We Want Democracy With NO KINGS ATTACHED
June 15, 2025
Yesterday’s No Kings* protest in Philadelphia went off without a hitch with the crowd being treated to a pleasant spring shower much of the time. Thankfully, at least in Philly – the town where it happened – it was also No Assholes Day. The mood was mainly energetic and upbeat though some in attendance seemed very angry at some guy named – as far as I could tell – Fuck Trump.
There were countless
signs, many more than other recent events. The vast majority of signs were
obviously handmade:
Courtesy of Ron Gallop
Every Day Is No Kings
Day
I was happy to spend
the day with 80,000 of my closest friends, and one golden cow:
Speakers included
Bishop William Barber and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Constitution), each of whom paid
their respects to the Minnesota state lawmaker and her spouse who were murdered
in cold blood earlier in the day.
It is believed that
the same cretin also shot another Minnesota lawmaker and his spouse in their
home in a separate incident. This couple survived. The assassin was
unsurprisingly one of Trump’s deplorable (that’s right, I said it) shitheads
with a gun and a preemptive okey-dokey from their dear leader. The killer, who
was nothing but an instrument of the violent-talking coward Fuck Trump, left a
manifesto and a hit list in his car before fleeing like a coward.
Fuck Trump also paused
his pathetic birthday bullshit to mourn the loss of these innocent people. Oops,
I’m being told that Trump did not take one single second to even acknowledge
the fact that one of his supporters murdered people in his name, presumably because
he doesn’t give a flying fuck about these victims, or for that matter anyone
else who is not him.
Other speakers
included American Federation of Teachers president Randy Weingarden and Professor
Timothy Snyder. Barber and Raskin gave rousing speeches which inspired those
present as these two gentlemen are known to do on a regular basis.
Courtesy of NBC:
By contrast, here’s what Don’s Stupor-Duper Military Birthday Parade also went off without a hitch, but also without a crowd. At least Big Daddy With The Tiny Hands wasn’t booed like he was at the opening of his newly-occupied No-Gays-No-Way Kennedy Center.
As the tanks squeaked by the mostly empty streets, the ennui was palpable
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*Except for an appearance by Martin Luther King III who gave a rousing
speech.
This has been a Paying Attention™ Special Broken News report.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled
Fathers Day festivities.
So, 1st job was to reserve 4 tickets for Donnie's BD and not show. Check.
ReplyDeleteWent to two rallies Rockville and here. Would have loved to have been in Philly! Boston~1 million people showed. San Diego was huge.
MEXICO ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.. A FEW 'NO TYRANTS' in Canada(cause they do have an approved King').
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Excellent work. I was quite excited to see Raskin, from down your way. I never saw the Beatles, but I've now seen Bernie and Jamie.
DeleteWant to give a shout out to my good friend Naveed Shah from Common Defense, who drove from Virginia (a drive from Hell) to give a speech representing veterans at Philly. I salute you, Naveed. We don't need to the Orange Idiot to help us feel proud of veterans. Keep up the good work, Mr. Gallop. Ken C.
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