Mark your calendars. Donald Trump is planning a gigantic military parade — $90 million dollars sunk into rolling tanks and missiles down Pasadena Avenue — but the rest of us should be planning to rise up in protest on Saturday, 14 June, instead. There will be No Kings rallies all across the country on that day. Right now, the nearest event near me is in Fargo, so I’m planning on trooping north on that day to wave a sign and chant angry slogans. Look up the rally nearest you and try to hit the streets on that day!
You’re darn tootin’. You betcha!
I would love to see someone recreate the “tank man” meme. Sorry to say, I don’t think there will be tanks here in Vermont. Unfortunately, most of the demonstrations here have been people standing by the road waving signs, and looking warily to make sure the roving ICE agents aren’t smashing in any of their windows.
Makin’ plans to show up for my part. 2 hour drive, since I’m in Texas. Unless they announce another event closer to my podunk.
Military parades are never held in honour of democratically-elected leaders, just sayin’ …..
Military parades are never held in honour of democratically-elected leaders, just sayin’ …..
I’ve been to three recently, here on the West coast.
That is mostly what we’ve ended up doing.
A lot of people, in the thousands and a lot of signs.
I’m sure there will be more and one on June 14 and I will be there again.
We haven’t had any problems so far.
The local police never even bothered to show up and stand around.
No counterprotesters worth noting either. Maybe one or two at the most.
There were rumors that the Department of Homeland Security was going to show up at one of them. So I went hoping to get some photos of them.
Looked hard and never saw anyone who looked like the FBI and they almost always stand out like blazing neon signs.
In my wild fantasies I’d go to the assembly are and hand out baggies containing 10 5.56 rounds. I don’t even think that’s illegal as long as you don’t give them to minors.
I’ve been out in the streets since February 5 (more accurately, in front of the capitol building)! Local activists have been planning a couple of protests a month here in Cheyenne in addition to the national ones. We’ve been having 3 to 4 protests a month here. I’ve only missed a couple due to pre-planned activities. I will definitely be out there on June 14! I’m also going to be out on May 26 and June 5. (There’s a Trumpbusters protest here May 17, but I’d already committed to helping out with a vaccine clinic at the animal shelter.)
That’s still a few weeks out. I expect more events will be organized as the date approaches.
The regressive right do not have a monopoly on the “don’t thread on me” paragraph.
Make a really big snake figurine holding up a flag in its…is it called ringlets ? A big Python or Anaconda in the process of swallowing a gilded boot.
Maybe burn a straw figure wearing a crown.
Or is the whole ‘burning in effigy’ considered to be terrorism? For all I know, symbolism is enough to get shipped to El Salvador, citizen or not. We are in “She turned me into a newt” territory.
[Notice to Lynna: this is in the US tradition of nonviolent protests. And I am not even suggesting tea-related vandalism. ]
#9: Yes, but you have to appreciate how empty this region is. The only places closer are all small towns.
Also, Fargo is a pleasant city, even closer to me and more convenient than Minneapolis.
“The only places closer are all small towns”
I can guess who they voted for. Let’s hope they have other news media than Fox and Sinclair, otherwise they may not understand how badly they have been betrayed.