Millions will turn out for No Kings, may be largest protest in history. Republicans have only made it bigger by attacking it. Some blustering GOP governors have activated their National Guard.
Along with many fellow retirement community members, we will be marching in the NO KINGS! Parade and rally here in the bluest of blue cities, Davis, California. Many of us are veterans of the Vietnam War and/or veterans of the 60’s anti-war, Civil Rights, and Free Speech movements. We may have gray hair and an unsteady walk, but we know what’s right. This moment is too important to ignore.
Greetings from Bloomington Indiana! My wife and are here for IU homecoming and are planning on attending the march at 2pm and then heading over to the stadium for the IU Michigan football game. Everyone who’s out here at an event be safe!
Bethlehem PA march will be helped by our mayor and the police. We have marshals at intersections, keeping everyone together, peaceful, cooperating, and directing traffic.
Tone: Newsroom Surrealism with Pop-Culture Harmonics
No Kings Day is a surreal political satire from the Accidentally Sideways™ Universe, where a single misinterpreted AI command sets the nation literally ablaze — and figuratively fabulous. When an ego-drunk president orders his artificial intelligence to “make America on fire,” chaos ignites across the map and the media turns meltdown into music. News anchors report like influencers, frogs become symbols of democracy, and RuPaul climbs the charts as “Red Hot,” while Alicia Keys’ “Girl on Fire” replaces the National Anthem in a few states. Written in the fast, voice-driven rhythm of Script-Coms™, the story turns national absurdity into choreography — part sitcom, part prophecy.
Imagine a world where people pause for joy — where it’s mandatory to take an extra ten-minute paid break whenever there’s a yard sale within a block of your worldview, and absurdity and delight shake hands before spinning each other in the first dance you ever learned in a barn.
My husband and I went to the protest in Little Rock. There were a guy in a chicken costume, unicorn costume, turkey costume. Very peaceful. There were no provocateurs there. It lasted about an hour. That was at 11:00 am. I think there was about 1,000 people. Then we went to the protest in Hot Springs, Arkansas at 2pm. There was about 500-600 people there. Many cars honking their horns for us. My sign said Eggs are so $$ because of the chickens in the GOP. You took an oath to the constitution. It was an awesome day.
In the Coachella Valley, California , this morning , there were approx 7 separate protests…. Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Cathedral City were extremely well attended. The late afternoon rallies are predicted to be huge. The main rally will be in Palm Springs proper. No obvious police ,ICE or National Guard presence.
But the military decided to fire rockets across I-5 in SoCal, supposedly to celebrate the birthday of the Marines, which isn’t until November 10. Yes we all know what’s happening.
I skipped the protests today to work on the Yes on 50 campaign instead, AND dropped our ballots off.
Cheers to all you out there, please continue to work on campaigns too. Local, state, ballot, candidates, etc. Do texts, make calls, write postcards, donate, etc. Use the elections while we still can. For now, elections still matter
Alas, I'm still grounded, but I'm cheering folks on for No Kings. Also, hats off to the Portland protesters who got the idea of dressing up as inflatable FROGS and cartoon characters. This makes the entire "threat" of protesters to be utterly absurd. It's a dada response for a dada/viscious violence era. Our ancestors from WWI must be proud.
Our cats continue to be sick. Dominic and Maggie now both have EITHER inflammatory bowel disease or intestinal cancer. Since they are brother/sister and 14 years old, I opted NOT to have biopsies. Meanwhile, their Dad, Luke, continues to have a terrible herpes eye. So, I'm treat that with 3 different eye meds, ever 3-4 hours. I'm officially running a cat nursing home.
Along with many fellow retirement community members, we will be marching in the NO KINGS! Parade and rally here in the bluest of blue cities, Davis, California. Many of us are veterans of the Vietnam War and/or veterans of the 60’s anti-war, Civil Rights, and Free Speech movements. We may have gray hair and an unsteady walk, but we know what’s right. This moment is too important to ignore.
Will be in Ottawa Canada for No Kings protest today, in solidarity with our American brothers & sisters
Gearing up for a HUGE turnout in NYC
POWER TO THE PEOPLE 🇺🇸👍🔥💙🌞
Greetings from Bloomington Indiana! My wife and are here for IU homecoming and are planning on attending the march at 2pm and then heading over to the stadium for the IU Michigan football game. Everyone who’s out here at an event be safe!
Go Big Ten!
Bethlehem PA march will be helped by our mayor and the police. We have marshals at intersections, keeping everyone together, peaceful, cooperating, and directing traffic.
Genre: Political Absurdism / Media Satire
Format: Hybrid Script-Essay
Tone: Newsroom Surrealism with Pop-Culture Harmonics
No Kings Day is a surreal political satire from the Accidentally Sideways™ Universe, where a single misinterpreted AI command sets the nation literally ablaze — and figuratively fabulous. When an ego-drunk president orders his artificial intelligence to “make America on fire,” chaos ignites across the map and the media turns meltdown into music. News anchors report like influencers, frogs become symbols of democracy, and RuPaul climbs the charts as “Red Hot,” while Alicia Keys’ “Girl on Fire” replaces the National Anthem in a few states. Written in the fast, voice-driven rhythm of Script-Coms™, the story turns national absurdity into choreography — part sitcom, part prophecy.
Imagine a world where people pause for joy — where it’s mandatory to take an extra ten-minute paid break whenever there’s a yard sale within a block of your worldview, and absurdity and delight shake hands before spinning each other in the first dance you ever learned in a barn.
https://open.substack.com/pub/accidentallysideways/p/no-kings-day-presidential-override?r=5o28sc&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=post-publish
My husband and I went to the protest in Little Rock. There were a guy in a chicken costume, unicorn costume, turkey costume. Very peaceful. There were no provocateurs there. It lasted about an hour. That was at 11:00 am. I think there was about 1,000 people. Then we went to the protest in Hot Springs, Arkansas at 2pm. There was about 500-600 people there. Many cars honking their horns for us. My sign said Eggs are so $$ because of the chickens in the GOP. You took an oath to the constitution. It was an awesome day.
Passing out small American flags in San Jose, CA later today 🇺🇸
In Washington DC walking there now.
I love how being part of Michelangelo #FoundFamily
It was a beautiful day in Phoenix, AZ. No counter protests, lots of amazing people ( estimated 20,000 people), it was a great day for a protest!
Apparently we had 1200 at No Kings in Alexandria VA. Among the several speakers was our Representative Don Beyer.
We marched here in Moab, Utah! No Kings!!
In the Coachella Valley, California , this morning , there were approx 7 separate protests…. Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Cathedral City were extremely well attended. The late afternoon rallies are predicted to be huge. The main rally will be in Palm Springs proper. No obvious police ,ICE or National Guard presence.
But the military decided to fire rockets across I-5 in SoCal, supposedly to celebrate the birthday of the Marines, which isn’t until November 10. Yes we all know what’s happening.
I skipped the protests today to work on the Yes on 50 campaign instead, AND dropped our ballots off.
Cheers to all you out there, please continue to work on campaigns too. Local, state, ballot, candidates, etc. Do texts, make calls, write postcards, donate, etc. Use the elections while we still can. For now, elections still matter
We had a couple hundred people out for 2 hours in Utica NY, very enthusiastic.
Alas, I'm still grounded, but I'm cheering folks on for No Kings. Also, hats off to the Portland protesters who got the idea of dressing up as inflatable FROGS and cartoon characters. This makes the entire "threat" of protesters to be utterly absurd. It's a dada response for a dada/viscious violence era. Our ancestors from WWI must be proud.
Our cats continue to be sick. Dominic and Maggie now both have EITHER inflammatory bowel disease or intestinal cancer. Since they are brother/sister and 14 years old, I opted NOT to have biopsies. Meanwhile, their Dad, Luke, continues to have a terrible herpes eye. So, I'm treat that with 3 different eye meds, ever 3-4 hours. I'm officially running a cat nursing home.
So sorry for their troubles, obviously you love them and care for them, they’re lucky to have someone like you to look after them!