Trump’s horrors keep accumulating. We need the No Kings protests more than ever | Moira Donegan
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Nationwide No Kings protests scheduled for Saturday are expected to draw larger crowds than October 2025 events over concerns about ICE violence and Iran tensions.
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Moira Donegan argues that planned No Kings protests scheduled for Saturday—with more than 3,000 events nationwide—reflect growing public anger at the Trump administration over ICE violence, released documents related to Epstein, and escalating tensions with Iran. The protests are expected to draw larger crowds than previous No Kings demonstrations in October 2025, when an estimated 7 million people took to the streets. Donegan contends that recent Trump administration actions, including ICE agent killings of two Minneapolis protesters in January, have galvanized opposition and made the case for large-scale public mobilization more urgent. The columnist positions these decentralized protests as a response to what she characterizes as increasingly unpopular and aggressive administration policies.
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More than 3,000 No Kings protest events are planned nationwide for Saturday.
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