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Here's a new piece on #NoKings and what I think was accomplished on 18 October.
For me, it's about:
1) repudiating the moral ugliness of the regime (i.e., moral de-contamination)
2) revitalizing the rights and duties that democracy aims to instill; and
3) locking arms with one another to continue building the movement and the country we want.
Hope you'll read and share.
https://progressive.org/latest/what-the-no-kings-protests-accomplished-karn-20251021/
I’ve added a coloring page version to print in B&W and color in yourself or give to kids to do.
#resistance #activism #art #protest #noKings #portland #frog #portlandFrog #Rosie #democracy #usa
"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
/10
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/important-sunday-message-from-meidas-31f
"Yesterday showed that Trump can never take away our joy, our sense of community, our empathy, and our love."
Ron Filipkowski offers a number of his favorite signs from yesterday's No Kings events. These are 31-40 of a projected 40 he will share in several postings.
Of this lot, my two favorites are attached below.
"About 400 people and at least six frogs turned out to the American Embassy in Ireland to call for No Kings today. …
We had maybe 6 frogs, one dancing dinosaur, and one chicken over the course of the protest, including a frog from Portland."
~ Marcy Wheeler
At The Guardian, Pejman Faratin offers a gallery of photos from yesterday's No Kings protests.
#NoKings #democracy #Trump #authoritarianism
/13
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2025/oct/18/no-kings-protests-in-pictures
Ron Filipkowski offers a number of his favorite signs from yesterday's No Kings events. These are 31-40 of a projected 40 he will share in several postings.
Of this lot, my two favorites are attached below.
"The idea that someone is paying MILLIONS of Americans to go out and protest is a lie so absurd that only a Republican could believe it.
~ Jon Cooper
#NoKings #democracy #Trump #authoritarianism
/12
https://www.threads.com/@counterpoint_politics/post/DP9x0AjEVMy
At The Guardian, Pejman Faratin offers a gallery of photos from yesterday's No Kings protests.
#NoKings #democracy #Trump #authoritarianism
/13
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2025/oct/18/no-kings-protests-in-pictures
"According to the CCC, on Oct. 1, 2025, there had been over 29,000 political protests held around the country since Donald Trump’s second inauguration this January. I added the 2,500 No Kings Day events we have tracked in our spreadsheet.
Over the same period in 2017, during Trump’s first term, there were barely over 8,000 protests."
~ G. Elliott Morris
#NoKings #democracy #Trump #authoritarianism
/11
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-kings-day-protests-likely
"The idea that someone is paying MILLIONS of Americans to go out and protest is a lie so absurd that only a Republican could believe it.
~ Jon Cooper
#NoKings #democracy #Trump #authoritarianism
/12
https://www.threads.com/@counterpoint_politics/post/DP9x0AjEVMy
"Yesterday showed that Trump can never take away our joy, our sense of community, our empathy, and our love."
"According to the CCC, on Oct. 1, 2025, there had been over 29,000 political protests held around the country since Donald Trump’s second inauguration this January. I added the 2,500 No Kings Day events we have tracked in our spreadsheet.
Over the same period in 2017, during Trump’s first term, there were barely over 8,000 protests."
~ G. Elliott Morris
#NoKings #democracy #Trump #authoritarianism
/11
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-kings-day-protests-likely
"Yesterday showed that Trump can never take away our joy, our sense of community, our empathy, and our love."
"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
/10
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/important-sunday-message-from-meidas-31f
"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
/10
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/important-sunday-message-from-meidas-31f
"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
/9
https://anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/will-the-beacon-go-dark
"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
There are assholes out here trying to tell you that today’s demonstrations were useless virtue signaling.
Asserting your values and showing up for each other is never an empty gesture.
No circular firing squads. No trolling. No woker than thou sermons.
We build together. We live in truth. We say NO to this administration’s moral contamination.
That’s already something.
There are assholes out here trying to tell you that today’s demonstrations were useless virtue signaling.
Asserting your values and showing up for each other is never an empty gesture.
No circular firing squads. No trolling. No woker than thou sermons.
We build together. We live in truth. We say NO to this administration’s moral contamination.
That’s already something.
Honestly, what’s the difference between a fascist and a “your antifascist demo is pointless” shit poster?
Is there one?
There are assholes out here trying to tell you that today’s demonstrations were useless virtue signaling.
Asserting your values and showing up for each other is never an empty gesture.
No circular firing squads. No trolling. No woker than thou sermons.
We build together. We live in truth. We say NO to this administration’s moral contamination.
That’s already something.
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