1d ago

'Hands Off!' protests against Trump and Musk are planned across the US (Today, NOW)

Angry protesters from New York to Alaska assail Trump and Musk in 'Hands Off!' rallies

https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/map/

Happening today.

It is time to heed the words of the man I began this whole thing with: John Lewis. I beg folks to take his example of his early days where he made himself determined to show his love for his country at a time the country didn't love him. To love this country so much, to be such a patriot that he endured beatings savagely on the Edmund Pettus bridge, at lunch counters, on Freedom Rides, he said he had to do something. He would not normalize a moment like this. He would not just go along with business as usual. He wouldn't know how to solve it but there's one thing that he would do that I hope we all can do, that I think I did a little bit of tonight. He said for us to go out and cause some good trouble. Necessary trouble to redeem the soul of our nation. I want you to redeem the dream. Let's be bold in America, not demean and degrade Americans. Not divide us against each other. […] This is a moral moment. It's not left or right, it's right or wrong. Let's get in good trouble.

Senator Cory Booker, April 1, 2025.

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17h ago

Angry protesters from New York to Alaska assail Trump and Musk in 'Hands Off!' rallies

apnews.com /article/trump-musk-doge-protests-hands-off-472c574303260cbac315367cc808960d

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1d ago

'Hands Off!' protests against Trump and Musk are planned across the US

apnews.com /article/trump-musk-doge-protests-hands-off-472c574303260cbac315367cc808960d

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2d ago

'Hands Off!' protests against Trump and Musk are planned across the US

apnews.com /article/trump-musk-doge-protests-hands-off-472c574303260cbac315367cc808960d

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I'm headed out in about half an hour to join the protest here. Change has to start somewhere.
- Same! You can't post your way out of fascism. Take to the streets!
- Where are you?
  
  Nice try, ICE!
  
  Carson City, NV. Apparently we pulled 7000 people. Think they severely underestimated how many people are pissed off.

Large protest 200-300 easy. I'm in a ruby red midsized town
- 💪you're doing the right thing, friend. Keep showing up. Tell your friends. Tell your family. A movement is built on all of us standing up together.

I was at the Washington Monument in DC today. It was huge. I've been to a lot of protests in DC and this was among the largest. The vibe wasn't anywhere close to as naively optimistic as the 2017 Women's March or the various Marches for Science. It wasn't as confrontational as the 2020 uprising or the 2017 Airport protests against the Muslim Ban. I think the closest vibe I can think of were the 2003 Iraq Invasion protests.
I really hope this is just a beginning and actions get larger and more aggressive.

I was real surprised at the one in my little mountain town It looked like 250 to 300 people and the counter protest was just the 6 or 7 people in the Alcoholics for Trump club.

I’ll be participating today as well. But I’m Curia what others think, as someone whose been a part of a dozen of these protests over the years, I don’t know if anything positive has actually come from them? The enemy is the billionaire class whose ruining everyone’s lives through greed. But I don’t think they actually care if people are in the streets since it doesn’t affect them at all.
I feel like taking these protests to their personal homes would be much more effective no?
- I feel like protests like this are also for the morale of the country. We fall into echo chambers online, and it is hard to see how many people are actually unhappy with current affairs. By taking to the streets, you can quantify that number and show Americans that they are not alone with how they feel. When enough people feel that way, enough to take time out of their day to simply march and take to the streets, mayb we can get some weight for people to actually listen. This is our opportunity to stand together, literally and figuratively.
  
  Ya that makes sense!
  
  In my mind you go to a protest to sign 16 petitions, add your signature to people who want to run for office, and register to vote/join a party/etc. I'm always a little discouraged when I go to one and see none of this. There's a reason they group these rights together in the constitution, they are meant to go hand in hand. DSA has a decent presence where I live but I've never seen the actual democratic party out talking to people. Protests are filled with people asking 'whats next', and the Democrats keep failing to show up and answer the question.
- Protests of any kind are great places to find like-minded individuals. People who believe in freedom as strongly as you do. Talk to others about ideas you have. Swap signal contacts. Make connections.
  But I don’t think they actually care if people are in the streets since it doesn’t affect them at all.
  If the public didn't worry them, they wouldn't invest so much money and effort militarizing police, villainizing protestors, manipulating the narrative, and black-bagging activists like Mahmoud Kahlil.
  The illusion that the wealthy don't care what the poor think is a part of the system working as designed. They want you to think they don't care. They want you to think protesting is pointless.
  They don't want you to feel connected. They don't want you to feel like you have a community around you that agrees with you and supports your cause. They don't want you to stand in a crowd of tens of thousands and think "boy, there sure are a lot more of us than there are of them."
  Do whatever you can! Get in some Good Trouble.

Good and finally!!!
Americans, you deserve better and at this point you are going to have to fight for it

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