Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Protests against DOGE pop up across East Tennessee following federal employee layoffs</p><p>Two <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> were held in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Knoxville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Knoxville</span></a> against <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>. Another was held in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.<br><a href="https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/sevierville-sevier/protests-against-doge-pop-up-across-east-tennessee-following-federal-employee-layoffs/51-08fbe756-9a76-4993-9530-716c684c6868" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wbir.com/article/news/local/se</span><span class="invisible">vierville-sevier/protests-against-doge-pop-up-across-east-tennessee-following-federal-employee-layoffs/51-08fbe756-9a76-4993-9530-716c684c6868</span></a></p><p>"People across East <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> gathered to protest the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Administration, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> and the Dept of Govt Efficiency.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Park" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Park</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NationalParks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalParks</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>