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Protest Thread #94: #NoKings at any time!

Yesterday my neighbor told me that he wouldn't be able to do the downtown march, so we made plans for me to march and then go to a smaller protest with him later in the afternoon. I went downtown early to help set up, and I couldn't help but think back to February 5, 2025, the very first #50501movement protest. We showed up with no idea what was going to happen. Was it real? Was it astroturf? Were we going to be arrested or shot? We didn't know.

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Still, several thousand people thought "fuck it we ball" just like I did, so we all went out and froze our asses off.

Yesterday the setup crowd an hour before the event even started-- the people putting up tents and water stations and tables for organizations-- was bigger than that original protest crowd. And nobody was thinking we'd get shot. My, how far we've come!

As always, we bridge trolls focused on making things fun for everyone. Sure, we had our protest signs and flags up...

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...but we also had lawn games for little kids and a bubble machine. Not only kids but a bunch of dogs loved the bubbles. It was hilarious watching a young German Shepherd jumping around catching bubbles in her mouth. Meanwhile the music played and a bunch of people, especially younger people, joined in dancing. People were asking to take pictures with us in our silly costumes. I got a lot of photo requests solo too, including from other people dressed up as tacos.
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