Off we go! Not my color, this shirt, but moral principle over color palettes, I always say. Apparently the color for No Kings is yellow. This time I’m heading to Oakland, pearls and all, where we are promised a line dance and multicultural food trucks. I love this country.
Have an amazing Saturday, my friends, and don’t forget your sun-protecting Tilley hat and Ray-Bans. Maybe next week we’ll talk foundation. Of the skin sort, having done our bit for the foundations of institutional justice today.
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I think you look radiant in the yellow shirt (and hat and pearls and sunglasses!) — I’m sure a lot of it has to do with your lovely smile. <3 A line dance and multicultural food trucks sound so fun. Have a wonderful time, and thank you again for standing up for justice and democracy.
No Kings since 1776!!
Aw, thanks! Had to wear the Tilley hat and pearls, to represent my culture:). No line dance, as it turned out, but they were doing capoeira, and one of the women was carrying her baby in a front pack, so a full Oakland experience was had! You are welcome.
Thank you for going! Hooray!
Here it was raining, but we still had a pretty good crowd turn out in our very small city in a very red state. (mental note to myself for next time: I should have worn sunblock even though it was raining. Oh, well; sensitive skin is going to do its thing.)
Another rallier here reporting the same “pretty good crowd turn out in our very small city [in a VERY red county] in a very red state.”
Started early, and ended early to make way for the antique car show to follow [and for the rally-weary among us who weren’t used to bolting out of bed, dressing and rallying before breakfast].
Flo, go you! Go you! Before breakfast is heroic!
Thank you for showing up in your red state! And I got sunburned despite SPF and sun hat, so maybe the passion of our commitment was heated;)
Thank you for going! I think you look wonderful, but standing up for something you believe in will do that. And line dancing!
No line dancing when we were there, but a brass band and many drummers, so all was well. Thank you and you’re welcome <3
Just back from a great day with amazing turnout here in New England. Costumes, joy, resolve, and solidarity. Hope everyone had a wonderful day. Here’s to democracy and line dancing!
Wonderful. So good to hear. And here’s to costumes, joy, resolve and solidarity.
Great yellow! Used your sign from last weekend blog, printed 2’ x 3’. Lots of “likes”!
Great! And it’s so fun that people like the yellow, as I would never ordinarily wear it. Maybe something to consider!
Well, hello even if you have nothing to say:)
Just back from joining the massive crowd at Seattle Center at Noon today. It was moving to look up and see the Space Needle there and think of where we were in 1962 when it was built and my family visited to marvel at it all. Pramila Jayapal, my Congresswoman and a naturalized American citizen, made a speech to the roars of the crowd which she began with a NO KINGS! call and response, and then the crowd moved slowly out of Seattle Center to Fifth Avenue. We filled the street from side to side with people of all ages, babies in strollers, dogs in wagons, people dressed in costumes, people in inflatables, and volunteers with bullhorns leading protest chants. When the crowd arrived at Fifth and Stewart, I turned west for home. An hour later I could see the crowd was still streaming down Fifth Avenue, with their goal a return to Seattle Center. I think we succeeded today.
This sounds amazing. An absolute success. Thank you for joining, and for adding your memories of your family to this big community -told story.
So sad that we have to fight for the very foundation of justice, but so grateful that we have millions of like minded citizens around the world who are stepping up and letting their voices be heard.
And yes, you look wonderful in yellow and pearls!
Thank you so much. And I too am so grateful that more than 7 million of us showed up, and many more cheered us from home. Those of us who go to these things usually have many people supporting us in one way or another, and that’s just as needed.
2000 wonderful people in El Cerrito today
and fun pithy signs.
Lots of positive energy
And imagination
Large crowd in Kansas City today!
Laura, Kansas City? Go Kansas City, go!
2000? Go El Cerrito go! The signs just get better and better.
Lots of patriots out in South Carolina – just so you know we’re not all crazy
Love your look!
I have faith in South Carolina! Thank you:)
Best wishes and solidarity from Canada! Thank goodness it is still possible to protest and not get immediately arrested and thrown in jail for expressing your First Amendment rights…..
Thank you, Canada! And yes, yes exactly that.
Visiting my mother in Denver this morning. We did not go downtown but it was fun to stand at an intersection with about 150 folks from her senior community. Lots of honking and waving and banging of spoons. When people have asked me if it makes a difference, I just have to remind them (and myself) that the Civil Rights protests took a long time too.
I love the honking and waving and spoon-banging:). That’s awesome. And yes, I was just reading today that the Civil Rights movement took 10 years to achieve its biggest accomplishments.
Só impressed to see so many of our “neighbours to the south” out there standing up for democracy and making a joyful noise doing so! Brava you!!!
Thank you! Sorry to be such bratty neighbors! Hope to do better.
Solidarity to all from this side of the pond. Delighted to see the response.
Thank you so much. Can feel very isolating, all this.
It seemed like a huge turnout here in Portland, Oregon, but it’s so hard to tell when you’re in the midst of it. The weather was certainly lovely. Hoping to hear the crowd estimates for Portland, and countrywide. Did we reach 3.5%? All peaceful and lots of positive energy to share.
Not the 3.5% yet, as I’m sure you know, but if you add in the people who don’t do protests, but write postcards and knock doors and phone bank, we may well be very close. 7 million protestors is what seems to be the consensus. Up from 5 million in June.
He won the popular vote and the electoral college vote, yay democracy!
The democrats always accuse the republicans of doing exactly what they themselves have done or are doing.