On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.
From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.
This is a compilation of individual pics sent in by email.

With some of my neighbors at the Palatine rally. I’m second from right.
Just one pic. Wish I had more
Dorothy

Here’s a photo from the No Kings protest in San Francisco looking down Dolores Street as protesters marched to the Civic Center. Friends tell me there were so many people that what’s usually a half-hour walk took three times as long. (Not my photo, but was shared on Facebook.)



1500 on the street in Pocatello, Idaho!
Protestors occupied a major intersection near the county courthouse.
MrXD – No Kings

Elizabelle – NO KINGS Richmond VA

Estimate of 7,000 at state capitol Des Moines Iowa
SandyZ

Seanly at NO KINGS – Boise, ID

Second photo from Seanly at NO KINGS – Boise, ID
zhena gogolia
All great pics! Dorothy, you guys are so cool.
comrade scotts agenda of rage
Great news about the STL rally. That’s also an awesome photo. Sounds like you drew more than the Women’s Rally in 17 which, if memory serves, had about 10K.
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: I love the style of the lady in pink with the hat!
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: Yes — I saw a lot of similar outfits yesterday.
Nukular Biskits
Great photos!
This gives me great hope.
And, I really hope a Wisconsin Jackal has a photo of this but I think I found the GOAT of protest signs/flags … AND I WANT!
Blueksky: OH LAWD HE TREADIN’
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl: I just submitted a photo from ours, don’t know if it’s too late. I don’t know the person in the photo, but I hope it’s okay, since it’s from behind.
Baud
Top pic. The new Fantastic Four movie looks awesome.
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: Not too late!
Yesterday was important, probably in more ways we can see at the moment. Sharing is great and documenting the even is important.
As hard as they try, NO KINGS Day will not be erased.
WaterGirl
The dog in the window of the car with the NO KINGS sign is just adorable.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@zhena gogolia: Thank you. I’m wearing a Tshirt with John Lewis quote about good trouble. It seemed appropriate.
Baud
@WaterGirl:
Oh. It’s “No Kings!” I was perplexed why so many people were suddenly passionately against kinks.
Sister Golden Bear
I can hear the eye roll.
Marcopolo
@comrade scotts agenda of rage: pretty sure that is a drone pic (not mine). As I told my friends, before folks started marching I would have pegged our numbers at ~2-3K but being at the very front of the march for about ten blocks & finding I had lost my friends, I stepped out & then looked back towards the arch and it was just WOW! The street was filled solid all the way back. I was thinking where the eff are all these people coming from? My friends were actually toward the tail end—I watched 25 minutes of folks passing by till I hooked up w/ them.
Also, as someone who was at the 2017 Women’s March here I’d say #s were very similar. Def more young folks though (~30%) & def the largest percentage younger (30 & under) of any of the 2025 protests I’ve participated in. That was good to see.
Adding in all the other protests (like 8 total) in our metro area we probably hit 30K or so.
It’s funny, I saw my first protesters about 3 mins after I left my house to drive downtown. There were a couple of older folks sitting in chairs w/ signs on the street in front of the retirement community they live at. I gave them a big honk.
Finally, it looks like all the StL media outlets are lowballing the attendance. Our Fox channel said “hundreds” lol.
trollhattan
@Baud: Ray Davies slander.
Scout211
@Nukular Biskits: Yeah, that’s a great flag. Just for fun I tried to search for that online and there are numerous sellers selling the flag or the decal with the words and the cat, but I couldn’t find a seller that had the added Gadsden snake being trampled. That added twist is ::chef’s kiss::
Michael Bersin
We attended three No Kings events in our area. Lee’s Summit, Missouri at 10:00 a.m. (about 1500 in attendance), a rally at the county Courthouse lawn in Warrensburg, Missouri at 1:00 p.m. (close to 500 in attendance), and a march through Clinton, Missouri at 4:00 p.m. (over 100 marchers).
The Clinton march organizers had a post-march picnic, grilled hotdogs and and hamburgers, side dishes and desserts to pass, in a celebration of Pride. I had a nice conversation with a charming and bright 96-year-old Clinton resident at the picnic. She grew up during the depression, her late husband had been through all of the European battles in WW II. I asked her if this was the worst time she had witnessed in her lifetime. “Oh, yes, absolutely, this is the worst.”
Photos:
Lee’s Summit, Missouri – No Kings – June 14, 2025 – part 2
Warrensburg, Missouri – No Kings – June 14, 2025
I’ll process the Clinton march photos later today.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
Yes, but this has to be kept up.
One of things that I find notable, lack of an organized counter protest, even in deep red states.
comrade scotts agenda of rage
@Michael Bersin:
That’s great for Warrensburg. For those of you unfamiliar, Whitman AFB (it’s where the B2s are based) is nearby.
Me and my wife were severely bummed that there was no rally organized in Jeff City. Sure, that entire area is blood red but still.
BlueGuitarist
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
John Lewis’s birthday, July 17, is the date for the follow up actions to No Kings: “Good Trouble Lives On: National Day of Action”
(a Thursday)
PsiFighter37
Feel bad for the folks in STL. Maybe we propose a trade – move STL to Illinois in exchange for trading East Oregon to Idaho?
Another Scott
@Michael Bersin: +1
Thanks for continuing to bear witness. It’s important, and appreciated.
Best wishes,
Scott.
sab
@Nukular Biskits: My gluttonous black cat is starting to look like that.
gene108
The poor turnout to Trump’s birthday parade – he looked miserable, too – and the strong turnout to the No Kings protests lifts my spirits.
Ruckus
@Marcopolo:
How much is 30 or 40 hundreds?
A fair bit.
There will almost always be those that have no real concept of others and their problems, issues, concerns, etc, because they are selfish people that think the world, at least the one they live in, revolves around the stick up their butt. And that stick – for many – has a lot of splinters. IOW they see the world differently than others, they don’t get the concept of what this country (and likely humanity) stand for, they think that the world revolves around the stick that is stuck up their _ _ _ _. It doesn’t, if for no other reason than they aren’t smart enough to keep it revolving. And as big an ass as they are, the world is a hell of a lot bigger.
Chat Noir
I was at the protest in West County St. Louis, MO. Great energy, great signs, respectful yet determined mood of those in attendance. I liken it to being at a football game for your favorite team but with no tailgating. Nobody misbehaving or acting the fool. I don’t know how many folks were there but there were a lot!
Suzanne
So I just checked some local news, and they estimated only 2000 people at the downtown PGH protest. But I watched their footage, and it was all taken before the official start time of the event, before the roads were closed so people could gather. I think 2K is a pretty big undercount, though there were multiple protests and so I’m sure it’s difficult to estimate. They did report that there were 10 events in western PA outside of PGH/suburbs, so that is cool….. Uniontown, Greensburg, Washington, Beaver.
No One of Consequence
@trollhattan: Where will he be this time tomorrow?
Ruckus
@Enhanced Voting Techniques:
It’s rather difficult to bond together extremely selfish people who think (such as it is…) that the world revolves around the stick they have stuck up their butt. Especially considering how big that stick is for some people….(telephone polls are jealous)
WaterGirl
@Nukular Biskits:
Can you explain that sign?
Matt McIrvin
@Baud: “Don’t king-shame!” –HRH Charles III
WaterGirl
@Enhanced Voting Techniques: That’s a good point.
WaterGirl
@BlueGuitarist:
That’s so smart!
Michael Bersin
@comrade scotts agenda of rage:
I have no idea who organized the Lee’s Summit event.
The Warrensburg rally was organized by a coalition of ad-hoc groups, most with membership that is new to this sort of thing.
The Clinton march (I’m now seeing a reported head count of around 180) was completely organized by a self-organized group of people who are not the usual activist suspects. I can’t emphasize how good they are. They’ve pulled in/included young and old. They planned for every detail, passed out straightforward written instructions (“rules”, de-escalation, rights, route), and arranged for an escort by the Clinton Police Department (albeit a single officer). There were no issues.
The “No Kings” site was a convenient/publicity/organizing/outreach tool. The usual activist protest in the streets folks are showing up, true, but this resistance, at least from my observations in my area, is highly decentralized. Cellular, you might say.
Enhanced Voting Techniques
@Ruckus: I am thinking the same thing too.
And that’s why those murders in Minnesota, because lone nut is the only thing an asshole with a stick up his butt can manage.
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
@PsiFighter37: I know it won’t happen but whenever the GOP says DC is too small to be a State I want someone to say then any State with a lower population should revert to territory status, or merge with a neighboring State. So North and South Dakota become just Dakota. Then Wyoming merges with either Montana or Idaho (Wydaho has a nice ring to it). There go four GOP Senators. The State we lose is Vermont which I guess would merge with New Hampshire, which I know there’s an oil and water thing there, or maybe Maine. That would sort of cost us Senators except it’d probably turn the merged-with State, both of which are purple-ish, solidly blue so Susan of the furrowed brow or whatever centrist on paper right wing on the down-low Sununu NH coughs up next would be toast.
Ukai
At the protest yesterday at the MN State Capitol, I saw a bunch of dipshits trying to drown out AG Keith Ellison’s remarks by yelling “Trump’s our king!” into a bullhorn. They were promptly drowned out themselves by a nearby bagpipes player.
Dog Mom
No pics and posted this last night – I attended two protests. First, in the tiny town of Lima, NY at noon – As I was approaching the 4 corners and saw the crowd assembled early, I broke into tears – I was expecting a few dozen. Some guy looking somewaht official said the count was at 470! Two decrepit Maga guys were hanging around down the block a ways. Maga truck came around a few times, but so many cars honking and giving thumbs up!
After that I drove down to Geneseo, must have been a thousand there – When I was crossing the street. it looked like a handful of Maga on the side I was leaving, but when I got to where the crowd was, I saw that there was just one sad looking Maga guy with a big red flag sitting in the center. A few No Kings folk sat peacefully around him with there signs.
In Lima, I spoke with a young women, a vet, who had been ‘doged’ from her VA job. She said she was planning on running for congress against the cringey Claudia Tenney. Every time I saw an Anti-Tenney sign in Geneseo, I told the folks to have hope and that Tenney had an up and coming challenger!
oldgold
Nice turnout in my little county seat town – 400 to 500. No one could remember a bigger political gathering.
And, it would have been considerably bigger, except for the low participation of our large Latino population. They are understandably lying low.
Nukular Biskits
@WaterGirl:
Sorry. Was AFK.
The flag in the Bluesky post?
WaterGirl
@Nukular Biskits: The sign that was at your link.
Blueksky: OH LAWD HE TREADIN’
Also, what is AFK?
Kristine
@WaterGirl: When we saw it, we just ohh’d and aw’d and good puppied and smiled.
The whole event…we were all just happy. Talking to strangers. Introducing ourselves. Running into friends. Laughing at and photographing the best signs. Concerned? Worried? Of course. But not beaten back.
One guy in the passenger seat of a black pick-up gave us the finger. Other than that, afaik anyone else who disagreed just kept it to themselves. Lots of honking horns—cheers were really loud whenever a semi driver honked because very loud horn.
I ran into one younger guy with his infant son strapped to his front. “Baby’s first protest,” I asked. “His fourth,” Dad replied. Baby was just looking around and taking it all in, noise-canceling headphones in place to protect him from noise overdose.
Kristine
mistake
BeautifulPlumage
I skipped the big Seattle March for our local Renton protest. Same place as Hands Off but about 20% larger. Good weather, bubble machines, and lots of folks wearing the clown nose/party hat combo being handed out. Also a lot of noisemakers. Mix of young, families, and seniors. Good reactions from passing cars.
Nukular Biskits
@WaterGirl:
I’m either way too old or you have led a secluded life, my child. 🤣
AFK = Away From Keyboard. It’s from the 90s.
As for the flag, it’s a combination of a couple of memes. One, the Gadsen flag (“Don’t Tread on Me”) is something that rightwingers love to fly all the time; i.e., any form of restriction or pushback on their behavior is “treading” on their freedom.
The second is a reference to the Know Your Meme – Chonk / Oh Lawd He Comin’ meme about obese cats (“chonks”).
Maybe it’s just me but I thought it was hilarious and every time I look at it, I laugh. And I wish I’d had that at the Gufport protest yesterday.
Marcopolo
@comrade scotts agenda of rage: Dunno, I googled Jefferson City & No Kings and found this article so somebody protested there:
https://www.newstribune.com/news/2025/jun/15/hundreds-gather-peacefully-for-jefferson-city/
Hell, if my 9 co-attendees (btw 5 left before the march 🤷🏻) hadn’t all wanted to be in dt StL, I would have argued to go to the Gray’s Summit rally so we could visit the Shaw Nature Reserve afterwards.
Jackie
@WaterGirl:
Apparently I’ve lived a secluded life, too ;-D
@Nukular Biskits: <sticking tongue out emoji>
Baud
@Kristine:
Trump brings people together.
O. Felix Culpa
@Baud: He’s a uniter!
Jackie
@O. Felix Culpa: “I am YOUR uniter!”
M31
lol when the gov’ts of Japan, China, and S. Korea made a joint statement in solidarity against the tariffs that’s exactly what I thought
WaterGirl
@Kristine: So glad to hear all that. Who cares about the guy who gave you the finger? (Not us!)
trollhattan
@WaterGirl: Hilarity squared. Fat cat is veddy fat.
WaterGirl
@Jackie: I tried on Away from Computer but had never seen computer spelled with a K. :-)
arrieve
I’m still hobbled by a bad knee injury so did not go to the huge protest on Fifth Avenue yesterday. I am loving seeing all of these pictures–thanks to everyone for sharing!
What strikes me the most looking at them: We are living in a cruel, dangerous time. Everybody’s scared, even though we know we are on the right side here.
But what we also have that the fascists and the oligarchs lack–Joy. Laughter. Love and respect for our fellow humans. When I look at these pictures, it’s so obvious that this is the team I want to be on.
Nukular Biskits
@WaterGirl:
Well, that’s because you incorrectly spelled komputer …
WaterGirl
@Nukular Biskits: Now, as an IT person, I am familiar with PEBKAC.
Problem
Exists
Between
Keyboard
and
Chair
Michael Bersin
@BeautifulPlumage:
I love covering Kansas City demonstrations, but this time around, now that there are choices, I’ve been covering demonstrations in out-state Missouri just to document that wherever one is in America, they are not alone in their opposition to MAGA Fascism.
matt
Is Trump going to pardon the terrorists who attacked the protests with their cars?
M. Bouffant
Scenes from Hollywood yesterday.
Betty
@Dorothy A. Winsor: You’re so cute!
gene108
@What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?:
NO!!!
Merging North and South Dakota creates MEGAKOTA!!!
Also, what do we do with Alaska? I say sell it to Canada.
Nukular Biskits
@gene108:
WRT the discussion above about chonkers, why wouldn’t it be CHONKERKOTA?
tam1MI
Scenes from the No Kings rally in Lansing, Michigan.
Kristine
@Baud:
At least he’s good for something.