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Over 1,400 protests in opposition to President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are anticipated throughout all 50 states in the present day, organized by a pro-democracy motion in response to what organizers name a “hostile takeover” and assault on American rights and freedoms.

The “Arms Off!” mass-action protests are going down at state capitols, federal buildings, congressional workplaces, Social Safety’s headquarters, parks and metropolis halls all through your complete nation, organizers say.

Crowds of demonstrators will be seen on social media and in aerial video from native information stations in Atlanta, Boston, Washington, DC, and Philadelphia. Extra protests are presently underway in New York, Colorado, New Hampshire, Arizona, Maine and past.

The motion has additionally unfold to protests exterior the US, particularly within the wake of Trump’s tariff bulletins this week.

Practically 600,000 individuals have signed as much as attend the occasions, based on Indivisible, one of many organizations main the motion in collaboration with a nationwide coalition together with civil rights organizations, veterans, girls’s rights teams, labor unions and LGBTQ+ advocates.

Organizers say they’ve three calls for: “an finish to the billionaire takeover and rampant corruption of the Trump administration; an finish to slashing federal funds for Medicaid, Social Safety, and different applications working individuals depend on; and an finish to the assaults on immigrants, trans individuals, and different communities.”

CNN has reached out to the White Home for a press release.

Learn extra concerning the protests right here.

CNN’s Graham Hurley contributed to this report.