Thousands of demonstrators across the country took part in “Hands Off!” protests against the regime of President Donald Trump and his closest confidant, Elon Musk, aiming to bring “an end to this billionaire power grab”, the Associated Press reports.

Across all 50 states and globally on Saturday, April 5, demonstrators protested Trump’s policies and executive orders which have resulted in the erasure of Black History in federal spaces, mass deportation of immigrants, the termination of federal employees, targeting the Smithsonian’s funding, targeting the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the closing of Social Security Administration field offices, protections for the LGBTIQA+ and more.

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