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Has the American Political Left Given Up?
How May 2025 did not follow April 2025
In April, my Mastodon feed was full of stories of the various protests across the USA. To a lesser extent, my Medium feed produced similar stories. It seemed about 1% of the American people participated in these protests.
The mainstream media did not take these protests that seriously. Maybe because there were so many protests, it was no longer news. But more likely, the mainstream media is anticipating a media crackdown in the near future. Each outlet wants to remain viable after the crackdown and is couching its stories such not to be the nail that sticks out too much and becomes “the example.”
While 1% is significant, this protest movement needs to become much bigger to play an effective role in the near future of the USA.
This month, May 2025, my Mastodon feed has not shown any protests. It has, however, given more articles that show how more pieces of Project 2025 are being implemented. Mastodon also gives a few articles on how a few high-ranking Democrats are fighting back. But not much on what the people are doing. Based on this observation, I am concluding that the April protests against the second Trump administration have lost steam. By the end of the summer, we will know for sure.
