# October 18, 2025 "No Kings" Protests **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 15, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993 "2025-10-15T14:10:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/161 "2025-10-19T00:01:03Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I ended up at the Roseville rally. I intended to go to the Folsom one, but I couldn’t find it. It was very enjoyable. My sign said ‘Proud to be Anti-Fascism’ and I hung it around my neck. We had a lot of honking and cheering. There were a lot of blow up costumes. Some of my favorite signs: > > They’re eating the checks, they’re eating the balances. > Fight Truth Decay Also at Roseville. The creativity of the signs & costumes was great! There must have been several thousand people there. I only saw one Trumpmobile drive by, police were present at a discrete distance. The elderly woman (about my age, sigh) standing next to us was broadcasting a playlist of all the old antiwar songs from the 60s. Sixty years later and _the same people_ are doing it again. Thank God for us Boomers! [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/4L0DkzZ.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/4aEyh8U) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/162 "2025-10-19T00:03:46Z")
> [@bobsmom101](#): > > Sixty years later and _the same people_ are doing it again. Thank God for us Boomers! I thought the same thing of some of the protesters today. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/163 "2025-10-19T00:14:16Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > It’s a great quote, but it’s not from Emma Goldman. Yeah, it seems to be at closest a paraphrase of something she said. (Descriptions vary.) Which is why in my post I said: > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > To not precisely quote Emma Goldman : > [@Johanna](#): > > We got beeps and encouraging waves from a car with the “Don’t tread on me” snake license plate. How about that? Maybe they actually mean it, and don’t want Trump and crew to tread on them either? > [@Johanna](#): > > Those who feared being grabbed by the _federales_ or something like that, with thousands of protests all at once across the land, they can’t possibly cover all of them. Safety in numbers. Oh yes. The more of us who show up, the safer we all are. If not enough show up, everyone’s in danger, whether visibly protesting or not. My report: about 200 people showed up in a village of 5000 in a quite red area. Which is over 3.5%; although, to be fair, we weren’t all from Penn Yan. A number of us were from the surrounding rural area, and we even picked up a couple of people from Illinois who had just been driving through, saw us, and stopped to join in. No police that I saw, and none needed. A mostly older crowd; though the youngest attendee was in a baby sling. Lots of signs, most of them homemade. One person in a frog mask, and several in tshirts also functioning as signs. Lots of American flags (and one Ukrainian flag pin.) I left “no kings, George Washington knew that” on one side of my chalkboard, but the side I mostly aimed at the street said “We Are America. And so are you.” We got a lot of approving honks and waves; an occasional thumbs down, one bus of high schoolers from my nearby village chanting “we love Trump”, and one pack of motorcycles who managed to get so much negative noise out of their bikes that my ears were sore for a couple of minutes. But the detractors were considerably outnumbered by the people making noise in favor; though both were outnumbered by the ones staring straight ahead trying to pretend that nothing was happening. I’m tempted to bring a sign next time with a quote from an old Bob Dylan song, “How many times can a man turn his head And pretend that he just doesn’t see”; but that’s an awful lot of words to put on a sign aimed at even slow-moving traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/164 "2025-10-19T00:15:10Z")
The event in Franconia, VA (DC suburb) had 800 people. That’s twice the number for our first No Kings Day, and more than the 500 that signed up. Perfect weather, and great crowd. Wonderful energy! Witty signs, good chants, music, and a few inflatable costumes. Zero problems from what I’ve heard. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/165 "2025-10-19T00:19:43Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Everson… which is decidedly in Trump Country. Oh… On the way home we saw a huge Trump sign (easily 8 feet by four feet) on someone’s property. There was also a large pick-up truck and two life-size Sasquatch statues. The domicile itself was a trailer. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/166 "2025-10-19T00:28:23Z")
There was one in Cleveland and one near me in Mentor. Im not sure how many showed up but Im glad they did. Was working; couldn’t go. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/167 "2025-10-19T00:39:26Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > This gives me hope in our dark times. More and more folks are no longer sitting at home. > [@Stratocaster](#): > > So nice to be with your peeps, > [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > It feels so good to be validated that you’re not alone. Anyone still wondering if these demonstrations are a waste of time? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/168 "2025-10-19T01:00:54Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Anyone still wondering if these demonstrations are a waste of time? As I said, we went to a rally where there are a lot of Trump voters (farmers). I think it is good to let them know that it’s OK to disapprove of Trump. I think it might help to show them what Trump is doing to farmers… them. My wife, who has patients in the area, noted that a lot of properties [NB, not necessarily her patients] no longer have Trump signs in front of them. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/169 "2025-10-19T01:05:13Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Anyone still wondering if these demonstrations are a waste of time? I am keeping a close eye on the needle. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/170 "2025-10-19T01:19:20Z")
We went. It was fine. Last counts I saw were in the neighborhood of 250k, which sounds like reasonable guess if the June demo was 75k. There were so many people in Butler Field that it took us an hour just to leave because there was no room for anyone to move. Next time, remind me to bring a chair and pregame with ibuprofen. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/171 "2025-10-19T01:25:04Z")
The local, quite conservative newspaper put the event here in Colorado Springs at 12-15k, and I think it’s close. I’ll include several images over a couple of posts, and per the request of our OP, I made sure to snag images of fun signs (apologies for 'dopers who can’t use imgur right now). [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/UfMHMmU.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/UfMHMmU) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/VPdDNzG.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/VPdDNzG) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/172 "2025-10-19T01:26:12Z")
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/ucAApx3.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/ucAApx3) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/D6BVNg6.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/D6BVNg6) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/D1Jj3c3.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/D1Jj3c3) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/173 "2025-10-19T01:27:14Z")
And for good measure, a few pics to show the lovely weather and crowd size: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/O0wEtMS.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/O0wEtMS) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/rHP3jR9.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/rHP3jR9) ---
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This is the way people, show that the bastards lie when they say few people opposes them, congratulations! Here’s wishing for more protests with even more people. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/175 "2025-10-19T01:32:50Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > Anyone still wondering if these demonstrations are a waste of time? > > I am keeping a close eye on the needle Too sub-tile for me. Elaborate, please. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/176 "2025-10-19T01:34:06Z")
Ouch! > **[FWADP1 (@bdreynolds.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/bdreynolds.bsky.social/post/3m3iwho3tw22k)** > > This is my favorite (tweenage boy holding sign) “Trump hit on my girlfriend” ---
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> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > the most threatening thing I’ve seen is the naked bicyclers The naked bicyclers are giving Trump’s Little Johnson weird tingles in sensitive places… ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/178 "2025-10-19T01:53:33Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Too sub-tile for me. Elaborate, please. I want to see if it moves. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/179 "2025-10-19T01:54:41Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Anyone still wondering if these demonstrations are a waste of time? I am. My niece says she thinks that only violent revolution will move anything. I think she’s wrong–but I also think that properly permitted protests don’t disrupt the systems of injustice, and that until we are willing to step up to disruption, not much will happen. I’m wondering if something like this would be effective: - If troops land in a city, call a general strike in that city until the troops leave. Make it clear that the economic engines of America consist of the working people of America, and enough of us will stay home if we’re occupied. - Next: if ICE enters an area, people are notified and immediately walk out of their jobs and sit down in the streets. This would need to be a mass movement to clog the jails with, again, working class Americans. The work stoppage happens until ICE leaves the community. We need to be looking to British-occupied India for ideas. Nonviolent civil disobedience seems to me to be the next reasonable step; but it needs to be coordinated and needs to have clear objectives, and these objectives need to be in line with American norms. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993/180 "2025-10-19T01:58:33Z")
I’m waiting for some total goofball to accuse all the attendees of being KGB agents, the way some people did with the 1980s antinuclear movement. My sign didn’t break the bank, but if George Soros wanted to reimburse me for it, I’d be OK. BTW, I didn’t go today, although I did in June. If a commentator mentions George Soros, I know that they are to be taken as seriously as the people who say that critical race theory is being taught to grade-schoolers, who also undergo gender reassignment surgery at school without their parents’ knowledge or permission. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-18-2025-no-kings-protests/1023993.md?page=10)