Facts don’t care about the GOP’s feelings — there’s nothing more American than rejecting a mad king. Please join us tomorrow: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i… #NoKings
— Indivisible ❌👑 (@indivisible.org) October 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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or you could just smile and wave and chat with a grandma or two
Look I went to one in June imagine a school pep rally where everyone there actually wanted to participate. Which is what a mass movement historically feels like when you have the numbers which we do.
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Republican officials have spent years psy-oping themselves into thinking that there are no sincere, good faith liberals or progressives anywhere in America. So no wonder they're totally unequipped to deal with a large crowd of normal people waving American flags.
— Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff.bsky.social) October 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
So far they seem to be oscillating between:
-"These normal people waving American flags hate America, actually."
-"What we have here are millions of paid protestors."
-And my favorite, "No kings is bad and unamerican, actually."— Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff.bsky.social) October 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
People got mad at me during Trump I when I suggested that black bloc and the far right are actually symbiotic life forms, but it couldn't be clearer that the GOP *wants* black bloc to be their main enemy and don't know what to do about the fact that it isn't.
— Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff.bsky.social) October 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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just go to the protests
take whatever precautions you personally feel comfortable with but these are massive, joyful events, go and have fun— Micah (@rincewind.run) October 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I have come out of both previous events feeling energized and happier and it’s been really good for my overall mental health given how much time I spend online
I suspect I am not alone in that— Micah (@rincewind.run) October 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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?Welcome to No Kings Eve. Trump is sounding and behaving kingly, and Republicans are at DEFCON 1 on the desperation meter. You can tell by their hallucinatory talking points, which are untethered from both reality and the Constitution. New from me at @msnbc.com:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb…— Jill Lawrence (@jilldlawrence.bsky.social) October 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
You might find this hard to believe, but Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans are making stuff up. This is a go-to move when they fear their power and corrupt authoritarian plans are at risk, and that’s happening a lot lately. Now, with millions of people signed up to attend thousands of “No Kings” demonstrations Saturday across America, the GOP’s desperation meter is at DEFCON 1.
The alarm is clear from the overwrought Republican leaders spouting hallucinatory talking points in which “No Kings” protests become “‘Hate America’ rallies.” They are weaving a tale of extremists, terrorists, Marxists, agitators, “the pro-Hamas crowd” (House Speaker Mike Johnson’s phrase), and professional protesters supposedly paid by billionaire George Soros. It’s straight-up fearmongering.
In truth, anti-Trump protests, like the first “No Kings” demonstrations earlier this year, have drawn people of all backgrounds, united not by payment but by their deep concern — even despair — about what’s happening to their country. Some may show up this weekend wearing inflatable costumes as frogs, chickens, bears, dinosaurs or unicorns, as they have in Portland, Oregon, and outside Chicago. In D.C., we might once again see and hear a trombonist with the stage name Michael McTrouserpants…
While the president and his allies have been known to revel in violence against Trump’s political opponents, the No Kings website features links to primers on safety, de-escalation, and “sacred” religious protest traditions, and this stern warning: “A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.”…
The fictional GOP portrait of protesters as deplorables and undesirables is part of a strategy to stop the resistance before it flexes its growing power against a president who is already decidedly unpopular. Nonviolent public protests can generate dramatic changes in public opinion and, ultimately, in public awareness and public policy as well.
Baud
I thought the color to wear was yellow.
Baud
Or better still, black people. They want another crack at BLM.
Gretchen
I’m having trouble deciding which to go to. I’m near the very convenient venue at the community college in the suburbs. Or I can go to the park in midtown Kansas City which will probably have more people. My friends are going there and I am experiencing FOMO- we went to the June event and it was lively and fun. But the Kansas City Marathon is happening in the morning and traffic will probably not be cleared out by then. Am I a wimp factoring in traffic when considering which protest against fascism to attend?
Organizers against the Kansas redistricting held a meeting this week and handed out signs saying No New Maps. It was so well-attended that they had to go get more chairs and it was still standing room. That group wants everyone to attend the community college, Kansas-side rally to pressure the legislature. So taking the easy way out might be the right choice?
Baud
Modern US History in one chart.
NotMax
Weekend watch.
A morsel of WW2 history, Das Rodeo.
Gretchen
@Baud: I heard that it’s advised to wear yellow, so I looked in my closet. Turns out that yellow is a common color for tshirts given to volunteers working events. So I have several – Growers Alliance Farmshare t-shirt, Kansas City Bicycle Club volunteer tshirt. I’m set.
something fabulous
@Gretchen: Yes! I am of the theory that going to the smaller ones is good! You know the big ones will be well-attended: boosting the smaller ones helps everyone, say I!
Gretchen
A bit of geography: Kansas City exists on both sides of the state line. The main city is on the Missouri side, but there is also a Kansas City Kansas, and there are lots of suburbs on both sides of the state line.
The main event is on the Missouri side. The governor has made noises about deploying the National Guard, but I don’t think that any steps have been taken in that direction. Still, my daughter is nervous about me going to the Missouri-side protest and wants me to stay in the suburbs. But that might be more suburban/boring?
NotMax
Funny, innit, how so many Republicans independently came up with the “Hate America” slur at the exact same time.
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Tony Jay
Speaking as a native of the United Kingdom, ‘No Kings’ is a superb rallying cry. Simple, profound, and to the point. As a slogan it probably won’t fly in Gondor, but one size never fits all, and they’ve got their own issues to work through building class-consciousness and integrating Orcs into the workforce.
So get out there, tens of millions of you joyfully petitioning for the redress of your grievances, and enjoy knowing that you’re representing the very best of your country against its very worst.
Speaking of which, how often does Pasteurised Mike get his face waxed? Guy looks like a very disappointing Real Boy or like he should be sitting on Charlie McCarthy’s knee wearing a monocle.
Be sure to protest that, too. It’s just weird.
MattF
Can’t go because of a vertigo flare-up— and there’s a No Kings gathering at the NIH Metro stop that I’d love to join. Arrgh. Instead, I’ll watch Game Of Thrones on my new (!) DVD player but I’m very much with the NIH folks in spirit. Sigh.
Baud
Aren’t there going to be rallies in Europe? Those must have already started, no?
Baud
@Gretchen:
We need suburban voters.
Aussie Sheila
I hope for the biggest and most peaceful mass demonstration you can do.
Solidarity to all
p.a.
Any of the chuds freudian-slip and decry ACORN instead of antifa yet? Because it’s all the same game and all the same smear since 1919.
JoyceH
@Baud: I read an article that said that anti-Trump demonstrations in countries that are monarchies have renamed their demos “No Tyrants”.
Bruce K in ATH-GR
@Baud: Yeah, there are a number of European locations, some of which are rebranded as “No Tyrants” because they have actual sane functioning monarchies. Nothing in Athens, sadly, or I’d have been working up a small poster saying “IKE WAS ANTIFA” with a picture of Eisenhower either as Supreme Allied Commander or as President.
Aussie Sheila
Baud
@JoyceH:
@Bruce K in ATH-GR:
As a budding tyrant myself, I’m a little insulted.
Betty Cracker
I saw a “Hate America” rally on TV once. A deranged orange sore loser led it, and then the America haters attacked the U.S. Capitol and smeared shit on the walls. Mr. Johnson’s people.
Jeffg166
If my health wasn’t a factor I would go but things being what they are it’s a no go for me. I do have my No Kings sign on my front porch prominently displayed. It’s been up since May.
frosty
@Baud: Yes, I’m just about to go to one. Starts at noon (6AM EDT)
Baud
@frosty:
Excellent.
Shana
@Baud: we’re on a cruise sailing from Porto to Southampton today and someone at breakfast said there’s going to be a march on the ship today but there’s no real info because the ship doesn’t want to get involved. Will update later if I learn anything
Baud
@Shana:
Haha. That’s awesome.
We are everywhere!
Diceros bicornis
Baud
@Diceros bicornis:
Pas de rois!
Diceros bicornis
Rallies in Europe Canada and around the world organized by Americans in Indivisible Abroad and Democrats Abroad. Not “friends of Americans.” We’re here and we’re pissed too. Showing up in joy though! Got my Lady Liberty costume and feather boa ready
Diceros bicornis
@Baud: l’état c’est pas toi…no one is above the law
work for signs and chants!
and the use of the familiar “toi” is an insult. Layers!
Baud
@Diceros bicornis:
Pas de vous pour toi!
Baud
satby
I have to work (why are these always scheduled for noon?) and am wearing my Immigrants Make America Great shirt in solidarity. Want to wear my No Kings shirt the rest of the weekend, but it’s a British shop so a no-go at work.
Baud
@satby:
If only Liz were still alive…
Dorothy A. Winsor
I had to look up Black Bloc. I went to the first No Kings rally and will go today too (despite the rain). Black Bloc sounds more like what I see of ICE here in Chicagoland than it does like rally attendants, who skew toward grannies with fanny packs
Baud
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
Grannies with fannies!
lowtechcyclist
Local protest at Dunkirk Park this morning, then taking the Metro downtown.
lowtechcyclist
@Baud:
This is my surprised face.
Chris T.
Let’s see, 15 million paid protestors at $435k per person comes to … $6,525 trillion dollars! I never knew Soros was so rich!
What, you didn’t get your $435,000? If you missed out, let me know, I’ll tell George.
WV Blondie
Gov. Youngkin has mobilized the Virginia National Guard today for all the No Kings rallies …
NotMax
@Baud
Also not a slogan to advertise in the U.K.
:)
Baud
@WV Blondie:
And they accuse us of falling for performative theatrics.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@WV Blondie: This is insane. At the first No Kings rally, the organizers had notified the local police about where they’d be, when they’d be there, how many people they expected, etc. The police sent two officers to keep an eye on things. Are the local police in Virginia incompetent? Do they never police demonstrations?
At that rally, two people in MAGA gear showed up and paraded through the crowd. As soon as they appeared, the organizer took the mic from the politician who was speaking and told people not to engage. To be polite and welcoming. To remember we were peaceful.
Geminid
@WV Blondie: This is part of Glenn Youngkin’s continuing struggle for relevance. His peaked Election Night, November 2021, and it’s been down hill ever since.
Baud
@Geminid:
He has been pretty quiet recently.
Booger
@WV Blondie: Has Younkin issued the Guard their tactical down vests yet? Cuz if so, shit’s gettin real…
Matt McIrvin
@Gretchen: I always go to the smaller and more local ones. Big downtown rallies are impressive, but if that’s mostly what we have, it’s also easier to dismiss them and easier for cops or MAGA to cause trouble at them. Oh, it’s just crazy kids in the big city, paid Soros agitators, whatever. If there are thousands of rallies in every town, that looks more like a mass popular movement.
Deputinize America
@Betty Cracker:
“Trump, We Don’t Hate America, We Just Hate You”
Deputinize America
@Diceros bicornis:
I saw a decent rally for Gaza in Lyon last year, and another in Lausanne a couple of months ago.
Central Planning
One of the rallies here in Rochester starts at 10am. We’re heading out earlier to get a decent parking spot.
lowtechcyclist
@Geminid:
Yeah, if he was hoping to use the governorship as a launching pad for a Presidential run, well LOL. I doubt he’d even have a decent chance at the next VA Senate seat that comes up. (Can’t remember whether the next one is in 2026 or 2028; by the latter date, he’ll be practically forgotten even in Virginia.)
rikyrah
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Deputinize America: I saw a sign last time that said “I’m not paid. I hate him for free.”
lowtechcyclist
@Booger:
LOL! Well played.
Kristine
Looks like we’ll great a break in the rain for the suburban rally I’ll be attending. I’ll be going with friends. Waving a flag. Low 70s and cloudy expected. Looking forward to the signs.
Baud
@rikyrah:
Good morning.
rikyrah
May today’s protests be full of inflatables, dance parties and just the right amount of mockery. And, also have huge crowds.
rikyrah
@Deputinize America: 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
rikyrah
@Chris T.:
I thought that it came out to 50 cents a person that Soros paid🤔🤔
Jager
@Booger: Fleece, damnit!
rikyrah
Oh, and for people who look like me, we are still resting. No putting our Black bodies out as targets😒
satby
@Baud: right?
She hated him too.
Matt McIrvin
@rikyrah: as before, this one’s my job.
Suzanne
I am going to get to attend one of these! So is Mr. Suzanne! It is a busy day for us, but we found one of these protests in a suburb to the south of us. And it is mid-afternoon, rather than at lunchtime, so I am excited that it worked out. Spawns will be at a friend’s house. Some other friends/neighbors are attending, as well.
Last time, we went to the big one in downtown PGH. This one will be smaller, I’m sure, but I’m just happy that I was able to make it logistically happen.
I spent last night in sign-making mode. SHARPIES AS TOOLS OF THE RESISTANCE! I made a Declaration-inspired sign for myself, and Mr. Suzanne requested the Discworld one. He has said, “I’m not really a sign guy,” but he feels okay about this one.
KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))
I’m going to DC with my husband and sister on a bus from Leisure World. My sister had a great idea, which I promised her I’d share where i could. She suggested we all sing patriotic songs to dispel the idea that we’re “America haters;” songs like This Land is Your Land, God Bless America, O Beautiful for Spacious Skies, etc.
My husband bought a huge American flag to bring (made in China ofc) and I have flag bandanas. I worry that they are mishandling of the flag, but after what the Right has done to it, I don’t think it matters anymore.
Jeffro
@Baud: so true!
straight-line drop-off in our politics when Gingrich became Speaker, too
Jeffro
@Geminid:
@lowtechcyclist:
Governor Stealth MAGA has gotten exactly squat done for Virginians in four years. His priority was getting on Fox News.
no body no name
I hope the signs stay simple and to the point rather than being about all sorts of issues and long snarky phrases. That costs us the normies.
sab
@Suzanne: In my area we could spend all afternoon attending various No Kings rallies.
We are going to the 11-12:30 suburban one. A sister-in-law is going to the same one with a group from her suburban condo association. Another sister-in-law is going to the downtown one from 1-3:00. Then there are a couple of ones 3-5:00, and the last one 5-:700
ETA I am taking my flag and dressing red, white, blue with my Keds baseball shoes.
MazeDancer
Even though MSNBC will be covering marches coast-to- coast all day, I will, too!
Will be retweeting pics on Twitter and reposting on BlueSky. Since I can’t attend, thought I would cheer on the mighty throngs.
On BlueSky, like all good BJ-ers, my posts appear in the Balloon Juice feed.So, if you would like day-of promotion of your upcoming guest post on your adventure, you can tag me on either site. Or email me pics at PostCardPatiots at the Google mail place.
Same handle at both sites: Fifth House Sun.
WTFGhost
During Trump 1, there were plenty of attacks filmed that were “antifa” in Black Bloc that could just as easily have been false flag attacks against – what’s the word? “Crisis actors”? No, you don’t even have to act like you were in a crisis, if you just pretend to let yourself get kicked around a bit, so “play actors.”
So, my skeptical side assumed there was no meaningful anti-trump black bloc, and it was all a right wing bogeyman. I wouldn’t have been angry at a suggestion they were symbiotic; I’d have wondered why someone couldn’t make the final connection, and start asking how many people they personally could learn about who were, you know, “black bloc”.
Ohio Mom
We are going to a suburban rally for this for several different reasons. It won’t be as fun as the big downtown one, for one thing, I doubt I’ll be running into any old friends.
But since the rally is listed on the official NoKings.org page, I assume there will be leadership there, counting heads and we will be included in the official tally.
I’ll be wearing my orange teeshirt that I drew a crossed-out crown on for the last march. I don’t own anything yellow, it looks terrible on me.
Matt McIrvin
@WTFGhost: It seemed like some West Coast black-bloc groups rebranded as “antifa” in the early days, which fueled the idea that “antifa” was this sinister destructive movement.
Around here, though, groups identifying as antifa mostly seemed to be doing constructive things, helping with crowd protection when white-supremacist chuds had city rallies, that kind of thing.
frosty
@Gretchen: Go to the smaller one. I was happy with filling the square of our little town instead of getting lost in the crowd in Baltimore.
Matt McIrvin
@no body no name: I don’t think the slogans on the signs really matter that much. The main thing is to get a lot of bodies out there.
I have this crude-ass sign that says TRUMP WILL FAIL. Very simple, not too clever, a mix of ominous and hopeful that matches my feelings as well as it can.
no body no name
@WTFGhost:
Black Block does exist there’s just really not that many people in it and it’s not in most places.
WTFGhost
You’re in Kansas. You avoid any tornadoes that pick up you, the house you’re in, and any small pets, and we’ll be happy.
@MattF: Meh, there hasn’t been a single day in the past year in which I could have gone to a protest for an hour without paying for it for, potentially, weeks afterward. Also, I’d be having emotional flashbacks, due to weird neurology, and not at all due to ordinary emotional stimulus, which is really effing annoying let me tell you. Also, if I take a hot bath to sooth all the aches in my muscles and bones, I might be screaming in pain for hours. You’re worried about a single DAY of vertigo? Chill, friend, the absence of one unhealthy person won’t tank the protest; if so, we’re already screwed by me.
@Betty Cracker: Well, technically speaking, you could call it a “love of anti-democratic fascism” rally, rather than a “hate America rally,” since they have nothing against the North American continent, just the inconvenient notion of freedom and democracy that’s swept across it.
Matt McIrvin
@no body no name: It mostly exists in California and the PNW, I thought. Was more prominent in the Occupy days than now. A bunch of bored kids who want an excuse to smash things.
On one blog where I used to hang out, there was a commenter who would jump down your throat if you complained about them. OK, OK, property destruction and violence are two different things…
frosty
@rikyrah: Absolutely! Sit this one out, we’ve got you covered.
frosty
@Suzanne: Hooray! Have fun. I just got back from mine in Sevilla. About 100 people, equal mix of expats and vacationers.
ETA Sharpies FTW!!
WereBear
Can’t make this one but sending heart love to all!
no body no name
@Matt McIrvin:
What matters are the slogans are focused on the issue and not all sorts of liberal wants and issues. I live with normal liberals and it even drives them off.
NotMax
Hoping someone, somewhere might have been prompted to take up my earlier suggestion of dressing as Rosie the Ribbiter (complete with an American flag bandana).
;)
Raoul Paste
Today, we will be part of history.
tobie
I finished my signs last night. My slogans are too long, and my felt-tip pens did not have enough ink to fill in the block letters, so I used cross-hatch instead. It works but all this was reminder that it’s been ages since I’ve done art projects and I need better tools for this and other protests.
I’m protesting in a conservative, rural area. I’m not scared. Some people will likely yell at us as they speed by in their cars but I think that will be the worst of it.
They Call Me Noni
@rikyrah: As my grandson tells my g-granddaughter “I got you girl”.
NotMax
FYI, the events in the former kingdom of Hawaii are being billed as “No Dictators.”
WTFGhost
@no body no name: Well, then, as a symbiote of the far right, it’s more of an occasional rash, isn’t it? I’m sorry – I shouldn’t sound dismissive of you, I just saw a wide over-mention of it, especially early in the Trump administration, when they were (to all appearances) already hoping to call for the insurrection act, so, to me, it looked like they thought they had a balloon to blow up, and it turned into bubblegum.
So to me, rejecting what black bloc there was is my preferred takeaway, and that probably is going too far my-way, and not even down the evidence road.
@Matt McIrvin: Yes, I knew some folks who were strongly antifascist, and had loose affiliations with the loose affiliation that was “antifa”.
Trivia Man
@Diceros bicornis: Is your protest No Kings, or No Tyrants?
I guess a sign with “your king is ok, i guess, but america doesnt want a king” is kinda long for a sign.
Suzanne
One bummer: I have been experiencing some rather obnoxious tendonitis in my right shoulder. I am, of course, right-handed. So I will have to be selective about lifting my sign too high.
Professor Bigfoot
@rikyrah: AMEN.
Cheering for all y’all; but we know they’re looking to shoot at US. The bastards will think twice before opening fire on their own white grandmothers and aunties; so… ✊🏾
Blessings and good fortune to all those who do participate.
zhena gogolia
@Betty Cracker: Amen.
no body no name
@WTFGhost:
It’s a thing it’s just not that much of a thing. Though it only takes a small number of them to make a lot of news clips.
stinger
@rikyrah:
Women of color have been the backbone and mainstay of America’s work for freedom. It’s time for the rest of us to step up!
Soprano2
I wish I could go to ours, but the time they’re doing it is bad for me. Plus, for some reason they’re having it in a park rather than along a major street like the one in July. There is heavy rain forecast for today, too. That’s why I’m up so early on Saturday – I’m taking a load of brush to our neighborhood cleanup at 8 to get ahead of the rain. I can’t wait to see the pictures!
Matt McIrvin
@tobie:
Heck, we get some of that in Massachusetts. It gets hairier when the yeller is stopped at a light. The biggest challenge is keeping the people on our side from escalating.
H.E.Wolf
@Diceros bicornis: Diceros, nous sommes ici!
AM in NC
I just checked the FOX website and their top story is how Billionaire supporters of Gaza are funding these protests. And the comments are just sadly hilarious. They think every protestor is a paid immigrant and that there will be city-burning violence.
The best thing we can do is give FOX zero footage to run. And to be in every tiny town across the country so local news shows a sea of grandmas and grandpas and families waving American flags and singing patriotic songs.
Every time I check FOX I am once again gobsmacked at how completely the evil Murdoch family and their greed-soaked minions have created an alternate reality for millions of America – one completely detached from actual, observable reality.
AM in NC
@Suzanne: If you have a wrapping paper tube, attach your sign to that and hold it high with your left hand. Police allow it because the “stick” is made of paper, just like the sign!
H.E.Wolf
@rikyrah:
Amen, and we’ll take our turn in the relay. The web of mutuality in action. 😊
Matt McIrvin
@AM in NC: Unfortunately they’re setting up a situation where *somewhere* in the country, law enforcement is going to be encouraged to start rioting to provoke a response that gets them their pictures. Probably not in your town, probably not in mine, but somewhere.
If the rallies all look like the ones I’ve been to, though, that’s going to be hard to sell because they’ll be beating up a bunch of white grannies.
Trivia Man
@Matt McIrvin: last time i saw a picture of a small town, maybe utah, with one young man standing on a street corner holding a sign. Very powerful images. He reported lots of positive interactions. And you know it was talked about by 💯% of that town. A clear difn to those suffering in silence – you are not alone.
prostratedragon
The frogs have spawned!
Dublin represent! #NoKings
AM in NC
@Matt McIrvin: Yep, same here – a LOT of white seniors attending these events, so kind of a hard sell that this is the violent Antifa crowd. More like Aunty Fa!
H.E.Wolf
@Suzanne:
I have one of those lightweight extend-able hand-held dust mops.
I used to turn it upside down so that I could hold onto the nice soft fleece, and then duct-taped my sign to the handle end.
Collapsible for mass transit, extendable for the rally! And nice and warm for my hands in cold weather. :)
zhena gogolia
@Gretchen: Any one you go to will be fun.
Layer8Problem
@Diceros bicornis: Let us know how la manifestation goes in Lyon. We were there last month and liked it.
Matt McIrvin
@AM in NC: I would have thought that Stephen Miller’s chortling about “900-year-old hippies” or whatever he was saying was going to be the go-to response–you know, dismiss the protesters as impotent and unimportant, a few old crazies. That’s been the main way of dismissing mass protests in the US for decades. You just make them feel like a fart in a windstorm, of no importance. But this business about them being pro-Hamas hate-America violent terrorist rallies is kind of losing the plot.
Trivia Man
@WTFGhost: Black Bloc tactics are great for a military guerrilla war. Cause the most death and destruction you can and spread the enemy out with inefficient defense.
It is exactly the wrong tactic for a true popular uprising like this. The whole point is the mass opposition.
Baud
@Matt McIrvin:
@AM in NC:
Agreed. Murdering a bunch of old white people would ruin Thanksgiving.
H.E.Wolf
Thank you for the reminder to get my Norman Rockwell “Rosie” T-shirt out of the drawer.
No Kings, No Tyrants!
nrm.org/rosie-the-riveter/
They Call Me Noni
@AM in NC: Same here in southern Indiana. Lots of gray haired (or bald) folks.
zhena gogolia
@Matt McIrvin: That’s a good sign idea!
Trivia Man
@Ohio Mom: I know im old because parking is also a consideration. In my defense, my rally partner has disabilities so infinite walking in crowds is an issue. Last one we got lucky with a handicap spot a block off the route.
Bonus: busses PACKED with signs. Honking at the crowds at bus stops was fun.
Jeffg166
@Suzanne:
Can you wear it like a placard?
Trivia Man
@tobie: Take heart knowing there are people you will inspire. Kids trapped in the car and in life – you are a beacon.
People who fear for their job if they stand with you – you are their voice.
And enjoy the friendly honks.
cmorenc
Fox News is leading by portraying “No Kings” as primarily being about “destroy Israel” rather than an anti-Trump protest.
Eduardo
In Miami’s Bayside already. Took the Brightline train from Fort Lauderdale. Excited!
Trivia Man
@stinger: Agree. Ill pencil in Rikyrah in the corner of my sign and carry you there with me.
twbrandt
A friend of mine and I are meeting up with my sister at the one in the Detroit suburb of Wyandotte. I’m bringing my
✅ DEMOCRACY
🚫 DICTATORS
sign.
Here’s a little Ray Charles for y’all, appropriate for today.
artem1s
found the Friday dump that the GQP and Moses Johnson doesn’t want us looking at…
U.S. Stock Futures Down after Bank-Driven Sell-Off
dumbasses are going to trigger a crash that they probably could have easily staved off until after the midterms
Trivia Man
@AM in NC: In a big rally there is more incentive gor a false flag escalation. And trained professionals more likely to go undetected. There could be instigators at the small rallies – but it will be obvious who started it.
Percysowner
I went to the first No Kings rally in my area. Drove to the advertised meeting spot. It was filled people going up blocks and had great energy. Then I drove home using a different route and lo and behold there was a spill over protest a block and a half from me. I should have guessed because my street was packed with people parking, but there was going to be a block party a few hours later, so I thought it was about that.
Anyway, after all that, I’m going to take a gander at the parking on my street and if it isn’t packed, I will drive the route that had spillover and see if I can get a closer spot, hopefully within walking distance.
M31
@NotMax:
Rosie the Ribbeter, that is brilliant
narya
@cmorenc: The fact that they’ve changed their message multiple times–and that the messages aren’t deterring people from going–maybe is a sign that lots of folks are calling bullshit.
Meanwhile, the rain will clear here in time for me to walk to a suburban protest (there are actually two sites w/in walking distance of me; I’m avoiding the downtown gathering). I won’t have a sign, but I figure just showing up, at least for a little while, still is something.
prostratedragon
@twbrandt: Love that he always started with the “heroes proved in liberating strife” verse.
Wapiti
@rikyrah: My brother and his wife texted pictures of the inflatable costumes that they would wear.
I expect Sound Transit trains to be jammed. They were full last rally (we couldn’t get on the first wo trains that arrived at the station), but if every third person wears some costume they’re going to need a bigger train.
NotMax
Some boisterous tuneage to get the blood flowing as y’all head out.
LAC
@rikyrah: Amen! Me too.
prostratedragon
@NotMax: Two things: 1– Before Orchestra Harlow, eh? 2– Why didn’t I hear this all the time in 1970? It’s as good as much of what was out.
iKropoclast
Hmm, smaller venues do need support…
I was originally going to go to the Boston one, but I’m stuck in the ‘burbs without a car. I’ve been struggling to get my sister to go because she was worried about federal law enforcement agitators, but maybe she’ll be okay going to ::checks event map:: Milton?
hobbitdreams
@Baud: Yes. I attended one in Malmö, Sweden earlier today. Maybe 100 people? Some good signs, and a couple in his (blue) and hers (pink) inflatable shark costumes.
EireIAm
Just got back from no kings rally in Dublin outside the US embassy. 4 frogs, a chicken and a dinosaur along with around 400 people and a load of dogs. Started to rain as we were wrapping up.
Many good wishes to everyone headed out today.
comrade scotts agenda of rage
@Baud:
We say that here often.
Nelle
I’m not wearing a frog costume, but the English pronunciation of my last name is “Croaker.” I will represent my clan with some “ribbets.” One of my cousins was asking if our time to shine had finally arrived.
Anyway
@no body no name: what’s with the hall monitoring?!
WG posted pictures of protests and signs submitted by jackals from all over and they conveyed a strong statement of how much this maladministration is loathed by regular people.
I attended the June protests and it was so positive and inspiring— no lectures needed about what was acceptable.
Nice day here — headed out to the afternoon protest
Professor Bigfoot
@no body no name: There’s NOTHING we can do or say that won’t cost us “normies.”
They not like us.
They don’t like us.
Baud
Antifa?
No. Amphiba!
🐸🪧
Anyway
@no body no name: what’s with the hall monitoring?!
WG posted pictures of protests and signs submitted by jackals from all over and they conveyed a strong statement of how much this maladministration is loathed by regular people.
I attended the June protests and it was so positive and inspiring— no lectures needed about what was acceptable.
Nice day here — headed out to the afternoon protest
Chris T.
@rikyrah:
What? I don’t even get out of bed for that!
Bionic Space Jellyfish
@Gretchen: the Lee’s Summit protest was nice and big the last time. It’s the one my wife and I went to.
Anyway
The June march had a lot of volunteers making sure things remained cool. Most of the honks were supportive. I was impressed by the organizers, they did a good job.
Bionic Space Jellyfish
I’m pretty bummed I can’t make it. I’m having a horrible sciatica flareup and can’t walk well. My wife and I really enjoyed the last one. We recruited a bunch of friends to come out too so we are excited to see the crowd sizes.
Suzanne
@H.E.Wolf: @AM in NC: I usually use pool noodle a a sign “stick”, but there weren’t any at the dollar store the other day! Next time I will stock up!
Professor Bigfoot
@Matt McIrvin:
“First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they crack you down, and then you win.”
— A guy who knew a thing or two about this stuff.
BC in Illinois
Had an inter-generational moment last night.
My son (40-ish) is staying with us presently and we were looking for a pre-No Kings movie for Friday night. [For me. He has other commitments today.] We settled on Casablanca. We had both seen it, of course, but he questioned why people always said it was such a great movie. So we watched it; enjoyed it; talked about the 1941/1942 setting; said some of the lines along with the movie. I am always moved by the Wacht am Rhein / Marseillaise scene.
And he said — sincerely — “That’s the French national anthem?”
“Well, yeah.”
“I always heard it in something else.”
[And I am ready to say, “Yeah, it’s in the 1812 Overture.”]
“I always think of the Beatles song.”
! ! ! ! ! ! !
So now I have an image of Paul Heinreid walking up to the orchestra:
Karen Gail
Camp Pendleton is expecting Vance today; there is to be a live fire over interstate. Reports they did a test run on Friday. Originally, nothing was expected to close down; how dangerous can this be?
What possibly could go wrong?
5 Freeway to close for military event at Camp Pendleton on Saturday: What to know | KTLA
Professor Bigfoot
@Baud: Thanks to inflation, Thanksgiving’s probably already ruined.
Scout211
Have a wonderful day everybody! It makes me so happy to hear about all of your plans and I want to thank each and every one of you. Stay safe and have fun.
As many of you know, I am pretty much home bound these days as my husband’s caregiver, but I will be with you in spirit!
And thanks to everyone overseas who have already attended their local protests.
Professor Bigfoot
Y’all call me crazy, but I’m getting a lot of “June 5, 1944” vibes.
Like, “you are about to embark on the Great Crusade.*”
And you’re gonna have fun doing it!
DO THE THANG, YOU JACKALS!!!
Baud
FastEdD
One sign I saw a couple days ago:
Trumpers: Sooner or later the clown will piss you off too.
zhena gogolia
@BC in Illinois: 😂
kindness
We can’t wear masks to the local No Kings protest here in Modesto, Ca. In their wisdom (/s) the city banned masks at protests last year. Police arrested people wearing N95 masks at the spring No Kings protest. Sadly all those furries running around in their cool costumes won’t be able to have their heads on. Yea this is red California. Trends purple sometimes but always red underneath.
iKropoclast
Not necessarily furries. Also…
I’m just getting an early start on trick or treating, what protest?
WaterGirl
@Anyway: @Anyway:
Your nym was missing the final Y, so your comment went into moderation. I added the Y in that comment, and it looks like your second Y is back in your second comment.
Sure Lurkalot
Spouse and I are picking up my 90ish neighbor to go to an Indivisible event along a busy street, expecting some 500 people along both sides of a 3 block area. Instructions are to be joyous, will comply.
different-church-lady
They’re not afraid of us: they’re afraid of how Trump is going to react to it.
H.E.Wolf
We are everywhere!
Fair Economist
We’re fortunate to have a rally one mile from our house at 10 AM. Can’t get much more convenient than that. My husband got 4 of our friends who haven’t been to any prior rallies to join us, so he’s doing his part for turnout.
H.E.Wolf
@Suzanne:
A pool noodle as the stick for a sign is brilliant!
New motto: think like an architect. :)
Anyway
@WaterGirl: thank you. Not enough coffee
cmorenc
@narya: The tactic the GOP may try to use is to infiltrate and hijack a few of the most prominent NK potest locations with purported pro-Palestinian / anti-Israel demonstrators, to facilitate how Fox wants to portray the event.
Scout211
AP knows how to write a news story about the No Kings protests.
Since most Americans would have to look up “oligarch,” we’ll keep using “king.”
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
kindness
@iKropoclast: My brother I know they aren’t furries. It was a tongue in cheek shortcut to saying people in cool animal costumes.
suzanne
@H.E.Wolf: Your idea is great, as well! I had the pool noodle realization because we bought a ton of them to use as corner guards when the Spawns were little.
prostratedragon
No Kings Madrid
London
Tom Levenson
Off to Boston Common shortly.
Perfect day for an event here in the Hub of the Universe.
(Crowd calculations may be a bit dicey considering that the Head of the Charles rowing extravaganza is also happening. Lots of sculls and shells and tens of thousands of rowing nuts cheering them on just a few blocks away from No Kings. Boston is where it’s at peeps.)
prostratedragon
Miss Bianca
Same. We may get some haters in front of the right-wing rag office, but since the old guy who used to run it died, and the new folks who run it are into respectability politics (wife is the President of the School Board), maybe not.
I’m taking the dog, no sign, no phone, maybe my little camera for some photos for the paper. That’s it.
Miss Bianca
@BC in Illinois: Ha ha!
cain
@prostratedragon: RIP John Lewis – he would have enjoyed being part of all this.
Diceros bicornis
@Trivia Man: technically No Tyrants for reasons, but No Kings in spirit and on many signs and chants!
Steve in the ATL
@Tom Levenson:
Let’s revisit that thought in January….
Diceros bicornis
@Layer8Problem: we got the local media to show up. We read our mural statements of support to cheers — Lyon France and Lyons Colorado in solidarity!
Castor Canadensis
@Karen Gail: The Marines replied “no way are we doing that” (paraphrased from Scopes)
NotMax
@Karen Gail
“Remember, Sir, the blue buttons launch the dupes, the red buttons launch the nukes. Okay?”
“Oh shit.”
Ben Cisco
@rikyrah: @frosty: Hoping for safety for all who are taking part today. And THANK YOU from those of us who would be targeted.
dnfree
@no body no name: If people are going to decide how to vote based on rally signs being too wordy, we’re in trouble.
Matt McIrvin
@cmorenc: Like I said, *all* of our local demonstrations have had some demonstrators waving Palestinian flags (and today’s was no exception, there was a guy), so if they want those pictures so they can yell “ooh scary Hamas terrorists”, they can get them. I don’t think any of this was false-flag activity. This is how left-liberal demonstrations go, we don’t exert strict control over messaging.
Matt McIrvin
We got a dude who saw my sign and started yelling incoherently at us when we were walking to the place, but that was the worst aggro. A few Trumpy folk driving by with big big Trump flags in their pick ’em up trucks, but most of the drive-bys were supportive as usual.
Our ex-mayor was there; even in retirement the dude cannot stop working a crowd. He told me he was gratified by the turnout after “meeting so many Trumpers” (well, that’s what hanging out in Florida will get you, I guess). I said “they’re not most of us”.
princess leia
I am putting together a playlist for the day- any suggestions?
Ruckus
@Tony Jay:
I know this is wrong but I always get the idea when I see the current conservative side, that they are puppets and someone is pulling their strings. Often the things they say or seem to believe doesn’t seem to have a lot of reality about it. They voted for shitforbrains. Twice! A guy who now doesn’t even seem to understand the sun coming up or going down. And that’s not leadership – unless there is nothing to lead. (Which might be an/the answer…) If what they want is a non working government, which might be good for the very wealthy but is positive for most – how? My point is that if you are not a working part of a democracy, full filling your part of the overall, then the thing doesn’t work. Or works more like a centuries ago monarchy, where the king or queen are the top of the heap and everyone else is the bottom of the heap. And that ain’t a democracy. Which was one reason this country was founded a while ago, because it’s not someone’s country, it’s our country, all of ours. Sure there is structure, there has to be to make it work in any way, shape or form. We have supposed leadership, elected leadership, not a total monarchy or dictatorship. It’s our country, all of ours. The rich, the poor, the majority in between. As it said in the oath I took when I was in the USN, it is to make the entire thing work, we do our part, we vote for every leader, small town mayor, all the way to president. And they work for US, not for their bank accounts. They are, affectively, our employees. We may work for the country, which means all of us, but that is not and never should be considered owning anything. Because it belongs to ALL OF US. shitforbrains is once again the highest employee, but he is not the king that took over the government by force. Or any other illegal means. (Why is beyond me, especially at his age. I’m only 3 years younger and I wouldn’t/don’t want the work load or responsibility – I want to enjoy that I worked 6 decades and don’t have to any longer. But then I had jobs that had a physical side as well as a mental side. As most of us do/did. Work to be a part of life, not just have a nice bank account given to you and think that made you better than everyone else. That’s being bought, not being a citizen.
trnc
Bellows Falls, VT. People lined up on main road. Some pro king bozo riding through, but not getting much traction.
NotMax
@princess leia
Oldies but goodies.
Buffalo Springfield, For What It’s Worth.
Thunderclap Newman, There’s Something in the Air.
Ruckus
@Karen Gail:
This is the bridge too far.
This is pompous arrogance more than I’ve ever seen in over seven decades.
What does this say about their concept of their actual jobs and who they actually are supposed to be working for? I believe it means they think they own the United States. They do not understand they work for all of us, not the complete opposite. There are reasons this country refused to becoming anything like a monarchy when it was founded. Having an elected dictator is not and never was what it was supposed to be.
different-church-lady
@Scout211: In the current situation it’s a distinction without a difference.
H.E.Wolf
@Ben Cisco:
Godspeed to us all. And much love to you and Mama Cisco.
Burrowing Owl
@tobie: Yes, I need to get fresh markers too. The Terrible Timeline is improving my graphic design skills at least.
Still, as I was finishing my poster this morning, I can’t help but think Big Sharpie is playing both sides here.
(or maybe it was the fumes)
2liberal
@Professor Bigfoot:
It’s the tariffs driving prices up
zenberasa
i guess i’m pretty much counting on this comment going mostly unseen, down at the bottom of a buried thread. be that as it may, i’m kinda sorta slowly trying to work my way OUT of loooong-time lurker mode. NO KINGS report from Tx…
SO TIRED OF ALL
THEIR FAUX-KING CRUELTY!
AIN’T YOU, TOO???
I didn’t do photos at the protest today, except for (literally) just a couple, and I’m having tech difficulties getting those to transfer from my device. Later, maybe.
Turn-out in Arlington was very good, and the drive-by response (cars honking, drivers pumping their fists and/or passengers also waving signs) was SOLID. Heavy rain kicked in just as we were leaving, but driving home in damp clothes is a tiny price to pay in the cause of supporting democracy.
I spent most of the time sharing MY* variation on a common protest chant:
Hey hey, ho ho!
Miller & Vought
have got to go!
Hey hey, ho ho!
Bondi & Noem
have got to go!
Hey hey, ho ho!
Day-drunk Hegseth
got to go!
Hey hey, ho ho!
Puddin-head’s puppet-masters
got to go!
Hey hey, ho ho!
ALL these Nazis
got to go!
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pretty much expecting that the FB algo will quash that post.
i should prolly save a copy elsewhere, too.
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* personally, i get super-bored with the repetitions of that chant that only invoke Dump’s name. plus, even if he chokes on a Big Mac soon, this nightmare will NOT be over while those other fuckers are still in power. feel free to adopt and/or adapt as suits your needs.