[UPDATE 11]From Trinidad to Ukiah, Thousands Turn Out to Protest Trump Administration at No Kings Rallies
A quick look at the No Kings March in Eureka, from local artist Terry Torgerson* with a Trump caricature to Mayor Kim Bergel in a red knit cap. [Video by Ryan Hutson]
Throngs of demonstrators gathered Saturday across Humboldt and Mendocino counties as part of the nationwide “No Kings” protests opposing the policies of President Donald Trump and his administration, with turnout locally ranging from small coastal gatherings to several thousand people in Eureka.
Jonathan Rehm created large bubbles during the protest. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
Video of the Shelter Cove protest by Jesse@LostCoastArialSolutions
In Eureka, organizers estimated over 3000 protestors lined both sides of Fifth Street in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse, with the crowd stretching for multiple blocks along Highway 101.
As the event peaked around 1 p.m., the density of the crowd increased significantly, with demonstrators filling sidewalks and gathering around a band playing near the courthouse steps.
People filled the plaza in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse of Saturday. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
Thousands of protesters lined Fifth Street on Saturday from H to L Streets. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
Above the crowd at the Eureka Courthouse, protestors still found a place to perch. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
Jennifer Amidi holds up a peace sign in front of the courthouse on Saturday during the No Kings Protest. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
The red knitted caps explained. [Video by Ryan Hutson]
Law enforcement blocked access at several intersections near the courthouse.
Eureka Police at the protest. [Photo by Ryan Hutson]
Ronna Johnson poses for a photo during the protest. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
Some of the estimated 900 protestors in Ukiah. [Photo by Karen Rifkin]
I’m 6 and I know better, read one small protestor’s sign in Ukiah. [Photo by Karen Rifkin]
Some protestors sheltered with an American eagle in Ukiah. [Photo by Karen Rifkin]
The local protests were part of a broader national and even international gatherings to show opposition to the Trump Administration’s policies. Throngs of demonstrators gathered Saturday in cities across the country in what organizers described as a third round of “No Kings” protests, with the flagship rally held in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Dave Hankin taught at Cal Poly Humboldt for several years and showed up to the protest to remind people of possible cuts to higher education. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
According to the organizers who provided these images, “No Kings 3 was the largest day of protest in US history.”
The publication noted it has not independently confirmed those figures and that some organizer estimates exceeded those of local public safety officials.
Eureka Mayor Kim Bergel. [Video by Ryan Hutson]
Many protesters had red knit caps on. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
A flag pole had an upside down US Flag, a sign of distress, and a Don’t Tread On California flag on Saturday. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
Karen Gladding of Eureka signs one of many petitions during the protest. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
A protester with in a frog suit stands near the courthouse in Eureka on Saturday. [Photo by Mark McKenna]
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Can’t wait to see Trumps reaction on Truth Social.
And when the right-wingers finally roll out of bed and come into this comment section to say mean stuff, what do we say?
Fuck off.
All class.
Oh yeah, like Don, Mel and Eric.
The most class-less presidential family ever.
Ignore them.
Such Hate you project (surprised you have not broken a rule for this site)! Here is a cautionary tale: Governor Kathy Hochul, Democrat from New York recently said on the record to supporters (the rich kind) – please talk to your friends that have left the State and encourage them to return. This is the same person (Hochul) that encouraged New Yorkers several years ago on the record (meaning she said in a speech) to leave and don’t let the door hit you on the way out (so to speak). So they did! She was mainly referring to Republicans? Now she want$ their money back. No More Queens!
Said with love, dude. Tough love.
“”Haters gotta Hate”. Said with ❤️, dude. Tough love.
As far as is usual, the righties are on comments prior to 8 am and it’s the lefties who roll out of bed towards noon. But maybe all the self congratulations over the increase in public participation in their rallies as made them too excited to sleep.
The queens need their king
I can’t wait to see the progressives reaction on here. LOLAU
I don’t claim to speak for all progressives, but I was impressed by the friendly, positive vibe of the demonstrators, and was happy to see so many young people in attendance.
I was impressed by a bunch of protesters in LA violently attacking the Federal building housing DHS (only a couple of blocks away). Glad they were friendly here? Oh well?
Such an odd thing to be impressed by, but you do you.
News reports state that there were dozens of entirely peaceful demonstrations in Southern California and that tens of thousands of people peacefully gathered in Los Angeles. It sounds like the trouble was isolated to a single event and that began after the official demonstration ended.
To the few dozen people who behaved irresponsibly, shame on you.
To the estimated 8 million people nationwide who demonstrated peacefully,
well done!
Wow jebs… how about the guy in Pennsylvania: the reporter told him “you’re pushing me”. Guys responce: “I am and I’ll kill you”. Shame on him jebs. A peaceful protester threatening to kill someone – oh well, just an isolated incident.
Isn’t the action- or in this case, the comment, of one person the very definition of an isolated incident?
And yeah, shame on him.
You sure do have a knack for finding negativity.
I’d say I’m jealous of your skill, but I’m not.
Your definition of isolated incidents includes one In Pennsylvania and then all across the country in California. I hope there are no more isolated incidents.
Are you assuming and thus suggesting that >8 million nationwide protesters directly conspired with a very small number of vandals and/or violent individuals and/or small groups and are thus directly responsible and also advocates of such behavior?
If so, then some of your own provocative statments on this website could be equally and intentionally misrepresented and thus would serve as associative guilt for heinous actions of thugs within your own political persuasion.
Get real
In LA:
“75 total arrests – 66 of the people who were arrested are adults and were arrested for failure to disperse. One person was arrested for possession of what was described as a dirk or a dagger. Eight juveniles were also arrested for failure to disperse.”
https://abc7.com/post/no-kings-protest-los-angeles-2026-police-say-9-juveniles-arrested-officers-suffered-minor-during-saturdays-rally-downtown/18801910/
So, tens of thousands of protesters present and, maybe, 100-150 attacked the DHS detention center AFTER the rally & 75 arrested at a separate location, >10% children, and that’s how you choose, with absolute disregard, to marginalize, not just tens of thousands in LA, but >8million, in 50 states, people’s cries of Injury to liberty, justice, freedom, accountability, the economy, soft power (much cheaper than war), bodily autonomy, civility, equal representation under law, personal affordability/survivability, allies/friends/international stability, destruction of our hyper-valuable scientific braintrust, & the list goes on???
Maybe 225 “bad actors” and 150ish of those doing some truly dangerous shit.
1.125% of the total min # of protesters in LA. (Reported as tens of thousands so, to be fair, say 20,000 protesters, though probably much more)
Seriously??
That’s all you got?
Weak Sauce.
You might want to honestly take stock.
Or get that looked at by a professional.
No Kings organizers have been holding thousands of workshops for months to introduce ill-informed people to NON-VIOLENT communication and protest techniques to intentionally avoid tragedy, vandalism, violence, arrests, abuse, AND Agent Provocatuers.
Wake up dude….LARGEST mass demonstration in US History.
You already can’t ignore it, as you’re already here complaining about the backlash against your preferred orange staypuff almost everyday.
This you won’t stop.
You all swung the pendulum WAY too far this time.
You were warned that Trump’s cronies would push Project 2025.
They did and are.
But now the Frog is in the pot.
Now if only we can all work to just slow the momentum of this out-of-control political pendulum and keep it from swinging all the way to the stops then some sanity might reenter this public zeitgeist.
When is the last time you said the Pledge of Allegiance, TM?
All means ALL!
NOT some.
THIS FUCKER, and his cronies, IS DRIVING ALL OF US OFF A CLIFF!!! (except for the billionaires with parachutes).
STOP THE CAR!!!
WE’RE NOT FLYING, WE’RE FALLING!!!
The wind in your hair is deceptive.
You think you won…but its gonna bite you in the ass.
I do NOT Consent.
I will NOT Comply.
I will NOT Participate.
But, I will help to cleanup the (er…your) mess. Once again.
We better find the middle ground and stop all the bullshit.
This isn’t going away without significant relief.
STOP INTENTIONALLY MISCHARACTERIZING THE VALID GRIEVANCES OF YOUR NEIGHBORS.
Assuming the reported number of 8 million protestors at a couple thousand individual protests are accurate, then I don’t what else you could call one incident in California and one in Pennsylvania other than “isolated incidents”.
Tang,
Are you assuming and thus suggesting that >8 million nationwide protesters directly conspired with a very small number of vandals and/or violent individuals and/or small groups and are thus directly responsible and also advocates of such behavior?
If so, then some of your own provocative statments on this website could be equally and intentionally misrepresented and thus would serve as associative guilt for heinous actions of thugs within your own political persuasion.
Get real
In LA:“75 total arrests – 66 of the people who were arrested are adults and were arrested for failure to disperse. One person was arrested for possession of what was described as a dirk or a dagger. Eight juveniles were also arrested for failure to disperse.”
Per local ABC7
So, tens of thousands of protesters present and, maybe, 100-150 attacked the DHS detention center AFTER the rally & 75 arrested at a separate location, >10% children, and that’s how you choose, with absolute disregard, to marginalize, not just tens of thousands in LA, but >8million, in 50 states, people’s cries of Injury to liberty, justice, freedom, accountability, the economy, soft power (much cheaper than war), bodily autonomy, civility, equal representation under law, personal affordability/survivability, allies/friends/international stability, destruction of our hyper-valuable scientific braintrust, & the list goes on???
So, maybe 225 “bad actors” and 150ish of those doing some truly dangerous shit. 1.125% of the total min # of protesters in LA. (Reported as tens of thousands so, to be fair, say 20,000 protesters, though probably much more)
Seriously??
That’s all you got?
Weak Sauce.
You might want to honestly take stock.
Or get that looked at by a professional.
Wake up dude….LARGEST mass demonstration in US History.
You already can’t ignore it, as you’re already here complaining about the backlash against your preferred orange staypuff almost everyday.
This you won’t stop.
You all swung the pendulum WAY too far this time.
You were warned that Trump’s cronies would push Project 2025 to the level of anti-democracy and authoritarianism.
They did and are.
But now the Frog is in the pot.
Now if only we can all work to just slow the momentum of this out-of-control political pendulum and keep it from swinging all the way to the stops then some sanity might reenter this public zeitgeist.
When is the last time you said the Pledge of Allegiance, TM?
All means ALL!
NOT some.
THIS FUCKER, and his cronies, IS DRIVING ALL OF US OFF A CLIFF!!! (except for the billionaires with parachutes).
STOP THE FUCKING CAR!!!
WE’RE NOT FLYING, WE’RE FALLING!!!
The wind in your hair is deceptive.
You may think you won…but its gonna bite you in the ass real bad.
I do NOT Consent.
I will NOT Comply.
I will NOT Participate.
But, I will help to cleanup the (er…your) mess. Once again.
Wasn’t your big rally entirely based on negativity?
Nope
A Lib’ral’s negativity is, to them, positivity, whereas a Conservative’s recognition of reality is, to a Lib’ral, negativity.
You sound like our mayor, Kim Bergel. She accused my husband of negativity for pointing out facts. Facts is facts, Mr. (or Ms.) Jebs. You can look at them negatively or positively, but on their own they are neither.
News reports also stated that all of 2020 was peaceful, too.
Which news reports were those? All I heard was the Orange Man saying they were peaceful and pardoned them. Repeat lies enough, people start to believe.
I liked the guy in the Che Guevara t-shirt. Idolizing a psychotic butcher who helped turn a prosperous country into a Stalinist slave pen. Way to go!
No photos of Garberville action? I’m disappointed. Wasn’t able to participate. I am amazed at the numbers in the streets of America right now. But 8 million apparently isn’t a big enough number to impress the BEAST in the White House. He shrugged. IMPEACH, ARREST, PROSECUTE and IMPRISON him! NO KINGS!
I still love Albert, B.B., and Freddie, Kings or not.
Those are some good Kings. I’m also a fan of Steven, Larry, and the biggest of them all, Kong.
Yes, usually someone sends me images but none so far.
We were 2 of the 110 protesters at the City Hall in Ferndale
Lindy, Thank you!
I can’t believe no one has sent you a photo or video from yesterday’s rally in Garberville. I’ve seen really good ones, so I hope they share them with you. They estimated close to 200 people attended, and I saw some I know drove up to an hour to participate! There were musicians, leading the crowd in song, clever signs and people of all ages. Here’s one of my photos, in the meantime:
Thanks for the photo. Zooming in on that gas station sign provides an appropriate footnote to the entire scene.
No kidding : Gov. Gavin (no more kings) and California’s gas prices!
Thank you!
Nice weather, the organizers are paid through convoluted means, so yeah, the usual suspects can gather and virtue signal. Waste of time.
• On the left, you often see nonprofits, unions, foundations, and activist networks funding mobilization.
• On the right, you often see anonymous donor pipelines and dark-money vehicles designed specifically to hide who is paying.
If you want to talk about convoluted money, the right’s darkest version is anonymous dark-money networks like DonorsTrust and related nonprofit conduits that move huge sums while obscuring the real donors.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/dark-money-hit-record-high-19-billion-2024-federal-races
I’d suggest your “dark money” “anonymous donor pipelines” and related “non-profit networks” also applies to “the left”. But nice try!
I wouldn’t be surprised. Straight up there’s too much money in politics and it’s poisoning the well.
I’d like to see evidence and receipts, but with all the many accusations that these protesters are being paid, nobody is able to provide any kind of evidence. That smacks of misinformation to me. Would you agree?
.
No… and there is evidence (so the nobody you used smacks of talking points and misinformation). You just not finding in places you prefer to read. I suspect if the information came to your attention you would discount – kinda like the fraud that has been taking place with taxpayer $$$. At best, probably ignore. Just sayin.
Why are not. You. Providing evidence and receipts of protesters being paid?? Hmm? Can’t find ‘em no doubt lol.
Taxpayer $ I’m a taxpayer! Why are “they” dumping ~$1.88 Billion per day on your boy’s war in Iran??
He done boxed himself in by not seeking Congress’ and Allies’ support. Doh.
No need… as I said there are plenty of news stories. You certainly capable of pulling up information! You choose the dialog you pursue – and so you report what you want and spin how you want. Anything else is outta sight, outta mind, and not to be talked about. No mystery about it.
You can’t find evidence and you can’t admit it because it doesn’t exist. Prove me wrong.
See my comment to Dan below and prove me wrong. #Dark Money.
So, you’re saying you’ve got nothing either.
Quite right. The Quantum Quipster probably saw Newscum’s portrayal of Nick Shirley as a sick child predator and thought, “Yaasss!”
There are many independent journalists who’ve done the research and posted the evidence for all to see. All you have to do is get out of your CNN/MSNOW/BBC/PBS etc, etc, echo chamber, and you’d know.
Okay. I haven’t seen them.What news sources do you recommend.
Nonsense.
“Organizers are paid” Right wing tripe.
Neville Roy Singham. Oops, there goes you and QQ’s argument. But I get it! You should use the isolated incident argument or some sort of community organizer line.
A person’s name isn’t evidence of anything.
I’ve had the same experience on this site and others, lots of people claiming “these protestors are paid” and then zero actual evidence.
No reasonable person is denying the web of non profit groups across our political spectrum, just like they wouldn’t deny the deluge of lobbying money that flows into our state and federal capitols. But the existence of that cancerous growth on our politics is not the same as these protestors being paid.
In general, large rallies are organized by professionals. Thats true whether you’re talking about these No Kings branded events, the BLM events in 2020 or the January 6th protest and anti covid lock down protests. But again, the existence of very public nonprofit social advocacy groups across the ideological spectrum is not the same as individuals being paid to attend protests.
What’s the matter? Did you miss out on the grift?
Once again, the claim is repeated but no evidence is provided.
And once again L.Y. states, “There are many independent journalists who’ve done the research and posted the evidence for all to see.” but offers no evidence.
How King-wannabe works: dupe base, manipulate markets, make friends richer.
Exhibit A:
Invite petroleum industry heavies to 2024 $1Billion campaign-donation request party. Upon assumption of throne
a) sign multiple executive orders rolling back climate regulations,
b) accelerate petroleum industry expansion, such as licensing & permitting, even though the US had already achieved fossil-fuel “energy independence”.*
c) bag Venezuela petroleum reserves*
*Some members of the US petroleum industry were perplexed by Trump’s moves, given existing market saturation and lowering unit-prices (per barrel, gallon, etc) made infrastructure-expansion investment, by them, not entirely sensical. But those with advance know, as to what was coming, they got ready starting on Election Day.
d) bomb Iran, knowing in advance (via US intelligence assessments) Iran would fight, close the Persian Gulf, and strike its oil & natural-gas producing neighbors.
To summarize:
The Trump Administration prepped for US petroleum exports, such as to Asia, then destabilized Persian Gulf competition.
Doug Burgum, Secretary of Drilling, he knows, as others do. Like a guy named Beach (see link). Putin, he seems to know too.
https://www.arctictoday.com/us-investor-with-ties-to-trump-family-looks-to-murmansk-2/
Beautiful event. You really can’t beat spending time out with your friends and neighbors getting up to good trouble. Thank you for getting me in some pictures. I get way into the moment and totally forget about capturing images. ❤️ 🤍 💙
BFD!
What did all that accomplish? Not a freaking thing.
It accomplished a lot. Folks got too used to sitting behind a screen using fake names. We were outside, shaking hands, hugging necks, and putting names to faces. It tightened the bonds of community.
“It accomplished a lot.”
-Angie O Genesis-
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Yep…
It was a Super-Spreader Event…
Respiratory virus breeding grounds..
That was a great opportunity for the future viral mutations’ ancestors to really party it up…
How many of those non social distancing protesters are now guinea pigs incubating the latest versions of up and coming viral respiratory mutations…???
Who needs lab rats when you have such an overabundance of more than willing experimental vectors participating in such close proximity…???
Respiratory viruses should start festering and spiking pretty quick as a result of this liberal clusterfest of millions of likeminded breath and spittle swapping forever besties…
A regular meeting spot melting pot…
A real snot fest…
Fauci would be proud…!!!
Yum yum…!!!
Cough cough…!!!
Sniff snort…
Achoo Achoo…!!!
The real superspreader event to be worried about.. This one that spreads hate.
No vaccine for this.
The 2026
Conservative
Political Action Conference (CPAC)centered on strengthening the MAGA movement, promoting Trump-aligned policies, and highlighting key midterm election issues.
So promoting, xenophobia, ,transphobia and authoritarian rule. Also suppressing voters rights and allowing armed thugs to roam our streets.
First for xenophobia substitute better wages for low earning citizens, for transphobia substitute respect for women’s issues, for authoritarian rule substitute freedom from neo-liberal authoritarian bullying of individuals, for suppressing voter rights substitute ensuring the rights of citizens to have their votes matter.
What is really meant by Progressives is oikophobis, suppression of what it means to be a woman in society, intolerance of disagreement and freedom to arrange votes only if they support their ideology. Trump is just the right extreme oposite end of the left’s own extremism.
The sad thing is all the things complained about in this post are a direct result of leftist radicalism. The left could have had much everything they wanted without opposition if they hadn’t decided that they must have everything they wanted. That until they could force everyone into submitting to their agenda by government regulation, accommodation was not an option.
Liberals activists declared war. And will do so again and again and again because they can not tolerate dissent.
How about you substitute what you said for the reality of what MAGA is really about., not what you wish they were about.
You say “can’t tolerate dissent” while not tolerating dissent. 🤔 🤨
Somehow the irony of hating MAGA for their intolerance while asserting their own intolerance of MAGA (usually without the slightest interest in checking what it even means) escapes a lot of people’s understanding. The opposite of intolerance is not more intolerance even if it is of different direction. The opposite of intolerance is- ta da- tolerance.
I of course can say “can’t tolerate dissent” because the whole idea that I’m required to first accuse people I’m not addressing of what you want to blame them to have any credibility in an argument is ridiculous. It would defeat the basic meaning of argument or dissent in the first place It’s just a diversion based on an unwillingness to allow any opinion but your own is worth talking about. It is -wait for it- highly intolerant. It is never necessary to make the rest of the world over in someone’s eye to criticize them.
And again here’s my laugh for an exactly unknown reason upon reading that. 🙂
Perhaps because what you say is ridiculously well said! (imo)
Oh dear, intolerant of MAGA. Excuse me for being intolerant of a group of people who exhibit fascist tendencies and are some of the most intolerant people around.
So you go ahead and criticize me for that and continue this crusade of yours trying to excuse and enable their actions.
If I am to be criticized it will be when I am silent against injustice and intolerance.
You say, seemingly unaware of the irony that you just saw, and are now commenting on, one of thousands of reports about these events that are appearing on news sites worldwide.
Right under the headlines about gas prices. Until they dramatically rose, these rallies were only attended by a few. It is not John who can’t see irony that even a war seemingly spiraling out of control did little to increase the number of the Progressive faithful at these protests.
And sadly rejoicing in a delusional victory will only increase the amplitude of the political swings that tear apart the country. Somehow that point escapes a whole lot of the most bitter of partisans at both ends of the political dpectrum.
How delusional? I reply to jebs that I hope there are no more isolated incidents of violence – it gets down-voted. Go figure!
How delusional? Schadenfreude as overcome even the previous superficial professionalism given lip service in politics that existed after WWII. Too many people seem to hunger for it even more than winning. In fact is seems too many can’t see anything other as important. They create dissent in its absence. It’s epitomized by the “No justice, no peace” slogan.
Rejoicing when Trump won over Biden and Clinton, rejoicing Biden won over Trump. Does anyone even recognize or want the steadiness of compromise and long term goals? I don’t see it anywhere anymore.
Delusional vs reality: wait till Ai gets firmly implanted!
Where are you getting that previous rallies have “only been attended by a few”?
There have been multiple massive rallies since Trump took office.
And, while there were hundreds of signs at the rally I was at so I can’t guarantee that I saw every one, I certainly don’t remember seeing any signs about gas prices.
Wait for it…
There is a current political theory that seem to be favored by liberals at the moment- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3.5%25_rule
There are some serious limits to applying it here. For one thing liberals have been singularly incapable of maintaining “peaceful protests.” Too many different groups they incorporate in the antiMAGA ideology is prone to violence. Inevitable impatience always leads to calls for more aggressive and violent action resilts. But it is not without interest.
Direct cause-efffect relationship would be a difficult if not impossible proof, yes indeed.
I subscribe to the 100th Monkey Effect being at play here.
Hundredth monkey effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundredth_monkey_effect
In any case, the system is complex and often moves slowly. Effects there must be, as the universal rule is for any action there is a reaction, however John S has yet to notice any.
That’s a new one for me. I guess both ideas are about a critical mass needed for a sea change in behavior. My eyebrows went up at the 100th monkey idea and haven’t yet returned to normal. I suspect they will not be able to cope with idea of mystical spreadings of new behavior.
The 3.5% thing though is an actual organizing goal that people can use to see if they are being manipulated. There is a significant difference saying a 3.5 % participation indicates a coming tsunami and the idea that a tsunami can be created by getting participation up to 3.5%. But at least dealing with it needs no island swimming monkeys to explain itself.
Have you ever experienced “group mind”. Sure you have. Group mind occurs when group focus is coordinated, such as at a concert performance, or a rally. 🙂 Awareness and Consciousness are everywhere! Entangled minds. Just like in so-called quantum physics, there is “spooky action at a distance” which defies the speed of light limit.
You mean like when Germans all decided to ignore and deny what the Nazis were doing to the Jews? Or like when the Yippies got the Pentagon levitated( they did not)? Or like when enough people internationally stopped believing in the credibility of the petro-dollar and America plunged into deep depression with famine included? How about when enough people got fooled into believing “legalization” was a great idea and Humboldt plunged into an economic tailspin that still hasn’t hit bottom? Or when enough people believed the Catholic Church was supreme and we had the Dark Ages? Group mind is not really a good thing, not usually!
The group mind works in mysterious ways.
We Shall Overcome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Shall_Overcome
We always do.
Nope. Never. Not once. Does that really happen? Are you serious? Hello? Look at my name on here.
Yabut, what you say about how and why Trump got elected is a prime example you have!
Did you know that the no king protests are 2 percent of the population. Once again LOSERS!
Do you know that this is reported to be the largest demonstration in U.S. history?
Still only 2 percent
Well somewhere that is likely true. However, if percentage of US population participating is the measure, you need to prove it is a meaningful assertion. Heck, you should be supporting your assertions by linking to reports anyway.
https://kval.com/news/local/no-kings-protests-draw-estimated-8-million-in-largest-single-day-us-demonstrations
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/no-kings-day-sf-oakland-22156265.php
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/no-kings-protests-in-maryland/
https://time.com/article/2026/03/28/-no-kings-rally-trump/
It’s understandable if you haven’t been reading the news these past couple days.
The weather has been beautiful.
I am literally an old grandmother. I’ve been through hell so many times in this America. I can walk in and out unscathed. There isn’t anything anybody can say to me anymore that hurts. If y’all are the winners, I am grateful to be among the good people that you call losers.
Bitterness is not being unscathed. You confuse the replacement of scar tissue and lost sensitivity with being uneffected.
Daddy issues, obviously. 😆
The idiot Kim Bergel present along with indoctrinated six year olds . A perfect match of wrongness.
They never say how Trump is being King when a January Harvard Harris poll among registered voters show 73% show support of deportation of criminal illegal aliens ,67% want states and locals to cooperate with feds,67% said jails should hand them over,and 73 % say entering the country without permission is breaking the law.In fact ,that’s why Trump won the election overwhemingly.
Oh he didn’t win “overwhelmingly.” He won by a small margin for the same reason that this situation could lose the midterms for the Republicans- a lot of uncertainty and deliberate agitation that happened to coincide with the economic pinch of inflation. What Trump can do about it is hard to see.
What he could DO about it? GOP has the House, Senate, presidency and for all intents and purposes the Supreme Court.
Shucks, he could start another war (I hope not.)
Rather he could lead from the center as you alluded to above “Does anyone even recognize or want the steadiness of compromise and long term goals?”
Instead, he gloats on truth, social about things like Robert Mueller‘s (a marine combat veteran) death. “Good. I’m glad he’s dead.” Can you believe that?
Not good with politics, huh?
You want to think he has everything in his pocket despite the fact that it is clearly not true. The lack of funding continues, the Supreme Court has repeatedly not supported his agenda, there have many injunctions against his actions, and the number of lawsuits against him is beyond counting. And he hasn’t delivered recent elections that he has tried to.
He needs to end the gas price hikes. There are only two things he can do to get that done- end the War with Iran or win enough to allow oil to flow as it did previously. Neither seem possible for him. The releasing of gas reserves is has not been effective and it’s hard to do that anyway when the military requires it. He’s pretty much placed himself in the position of doing little. The only thing I can see as an option is quitting the war and calling it a victory anyway. Don’t think many are going to buy it. As far as I can see, he’s most likely to fire people and blame them but it really won’t change the coming election.
You know what I can’t believe? That anyone in the real world thinks that the same sort of crass remarks he has made for ten years, such as the one about Mueller that you find so offensive, is meaningful at this point.
No, he won overwhelmingly when you win popular, electoral, and every swing state.
Your unverified numbers don’t seem to jive with the ones that can be supported by links to credible sources.
When it comes to Trump’s handling of immigration issues, 38% of voters approve, while 59% disapprove.
When it comes to the way ICE is enforcing immigration laws, 34% of voters approve, while 63% disapprove.
Roughly half of voters (51%) think the Trump administration’s approach to immigration is making the country less safe, 35% think it is making the country more safe
Nearly 6 in 10 voters (59%) say they would prefer giving most undocumented immigrants in the United States a pathway to legal status, while 34% say they would prefer deporting most undocumented immigrants
https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3946
The irony is thick with the “No King’s” protests; when the party protesting, “anointed” their Presidential candidate, without garnering a single Primary vote from their constituents…..
Parties are not required to hold primaries.
Trump only faced token “opposition” in his runs for reelection.
Several states even cancelled the Republican primaries.
Sure! That farce of democracy they ran by blowing off primaries to hide Biden’s mental condition worked out really great for all of us. Yet somehow some people still defend the party leaders who did that! And still tell us we need to trust those same people running the DNC to “save our democracy”. It’s bizarre beyond words how the human psyche can rationalize pretty much anything…
So wrong on so many levels. A primary is something other than a nomination. Democrats did run primaries because that is the way most states allow candidates to appear on ballots. It’s where most electors are set. So yes, Democrats were required to hold primaries. Biden won most of them.
But then the convention should happen where the nominee from the primaries usually gets rubber stamped. That’s where the electors actually nominate the candidate by counting the delegates already pledged from the primaries. The old guard Democrat Party played fast and loose with it. First they short circuited the normal process to assure no one could question whether Biden received the nomination . ““There is no legal justification for this extraordinary and unprecedented action which would effectively accelerate the nomination process by nearly a month,” read a draft letter signed by more than 20 House Democrats that has been circulating on Capitol Hill. “[S]tifling debate and prematurely shutting down any possible change in the Democratic ticket through an unnecessary and unprecedented ‘virtual roll call’ in the days ahead is a terrible idea.”
Then they had scrambled to undo what they had previously scrambled to do when he resigned. Turns out the Democrats who object were right and the stupidity of manipulating the rules to suppress those questions and get Biden the nomination before dissent could snow ball was a self-imposed disaster for the Democrats. This led to the party leadership simply ordering a change in the nomination. “On the night of July 21, hours after Biden’s decision to drop out became public, Martin called a virtual meeting of all 180 state chairs, vice chairs, and executive directors where they decided to poll their delegations with the expectation that Harris would receive all the support.” Actually they did an old fashion whipping to get Harris the nomination after all.
Also you are wrong about Trump’s first nomination. That convention was an old fashioned nail biter where the party old guard tried similar maneuvering as the Democrats did to keep Trump out but a grass root revolt made it happen anyway. His second and last nomination was a party controlled one. And the one where a couple of states tried canceling primaries was the one he lost.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-did-kamala-harris-wrap-up-the-democratic-nomination-in-32-hours/
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-did-kamala-harris-wrap-up-the-democratic-nomination-in-32-hours/
How embarrassing for this greatest nation to ever exist on earth.
Amazing how many geriatrics and lunatics you can get to turn out with a promise of $100 and some ice cream.
Sometimes not even that. Some people feel so inadequate and powerless, the only way they can feel like they belong is by joining others in embarrassing themselves in public.
It’s a pity.
End the FED otherwise your art is simply performative.
We just can’t seem to get along. The politics are too entangled with all we do, and the media does a fabulous job of keeping things whipped up so we continue to “click” or buy the print.
Interesting that all this talk of being a king, and yet campaigns were conducted, an election was held, the people voted, and a president was elected by the majority of the votes. All of which would never happen if a real king was running for office.
First they hide their candidate’s mental deterioration. Then suddenly when that fails they throw up a candidate who is extremely unqualified…thereby ensuring that Trump will win the election. Then after a majority of voters elect him they call him a “king” and “How dare he!”. It’s insane that anybody buys their crap…
He did swear to defend the Constitution! Yet he didn’t put his hand on the Bible, afraid of getting burned, and had his fingers crossed. He plays too much golf and signs way to many executive orders. I think he accused Obama of the same thing. Somebody criticizes your dear leader and you all turn into a bunch of snowflakes.
Great coverage, Redheaded Blackbelt!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!!!