{"id":7276,"date":"2025-10-16T21:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/7276\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T21:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:36:09","slug":"no-kings-protests-planned-this-weekend-near-st-pete-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/7276\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No Kings&#8217; Protests Planned This Weekend Near St. Pete: What To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PETERSBURG, FL \u2014 A second series of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nokings.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No Kings<\/a>\u201d protests against the Trump administration will take place around the country on Saturday, with several demonstrations scheduled in the St. Petersburg area.<\/p>\n<p>Protests are planned at: <br \/>Tyrone Square, St. Petersburg, 9:30 to 11 a.m.Largo Central Park, Largo, 10 a.m. to noonGulfport Casino, Gulfport, 10:30 a.m. to noon<\/p>\n<p>No Kings is a coalition of numerous progressive and pro-democracy organizations led and coordinated by the national organizing group <a href=\"https:\/\/indivisible.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Indivisible<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>In the first No Kings protests in June, millions of people peacefully demonstrated against what they say are authoritarian policies of President Donald Trump. The protests were held on the same day as the U.S. Army 250th Anniversary Parade on Trump\u2019s 79th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>At least 2,000 protests will be held Saturday in every state in the country, with demonstrations planned in most major U.S. cities, as well as in Canada and Mexico. Protests are designed to be a peaceful day of action, according to the No Kings website.<\/p>\n<p>A large gathering planned on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol drew the ire of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=srnZYkzSFXM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told Fox News<\/a> Friday that although he is \u201ca very patient guy,\u201d he has \u201chad it with these people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called the Saturday protest a \u201cHate America rally\u201d staged by \u201call the pro-Hamas wing and the antifa people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re all coming out,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>Protestors\u2019 ranks are expected to be swelled by laid-off federal workers who won\u2019t get a paycheck until the federal government reopens or who may lose their jobs entirely.<\/p>\n<p>The American Federation of Government Employees urged members of its 900 local unions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afge.org\/article\/frustrated-feds-to-join-no-kings-protests-against-administrations-actions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">join No Kings protests<\/a> as well. Together, the locals represent more than 820,000 workers in almost every federal agency of the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe protest movement has taken on new urgency with the government shutdown that began Oct. 1,\u201d the union said in an Oct. 6 statement<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afge.org\/article\/frustrated-feds-to-join-no-kings-protests-against-administrations-actions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">.<\/a> \u201cShutting down the government is another authoritarian power grab by this administration, which has threatened to lay off mass numbers of furloughed federal workers as part of an ongoing quest to gut federal programs and services the administration finds objectionable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No Kings said demonstrators this weekend are expected to protest a variety of administration policies, including immigration enforcement by masked agents and the disruption of migrant families, congressional map gerrymandering, health care and higher costs of living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. 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