The four corners of a busy Cocoa intersection were filled with people the afternoon of Sept. 20 waving American flags, flashing peace symbols and holding signs that read things like “Trump is a fascist.”

The event, at State Road 520 and U.S. 1, called “Make Billionaires Pay.” Similar gatherings were held all over the country.

“As the United States braces for more environmental crises and worsening economic turmoil, the Trump administration just rammed a mega budget bill through Congress, defunding our communities to give huge handouts to billionaires,” according to a press release put out by agroup that helped organized the local event, Space Coast Progressive Alliance. “Trump and his MAGA cohort are routinely defying our laws, violating our Constitution, and dismantling our federal gove

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