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From DC Media Group: https://dcmediagroup.us/2025/04/19/defiance-of-trump-regime-rises-as-it-creates-many-major-crises/

Washington DC—The Nation’s Capital and outlying region usually sees a protest or two on any weekend. But Saturday saw so many street actions against Trump policies it was difficult to keep track of them. In fact it was impossible to be in the dozen or more locations of the actions at the same time.

The main actions:

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El Salvadoran Embassy

At the Salvadoran Embassy a group of activists brought hand made signs and posters to challenge El Salvador’s authoritarian Nayib Bukele for his role in confining and denying release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran legally seeking American citizenship in the U.S. He was kidnapped by ICE agents and illegally flown to El Salvador in defiance of a U.S. District Court Order, shacked at CECOT prison after falsely being accused by the Trump regime of being a gang member. The Department of Justice later admitted his illegal arrest was due to an administrative error but still refused the Supreme Court order to facilitate his return.

This story has captured world attention and has galvanized resistance against the Trump regime. The U.S. Judiciary has repeatedly ruled against the Government over its mishandling of the legal status and physical status and the rights of Habeas Corpus of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

At the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), hundreds of Federal employees, CFPB Union members, and supporters, picketed outside its headquarters on 17th Street over the takeover and takedown of that agency by DOGE infiltrators. Recent Reductions in Force as the result of Elon Musk’s DOGE operations inside the building have been stopped by court order. The action has been one of many which DCMG has covered since early February when DOGE operatives first forced their way into the CFPB headquarters building.

50501 Action At the White House

The Hands Off action of April 4, two Saturdays ago drew millions into the streets across the country. Washington DC saw tens of thousands of protesters with some reports claiming between 50 and 100 thousand joining in.

With ICE serving at Trump’s personal Gestapo to round up pro-Palestine
students, the protest for Gaza held in DC alongside the 50501 protests
marched directly on ICE’s headquarters.

On the 29th of March, Tampa Pride again took to Ybor City streets. Allowing police participation was especially inappropriate this year. The same Hillsborough County Sheriff’s department that harasses sex workers and may be ordered to close down Gay clubs as Trumpism spreads was still welcome in Pride!

A second sour note was sounded by a few Christian nationalists who mixed with the crowd to preach lies and hate, but didn’t gain any apparent converts. Their numbers were in the single digits.

For all that the parade was big and boisterous. The crowd looked thinner than in past years, unknown if that’s due to mass LGBTQ flight out of Florida, people still here but keeping their heads down, or just where I was standing along the parade route near the finish