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Will Bunch:
"Sure, the demonstration was primarily about the war in the Middle East that costs nearly $2 billion a day and lacks congressional approval, and the secret-police brutality of the regime’s immigration raiders, and the big spike in healthcare costs, and the coverup of the Epstein files, and the massive grift. But for a few hours on a sunny yet bitterly cold Saturday, it was about more than the sum of its parts — it was something spiritual."

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-no-kings-protest-record-20260329.html
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What naysayers don’t get about ‘No Kings,’ the biggest protest in U.S. history

The “No Kings” movement brushed off its doubters with a record turnout that gave protesters hope in an age of insanity.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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AkaSci 🛰️7h ago

Will Bunch:
"Yet again, much of the MSM seemed not to hear it. America’s largest newsroom, the NYT, buried news of the protests on its homepage below 6 articles about the Iran War, and paired with a cynical news analysis questioning whether the “No Kings” movement has the right focus to be successful.

What the small but growing chorus of naysayers doesn’t understand is that the impact of “No Kings” isn’t so much political, as it is psychological.

It’s a hope-building exercise ..."

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Will Bunch writes on BlueSky -

"I have a crazy way of reporting on 'No Kings' that's different from the NYT...I go out and talk to protesters about what they think

Sure, size matters, but so does the passion of a movement offering the 4-letter word that beats back dictators

Hope."

https://bsky.app/profile/willbunch.bsky.social/post/3mi7kielzwc2w
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Will Bunch (@willbunch.bsky.social)

I have a crazy way of reporting on 'No Kings' that's different from the NYT...I go out and talk to protesters about what they think Sure, size matters, but so does the passion of a movement offering the 4-letter word that beats back dictators Hope My new column https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-no-kings-protest-record-20260329.html

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