DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Demonstrators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Demonstrators</span></a> across 50 states look to unify a disparate opposition to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and his sweeping agenda</p><p>by BILL BARROW, CHARLOTTE KRAMON and NADIA LATHAN<br>March 4, 2025</p><p>ATLANTA (AP) — "As Donald Trump prepared Tuesday to address a joint session of Congress, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> groups gathered at parks, statehouses and other public grounds across the country to assail his presidency as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dangerous</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnAmerican</span></a>.</p><p>"The rallies and marches — set in motion by the fledgling <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/50501Movement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>50501Movement</span></a>, a volunteer-driven group organized in the weeks after Trump’s inauguration — mark the latest attempt at national resistance to the hardened support of Trump’s '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MakeAmericaGreatAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaGreatAgain</span></a>' base and the success it has had in reshaping the Republican Party in the president’s populist image.</p><p>"Yet some early scenes Tuesday vividly demonstrated the difficulty Democrats, progressives and everyday citizens face in marshaling a tangible response to Trump and the swift, sweeping actions of his second administration. Protesters have so many things to push back against — from tariffs to Trump’s reset on the war in Ukraine to the aggressive and sometimes legally dubious actions of the Department of Government Efficiency and its leader, billionaire <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elon</span></a> Musk, that it’s hard to know what to focus on." [THIS IS INTENTIONAL! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DivideAndConquer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DivideAndConquer</span></a>!] </p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-protests-53c6a993ee4892d4b5f9f90607f410e3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/donald-trum</span><span class="invisible">p-protests-53c6a993ee4892d4b5f9f90607f410e3</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristoFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristoFascists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>