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There currently are 900 NO KINGS Protests (Original Post) BigmanPigman May 20 OP
My hairdresser is from Mexico. SleeplessinSoCal May 20 #1
That never occurred to me. BigmanPigman May 20 #2
The more, the merrier! ShazzieB Wednesday #3
There are two in my area BigmanPigman Wednesday #4
There is one in my city Medford OR Tree Lady Sunday #5
He's my hero!!!!!!! BigmanPigman Sunday #6

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,075 posts)
1. My hairdresser is from Mexico.
Tue May 20, 2025, 09:57 PM
May 20

She says many of her "people" voted for him. They now are upset. But chances are they'll be loathe to protest for fear of being snatched.

BigmanPigman

(53,020 posts)
2. That never occurred to me.
Tue May 20, 2025, 11:15 PM
May 20

Shit! Now people can't peacefully protest while the Jan 6 mob runs around free. The US is fucked up!

From my observations of my southern CA community in San Diego no one is fearful. I hope that continues. There currently are 2 protests set for June 14 at 10AM within1/2 mile of each other. If anyone pulls any shit around her (like the Proud Boys or immigration assholes) they will not be met with kindness and I expect there would be negative attention placed on them throughout the local news reports. San Diego is BLUE!

Tree Lady

(12,403 posts)
5. There is one in my city Medford OR
Sun May 25, 2025, 02:51 PM
Sunday

red city blue state.

Going with girlfriend, going to be up and down busiest street in town.

We have one old guy who sits on different corners of busy traffic lights almost everyday with his sign about no kings, democracy etc. He started after Trump got in again. Has his chair and sign, have to hand it to him for his persistence.

BigmanPigman

(53,020 posts)
6. He's my hero!!!!!!!
Sun May 25, 2025, 10:26 PM
Sunday

I just finished putting the finishing touches on my sign. This protest is going to be enormous from what I have learned from 8 yeas of protesting regularly.

Of course the MSM (except Rachel on MSNBC) will ignore it completely. So far there are OVER 1,000 protests but that link stops when it hits 1,000. That was a week ago. With 3 weeks left until the NO KINGS PROTESTS I expect the number of protests to be 2,000 and easily larger than the original Women's March in 2017, the largest WORLD wide protest in history to date.

The Hands Off Protest has 1,200 protests and 5.2 million people attended.

My sign is double sided and has an 1"wide dowel as a handle so it can maneuver the heavy breezes in my area. My signs act as a sail on a boat. This is an effort for me but well worth it. The fucking moron has given me so much anxiety that I've dropped down to 81 pounds. I've gained 2 back but it is still rough on my frail frame to carry this enormous, heavy sign while walking 2 hours. I'll probably be too pooped out to go 2 full hours. Oh well, it lifts my spirits to know I'm doing something/anything.

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