What is \u2018No Kings\u2019?<\/p>\n
\u201cNo Kings\u201d protests, organized by the activist coalition Indivisible<\/a>, first emerged in 2025, shortly after President Donald Trump\u2019s second term began.<\/p>\n Indivisible bills itself as a nationwide movement that aims to \u201cstop the rise of authoritarianism in the United States and to build a real democracy that works for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n The June 2025 gathering was held on Trump\u2019s birthday as the president held a military parade<\/a> in Washington, D.C. The \u201cNo Kings\u201d protest in Philly<\/a> brought thousands to the Ben Franklin Parkway. Nationally, organizers estimated that more than 5 million people participated<\/a> across more than 2,000 protests.<\/p>\n Another estimated 7 million people rallied across even more \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests<\/a> last October amid the government shutdown<\/a>, immigration raids<\/a> and the deployment of National Guard troops<\/a> to major cities.<\/p>\n More than 3,000 \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests also took place in March against the backdrop of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran<\/a> and a partial government shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n The marches and rallies are in opposition to what organizers say is an increasingly authoritarian president<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Trump administration has made many attempts to assert federal control over elections<\/a>, including efforts to restrict mail ballots<\/a>, redraw congressional district lines and change national election rules impacting voter eligibility.<\/p>\n Trump has regularly cast doubt on election security, though experts agree the highly decentralized system remains safe and secure<\/a>. Trump also falsely claims to have won<\/a> the 2020 election, and he attempted to overturn the result<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ezra Levin<\/a>, co-founder of Indivisible, said the goal of the October demonstrations is for democracy to reassert itself<\/a> and to mobilize volunteers to prepare for possible election interference.<\/p>\n Speaking on the Indivisible podcast \u201cWhat\u2019s The Plan,\u201d Levin said, \u201cThe best way to [push back] is by boosting the early vote to historic margins so he cannot steal it.\u201d Echoing LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter<\/a>, he added: \u201cMake it too big to rig.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump has previously dismissed \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests<\/a>, telling Fox News, \u201cThey\u2019re referring to me as a king. I\u2019m not a king.\u201d<\/p>\n White House spokesperson Lauren Bis similarly dismissed the upcoming event, telling USA Today<\/a>, \u201cWhat king are they protesting? This is more Trump derangement syndrome.\u201d<\/p>\n What should I know ahead of the 2026 election?<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how to make your voter game plan:<\/p>\n \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Your one-stop shop: Have questions about the midterms? WHYY News\u2019 voter hub<\/a> has the answers. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What is \u2018No Kings\u2019? \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests, organized by the activist coalition Indivisible, first emerged in 2025, shortly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[25694,69,71,70,724],"class_list":["post-307092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-elections-2026","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-trump-impact"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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