Are the anti-ICE demonstrations in LA — now spreading to other cities — signaling a turning point? "These protests look like the first mass movement against the second Trump Administration," says staff writer David A. Graham in The Atlantic. Some say that Benedict Donald has overreached on Los Angeles to distract Americans from three (to him) unsavory events: His Billionaire Bailout Bill has stalled in Congress. He's been tagged with the excellent nickname "TACO," which of course he hates. And Elon Musk linked him to the Epstein files.
There's also a fourth possibility: He and his stormtroopers are in practice mode for crackdowns on Saturday, June 14, No Kings Day.
So, are you planning to attend a No Kings rally, but a little worried about whether you'll get home for dinner? You're probably not alone, but your odds of protesting successfully go up if you know how to figure out when things are going south — and what to do if that happens.
To that end, No Kings organizers and other organizations like the ACLU and Nonviolent Peaceforce have created trainings and resources that will help you. Check them out and keep them handy — not just for this weekend, but for the future. (It's going to be a long four years.)
We wouldn't blame you if you decided not to show up on
Saturday because you might get hauled off to the hoosegow for your trouble. And better
to stay home instead of — say, in the wake of ABC News bowing to its
corporate overload and sacking Terry Moran — going to Disney World. But the growing No Kings rallies are a solid signal of how vulnerable Trump is after less than six chaotic months in office.
Polls have shown that people do not like law-abiding immigrants getting arrested when they show up for their hearings. They don't like it when Donald's Gestapo disrupts grade school graduations. They don't like guys who aren't criminals getting shipped off to El Salvador. It seems that voters kind of understand and appreciate the concept of due process.
"Besides," Graham of The Atlantic adds, "Trump definitely wins if people disperse because they don't want to provoke him. The biggest win for Trump might be for people to be so scared of what he'll do next that they do nothing at all." Let's not let that happen. We cats PURR.
(IMAGE: Michael de Adder, deAdder.net)
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