‘No Kings’ protests against Trump
planned nationwide, in what the GOP calls
‘hate America’ rallies
Associated Press News,
by
Lisa Mascaro
,
Saniyah Riddle
&
Kevin Freking
Original Article
Posted By: Mercedes44,
10/18/2025 9:46:14 AM
Protesting the direction of the country under President Donald Trump, people will gather Saturday in the nation’s capital and communities across the U.S. for “ No Kings ” demonstrations — what the president’s Republican Party is calling “Hate America” rallies.
This is the third mass mobilization since Trump’s return to the White House and it is expected to be the largest. It comes against the backdrop of a government shutdown that not only has closed federal programs and services, but is testing the core balance of power as an aggressive executive confronts Congress and the courts in ways that organizers warn are a slide toward American authoritarianism.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Msquared112 10/18/2025 9:50:46 AM (No. 2018377)
I suppose it's too much to ask that Fox and other networks don't cover these astroturf gatherings?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
singermom9 10/18/2025 9:57:57 AM (No. 2018378)
If Trump were king there would be NO RALLY'S
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 10/18/2025 10:10:43 AM (No. 2018384)
Trust law enforcement will be geo-fencing the phones at many of these political rallies.
#2 is correct.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
singermom9 10/18/2025 10:16:53 AM (No. 2018391)
If I were king I would chop off their heads. Just like Kathy Griffin. Free speech right? I guess speech is no longer violence. You just apologize. Ask Jay Jones
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 10/18/2025 10:18:23 AM (No. 2018394)
Our local blue hairs, the loons, not the little old ladies, are foaming at the mouth that TODAY'S THE DAY WE BRING TRUMP DOWN!" They're gathering at 10:00 under a river bridge and at 11, they will march in solidarity with the Central Arkansas Pride proudly across the Arkansas River. Bad Orange Man is doomed today for sure!!!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
hershey 10/18/2025 10:23:25 AM (No. 2018402)
It needs to be a Federal Law that you can't be prosecuted for running over a protestor in the street....
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
singermom9 10/18/2025 10:29:34 AM (No. 2018405)
#5 I hope they break a hip ' fall and get pneumonia and leave this world. They will never enjoy their pay for treason.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
stablemoney 10/18/2025 10:47:17 AM (No. 2018417)
Nationwide ---- but spontaneous, unorganized, leaderless, and unsponsored? They don't care what lies they push.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
earlybird 10/18/2025 11:18:02 AM (No. 2018438)
These are put together by organizers like Indivisible and financed by Soros. RFox News is showing bits of hem wih explanations by Paul Mauro. Takes the wind out of their sails.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Hazymac 10/18/2025 11:26:05 AM (No. 2018440)
The Associated Press has no credibility left. They're not a news organization, just a leftist force that constantly leans in heavily. They might as well disappear with all their gaslighting, their lies, and their support of evil. "No Kings" is pure BS, pure astroturf by enemies of the United States who ought to have their citizenship canceled before being extradited to Hungary. We fought the kings 250 years ago, and have no need of fighting that fight again because we won. The Soros left is purely evil. Let's consider what we can do to make these liars pay for their evil..
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
earlybird 10/18/2025 11:35:26 AM (No. 2018446)
George Soros is 94. Son Alex (Huma Abedin) is Chairman of the Soros empire. Alex is steering contributions in all likelihood.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
chagrined 10/18/2025 11:37:55 AM (No. 2018449)
Ugh, poster #4. You'd have to replace the blade on the guillotine if Kathy Griffin's head were chopped off. All that ugly would entirely ruin the blade.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Catherine 10/18/2025 12:11:47 PM (No. 2018467)
It takes massive planning for these huge so called rallies. People don't just drive up and join in. That means someone with a lot of money (Soros) is funding this stuff. They are likely all bused in from wherever, again funded (Soros) by someone with a lot of money to waste trying to destroy countries. Where's a good thunder storm when you want one?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
jdano 10/18/2025 12:16:06 PM (No. 2018472)
Every trans paedophile exhibitonist will be there.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
DVC 10/18/2025 12:58:16 PM (No. 2018501)
Effing morons. We discovered that an old friend of 35 years attended the last one. We decided not to end an old friendship by spending any time talking about it other than to disagree with attending. She has some young students (she tutors math) who are illegals, apparently and has been coming out against removing all illegals. We avoid the topic at our weekly dinners.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
privateer 10/18/2025 1:32:39 PM (No. 2018524)
Per 5, bridge over the Arkansas River? Think the Blues Brothers and Skokie Nazis.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
minuteman 10/18/2025 2:12:02 PM (No. 2018544)
In Fort Walton Beach for the weekend and drove through the protest here. Pretty large size crowd. They have clearly shifted tactics. Most people were waving American flags…much less angry freak feminist look…although still apparent. They were trying hard to look like patriots. Although they still were screaming like a bunch of lunatics.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
ldb51 10/18/2025 2:22:20 PM (No. 2018552)
"No Kings" is just another way for the malcontents to say "No Laws" or "No Daddies"... they are just ignorant, ranting brats, with parent issues. And morons, all.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 10/18/2025 2:22:52 PM (No. 2018553)
We had an experience similar to #17. Noticed an odd combination of older white protestors and young adults/teens. Did not see a single black or Hispanic in the crowd. Not sure what they think they accomplish. Trump will be in the White House until January 2029 !
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