What's the fallout of NO KINGS Day, October 18, 2025? More than you might think.
One of many outcomes of the Oct. 18 No King's protest exposed how big a lie Trumpist spokespersons told on October 17 about who would be protesting and how violent these anti-facists, Hamas terrorists, American haters, and paid by Soros participants were. The peacefulness, the humor, the demeanor, and the demographic makeup of seven million participants exposed the absurdity of such pre-game blathering from the Trumpist podium.
What was fully accomplished by NO KIngs Oct. 18 is yet to be measured, but it showed fearlessness in the over-the-top deceptive name-calling, implied threats of military occupation, and ICE agents loyal to Trump clad and armed for war, positioned in blue cities. Instead of suppressing turnout, the would-be suppressers got laughed at by dancing frogs, pigs, and chickens, and seven million ordinary citizens who found their strength and safety in numbers.
This NO KINGS is also a pro- democracy, anti-dictatorship movement with political staying and growing power. It provides lists and contact information of activists and leaders willing to get off their couches and take their eyes off their social media phones to get out the vote in November 2026.
It is a movement that also can include those searching for an affordable life who resent the feathering of the nests of the already rich and powerful, while their lives of ordinary Americans get worse. Timing is everything. On the eve of notices of health insurance prices going in the mail, and those doing the shopping know that grocery prices are rising, voters will know who to blame.
The joining of the two issues: affordability and pro-democracy, is a powerful force that is yet to be fully utilized by the voices of dissent to Trumpism. They are related: two sides of the same coin..
Without the ability to raise voices, joining peacefully together to "address grievances", those grievances will go unaddressed by those who control the power levers of government when they have destroyed any checks to their power grab. They will no longer fear a popular uprising. The urgency of now to stop this creeping dictatorship of the MAGA is fierce and growing before it becomes a tyranny.
One of the recent hallmarks of modern dictators is to attempt to get around term limits, either by changing a constitutional provision or by some other means. Trump may or may not age out after 2028, but MAGA is already planning to work around the prohibitions of the constitution. Steve Bannon says ‘there is a plan’ for Trump to be president in 2028: ‘We had longer odds in 2016 and 2024’
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