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A new wave of protests against the Trump administration is planned in the U.S. this Saturday, April 19. More than 400 events are scheduled, including rallies, protests, nature cleanups and food drives. Here's more from @AxiosNews on what's happening, and organizers the 50501 Movement.

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Dozens of protestors are seen on the streets
Axios · What to know about Saturday's 50501 Movement against the Trump administrationBy April Rubin

Rep. AOC: They have been voting just this week to advance cuts on hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, Veterans benefits and Social Security so that they can take that money and give it to the billionaires who elected them in the form of tax cuts and giving sweetheart government contracts to companies like spacex

"Finally, they are afraid of you—Trump and Musk, who are wanna-be kings and lords. That crowd is afraid of the power of love, truth, and justice, afraid of unity and diversity. Well, let’s keep them afraid until they change."

-Rev Dr. William J Barber II of the Poor People's Campaign

#protests #resistance #50501movement #handsoff

thenation.com/article/society/

The Nation · The Rev. William Barber II’s “Hands Off” Rally Speech: “We Cannot and Must Not Bow”“We cannot be at ease in America. History is pushing us; the present is demanding us; the future is calling us.”