When Trump Took Over DC, NYT First Ignored, Then Belittled Protests

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Despite the late-summer sun bearing down, thousands of protesters marched towards the White House last Saturday carrying anti-Trump and Free DC signs. Two friends drove all the way from Illinois; “absolutely” it was worth it, they told the Washington Post (9/6/25). DC has had more than a few protests against Trump’s military occupation, and Hanrahan is in a position to know. And so we have to think of different things,” Alex Dodds, co-founder of Free DC, told the Washington Post (9/6/25). To dismiss the vibrant grassroots resistance to Trump’s occupation of DC as “only a few scattered protests” is a distortion that only serves to normalize authoritarianism.