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"The People United Will Never Be Divided." The #HandsOff rally is beginning at the Texas Capitol. Feels very Austin that we are going later than most of the country.

FOIA DOGE #HandsOff #Austin #Texas

This crowd is huge, diverse and very multigenerational. I see old and young and everything in between. #HandsOff #Austin #Texas

I can't give you a blow by blow of the speeches because the crowd is just too large and I'm not close enough. So many creative signs, noisemakers, just a high energy crowd. #HandsOff #Austin #Texas

Melody, speaking on stage is a trans woman from Trans Unity Coalition. Says she's a canary in America. She asks people to be accomplices not just allies to trans people. She organized the recent TDOV rally. "I am unapologetic trans woman and I refuse to hide." The crowd is fired the fuck up.

Taking a stand for empathy at #HandsOff

I am headed home. It's hard to estimate a crowd that large but I'd guess at least 5k, maybe twice as many? Maybe someone with drone footage will be able to count. #HandsOff #Austin #Texas

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@alienghic it's the Joe Rogan tech bros that have done the most damage lately

@ben @oconnell And many of those in Texas who voted for Trump now rue the day.

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-texas-bakery-border-homan-trump-335468ef4f0e577fa03ec03463e20854 Texas county that swung to Trump grapples with immigration crackdown after bakery is targeted

@ax11 @oconnell Watch the video. It's hard to gauge crowd size from the ground.