NEW: In the city where US troops are turning on US citizens, an uprising.
This is LA right now. Thousands protesting against Trump, authoritarianism and fascism.
“These numbers are absolutely overwhelming downtown Los Angeles.” – MSNBC
#NoKings #50501Movement— News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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We can be PROUd!
Jacksonville, FL No Kings Protest #nokings #protest #arresttrump #arrestrepublicans #jacksonville #florida
— butterflygirl24 (@butterflygirl24.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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The most Los Angeles sign ever. And it’s true.
— Victor Shi (@victorshi.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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A veteran who fought for our freedoms.
A mother with two toddlers who wants to see them enjoy those same freedoms.
A former Republican county committee member who values country over party.
Just three of the thousands of Americans who showed up proudly for the No Kings protests in Troy, Michigan.— Mallory McMorrow (@mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Thousands rally peacefully at "No Kings" rally at City Hall in Houston, Texas… #NoKings
youtu.be/6If7q6bAZHk?…— Fighting Liberal Texas Dem????????Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 (@fightingliberal.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Best view yet:
— David Pepper (@davidpepperoh.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Hundreds, maybe more, in Des Plaines, Illinois. The middle of this country fucking hates this guy.
— Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Special thanks to the Scotsman who showed up at Presque Isle, Maine, to play the bagpipes in protest with us!…
— Andrew Levesque (@andrewlevesque.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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“If ICE is going to wear a mask in their uniform, then I can."
— Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) June 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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There's a whole ass ARMY in San Diego protesting our insurrectionist mutt of a president, lowercase p.
Way to go, guys! You're the real deal!!
#NoKingsDay #NoKings #FDT #Resist— kenofseattle (@kenofseattle.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Massive crowd in San Diego for #NoKings
— WuTangIsForTheChildren (@wutangforchildren.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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No Kings in San Diego, CA today
— Mona Burns (@monaburns.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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More #Nokings signs in Scottsdale,AZ.
— 70sgirlrudy.bsky.social (@70sgirlrudy.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Seattle scene report
— Cari Luna (@cariluna.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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“Go Birds, F Trump” chants at the #NoKings rally might be the most Philly thing ever!
— Conrad Benner (@streetsdept.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Thank you Philadelphia. #NoKings
— AFT ??? (@aft.org) June 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Pittsburgh, PA No Kings Protest #nokings #protest #arresttrump #arrestrepublicans #pittsburgh
— butterflygirl24 (@butterflygirl24.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Denver, Colorado ??
— earthbound420.bsky.social (@earthbound420.bsky.social) June 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Jeffg166
I heard there was some parade in DC today. Did anyone hear anything about it?
eclare
The daily photo cheetah is happy.
Paul in Jacksonville
Butterflygirl24’s post is not Jacksonville, Florida
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon
Happy Birthday, MF!
Larch
Our people can spell!
(I’d love to find out if anyone’s actually counted protest signs with vs without spelling/grammatical errors on each side. It sure seems like the MAGA signs have a lot more errors 🤭)
eclare
I posted below at the end of a dead thread, the Memphis protest was huge. The weather even cleared up!
Ceci n est pas mon nym
Thanks for all the pics, but especially the Philly pic. As I said in the earlier “No Kings” thread, I ran into some friends heading for that rally. There were about 100 people on the platform just at that one stop on that one train line. I was heading to a smaller rally (Media PA) in the other direction, which I’d estimate had several thousand but I haven’t seen an official estimate. I was wondering just how big the Philly rally would be.
I had a feeling that the events in LA had probably triggered a big uptick in the number of people deciding to go to No Kings events.
laura
Here in Sacramento, People Turned Out! Mostly older, mostly white, mostly wearing sensible footwear. Best tee-shirt message was break up with your republican boyfriend. There was a real Labor Day Picnic feel – lots of speechifying, hot dog sizzling, kids, dogs, joy and carrying on and feeling good being together in a common purpose.
Matt McIrvin
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: The one in Haverhill, Massachusetts seemed to be about the same size as the one back in April, maybe slightly smaller–but we’d had a lot of rain earlier in the morning and some forecasts suggested it would continue through the scheduled protest time (it did not), so many people may have decided not to come at that point.
zhena gogolia
Lots of protests in CT, including my town, with 1000-2000 gathered near the town hall. In 30 minutes we saw at least 20 people we knew. The crowd was mostly white but with a bigger age spread than I expected. Quite a few young people.
Nix Besser
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: I can say the same for the rally in West Chester, PA. A friend who has a better eye for estimating crowds than I do thought about 2,000 people showed up.
Great spirit out here. We might make the 3.5% yet!
Hungry Joe
I was a volunteer Peacekeeper at the San Diego march. Entirely peaceful. So … credit where it’s due?
Unofficial (i.e., my) crowd estimate: 30,000.
zhena gogolia
@Hungry Joe: That one looks amazing. I thought it was a kind of conservative place.
Ohio Mom
Tickled to see Cincinnati represented.
It was a happy crowd. Now my feet hurt, riled up my plantar fascia.
I am looking forward to the national head count. I want to see how much bigger our crowds were compared to what will be Trump’s attendance at his.
zhena gogolia
As we were walking down to ours, I saw a huge American flag being waved at the corner — I thought, “Oh, no, MAGA counterprotestor already?” But it was a young woman helping out by having the marchers wait at the corner to let a car get by. It was so sweet.
Baud
this is, like, all of Boise
Jeffro
I hope these reports ruin the ever living F out of trumpov’s birthday nonsense.
Have the White House for now, scumbag: we have the country and now everyone knows it
(btw: easily several thousand people at Cville’s protest today; ZERO counter-protesters seen on the ground, and only a handful had the courage to drive by with a Loser Flag flying or a downward thumb for us)
Hungry Joe
@zhena gogolia: San Diego has been light blue for a while now. Go 15 miles inland and it’s Alabama, but on the coast it’s Vermont. With burritos.
persistentillusion
In Colorado Springs, the protesters lined the street for 2 miles. Easily the largest protest I’ve ever seen here in thirty years.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
@zhena gogolia: I put a flag on my sign, and I was happy to see many flags being waved at our rally. The rally opened with a very heartfelt singing of the Star Spangled Banner and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. The organizers (local chapter of Indivisible) had an art project with a huge painted flag, with the red stripes being made of handprints of attendees at the rally.
I have been feeling for some time that our side needed to reclaim the symbolism of the flag and show what love of this country really means. It seems like many people on our side got the same urge at the same time.
They will. He’ll claim all the pictures were photoshopped and put out photoshopped images of his own “crowd” (or maybe put out a picture of a Brazilian rock concert as somebody did a year or so ago, claiming it was a Trump crowd). But yeah, it’ll stick in his craw. Good.
Jeanne
West Chester, PA had a huge turnout today. So joyful and enthusiastic!! Great signs.
twbrandt
There were hundreds of people at the protest in Wyandotte, MI, a Detroit suburb of around 25,000. The crowd was almost all white, mostly older, very energized, but very midwestern nice (except for the lone Trump supporter – he wasn’t very nice). The police were almost invisible. Saw some split US/Canada flags (Ontario, Canada is visible across the Detroit River from Wyandotte).
Seonachan
@Matt McIrvin: Thanks for the report from my home town. Northampton had a big crowd, which surprised me a bit because our local Indivisible encouraged everyone to go to Springfield.
Baud
another Minnesota photo
prostratedragon
Omaha
Haven’t found any good street level yet on Chicago, but it was huge, and has become a spontaneous block party around Dearborn & Lake. They marched from the Picasso up Dearborn to Wacker, to Michigan, to I.B. Wells, and back before people began dispersing. Cops on bikes for the most part, which we are used to seeing at parades.
tam1MI
My Facebook and BlueSky feeds are filling up with pictures of No Kings protests in Lansing, Michigan and San Francisco, CA and Stevens Point, WI and Waukesha, Wisconsin and, well, EVERYWHERE! It’s so inspiring!
Love this sign from a protest in California!
Trivia Man
No Kings
YAS Queen!
geg6
At the protest at the county courthouse in my small red county here in southwestern PA was the biggest crowd I’ve ever seen for a protest. I didn’t take any pics because I didn’t take my phone (yes, I’m paranoid) but I was proud to see us all there and not a single MAGAT in sight. And loving the Pittsburgh turnout! Fuck those shit people.
Soprano2
I’m seeing estimates of 2,000 people at the protest I went to. That’s a lot for Springfield. Lots of older people there.
frosty
In my So Central PA town I estimated that we doubled the attendance from the April protest.
But these pictures from around the country!!! Holy Smokes, them’re some real crowds!
prostratedragon
Waco, TX
Almost80
Thank you thank you!! More of these please! I can’t get enough. So great to see.
Matt McIrvin
@Seonachan: It’d say Haverhill was maybe 800-900 people. In a blue-voting city of 67,000 you might expect more, but a lot of the Merrimack Valley’s Democratic-voting base may be in demographics who are justifiably wary of turning out. And, as mentioned, the weather was not great and it’d been pouring earlier in the AM.
twbrandt
@twbrandt: Some pix from Wyandotte, MI
Comrade Colette
HUGE crowd in San Francisco. The part of the march I could see filled a wide avenue for almost a mile, and I couldn’t see all of it.
Signs from the march:
Fuck ICE/Marry immigrant/Kill Trump
“Don’t make me repeat myself” – History
Raoul Paste
We were in the Cincinnati group.
Time well spent
MobiusKlein
@Comrade Colette: sf rally was biggest I ever was in.
Bigger than any from 2017
Another Scott
I’m just back from the protest at Market Square in Alexandria, VA. (Parking was easy – $2 in the city garage!) It’s a rather small space, but it was full and spilling out into the sidewalk and more. The organizers seem to have been happily surprised – they only had one single, underpowered, PA speaker so it was hard to hear most of the speakers even when one was fairly close to the stage.
Mayor Alyia Gaskins (a young Black woman who reminded us that human beings were once bought and sold where we were standing) gave a fine speech, as did Rep. Don Beyer, State Sen. Adam Ebbin, Alexandria Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan L. Porter, and several others. They all stressed the importance of showing up and voting. (Music to my ears!!)
I felt a huge, determined, energy in the crowd.
I sent WG a picture.
Today is a very good and important day for the future of the country. It’s great to see so many people turning out and speaking up.
Thanks AL and everyone!
Best wishes,
Scott.
prostratedragon
4 snippets from Chicago:
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Two‼️
Three
Four
zhena gogolia
@prostratedragon: Number Two is beautiful!!!!
Love this whole thread.
snoey
@Matt McIrvin: Wonder if more people went in to Boston. We usually go to Plymouth but my wife went in this time – got to march right behind Sen Markey. I’m out in Gardiner MT and it’s planned for 6 here. Looks like the rest of MT showed up. Daughter reports that Ann Arbor was out of poster board this morning.
Matt McIrvin
…the one report I can find of the Haverhill rally is on Facebook and the comments are all calling the protesters “America hating treasonous scum”, gushing about the glory of our wonderful President Trump and praising the dozen or so pro-Trump counterprotesters. Ah, Facebook.
prostratedragon
Philadelphia
Sister Golden Bear
@Hungry Joe: And fish tacos!
ToesInTheSand
Great turnout in Columbia, SC at the State Capital. Guestimate 2500+ souls – students, young, middle age and old as well as several races represented. Great vibes and comradery in spite of Gov McMaster and SC Attorney General, Alan Wilson (son of Joe ‘you-lie’ Wilson US rep) scare/fear mongering tactics leading up to the gathering. Saw several Taco hats and related signs. The Penguin one was my personal favorite.
Joe Walsh, ex-Congressman from Illinois, was one of the speakers. He was very, very polished, glad handling, and gave a rousing speech that was very well received. He made it known that he’s now a Democrat and has interest in challenging Lindsey Graham for his senate seat. Another candidate, for the seat is Catherin Fleming Bruce, a young black women, also gave a very good speech as well. It will be very interesting to see how the Democratic race evolves with the carpet bagger Walsh in the mix.
And we had 2 young adults running thru the crowd with their trump signs which we basically ignored.
O. Felix Culpa
We went to a rally south of Albuquerque in Los Lunas, a town of about 19k in red Valencia County. My guess is about 500 people attended, a mostly older, peaceable crowd. Very well-organized series of speeches, better than at many big-city demonstrations I’ve been to. Some great signs, but we didn’t take pictures. My favorite was “Alexa, change the president.
ETA: Almost forgot, the organizers had arranged to have a TACO truck in the adjacent parking lot in case anyone got hungry. 😆
bbleh
Police scanner in Philly said 80K today, organizers thought maybe an underestimate.
Felt nearly superfluous as a marshal. Everybody happy and friendly, no jam-ups, basically NO incidents of any kind. Better than textbook.
KenK
Short snippet from Williamsville, NY
https://share.icloud.com/photos/023mrE1GX_CksQuka_hMzmhRg
JoeyJoeJoe
@Another Scott: I was there as well. Now I’m cooling off from the heat there. No counter protesters; anyone who may have wanted to say something would have been overwhelmed by the crowd, I think.
Hoodie
Visiting our cottage in coastal GA. Was about to head down to the waterfront to check out the planned rally when a massive thunderstorm hit. Torrential downpour and lightning for a good half hour. Made it down about an hour and a half later and about 75 brave souls still there with some more still arriving. This is pretty deep Trumplandia, so not bad considering the weather. I do notice a recent decline in open Trump support around here.
Darkrose
@laura: A friend on Bluesky said Matsui led a “No Kings” chant. My (our?) 80-year-old Japanese-American grandma can still bring it!
Uncle Cosmo
@Larch: Jackals might want to check out the frequency of spelling and grammatical mistakes on this site before dislocating their collective shoulders patting themselves on the back. It’s better here but not anywhere near what it ought to be. (Pro tip: Spellcheckers don’t correct for homonyms – or for misspelled words when the misspelling is itself a valid English word.)
Melancholy Jaques
Just got back from the Temecula Duck Pond. Pretty good gathering given we are in the heart of Trump & Darrel Issa country. It was my sister’s first protest ever; she is very glad she went. It feels good to do something.
They Call Me Noni
Went to our local protest in New Albany, IN. I have no idea how many people were there but I overheard several people say that it was better attended than the “No Hands” protest back in May. Mostly older white folks and I found myself chatting with several and almost asked if they were Jackals. One counter protester across the street who had a poster and two flags but uttered not a sound. Lots of support from the people driving by and only saw a dozen or so asshats who gave a thumbs down. One big, red truck did the whole redneck black smoke thing. Not sure what he was compensating for but I’m sure it made him feel more manly. Very peaceful and all the police stayed in their vehicles. There was music, speeches and a little rain. After about two and a half hours the sky turned ominous so we left and then the bottom fell out. Saw a couple of ladies I hadn’t seen in years. One is working with other like minded ladies starting a Do Something group so I’ll keep in touch with her and get involved with them. Good day. Glad I went and am very encouraged by the pictures and videos of all the other protests.
EireIAm
Had “dozens” according to the local news here in dublin… in the worst rain we’ve had in months. peaceful and lots of honking from drivers. I was surprised at the number of trade and contractor vans and trucks honking and waving as they went by.
Lyrebird
@prostratedragon: WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW
Waco.
WOW
And thanks @Hungry Joe: !!!
In Naval Base Central, no less… what a turnout!
bbleh
Philly from above. Incredible.
https://www.facebook.com/RiseUpAndResist/videos/563718903476823/
zhena gogolia
@Melancholy Jaques: Cool!
raven
@Hoodie: Darien?
Another Scott
@JoeyJoeJoe: 👋
:-)
Yes, it got quite warm when the sun peeked out. The very occasional breezes were very, very welcome!
I was surprised when one of the speakers seemed to say that there were counter-protesters on the street. Maybe there were, but what I saw was another No Kings group doing their own chants and having a great time. I was kinda surprised that I didn’t see a single counter-protester.
It was a very good day, but steamy!!
Thanks for being there too. Few things are more inspiring than being in an unexpectedly large crowd of like-minded people!
Best wishes,
Scott.
WaterGirl
@prostratedragon: LOVE THAT SO MUCH.
Hoodie
@raven: St. Marys
Ruckus
DAMN. That is a lot of people.
Thank every damn one of you that showed up.
I’m fairly up there in this age thing and thought that with the heat here in LA, being outside for hours might not go well for me.
That’s a lot of people in a lot of places that really don’t like kings. Now I can’t say that because of my last name, but I do hate pompous, arrogant fucking jackasses. Including their leader.
I’ve served in the US military, during a war, and I’ve met more than my unfair share of pompous, arrogant fucking jackasses in person. The one in question at this time is seemingly far worse than any I met in US military. And that is saying something, because I met more than I ever wanted to be within 500 miles of during that seeming entire lifetime period. Don’t get me wrong, not everyone fully fits in the category of pompous, arrogant jackass, but seemingly there are more than a few around. The rest of those trying to fit in will likely figure out how to climb the advancement ladder far enough up to earn that description – pompous, arrogant, fucking jackass. It is after all humanity, which takes all kinds, so as to remind us how to be, and how NOT TO BE pompous, arrogant, fucking jackasses. But some never learn some of the rather important life lessons, that really anyone ought to learn rather early. So they don’t have to learn the hard way. Or worse, never do.
Ruckus
@prostratedragon:
Very Good!
Chris S. Sherbak
Holy crap – Des Plaines, IL, made it to BJ and I missed the event!?!! I was exhausted and slept in. Amazing turnout. FYI we’re in Raja Krishnamoorthi’s district – you know, the guy lobbing softball questions at Gov Pritzker at the hearings and letting JB twist the knife on all the GOP reps? That’s our guy!!