No Kings Day

[wtg]

An elderly man from Gainesville was one of dozens of veterans arrested outside the U.S. Capitol Building as they protested against President Donald Trump’s military parade scheduled for Saturday.

U.S. Capitol Police confirm John Spitzberg, 87, of Gainesville, was arrested for crossing a police line during a demonstration on Friday.

Video of this dangerous criminal here:

https://www.wcjb.com/2025/06/14/87-year-old-gainesville-veteran-arrested-us-capitol-during-protest/

[Bernard]

I'm really glad I went to the protest next door in Plymouth. Population ~6600 not counting University students. The students are all gone home right now. Still, there were several hundred people at the protest on the common, it was great. Tons of signs; my favorite:

OMG
GOP
WTF

Live music. Horn honking. Very upbeat atmosphere. I had a nice chat with a fiber artist I know.

Someone on Reddit has a short clip:
https://www.reddit.com/r/newhampshire/comments/1lbhy2n/plymouth_no_kings_rally/

[wtg]

In LA.

[Cindysphinx]

I went in Maryland. Huge turnout. It was fun.

[Axtremus]

@wtg said in No Kings Day:

In LA.

Is that a prop or a public art installation?
I am impressed either way.

[wtg]

No Kings protests tomorrow, October 18th. Will try to go to the one in my town. There were a couple of thousand people in April and maybe 6K in June. Predictions are for a big turnout tomorrow.

Anybody else?

[CHAS]

Hopefully the crowds tomorrow will be huge. . Signed up for the local one.

[wtg]

This Is How You Can Bamboozle ICE Goons at the No Kings Protests

From Daily Beast.

https://archive.is/4ARmd

[wtg]

Very large crowd at our No Kings rally. I live about a mile from where it was held, and the street parking was full to within four blocks of my house. There are two schools within a few blocks of the park where the rally happened; their parking lots were completely filled.

[Daniel]

Great sign!

Kudos to all of you who protested.

This is all unbelievably horrible.

I think I can fairly say the county is at its lowest point in my lifetime.

[wtg]

Photos from around the country:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2025/oct/18/no-kings-protests-in-pictures

[wtg]

Local coverage of rallies in suburban Chicago. I'm in Arlington Heights; there's video of our event from a news helicopter. They get to AH at around the eight minute mark of the video.

Mount Prospect is the town next door to AH. On the ground video there.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/see-the-scenes-of-dozens-of-no-kings-rallies-across-the-chicago-area/3840326/

[wtg]

I especially liked the one on the left:

More great pics.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/no-kings-protest-photos-cities-demonstrations-rcna238041

[Amanda]

Great turnout!
And for the terrific pictures!!

[Amanda]

said in No Kings Day:

Great turnout!
And thanks for the terrific pictures!!

[Amanda]

Oh, no. Duplicated again. Don't know if I'll get the hang of this platform, however welcome it is.

[Amanda]

Oh, no. Duplicated again. Don't know if I'll get the hang of this platform, however welcome it is. (Maybe I'm pressing "submit" too often. I do it because it seemed otherwise the post remained open to editing.) Let's see what happens now.

[RealPlayer]

We had estimated 600 on Staten Island. Some frogs, chickens, eagles, too. It was great. As everywhere else, just a friendly, happy atmosphere. Went to a nearby pizza restaurant afterward, one of the best in all of NYC.

[CHAS]

Needed to get to Tucson. Surgery to the other eye coming up. There was a small crowd in Leadville, Co. when I went through. There was a large crowd in Trump voting Alamosa when I went through around noon. I honked and waved.

[Daniel]

No worries, Amanda! There are so many features of this platform that I haven't learned how to use. I'm trying but each one takes time and attention to gain a working knowledge. I'm moving at a slow pace.