As Erudite Partner has observed, Donald Trump has no sense of humor. Neither does MAGA. It's all about grievance all the way down.
We do have a sense of humor.
And under a bright sun and warm breezes, tens of thousands of us marched down Market Street yesterday, delighting in walking together against the grim destruction being inflicted on our people and country.
- We talk about wanting diverse crowds. This event certainly was that: young, old, and in-between; white, Black, Latino, Asian and many of that ubiquitous Californian kind, those whose ethnicity is not visually discernible.
- The crowd was culturally diverse: service union members, Democratic party stalwarts, pro-Palestinian protesters, church contingents, LGBTQ+ clusters, teachers and nurses, several bands, and just San Franciscans. For all the tech bro hoopla, that's still our crazy city.
- The crowd was politically diverse: campaigners for Prop. 50 found themselves alongside little leftist sects trying to propagate their line (always hard when the people are moving at scale.)
A successful big rally generates good news coverage. The San Francisco Chronicle did a good job on No Kings Day around the Bay.
G.Elliott Morris, statistician and data guru at Strength in Numbers, set himself the task of figuring out how many people participated across the country. His headline: Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants.
I hate the crowd count game, but this one is probably as sound as we'll get. As interesting, in the linked article, is Morris' conclusion that ongoing anti-fascist actions are vastly broader and more widespread than in the first Trump term.
No Kings began to meet the moment. We need to continue to buckle down against MAGA's cruelty and injustice ...
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