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‘No Kings’ Protests Sweep US As Anti-Trump Crowds Fill Cities

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‘No Kings’ Protests Sweep US As Anti-Trump Crowds Fill Cities

 

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Massive “No Kings” demonstrations erupted across major US cities Saturday, as tens of thousands protested President Donald Trump’s sweeping expansion of executive power and what they call a drift toward authoritarianism.

 

New York’s Times Square saw an estimated 20,000 marchers and more than 100,000 participants citywide, according to the NYPD. Similar scenes unfolded in Washington DC, Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles, with organizers emphasizing strict non-violence. Protesters carried signs reading “Democracy not Monarchy” and “The Constitution is not optional,” while chanting “this is what democracy looks like.”

 

Trump allies accused demonstrators of being linked to Antifa and denounced the rallies as “hate America” events. But participants insisted the movement was peaceful, with one organizer calling it “an act of love for democracy.”

 

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer joined marchers in New York, declaring: “We have no dictators in America.” In Washington, Senator Bernie Sanders told thousands, “We’re not here because we hate America — we’re here because we love America.”

 

Many attendees expressed alarm at Trump’s recent executive actions — including deploying National Guard troops over governors’ objections, dismantling federal agencies, and urging prosecutions of his political opponents. Critics warn these steps erode constitutional checks and threaten democratic norms.

Abroad, solidarity protests took place in London, Berlin, Madrid, Rome, and Toronto.

 

Trump has dismissed the backlash as “hysterical,” insisting his policies are restoring order and national strength.

 

Key Takeaways:

  • Massive “No Kings” protests filled US cities against Trump’s executive overreach.

  • Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders joined rallies defending democracy.

  • Global demonstrations in Europe and Canada echoed the movement’s message.

 

Source: BBC

 
 
 

 

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  • How could we expect a group of people who don't know the difference between a man and a woman to know the difference between a King and a President.

  • Your reaction shows you don't understand the reason for the protests and the theme.

  • Old white leftists take to the streets with young leftists radicals leading the way and with MSM advertising the protests. This is mass histeria driven by a minority of activists, the Democrats who ne

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How could we expect a group of people who don't know the difference
between a man and a woman to know the difference between a King and a
President.

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1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said:

 

How could we expect a group of people who don't know the difference
between a man and a woman to know the difference between a King and a
President.

Here we go again! Someone's reaction painting anyone who has not voted for trump and is not maga as stupid

and ignorant

How in the world do you expect to have a normal conversation when you start of like that?

I for one have been reading a lot less topics about us politics because it has gotten out of hand.

Too many insults and not any one seems to be looking for a positive solution,only digging down in their 

believes.

Should these discussions not be aimed to try and solve a problem?

Apparently it is all about out doing the other side.

Of course not all posters are like that but you know who is who.

Have a great day!

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1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said:

 

How could we expect a group of people who don't know the difference
between a man and a woman to know the difference between a King and a
President.

Your reaction shows you don't understand the reason for the protests and the theme.

Looks like insurrection. Has Soros and other sponsors of violence been arrested by SWAT teams in midnight raids? Disappointed in Patel for allowing these lefty loons run amok.

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14 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Looks like insurrection. Has Soros and other sponsors of violence been arrested by SWAT teams in midnight raids? Disappointed in Patel for allowing these lefty loons run amok.

Yeah, you hit the nail...

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Trump, Vance, Noem and Miller -> their future?

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54 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Looks like insurrection. Has Soros and other sponsors of violence been arrested by SWAT teams in midnight raids? Disappointed in Patel for allowing these lefty loons run amok.

You are not the only one disappointed - friends of mine said that the minibus Mr Soros promised to send to collect them never showed up!

Old white leftists take to the streets with young leftists radicals leading the way and with MSM advertising the protests. This is mass histeria driven by a minority of activists, the Democrats who need something because they have nothing and the totally progressive woke left's propoganda arm the MSM. Complete lunacy.

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1 hour ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Looks like insurrection. Has Soros and other sponsors of violence been arrested by SWAT teams in midnight raids? Disappointed in Patel for allowing these lefty loons run amok.


Undoubtedly you would support SWAT teams being deployed against people you disagree with.

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Schoggibueb said:

Oh, this is now Antifa...

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Your photo points inadvertently to a serious problem for the opposition to Trump. They are disproportionately old. Looking at that poor woman, I wonder if she'll still be around for the midterm election, much less the 2028 presidential election.

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2 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

How could we expect a group of people who don't know the difference
between a man and a woman to know the difference between a King and a
President.

At least we know the difference between a president and a dick-tater.

1 hour ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Looks like insurrection. Has Soros and other sponsors of violence been arrested by SWAT teams in midnight raids? Disappointed in Patel for allowing these lefty loons run amok.

Disappointed in <whoever> for letting ICE and National Guard run amok! Hope their salries are canned in the govt shutdown.

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2 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

Your photo points inadvertently to a serious problem for the opposition to Trump. They are disproportionately old. Looking at that poor woman, I wonder if she'll still be around for the midterm election, much less the 2028 presidential election.

Is she older than trump?

Will he still be around for the midterm election?

 

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2 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

Your photo points inadvertently to a serious problem for the opposition to Trump. They are disproportionately old. Looking at that poor woman, I wonder if she'll still be around for the midterm election, much less the 2028 presidential election.

Oh yeah, all of them are really old...

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Ok, now this lady is really very old and famous

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Just now, jvs said:

Is she older than trump?

Will he still be around for the midterm election?

 

 

On the face of it, Trump looks better than she does. He doesn't need a scooter to get around. That doesn't mean his diet of junk food, his obesity, and his erratic behavior doesn't point to more serious problems. It's not  good idea to have 80 year-olds running a country.

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So a million Democrat voters and their Socialist Footsoldiers turned out?. Hooray, ou get that many Trump voters at football and Nascar each weekend.

5 minutes ago, Schoggibueb said:

Oh yeah, all of them are really old...

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image.png.23b1bf699318201e1ac9c337bc7d5cf4.png

Ok, now this lady is really very old and famous

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A sickly looking child and a lot of old white women in your pictures.

18 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

At least we know the difference between a president and a dick-tater.

Great. Then you know Trump is not a dictator. Of course you may not actually know what a dictator is. My money's on the latter.

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10 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

A sickly looking child and a lot of old white women in your pictures.

Look at the pictures from Atlanta, 47% black city, 100% white No Kingers.

17 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Disappointed in <whoever> for letting ICE and National Guard run amok! Hope their salries are canned in the govt shutdown.

I guess if the authorities in the sancturary cities handed over people in the US illegally to the immigration authorities there wouldn't be a need for ICE. Following I guess if the ANTIFA led protests weren't attacking people doing their jobs there wouldn't be a need.  

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3 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Look at the pictures from Atlanta, 47% black city, 100% white No Kingers.

 

Those people come from Boomer enclaves that are nearly all white. Even the lawn jockeys are white.

Seems this thread isn't going the sufferes way hence their lack of comments.

29 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Look at the pictures from Atlanta, 47% black city, 100% white No Kingers.

Oh my, rampant racist lefties free ranging in the Deep South again.

30 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Seems this thread isn't going the sufferes way hence their lack of comments.

Its hard to defend the intellectual bonafides of folks wearing clown noses and blow up suits.

 

The best part is all the homemmade signs. Now who cordinated that?

4 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

 

How could we expect a group of people who don't know the difference
between a man and a woman to know the difference between a King and a
President.

 

This is really a bad photo. But at least officially from the WH.

 

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The midterm election results might tell a better story..........interesting...

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