US Politics 2026

[Chryssie]

https://www.news-journalonline.com/.../florida-voter-registration-bill/89133699007/

We are screwed!

 

[KLS52]

I can't open the link.

 

[Chryssie]

Oh sorry! It's to an article in the Daytona Beach News journal which I though I had linked to in the past. Florida has passed it's own version of the Save act. It won't go into effect until after the mid-terms thankfully.

 

[Lou]

No Kings rally this Saturday​

 

[Chryssie]

Haley and I were downtown at the No Kings protest. It was amazing. There were lots and lots of people lining the main street and some side streets with a bunch of cool signs. Lots of cars honking in support as they drove by. It was very uplifting!

 

[Emma JC]

well over 8,000,000 apparently and we had them in many places in Canada and around the world - heard that May 1st is being targeted as a National Strike Day

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[Jamie in Chile]

Curious how big this one was compared to others

The original rallies were more left-wing opponents to Trump and those who disagreed with immigration policies, I feel

But when you start to get cost of living arguments combined with those principled opponents, it can start to get powerful

Thanks to those of you who attended - this is helpful to the whole world not just the US to try and limit Trump's power

 

[Lou]

This was the biggest one so far. last one was 7 million. this one was 8.
not a record breaker. The earth day one in the 70s was 20 m.

I did go but I was hoping for an even bigger turnout. 8 m might seem like a lot but we would need much more to sway an election.
well actually recently elections are pretty close. maybe just one or two million votes can decide. But I'm thinking that a lot of these 8 million voters did not vote for trump last time.

 

[silva]

This was the biggest one so far. last one was 7 million. this one was 8.
not a record breaker. The earth day one in the 70s was 20 m.

I did go but I was hoping for an even bigger turnout. 8 m might seem like a lot but we would need much more to sway an election.
well actually recently elections are pretty close. maybe just one or two million votes can decide. But I'm thinking that a lot of these 8 million voters did not vote for trump last time.

Wasn't that just counting the ones that registared? I doubt many did!
You wouldn't even know they were more than a handful if you only watch the usual news. I had all the Sunday morning shows on and they were barely acknowledged.
But. The revolution will NOT be televised.......

 

[Jamie in Chile]

8m was just an estimate from the organizers by the look of it, and no method or analysis seen, so not very trustworthy

But clearly a very large protest overall. I didn't see hardly any media coverage of it - that's disappointing. What was the media coverage like in the US, on TV etc, what about social media.

Sadly you can get more media coverage with a smaller number of people if you are doing some crazy or very novel or breaking the law