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A large 'Democracy' ice sculpture placed on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday gave a chilling warning.

It weighs about 3,000 pounds and is "in direct view of the U.S. Capitol as a vanishing reminder, its creators said, of rapidly eroding rights and an existential threat to the freedom on which America was founded," The Washington Post reports.

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, told The Post that democracy is in jeopardy under the Trump administration. The activist's Up in Arms campaign, which calls for reduced military and Pentagon spending and more healthcare and education spending, said the organization is behind the 5-foot-high and 17-foot-wide sculpture. ...

WASHINGTON — The Washington offshoot of Occupy Wall Street indulged in some Cherry Garcia and words of encouragement Tuesday from the multi-millionaire founders of Ben and Jerry's ice cream.