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Mindy Kittay's avatar

Thanks for this coverage. I am so proud to be a part of the Joshua Tree resistance!

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Robert Wold's avatar

Thank you for the thoughtful and complete summary of this memorable day in our community.

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Stephanie Ballard's avatar

Well done, Desert Trumpet. And well done, people of Morongo Basin. At its peak, the crowd looked to be 1,000 strong.

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Cindi Anderson, PhD's avatar

I was there. You capture the event perfectly. Shared purpose. Community. Democracy in action.

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Sant Khalsa's avatar

Excellent coverage! So happy to live here and have been part of this momentous day. The Joshua Tree community joined the 12 million plus across our Nation protesting Trump and his cronies. No Kings Day is officially the largest protest in American history.

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Mara's avatar

Thank you for covering this! It was such a pleasure to represent with my neighbors and our wonderful community. A hot and hopeful day in JT 🧡

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Chris Merlo's avatar

You know I looked into it and The Desert Trumpet is financed by an NGO. For those unaware, NGOs are notorious for money laundering by special interest. Just thought I’d mention.

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Cindy Bernard's avatar

Hi Chris, Can you cite a source that The Desert Trumpet "is financed by an NGO"? Very curious to know where you read that.

The Desert Trumpet received funding in 2024 and 2025 from AHA Projects, which is a 501c3 non profit organization. If you look them up, I think you'll find they are not a NGO (which stands for nongovernmental organization). NGOs are classified as 501c4 and generally are social welfare organizations. AHA is not a social welfare organization, it's an arts and culture organization.

If you do research further, keep in mind that AHA Projects shortened their name in the last two years, so also look them up by their previous name, "Affordable Housing for Artists."

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Victor James Trumper's avatar

SAVING THE COUNTRY FROM TRUMP

Everyone has to help get the word of mouth out to the people who don’t have social media.

If you want to get rid of Trump then we have to get the Democrats the majority.

Make sure you vote for Democrat representatives in 2026. OTHERWISE TRUMP AND HIS CORRUPT NETWORK WILL CONTINUE THEIR DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA

FOR NOW ——-///-

Everyone has to educate their House and Senate representatives about Trump raping women and children. Everyone has to educate them that Trump is doing everything in his power to cover that up. Call, write letters and emails to your representatives.

There are a few representatives that don't know how evil/corrupt Trump and his network actually are. Almost all of the republicans know. They are just such lowlifes that they are worried about losing their jobs once everyone finds out.

THE EPSTEIN/TRUMP FILES HAVE TO BE RELEASED.

H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act has to get the majority vote for that to happen.

Don’t let the Republican representatives convince you they voted for this. THAT’S A LIE. They voted for H.R. 668 intended to clear Trump’s name from the sealed files.

Republicans are nothing more than paid voters

THIS IS A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY

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