u201d she wrote on her Instagram story.<\/p>\n<p>Colt, who was in the area to capture a surprise proposal for her wedding photography business, told SFGate.com she happened to be in the right place at the right time and knew immediately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/national-parks\/article\/yosemite-national-park-el-capitan-demonstration-20183557.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what the upside-down flag represented<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLittle did we know we would get to witness history in the making,\u201d she said. \u201cI knew instinctively right away that it must be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/national-parks\/article\/yosemite-national-park-el-capitan-demonstration-20183557.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">desperate plea for the American people<\/a> to help protect our public lands. Protected lands that are at huge risk of being taken away and exploited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, hanging the American flag upside-down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legion.org\/advocacy\/flag-advocacy\/flag-code\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">symbolizes a distress call<\/a> and, according to the American Legion\u2019s Flag Code, is intended to be a signal of \u201cdire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a move to clamp down on federal bureaucracy and spending, the Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/02\/24\/travel\/upside-down-american-flag-firefall-yosemite\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cut 1,000 jobs at the National Park Service<\/a> earlier this month, CNN reports. Impacted employees warn that a diminished staff will lead to impacted safety on hiking trails and campgrounds, washrooms will not be maintained properly and tourists can expect longer lines.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re bringing attention to what\u2019s happening to the parks, which are every American\u2019s properties. It\u2019s super important we take care of them, and we\u2019re losing people here, and it\u2019s not sustainable if we want to keep the parks open,\u201d Gavin Carpenter, a maintenance mechanic at Yosemite who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/outdoors\/article\/yosemite-protest-job-cuts-20180229.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supplied the flag and helped hang it<\/a>, told the San Francisco Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration said last week it would <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-national-park-firings-elon-musk-d0cdc23fe5fac68e4dc8ef58f041ced4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">restore at least 50 jobs to maintain and clean parks<\/a>, and would hire nearly 3,000 additional seasonal workers following backlash over the cuts, The Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<h2>Growing acts of resistance<\/h2>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s unfurling of the flag is just one in a number of growing acts of resistance to Trump and his so-called \u201cfirst buddy\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk\u2019s<\/a> slash-and-burn efforts to rejig the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>In the weeks following Trump\u2019s January inauguration, it appeared as though Americans were shell-shocked at the intense pace of Trump\u2019s dozens of executive orders. But as the effects of Trump and Musk\u2019s actions begin to become more apparent, citizens and activists are starting to energize and a reinvigorated resistance is bubbling.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_miniplayer\">\n<section id=\"miniplayer_67bccbdf4f177-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 2 videos.\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__inner\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__featured\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"true\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_67bccbdf4f177\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11006838\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" 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c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And while thousands of Americans have <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11009210\/us-protests-photos-donald-trump-elon-musk-50501\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taken to the streets<\/a> in recent weeks to protest everything from the president\u2019s immigration crackdown to his rollback of transgender rights, they\u2019ve begun channelling their frustration and despair into more strategic action that is sure to cause headaches for the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get breaking National news<\/h3>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Pushback over emails to federal employees<\/h2>\n<p>On Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11031598\/agencies-refuse-to-comply-with-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musk sent an email to federal employees<\/a> asking them to respond with a summary of what they accomplished in the past week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease reply to this email with approx. 5 bullets of what you accomplished this week and cc your manager,\u201d the message said. Later, on X, the social platform Musk owns, he said that failure to respond would be <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1893386883444437415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">treated as a resignation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Consistent with President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a>\u2019s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week.<\/p>\n<p>Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.<br \/>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1893386883444437415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Democrats and even some Republicans were critical of Musk\u2019s ultimatum, which came just hours after Trump encouraged him on social media to \u201cget more aggressive\u201d in reducing the size of the government through his so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. The day before, Musk celebrated his new position by waving a chainsaw during an appearance at a conservative conference.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tElon Musk holds up a chainsaw he received from Argentina\u2019s President Javier Milei, right, as they arrive to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort &amp; Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tJose Luis Magana \/ The Associated Press\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>On social media, government employees and concerned citizens discussed ways to subvert Musk\u2019s campaign after the email, and the address it was sent from, was circulated on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>With some social media users suspecting they now had a direct line to DOGE, they shared trolling messages and bogus emails they said they had sent in reply to the ominous email.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>You really can just email Elon Musk at hr@opm.gov <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/67ynbglkZX\">pic.twitter.com\/67ynbglkZX<\/a><br \/>\u2014 \u2600\ufe0f Jon Schwarz \u2600\ufe0f (@schwarz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/schwarz\/status\/1893703208683397355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Emails2DOGE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Emails2DOGE<\/a><br \/>cc: HR@OPM.gov<\/p>\n<p>1. Mocked and trashed Trump &amp; his boss Elon mercilessly on TV and on social media and podcasts<\/p>\n<p>2. Got my kid\u2019s Corgi fixed so she can\u2019t have puppies (Elon, you really need to get fixed yourself)<\/p>\n<p>3. Looked up why ketamine abusers need to wear\u2026<br \/>\u2014 George Conway (@gtconway3d) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gtconway3d\/status\/1893473813079216448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11029211\/tax-season-2025-canada\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/taxes-2025-2.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Tax season 2025: What Canadians need to know before filing\" data-title=\"\">Tax season 2025: What Canadians need to know before filing<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11029278\/canada-us-trump-hillman-west-block\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CP173867413-e1740162882537.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Trump\u2019s 51st state talk \u2018almost never\u2019 comes up in D.C.: Canada\u2019s envoy\" data-title=\"\">Trump\u2019s 51st state talk \u2018almost never\u2019 comes up in D.C.: Canada\u2019s envoy<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Dear Madam or Sir at HR <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CWuSUriHla\">https:\/\/t.co\/CWuSUriHla<\/a> : Regardless of the reason your email ended up in my inbox, out of respect for the education my mother gave me, I am replying with five key accomplishments from last week. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Emails2DOGE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Emails2DOGE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bQxs8Yx0Yp\">pic.twitter.com\/bQxs8Yx0Yp<\/a><br \/>\u2014 Juan Picos (@jpicos13) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jpicos13\/status\/1893813326573904229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>And while some Trump appointees, like Robert F. Kennedy, who is now leading the Department of Health and Human Services, instructed his employees to comply and reply to the email, others pushed back, marking a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11031598\/agencies-refuse-to-comply-with-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new level of chaos and confusion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Newly confirmed FBI Director <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/kash-patel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kash Patel<\/a>, an outspoken Trump ally, instructed bureau employees to ignore Musk\u2019s request, at least for now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI, through the Office of the Director, is in charge of all of our review processes, and will conduct reviews in accordance with FBI procedures,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11031598\/agencies-refuse-to-comply-with-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patel wrote in an email<\/a> confirmed by The Associated Press. \u201cWhen and if further information is required, we will coordinate the responses. For now, please pause any responses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/tulsi-gabbard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a>, the new director of national intelligence, also sent a blunt message to her department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the inherently sensitive and classified nature of our work, I.C. employees should not respond to the OPM email,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<h2>Pushing back with legal action<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/us\/trump-administration-lawsuits.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flood of lawsuits<\/a>, brought by Democratic attorneys general as well as unions and legal groups that formed during Trump\u2019s first administration, have had some success in stalling some of the actions taken by the administration and DOGE.<\/p>\n<p>At a bipartisan event as part of the National Governors Association\u2019s winter summit on Friday evening, Maine Democratic Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/governors-trump-whitmer-mills-transgender-musk-tariffs-486b591a9a3362906c4f7a60a88da231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Janet Mills stood up to Trump\u2019s efforts<\/a> to ban transgender women from competing in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>After the state was singled out by Trump during his remarks at a Republican Governors Association dinner last Thursday night, where the president said, \u201cWe\u2019re not going to give [Maine] any federal funding until they clean that up,\u201d she shot back while in the same room as Trump on Friday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI understand Maine, is Maine here, the governor of Maine?\u201d Trump said addressing Republican and Democratic governors in the State Dining Room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I\u2019m here,\u201d Mills said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you not going to comply with it?\u201d Trump said, asking about the state\u2019s vow to provide equal opportunities to all students, including transgender athletes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/governors-trump-whitmer-mills-transgender-musk-tariffs-486b591a9a3362906c4f7a60a88da231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complying with state and federal laws<\/a>,\u201d Mills said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we are the federal law,\u201d Trump said. \u201cYou better do it because you\u2019re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump added: \u201cAnd by the way, your population, even though it\u2019s somewhat liberal, although I did very well there, your population doesn\u2019t want men playing in women\u2019s sports. So \u2026 you better comply, because otherwise you\u2019re not getting any, any federal funding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mills responded: \u201cSee you in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>BREAKING: In a stunning moment of defiance, Maine\u2019s Governor Janet Mills stands up to Trump, saying she is complying with state and federal (anti-discrimination) law, and will see him in court over his threat to withhold federal funds. This is incredible.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2eBS3JcdK1\">pic.twitter.com\/2eBS3JcdK1<\/a><br \/>\u2014 Really American \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ReallyAmerican1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReallyAmerican1\/status\/1893022224119927031?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cGood, I\u2019ll see you in court, I look forward to that,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThat should be a real easy one, and enjoy your life after governor, because I don\u2019t think you\u2019ll be in elected politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hours after the spat, the federal Department of Education announced it was initiating an investigation into the Maine Department of Education over the inclusion of trans athletes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video_miniplayer\">\n<section id=\"miniplayer_67bccbdf54583-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel 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