"Trump was totally unhinged last night after he found out how big the No Kings Protests were. He was posting weird AI videos of himself wearing crowns. Then he posted an AI video of himself flying a fighter jet and defecating on peaceful protestors at the No Kings protest in Manhattan. Yeah, that was not a typo. He posted a video of himself dropping feces on the faces of peaceful protestors."
~ Ben Meiselas
#NoKings #democracy #Trump #authoritarianism
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"The president posted an AI video showing himself as a pilot, wearing a crown, literally dumping shit on protesters from the air: A clear statement of what he feels about Americans exercising their rights to free assembly and free speech."
~ Anne Applebaum
#NoKings #democracy #Trump #authoritarianism
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What happens when "democracy" isn't part of our identity anymore?Anne Applebaum (Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum)
"To the degree that major protests could undermine the administration’s ability to exert political authority, it makes a whole lot of sense for Republicans and the White House to spend their energy attacking the No Kings movement.
And this, I think, should serve as an important reminder to opponents of the administration that for all its boasts and bluster, it knows as well as anyone that the president is unpopular and that his administration is vulnerable."
"Nationwide protests comprised of millions of people are a direct rebuke to the president’s narrative. They send a signal to the most disconnected parts of the American public that the president is far from as popular as he says he is, and they send a clear warning to those institutions under pressure from the administration: Bend the knee and lose our business and support."
~ Jamelle Bouie
"Today was the largest political protest in American history.
Don’t let Donald Trump pretend he’s popular, beloved, or even respected.
He isn’t. And he never has been."
~ Steve Hofstetter
#NoKings #democracy #Trump #authoritarianism
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Today was the largest political protest in American history. Don’t let Donald Trump pretend he’s popular, beloved, or even respected. He isn’t. And he never has been.Threads
Here's what Olear said at Kingston:
"If there’s one thing we can say about Donald, it’s that he’s unfit.
This is why we’ve come here today—to give him our message, which consists of just one single word—the word Donald Trump hates most of all to hear:
NO.
ICE in our cities? NO!
Soldiers in our streets? NO!
Political retribution? NO!
Plenary authority? NO!
No thrones. No crowns. NO KINGS!"
Noting that he spoke at the No Kings demonstration in Kingston, New York, Greg Olear says,
"The press estimates there were seven million Americans participating in the rallies. This figure seems low to me.... WaPo had it as the lead story yesterday. The craven New York Times led with the Venezuela stuff, which, in hindsight, seems like it was cooked up just so the New York Times would lead with it and not No Kings.)"
#NoKings #democracy #Trump #authoritarianism
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Delivered at Academy Green Park, Kingston, New York, October 18, 2025Greg Olear (PREVAIL by Greg Olear)
"Americans across all 50 states marched in protests against the Trump administration on Saturday, aligning behind a message that the country is sliding into authoritarianism and there should be no kings in the US.
Millions of people turned out for the No Kings protests, the second iteration of a coalition that marched in June in one of the largest days of protest in US history."
~ Rachel Leingang and Edward Helmore
#NoKings #democracy #Trump #authoritarianism
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Crowds of Americans, many in costumes, aligned behind message that US is sliding into authoritarianismRachel Leingang (The Guardian)
"Such a high turnout means businesses and institutions that thought they must cater to the administration to appeal to a majority of Americans will be forced to recalculate.
And the protests showed that Americans care fervently about democracy."
"The No Kings demonstrations ran the gamut from hundreds of thousands of protesters in large, blue cities, to smaller crowds in small towns in Republican-dominated states. Together, they demonstrate that the administration’s claims to popularity are a lie."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#NoKings #democracy #Trump #authoritarianism
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Today, millions of Americans and their allies turned out across the United States and around the globe to demonstrate their commitment to American democracy and their opposition to a president and an administration apparently bent on replacing that d…Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
Welcome to the largest day of peaceful protest we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes.
Today, we’re going to speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
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Saturday is going to be huge, boisterous, and joyful: “It doesn’t matter if you’ve never protested before. This is a place for you if you believe we don’t do kings in this country.”
Please join us at your local peaceful protest on No Kings Day: nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivi… #NoKings
The wannabe king is now directing his regime to prosecute his political opponents.
Trump thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we have NO KINGS and we won’t back down to chaos, cruelty, and corruption. Join us for the next nationwide day of defiance: nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivi… #NoKings
If you are in the US and are not trembling in fear right now, you have not grasped the full seriousness of the situation we are now facing.
Please join the discussion on what to do about it here:
We are at the 11th hour.
The dust has not even settled from the announcement that ICE will be receiving more funding than the entire US prison system, and that a new concentration camp is opening in Florida, and already Trump is announcing he will deport US citizens.
#FuckYouFascists
#fascism
#ICE
#NoKings
NBC News:
Actors Mark Ruffalo and Susan Sarandon among New York's protesters
Ruffalo told NBC News that he was marching "because democracy is in real trouble."
"We're not going away. We're not going to be quiet," he said. "We love each other, and ...we love this country..."
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#News #Politics #Democracy #Democrats #Trump #NoKings
Follow live updates as the military parade in Washington, D.C., kicks off on Trump's birthday. 'No Kings' protests by opponents are planned across the country today.NBC News
Today I invited a couple friends to the #NoKings protest this Saturday, and they were more open to it than I thought. (Not my most political friends.) Turning out lots of folks who don't usually protest would be amazing. I hope Saturday is the day many people wake up and realize the resisting this administration is not fringe, it's what most Americans want.
If you're in the USA, I hope you'll join us!
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No Kings protests this Sat. June 14.
Maybe they should rename it to "No Hitlers"!
#NoKings #TrumpIsAMonster #TrumpIsATraitorAndCriminal #TrumpIsHitler
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I caught the woke mind virus...
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...and all I got was empathy, critical thinking skills.](https://fedi.ml/photo/preview/640/715359 "A poster with hand drawn text
I caught the woke mind virus...
[A drawing of a frog sipping hot libations from a steaming cup over a saucer with a festive string banner (triangles with one corner at the bottom converted into a circle with embellishments like a belly dancer's cummerbund) under it in red]
...and all I got was empathy, critical thinking skills.")
