As Many as 5 Million March Nationwide to Reject Trump’s Fascist Rule
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🔴 UPDATE: April 5, 2025
5 Million Americans Take to the Streets—The Nation Unites to Reject Trump’s Authoritarian Rule
Today wasn’t just a protest—it was a national uprising. As many as 5 million Americans, based on estimates still coming in, marched in more than 1,200 cities in the largest single-day demonstration since Donald Trump returned to power. They came from every state. Every background. Every political persuasion. What united them? One message: Hands off our democracy.
From the steps of Congress to retirement communities deep in Trump country, the message was unmistakable: Trump and his billionaire enablers like Elon Musk have gone too far. They're trying to gut Social Security, slash healthcare, purge government workers, and consolidate power into the hands of a corporate elite. But today, America pushed back.
Key Developments:
As many as 5 million protesters took to the streets nationwide, with over 1,200 demonstrations organized across all 50 states to demand an end to the Trump regime’s authoritarian agenda.
Sources: Axios, AP NewsProtests erupted in DC, NYC, Boston, Chicago, Raleigh, and hundreds of smaller cities, where crowds massively outpaced RSVP estimates. In Raleigh, 2,000 RSVPs turned into a crowd of 45,000.
Sources: AxiosIn The Villages, Florida, a Republican stronghold, nearly 2,000 retirees marched against Trump and Musk—a stunning defection from his political base.
Sources: NewsweekProtests featured slogans like “Hands Off Our Democracy,” “Hands Off Our Social Security,” and “ELON DON’T BE A DOGE BAG”—with strong showings even in rain-soaked cities.
Sources: AP NewsDemonstrators spanned political identities, from former Reagan Republicans to lifelong independents and Democratic organizers—united in outrage at Trump’s war on democracy, workers, and basic rights.
Sources: AP News
The Real Story: Who Wins and Who Pays the Price?
Trump and Musk are looting the country for the robber barons, and their crackdown on federal agencies, social programs, and civil rights is just the beginning. They thought Americans would be too divided or too scared to fight back. Instead, they awoke something powerful. From left to right, rural to urban, young to old—millions are rising to stop a dictatorship in real time.
🔍 Why This Matters:
This wasn’t just a liberal protest. It was a nationwide act of defiance from everyday Americans across the spectrum. People who normally disagree on everything stood shoulder to shoulder to say: enough. Trump’s regime is not just unpopular—it’s unacceptable. And now the whole country knows it.
🚨 The Bottom Line:
Trump thought no one would stop him. That he could fire workers, destroy the government, and hand the country to Musk and the robber barons. But millions just proved otherwise. This was a warning shot. The people are awake.
📌 Sources:
Axios: “Hands Off!” protesters rally against Trump across the U.S.
Newsweek: Trump-Stronghold The Villages in Florida Holds Large 'Hands Off!' Rally
AP News: Protesters tee off against Trump and Musk in ‘Hands Off!’ rallies across the US
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This is excellent. There were Hands Off protests all over Maine this AM, even in small towns. I was in Blue Hill. :)
The story behind the story, Today was a tremendous success in any manner of determination or description: size, geography, enthusiasm, sign cleverness, age range, etc. How did it happen? How did it come about? Of course, there was Indivisible and "Hands Off," but there was more. Much more + Who were some of the people that have been working, fighting, in one manner or another, to bring about today--and all the days to follow, needed to win this war against Trump/Musk et al and save our democracy. With the thousands [million+?] of heroic protestors out with signs (or just standing in solidarity) today, this April 5th (actually any and all days of protesting Trump/Musk, Tesla or any other issue), here's an updated partial list of those fighting back every day [as of 4-5--25 BTW I've misplaced several suggested names, so if you don't see yours.pls try again.) I'm also adding courageous law firms who haven't caved. Besides upstanding lawyers (e.g. Brenna Trout Frey, and law-abiding honorable (present and former) judges (including James Boasberg, chief judge, D.C. District Ct.), here's a growing list of Profiles in Courage men, women, and advocacy groups who refuse to be cowed or kneel to the force of Trump/Musk/MAGA/Fox "News" intimidation:I'll begin (again) with Missouri's own indomitable Jess[ica] (à la John Lewis's "get in good trouble") Piper/"The View from Rural Missouri," then, in no particular order, Francie Garber Pepper (1940-2025), Heather Cox Richardson/"Letters from an American," Joyce Vance/"Civil Discourse," Bernie Sanders, AOC, Rep. Maxwell Frost,, Gov. Tim walz, Sarah Inama, Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Rev. William J. Barber II, Jasmine Crockett, Adam Smith, Jamie Raskin, Ken Harbaugh. Ruth Ben-Ghait, Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, Chris Hayes, Ali Velshi, Prof. Lawrence Tribe, Stephanie Miller, Gov. Janet Mills, Gov. Beshear, Gov. JB.Pritzker, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Amb. Susan Rice, Mayor Michelle Wu, Jim Acosta, Jen Rubin And the Contrarians, Dan Rather, Robert Reich, Jay Kou, Steve Brodner, Rachel Cohen, Brian TylerCohen, Jessica Craven, Scott Dworkin, Brett Meiselas, Joy Reid, D. Earl Stevens, Melvin Gurai, Dan Pfeiffer, Anand Giridharadas Anne Applebaum, Lucian Truscott IV, Chris Murphy, Cory Booker, Jeff Merkley, Michael Bennett, Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Duckworth, Sheldon Whitehouse, Adam Schiff, Jon Ossoff, Elyssa Slotkin, Tristan Snell, Delia Ramirez,Tim Snyder, Robert B. Hubbell, Ben Meiseilas, Rich wilson, Ron Filpkowski, Jeremy Seahill, Thom Hartmann, Jonathan Bernstein, Simon Rosenberg, Marianne Williamson, Mark Fiore, Jamie Raskin, Rebecca Solnit, Steve Schmidt, Josh Marshall, Paul Krugman, Andy Borowitz, Jeff Danziger, Ann Telnaes,͏ ͏Will Bunch, Jim Hightower, Dan Pfeifer, Dean Obeidallah, Michel Zeitgeist, Liz Cheney, Adam Kimzinger, Cassidy Hutchinson, John Cusack, Judd Legum (Popular Information) Qasim Rachid, Sue Nethercott, Mary L. trump, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Jonathan V Last, Sarah Longwell, Andrew Egger, Aaron Parnas, Rep.Don Beyer, Greg OlearAmerican Bar Association, 23 blue state Attorney Generals, Indivisible. FiftyFifty one, MoveOn, DemCast, Blue Missouri, Third Act, Democracy Forward, Public Citizen, Democracy Index, Protect Democracy, DemocracyLabs, Fred Wellman/On Democracy, Hands Off, Marc Elias/Democracy Docket, Public Citizen, League of Women Voters, Lambda Legal, CREW, CODEPINK, ACLU, The 19th/Errin Haines, Working Families Party, American Oversight, Every State Blue, Run for Something, Jessica Valenti/Abortion Everyday, The American Manifesto, The Dr. Martin Luther King Center, Bulwark Media, Bill Kristol/all NeverTrumpers, The States Project, Field Team 6, The Union,AICN ( last 4 all from North Carolina) The Lincoln Project,Blue Wave, Blue Future, The Civic Center, Olivia Troy,The Politics Girl, The Dean's List/ Dean Obeidallah,And, as Joyce Vance says, "We're in this together"--or via Jess Piper, from rural Missouri: "Solidarity." FIGHT BACK! WE ARE NOT ALONE! (Latest addition h/t , Robert B. Hubbell: Law firms, see below). All suggestions are welcome.* Perkins Coie and Covington & Burling have resisted Trump, fighting back with the help of other courageous firms like Williams & Connolly. Per The ABA Journal, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, representing fired inspectors general. (Law.com)Hogan Lovells, seeking to block executive orders to end federal funding for gender-affirming medical care. (Law.com)Jenner & Block, also seeking to block the orders on cuts to medical research funding. (Law.com, Reuters)Ropes & Gray, also seeking to block cuts to medical research funding. (Law.com)Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, representing the Amica Center for Immigrants Rights and others seeking to block funding cuts for immigrant legal services. (Law.com)Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer.Wilmer HaleKeker, Van Nest & PetersSouthern Poverty Law CenterPerhaps I should add our nation's motto--and on our Great Seal--the phrase "E pluribus unum" (out of many, One ). Ii's 13 letters makes its use symbolic of the original 13 Colonies which rebelled against the rule of the Kingdom of George III . . .And now we protest together against King Donald. As my rural MO. indomitable Jess Piper always says: "Solidarity."P.S. I have misplaced several suggested additions. Pls provide names again if you don't see them listed. My bad. Thanks.