{"id":39221,"date":"2025-02-03T10:48:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T18:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=39221"},"modified":"2025-02-03T10:48:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T18:48:04","slug":"national-50-states-anti-trump-protest-planned-for-feb-5-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/national-50-states-anti-trump-protest-planned-for-feb-5-what-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"National &#8217;50 States&#8217; Anti-Trump Protest Planned for Feb 5: What to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>\u00a0Feb 03, 2025 at 12:16 PM EST (Newsweek.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What Is &#8216;MATGA?&#8217; Anti-Trump Women&#8217;s Deadly New Trend<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0);\">Monica Sager<\/a><\/strong> Live News Reporter<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/50-states-anti-trump-protest-nationwide-february-5-details-2025300#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>50501 Movement\u2014or 50 states, 50 protests, one day\u2014is garnering support throughout social media for demonstrations across the nation to &#8220;fight Fascism&#8221; on February 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Newsweek<\/em>&nbsp;reached out to 50501 Movement for comment over email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why It Matters<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The protests are against President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;and his actions&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-bannon-fdr-republicans-deportations-gop-1986083\">during his first two weeks back in the White House.<\/a>&nbsp;Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders, fulfilling campaign promises such as clamping down&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/map-shows-ice-arrests-country-immigration-2025127\">on illegal immigration<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/pardon-january-6-prisoners-assault-police-officers-capitol-donald-trump-2018454\">pardoning January 6 Capitol attack participants<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump&#8217;s former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley has called Trump a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trumps-marching-order-sparks-fears-violence-1829697\">&#8220;fascist to the core,&#8221;<\/a>&nbsp;while his former Chief of Staff John Kelley said the president &#8220;certainly falls into the general definition of fascist.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What To Know<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The movement has a website at 50501movement.carrd.co and is active on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/instagram\">Instagram<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/reddit\">Reddit<\/a>, Bluesky, Discord and Signal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group is calling for protests at each state capitol building. The information and start time vary by location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2579814\/anti-trump.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=2affbd4e7d3dd17fc16b5f4ef7f29f1b\" alt=\"Anti Trump\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Susan Sabean holds a sign that reads, &#8216; Make America Great Again. Impeach Trump!&#8217; as she joins with other protesters outside of the Trump National Doral golf resort urging congress to impeach President Donald Trump&#8230;&nbsp;More&nbsp;<strong>PHOTO BY JOE RAEDLE\/GETTY IMAGES<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Information on 50501 Movement&#8217;s Instagram at the time of writing indicates that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Arizona \u2013 State Capitol at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>California \u2013 Capitol Building at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colorado \u2013 Capitol Building at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Florida \u2013 Tampa City Hall at 3 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Georgia \u2013 Centennial Park at 2 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Idaho \u2013 Capitol steps at 11 a.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Illinois \u2013 Capitol Building at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iowa \u2013 State Capitol at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kansas \u2013 Capitol Building at 4 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kentucky \u2013Capitol Building at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Massachusetts \u2013 State House at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michigan \u2013 State Capitol at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minnesota \u2013 St. Paul Technical College at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mississippi \u2013 State Capitol at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Missouri \u2013 Capitol Building at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Montana \u2013 State Capitol at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nebraska \u2013 State Capitol at 4 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Jersey \u2013 State house at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>North Carolina \u2013 State Capitol Building at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ohio \u2013 Statehouse at noon and at Willard Park at 4 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oregon \u2013 State Capitol Building at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>South Dakota \u2013 Downtown Federal Courthouse at 3 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tennessee \u2013 State Capitol at 1:30 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Texas \u2013 State Capitol at 11 a.m. and at the San Jacinto Plaza at 4 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vermont \u2013 State Capitol at noon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Washington \u2013 Tivoli Fountain North Lawn at 2:30 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Washington, D.C. \u2013 Capitol Building at 11 a.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wisconsin \u2013 State Capitol at 11 a.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>READ MORE&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/ice-immigration-protests-usa-map-states-2025083\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/ice-immigration-protests-usa-map-states-2025083\">Map Shows States Where ICE Protests Are Taking Place<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/jd-vance-push-trump-cabinet-tie-breaks-crunch-votes-2024824\">Vance Urges Support for Trump Cabinet Nominees With Tight Votes Likely<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/karoline-leavitt-new-media-press-pass-requests-thousands-2024390\">White House Flooded With Thousands of Requests After Opening to &#8216;New Media&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-approval-rating-2023602\">Donald Trump&#8217;s Approval Rating Now Higher Than in First Term<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Different flyers indicate that the events are to speak out against Project 2025, the Trump administration, &#8220;attempts to destroy our freedoms and human rights&#8221; and &#8220;protest for freedom of speech, racial equality, women&#8217;s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, public health and safety, gun violence, climate change, wealth equity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The First Amendment allows for people to assemble and express their views through a protest. Police and other governmental officials are allowed to place certain restrictions, however, including shutting down a protest through a dispersal order if there is a danger of riot or disorder. A permit to march in the streets or on sidewalks is not needed as long as marchers are not obstructing car or pedestrian traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, counter protesters also have free speech rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/protests-trumps-immigration-policies-erupt-country-2024913\">Protests have already erupted across the country<\/a>&nbsp;last weekend in response to Trump&#8217;s immigration crackdown, which includes mass deportation and raids targeting illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What People Are Saying<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reddit user a-friendly_guy<\/strong>: &#8220;It&#8217;s supposed to be a self-organizing protest that is put together by the people, spreading virally as an idea and simultaneously inculcating new developing leaders who step out their comfort shell to decide necessary details for each of their specific state&#8217;s protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Some states seem well organized and some don&#8217;t. There seems to be some 11th hour confusions since many are asking the same few questions about the time to meet, and now on doubts about its legitimacy or concerns over counter-protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I am staying tuned to see how it goes &#8211; but I think it&#8217;s an earnest attempt to get something started on a national scale, despite many glaring holes in its planning.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reddit user sudsmcdiddy: &#8220;<\/strong>Y&#8217;all I&#8217;m genuinely worried for a lot of these people. I see some of them saying things like, &#8216;It&#8217;s a peaceful protest, we have a legal right to it!&#8217; Even though they openly acknowledge the US is very quickly going full fascist, yet it&#8217;s like they don&#8217;t realize that in a fascist country you operate as if every action will result in brutal repression. Concerningly little regard\/understanding for opsec. Anyone have any suggestions how I might help from the periphery in case things go south? The alarmist in me worries that they might be walking into a huge, dangerous trap.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reddit user cornflakegirl: &#8220;<\/strong>I&#8217;m expecting infiltrators cause problems which will justify a crackdown. I still think protests should happen, but I hope people go in prepared for pepper spray and rubber bullets.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Think. Again. on Democratic Underground:&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8220;I believe it&#8217;s just the first of many.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What&#8217;s Next<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Protests are expected to take place on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published\u00a0Feb 03, 2025 at 12:16 PM EST (Newsweek.com) What Is &#8216;MATGA?&#8217; Anti-Trump Women&#8217;s Deadly New Trend By\u00a0Monica Sager Live News Reporter 50501 Movement\u2014or 50 states, 50 protests, one day\u2014is garnering support throughout social media for demonstrations across the nation to &#8220;fight Fascism&#8221; on February 5. 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