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still_one

(92,273 posts)
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 10:56 AM Feb 2017

Thousands expected at Not My Presidents Day rallies Monday

"Anti-Trump activists have seized on Monday’s federal holiday to organize “Not My Presidents Day” rallies in cities around the country.

Protest leaders say they expect thousands to take to the streets in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and as many as two dozen other communities in the latest round of demonstrations to oppose the policies of President Donald Trump.

Some 13,000 Facebook users, for instance, say they plan to join a noon protest Monday near Manhattan’s Central Park.

“While we acknowledge that Donald Trump holds the current title, the policies he’s trying to put in place are not the beliefs shared by the majority of the people,” said Nova Calise, a television production manager and one of the organizers of New York event."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/19/donald-trump-not-my-presidents-day-protests/98130952/

I really hope this gets covered by the media. It is not in the NYTimes or Washington Post this morning as of yet that I can see

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