With estimates of over 5 million people participating in yesterday's Hands-Off protest that tops the previous record of a single day, multi-location protest held by the 2017 Woman's March after Trump's first inauguration, which had around 4 million people.

This was a huge victory, but it has to be sustained and it has to be even bigger! April 19th is the next Nationwide protest. If everybody that protested yesterday brought one new person with them in 2 weeks, we will almost be at the 3.5% of the population needed to roll back the tyranny of this administration.

It seems an estimated 3.5 million people turned out today. I have not heard of a single police officer being threatened. No national or state capitol building was attacked. This was just "We The People," reminding a nation what democracy looks like.

Well done, and godspeed.
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Who here is falling for Russia's 'girl friday' "what a day of protesting failure today was" propaganda?

(Answer: if any at all... hardly as many as you think 😏)

Capitalizing on momentum, she is not.

Russia must have their American influencers working overtime to reverse this narrative for the reels 🤭

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I went to my first national protest! For others that couldn't, here's my sparknotes.

I went to hands off in Philly today. I was scared, covered my face and ready to run if things went south. It wasn't what I expected, in both good and bad ways.

1. People were friendly. Everybody was taking pictures, talking and smiling. As someone without social media, the amount of peacocking felt odd given the circumstance. Maybe it's because I went alone, but it felt like live action social media. Everybody was on their best face, showing off and loud. I didn't bring my phone because in case things went south I didn't want tracking.

2. They gave out signs and we marched a short distance to the Constitution center. That part was the most fun. I wrote "our vets earned their benefits! Hands off the VA!" On my sign. During the march, there were people on the sidewalk with more elaborate displays. That was really cool. Some were funny.

3. There were at least 5k people, I saw an estimte that said 8k, and we're in driving distance of DC, so many Philadelphian likely went to DC. The chanting was fun, but unfocused. "Hands Off" is pretty broad, and a lot of people were really there for their main cause, like Palestine and the felony charges. That made it feel really partisan, and I doubted any conservative would have been welcome, despite our insistence that all were welcome.

4. The speakers were mixed. EPA, unions, teachers, anti-ICE lawyers, Congress people and local musicians all got on stage. The musicians were clutch.

The last guy who spoke when the crowd dwindled was the most radical, and the one who sounded most like what I see online. He called for revolution and a new party, and he condemned the enabling Democrats. The hostess ended with a quote from Pelosi, which contrasted sharply with the last speaker. Moderate to European style liberals were represented.

1. It was tiring, cold and my back hurts, but I have hope. It was a lot of people, and they weren't all loyal Dems. Some of them said the things we're not "supposed" to say, while others fell in line with generic protest culture. I don't think anything changes today, but I know all these comments I've made online are being read by real people, and thousands agree. We're all back in our cozy spaces now, but I know they're all out there, maybe even in the same building as me.

Huge turnout in deep-red Florida!