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applegrove

(132,149 posts)
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:22 PM 7 hrs ago

If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today.

If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today.

That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right

Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2026-03-28T22:32:55.148Z
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JT45242

(4,041 posts)
2. Astroturfed the whole way
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:35 PM
6 hrs ago

Paid for by billionaires..to help billionaires steal money from idiotic poor whites who willingly forked over their money to show their hatred for an educated 'uppity' black man

Dave says

(5,423 posts)
4. That's a bit disappointing as it falls short of the 3.5% associated with significant social changes around the world
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 08:06 PM
6 hrs ago

Hopefully 2-2.5% will turn out to be enough.

TheRickles

(3,376 posts)
5. That 3.5% number isn't a hard and fast rule, but it's being taken quite seriously as a make-or-break target.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 08:42 PM
5 hrs ago

As long as the attendance numbers keep rising, we're fine.

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