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Wikipedia page "List of protests and demonstrations in the United States by size" says the Hands off protests were the third largest protest in US history (i.redd.it)

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cross-posted from: https://50501.chat/post/97685

Originally Posted By u/Northwest_Thrills At 2025-04-07 01:34:57 PM | Source

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[–] match@pawb.social 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

honestly my state saw a lot of meaningful change out of it

[–] AThing4String@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Honestly actually thanks for this - doom scrolling late at night and feeling 0/10 hopeless.

Shit's bleak, but if there's legitimately nothing we can do about it we might as well lay on the railroad tracks, eh?

[–] match@pawb.social 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

hey hey hey. we got 3 million people out to the protests last weekend. the republican house is getting stymied and criticism is rallying from all directions. trump's already running out of steam and we've barely begun fighting him

[–] alanjaow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

5 million is the official tally! 😁

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

there are no functional railroads near me. I'm going to have to fly to get to them. fml.