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It’s a digital age, but hand-painted signs still matter

We live in an age of Instagram reels and TikToks, when political messages are usually made in pixels. But for protesters in the No Kings rallies, hand-painted signs still matter. 9th Street Journal video reporter Torrey Lin Weiner visited with them as they prepared for the March 28 event.