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SuperDuper00001 Mar 23, 2026 +12

[No Kings’ protest movement ‘matters in the biggest possible way’ MS NOW] (https://www.ms.now/ali-velshi/watch/no-kings-protest-movement-matters-in-the-biggest-possible-way-2493151811852)

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M0RALVigilance Mar 23, 2026 +27

Nice! A weather permitting, weekend protest that will last an afternoon. As long as the sign slogans are clever, they’ll force change! We need to be in the streets every day disrupting shit if want this to be effective at all. We really need to import us some French to teach us how shit should go.

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val5190 Mar 23, 2026 +7

Just like for you independence war 👌French are the best to help for riots or revolutions 😌

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captaincanada84 Mar 23, 2026 +4

Exactly. The way Americans protest changes absolutely nothing.

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LostInSpace-2245 Mar 23, 2026 +5

and the "news" media will barely report on it.

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QuarterFlounder Mar 24, 2026 +1

What have these protests done? What's the goal? We've got the people and continue to break records. We have the country and world's attention. Do we just wait for things to inevitably get worse until the next No Kings protest like we've seen with the last two? What is next? How will the organizers use this protest to spark a real revolution, especially when they're won't even allow their own protest to take place in f****** DC where the pressure should be the highest?

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Sensitive-Flamingo84 Mar 23, 2026 +7

Hell yeah, broke records last time, will again this time.

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km415 Mar 24, 2026 +1

I’ve gone to every one of these events and I’ll keep showing up. But I have to say it again: there’s no plan, no follow‑up, no action. We’re nearly 16 months into this tyrannical regime and there is still NO OPPOSITION LEADER. WTF‼️‼️‼️ I’m sorry, but No Kings has turned the event itself into the action. That’s not strategy. That’s not pressure. That’s not going to change anything.

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WalrusWithAKeyboard Mar 24, 2026 +1

It's something to make people feel good about themselves. They don't even have to take time off work! They can post photos on social media to let everyone know all the change they're bringing about.

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Hyperion1144 Mar 24, 2026 +1

I'm sure these marches will accomplish just as much as the last ones did.

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Wise_Recover_4344 Mar 24, 2026 +1

I’m sure the gop is shaking in their boots from this. Get real.

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tame-til-triggered Mar 23, 2026 -21

Because the first few created so much change. Don't wear all black or take your car or cellphone, and hide that face too.. they'll use device telemetry to find you and label you a domestic terrorist.

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Willem_Dafuq Mar 23, 2026 +15

The GOP has a trifecta right now - House, Senate, and President. By that definition, what the Dems can do to create change is limited. The No Kings protests are important as a showing of strength, and to build support for the change. Everybody needs to vote this November to take back the House and Senate, and these protests help build awareness and urgency for that. And there is no need for the fearmongering. I've been to two of the protests last year in Philly. Everyone there - protesters and LEOs alike - have an interest in the demonstrations being peaceful. So show up, bring your phones, bring your signs, and have a good time out there.

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tame-til-triggered Mar 23, 2026 -13

_So_ much change.

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Willem_Dafuq Mar 23, 2026 +3

Yeah we don’t hold congress. We need a good showing in November to take Congress back and between now and then we need to build awareness and urgency.

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tame-til-triggered Mar 23, 2026 -8

Voting in November is unrelated to the effectiveness of marches on actual policy change. But yes, keep at the conveniently timed displays of "resistance."

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Willem_Dafuq Mar 23, 2026 +9

On the one hand, no elections are occurring this Saturday. On the other hand, marches and demonstrations can certainly build enthusiasm to vote in November

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Rombledore Mar 23, 2026 +15

>Because the first few created so much change. people like you only further allow the erosion of democracy to happen.

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tame-til-triggered Mar 23, 2026 -7

You know nothing about me.

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Impossible-Fig-8463 Mar 23, 2026 +3

You’ve demonstrated enough to earn that judgement

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tame-til-triggered Mar 24, 2026 +1

Yes, of course.

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bck1999 Mar 23, 2026 +8

I know people in the queer community in my very red corner of a purple state who broke down in tears seeing the last protest. Nothing will change, but people who feel isolated and marginalized felt seen and that they are not alone.

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tame-til-triggered Mar 23, 2026 -5

Wonderful for their feelings. I'm sure that'll lead to much structural change.

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Common-Wallaby8972 Mar 23, 2026 +1

Triggered?

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tame-til-triggered Mar 23, 2026 -4

You think yourself clever, don't you?

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Common-Wallaby8972 Mar 23, 2026 +1

Triggered, ❄️?

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tame-til-triggered Mar 23, 2026 -1

I'll take that as a yes, you do.

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IrrelevantLeprechaun Mar 23, 2026 +2

You're getting down voted for airing valid skepticism. No Kings has happened twice already. Neither actually enforced ANY changes. Both were claimed to be "opportunities for networking to organize further action," but almost nothing of *national* significance happened between each No Kings. So if these protests don't spawn further activism, and they don't pressure any actual change...then what ARE they for? If the organizers can manage to coordinate this many people for this many events, then they also have the means to organize an ACTUAL protest with ACTUAL demands that don't disband until those demands are ACTUALLY met. And yet they don't. Why not?

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tame-til-triggered Mar 24, 2026 +1

Thank you, but I’m not bothered. They’re just downvotes. But look at what’s actually happening. In Texas, 8 ICE protesters wearing all black got convicted of domestic terrorism charges because _one_ person dressed the same shot someone. That’s how loose the net is. We already know they’re tracking us. Flock cameras, cell towers.. so people default to the safest kind of protest. Marches, posts, symbolic stuff. Convenient protest. What would actually work is people just.. _stopping._ No work, no shopping, for a month. Or two. That would hit harder than anything else. But people are scared of losing their jobs, scared of retaliation, so they do just enough to feel involved without causing real disruption. Patting themselves on the back after walking where and when they’re allowed to, then going right back to feeding the same system they claim to oppose. Yeah, it would be inconvenient. But look where things are headed. It’s going to get a lot more inconvenient soon. If millions can organize a march, they can organize a general strike. That’s what would actually force attention. And if it takes a march to get someone to care or vote, that’s already the problem. People should be paying attention and staying informed without needing a crowd to tell them to. But that level of engagement.. and this level of critical thinking.. is apparently too much.

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IrrelevantLeprechaun Mar 24, 2026 +1

Unfortunately people are too economically oppressed to be able to afford much more than one day of protest.

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tame-til-triggered Mar 24, 2026 +1

Yep. And that's exactly what our government banking on: us being complacent, distracted and financially stressed.

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IrrelevantLeprechaun Mar 24, 2026 +1

Didn't say I liked it. Just that it's how it is.

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secretman2therescue Mar 24, 2026 +1

Just stop going to f****** work for 2 weeks and this over

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Asleep_Management900 Mar 23, 2026 -43

Who _funds_ these protests? Like some millionaire/billionaire is paying for these to get Trump out for _reasons_ right?

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PotentialAnt9670 Mar 23, 2026 +19

The billionaires are the ones who wanted Trump in. Millionaires are basically just those who have nice houses. They're not even in the same ballpark.

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ogredmenace Mar 23, 2026 +12

People don’t truly understand the difference between million and billion

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donnerpartytaconight Mar 23, 2026 +5

It's basically a billion.

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KatamariDamacist Mar 23, 2026 +7

George Soros ofc /s

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khool_khool_khan Mar 23, 2026 +3

Check out who was in the front row ahead of all the elected representatives at the last ~~installation~~ inauguration.

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Soulless Mar 24, 2026 +1

Small donations to non-profits, mostly. Along with Volunteer work. It takes time and effort, but not actually a lot of money to get these kinds of things rolling.

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PennysWorthOfTea Mar 24, 2026 +1

Please say you forgot the "/s" on your comment. Please don't be someone who actually believes the anti-MAGA movement only exists due to outside funding as opposed to sensible people being rightly horrified by the literally fascist regime that currently occupies our nation.

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IrrelevantLeprechaun Mar 23, 2026 -3

I love how nobody actually answered your question. I don't know either, but evidently *someone* had to, and curiously nobody seems to know *who*.

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coonwhiz Mar 23, 2026 +8

Someone had to? Why? What makes you think that?

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IrrelevantLeprechaun Mar 23, 2026 -1

The guy asked a question and all he got was meme replies and mockery.

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TunaNoCrust811 Mar 23, 2026 +5

What funding is needed to organize the general public in a public place?

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IrrelevantLeprechaun Mar 23, 2026

Much time has to be spent coordinating people across many many cities. More than you would think. It's not something you can just arbitrarily coordinate in your spare time. Money is absolutely needed to afford the lead organizers the time to, yknow, *organize*.

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TunaNoCrust811 Mar 23, 2026 +2

So you have organized national events across many cities before?

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IrrelevantLeprechaun Mar 23, 2026

I've organized much smaller scale events locally for other purposes, and even those take a lot of time and effort. Expand that to a national scale and whoever is doing it ABSOLUTELY needs funding for it. Are you joking lmao

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TunaNoCrust811 Mar 23, 2026 +2

So then answer OP’s question, *who* do you think is *funding* them?

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turtlesarentbad Mar 24, 2026 +1

No it doesn’t need funding. Word of mouth via volunteers, social media, etc doesn’t really cost any money. It’s really not as complicated as you think it is.

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Leather_Egg2096 Mar 23, 2026 -4

I think billionaires are paying for them so they can use the content of fox.

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