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Trump says anybody who protests the military parade on Sunday will be met with âvery heavy forceâ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-06-10T16:47:27.985Z
SheltieLover
(76,919 posts)Nope. Everybody will be at nokings protests or sitting at Edge Field watching Popeapaliooza!
Pathetic slob.
highplainsdem
(60,090 posts)SheltieLover
(76,919 posts)wnylib
(25,355 posts)No Kings protest is a much happier, more constructive event than watching Mr. Trump attack DC again. J6 was enough.
SheltieLover
(76,919 posts)wnylib
(25,355 posts)These are songs that we grew up on so everybody knows the words (well, mostly), like My Country 'Tis of Thee; America the Beautiful; and the National Anthem. They are a good counter to Mr. Trump's complaints that we "hate our country." Singing peacefully also exposes the stark contrast between people peacefully protesting and an autocrat deploying the military against them.
Think of the power of the scene in Casablanca when the customers counter the German soldiers' song by singing the French National Anthem.
debm55
(55,909 posts)wnylib
(25,355 posts)UpInArms
(54,098 posts)I dont play with trash
johnnyfins
(3,448 posts)UpInArms
(54,098 posts)The 14th is Saturday
bucolic_frolic
(54,075 posts)Don't hold back.
C_U_L8R
(48,896 posts)is that everyone will ignore him and his idiotic parade.
This is just advertising.
Sequoia
(12,720 posts)We shall watch the Pope.
William769
(59,147 posts)Basso8vb
(1,230 posts)You bloviating orange shitstain.
wnylib
(25,355 posts)Klarkashton
(4,742 posts)Just like J6 there was no counter protest, nobody is going to show up to that parade to protest.
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,202 posts)Worthless scummy felon.
Wounded Bear
(63,859 posts)They purposely left that city off the scheduling efforts.
trump is blustering again, as usual. And, as usual, he'll brag about how his bullshit "warning" prevented any protests.
Blues Heron
(8,401 posts)No way this goes unchallenged
Wiz Imp
(9,019 posts)Massive No Kings protests are scheduled for that day and they are purposely avoiding DC.
https://www.nokings.org/news/projected-millions-across-1500-cities-to-join-the-largest-protest-to-reject-authoritarianism-since-president-trump-took-office
Projected Millions Across 1,500+ Cities to Join the LArgest Protest to Reject Authoritarianism Since President Trump Took Office
Jun 6
On June 14, a coast-to-coast mobilization will reject Trumps $100 million parade and his billionaire-first agenda
For a full list of participating cities, event details, and spokespeople available for interviews, visit www.NoKings.org or contact media@nokings.org.
The No Kings mobilization is a direct response to Donald Trumps self-aggrandizing $100 million military parade and birthday celebration, an event funded by taxpayers while millions are told there's no money for Social Security, SNAP, Medicaid, or public schools.
All No Kings events adhere to a shared commitment to nonviolent protest and community safety. Organizers are trained in de-escalation and are working closely with local partners to ensure peaceful and powerful actions nationwide.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l6eAqoEFDbCwnd66zy84lXnHux317-Rpf9XtsIpnuCw/preview?tab=t.0
bdamomma
(69,176 posts)This info is correct.
Blues Heron
(8,401 posts)Refusefascism.org
And Reddit protest finder sub
Wiz Imp
(9,019 posts)The only other stuff I can find is this:
-A pro-democracy group is rallying 200-300 people at Fort Reno Park, according to a National Park Service permit application.
-Two other rallies an "Equity March" and "Refuse Fascism" protest hope to draw 500 people each to downtown, per an NPS application.
-A different group of organizers in D.C. cancelled a military parade protest that hoped to attract up to 20,000 people Saturday. They had originally planned to gather at Meridian Hill Park and walk to the National Mall.
No Kings does have protests planned all around DC, just not within the city limits. No Kings protests are planned in Chevy Chase, Bethesda, Silver Spring and Takoma Park, Md., plus Arlington, Alexandria and Falls Church, Va.
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/06/10/counterprotests-june-14-military-parade
Second of all, Refusefascism.org is connected to the Revolutionary Communist Party. I would expect most Progressives and Liberals would not want to get involved with that group. I fear they will do something stupid in DC and the media will conflate them with the massive No Kings protests around the country and try to taint the peaceful No Kings protests by association.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refuse_Fascism
Third of all, their last protest in DC was May 17th and I can find absolutely no media coverage of it at all. Apparently the protest attracted less than 100 people. I'd say this organization has n influence at all at this point. At least based on that last protest, the crowd is likely to be too small to cause much harm.
https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/1kp86i7/photos_of_todays_refuse_fascism_protest_march/
The protest more or less was done by 2:10pm, with an optional meetup afterwards at Lafayette Square. I left shortly after the protest was done.
I'd like to think that there was a peak of around 70 and 100 people during the protest, but I'm not too sure as I wasn't really keeping track. One thing's for sure, attendance was definitely on the lower side than usual.
Blues Heron
(8,401 posts)Love it
Wiz Imp
(9,019 posts)I can find record of only 3 (including the communist remove fascism group) that have requested permits and none of them are expecting more than 500 people. Your claim was totally false. But I'm glad you think it's funny to post false claims here.
ultralite001
(2,365 posts)+ choose rather to cover the Pope-a-palooza + the No Kings events / marches / protests on 06/14/2025...
One can hope...
Johonny
(25,506 posts)It pisses him off. If the media just ignored the parade it would be 100 times more affective than demonstrations during it.
dwayneb
(1,102 posts)Whether we ignore him or not, Trump is going to push forward with his plan to institute martial law at some point. And then we will all get to see the true fascist agenda. It will move from criminal illegal immigrants to legal immigrants and then finally, to anyone that dares to oppose him, because they will be portrayed as pro-terrorist or anti-American. Exactly how every single dictator in history has manged to seize power. The idea that it can't happen her is just a pipe dream.
DinahMoeHum
(23,373 posts)Neah neah-neah neah neah booga booga booga
global1
(26,411 posts)Isn't he worried that he'll be outnumbered by the military and they'll turn on him?
kimbutgar
(26,835 posts)MIButterfly
(2,119 posts)Day after day after day of hearing what this ignorant, babbling idiot said (I refuse to actually listen to him speak) is wearing me down. STFU, already! Leave us alone, for God's sake.
You're not supposed to hate anyone, but I feel it would be a dereliction and huge character flaw to not hate that miserable excuse for a human being.
That any person in this country agrees with him and goes along with him on every damn thing that he says and does still boggles my little mind. It's absolutely incomprehensible to me.
kacekwl
(8,891 posts)loaded and marchers instructed to shoot to kill ?
jmowreader
(52,906 posts)He'll have canister rounds in all the tank cannon breeches, so as to make it easier to kill protesters. Canister is so called because there's a ...well, canister...of steel balls that are propelled by the huge amount of powder in a 120mm tank round. It's intended to kill infantry. An M1 firing canister is effectively an $11 million shotgun.
Trump's biggest problem if he calls for canister to be fired is canister ALSO works on reviewing stands, and the troops are NOT happy with the shit Trump is pulling.
artemisia1
(1,371 posts)The Wizard
(13,593 posts)better known as the First Amendment.
themaguffin
(4,917 posts)travelingthrulife
(4,463 posts)Keep up the dirtbag rhetoric and everyone but MAGA will be in the streets calling for your impeachment by Saturday.
travelingthrulife
(4,463 posts)Seems like really bad PR.
Pachamama
(17,540 posts)struggle4progress
(125,389 posts)Callie1979
(1,155 posts)Matter of fact 1000s should show up waving banners wishing the US Army a happy birthday & nothing else.
WarGamer
(18,256 posts)kacekwl
(8,891 posts)the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.
emulatorloo
(46,135 posts)Hes definitely qualifies as a heavy force.
LSparkle
(12,122 posts)haele
(15,092 posts)Who will meander into DC to play into his fascist narrative.
While real protests occur elsewhere and get ignored by the media, unless the ongoing in LA is being used as a test case on how far the Media will let King D, his Mad Monk Miller and SecDef DUI get away with totally using the Constitution as toilet paper.
Arazi
(8,709 posts)With an upside flag
(Best to just stay away entirely tho)
Vinca
(53,368 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,250 posts)bdamomma
(69,176 posts)a SF, does he think No Kings Protestors are going to be in DC??????? after the organizers said Philadelphia. Am I correct on that????
Protests will be all over the US, in red and blue states.
spanone
(141,042 posts)Evil shitstain.
Rebl2
(17,416 posts)was Saturday the 14th
Demovictory9
(37,113 posts)ananda
(34,454 posts)No kings!
NEOH
(259 posts)LSparkle
(12,122 posts)AntiFascist
(13,732 posts)instead, divert the attention to the massive, nationwide "No Kings" protests!
Wiz Imp
(9,019 posts)Attilatheblond
(8,319 posts)It's that simple
Sogo
(6,986 posts)sorry to rain on your parade, TACO....
highplainsdem
(60,090 posts)Looks like that day has the best chance of rain in the next two weeks. Thunderstorms that evening.
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2025/06/10/when-is-trumps-military-parade-2025-trump-warns-protesters-trumps-military-parade-2025-time-tickets/84135059007/
mucholderthandirt
(1,753 posts)These fascists need to remember history, and what happened to the last fools that did this sort of thing to the people. Mussilini, Hitler, Pol Pot, that English king, the French ruling class. Back through the mists of time, humanity is always -- ALWAYS -- faced with people like this. We never seem to learn, and we go through it again and again and again.
In the end, we win. Yes. There will be a lot of hurt, a lot of death. But for another 80 years of relative freedoms and sanity, it's worth it. What else can we do? Surrender is not an option.
dwayneb
(1,102 posts)And there will be suffering unlike anything we have ever seen here in the USA, at least since the Civil War.
But sadly I am not sure that freedom and truth lovers will prevail. With the advent of modern technology and the power of AI it is a different world. And if Trump can harness those, we are all in deep trouble. It is a scenario that Orwell could never have imagined.