Set for absolutely no kings for Americans — keeping up with the horror day by day.
This near-noon Friday here in California’s Central Valley finds us face-to-face with the building disaster that is America (and the world, too!) as we look down the scope of history to see turds gushing toward our situation. Doomscrolling used to mean one thing; generally, now it’s just keeping up with the news. Shit fire!
Tomorrow is a glorious coming event — a huge mass of ‘No Kings’ rallies are set to flood the country. I posted about our local event in June here. The day will be an increase in the resistance to the many-faceted shitstorm/clusterfuck from the regime of the T-Rump and his vile, cruel, and incompetent toadies (and there’s a shitload of them!)
Tomorrow:
Millions are expected to show out for protests on Saturday at more than 2,500 locations across America, from small towns to large cities, to speak against the Trump administration.
No Kings, the coalition behind a mass demonstration in June, is again calling people to the streets to send the simple message that Donald Trump is not a king, pushing back against what they see as increasing authoritarianism.
Several US cities now have a militarized presence on the ground, most against the will of local leaders. Trump has promised to crack down on dissent as part of an ongoing retribution campaign. Still, organizers say they expect to see one of the largest, if not the largest, single day of protest in US history.
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The coalition is highlighting what it sees as several major concerns about the second Trump administration: Trump is using taxpayer money for power grabs, sending in federal forces to take over US cities; Trump has said he wants a third term and “is already acting like a monarch”; the Trump administration has taken its agenda too far, defying the courts and slashing services while deporting people without due process.
“Whether you’re outraged by attacks on civil rights, skyrocketing costs, abductions and disappearances, the gutting of essential services, or the assault on free speech, this moment is for you,” the No Kings website says. “Whether you’ve been in the fight for years or you’re just fed up and ready to take action, this moment is for you.”
The goal is to “build a massive, visible, nonviolent, national rejection of this crisis” and show that the majority of people are taking action to stop Trump.
Meanwhile today:
Damn. He really was a comedian wasn't he. That just made me scream
— Thor Benson (@thorbenson.bsky.social) 2025-10-17T18:28:51.351Z
Reasoning of the insane, stand up for tomorrow:
Republicans in charge of Congress have abdicated all responsibility for governing the nation to Trump. There are no checks. There are no balances. No Kings.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) 2025-10-17T17:12:19.912Z
Resist shit, or else, as once again here we are …
(Illustration out front is of a New York state high-school student exhibit: ‘The piece was displayed during student-driven art show at Shenendehowa High School. It consisted of at least 12 identical black-and-white pictures of Donald Trump. There was also a sign above the pictures that read, “Draw on Me.” Using markers from the art classroom, Isome students opted to scribble critical messages and profanities on the pictures‘ — and found here.)