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Yahoo News reports:
Demonstrators in New York City filled Manhattan’s Union Square on Monday afternoon, February 17, demanding Congress “uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach,” organizers said. Footage taken by Gili Getz shows the scene in Union Square on Monday afternoon. Demonstrators are seen holding various signs and chanting, “Stop the coup!” Protests had been organized by the 50501 Movement, which is dedicated to organizing rallies in each of the 50 states. “50 protests. 50 states. 1 day,” their website reads.
The Associated Press reports:
Nearly 1,000 people marched in the snow from the Statehouse in Boston to City Hall, chanting “Elon Musk has got to go” and “No kings on Presidents Day!” The temperature was below freezing with wind chills in the teens. Boston protesters, some dressed in Revolutionary War-style clothing from the 1700s, carried signs saying such things as “This is a Coup” and “Cowards Bow to Trump, Patriots Stand Up.” One sign had a depiction of Uncle Sam saying “I Want You to Resist.”
DC News Now reports:
Many gathered in the nation’s capital Monday for the 50501 protest. At noon, the 50501 Movement held its “No Kings Day” protest on Presidents Day in Washington, D.C., at Union Square. Organizers said the movement is to “resist Project 2025” and fight for human rights, equality and justice. The group noted that the rallies are a response to “the anti-democratic and illegal actions of the Trump administration and its plutocratic allies.”
Orlando’s NBC affiliate reports:
Protesters gathered outside Orlando’s City Hall Monday for a “Not My Presidents Day” rally – part of a nationwide effort to protest the policies of the Trump administration. It’s part of the 50-50-1 movement, which stands for 50 states, 50 protests, 1 movement. At noon, hundreds had gathered outside City Hall. His administration’s approach to foreign policy with regards to the Russia-Ukraine war is also a point of contention. And cuts to the federal government led by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiencies, known as DOGE, are also drawing criticism.
Similar protests are taking place today at state capitols and city halls all over the country. A separate group of protests organized by the activist group Indivisible is targeting Tesla showrooms and the district offices of Congress members.
Union Square right now
— Eva Yaa Asantewaa (she/her) (@evayaaasantewaa.bsky.social) February 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Union Square rally.
— Paula Schaap (@redsonja.bsky.social) February 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
RESIST! Lots of people already here in UNION SQUARE, on 14th street. The energy is electric. Join us!
WE THE PEOPLE are the fourth branch of government!
#PresidentsDay #ResistTheDictator #StouptheCoup #RiseandRssist
— Rise and Resist (@riseandresist.bsky.social) February 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New Yorkers are OUTRAGED.
CONGRESS DO YOUR JOB!
STOP THE COUP!
#ResistTheDictators #StoptheCoup
ALR: protestors in Union square, NYC
— Rise and Resist (@riseandresist.bsky.social) February 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Thousands gather in NYC on President’s Day to protest Musk and Trump’s destruction of the U.S. government.pic.twitter.com/UfHIJ7XDB5
— Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) February 17, 2025
NOW: massive turn out for the rise and resist demonstration in NYC, where thousands have gathered to protest against the Trump administration. pic.twitter.com/Sv80EKBv9N
— Madison Swart (@swartmadison) February 17, 2025
NOW: “I cherish America and I will always stand by the American flag, because it’s our flag just as much as it is any Trump supporter’s” a speaker proclaimed as thousands gathered in Washington Square Park this afternoon in Protest against President Trump and Elon Musk in NYC… pic.twitter.com/yPiHDSjsl5
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) February 17, 2025