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Amaryllis

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10. The sponsoring organizations went with No Kings becasue it has taken on a life of its own in American culture and has

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 01:47 PM

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become very popular. We have a 250 year history of rejecting authoritarian kings. The name was chosen very carefully.
THe countries who have actual kings use no dictators.

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No Kings 2.0 website is now live! They are going for 11 million people on No Kings Day October 18! [View all] Amaryllis Tuesday OP

K & R berniesandersmittens Tuesday #1

Thank goodness that bamagal62 Tuesday #2

Great! And it is important to emphasize that this is a virtual event at 8-9PM EDT - join from anywhere! erronis Tuesday #3

I'm disappointed this a virtual event. TomSlick Tuesday #5

the kickoff call is the virtual event WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #6

Let me know when a real event is scheduled. TomSlick Tuesday #8

lol it's right there. October 18. The kickoff call, held virtually and for the purposes of organizing, is Sept. 18. WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #9

Yeah, the OP is a little unclear Nittersing Tuesday #13

Thanks; I fixed it. The first link wasn't clear. Amaryllis Tuesday #14

Much better!! Thanks Nittersing Tuesday #17

THank you for pointing it out! I am invested in this message getting out. :) Amaryllis Tuesday #18

Great idea - terrible name leftstreet Tuesday #4

The sponsoring organizations went with No Kings becasue it has taken on a life of its own in American culture and has Amaryllis Tuesday #10

Great slogan in 1775 leftstreet Tuesday #11

The No Kings movement is specifically an anti-Trump movement. It is narrowly focused on resisting his autocracy. WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #12

Good point leftstreet Tuesday #19

. BoRaGard Tuesday #7

📌 littlemissmartypants Tuesday #15

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Mahalo for letting us Know, Amaryllis! Cha Tuesday #20

I 'm already signed up. There are 130 planned protests as of today. BigmanPigman Tuesday #21

kick! blogslug Tuesday #22

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