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What Next | Impeachment From the Bottom Up

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.6 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Thousands of “Hands Off!” protestors took to the street over the weekend. While it’s clear they were marching against the actions of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, what would “hands off” look like? If it’s removing these guys from office, why not tell the people with the power to do it? Guest: Gabe Garbowit, former Senate staffer, current organizer at citizensimpeachment.com Want more What Next? Join Slate Plus to unlock full, ad-free access to What Next and all your  other favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the What Next show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, Ethan Oberman, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Megan, and I've got a new podcast I think you're going to love.

0:05.2

It's called Confessions of a Female Founder, a show where I chat with female entrepreneurs

0:09.1

and friends about the sleepless nights, the lessons learned, and the laser focus that

0:14.6

got them to where they are today.

0:16.5

And through it all, I'm building a business of my own and getting all sorts of practical advice

0:21.2

along the way that I'm so excited to share with you.

0:24.9

Confessions of a female founder is out now.

0:27.9

Listen, wherever you all are energized.

0:47.3

Hi, Mary. My name is Teresa White, and I'm calling from Vermont. I attended the hands-off protest in Denver. I'd asked you to call in and tell me if you'd been part of the protests that took place this weekend.

1:02.1

I participated in two rallies this weekend, and we had several thousand people in downtown Boise.

1:09.7

I wanted to know how all of it made you feel.

1:13.4

We are generally a red state of red county.

1:18.0

There was a much bigger turnout than we had anticipated.

1:22.5

It was very freeing.

1:24.4

It was, it gave us a lot of hope.

1:27.2

There were about 3,100 people in front of our little

1:30.8

city hall in Lakewood on Saturday for hands off. The energy was freaking amazing. I wanted to know

1:39.1

who you'd met. I took the light rail in from the suburb outside the city and light rail trains were so packed.

1:47.0

And there was a man from a rural part of the state who said he'd never been to a protest and never been on the light rail.

1:53.0

But he saw the coverage of the protest on the news that morning and drove an hour and a half

1:59.0

and took his first trip on the light

2:00.9

rail and his first trip to a protest to come be a part of it because he said it was too important

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