Editorial of June 12, 2025
No Defense for Violence
Since March, a number of Otsego County citizens have been rallying in protest of how President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, until recently Trump’s head of the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, are conducting affairs in the nation.
On March 4, in Oneonta’s Muller Plaza, approximately 200 people from across Otsego County carried protest signs, waved flags, and chanted pro-democracy slogans, such as “We want our country back,” and “This is what democracy looks like.” Cars driving by frequently honked their horns in support. The event was organized by the Cooperstown/Oneonta chapter of Indivisible in conjunction with the newly-formed organization 50501, a grassroots political organization also opposed to the current administration.
Members of Indivisible groups from Cooperstown/Oneonta, Butternut Valley, and Cherry Valley, and of Otsego Residents for Democracy, protested peacefully in Oneonta and Albany on April 5 as part of the “Hands Off!” initiative, in what has been called the largest one-day, nationwide display of public resistance. The national chapter of Indivisible estimates 5.5 million protesters participated.
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