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moonshinegnomie

(3,535 posts) Sat Jun 14, 2025, 09:15 PM Jun 14

Despite threats 10's of thousands showed up in austin texas [View all]

Despite what the police called a credible threat 10’s of thousands showed up in austin Texas to protest taco don. In addition I was at an earlier protest in Pflugerville where over 1k showed up

And this was all despite extremely muggy weather with heat indexes of 100 or more
https://imgur.com/a/hDaQh4M

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Despite threats 10's of thousands showed up in austin texas [View all] moonshinegnomie Jun 14 OP

"" AllaN01Bear Jun 14 #1

Statesman news photos IrishBubbaLiberal Jun 14 #2

The Statesman's news photos sure focused very little on the crowd in front of the Capitol. summer_in_TX Jun 15 #9

So glad things went well in Austin. I had several old friends who attended. Paladin Jun 14 #3

hotter than hell moonshinegnomie Jun 14 #4

Oh, dear. As a NYC'r we sometimes get upper '90s and High Humidity...serious stuff if you... electric_blue68 Jun 14 #7

TY! electric_blue68 Jun 14 #5

Bravo! Thank You!, Texans! Cha Jun 14 #6

Looks like you had better weather than those around houston. mwmisses4289 Jun 14 #8