Demonstrations at roughly 2,000 sites planned for Saturday, same day as US president’s military parade and birthday

Millions of people are expected to protest against the Trump administration on Saturday at roughly 2,000 sites nationwide in a demonstration dubbed “No Kings”, planned for the same day as the president’s military parade and birthday.

Interest in the events has risen since Trump sent national guard and US Marine Corps troops to Los Angeles to tamp down mostly peaceful protests against ramped-up deportations.

“We’ve seen hundreds of new events on the No Kings Day map since the weekend,” said Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, one of the groups behind the “day of defiance”. “We’ve seen hundreds of thousands of people register for those events.”

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    Did you fucking register for a protest against a government that’s going after protestors?

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      They’re going after everyone, they don’t need an excuse. Fuck them, I’ll be public about what I’m doing to oppose them.

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        One of my favorite parts of The Wire is watching Stringer’s crew adopt Roberts Rules of Order after he tells his one Lt. to get a copy lol

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        it’s a protest being organized by the walmart wing of the american oligarchy; there is no logic here.