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No Kings! Santa Rosa, CA.

What a crowd this morning. I was HONORED to be there! 🙏 #NoKingsDayProtest #ResistTrump ✊️ @CTStateCapitol

Bravo this sign.

The entire military “perade” was an embarrassment but the fact that they stacked 3 Sam’s Club sheet cakes and stuck what looks to be TJ Maxx throw pillow on top is… actually such a perfect encapsulation of this regime.

It was the honor of a lifetime to speak at the historic San Diego #NoKings march today. Here are two short clips, with my gratitude. 1 of 2:

It’s a frightening time in our history. But in spite of that reality — or rather, in response to that reality — we are organizing and still rising. #NoKings

Trump: We have our trade deals. All we have to do is send a letter and tell them how much they have to pay. (That’s not a deal)

apples, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1938

Fail to the chief!

"This is what you get when you order your 79th birthday celebration from Temu, but didn't pay the tariffs."

Basically the whole criminal LAPD right now.

"We'll illegally tell you it's illegal to protest. And if you show up to exercise your right protest we'll illegally tell you it's illegal to protect yourself from the violence we illegally initiate. Only *we* are allowed to violate the law. We don't care. We don't have to. We're the police."

"Alejandro Orellana—U.S. Marine vet, socialist, and community organizer—has been arrested by the FBI for distributing face shields to protesters in LA "His “crime”? Handing out protective gear. "The feds are now calling defensive equipment a “conspiracy to commit civil disorder.”

Thousands showed up at a joyful, peaceful rally for democracy in Flagstaff, AZ! Land of the Free, Home of the Brave❤️ @indivisiblenaz.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @indivisible.org

Via ABC News's Rachel Scott, let's never forget for a minute what a classless scumbag the President is. x.com/rachelvscott...

I was looking for a good overhead shot of the crowd in NYC. This would explain why we literally couldn’t move for ages! Good job neighbors!

It may seem like a day to be fearful... I woke up scared too. But today in the face of violence and threats millions showed us what fearlessness really looks like. #NoKings #MinnesotaStrong #WeShowUp #JenPsaki #PoliticalViolence #marchfordemocracy

bartlett plums, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1912

To our friends & allies across the globe who today stood in solidarity with those of us in the US who are angry, scared, & mortified: thank you for your grace, your light, & your empathy. Thank you for your support of those of us who aren't in the cult. We see you & are grateful.

We join with @slindivisible.bsky.social in mourning the death of Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, a peaceful protester who was shot last night at the march in Salt Lake City. Our hearts go out to everyone impacted by this tragedy.

Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop! Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels

This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*

Reminder to my beloved NYC: If you participated in today’s #NoKingsProtest, but turn around and vote for Andrew Cuomo for mayor, you’re voting for everything you just spent all day protesting. Zohran is the choice. Don’t screw this up. #DontRankCuomo #YouDontMessWithTheZohran #NYCMayor #NoKings

Was it his birthday today? Slipped our minds, we were busy with 5 million of our friends.

AND… imagine what that guy is like at home. These are the wife/girlfriend beaters with anger management issues that should never be anywhere near law enforcement.

Who “touched” who?

Whoa! Hats off to ABC News reporter Matt Gutman for keeping his cool yesterday. This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he can’t handle an alleged “touch” without snapping.

Police consistently escalate while the reporter employs multiple de-escalation techniques, including the "hey dude, you're being filmed, might wanna rethink this." Classic "man has the shield of his position to justify weaponizing his emotional dysregulation to risk public safety."

Little Rock's #NoKings march and rally has wrapped up. A few thousand demonstrators lined up before 10 a.m. to walk across the Broadway Bridget to North Little and back for a rally in a riverside park behind the Old State House. One of 15 planned in Arkansas today. @ainsleyplatt.bsky.social

I don't know if this needs to be said or not but "elected official assassinated in their home" is simply not a thing that happens in this country. 1825, 1889, 1893, 1973. Those are all the ones I can find, ever, before today.

I'm seeing other groups reporting much lower numbers based on RSVPs to the events. Our event had 2.5-3x the attendance we expected. I don't believe we are an outlier by any means. Have organizers found a more accurate way to report attendance after? Bc media are doing their thing and underreporting.

Arturo Obrego, a 77-year-old army veteran who hitchiked from Huntington Beach is going viral for getting hit with wooden baton by officers on horses and knocked down during today’s peaceful “No Kings” protest in DTLA. @TheGlutster ran into him at Union Station a couple of hours after the incident.

This is how LAPD treats our elders. Never forget.

We don’t stay home.

Most people who approached me and my sign clutched their hearts and nodded. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. Minnesota will fight.

Proud of Minnesotans

Not too shabby. Now we build on it. www.thedailybeast.com/data-guru-g-...