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Pam Abernathy's avatar

We will be out tomorrow, NO KINGS DAY.

Large poster ready:

STAND UP FOR

JUSTICE

DIGNITY

We will be peacefully demonstrating in Simi Valley, California.

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Canadian&Proud's avatar

Plz plz everyone stay safe, I'll b watching from 🇨🇦 elbows up my friends..

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ZU's avatar

From Europe me too🇵🇹🇪🇺✌️ YOU RISE UP TO HAVE AMERICA BACK‼ TIME IS NOW

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Judy Cross's avatar

Thank you for your support.

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Judy Cross's avatar

Thank you for your support. Elbows up to you, too.

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Lee Hierlihy's avatar

As a Canadian I a. In support of your comment. My American friends stay safe a d protest legally. Good Luck

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Coop's avatar

With you 100%.

Elbow Zupp! 🇨🇦

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Patrice Mobley's avatar

It's Satan's birthday!

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🌈 Lance Trottier 🌈's avatar

Stand Up,

Speak Up,

Be Loud,

Be Proud.

But, we must always:

Be Safe,

Be peaceful!

Sincerely Yours in Democracy,

Lance Trottier

Cape Coral, FL 33904

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Dee S's avatar

There was a huge turnout in Freeport, Maine with approximately over 700 protesters lining Main Street, even in the rain!

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Vicki Gaskill's avatar

HURRAY HURRAY HURRAY THANK YOU

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Patricia Anne Boone's avatar

Stop hawking your shit on someone else’s Substack!! You’re totally inappropriate!! Get your own Substack thread!! So rude!!

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Andria Foster's avatar

I'll be protesting in a small VA town. I'm making my "Unpaid Peaceful Protester" t-shirt now!

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Heather.B's avatar

Great!

The NO Kings protest will be exponentially bigger than Trump's military parade!

As we protest, we build solidarity. I'll be there wearing this "Don't blame, I voted for her" shirt

https://libtees.dashery.com/products/74030236-dont-blame-me-i-voted-for-harris

A note on peaceful protest: Power is in our discipline. Stay calm, don’t escalate, trust peacekeepers, and ignore agitators.

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Patrice Mobley's avatar

He's going to be embarrassed BIGGLY😂😂

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Judy Cross's avatar

He will lie to the American public and say that he had more people at his parade and that it was so nice. Those that want to believe will and those that know the truth won't. We are making a statement, he is making lies.

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Sylvia Arrowood's avatar

I had a t-shirt made up that has the quote "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Martin Luther King, Jr. I'm just going to reuse my posters that say "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" and "Living in America with Canadiana roots". Give a big thank you to our Canadian friends. They will be having a large rally in Toronto, Canada June 14.

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Christine Villabona-Kuntz's avatar

🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷So thankful

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Mary Ann Brown's avatar

I love your t-shirt idea!!

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Andria Foster's avatar

Thank you!! I believe that we must make it perfectly clear.

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sharon's avatar

Is this your first protest? We're still waiting for our "Soros paid protester" check from 2017! LOL. I've heard the mail is slow, but this is ridiculous!

My husband and I have been to a few protests through the years. This will be the first in our little rural town. We've never seen any violence or threatening from our police but I live in Mass so totally different than the republican led states like FL where gov desantis has reminded people they can run down protesters with cars, government sanctioned vehicular homicide! I can't even imagine any elected official in our state advocating for this. It's hard to even grasp how far our country and our freedoms have fallen.

To all the protesters: Stay safe. And to the brave protesters in these dangerous states. Thank you!

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

I saw your comment about that Ron De Santis ""You can run people over" thing, and I thought "Oh, really, how ridiculous! I do wish people would check before they write such nonsense!"

So before I replied "What tosh!", I decided to research it myself.

OMG - it's true!

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article308471625.html

What a complete and utter swine the man is!

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sharon's avatar

That's why I wrote it. I saw him say it in an interview. I always check sources to make sure they're legitimate before I post. This might have come from a Guardian video, NYT or WAPO or even an AOL story. I read several publications a day so it's difficult to remember the source. This was enacted as law in FL after trump was elected. It may be "nuanced" as desantis claims but "stand your ground" didn't work out well for Trayvon Martin if you shop for a sympathetic jury which seems easy to find in FL. A good portion of this country is truly frightening. I live in a republican majority area of Mass so see it constantly.

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/desantis-says-in-podcast-florida-drivers-can-hit-protesters-to-flee-for-your-safety/3637117/

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

There really should be a "Shake my head in despair" button.

I live in the UK - I cannot begin to tell you the level of support you have here (despite not wanting a king! And you most definitely cannot have ours!) It doesn't matter what they vote for, Conservative, Labour, LibDem, Green - they are all horrified by what is happening in the US.

And it is being taken on board as a warning against the Reform Party led by Nigel Farrage.

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sharon's avatar

People in other countries should watch on in horror at what is happening in the USA and see it as a warning of how dangerous the right wing is. We see totalitarianism being embraced by so many countries now. Italy, Poland, Germany, France, Japan and others too many to list. Canada only dodged a bullet because of trump's attacks on their sovereignty. Poilievre, a far right trump wannabe candidate who leading in the polls until trump started his attacks and threats.

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Judy Cross's avatar

Thank you for your support.

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Linda's avatar

He’s following Trump lead on hate…What a scum bucket…

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Dee Papa's avatar

I live in FL and I'm going to my rally.

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Jane's avatar

Please don't get run over! Our crazy Desantis says its legal to run over protesters.....that's just a lawsuit waiting to happen!

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Judy Cross's avatar

Maybe desantis should be mistaken for a protester and see how he likes it. I'm sure he will be hiding behind locked doors.

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Anna B's avatar

As much as it's easy to have these thoughts, we don't really want to be 'them'. I'm of the not wanting to cause someone's death, but there are many I could name who's obituary would certainly NOT cause me grief.

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Judy Cross's avatar

I didn't mean that harm should come to him. That's why I said that he would probably be hiding behind locked doors. I don't want obituaries, I want jail. I think that would be more of a statement. Just got home from a protest. About 300 people (very small town) and one city policeman patrolling. Very peaceful.

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LEAH BROWN's avatar

go get em Dina!!! proud of all the wonderful Americans joining these no kings protests! even here in Canada people are having them!!

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Mary Ann Brown's avatar

That makes me so happy that Canada is showing us solidarity. No Kings!!

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Christine's avatar

Thank you Canada 🍁!!!

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Patrice Mobley's avatar

TY Canada!

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Judy Cross's avatar

Thank you for your support.

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Heather Ryll's avatar

I’m Canadian, I’m watching a documentary about Stalin, starvation, loss of medical help, messing up farm workers and lands, this is what is happening in your country, seen by an outsider. Oppose him and his government now before you become Russia!

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Lisa's avatar

We're gonna give it our best shot Heather! Thank you for your support. There's more of us who love Canada than what you're being shown in the main stream news.

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Judy Cross's avatar

Thank you for your support.

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Mary Amoriello's avatar

Will be representing Florida! Stay safe everyone! We The People are tired of this sh*t!

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Patrice Mobley's avatar

AMEN and that whiny governor!

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Finney Catherine's avatar

Your governor has just given MAGA permission to run over protestors! Please stay off the streets and on the side walks! 🙏🏼

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Mary Beth Till's avatar

I will be standing shoulder to shoulder with my fellow Americans!

It will be a beautiful day ☀️

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Johnny 🇨🇦's avatar

Canada is with you! You outnumber the MAGAs and those incompetents in the White House! Force them to resign, peacefully. Solidarity with my US friends! 💙

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Bluefin's avatar

We love you Canada!!

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Judy Cross's avatar

Thank you for your support.

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Megan Rothery's avatar

Babysitter and signs set!

Let’s flood news agencies with photos and videos of us out tomorrow!

Use/share this spreadsheet as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to your own reps, as well as those in other states on a specific committee important to a topic you’re sharing.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13lYafj0P-6owAJcH-5_xcpcRvMUZI7rkBPW-Ma9e7hw/edit?usp=drivesdk

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Mary Ann Brown's avatar

Thank you for this document!!

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Megan Rothery's avatar

You’re welcome! I’ve been sharing it for 3 months now and will continue! Whatever helps make it easier for people to speak up!

I am going to stay up as late as possible tonight to work on the news agencies tab. I really wanted it done by tomorrow, but I also am a mom (2 and 4 year olds), and as a teacher this was my last week of school, busy busy!

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Baja Arizona's avatar

You're a queen Megan, thanks!!❤️

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Elizabeth Brown's avatar

Will be out there

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Sharon Kimball's avatar

71-year-old retired federal prosecutor, living my new life in the resistance. Every day, new atrocities that I never imagined could happen are happening. I’m supporting Meidas and other journalists who are speaking truth. My grandchildren deserve nothing less. My protest signs aren’t very professional looking, but they’re sincere. No Kleptocracy, Injustice, Nitwits in Cabinet, Graft, or Subjugation! Long live the Constitution and the rule of law!

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Pam Abernathy's avatar

Powerful voices, one and all!

We, the people, fight peacefully, LOUDLY, and continuously.

We shall prevail.

There is no other option.

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Leslie Crawford's avatar

Oh someone else is still be making their sign 😳😄👍. I am hoping I don’t screw up…the last time I wasn’t so nervous but it has really gotten tense, especially in the last week…🙏. I get so angry with what ICE and company have done this week 😡. But I know how important it is to be Gandi calm 😳

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gail kinn's avatar

I wrote below Hands Off! Speaks reality in powerful, insistent way.

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Jean Conley's avatar

You'll be fine!

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Sandra Novelly's avatar

I will be at a protest tomorrow, but as I know MAGAts are advertising to be there, I am not carrying a sign nor my phone...

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angela clark's avatar

This is an important day in America. You are a great democracy. Australia supports you too. No Kings Day! Peaceful and safe. Shoutout to the Meidas Mighty! 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇺🇸

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Judy Cross's avatar

Thank you for your support.

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Warren Knight's avatar

You go girl.Say it loud,say it strong. NO KINGS DAY.Down with the facist dictater Trump.

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ROBERTA GARRETT's avatar

Protesting in the MAGA heavy state of Arizona. Who Makes this Country Great-IMMIGRANTS!

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Cecelia Voss's avatar

I’ll be out there tomorrow in Winston-Salem, NC

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Joyce Wynes Contemporary Art's avatar

I will be out there in Mooresville, NC

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