Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
"No Kings. No Thrones. No Crowns.": Millions to Protest Saturday in Cities, Towns Across U.S.
Even as President Trump has cracked down on dissent and sent troops into multiple cities, organizers of Saturday's anti-authoritarian "No Kings" protests expect millions to join at least 2,500 rallies across all 50 states and several U.S. territories. The turnout could surpass the 5 million protesters who turned out for "No Kings Day" events in June.
"We are engaging in the most American activity in the world, which is coming together in peaceful protest of our government," says Leah Greenberg, co-founder and co-executive director of the progressive organization Indivisible. Trump's threats against the protests are a "classic exercise of the authoritarian playbook, to try to create fear, to try to threaten, to try to make people back off preemptively," she adds.
"There will be no fear, but the fear of what will happen to us if we don't mobilize," says Byron Sigcho Lopez, alderperson of the 25th Ward in Chicago, where mass protests are expected.
(Thumbnail image via NoKings.org)
6 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
are really trying to get ahead of the anti-Putin protests coming tomorrow!! 
Let the sight of my 80 y.o. mother carrying a No Kings sign strike fear in their wicked hearts.
Centuries after “L’État, c’est moi,” Republicans are putting their own twist on the adage: “I am the state” has effectively become “Trump is the state.”
The more Republicans argue that to oppose Trump at No Kings protests is to “hate America,†the more they prove the protesters’ point.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-10-17T16:01:01.982Z
For too much of the GOP, “L’État, c’est moi†has effectively evolved into “Trump is the state.†www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republicans-slander-no-kings-rallies-party-proving-progressive-activis-rcna238179
Ahead of Saturday’s No Kings rallies, Republican officials haven’t exactly been subtle in what they want to convey. The Washington Post reported:
After House Speaker Mike Johnson used the line a week ago, claiming the No Kings protest scheduled in Washington, D.C., deserved to be seen as a “hate America rally,” I started taking notes on how many GOP officials embraced that phrasing.....
“L’État, c’est moi” is a phrase attributed to 17th century French King Louis XIV. Now, 370 years later, Republicans are putting their own twist on the adage: “I am the state” has effectively become “Trump is the state.”
The party has been headed down this path for much of the year. Indeed, the president, not long after his second inaugural described himself as a “king,” which came just days after he similarly declared, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,” a phrase often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte.
It was around this time when an official White House social media account released a portrait showing a grinning Trump wearing a crown.
Eight months later, his party has decided that anti-Trump protests deserve to be labeled “hate America” events.
If the goal was to discourage participation in the rallies, I have a hunch the GOP slurs will have the opposite effect.
Ahead of thousands of anti-authoritarian ‘No Kings’ protests planned for Saturday across the United States, Republicans are trying to brand the demonstrations as ‘hate America’ rallies, ramping up their rhetoric about the millions of people expected to peacefully protest President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies as they did in June.
After House Speaker Mike Johnson used the line a week ago, claiming the No Kings protest scheduled in Washington, D.C., deserved to be seen as a “hate America rally,” I started taking notes on how many GOP officials embraced that phrasing.....
“L’État, c’est moi” is a phrase attributed to 17th century French King Louis XIV. Now, 370 years later, Republicans are putting their own twist on the adage: “I am the state” has effectively become “Trump is the state.”
The party has been headed down this path for much of the year. Indeed, the president, not long after his second inaugural described himself as a “king,” which came just days after he similarly declared, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,” a phrase often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte.
Link to tweet
It was around this time when an official White House social media account released a portrait showing a grinning Trump wearing a crown.
Eight months later, his party has decided that anti-Trump protests deserve to be labeled “hate America” events.
If the goal was to discourage participation in the rallies, I have a hunch the GOP slurs will have the opposite effect.
Here is a better pdf of trump wearing his crown
trump really does believe that he is king and it taking these rallies very personally