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"'Organizers said two-thirds of participants who signed up live in suburban, small town or rural areas. That's a 40% increase over last time in protesters from outside big cities. The left-leaning protests with the Revolutionary-era call against President Donald Trump as a would-be monarch and authoritarian had the broadest geographic reach of any single-day protest in the United States in more than a half-century [that's an indirect reference to Earth Day 1970].'"

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"'This time, there were more events scheduled − 3,300 versus 2,700 − and larger crowds were reported in some places, boosted in part by opposition to the war in Iran. In a nation with a population approaching 349 million, the participation of 8 million people means that more than 1 of every 50 U.S. residents joined a No Kings rally.'"

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https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/eight-million-protestors-and-no-kings-the-case-for-showing-up-2/

"It wasn't just bigger than the previous #nokings. It was different. Here's how USA Today unpacks that: 'The organizers' crowd count, not verified by independent analysts, put the total at 8 million people, topping the 7 million estimated at the previous No Kings day, in October.'"

~ Rebecca Solnit

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Eight Million Protestors and No Kings: The Case for Showing Up

It wasn't just bigger than the previous #nokings. It was different. Here's how USA Today unpacks that: "The organizers' crowd count, not verified by independent analysts, put the total at 8 million people, topping the 7 million estimated at the previous No Kings day, in October. This time, there were

Meditations in an Emergency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9uGBPImckM

Rachel Maddow looks at the nationwide (and worldwide) No Kings protests and notes that in the US, they were a "kind of a red state spring happening. More signups, more planned protests against Trump in red states and in places specifically even within red states that voted for Trump."

An indicator of a notable shift away from Trump even in places previously joined at the hip to him and MAGA….

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The Rachel Maddow Show - March 30 | Audio Only

YouTube

#Republicans #MAGA #education #heartland #RedStates #PublicSchools

Mar 24

"The weakening of public schools and the devaluing of teachers and the dismissal of the Liberal Arts are part of a deliberate effort to reshape America into a place where fewer people can think critically or organize collectively or question the power of those in power."

~ Jess Piper

https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/education-is-the-enemy

Education is the Enemy

Missouri

The View from Rural Missouri by Jess Piper

Protyus A. Gendher Mar 23

#bans #control #redstates

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/03/23/%f0%9f%94%92-the-other-bans-operating-in-the-15-strongest-hostage-pledge-states/

🔒 The Other Bans Operating in the 15 Strongest Hostage‑Pledge States

(A Structural Inventory of Control Beyond Books) In the states with the highest hostage‑pledge intensity, book bans are only the surface layer.Beneath them is a dense network of parallel bans desig…

Survivor Literacy

Protyus A. Gendher Mar 23

#bannedbooks #redstates #rft #hostagepledge

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/03/23/%f0%9f%94%93-if-the-15-strongest-hostage-pledge-states-dropped-their-bans/

🔓 If the 15 Strongest Hostage‑Pledge States Dropped Their Bans:

The removal of book bans in specific states would expose critical truths about history, race, gender, consent, family, morality, state authority, and work. It would reveal how narratives have been …

Survivor Literacy