Large crowd this afternoon in little Black Mountain, NC. Lots of support from passers-by as well.
I attended the one in Davenport, Iowa. Since you mentioned black people, one thing I DID notice was that while I don’t really notice these things like some other people might, I did not see any (and we have a sizable black population here). I did see other nonwhites, including an Asian woman I know who stopped by without a sign, or her husband or daughter, while doing errands.
I could understand why some people might be hesitant to attend, because of potential safety issues, but there was NO trouble making from my vantage point, except for the man who drove by in his “I can’t pay child support” truck, flipped me off, and yelled, “No more chicks with dicks!” Ahem, if you’re into that kind of thing, as long as it involves consenting adults, it’s none of my business.
I’m still waiting on mine, Georgie! j/k
Does anyone have a good source for total turnout today? There were a lot of people in small town South Orange, NJ.
Maybe 100 at the Union City CA No Kings. Very well behaved, a wide variety of signs. TONS of honking and honking and honking!! Absolutely no detractors or police (or ICE) as far as I could see. I was glad I went.
I saw thousands of people on the Broadway Bridge here in Little Rock today.
I’ll admit to feeling a bit of petty joy today. While I agree that there were more positive honks, and far fewer pro-Trump vehicles making pests of themselves, there was the ONE F-250 whose bed was flowing with a trifecta of Pro-Trump, USA, and Confederate Flags that circled the protest area for the full two hours we were there.
I kept thinking - “That idjit just spent, what, $120? in Gas to troll us. What an idiot!”
Yes, anti-fascism and anti-far-right was seen in London. Per the Guardian, it was also No Kings and/or No Fascism in Berlin; Lisbon and Porto, Portugal; Puerto Rico; Munich; Rome; and Paris.
Favorite sign seen in person: “You can’t bomb your way out of the Epstein Files”
Favorite sign seen online: “Flip us off if you voted for a pedophile”
They said 200k, which is double the October one, but it didn’t feel like double to me. I haven’t seen aerial side-by-side comparisons, though. I liked that it started earlier (noon?) then too. It was cold all day but when the clouds rolled in at 4, it was too cold for me to stay further. If it had been 12-2 or 1-3 and then ran over time, it would have been better but by 4 I was DONE.
The Dropkick Murphys were great. I wasn’t expecting them to necessarily be the highlight of the day, but they were by far.
We got there at about 1:30 and heard the governor and Sens. Warren and Markey speak, then left before the Murphys started.
East Hawai’i has a small population so our protests didn’t look anything like Chicago or Boston. But my guess is that the turnout was pretty good. A friend just told me they had 200 people in Na’alehu, which is amazing given that the total population is under 900.
All that corny stuff about the “Aloha State” tends to be true and it was on full view today, with everyone smiling, chatting, and complimenting each others’ signs.
As has been noted by others upthread, this time felt especially encouraging in terms of cars going by. Almost EVERYONE honked and cheered, and virtually no one jeered or gave the finger. Also, last time there was a small counter-protest of MAGA types; I did not see one this time. (Doesn’t mean it wasn’t somewhere I didn’t notice it, though.)
It’s probably too early to tell with any accuracy.
A Challenge for ‘No Kings’ Protests, the Third Time Around
Organizers want this to be largest protest yet. But is hitting a number enough to deliver an effective political movement?
That, of course, it the big question.
Deflated by their electoral losses and demoralized by President Trump’s return to power, millions of his most ardent opponents turned out at two nationwide protests last year and found an outlet for their discontent.
They hit the pavement again on Saturday for the third “No Kings” demonstrations, a boisterous show of force that filled television screens, social media feeds, and cities and towns in all 50 states.
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Organizers hoped Saturday’s protests would turn out to be the largest yet. But as the marchers tried to fulfill that promise, it remained an open question whether another big turnout would be enough to influence the course of the nation’s politics. Can the protests harness that energy and turn it into victories in the November midterm elections? How can they avoid a primal scream that fades into a whimper?
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My bold.
To me, the following is what needs to happen next, but from what direction? Not seeing it yet.
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Nor has a high-profile leader or public face emerged, in the way that Tom Hayden did during the 1960s antiwar protests or Jerry Falwell in the 1980s for Christian evangelicals. Luminaries of today’s left like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez act as champions of progressive causes rather than only as foils to Mr. Trump.
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The movement itself doesn’t have a specific action focal point like “end the Vietnam war” or “give citizen rights to Black people” or “let women vote.” The only unified vector is get rid of trump. Trump has challenged, destroyed, and broken too many norms of American political and private life to just take aim at one, or even a dozen, or even 50, FFS!
You’ve got to be a major league right-wing Presidential fuck up to get this kind of public protest…in Boise, Idaho! Large turnout at Idaho Capitol as “No Kings” movement continues nationwide
Favorite sign: “I plead the 25th.”
Iran does not have nuclear weapons, and it still has ballistic missiles.
So, threadshitting in order to spread false information and support Trump. I could swear there was a word for people who do that sort of thing…
The US has only destroyed about a third of Iran’s missile and drone arsenal after a month of its war against Iran which aimed to degrade the country’s ballistic missile capabilities, according to a report by Reuters.
About a third of Tehran’s missiles have been destroyed, and another third was likely to be damaged or buried in underground tunnels and bunkers, the report suggested. A similar assessment was made about the country’s drone arsenal.
Moderating:
@Bullitt you are entitled to you opinion, but the post is completely off topic for this thread. As such I’ve hidden it. Please feel free to continue that discussion in whichever Iran conflict thread is most appropriate. No warning issued.