In over 3,000 protests yesterday around the world, organizers estimate that 8 million people took part. The NY Times has not verified this number yet. https://lizadonnelly.substack.com/p/photos-from-no-kings-day-march-28th?publication_id=595083&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&r=49qi9
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People rallied from NY City to Driggs, Idaho—a town with less than 2,400 people in a state Trump carried with 66% of the vote. 2/3rds of Saturday’s protesters came from outside major urban centers. ~1/2 of the events were in red states or battlegrounds, including > 100 events each in FL, OH & TX. https://open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/p/trump-doesnt-want-you-to-see-this?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
The final numbers aren’t tabulated yet, but organizers estimate around 9 million Americans showed up for No Kings Day. Millions more who couldn’t make it to a march made their voices heard online. Together, it was one of the largest single-day protests in US history.
https://open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/p/trump-doesnt-want-you-to-see-this?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Yesterday, millions of Americans walked out of their doors and into the streets. The regime wanted silence. What it got was a wall of resistance in all 50 states, in DC, and in cities across the world—more than 3,300 events total.
https://open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/p/trump-doesnt-want-you-to-see-this?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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The Guardian reports, “Anti-authoritarian rallies, in all 50 states plus more than a dozen countries, were the largest number of protests in a single day in US history”.
https://open.substack.com/pub/anntelnaes/p/no-kings-day-b21?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Inspiring Photos From No Kings Three!
https://open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc/p/no-kings-photos?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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During World War II, entertainers did their best to lift war-weary Americans’ spirits...“Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive” by Harold Arlen, with lyrics by...Johnny Mercer, was written as a morale-boosting pep talk during some of the darkest days of the war. Yes, that’s Mercer’s spelling of the title. https://open.substack.com/pub/steady/p/ac-cent-tchu-ate-the-positive?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
But how do we turn yesterday’s solidarity into political power? 3 suggestions...3. Root out and challenge any Trump Republican attempt to intimidate likely Democratic voters or manipulate the election process.
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/sunday-thought-turning-solidarity?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/sunday-thought-turning-solidarity?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
But how do we turn yesterday’s solidarity into political power? 3 suggestions...2. Begin organizing & mobilizing now to get out the vote for November’s elections, aiming for Democratic takeovers of both chambers of Congress by wide margins, which will limit what Trump can do after January 2027.
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/sunday-thought-turning-solidarity?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/sunday-thought-turning-solidarity?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email