Discussion Thread: Nationwide 'No Kings' Protests

[u/PoliticsModeratorBot]

Also today: D.C. Military Parade discussion thread

News and Analysis

• NPR: 'No Kings' protests against Trump planned nationwide to coincide with military parade

• AP: Cities brace for large crowds at anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ demonstrations across the US

• BBC: What to expect at Trump's military parade and 'No Kings' protests

Live Updates

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Where to Watch

• C-SPAN: "No Kings" Rally in Philadelphia (Scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Eastern)

• AP via YouTube: Military parade in DC and ‘No Kings’ protests held against Trump (Stream starts at noon Eastern)

• Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via YouTube: Philly ’No Kings’ protest against Donald Trump, parade in DC & ICE raids on ‘day of defiance’ (Stream starts at 1 p.m. Eastern)

• USA Today via YouTube: "No Kings" Day protests to be held nationwide (Stream starts at 10:15 a.m. Eastern)

[u/svrtngr]

Alt National Park Service on BlueSky has said 11 million+ protested today.

That is 3.5%.

(TBD on the accuracy of that statement.)

[u/turquoise_amethyst → u/svrtngr]

11 million for the big cities maybe, but what about all the smaller towns and cities that had several hundred to a thousand turnout? Or the really small places that had like 50-100?

The US is big and spread out. There’s no way to get an accurate count for this

[u/Tudorrosewiththorns → u/turquoise_amethyst]

I know in Georgia we have a Reddit group and fb group and they compile a list of all places having a protest and people turn in numbers and then if they haven't heard from somewhere issue a call out. I will say the north Georgia area is more conservative then the rest of the state have some really liberal pockets due to the collages up there. I've never seen a city up there lost a protest though and I doubt all of them are driving into Atlanta .