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Dulcinea

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Wed Mar 26, 2025, 10:19 AM Mar 26

Protests against Trump and Musk spring to life -- with a mass demonstration set for April 5 [View all]

(Yahoo News) As President Trump and Elon Musk continue their plan to dramatically reshape the federal government, a growing protest movement is emerging to try to stop them.

Over the past few days, thousands of people have gathered to hear Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York castigate the current administration.

“We will not allow America to become an oligarchy,” Sanders told a crowd of 34,000 in Denver. “This nation was built by working people, and we are not going to let a handful of billionaires run the government.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/protests-against-trump-and-musk-spring-to-life--with-a-mass-demonstration-set-for-april-5-175749989.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_CORE&ncid=crm_19908-1475736-20250326-0-&bt_user_id=e8d%2BrAV%2Bte5kWMoDlsJtGO7Nv7xgt2ZoBjdGhkHt64Je0kyvdz1nmkID4pG%2BogqY&bt_ts=1742986819370

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