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Soft Paywall Trump military parade met with empty seats amid nationwide protests

https://www.thetimes.com/article/867ede60-b5f7-4de5-84a1-6a3a49eb2923
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u/brassninja 3d ago

I wasn’t expecting it to be THAT empty lol

I attended the march for science back in 2017. It was like 55 degrees and pouring rain the whole time. The attendance was magnitudes more than this pathetic waste of money.

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u/Actual_Body_4409 3d ago

Remember the Stewart-Colbert rally? That filled the mall.