We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.
We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.
I was in a dollar general in rural Kansas yesterday buying poster board for today. There was a woman doing the same. She asked is that for No Kings? I said hell yes. She was visiting from Buffalo NY and attending a local KS rally. We both talked about how great ALTNPS is and how you provide the
Absolute best updates and most of the time breaking news before it hits national media. Look at you bringing people together in a tiny rural red towns Dollar General. She attended a nearby smaller city of Hutchinson im told 150 people. I went to Wichita. Estimates up to 8,000 now.
This IS the energy to keep up folks. Who wants to live in servitude? Time to ORGANIZE a national STRIKE!! NO ROYALS!! #NoKings
The Donald has never looked that good in his life. He always looks like an unmade bed. And that’s just his face!
👍👍🫡🫡🙌🙌 (Awesome!)
YES!!! 👀Now all 11 million of us need to KEEP OUR EYES ON CONGRESS!!!👀 🚨CALL DAILY! Especially in RED STATES!🚨 202-224-3121 202-224-3121 202-224-3121 Don’t let them pass their “FUCK AMERICA” Bills!!!
Not 11 million.5 million
The people attending No King's protest were there for one reason alone, to protect their country. In stark contrast to Trump who threw himself a party worthy of Putin.
We should be doing this every day. Starting 4 months ago.
Great job America! Now, just like other protest actions we need to keep the pressure on. 👇
11 million showed up today for No Kings
Source of 11 million estimate?
@altnps.bsky.social
11 Million!!!!! Hope is back!
And that aint even everyone. This is just one show of our numbers. Congratulations America, we have just entered the fold. Just made alot of ppl in public office either very afraid or encouraged to stand up.
🎶 What a field day for the heat 🎶 A thousand people in the street 🎶 Singing songs and they carrying signs 🎶 Mostly say, "Hooray for our side" 🎶
#NoKings👑 Way to go America🔥 For Democracy. Against Autocracy.
It's even more than that if my city is anything to go by, because we had an event that spontaneously came together in the past 2 days and was never on any of the official maps. At least 700 people and probably more.
There were ALOT of those. ALOT. Bravo for your city!
Our parade was bigger than his.
It’s never difficult to beat him in a size contest. Unless it’s waist circumference.
Pretty sure he’s tall, too.
With the lifts in his heels that make him lean like the tower of Pisa.
I wouldn't want to compete with him on diaper size
“Reported for Protest” today at Sky Pond, 8am - Rocky Mtn Nat’l Park 🫡 before heading to the Estes Park, CO no kings! 🚫👑🪧💙🏔️
Now, those folks need to talk to their friends and family about real change. Those conversations will be difficult but what is the alternative.
The, my friends are straight up MAGA, but still my friends is garbage. If they are basically NAZIs time to cut them off if they cannot change . And yeah, maga voters are like Nazis i dont care how nice you think they are.
Could you please let us know where the numbers are coming from. It was my impression that local organizers were sending them in. Is that correct?
Another source gives a number 1/2 as big, with more details on methodology. bsky.app/profile/gell...
There are a lot of missing locations still from what I am seeing.
There are 30 protest locations in Indiana listed in the news media. So far, the first 4 I have looked at hadn't been added yet.
It would take a while to go through all of these: bsky.app/profile/debj...
Indy had roughly 2-3,000 protestors at the capitol.
Thanks. You are further into the details on this than I am. I just think it's a bit questionable that the OP doesn't give an details on methodology, but maybe they will respond.
I think I am going to go with: It was a LOT of people, and It was way more than what was at the DC parade. 😉😂
And no doubt there were hundreds of thousands more who were unable to be in the streets yesterday.
It’s giving us all hope. We did this. Not any govt officials. We the people did this. Strength and compassion
Someone posted this‼️🤣 bsky.app/profile/pesc...
Not only is it a flop, but some of the people there were paid. I saw ads offering…I think it was $2000? Absolutely pathetic.
It looks like it was paid in cryptocurrancy, not even actual $.
Yep‼️
Yes, and it doesn’t specify which one either. Probably “$1000” worth of Trump coin…as it was priced at launch. What exactly is it worth now?
Look at Trump and everyone's faces, They look like they don't wanna be there, like at all!
Hilarious singing lizzo at a “trump rally”. Those people hate her.
Just like both his presidencies. We must end this shame on our nation.
I feel bad for the Army. It is their 250th anniversary. They could have had a nice, classy ceremony that would have meant a lot. Instead, their “big celebration” was a flop. 😞
At any other event I would have loved to see the representation of all the historical uniforms and the birds/tanks. I wish they'd refused based on they can't express a political view while in uniform - this birthday spectacle was absolutely political.
Kinda reminda one of his rallies the last month or so of his campaign. The wanna be king did not win this election. and I say PERIOD!
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Long live the queen
Beautiful community.
There will be more at his funeral.
I’m assuming this is just U.S. figures. Very impressive! Though part of me fears this leads to Trump et al. cracking down even harder.
So good 😄💚🤘✊ What’s next? General strike? Need to step it up
They don't want to do that. The 50501 is basically to make yt people feel like they're fighting and have an excuse when palantir gives us all social scores for compliance
That is such bs. A general strike is impossible in America because of laws we have against strikes and because the majority of this nation is under AT WILL employment. That means strikers can be fired. It's why most protests are on weekends, after 5pm, or holidays.
You refuse to see the deaths they caused daily in our current system under the guise of individual and capital. People are going to get hurt no matter what. How long do you want for that to go on?
What's BS is that you want this. They fire everybody and they have no workers. They answer to money or power. You don't want violence and do want to fight then you need a strike. What's worse? Coming together communally to feed those that may lose their jobs is apparently too hard for you.
I live in Texas. They will fire everyone to prove a point.
In addition to protest marches and rallies, we have many more options for peaceful resistance to the authoritarian regime. These two web sites outline many nonviolent strategies. You can choose the ones that work best for your community. beautifultrouble.org commonslibrary.org
For what comes next, I also recommend the nonviolent resistance methods practiced and taught by Srdja Popovic. Right now, you can download a free copy of one of his books from the Cornell University Press website: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Walnut Creek, CA. So fun. So peaceful. Then we supported local restaurants by the thousands.
I’m curious what our estimate is, the energy was electric, I’m guessing thousands.
I was guessing 5000 as there were way more than at the Hands Off protest a couple of months ago. It was hard to see everyone and I didn’t get close to the stage/fountain because of all the people. Someone else said 7000. I’ve seen drone shots but it’s impossible to get everyone in one frame.
LFG friends! ✌🏼💙
Wow! I love hearing this. Way to go everyone!
500 hundred in Centralia, WA, and at least as many (if not more) where I was in Longview, WA, which is incredible for a sparsely populated rural region such as Lewis and Cowlitz Counties!
Wow!😮 and the arrests and prosecutions have already started.
Nice!
What's next, crew? Let's GO!!!!
This is... Fantastic.
❤️
We showed up in Lenexa! 📣🪧🇺🇸💙
Never thought I'd see Lenexa mentioned. Good on y'all.
👏🙌🏻
Guess we exceeded 3.5% then.
That estimate is absurdly high. The official ones I’ve heard are around 6 million.
Someone asked me why I’m skeptical of their numbers but post didn’t allow a reply. I watched them make some dubious leaps without any documentation last time. They had to go higher this time. Just makes no sense to me to start making shit up. We’ll get there
Any info on international protests?
I've been seeing a few posts from various places on Instagram.
I desperately want the world to see how we showed up!!!
Agreed. People need to know we're fighting. Most of us aren't hateful!
Right, it's so humiliating and sad to imagine what the rest of the world thinks of us!
We see you, out on the streets in your millions across every US State. ❤️ Faux News might not be covering it but Social Media are. Solidarity. We are rooting for the true American patriots. For the people, not the tyrant and his oligarchs. #NoKings
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
We see it 😀
Thank god!!!!
Yes! I saw in Germany where hundreds gathered at the embassy and read the Declaration of Independence aloud!
Just wow. Well done USA people. This is 3.2 % of the total US population of 340 million. And it is 4.1 % of the Voting Age Population of 266 million.
Thank you and sorry about your reporter (assuming your australian)
Nah all good, she was fine. Your people are getting far worse. I just hope the cops who made the deliberate decision to fire directly at her at least get named and shamed.
I hope so too
I would like to apologize, too. I don't want the worst of us representing all of us. Not all of us are monsters like them. I'm sorry.
@altnps.bsky.social just curious how you're getting your numbers
be prepared for the Felon to lash out ..his pout today says it all
Deep red town. www.wfla.com/video/st-geo...
Nice!! Great turn out👏👏👏👏 Makes me wonder if The Villages had a protest🤔
The villages totally did! 😃 Just type the villages into the search section, and you will see several posts and videos.
Holy crap! That dude with the carrying the mystery bag & the fuqing AK47 with the massive clip is scary. I hope that cop didn’t let him back near the rally.
I will wait for more info on numbers. Gap between reports of 5M to 11M is huge. Regardless people showed up! Tragic to hear about rogue gun fire in Salt Lake City.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic... Thankfully arrested and keen observers
I saw this post on FB but now its no longer showing up for me there. The earlier posts w counts are but not the 11 MILIION post.
We had thousands in a small CA town- Walnut Creek. The energy was electric!
Yay, Walnut Creek!
in san diego this was a much huger one than the one in arpil, as far as i can tell. i was at the star of india and a huge flux of people, who knows 20 per second it was such a wide st, and the frontage st. too. walked by for 30-40 minutes, 35k people maybe i would guestimate? got in at the end...
I saw a report saying 60,000 for San Diego!!!
yeah! i just saw that too inewssource. whoooey! definitely yooge compared to the original 50501, which was dang big anyway.
We're getting close to that 3.5%
SCOTUS will announce decisions in 14th Amendment cases next month, so we will need to hit the streets again very soon.
Woo hoo! Do you have numbers for CO? I was in Centennial, suburb of Denver. Estimates at 11 were well over 1000. Hard to take good crowd pictures with all the traffic going by.
I am gonna cry happy tears tonight.
I’m crying happy tears right now!
Can it get Congress to do their job and kick Trump out? Did it happen in enough deep red districts?
Yes!!!!!! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
Source of count?
ACLU is reporting 5 million.
Thanks. We “want” it to be 11 million and we want to have receipts🇺🇸🍜
🇺🇸✌🏼🤷🏼
🇺🇸🇺🇸📌🇺🇸🇺🇸
When’s the next one 🥰 Tomorrow there’ll be more of us
Hey GOP, are you paying attention? If I were you I'd be scared.
I hope the DNC is also!! Encourage the new kids.☮️
Agreed
Wow. So many big feelings just hit me. This is incredible.
Feeling emotional too ...relief, gratitude, hope
This is just the start. Unfortunately, it's not going to remain mostly peaceful. Nobody in history has gotten liberty or rights by asking nicely.
OMG!!!!
The energy was so surreal .
Well done America!!! Well Done!!! #USA #FlagDay #NoKings
Power to WE THE PEOPLE! 👊🔥🇺🇸 #LONGLIVEDEMOCRACY !
So far, reports are over 6k in Boise, Idaho alone. YALL…we CAN WIN THIS.
🖤🖤🖤
This gave me chills. Would have never thought Idaho 🥰
Amazing! In Idaho!!! We got this, American! We're just starting!
That’s the Boise I remember!
She was stuck at red light for a few minutes and seemed overwhelmed that so many of us were out opposing the injustice of the Trump Administration. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she grinned from ear to ear.
Yep, saw a lot of very happy people at our today as well. It gave me a little bit of hope in my salty heart. NO KINGS
That's lovely. ❤️
How are they going to get the totals of the protests all over LA county? We estimated there were about 6000 at the intersections around Hollywood and Vermont. This video was taken at one of the approximately six intersections involved. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjtMSqG4/
Not me being so tired I read “insurrections” instead of “intersections” and nearly ripped you a new one. Close call 😬🫠
lol
We had such positivity at our little suburban turnout. Probably 80% of the cars gave us honks and waves and thumbs up. Only saw 4 middle fingers, and nothing more negative than that.
So we hit 3.5%. Outstanding!
The final count using UCon & Harvard Kennedy School Crowd Counting Calculations we had 13 million people on the streets for No Kings Day. 7/17 for Good Trouble Action. Check my posts for full calculation validated methodology! In my family we adore Margaret Sanger!
Open secret: authoritarian regimes strive for the image of monolithic strength; however, they are always much more fragile than they appear to be. Our task, if we choose to accept it, is to find nonviolent ways to divide the authoritarian regime against itself. #prodemocracy
Let's think about the various pillars of power that are propping up the authoritarian regime. Our goal in nonviolent resistance is to undermine them. We can isolate the authoritarian leaders. We can divide them from each other and from their supporters. commonslibrary.org/power-mappin...
Nearly.
Let's be a little more careful with our facts. No reference is given here to how they got this number.
Let's enjoy the moment and share your sources if you dispute a statement.
This looks like a reasonable source: bsky.app/profile/gell... And yes, definitely a time to enjoy and work together in solidarity! I had a great time at the Denver NoKings rally and feel really excited about how many people came out yesterday!!
Looks good. Thank you.
I heard a million in Boston alone. I dont know if it's true but it was a lot from Coast to Coast and around the world. It's a Beacon of Hope but we can't take our foot off the gas.
They were all peaceful as well
that's a big crowd!
My home for 30 years. Wtg Rose City!
❤️
Portland is bridge???
Willamette River
Wow! It was hard to see the size of the crowd from within it, but I could certainly feel the energy!!
🖤🖤🖤
Portland always comes through! 🩷
Cool! My husband and I were south at a much smaller, but no less, inspiring protest. It honestly made me feel not so alone in what we're facing, and that's worth a lot.
Look directly in the center of the large crowd. Zoom in and there stands Lady Liberty facing the camera. So neat
Someone out here is still applying their Where’s Waldo skills!
lol I was totally where’s Waldo ing that pic
Whoa!!! You're right! So perfect!!!!
Love that! She's happy to be surrounded by her peeps. ❤
She is 😊
such a great pic!!
It really is. I am going to have a copy of it out on a canvas for my wall.
Here’s one from Portland, OR!!! At least 10,000! Probably more. I don’t think the final numbers are in.
Idk, I'm in L.A., but 10,000 would be surprisingly small for Portland considering the amount of preparation. You can get 10,000 Portlanders to show up for a spontaneous march, given the right cause. Pictures all looked amazing...so proud of you, PDX!
yeah, I need to check and see if any final counts have come in. Yesterday the news was just saying tens of thousands. Based on what others have shared with their crowd photos, we had to be at least 50,000--probably more!
Was there! Hearing 30000-50000.
I love BLUE Oregon! 👏 💙 💕 ☮️ 🖖
It’s beautiful what happened today, but there’s a lot more to say. Today won’t be enough. We sent a clear message, but to be sure, a bully backed into a corner will be at his meanest.
wow indeed
So, roughy a million times more people than attended Trump's parade.
Well, if these were all paid protestors as MAGAts claim, someone must have paid out a shit load of $$$ today? When do I get my check?
I’ve been with antifa since the 90s and still haven’t made a dime. I should write Fox News and ask who I get my cheques from and how.
Wow. It’s the same shit everywhere. Ten thousands of people protested the far-right party AfD in Germany a few months ago. Conservatives immediately claimed the protesters were paid by (back then) chancellor Scholz and his red-green-yellow administration.
When you have morals and values, sometimes you do the shit you don’t want to for free. No one wanted to be there. We were there because we needed to.
It was lovely. People of all colors, ages, walks of life, grooving together in one big river of humanity.
WOW!! That's really close to our 3.5% Mark. Based on 360 million in the US , we need 12.6 million to show up.
Sorry, reposting for math error - 341 million according to census, 11.9 to show up. (I accidentally did 3% instead of 3.5%)
We had 12.1 million show up!! Woohoo.
Might be more than that in the end
How are those numbers calculated?? Indivisible JUST posted over 5+ million... half your number. I would love to believe the 11, but conflicting numbers are popping up.
Not doubting you - but could we get some sourcing on this number and how you’re determining it? I’d love to believe 11 million people showed up.
No kings site Mobilize.org 50501.org Try these. there should prolly be estimates on these websites.
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We had a total of 2000 in Kingsport alone.
Beautiful! Strong turn out in Santa Fe too. I wish I would've grabbed pics!
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Will y'all let my family move there from Texas? Our 10 yo loves art and loves to ski.
Well, as long as you don’t just buy a second home that you come to now and then and leave, emptied the rest of the time like all of the other Texans… Then for you, I will make an exception 🌝
Nope, we'd be there full time. I love NM.
Bring barbecue. We need barbecue. Seriously if you opened a little barbecue place, you would make a killing . 🙂
Ooo, that's an idea. 💡
Taos! I love Taos.
Yeah Taos! 🩷
Way to represent!!!
Yay!
And 244 from Alamogordo.
And 1,000 from Silver City NM.
Wow! 1k from Silver City. Well done! You are in a beautiful spot 😃
Yay, New Mexico!
And 5000 from Marquette, MI (population <25000)
It’s a shame those 11 million didn’t surround the White House and Congress/Senate
Hell yes!!
We turned out in Wyoming today! wyofile.com/no-kings-ral...
I’m originally from Wyoming; this makes me so happy ☺️
I love it! Great article and spirit of these people. Thanks for sharing.
So brave, amazing! 🥹✊🏻
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I'd love to see tallies by location! I saw SPD in Seattle said 70,000 but watching the time lapse of 1.5 hours (and knowing it was 2.5 hours of marching) I'd guesstimate far larger than 70,000
Just to update, using some time lapse videos of the streets during the march and the fact that the march lasted around 2.5 hours, AI estimated 200-300K people. I've seen other users estimating 240-260K so that seems to track.
What’s your source on the 11 million?
This the America I love💙🇱🇷
Thank you for all the work you put into our democracy!
AWESOME!!!
Speaking of mandates. 👏👏👏
That's what I'm talking about! No Kings Ever! 👏
Next question: What do we do to build on this but also keep the pressure on them? We can’t let any time pass, we have to keep going now.
My toen has their Pride event next Saturday. Ongoing, tesla take down protests at dealers etc. Go to you county democrats meeting this month and sign up to help. Call your reps on everything. Be a gadfly extraordinaire. And say thanks whrn they do good. Print flyers or posters &paint the town.
Text NoKings to 59798
Say it loud and proud: I WAS THERE!!
Surpassed Swedens population! Well done! Brings me joy (and hope) to see you turn up in numbers at No King, and only a «handful» at that «birthday parade».
That’s amazing and super surprising!
Aaaahhh! 6,000 at Dana Point???!!! You guys rock! Congratulations and thanks 💙
That's about 3.2 percent of the population.
So…now we need to sustain this with more frequent events and start working towards strikes and boycotts
We need to target GOP reps and senators. It’s the only way we can get an impeachment or enact the 25th amendment.
@amyhorst.bsky.social - this is good news!
That is really unbelivable. What is the source of this info?
Every city/town’s protest has an individual organizer. Those individuals are either head counting or using math estimation based on how many people fit on a city block. Numbers obviously don’t include people driving by and around with signs, etc.
MSNBC is reporting 5 million this A.M. Who's going to update them?
Wikipedia is using the same number.
Well, anyone can edit a “Wiki.” 😑
Maybe, at least for some wikis. My question is, where does this figure come from, and why do some organizations consider it more reliable than the 11m figure?
“Disinformation: false information which is intended to mislead, especially propaganda issued by a government organization to a rival power or the media.”
Diminished Editorial Staff. And, a rush to report first. Oh yes, and trifling, lazy reporting.
Good question!
Note: Wikipedia has updated its figure to 12m. Still unclear where the number came from. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
12m is still a lot higher than the previous official count of 4m, and other unofficial counts of 6m. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/no-kings-d...
Now the same page says 5-11m. Seems like there just aren't any reliable numbers available. Not surprising, since we were scattered around all over America (and other countries as well).
Let's do it the Trump MAGA way: WE HAD 50 MILLION AMERICANS ON "NO KINGS DAY" PROTESTING ACROSS THE NATION! Ooops. Corrected via the NASA-Mush Starlink satellite system with MORE accurate data: WE HAD 100 BILLION "NO KINGS DAY" PROTESTERS MARCH YESTERDAY! Will update as needed. 😉
Now it's changed again to 5-34m. I give up. Just believe whatever number you feel like believing, I guess.
@altnps.bsky.social states >13 million. Their expertise and process of counting seems accurate.
I tend to believe you're right. NPS used to be responsible for crowd estimates on the Mall and other public spaces in DC.
I hope you have counted the 200 people who showed up in Boulder Creek, CA! That’s an amazing turnout in a small conservative town!
Thank you to everyone who joined in, whether in person or in spirit. We need to stand tall, together, and show them that our difference is our strength and that our unity is their downfall
Magas from the top down are so unhappy right now.
Oh yes they are. They should be, only going to gain momentum.
Good.
Very close to the important 3.5% rule.
Update: 12.1 million protested (and still counting) 💪💙🙌🫶 3.5% * 347,196,222 = 12,151,867.8
We surpassed 3.5% of adults 🤷♂️
Fantabulous - the rest of the world is with you guys (barring the obvious exceptions).
Yay!!! I’m so grateful!!!
This is great news but I've seen 5M also reported. What is the breakdown?
5M is reported by msm. 11 reported by Alt National Park and 50501. Who do you trust?
I don't blindly trust anything. Every group has an agenda.
Quite true!
Wow!! Woot!
i saw boston alone exceeded 1M homan should try to talk shit and go back lolol
From reports, Boston's Pride parade and No Kings protest converged.
i love that
If this doesn’t say .. I hate Trump.. nothing does!!!
Amazing!!!!
It seems all the search engines are blocking news of international protests.
Will post from Google Hundreds of protesters turn out in European cities against Trump | Reuters share.google/LP5IWxUKL5xc...
No Kings protests - Wikipedia share.google/tAcF7HwpFhCj... Scroll down, click on International Protests.
That works. Thanks. I found one site announcing the protests, but no coverage.
Global Action in Hamburg: No Kings, No Tyrants Day Protest on June 14 share.google/MdoJExnhzPsy...
'No Kings Rally': Anti-Trump protests planned for Berlin and Hamburg share.google/G7n3ARvsqmvn...
www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...
Turns out this was from two months ago, but going to local news makes sense.
Try Duck Duck Go. I'm not having any trouble.
What search terms did you use? I was using DuckDuckGo, Google and Brave
(I never deliberately use Google for anything, other than whatever is required for my phone to work. But I've disabled all the optional Google stuff.)
Yeah I don’t use Google usually , but did because I wasn’t finding anything.
international protests no kings
Weird. I get “Not many results contain international “ then I hit news and that brought up a couple of posts but they only had one sentence about worldwide involvement. None say what countries. Do you have a link?
I'm getting differant search results on my tablet than on my PC. Tablet looks like what you're seeing. Try "no kings day protests in Europe".
I wish all the people in smaller towns who drove by the protesters and honked in support, gave the thumbs up or the peace symbol, and waved signs and flags out their windows counted in the totals. I saw this happen in my community for 3 hours.
I heard more honking today than I have previously heard in my city cumulatively over my life.
Great response from the people in passing cars in Monterey CA. Let’s keep the momentum going. WE THE PEOPLE.
Aww I wish I wasn’t sick. I will definitely have to go to next protest. So proud of our community in Monterey. Someone told me, there were 4K people in Monterey today. Double the amount for hands off protest.
We were personally thanked for protesting by a young man who was near tthe protest venue running his dog. His beliefs and willingness to be supportive are much appreciated.
Huge element in Bozeman.
Pretty close to the magic amount of 3.5% Let’s do it again soon. Also, keep egging-on Representatives (especially Repubs) to uphold their Oaths of Office and to vote “NO” on the BBB. Don’t give them breathing room!
11 million is amazing! Seeing estimates of trumps bday parade coming in well under 200k. What a great day! #nokings
Source of 11 million?
3.5%
3.5% = 11,900,000
11,903,884
And keep in mind the numbers are larger. A lot of people didn't sign up. They just showed up. And there were a lot of cars with a lot of flags and a lot of signs - all honking as they went by. If you're only counting the people standing in the street that's a severe undercount.
There were people showing up throughout the St. Paul protest, despite the fact that a manhunt was underway for that cultist Boelter.
Can we also count every person in a car that passed us and honked horns, waved, gave peace signs, clapped. I feel they too participated in the protest by encouraging and supporting those of us line up along roads all across America. The numbers really climb if we add them.
Agreed. I didn't see one middle finger or trump flagged truck. Only honks and waved of support. And I love how we're taking the flag back.
We got plenty of middle fingers (just outside of Baltimore) but responded with smiles and waves.
I always say to a mad trumper "Jesus loves you". It shuts them up.
As an atheist, I approve this tactic.
We got some along route one Rehoboth, we smiled, waved and shouted, "we love you"
That too! Flag back! It was awesome to see it in a different light rather than cruelty and fascism.
Just one clown yelled out “Make America great again” to our group yesterday, so I yelled back “we’re trying!” He left.
Yesterday a woman dropped off a case of water where I was protesting. She don’t join bc she just had a baby but still wanted to support. How many others like her supported yesterday? They won’t show up in the counts but they are out there. 💙💙💙
Seriously. The cars honking was the real parade. It was fun. I drove around to hit them up in the suburbs.
Yes. I didn't sign up. I'm already on all the email lists and don't need more texts, emails etc. I already show up to events and can't afford to donate, and I'm sure many others are in the same boat.
I guess we'll see if that 3.5% theory holds true. I have my doubts
It would if we would keep this up. At least once a week. 😁
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Thank you @altnps.bsky.social for all you do to keep the resistance organized and going strong across our country!!
That’s so amazing!!!! We passed the 3.5%!
Boomers were out there in force. Surprised me.
The hippie Boomers still have that fire 🔥
Yup, and today really proved it
We marched for civil rights, against Vietnam, for women's rights...and you're surprised?
No, the surprise was the ratio of boomers
A large portion of Boomers were still children during the Hippie movement (1946-1964). Boomers are the 2nd largest "generation" & in about 7 yrs. Will be 100% Social Security eligible. They have several dogs in this fight.
Why would you be surprised by boomers? We've lived through so much, we've effected so much change.
Why? Seasoned protesters.
Because I would think the younger generations would care more for our country
Interesting. I'm older, not boomer, but right after (some call it echo boomer, some gen Jones, whatever), and everyone that I know cares about this country. A lot of boomers (and others) fought for this country. To be honest, I've been a bit surprised by the younger Gens turning out.
Good but not at the one I was at
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Out fucking standing!!!’
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If these estimates are correct, we saw close to *3.5%* of the US population protesting yesterday, and a whole lot of us couldn’t go that wanted to.
Indivisible is quoting 5 million.
The “3.5% rule” refers to the claim that no government has withstood a challenge of 3.5% of their population mobilized against it during a peak event. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
Y'all, that is 3.3% we are so close to the 3.5% magic number. Either way, this was the largest protest in US History.
Update: 12.1 million protested (and still counting) 💪💙🙌🫶 3.5% * 347,196,222 = 12,151,867.8
This is truly amazing! We really did it! And trump's party was less than 10K 😂😂
Actually it was 3.6942069%
We surpassed 3.5% of adults 🤷♂️
And think of all the immigrants and those working or doing child/eldercare that could not, or feared to attend.
18 % of our population is under 15 yo.
Now we need to activate these people before they feel pacified by the protests… we can reach that number.
I am hearing we are now at 3.46% as 12 Million people came out! I knew the nunber would go up but that is insane! The largest protest in US history by far!
Now we need to organize for that sustained action…
100%. One protest isn’t enough, we need consistent pressure, regular actions and real demands. That’s how we turn a moment into a movement. I think a massive strike would be the final nail in the coffin.
Summer vacation is up for people. July 4th I think there's a protest? Not sure
I think that would be a great idea, but I haven't heard anything yet. I'm boycotting July 4th and Celebrating Canada Day (their independence day) on July 1st instead.
Can you explain what makes 3.5% the magic number? I’m afraid I am not informed about that. Thank you!
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
I believe it was from a Harvard study - makes one wonder if that’s part of the reason the ersatz president is dissing them…
Historically, a protest of over 3.5% means an unpopular policy is rescinded, even regime change in some cases.
Ty!
Never in history a protest where more than 3.5% of the population participating has failed in its goals
Ty!
Great turnout in small towns like Huntsville TX, Belton TX, McAllen TX and Sitka AK
Woohoo!!
That's 3.2% of the total U.S. population. And for every person protesting, there are others who want to attend but stay home because they feel it is unsafe for them to join the protests, and others who cannot join because they are isolated. Imagine if all these people went on strike.
I love that
Ausgezeichnet!
This warms my heart in a time that feels cold and dark. I don’t care, arrest me, punish me, I will keep showing up because I am a patriot. I love my country for what it has the potential to be, for the progress we made. I will oppose in my peaceful ways those who wish to destroy our potential.
Minnesota showed up even with the threat of the assassin still on the loose.
Woooooohoooo! I may have a nobody on an interstate overpass… but I was seen!! I was praised!! 🎃🍊
Yeah, but Taco's parade had great music! bsky.app/profile/bubb...
Hard to March to that beat. Do you think they were loose and sloppy marching on purpose?
They were marching "at ease." It's a real thing, and I don't doubt that they had the order to.
The body language, the sloppy marching, the half-hearted salutes. Priceless.
It's actually a thing to march like that. It's called marching "at ease." It's to prevent them from maybe bringing down a bridge that they're marching over by sympathetic vibrations.
Nice that they at least tried to save those old streets. I’m betting that the damage exceeds estimates.
lol was it instrumental only? Bahahahahaha
Note that the troops were marching "at ease." As in, "No, I won't goosestep for you, you quasi-human slime mold."
Sounds like we broke the 3.5% rule, or came close to it!
Let’s do it again!!🇺🇸
YYYYEEEEESSSSS!!!! The power belongs to the people!!!
Other countries even participated!!
THANK YOU!!!! 🇺🇸 Maybe one more thing? www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF9Q...
WOW
Some contrast can be helpful to put that figure into perspective: bsky.app/profile/muel...
It’s probably the ONLY bday party a president has thrown for himself.
TBH, "now" is not defined, which already makes this particular share unprovable. Hopefully someone who got a timestamp will share.
I’ll never see him at the podium, without also envisioning Melissa McCarthy’s version!
Omg same. Her pushing the podium at people 🤣
That will never stop being funny 😂
Ya she was so spot on!
Is Sean Spicer back? 😳
It’s a meme based on the first Trump term, when Spicer insisted Cheetolini had the largest turnout for his inauguration. They swapped the original inauguration image with one from yesterday’s military parade. So the original picture is old but the meme is new.
Ah, thank you
But the comedy set-up was gold.
Better get out that Sharpie and crayon in a few hundred thousand more people.
Brighton, Henrietta, Irondequoit, Livonia, Pittsford, and other suburbs around the greater #Rochester area all had *thousands* of people out today. www.reddit.com/r/RochesterN...
Fairport was nuts!
Did anyone mention the events happening just in and around Salt Lake City today? I went to the one at the University of Utah SLC Campus today.
11 million? Wow! Good night to all #NoKings . . . bsky.app/profile/vafo...
Indivisible is saying 5 million but I want ANPS to be better counters because…. Because you’re ANPS!
Indivisible had a signup online and a table at the protest in Hartford CT. But many people would not have registered or gone to the table. I'm guessing their 5M is what they can substantiate, though they have to know its so much larger. Plus there was 50501 folks and Women's March groups as well.
What WOW!!!! WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did anyone get a picture of the march spanning both bridges simultaneously? The local news is reporting that this march covered nine city blocks. But the ends of those two bridges are like 23 blocks apart. I’m about to write some letters to some editors but I need a photo to prove it.
I know the organizers were flying a drone at some points. I agree, 9 city blocks seemed too little!
Right there with you in Portland!!
We shared our hope and our joy. It was cathartic to see Americans show up for their democracy.
Um that's 3% 👀👀
Probably the babies and toddlers had a problem getting there in their baby buggies…
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United States Population 342 million
WOW!!! OVER 11 MILLION!!! Thank you everyone!!! 💙💙💙 Let’s make every day in America NO KINGS DAY!!!
Where did you get that number? I can’t find 11 million anywhere, but BBC estimated 5 million.
Sorry, not BBC. Source on 5 million was AI.
AI is not a source of reliable information
And now Axios is reporting 5 million as of 8pm.
I think most media under-reports
I wouldn't be surprised
I just saw a report from a Boston TV station saying that there were a million people there today - combined No Kings with Pride. That's a mainstream channel and they generally underestimate. Hard to believe there weren't more than 5 million across the whole rest of the country. We'll know tomorrow
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The official indivisible account posted it was 5 million.
That sounds low to me.
That might just be protests organized by Indivisible
A very good point!!!
Alt National Park Service reported over 11 million. They had people attending all the protests to do exactly that - count, and report how the event went. They have been integral in the entire movement.
Alt national park service was on the ground at every registered event. They say 11 million and counting about an hour ago, as some west coast numbers are still coming in
Indivisible is saying 5 million
5 million was hours ago, protests are still ongoing with different time zones. The number will change as more information comes in.
Thanks
Alt National Parks is gathering reports from all the rallies. @altnps.bsky.social
Alt Nat’l Parks is reporting 11+ million tonight before signing off.
Look farther up this thread which you are on, the Alt National Park Service.
So amazing!! We rock!!!
youtu.be/JJQS22Off2E?...
This young woman is right! Listen to her!!
She's great. I'm so glad she's representing herself and the American people. Keep going. She's going to do amazing things.
This person should run for office.
A clip of this video, from 2:57 to 3:56 needs to be made, and sent to every state and federal representative.
Please sign this young woman up to head up or be spokesperson of SOMEthing, to lead those of us who care, and those Americans who can’t be bothered to care. I love her passion and her well-charged Sen words. 💙🇺🇸❤️
That girl, amazing! She brought me to tears. So proud of her!
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What’s the source on the numbers?
Every one of us counts! It starts with one! 👏🏼 💪🏼 🌊
We hit the 3.5%. The beginning of the end.
Remember this is just the beginning we have the people but we need to erode the pillars of support, support and consolidate allies, and more. Either way we still have a long fight ahead of us and it will likely last past the mid terms. Then we have to fix the damage he has done.
I just said this? It gives me joy. Pure joy.
Not over till the votes are counted.... if a vote is allowed
We gotta keep fighting. But this is a sign. A big fucking tell that everyone is fed up with this bullshit.
We need to continue this. Once is not enough. and more are needed. Summer is just beginning. Hit hard, hit often. Keep it up!
And it only took us 5 months. Imagine our numbers in another 5 months.
I spoke at our little rally, BIG rally for our little town, I mean. And people are done with this bullshit. I glanced it at Hands Off, but something is brewing... Like ... The Storm is Coming, to borrow a phrase...
Which means nothing. Trump isn't going to step down tomorrow because of 3.5. We need to keep it up. None stop until things change.
We the Trump regime destroyers. bsky.app/profile/madm...
And just think of all the people who wanted to attend but couldn’t. There are so many more with us in spirit. These will keep growing.
We have the people. Now we need a general strike.
Pessimist speaking here: I will believe it when it ENDS.
@julamarut.bsky.social gut genug?
Weiter so - ein guter Anfang!
It's almost over, this sickly phase for humanity. We're right up to the cusp of true improvement! Don't let up, don't give into fear, and STAY TRUE TO HUMANKIND!(🌐💗✊ )
Now we have to do it again. And again. And again. We CAN do this. We must.
We need 12.2 million to hit 3.5%, but we're close!
Less than! The 3.5% isn’t population as a whole. It’s 3.5% of adults of voting age. We’re over 3.5%!!
I was wondering about that detail. I was coming up with a similar 12.1 million number. This explains why I’ve seen smaller numbers.
Please see below that my statement here should be modified
Can you cite a source? I'm seeing population as a whole
I just re-read Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan to cite for you specifically but I may need to retract my statement! They focus on participants as a whole- not explicitly stating adults but somewhat implied instead.
What you said makes, but it wasn't what I saw either. Too bad. Still, we had a significant show of solidarity today, and that's tremendous.
Remind me again of 3.5% significance? Having hope feels good.
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Thanks so much for replying!
Regardless, we need to do more. I've never really felt comfortable with 3.5% as a goal, simply because I worry that when we reach that, and things don't immediately get better, a lot of people will lose their motivation.
& people need to also realize that this is when it gets dangerous. In a func. democracy, politicians would back down at crowds this large. Trump's regime is not a func. dem. He will have protesters attacked But people should not back down
Peace in the face of violence will cause many more to join, until numbers are overwhelming. And then if he still does not yield, it may cause other countries to get disgusted and demand their own governments step in to protect people, while the US military itself turns on the regime
It's going to be painful - Narcissists do not like to give up power. But there is a point where either he or his supporters break, and if there isn't? Well, the rest of the world won't stand by forever
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Yup. Stage 3 is the tricky bit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tnb...
More than 700 people attended in Canton, NY! 😃✊🏽 www.nny360.com/news/stlawre...
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I love the many small towns that came out for democracy! Lots of "red" ones!
Over 2000 people in Sequim WA!
My friend was one! With 3 others!
We all had a lovely time! Amazing amount of support from everyone driving by
A couple dozen towns around the Denver metro and none had fewer than several hundred, and most had thousands. The march in Denver was over a mile long.
This IS the energy to keep up folks. Who wants to live in servitude? Time to ORGANIZE a national STRIKE!! NO ROYALS!! #NoKings
No royals. #nokings
20k in Austin.
L💙VE
And, except for a few instances where police instigated it (see LA), PEACEFUL! Way to go, America! Be ready for more!
True. You can tell who the aggressors are from the live news recordings. LA sheriffs are deploying gas and pepper spray against peaceful protestors.