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Umm... Maybe it's time for Americans to change the #nokings protests to #nofacists in light of the latest #ice murder? I'd start on that right away if I were you.

This is WhiteHouse.gov, the nation’s official webpage for the Executive branch of the US government. Apparently this is the new “humor” we’re supposed to be “enjoying” in #TFG’s AmeriKKKa. Disgusting. Don’t fall for the distractions, but remain aware. #uspol #idiocracy #NoFacists

Standing atop a seven-ton military truck with his wife, Vance watched the largest Marine exercise in a decade on Oct. 18, -- all to distract attention from the massive "No Kings" protests happening all across the country. #nokings #nofacists #NoTrump @indivisibile.bsky.social

Highway shuts down as Marines’...

Standing atop a seven-ton military truck with his wife, Vance watched the largest Marine exercise in a decade on Oct. 18,
featuring F-18 and F-35 flyovers,
parachute landings,
Navy Seals swimming ashore,
offshore destroyers and amphibious ships,
simulated village explosions,
and MH-60 helicopters dropping additional Seals over the water.

-- all to distract attention from the massive "No Kings" protests happening all across the country.

#nokings #nofacists #NoTrump
@indivisibleteam
@50501
@renewedresistance
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/18/interstate-5-marine-event-vance-newsom/86768732007/

Standing atop a seven-ton military truck with his wife, Vance watched the largest Marine exercise in a decade on Oct. 18,
featuring F-18 and F-35 flyovers,
parachute landings,
Navy Seals swimming ashore,
offshore destroyers and amphibious ships,
simulated village explosions,
and MH-60 helicopters dropping additional Seals over the water.

-- all to distract attention from the massive "No Kings" protests happening all across the country.

#nokings #nofacists #NoTrump
@indivisibleteam
@50501
@renewedresistance
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/18/interstate-5-marine-event-vance-newsom/86768732007/

Live Updates:
No Kings protest coverage

#nokings #nofacists #noauthoritarians #notrump
@indivisibleteam
@50501

https://www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no-kings-protest-coverage

18 October is an auspicious day to strike against authoritarianism
#nokings #nofacists
@indivisibleteam
@renewedresistance
@50501
🐸👍💪🏽
https://mastodon.social/@workingclasshistory/115394923903513548

‘No Kings’ protest live updates: millions expected to gather across the US for anti-Trump protests – The Guardian

No Kings protest live updates: millions march against Trump in nationwide day of protest

Democratic lawmakers including Bernie Sanders, Raphael Warnock and Chuck Schumer among protesters

• What to know about the anti-Trump protests attracting millions

LIVE Updated 3m ago

• 1h agoIn New York, Chuck Schumer joins No Kings protesters
• 1h agoIn Chicago, mayor Brandon Johnson says: ‘We will not bend, we will not bow, we will not cower, we will not submit’
• 2h agoIn Washington DC, Bernie Sanders says: ‘This moment is not just about one man’s greed, corruption or contempt for the constitution’
• 3h agoIn Connecticut, Chris Murphy calls Donald Trump the ‘most corrupt president in the history of America’
• 3h agoThousands march in Washington DC, where Bernie Sanders will headline
• 4h agoIn Georgia, Raphael Warnock lambastes Trump’s comments to military leaders
• 4h agoAt least 10,000 people at field of Atlanta Civic Center to march to capital
• 5h agoBernie Sanders to headline Washington DC No Kings rally
• 6h agoTrump tells Fox News: ‘I’m not a king’
• 7h agoNo Kings solidarity protests pop up across Europe
• 7h agoSome Republican states activate National Guard ahead of No Kings protests
• 9h agoWhat to know about the anti-Trump No Kings protests
• 9h agoOpening summary

People attend a No Kings protest in Times Square in New York City on 18 October 2025. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters

Marina Dunbar (now) and Sarah Haque (earlier)Sat 18 Oct 2025 15.56 EDT

From 9h ago 07.22 EDT

What to know about the anti-Trump No Kings protests

By Rachel Leingang

Millions are expected to show out for protests on Saturday at more than 2,500 locations across America, from small towns to large cities, to speak against the Trump administration.

No Kings, the coalition behind a mass demonstration in June, is again calling people to the streets to send the simple message that Donald Trump is not a king, pushing back against what they see as increasing authoritarianism.

Several US cities now have a militarised presence on the ground, most against the will of local leaders. Trump has promised to crack down on dissent as part of an ongoing retribution campaign. Still, organisers say they expect to see one of the largest, if not the largest, single day of protest in US history.

What are the No Kings protests?

A coalition of left-leaning groups is again leading a day of mass demonstrations across the US to protest against the Trump administration. The coalition spearheaded a previous No Kings protest day in June, drawing millions to the streets to speak out against the president on the same day Trump held a military parade in Washington.

The protests are called No Kings to underscore that America does not have kinds of absolute rulers, a ding against Trump’s increasing authoritarianism.

“‘NO KINGS’ is more than just a slogan; it is the foundation our nation was built upon,” a website for the protests, nokings.org, says. “Born in the streets, shouted by millions, carried on posters and chants, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.”

Where are they happening?

Organisers say there are more than 2,500 protests planned across the country, in the largest cities and in small towns, and in all 50 states. It is part of a distributed model where people protest in their own communities rather than travelling to large urban hubs to show that discontent with Trump exists in all corners of the US.

For the 18 October day of action, organisers have identified several anchor cities: Washington DC; San Francisco; San Diego; Atlanta; New York City; Houston, Texas; Honolulu; Boston; Kansas City, Missouri; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago and New Orleans.

The protests start at different times depending on location. The No Kings website has a map with details for each location.

Read more about who organised the protests, why organisers are asking protesters to wear yellow, what Trump has said about them and more in our Q&A here:

No Kings: what to know about the anti-Trump protests attracting millions

Updated at 07.24 EDT, 12m ago15.49 EDT

Updated at 15.56 EDT, 35m ago15.25 EDT

Many people at protests across the nation appear inspired by “Operation Inflation” an initiative where demonstrators wear colorful and inflatable costumes to protests, usually resembling an animal or Pokemon-type character.

The trend started with a protestor dubbed the Portland Frog, who began dressing in an inflatable frog costume to attend Ice protests.

Updated at 15.28 EDT, 1h ago15.04 EDT

In New York, Chuck Schumer joins No Kings protesters

The Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, has joined the No Kings protesters in New York.

“I proudly marched side-by-side with labor unions and so many more of our fellow citizens in NYC,” he wrote on social media. “We have no dictators in America. And we won’t allow Trump to keep eroding our democracy.”

Updated at 15.19 EDT, 1h ago14.45 EDT

In Chicago, mayor Brandon Johnson says: ‘We will not bend, we will not bow, we will not cower, we will not submit’

The No Kings protest kicked off in Chicago, Illinois, at Grant Park’s Butler Field at noon. There are at least 10,000 people as the speeches begin. An intergenerational group of protesters has gathered, most with signs opposing Ice’s presence in Chicago or mocking Donald Trump.

Many flags, signs and T-shirts read, “Fuck Ice”, and others read “Hands Off Chicago”, a rallying cry that began when Trump first announced his intent to send the national guard into the city. Other signs read “Resist Fascism” and “Hands off our Constitution”.

Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke to the crowd, which erupted in cheers when he took to the stage.

“They have decided that they want a rematch of the civil war,” he said.

“We are here to stand firm and stand committed that we will not bend, we will not bow, we will not cower, we will not submit. We do not want troops in our city.”

The crowd erupted in chants of “Fuck Donald Trump” while the Illinois representative Jonathan Jackson spoke to the crowd. Later, as ACLU Illinois’s communications director Ed Yohnka spoke, the crowd chanted: “USA! USA! USA!”

Senator Dick Durbin, Lt Gov Juliana Stratton, Representative Chuy García, President of the Cook County board of commissioners Toni Preckwinkle, as well as local aldermen and state representatives were in attendance. – Siri Chilukuri

Share, Updated at 15.03 EDT, 2h ago14.23 EDT

In Washington DC, Bernie Sanders says: ‘This moment is not just about one man’s greed, corruption or contempt for the constitution’

The senator Bernie Sanders took the stage to address the Washington DC No Kings rally. The Vermont senator was met with thunderous cheers upon his appearance.

He began by addressing the House speaker Mike Johnson’s earlier comments, saying Johnson “called these rallies ‘Hate America events’. Boy, does he have it wrong.” He added that millions across thousands of US cities showed up “not because they hate America, but because they love America”.

Sanders then gave various examples of Trump administration moves that he said put democracy at risk, including federal masked agents deployed to American cities, the president’s threats to arrest and imprison his perceived political enemies, and his lawsuits against media organizations.

“This moment is not just about one man’s greed, one man’s corruption, or one man’s contempt for the constitution,” he said. “This is about a handful of the wealthiest people on earth, who in their insatiable greed, have hijacked our economy and our political system in order to enrich themselves at the expense of working families throughout this country.”

He went on to denounce the billionaires who helped fund Trump’s campaign and attended his inauguration, calling out Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg by name.

Share, Updated at 14.33 EDT, 2h ago13.57 EDT

Here are a few more photos from the Washington DC No Kings protest, expected to be among the largest of the more than 2,600 demonstrations across the country.

Share, Updated at 14.27 EDT, 3h ago13.28 EDT

As the protests are happening across New York City today, the New York police department said it is spreading out across the city to monitor events.

“The NYPD will be out to make sure everyone can peacefully and safely exercise their first amendment right,” the department posted on social media. “As a reminder, there will be zero tolerance for any illegal activity or anyone who breaks the law.”Share

Updated at 14.26 EDT, 3h ago13.10 EDT

In Connecticut, Chris Murphy calls Donald Trump the ‘most corrupt president in the history of America’

Connecticut senator Chris Murphy called Donald Trump the “most corrupt president in the history of America” at a No Kings rally in Washington DC.

The senator addressed the government shutdown, describing it as an “unplanned vacation” that Republicans have been on from the nation’s capital for five weeks, he said.

“Trump does think that he’s a king and he thinks he can act more corruptly when the government is shut down. But he cannot. He doesn’t have new powers, extra powers during the shutdown,” Murphy said.

He added: “The truth is that he is enacting a detailed step-by-step plan to try to destroy all of the things that protect our democracy: free speech, fair elections and independent press, the right to peacefully protest. But the truth is he has not won yet. The people still rule in this country.”

Share, Updated at 14.29 EDT. 3h ago12.47 EDT

Thousands march in Washington DC, where Bernie Sanders will headline

Crowds are also gathering by the thousands in Washington DC, where the senator Bernie Sanders will headline today’s rally.

In northern Virginia, many protesters were seen walking on overpasses across roads heading into DC, and several hundred people gathered in the circle near Arlington national cemetery, near where Trump is considering building an arch across the bridge from the Lincoln Memorial, Reuters reported.

“Democrats want to keep the government shut down to show all those people that are going to come here and express their hatred towards this country … Read original article: Read More

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US cities to resist Trump’s crackdown on dissent with No Kings protests: ‘We will not be bullied’ – US news – The Guardian

US cities to resist Trump’s crackdown on dissent with No Kings protests: ‘We will not be bullied’

Second round of protests at more than 2,500 sites are set for Saturday, including in cities where Trump has sent troops

By Rachel Leingang, Fri 17 Oct 2025 06.00 EDT

Donald Trump has promised to crack down on dissent and sent troops into US cities. His allies are claiming antifa, the decentralized antifascist movement, is behind plans to protest. He is looking for any pretext to go after his opponents.

Still, this Saturday, even in cities with troops on the ground, millions of people are expected to march against the president as part of a second “No Kings” protest. The last No Kings protest in June drew several million people across more than 2,000 locations. This time, more than 2,500 cities and towns nationwide are hosting protests.

Organizers expect this Saturday’s protests to draw more people than the June events as the American public sees the excesses of the Trump administration more clearly.

“Their goal is to dissuade you from participating,” said Ezra Levin, a co-founder of Indivisible, the progressive movement organization with chapters around the US that is a main organizer of No Kings. “That doesn’t mean that everybody has the same threat level. It doesn’t mean that people should ignore what the threats are, but it does mean we’re going to need to see a lot of courage out there on Saturday.”

More than 200 organizations are signed on as partners for the 18 October protests; none have dropped off for fear of a Trump backlash, Levin said. The American Civil Liberties Union, the civil rights group, is a partner, as is the advocacy group Public Citizen. Unions including the American Federation of Teachers and SEIU are in the coalition. The new protest movement 50501, which began earlier this year as a call for protests in all 50 states on a single day, is also a partner. Other partners include the Human Rights Campaign, MoveOn, United We Dream, the League of Conservation Voters, Common Defense and more.

Resistance to Trump continues to grow. The Harvard Crowd Counting Consortium, which tracks political crowds, noted that 2025 had seen “far more protests” than during the same time period in 2017. The June No Kings protests were “probably the second-largest single day demonstration since Donald Trump first took office in January 2017”, second to the Women’s March in 2017, the consortium said.

In June, on the same day a man shot and killed a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, tens of thousands of people still turned out for No Kings in St Paul while the shooter was on the loose, with attenders saying they didn’t want to back down in the face of political violence.

The messages behind the No Kings protests are simple: Trump is acting like a king, and the US rejects kings. The No Kings coalition has cited Trump’s “increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption” as motivation for the protests, including ramping up of deportations, gutting healthcare, gerrymandering maps and selling out families for billionaires.

In the months since the first No Kings protests, Trump’s menace against the opposition has only grown, particularly after the far-right commentator Charlie Kirk was murdered. Trump declared antifa to be a terrorist organization and has promised to investigate and take action against any leftwing groups he deems support terrorism.

Amid this backdrop, tens of thousands of people have joined calls in recent weeks to prepare safety plans, train on how to serve as marshals for the protests and learn de-escalation tactics.

Still, some people may decide to stay home because the threats against them are too great, including the fear of deportation for participating in peaceful protest.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: US cities to resist Trump’s crackdown on dissent with No Kings protests: ‘We will not be bullied’ | US news | The Guardian

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