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March 3, 2025

Protesters Across U.S. Target Elon Musk's Businesses, Trump's Crackdown on National Parks
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Protests targeting Elon Musk also took place over the weekend. In New
York, nine people were arrested as they demonstrated outside a Tesla
dealership. Rallies also took place in front of Tesla retailers in
Jacksonville, Florida; Tucson, Arizona; and other cities as protesters
held signs reading messages like "No Dictators in the USA." In Los
Angeles, hundreds of people demonstrated at the Space X facility in
Hawthorne. Space X has received billions of dollars in government
funding and has been apparently trying to take over a $2.4 billion
Federal Aviation Administration contract that had already been awarded
to Verizon.

Meanwhile, thousands gathered at national parks across the country to
condemn the firings of at least 1,000 National Park Service employees
and to defend public lands.


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