"I assure you that if 8 million right leaning protesters had turned out against Obama it the NYT would have given it banner treatment eg POPULIST REVOLT."

~ Tim Dickinson

#NoKings #Trump #resistance #solidarity #media #NewYorkTimes
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"Why bother protesting tomorrow against the Trump regime? It’s a common question. As good as going out and voicing our collective outrage makes us feel in the moment, do mass anti-Trump protests really make any difference?

Yes, and for four reasons."

Jay Kuo enumerates these:

Bursting the illusion of invincibility

Applying Direct Political Pressure

Electoral Organizing Infrastructure

Building toward a Tipping Point.

#NoKings #solidarity #resistance #Trump
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Four Reasons Why No Kings Matters

This is no time to stop showing up for our democracy.

^{Jay Kuo (The Status Kuo)}

"The media won’t admit it, but the anti-ICE protesters in cities across the country like Minneapolis, Chicago and Los Angeles, won big."

~ Ken Klippenstein

#Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #GregoryBovino #MarkwayneMullin #DHS #ICE #Chicago #LosAngeles #Minneapolis #media #resistance #solidarity
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Kristi Noem’s Replacement Bows to Protesters

ICE’s reputation is in the toilet and Trump-world knows it

^{Ken Klippenstein}