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Protests will put pressure on the president and weaken the extent to which he can say he commands broad support.

The protest takes place on Labor Day, a federal holiday dating back to 1894 recognizing workers' contributions to America. This year, it falls on September 1.

On the website, the organizers listed the following demands:

  1. Stop the billionaire takeover corrupting our government.
  2. Protect and defend Medicaid, Social Security, and other programs for working people.
  3. Fully funded schools, and health care and housing for all.
  4. Stop the attacks on immigrants, Black, indigenous, trans people, and all our communities.
  5. Invest in people not wars."
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[–] leadore@lemmy.world 21 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

You don't usually see major news outlets like Newsweek covering protests being planned ahead of time instead of downplaying and barely mentioning that some protests happened after the fact. AND listing specific demands instead of vaguely just saying "anti-trump protests". That's an improvement, at least. Keep it going! Getting more media attention in an environment where most media has been cowed and terrified to criticize trump is moving in a positive direction. If you've been thinking about showing up, this is a good one to turn out for.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 32 points 16 hours ago

What to know?

Cheeto chimp is a child rapist.

Release the Trump/Epstein files

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 9 points 14 hours ago

Everyone else got International Workers' Day/May Day.