2025 : "Tin Soldiers and Trump Coming". This parade is going to give the tyrant a power injection that is going to embolden him to new heights. GET READY FOR IT!!!
Would soldiers shoot at protesters? According to the boos from the soldiers at Fort Bragg at the mention of Biden, Newsom and Bass, I guess we would have to assume they would. I guess at least the ones that did the booing would. Disgraceful! Veteran 1969-1975
WE NEED MORE U.S. FLAGS AT ALL OUR PROTEST!!! If the Tyrant let's us! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
yes, John, "we're finally on our own." yes! more u.s. flags, and lots more people need to protest saturday. please everyone, sign up and show up! with well over 1400 no kings protest saturday, hopefully everyone can find one near them.
John/ Bring It on: I like your reference "Tin Soldiers and Trump Coming". I wonder how many remember that song (Neil Young's "Ohio", about Kent State)? It is a fitting analogy to what is going on now. BTW: Adam's reference to praying for rain: I'm wishing for the best for us (the protesters), but it would be great to see a DERECHO hit Trump's reviewing stand. Thanks again, John for all your contributions! 😡👨🏻🎤
i wish i didn't remember "Ohio." i was a college student back then. shortly after kent state, a bunch of us were sitting in the lawn of our dorm, and were studying. suddenly cars full of police in riot gear pulled up and surrounded us. it was a heart stopping moment. why were they there? there were only about 12 of us students spread out on that lawn. sometimes even a horror like kent state doesn't stop a slide into terror. saturday ... everyone must be nonviolent and respectful. we don't want to see a slide into chaos or terror.
Being a Veteran, that's a little calming but their really seems to be a lot of loose canons out there that need to be rained in. It only takes one to cause a catastrophe!
I’m a Democrat but I think it would be great if you and Pete Buttigieg were running mates. It seems insane on one hand but in many ways you are on the same page. The next administration (if there is one) will be about restoring democracy and fixing the messed up military. Figure out where your policy beliefs overlap and make that your agenda. The combined leadership could serve to unite the country again.
Hope to see millions of Americans hit the street this Saturday on MY birthday! ;) I will be protesting with my four Gen Z children; that’s all I asked for from them. ✊🏻 https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible
Is it not time to abolish this government? It is not for the people, but against the people! US soldiers being able to detain people while they wait for the police to arrest them - beyond shameful. As Adam says, this is the dictator using the military against the people. I applaud the Marine who protested that she would not follow illegal orders in defiance of the Constitution. What we need is a full scale military revolt against such orders and marching with the people. Newsom finally found a clear voice for what's actually happening in CA, and its really about the whole country!
This is a milestone birthday for me, I’ll be turning 60. I am so pissed that this is what I am entering into at this stage in my life! No Kings will be my seventh protest. I’m a mom to a current military serviceman and three young adult daughters. I will fight to the end for a better life for my kids.
The best response by the media (except Fox News Entertainment) would be to not broadcast this. But, they can't help themselves, and it will encourage the bloviating idiot-in-chief.
The FOX and RW media megaphone is killing our country.
If you believe as we do that MAGA fails without FOX and that destroying honest media like PBS makes it even worse;
Eviscerate FOX. Deny them ad $ by denying the ad buying company CEO and execs bonuses. For example Home Depot. Boycott them for a full fiscal quarter. Get all on line influencers to post every day for the entire time. See how fast CEO’s stop buying ads - do only ONE brand - do it implacably for an entire quarter. See how quickly you become the new sheriff in town and how fast other CEO’s quit buying ads. See how fast FOX changes content. All they care about is $. Oh - and next generation FOX CEO will be a decent human being if you do this.
Details matter. Talk to me. See Target and Tesla for examples. Companies are people, not paper. Make it personal.
Former GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan has been on Fox’s board of directors since 2019. I hold him personally responsible for the corrupt megaphone Fox has become. He was among the first “good republicans” to sell out.
We went to find party and craft supplies at a Michaels store and there was low choice and high prices. We went to hobby lobby, completely different-abundance and low prices. Same thing happened when we tried to buy a new sink. The Homeco couldn’t get the sink, but Home Depot had one and it was even cheaper. Something is up with the companies that appease TACO man.
Good summary. The place to be on 6/14 at 6:30 is anywhere but at the parade. And the thing to be doing is anything but watching it on your phone or computer. Vote with your feet and your off-button. He can pretend the crowd is the biggest in world history but we can say, Yeah, just like your hands are.
I did not watch anything of his inaugurations and never will. I never watch the tv news. I get info from reputable Substack writers and their pictures that showed the inaugurations crowds that were not “ buggy” or “ huge, the greatest” as he always uses superlatives to describe things in his life or what he’s done or will be doing! Pure unadulterated lies!!
well, i heard the parade will cost 45 million. i don't know whether that includes repairing the streets. all that money down the toilet, just as medicaid is.
I heard $16 million was set aside to repair the streets. Driving around DC is already a nightmare. Years of construction will exacerbate the issue. I also don't believe it will happen.
You're right. Our city streets are not meant for tanks and military equipment. They will tear up the streets. My understanding is that $16 million has been set aside for road repairs. Have you ever driven in downtown DC? It is a traffic nightmare. Now add construction. That will take years of redirected traffic.
I'm hearing there will be steel plates put down on the streets, but the massive weight of the M1A2 Abrams tanks (52 tons) will likely do great damage to buried infrastructure. Gas, power, phone/ fiber optic, and sewer lines, etc.
When he was in the White House the.first time, he wanted to use live ammunition against protesters. He was shut down on this by the Generals. Now with them out of the picture, he is pushing the martial law (spell it right people) envelope. No war has been declared but he has basically done so with his threats. He claimed (falsely as with all he says) that many people had died in California. He may be planning on making that a reality in a way that he can blame the Governor and L.A. Mayor.
I am a Christian but I hope the very worst for Donald Trump and all of his crap like Millier, Hegseth, Noem, and Bondi. The very worst and most horrible imaginable deaths.
So what do we do? We can’t just sit by and watch him take over our country. I’m already sending emails constantly, participating in your Days of Action, and I’m going to the No Kings rally in Dallas. How can we stop this?
I would LOVE to see the poll that says that 60% of Americans agreed with this crap. I am 70. Been there. Did it. At that time, maybe 60% of the American population agreed with the government. Not now. I don't count MAGA as being 60% of the American population. And yes, I would vote for you. Just step forward and lead. Doesn't look like Pete B is going to. I am not a real big Gavin fan.
i adore Pete B, but a gay man is not going to get elected in this country anytime soon. the southern baptists may be planning to overturn gay marriage. and hegseth is throwing trans people out of the military. and the orange monster is trying to turn our country way back in time so that only white men matter.
This disinformation is killing the country, along with greed and money in politics, and a total lack discernment from voters.
I'll be protesting on Saturday, then maybe will see a movie or go to dinner, or watch the Pope's mass. I have ZERO interest in seeing this fat old man grinning while he parades the military to prop up his massive insecurity.
Parents, love your boys so they don't turn out like this...
Absolutely, Adam. I’ll raise my voice beside yours—loudly, clearly, and with just enough satire to sting.
Let’s stop pretending Donald Trump is "becoming" authoritarian. That ship sailed somewhere between the golden escalator and the Access Hollywood tape. What we’re witnessing now isn’t evolution—it’s culmination. This is the logical endpoint of a man whose political platform was built on fear, whose moral compass was replaced with a social media algorithm, and whose only loyalty is to applause, no matter the cost.
So now we get the tanks.
Of course we do.
Authoritarians love their tanks. Nothing says “I love my country” like rolling armored vehicles through the capital while threatening peaceful protestors with “heavy force.” It’s a birthday party for the Fascist-in-Chief—complete with all the pageantry of a tinpot despot and the subtlety of a toddler in fatigues. God help the weather—it may be the last institution he hasn’t tried to jail.
Let’s also drop the charade about “restoring order.” This isn’t about order. It’s about optics. It's about seeding terror in marginalized communities while turning military spectacle into campaign footage. It's about hijacking patriotic symbolism and rebranding it with the Trump logo in Comic Sans.
And the 60 percent who support this? That’s the true tragedy—not the dictator, but the democracy that welcomes him with open arms and closed eyes.
But Adam, you're right: we must not cower.
Not before the threats, not before the parades, not before the glorified cosplay of an insecure man playing generalissimo on stolen land. We must not let the silence of the tanks drown out the roar of conscience.
So I’ll say it plain:
I did not serve four decades in uniform and civil service under oath to watch this man drape himself in the flag and soil everything it was meant to stand for. I didn’t swear to defend this country so that he could parade it like a toy through a Potemkin birthday party while ICE sweeps neighborhoods and Marines flank city blocks like we’re the enemy.
We are not the enemy. We are the republic.
And no matter how many soldiers he surrounds himself with, he’s still afraid of the one thing he cannot defeat: a citizenry that remembers how to stand, shoulder to shoulder, with truth on our tongues and defiance in our bones.
Let him have his tanks. We’ll bring the courage.
Because resistance isn't radical—it's patriotic. And dissent, in the face of tyranny, is the most American thing there is.
thank you, Dino for your inspired words. and you are 100% correct. this is the world ... and the battle ... we never could have imagined we would have to battle. we must have the courage and the selflessness to stand up.
PLEASE RUN FOR PRESIDENT! ❤️💙🙏🏻🇺🇸
2025 : "Tin Soldiers and Trump Coming". This parade is going to give the tyrant a power injection that is going to embolden him to new heights. GET READY FOR IT!!!
Would soldiers shoot at protesters? According to the boos from the soldiers at Fort Bragg at the mention of Biden, Newsom and Bass, I guess we would have to assume they would. I guess at least the ones that did the booing would. Disgraceful! Veteran 1969-1975
WE NEED MORE U.S. FLAGS AT ALL OUR PROTEST!!! If the Tyrant let's us! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Protest ---------June 14th No Kings https://www.nokings.org/? 💪
WE NEED MORE U.S. FLAGS AT ALL OUR PROTEST!!!
yes, John, "we're finally on our own." yes! more u.s. flags, and lots more people need to protest saturday. please everyone, sign up and show up! with well over 1400 no kings protest saturday, hopefully everyone can find one near them.
The people that throw rocks, block traffic and get in the face of officers deserve to be arrested. It's simple, don't break the law.
Heard it’s up to 1800 now! YAY!
that's such wonderful news! and it's only thursday. can we break the 2000 mark? wouldn't that be grand? what a message to send to washington.
And as always it will be short lived so he will have find another way to get his ego fulfilled!!!
Nothing is ever enough! Melania must be exhausted. No wonder she’s rarely at the WH!
John/ Bring It on: I like your reference "Tin Soldiers and Trump Coming". I wonder how many remember that song (Neil Young's "Ohio", about Kent State)? It is a fitting analogy to what is going on now. BTW: Adam's reference to praying for rain: I'm wishing for the best for us (the protesters), but it would be great to see a DERECHO hit Trump's reviewing stand. Thanks again, John for all your contributions! 😡👨🏻🎤
i wish i didn't remember "Ohio." i was a college student back then. shortly after kent state, a bunch of us were sitting in the lawn of our dorm, and were studying. suddenly cars full of police in riot gear pulled up and surrounded us. it was a heart stopping moment. why were they there? there were only about 12 of us students spread out on that lawn. sometimes even a horror like kent state doesn't stop a slide into terror. saturday ... everyone must be nonviolent and respectful. we don't want to see a slide into chaos or terror.
I remember it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYOz12OG8mI
I'm afraid that you are right.
Tin soldiers and Trump is coming. We're fighting it on our own! The summer the worst is coming, we'll be fighting them for our homes!
That use to be a joke, not so funny right now. When it comes to my home I'm locked and loaded.
R'amen.
"This summer I hear the drumming" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYOz12OG8mI
I have my sign ready for June 14th- it includes the US Flag :)
I was so offended by the military at Ft. Bragg--so embarrassing.
Fort Bragg say it isn't so!!! Maybe it wasn't: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/11/bragg-soldiers-who-cheered-trumps-political-attacks-while-uniform-were-checked-allegiance-appearance.html
Being a Veteran, that's a little calming but their really seems to be a lot of loose canons out there that need to be rained in. It only takes one to cause a catastrophe!
I’m a Democrat but I think it would be great if you and Pete Buttigieg were running mates. It seems insane on one hand but in many ways you are on the same page. The next administration (if there is one) will be about restoring democracy and fixing the messed up military. Figure out where your policy beliefs overlap and make that your agenda. The combined leadership could serve to unite the country again.
I would so vote for you in a heartbeat!
me too and I am a Democrat
Me too!
Same!
Hope to see millions of Americans hit the street this Saturday on MY birthday! ;) I will be protesting with my four Gen Z children; that’s all I asked for from them. ✊🏻 https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible
Is it not time to abolish this government? It is not for the people, but against the people! US soldiers being able to detain people while they wait for the police to arrest them - beyond shameful. As Adam says, this is the dictator using the military against the people. I applaud the Marine who protested that she would not follow illegal orders in defiance of the Constitution. What we need is a full scale military revolt against such orders and marching with the people. Newsom finally found a clear voice for what's actually happening in CA, and its really about the whole country!
Cheers to her from me! 🥂
This is a milestone birthday for me, I’ll be turning 60. I am so pissed that this is what I am entering into at this stage in my life! No Kings will be my seventh protest. I’m a mom to a current military serviceman and three young adult daughters. I will fight to the end for a better life for my kids.
My wife's birthday, too. She is NOT happy.
The best response by the media (except Fox News Entertainment) would be to not broadcast this. But, they can't help themselves, and it will encourage the bloviating idiot-in-chief.
I agree with you. The media is for-profit. They compete for ratings, and whoever can break the story first.
BUT.....We dont have to watch it.
He may be threatening them now that they must broadcast
The FOX and RW media megaphone is killing our country.
If you believe as we do that MAGA fails without FOX and that destroying honest media like PBS makes it even worse;
Eviscerate FOX. Deny them ad $ by denying the ad buying company CEO and execs bonuses. For example Home Depot. Boycott them for a full fiscal quarter. Get all on line influencers to post every day for the entire time. See how fast CEO’s stop buying ads - do only ONE brand - do it implacably for an entire quarter. See how quickly you become the new sheriff in town and how fast other CEO’s quit buying ads. See how fast FOX changes content. All they care about is $. Oh - and next generation FOX CEO will be a decent human being if you do this.
Details matter. Talk to me. See Target and Tesla for examples. Companies are people, not paper. Make it personal.
Former GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan has been on Fox’s board of directors since 2019. I hold him personally responsible for the corrupt megaphone Fox has become. He was among the first “good republicans” to sell out.
There is no Republican Party any longer.
Nope. They are now the party of MAGA.
We went to find party and craft supplies at a Michaels store and there was low choice and high prices. We went to hobby lobby, completely different-abundance and low prices. Same thing happened when we tried to buy a new sink. The Homeco couldn’t get the sink, but Home Depot had one and it was even cheaper. Something is up with the companies that appease TACO man.
Both Hobby Lobby & Home Depot are all RightWingers. Sad.
Good summary. The place to be on 6/14 at 6:30 is anywhere but at the parade. And the thing to be doing is anything but watching it on your phone or computer. Vote with your feet and your off-button. He can pretend the crowd is the biggest in world history but we can say, Yeah, just like your hands are.
Just like his inauguration was ...It was not the biggest/greatest ever seen!!
I didn’t watch his Inauguration and don’t intend to watch “his” parade. At the same time tho….. it’s a shame we can’t show our respects for the Army!
I did not watch anything of his inaugurations and never will. I never watch the tv news. I get info from reputable Substack writers and their pictures that showed the inaugurations crowds that were not “ buggy” or “ huge, the greatest” as he always uses superlatives to describe things in his life or what he’s done or will be doing! Pure unadulterated lies!!
Not all the Army are MAGA. If they are, we would be doomed.
It would be amazing if the media refused to show coverage of the parade. Like, amazing. Highly unlikely, but amazing.
He won’t allow it
He couldn’t stop it. The key is to not watch it. Not any of us, no matter how curious.
Exactly.
Also, will these tanks not tear up the streets? They are not meant to run down our roadways….
And who will be stuck with the road repair bill sure to be in the millions? Taxpayers of course!
We are stuck with the bill for the parade, too.
well, i heard the parade will cost 45 million. i don't know whether that includes repairing the streets. all that money down the toilet, just as medicaid is.
I heard $16 million was set aside to repair the streets. Driving around DC is already a nightmare. Years of construction will exacerbate the issue. I also don't believe it will happen.
At this point taxpayers money should not be our concern, our "Freedom" is at the top of the list. They've been wasting our money for over 80 years!
You're right. Our city streets are not meant for tanks and military equipment. They will tear up the streets. My understanding is that $16 million has been set aside for road repairs. Have you ever driven in downtown DC? It is a traffic nightmare. Now add construction. That will take years of redirected traffic.
I'm hearing there will be steel plates put down on the streets, but the massive weight of the M1A2 Abrams tanks (52 tons) will likely do great damage to buried infrastructure. Gas, power, phone/ fiber optic, and sewer lines, etc.
Yes, the streets will be trashed. They are not designed for war machines.
When he was in the White House the.first time, he wanted to use live ammunition against protesters. He was shut down on this by the Generals. Now with them out of the picture, he is pushing the martial law (spell it right people) envelope. No war has been declared but he has basically done so with his threats. He claimed (falsely as with all he says) that many people had died in California. He may be planning on making that a reality in a way that he can blame the Governor and L.A. Mayor.
I am a Christian but I hope the very worst for Donald Trump and all of his crap like Millier, Hegseth, Noem, and Bondi. The very worst and most horrible imaginable deaths.
This for a draft dodger and one who described service members as losers et al. If there is a hell I hope he rots there.
Maybe the paraders will flip the table.
So what do we do? We can’t just sit by and watch him take over our country. I’m already sending emails constantly, participating in your Days of Action, and I’m going to the No Kings rally in Dallas. How can we stop this?
By keeping the pressure on, by doing exactly what you’re doing. Don’t give up.
Even if it's just you standing in your yard with a sign, you're doing something to apply pressure.
I would LOVE to see the poll that says that 60% of Americans agreed with this crap. I am 70. Been there. Did it. At that time, maybe 60% of the American population agreed with the government. Not now. I don't count MAGA as being 60% of the American population. And yes, I would vote for you. Just step forward and lead. Doesn't look like Pete B is going to. I am not a real big Gavin fan.
i adore Pete B, but a gay man is not going to get elected in this country anytime soon. the southern baptists may be planning to overturn gay marriage. and hegseth is throwing trans people out of the military. and the orange monster is trying to turn our country way back in time so that only white men matter.
Welcome to Pyongyang
This disinformation is killing the country, along with greed and money in politics, and a total lack discernment from voters.
I'll be protesting on Saturday, then maybe will see a movie or go to dinner, or watch the Pope's mass. I have ZERO interest in seeing this fat old man grinning while he parades the military to prop up his massive insecurity.
Parents, love your boys so they don't turn out like this...
Love Leo, and thinking of becoming Catholic!
Pope Leo is AWESOME!
“Scheduled for 6:30 PM Eastern Time, it’s designed for maximum prime-time coverage.” Just as the rain is supposed to start falling… good job Donnie! 🤣
That just adds to the $45 Mil wasted on the clown in charge.
Maybe the services can switch to clown cars.
Susan, maybe he should not have had doge fire all the expert weather predicters!!
I hope it's thunderstorms with hail.
Absolutely, Adam. I’ll raise my voice beside yours—loudly, clearly, and with just enough satire to sting.
Let’s stop pretending Donald Trump is "becoming" authoritarian. That ship sailed somewhere between the golden escalator and the Access Hollywood tape. What we’re witnessing now isn’t evolution—it’s culmination. This is the logical endpoint of a man whose political platform was built on fear, whose moral compass was replaced with a social media algorithm, and whose only loyalty is to applause, no matter the cost.
So now we get the tanks.
Of course we do.
Authoritarians love their tanks. Nothing says “I love my country” like rolling armored vehicles through the capital while threatening peaceful protestors with “heavy force.” It’s a birthday party for the Fascist-in-Chief—complete with all the pageantry of a tinpot despot and the subtlety of a toddler in fatigues. God help the weather—it may be the last institution he hasn’t tried to jail.
Let’s also drop the charade about “restoring order.” This isn’t about order. It’s about optics. It's about seeding terror in marginalized communities while turning military spectacle into campaign footage. It's about hijacking patriotic symbolism and rebranding it with the Trump logo in Comic Sans.
And the 60 percent who support this? That’s the true tragedy—not the dictator, but the democracy that welcomes him with open arms and closed eyes.
But Adam, you're right: we must not cower.
Not before the threats, not before the parades, not before the glorified cosplay of an insecure man playing generalissimo on stolen land. We must not let the silence of the tanks drown out the roar of conscience.
So I’ll say it plain:
I did not serve four decades in uniform and civil service under oath to watch this man drape himself in the flag and soil everything it was meant to stand for. I didn’t swear to defend this country so that he could parade it like a toy through a Potemkin birthday party while ICE sweeps neighborhoods and Marines flank city blocks like we’re the enemy.
We are not the enemy. We are the republic.
And no matter how many soldiers he surrounds himself with, he’s still afraid of the one thing he cannot defeat: a citizenry that remembers how to stand, shoulder to shoulder, with truth on our tongues and defiance in our bones.
Let him have his tanks. We’ll bring the courage.
Because resistance isn't radical—it's patriotic. And dissent, in the face of tyranny, is the most American thing there is.
thank you, Dino for your inspired words. and you are 100% correct. this is the world ... and the battle ... we never could have imagined we would have to battle. we must have the courage and the selflessness to stand up.
You are so right. Resistance is what got us the bill of rights. It would have not been handed to us without it.