Demonstrators will once again take to the streets for “No Kings Day,” a nationwide series of protests against the Trump administration, on Oct. 18.While protests against President Trump have not been uncommon since his first term, “No Kings Day” kicked off on June 14. These gatherings were organized in response to the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary military parade in Washington, D.C., which coincided with Trump’s 79th birthday.Across the country, 2,000 “No Kings” protests are scheduled for next Saturday, according to a post from the Indivisible project. There are plans in major cities like Los Angeles; Boston; Washington; Chicago; Atlanta; New Orleans; Kansas City, Mo.; and Bozeman, Mont. Planned protests stretch into Canada and as far south as Madrid, a town in Mexico.
Where will you be?
What does Trump & Company think about the rallies?
Organizers largely blew off the rhetoric, but some Democrats online criticized the tone.PoliticoBy Gregory Svirnovskiy10/10/2025Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday slammed the No Kings protest march scheduled to take place at the National Mall next week, describing the planned protest as the “hate America rally” that would draw “the pro-Hamas wing” and “the antifa people.” His characterizations, however, drew condemnation from some Democrats who defended the protest movement, whose first big demonstration was overwhelmingly peaceful.[...]Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), another senior House Republican, also criticized the planned demonstration and blamed it for prolonging the shutdown. Telling reporters Democrats had caved to the “terrorist wing of their party,” Emmer alluded to a “hate America rally in D.C. next week.”[...]“Speaker Johnson is running out of excuses for keeping the government shut down,” the No Kings coalition wrote. “Instead of reopening the government, preserving affordable healthcare, or lowering costs for working families, he’s attacking millions of Americans who are peacefully coming together to say that America belongs to its people, not to kings.”
You think maybe the Republicans are getting worries? Naw.
Common Dreams wrote...
“Looks like everyone in my former political party has signed on to the Donald Trump/Stephen Miller game plan, which means calling Democrats ‘terrorists,’” wrote a disgusted ex-Republican in response.By Brad ReedOct 10, 2025Multiple Republican lawmakers on Friday lobbed smears against the upcoming “No Kings” rallies scheduled to take place on October 18 across the US.House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) described the “No Kings” events as “a hate-America rally,” which he said would include “the Antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists.”[...]Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), during an interview on Newsmax, described the October 18 protests as “a Soros paid-for protest” filled with “professional protesters” and “agitators,” and threatened those who attend with a deployment of armed forces like the ones President Donald Trump has imposed on cities including Chicago and Memphis.[...]Contrary to the Republican lawmakers’ claims, these protests were overwhelmingly peaceful demonstrations against what organizers described as “the gross abuse of power that we’ve seen consistently from the Trump administration.”Ezra Levin, cofounder of progressive organization Indivisible, one of the groups behind the “No Kings” marches, vowed on Thursday that the upcoming events will be “the largest peaceful protest in modern American history.”
Will Trump bring in the Troops? Bring in his Gestapo, ICE?
Be there or be square!
No Kings
No Dictators
No Clowns
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