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I'll be at the #NoKings #Rally and #March in #Chicago tomorrow: mobilize.us/nokings/event/7863 12-2pm, begins at Daley Plaza. See you there!

MobilizeNo Kings Rally and March · No KingsIn America, we don’t put up with would-be kings. Join Indivisible Chicago and our partner organizations (listed below) for a rally and march in downtown Chicago as we come together to say NO KINGS! June 14 is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to the increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allies. We’ve watched as they’ve cracked down on free speech, detained people for their political views, threatened to deport American citizens, and defied the courts. They’ve done this all while continuing to serve and enrich their billionaire cronies. On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump is planning tanks in the streets of our capitol and a made-for-TV display for his birthday. But real power isn’t staged in DC. It rises up everywhere else. And, the flag doesn’t belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to us! No Kings is a nationwide day of defiance. We’re taking action to reject authoritarianism—and show the world what democracy really looks like. On June 14th, we’re standing together to say no thrones, no crowns, no kings. Join us in Chicago! [Click here to view our FAQ](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i662pRY8BMkTRCqSUy7--NVdccnv0o-VXIo85ogTZmA/edit?usp=sharing) Partner Organizations (as of 6/10/25): 11th Ward IPO, 46th Ward Neighbors United, 50501 Chicago, ACLU of IL, AFGE Local 704, Animal Defense League - Chicago, Chicago Abortion Fund, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR), Chicago Federation of Labor, Chicago High School Democrats, Chicago Jobs with Justice/Workers' Rights Board, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Votes Action Fund, Chicago Women Take Action, Citizen Action/Illinois, Coalition Against the Trump Agenda, Common Cause Illinois, Equality Illinois, FDLA, General Strike Illinois, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group, Human Rights Campaign, Illinois National Organization for Women, Indivisible Chicago, Indivisible Skokie/Morton Grove/Lincolnwood, Indivisible Blue Beginning, Indivisible Chicago Northwest, Indivisible Chicago-South Side, Indivisible Downtown Chicago, Indivisible Evanston, Indivisible Illinois, Indivisible Lakeview/Lincoln Park/Old Town, Indivisible Lincoln Square, Indivisible West Suburban Chicago, Indivisible Wrigleyville, League of Women Voters of Chicago, Leftist/Liberal Chicago Women’s Group, Mientras Haya Amor Hay Esperanza, Network 49, Northside Action for Justice, Operation Swing State, Peace In Pilsen, People’s 32nd, Personal PAC, Pink Poster Club, Rainbow PUSH, She Votes Illinois, Sierra Club, Stand Up for Science, Tesla Takedown Chicago,Third Act Illinois, Trans Up Front IL, United Northwest Side, United Working Families, University Professionals of Illinois Local 4100, Working Families Party of IL, Young Dems of Chicago NOTICES: A core principle behind this action is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values. Indivisible is managing data and communications with participants. By registering, you agree to receive info from Indivisible about the event, receive communications via e-mail or SMS message from Indivisible, and receive any other updates and opportunities to take action or support NO KINGS partner organizations. You also agree to have any data entered in this registration collected by Indivisible and Indivisible Chicago. Indivisible will treat your data according to its applicable privacy policy: https://indivisible.org/privacy-policy

The liberal obsession with optics serves the right and persuades no one. There is literally an active ethnic cleansing happening in the US right now, and the only thing that matters is making that as hard as possible to carry out.

Anarchists destroying intelligence assets saves lives. Every escooter thrown at a cop car is one less escort for a goon too afraid to kidnap random brown people without being flanked by a branch full of bad apples. Spray paint is not violence. Vandalism is not violence. Community self defense in all forms is legitimate.

Make no mistake, these raids are about changing demographics. Demographic trends have been shifting blue for a long time, and the right has, for a long time, been blaming "white replacement." Conspiracy theory aside, Democrats have also been relying on the growth of black and brown voters as a block. The nuances of whiteness as an identity are lost on the current administration and their supporters. They see that "white people will be a minority by 2050" and equate that with the "end of Western Civilization."

The only way to "save Western Civilization" is to change those demographics. Forced birth and forced removal are two sides of the same white nationalist objective. Of course they can't have due process, because they need to be able to kidnap anyone who they see as a threat to their demographic future.

They don't care about optics. The plan is to murder away any threat and flood everyone else with propaganda. There is no mythical middle. There's no one unconvinced. They know this, but they win when democrats buy that myth and save the police the work of policing the protests.

If your protest is 90% "peaceful," they'll take pictures of the 10% that isn't. If it's 99% peaceful, they'll shoot rubber bullets and teargas until someone throws a brick and take 100 pictures from a dozen angles. If its 100% "peaceful" and no one can be provoked, they'll generate pictures with AI or photoshop like they did during the George Floyd uprising and the pictures from the CHOP/CHAZ. Do you have literally no memory?

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You can't win on optics... And you don't have to. People trapped in Fox news will not be swayed by anything. They aren't necessary. There are more than enough people to stop this, if you stop policing each other and feeding people to the police in order to "keep it peaceful." A tiny amount of direct action is more than enough to completely collapse the ethnic cleansing machine.

There is not, and has never been, an unconvinced group. This is a myth the right uses to control you.

I'm not saying, "go loot 7/11." There are plenty of things that shouldn't be on the table. But I am saying that if someone is trying to flip an ICE van or police escort and y'all sit down so the cops can grab that person, you are murdering as many people as ICE can kidnap if those assets aren't destroyed. If you go tell the cops about someone burning a Waymo, you are helping ICE intelligence kidnap and rendition people to foreign death camps.

And you are doing it for nothing. None of your collaboration with the police will stop them. Look at Newsom. No matter how much you collaborate, you will always be the enemy. Just be the enemy and don't be afraid of it. Do what needs to be done to save lives, to save families, to save your neighbors. That's literally all that matters.

Genocide must be stopped by any means necessary and all means available. Anything less than that is collaboration with the perpetrators.

CNN · Fox News publishes digitally altered and misleading images of Seattle demonstrationsBy Oliver Darcy

Demonstrators will march and rally at the Capitol in Downtown #Madison on Saturday afternoon to protest the Trump administration.

The protest begins at 2 p.m. at the UW Library Mall before a march to the King Street corner of the State Capitol for a 3 p.m. rally led by #Indivisible, 50501 (#FiftyFiftyOne) and #WomensMarch organizations.

A street circus will be held at the UW Library Mall from noon to 2 p.m. ahead of the protest.

#NoKings

madison.com/news/state-regiona

Wisconsin State JournalProtesters to march against Trump in Madison on SaturdayDemonstrators will march and rally at the Capitol in Downtown Madison on Saturday afternoon to protest the Trump administration.