MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the protests engulfing the country as Trump hides from the American people and golfs. Ben interviews Rahna Epting, Executive Director of MoveOn, one of the major groups organizing today’s activations. Learn more at https://Handsoff2025.com Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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So we've seen protests like that outside of MAGA Republican-led town halls. We've seen the protests growing across the country, each week getting bigger. We've seen protests outside of Tesla, for example, as Elon Musk, Doge, and Trump take a wrecking ball to our economy, to Social Security, to Medicaid, to our federal government. Just take a look at this one. This is the Tesla protest in Boston.
I'll show you a quick clip of it. The protest spirit has been growing week by week. And today, I'm sure you've all heard of it. It's the hands-off protest. It will be in Washington, D.C., but it will be in all 50 states as well. And so as you wake up and you're watching this, there may be a hands-off protest taking place right now near you.
I want to give you all the information we're going to be covering today. This today, and of course, you all know, I mean, the news on Friday and Thursday, of course, this is the headline from Drudge. Don crashing the markets. The Dow was down 2,231 points. Donald Trump was then making posts, bragging about crashing the market. And Americans have had enough. Americans are saying nothing.
Hands off. You know, it's interesting for all of our Canadian viewers. You know, the expression is elbows up in Canada. And here, as there's this hostile takeover of our federal government, it's hands off. It's hands off of what you're doing to Social Security and Medicaid, to federal government. Hands off of women's reproductive rights. Hands off of treating workers like crap.
And again, we are going to cover it here at the Midas Touch Network. I want to bring in Rana Epting, the MoveOn Executive Director. Now, Rana, your organization is one of many organizations that are going to be leading these peaceful protests today. I want to give all of our viewers all the information they need to know about this.
So can you tell us about today's protests and where they're happening, what this is about, and what they need to know?
Yeah, happy to. Thanks for having me, Ben. Yeah, today is a big day. We've got over 1,300 activations, protests, rallies, all different types of ways of folks coming out to make sure their voices are heard to do exactly what you said.
demand that Trump and Musk and the Republicans keep their hands off of the things that we hold so dear in this country, like Social Security, Medicaid, education, jobs, you know, and like stop and Stop ruining our economy.
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