Anxious about the shutdown? Furious about military assaults on peaceful cities like Chicago and Portland? Eager to see the Epstein files? You have a lot of company!
People across the political spectrum are starting to realize that we are under attack from our own government, with freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment being thrown away like used tissues. When our government presses a major media conglomerate with threats to fire a popular late-night comedian because he wasn’t worshipfully respectful of a murdered hate rabble-rouser who was basically a Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard x ten, and they cave, we’re no longer living in a free country — and a surprising variety of people, including far-right commentators, are pissed.
Here in the U.S., the Constitution guarantees us representative government — people whom we elect to work on OUR behalf. And that is failing us in the person of a president who has taken for himself the powers of a dictator or a king.
In June, “No Kings” rallies were held across the country, bringing out millions of people to protest — and things have gotten much worse since then. So now there will be another series of—hopefully much bigger—rallies on Saturday October 18. That’s next week so it’s time to start making your clever sign!
As in June, there will likely be smaller gatherings in suburbs and exurban areas such as Chagrin Falls, Strongsville and Parma, all of which turned out sizable crowds in June. But the big Cleveland rally will take place once again at the Free Stamp at East 9th and Lakeside, where it will be followed by a march in downtown Cleveland. Sponsoring groups include the Cuyahoga Democratic Women’s Caucus, Mobilize the Vote NEO, ACLU Ohio, the Cleveland Stonewall Dems, the Young Black Dems and more joining in every day.
“The flag doesn’t belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to us,” they say. “We’re not watching history happen. We’re making it. On October 18th, we’re showing up everywhere he isn’t—to say no thrones, no crowns, no kings.”
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