The Real Power of This Weekend's Anti-Trump Protests
Briefly

The article discusses the current turmoil in America, highlighting plunging markets, fear among immigrants due to aggressive ICE actions, and preventable health crises like measles outbreaks. Amidst this despair, over 1,200 protests took place nationwide in a movement expressing demands for rights and freedoms against both President Donald Trump and influential figures like Elon Musk. Despite the protests' imperfections in representation, they signify a crucial grassroots effort to pressure leadership and establish a collective voice for change, emphasizing the importance of ongoing activism rather than seeking immediate results.
More than 1,200 demonstrations were held nationwide, to say, "Hands Off!": Hands off the government, hands off our rights, hands off our freedoms.
The protests were against shadow president Elon Musk as much as they were actual President Donald Trump.
Even if nothing changes right away-and nothing will change right away-we must get out and do it again and again.
The point is not an immediate result from the White House on down. It's to galvanize from the ground up.
Read at Slate Magazine
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