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March 29, 2026
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Indivisible announces national strike Saturday’s No Kings 3 rallies drew an estimated 8 million-plus Americans into the streets in a show of defiance against a rogue president who sets a lot of stock by bigness. Indivisible and a coalition of activists groups scheduled roughly 3,300 separate events in cities large and small from coast to coast, as well as others in a dozen countries.
The last No Kings protest in October drew 7 million. If the numbers did not make it clear, the message to the needy malignant narcissist was, Donald Trump, WE DON’T LIKE YOU; GO AWAY. The Guardian reports on the flagship event in Minneapolis-St. Paul where an estimated 200,000 gathered around the state capitol: Bernie Sanders, the independent Vermont senator, riled up the crowd with remarks about the role of the ultra-rich in politics. Bruce Springsteen sang his song about the death and destruction brought by ICE to the state, Streets of Minneapolis, leading the crowd in chants of “Ice out now!” The state’s governor, Tim Walz, introduced Springsteen, saying it was clear America needed “no damn kings” but it needed the Boss. Walz commended the state’s people for standing up for each other and for immigrants when Trump sent in thousands of federal agents, who killed Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Their names were featured heavily in No Kings protest signs in the city. Jane Fonda even read a statement from Good’s wife, Brenda. More than two-thirds of participants who RSVP’d for No Kings
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