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JMCKUSICK

(4,263 posts) Sat Oct 18, 2025, 01:11 PM Saturday

Having been in Springfield for two prior protests,

Last edited Sat Oct 18, 2025, 03:03 PM - Edit history (6)

I'm thrilled to announce that this crowd is three to five times bigger than any I've seen here before

Adding a public service announcement

https://imgur.com/a/ZLIaRwO

https://imgur.com/a/MzQvXnJ

https://imgur.com/a/4McAxAc

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https://imgur.com/a/6p8gU0G

In honor of all the Monarch lovers out there lol

https://imgur.com/a/Y36NVpP

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Having been in Springfield for two prior protests, (Original Post) JMCKUSICK Saturday OP

Thx, John! SheltieLover Saturday #1

It was such a a pleasure SheltieLover JMCKUSICK Saturday #14

Excellent, thank you. quaint Saturday #2

Great news! Celerity Saturday #3

Which Springfield? Ma?Oh?Illinois? irisblue Saturday #4

Illinois, sorry JMCKUSICK Saturday #5

The population of the US is estimated at 342 million people this year. soldierant Saturday #6

We will have more than that today by multiples I believe JMCKUSICK Saturday #7

Someone said the demo they were at was four times as big as the last one. soldierant Saturday #9

I would love to see numbers in the eight figures JMCKUSICK Saturday #13

Love all the signs! llmart Saturday #8

Here you go... no clicking needed. QueerDuck Saturday #10

Thank you QueerDuck JMCKUSICK Saturday #11

Those are great signs. Love it! LoisB Saturday #12

You're right, John. Great signs!! And, yes, especially love the butterfly sign. wordstroken Saturday #15

I took that for you Wordstroken JMCKUSICK Saturday #16

I'm honored. And definitely saving it in my fave archives. wordstroken Saturday #18

Thanks John for posting. Emile Saturday #17

There you go Emile, JMCKUSICK Saturday #19

SheltieLover

(74,579 posts)

1. Thx, John!

Reply to JMCKUSICK (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2025, 01:22 PM

Saturday

JMCKUSICK

(4,263 posts)

14. It was such a a pleasure SheltieLover

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 18, 2025, 05:29 PM

Saturday

So nice to get out with purpose and dodge raindrops lol.

quaint

(4,261 posts)

2. Excellent, thank you.

Reply to JMCKUSICK (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2025, 01:50 PM

Saturday

Teeheeheeheehee (public service announcement)

Celerity

(52,631 posts)

3. Great news!

Reply to JMCKUSICK (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2025, 02:03 PM

Saturday

irisblue

(36,316 posts)

4. Which Springfield? Ma?Oh?Illinois?

Reply to JMCKUSICK (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2025, 02:40 PM

Saturday

JMCKUSICK

(4,263 posts)

5. Illinois, sorry

Reply to irisblue (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 18, 2025, 02:48 PM

Saturday

soldierant

(9,052 posts)

6. The population of the US is estimated at 342 million people this year.

Reply to JMCKUSICK (Original post)

Sat Oct 18, 2025, 02:54 PM

Saturday

3.5% of that figure is 11.97 million.

I bring this up because no authoritarian regime in modern history has survived if 3.5% of its subjects opposed it.

JMCKUSICK

(4,263 posts)

7. We will have more than that today by multiples I believe

Reply to soldierant (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 18, 2025, 03:01 PM

Saturday

soldierant

(9,052 posts)

9. Someone said the demo they were at was four times as big as the last one.

Reply to JMCKUSICK (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 18, 2025, 03:16 PM

Saturday

The last one was 3 million nationally. Four times that would be right on track.

Not that that means we can be idle, of course. But hope is absolutely necessary for us to keep on track.