"Donald Trump wants to spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to throw himself a big fancy parade with tanks in the streets," said one organizer. "This is straight out of the authoritarian playbook."

Jake Johnson May 06, 2025

"Pro-democracy campaigners late Monday announced a nationwide “No Kings” day of defiance on June 14—the same day U.S. President Donald Trump plans to hold a birthday military parade more befitting a dictator than an elected head of state.

More than 100 “No Kings” events have already been registered across the U.S., with many more expected in the weeks ahead of the day of action. "

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Trump’s little dick energy knows no bounds, but these public demonstrations don’t seem to be serving much purpose other than giving ICE an easy way to identify people to deport. Unless you’re willing to physically get into a confrontation, like the few crowds who’ve disrupted ICE arrests of late, all you’re doing is creating content for your social media at the end of the day.