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EarlG

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Sat Jun 14, 2025, 01:50 PM Jun 14

Just got back from a local No Kings protest [View all]

Last edited Sat Jun 14, 2025, 06:12 PM - Edit history (11)

EDITED TO ADD:

Thank you for all the recs! Many DUers attended No Kings protests today, here's a list of threads I could find up until now. (My apologies if I missed your thread.)

Give these DUers a rec too!

Malibu protest was great
Me and my girlfriend in Medford, OR
Went to the No Kings March in SF and it was huge
Sacramento, CA No Kings was off the charts
No Kings in Gulfport, MS
Just got back from the protest in Tacoma WA
Saddleback Valley
Just got back from the big local protest - Clackamas city center.
Just got back from a huge No Kings protest in Toledo
Great turnout, great event in Kansas City, MO!
Any marches in Texas? I was in Belton. We had a great crowd.
No Kings, Coral Springs, FL
No Kings Day San Diego (we kept it classy)
Large crowd in Chapel Hill, NC
Hot Springs, Arkansas No Kings Protest
Report from Ventura, CA. Many thousands, 5 to 10. I got interviewed by Channel 7...
Report from a Minnesota No Kings event
No Kings in Parma O. -- Ω ☨
Great turn out at Flint, MI No Kings rally
Democrats Abroad demo in Marseille France today
I just returned from the No Kings march in my dinky little town in a red state.
Chicago showed up and showed out.
Report of Bloomington, IL "No Kings" protest.
Big, beautiful turnout in Boulder!
no kings new orleans
Leesburg Florida No Kings
10,000 in Burlington (firefighter on scene estimate)
Just returned from the protest in downtown
Just returned from the local No Kings protest.
Just returned from the Williamsville, NY protest.
NO KINGS report from Scottsdale AZ: WE BEAT THE HEAT!
Wife and I went to one of the Jacksonville, FL No Kings Rally's
Did anyone go to a No Kings protest today in GA?
No Kings check-in. 175ish Bucksport, ME. Mostly
No Kings Day. Clintonville (Columbus) OH
My favorite signs today ...
I left the Marietta, Oh protest a little early
Heading off to the protest in Tacoma WA
My daughter's boyfriend was at the No Kings gathering in Asheville NC
Report from No King march in Philly
Just returned from the No King's protest in Brazos County, TX
I just left the No Kings demonstration in Ivey's county.
Wife & I @No Kings
Back from our local No Kings protest in St John's, Fl.
More signs from today's no kings march in Wilmington, Delaware
By my estimate at least 1000 marching in Wilmington, Delaware today
Thousands in little ole Muncie, IN!!!
My "No Kings" sign.

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

I got there kinda late and just wandered around, I'd guess there were maybe a few hundred people spread down the roadside, which seemed pretty good given that there were quite a few other protests in the vicinity. This is a blue area, but even so, the support from people driving past was overwhelming. A number of people were holding "Honk if you support democracy" signs and there was SO. MUCH. HONKING!

Here are a few pics of some signs from the protest -- I asked most of these folks if I could take their pictures, but I thought it might be prudent to crop the pics to hide their faces anyway.













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TY, Earl G electric_blue68 Jun 14 #1
Wow, good for you, my dear EarlG! CaliforniaPeggy Jun 14 #2
For spacious skies. usonian Jun 14 #3
"8647" SergeStorms Jun 14 #19
I donated $86.47 to indivisible. usonian Jun 14 #21
Love the signs! Thanks for posting. n/t livetohike Jun 14 #4
Thank you. Great signs! ananda Jun 14 #5
Excellent!!! Thank you for sharing!!!! Fla Dem Jun 14 #6
Watching CNN and MSNBC - these protests are huge and all over. underpants Jun 14 #7
When there are protests that big and that many, I guess they become unavoidable. calimary Jun 14 #41
Good news, especially the support of passersby Thanks. Magoo48 Jun 14 #8
TONS of support from passersby! calimary Jun 14 #42
I'm much encouraged. A great morale boost. Magoo48 Jun 15 #47
Thousands of protesters along Paul Revere's route 250 years ago in Lexington, FailureToCommunicate Jun 14 #9
i have been dreaming about that AllaN01Bear Jun 14 #12
K&R...nt Wounded Bear Jun 14 #10
"""" AllaN01Bear Jun 14 #11
Like the troll poster! Nt spooky3 Jun 14 #13
Great signs! orangecrush Jun 14 #14
Thanks EarlG! MuseRider Jun 14 #15
Love it 🥰 n/t iluvtennis Jun 14 #16
How did you post these photos? Jrsygrl96 Jun 14 #17
Upload them to a service EarlG Jun 14 #18
Optics Iamscrewed Jun 14 #20
60 miles north, in Astoria MurrayDelph Jun 14 #29
15-hundred signed up for the Clackamas (Oregon) Town Center protest. calimary Jun 14 #39
Renton, WA (suburb of Seattle) had at least 1,000 people today. We had about 400 on April 19 (it was raining). OMGWTF Jun 14 #22
"We the People" vs "Me a Traitor" Kid Berwyn Jun 14 #23
On my way home from Palatine, IL protest! ShazzieB Jun 14 #24
Big turnout Gak73 Jun 14 #25
Thx, EarlG 🌺 Hekate Jun 14 #26
Good turn out in Joshua Tree Chilopsis Jun 14 #27
Sequim WA population 8,000 KT2000 Jun 14 #28
Here in "I can see Mexico" AZ, hot hot hot with 700+ good neighbors. And I am nearly deaf from all the horn honking! Attilatheblond Jun 14 #30
Seems to me that's what these things are for! calimary Jun 14 #40
The kindness of fellow protesters CareyOn Jun 14 #31
Thousands March in Oklahoma City HighFired49 Jun 14 #32
Bishop, California nwliberalkiwi Jun 14 #33
K & R n/t malaise Jun 14 #34
Thanks for fine 'No Kings' collection! 70sEraVet Jun 14 #35
San Diego had 2 protests and they joined together BigmanPigman Jun 14 #36
Good to Know, BP.. I was going to tell Cha Jun 15 #45
Thank you for the pics EarlG MustLoveBeagles Jun 14 #37
Thank you EarlG sestina Jun 14 #38
The big protest (70,000) in Seattle was at Cal Anderson Park, but we did pretty well at the UofW pat_k Jun 14 #43
Lol @ that one sign that called Cha Jun 15 #44
In Albany NY I was surprised that our demonstration along a major road was answered by motorists MadameButterfly Jun 15 #46
EarlG....... Upthevibe Jun 15 #48
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