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Kid Berwyn

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15. Headlines should read: "Largest Mass Protest in U.S. History"
Mon Jun 16, 2025, 01:33 PM
Jun 16

Thank you, malaise! I am spitting mad about the lack of news coverage. If I'm not mistaken, and I can be permitted to borrow a photo without accrediting the source, I believe this was taken outside where Donald the Taco King of All Putins squats.





‘No Kings’ Was Biggest Protest in U.S. History: Data Analyst
Will Neal


by Will Neal
The Daily Beast, June 15, 2025

The “No Kings” protests in every state may have been the biggest day of demonstrations in American history, a data analyst has suggested.

“Based on hundreds of crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don’t have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6m people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday,” independent data journalist G Elliott posted to X Sunday.

For reference, that’d mean Saturday’s demonstrations featured 1-2 percent of the total population of 340 million taking to the streets in more than 2,000 cities to voice their opposition to the increasingly authoritarian, far-right policies the president has pursued since assuming office for the second time.

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Since his inauguration in January, Trump’s administration has witnessed more than 15,000 protests and rallies, representing a threefold increase in the number of public demonstrations that had taken place by this point in 2017.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-kings-biggest-protest-u-172552711.html



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"No Kings" worked brilliantly. [View all] Kid Berwyn Jun 16 OP
It's encouraging to see that one of the bedrock American principles is alive as well. We don't have a king. Walleye Jun 16 #1
FAKE PHOTO PEOPLE: San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose Bay Area agrees! Kid Berwyn Jun 16 #6
Your post is fake pimpbot Jun 16 #8
No fuck? Really? Kid Berwyn Jun 16 #10
No problem! pimpbot Jun 16 #11
It's OK I didn't see it and wouldn't have believed it anyway we would've seen it for more than one source Walleye Jun 16 #16
Thanks, Walleye. It gets old, feeling shame. Kid Berwyn Jun 16 #18
Not to worry, we all get taken in by fake pictures sometimes. Shame is a good thing but a killer. Walleye Jun 16 #19
Existential Threats should be enough on their own, but I agree on the premise! Moostache Jun 16 #2
Agree totally. Better messaging needed. Kid Berwyn Jun 16 #7
To me it implies we need to dumb down our messaging to short impactful bits bucolic_frolic Jun 16 #3
Want to see someone's eyes glaze over? Kid Berwyn Jun 16 #12
Oh God, yes! Please! Scrivener7 Jun 16 #28
"No Kings" was perfect blubunyip Jun 16 #4
Hands Off! No Kings! Straight to the point. Kid Berwyn Jun 16 #13
Nextdoor and sub-Reddit for my town Johnny2X2X Jun 16 #5
We got to do person-to-person. Kid Berwyn Jun 16 #14
Yeeees malaise Jun 16 #9
Headlines should read: "Largest Mass Protest in U.S. History" Kid Berwyn Jun 16 #15
This guy from Ohio sums it up Blue Full Moon Jun 16 #17
They'll grow in size, too. Kid Berwyn Jun 16 #23
Recommended! H2O Man Jun 16 #20
That is good news! We also got the M.I.C. with us. Kid Berwyn Jun 16 #24
Let's keep doing it!! Bluesaph Jun 16 #21
Ab-so-lute-ly! Kid Berwyn Jun 16 #25
Just a question about your OP picture. marked50 Jun 16 #22
Why, yes! Thank you for noticing! Kid Berwyn Jun 16 #26
Thanks for the confirmation. marked50 Jun 16 #29
And besides, it was fun as hell! Scrivener7 Jun 16 #27
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