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People Power in the Streets!

No Kings and a Day of Action

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Alexander Vindman
Oct 19, 2025
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“We are here to show up for love, democracy, and our communities - Patriotism is protest. Trump and his mouthpieces call us traitors, anti-American, Antifa. We know who we are: we are patriots, we are ones who love this country more because we are willing to fight for it. Our weapons are courage, conviction, and truth, and we are ready for this fight!”

This past weekend millions of Americans took to the streets and made their voices heard in the nationwide “No Kings” protests. After months of overreach and tyranny from the administration, we gathered and sent a clear message to Donald Trump and his cronies: the United States of America has no kings, no-one is above the Constitution, and anyone that enables Trump’s tyranny is complicit and will be swept away in every election to come. Nearly 7 million people joined our movement and took to the streets. This day of protest was a display of real people-power and solidarity against the administration.

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