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BigmanPigman

(53,807 posts)
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 12:12 AM Thursday

NO KINGS protests already planned in 2,000+ cities for Oct 18!!!!!!!

There are 2,000 NO KINGS protests planned for Oct 18th
With one month to go the number of organized rallies will increase enormously.

There were over 13 million Americans who attended over 2,000 NO KINGS protests on the June 14, No Kings protest and this one will be even larger! The original was the largest mass protest in US history.


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NO KINGS protests already planned in 2,000+ cities for Oct 18!!!!!!! (Original Post) BigmanPigman Thursday OP
Encore! Encore! Encore! MrWowWow Thursday #1
I spent a bunch of time looking Tree Lady Thursday #2
Since this is a multi-issue protest BigmanPigman Thursday #5
Looks like every city! Melon Thursday #3
Some cities have several planned...this is going to be huge! BigmanPigman Thursday #4
TY KICK/ No KIngs! Cha Thursday #6
I found it somewhat ironic that he is in England BigmanPigman Thursday #7
This is all so much like Cha Thursday #8
I don't know if I'll ever get to fully process it BigmanPigman Thursday #9
I believe it... I know Cha Thursday #10

BigmanPigman

(53,807 posts)
5. Since this is a multi-issue protest
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:59 AM
Thursday

just about any issue will be cool to use on a sign. All of mine are 2-sided. That way I get to send 2 messages. I also have my proto-type sign which has a 3' × 2 1/2' piece of foam core taped to a 3/4" dowel. I am only 5'1" and 84 pounds so I need a sign that will be able to spin in my hands as I march and it is heavy duty so I don't get blown over by the winds in San Diego. I have a portfolio of mine, since I have attended so many I save them, and sort of cut and paste with my Xacto-knife and spray-mount. I was trained as an illustrator so I invest time and energy in them.

I made one for my sister which had a gigantic 3-D Taco that was about 2 1/2' and on the other side it said "NO Kings, NO Fascists, NO Clowns, NO Crazies".

This time I saw an image of his bruised hand with the word HOPE! I may put that on one side of mine. Since it is 1 month away something else may take its place.

The odd thing is is that when I go to a protest I want to MARCH and CHANT LOUDLY at the front of the protest. I am passionate and if someone wants to take a picture while I march I do not stop since I'll have to run to catch up to the front again. If they take a photo while I'm standing and listening to the speakers it's OK, but once I get moving I am out of there.

San Diego had 80,000 protesters at the June 14 rally and it was originally reported as "tens of thousands". Only 24 hours later did they give the correct number. I knew there were well over 60,000 just from my view from on a higher elevation. Two marches converged and it was a sight to see!!!

BigmanPigman

(53,807 posts)
4. Some cities have several planned...this is going to be huge!
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:41 AM
Thursday

I have learned to look at 2 sites. One is Mobilize and the other is Indivisible. The Indivisible site usually stops posting their numbers when they hit 1,000 so I get out my trusty calculator and add the numbers myself. I keep track of this stuff, old school. I find this is fairly accurate since the MSM never mentions protests until AFTER they have taken place and even then they grossly under report the actual numbers.

The NO KINGS protest in San Diego had two marches converge into one location and I was standing on an elevated area and I saw the sea of people and I have never seen anything like it before. 80,000 protesters flowing into one area!!!!! I was so proud of my city. A week before this protest an ICE team went into a local restaurant and arrested everyone. This was the first time it happened in San Diego. The residents in the area came out to tell ICE to "get the fuck out" of their neighborhood and it was a big deal for San Diego. That definitely increased the anger and drove locals to protest.



BigmanPigman

(53,807 posts)
7. I found it somewhat ironic that he is in England
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:20 AM
Thursday

with a real king while our protest's theme is NO KINGS!

By the way, did England only invite tRump to hopefully beg him to reduce his tariffs despite Epstein and Andrew, what the hell were they expecting?

The protesters in England should have put a "NO KINGS" slant on their protests to his visit.

Cha

(314,461 posts)
8. This is all so much like
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 03:08 AM
Thursday

the Twilight Zone to me... I'm not able to process it yet.

I don't know why KC invited the Malignant Scourge of the Planet for an Uglier than Shite Schmooze fests in front of the whole world.

An Insult to the Free World..



BigmanPigman

(53,807 posts)
9. I don't know if I'll ever get to fully process it
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 03:25 AM
Thursday

It's like a slow motion train wreck right before my eyes. My "intuition' has had the hairs on my neck raised this past week for some reason. Weird things are going on around us and it is NOT good. I'm a Cancer and we're supposed to be intuitive and pick up on feelings and atmospheres. I feel sick to my core.

Cha

(314,461 posts)
10. I believe it... I know
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 03:52 AM
Thursday

that about Moon Children.

Been paying attention to that since 1981;;.. and yeah I was being optimistic about the "processing" part.

Yeah, sick to my core, too... apt descriptive way to put it.

TY

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