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Date: October 23, 2025

This week, on October 18th, more than seven million Americans took to the streets to protest Donald Trump and his anti-American edicts that would curtail the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law. The No Kings Rally took place in cities and neighborhoods throughout the Unite States, including Tucson, Arizona. Latinopia was there where the […]

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