US Edition‘No Kings’ Protests Against Trump Draw Crowds Across U.S.
- On Saturday, thousands of Mainers are expected to gather for a second round of the No Kings demonstrations, with rallies planned throughout the day in Portland, Lewiston-Auburn and Augusta.
- Organizers say the protests are a patriotic defense of First Amendment rights and No Kings includes more than 150 groups such as labor unions and human rights organizations.
- In June, organizers estimated 5 million people nationwide joined the first round, with more than 2,600 rallies planned and thousands gathering at Portland's Monument Square and other towns.
- Thousands gathered at Broadway Park in Bangor on Saturday for a No Kings rally, hearing speeches by Troy Jackson, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, and Matt Dunlap, State Auditor, before marching.
- This second rally follows organizers' push to build a unified opposition through nationwide events, marking the third such effort after June 14, which President Donald Trump and GOP leaders dismissed as 'Hate America' rallies.
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Protesters out in force for 'No Kings' rallies across the U.S.
Protesters spanning all age groups took to the streets en masse for "No Kings" rallies across the United States on Saturday, denouncing what they view as authoritarian tendencies and unbridled corruption of U.S. President Donald Trump.Organizers expected
Ypsilanti, named for a Greek Freedom Fighter against Tyranny, Rallies against Trump on "No Kings" Day
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the 1820s Greece waged a successful war of independence against an authoritarian king, the Ottoman Emperor Mahmoud II. The American public, enthralled with this saga of a quest for liberty, idolized the revolutionaries, who were led for a few years by Demetrios Ypsilantis. They took his name for the name of their town, Ypsilanti. The people here therefore have a very long history of despising tyrants, and they d…
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