People are usually a huge disappointment to me, and a royal pain in my ass.
But then there's this, and the night seems a bit brighter.
Showing posts with label protest. Show all posts
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No Kings 10-18-2025
October 18, 2025
Denver No Kings Protest: When, Where, What to Know
The first No Kings protest in Denver brought more than 5,000 people to the Colorado State Capitol.
Denver protest attendance started leveling off during the summer, but controversial policies from President Donald Trump targeting everyone from immigrants to federal employees to universities have people eager to return in force on Saturday, October 18, for the second No Kings protest.
“The fight isn’t over,” reads an online description for the upcoming No Kings demonstrations across the country. “President Trump has doubled down—sending masked agents into our streets, terrorizing immigrant families, silencing voters, dismantling protections, and handing our future to billionaire allies while everyday people struggle. He wants us to believe his rule is absolute. We’re here to remind him: it’s not.”
Part of a national string of protests in June, the first No Kings protest in Denver brought out more than 5,000 people to the Colorado State Capitol, and was the last major anti-Trump protest in Denver before a clear downturn in attendance in July, August and September. Nationally, the first No Kings day of protests saw a reported turnout of 5 million people.
According to local organizers, Denver’s second No Kings demonstration will feature live music, speeches, chalk art, chants and sign making, in a format that sounds similar to the “activists fairs” hosted at recent protests in front of the State Capitol. However, there are more No Kings events scheduled across Colorado, including one in Colorado Springs expected to draw thousands.
Where is the No Kings Protest in Denver?
The upcoming No Kings protest in Denver will take place at the Colorado State Capitol. According to the Capitol permit for the event, protesters will gather on the West Steps and at Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park across the street.
According to an online billing for the protest, the main action will take place on at Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park, and “activities like sign-making and sidewalk chalking will be on the west steps.”
When is the No Kings Protest?
According to online fliers for No Kings, the protest in Denver will take place from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 18.
Similar protests in Denver have gone on past the posted stop time when turnout is large and have carried on into the night or spilled into other parts of town. The permit for the event allows protesters on the Capitol west steps and Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Will There Be a March?
Yes, online descriptions of No Kings promise “a march through the heart of our city” from 1 to 2 p.m., but the exact route hasn’t been shared.
How to Get There
Denver’s protest is along major roads, like East Colfax Avenue and Broadway. Parking a few blocks away from the Capitol is a good idea, as large turnouts can back up traffic.
RTD bus lines like the 0, 15 and the 83D/L have stops on East Colfax Avenue, Lincoln Street and Broadway that are a block or two from the action. Capitol Hill doesn’t have any light rail stations, but stops at 10th Avenue and Osage Street and downtown on 16th Street are about a thirty-minute walk from the Capitol. And you can always scoop an e-bike or scooter along the way.
Who is Organizing Denver’s No Kings Protest?
Multiple local groups have put out information on the upcoming No Kings protest, including 50501 Colorado, Solidarity Warriors, the Indivisible Action Network, Pulse Colorado and the Service Employees International Union, among others. Most of the Denver groups spreading the word on No Kings have been involved in organizing protests against President Donald Trump all year, with many of them forming shortly after he returned to office in January.
The permit holder for the event is Indivisible Colorado, a local branch of a national progressive activist network.
Other No Kings Protests in Colorado
No Kings 2 protests are planned around the Denver area and throughout Colorado on October 18. Find details about your closest protest on a national map by No Kings and an online list of events in Colorado.
In northern Colorado, a rally and food donation drive is planned for 9 a.m. at the Fort Collins Civic Center Park, according to Indivisible Northern Colorado, which will host alongside the League of Women Voters of Larimer County and the American Association of University Professors.
Anyone driving to or from the mountains via Interstate 70 instead on October 18 will likely see protesters on the Genesee Overpass near exit 254 in Golden, according to an online description. The protesters expected to hold up signs for get support from passing motorists from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. that Saturday.
In addition to the main event at the State Capitol, Denver protesters are planning to wave anti-Trump signs at traffic on Colorado Boulevard from 1 to 3 p.m. with gatherings expected at major intersections with Alameda, Mexico and 8th avenues.
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Apr 30, 2025
100 Days Of Shit
What Trump has been doing.
From Indivisible - Littleton CO
• Withdrew from World Health Organization
• Stopped objecting to health misinformation on social media platforms
• Halted public communications from HHS, CDC & NIH
• Scrubbed abortion information from government sites
• Suspended job-related travel by HHS employees
• Revoked limits on ICE and Border Patrol enforcement in hospitals
• Cancelled monthly HHS call with nationwide pathology authorities to review health threats
• Appointed contrarians Robert Kennedy, Mehmet Oz, Jay Bhattacharya to HHS, CMS, NIH
• Reinstated global gag rule on abortion referrals
• Rescinded Biden price reductions on Medicare and Medicaid prescription drugs
• Curtailed prosecutions for blocking access to abortion clinics
• Stopped disbursing HIV drugs overseas
• Crashed Medicaid payment portals in all 50 states
• Dismantled USAID affecting programs to supply HIV and malaria drugs
• Froze government grants on healthcare
• Cut ACA enrollment period from 90 days to 45 days
• Cut funding for ACA navigators by 90%
• Rescinded increased subsidies for low-income ACA enrollees in Medicaid
• Took down thousands of informational webpages from CDC, FDA and other agencies
• Fired FDA employees who reviewed food safety and medical devices
• Fired thousands of scientists, doctors and public health officials from CDC, NIH, FDA
• Fired border station health inspectors
• Disbanded Medicare and Medicaid health equity panel
• Endorsed Congressional Republican proposal to reduce Medicaid federal subsidy share
• Granted DOGE access to Medicare and Medicaid payment and contracting records
• Postponed CDC vaccine panel meeting on recommendations for meningitis, flu, RSV
• Barred future public comments on new HHS rules
• Placed hundreds of federal buildings for sale including HHS and Medicare headquarters
• Extended buyout offers to federal health agency employees
• Placed burdensome requirements on low-income ACA enrollments
• Convened closed-door White House health commission conference
• CDC commissioned study of vaccine-autism link
• Proposed allowing bird flu to spread through farm population
• Cut $34 million from budget for food testing
• Terminated support for Gavi organization that supplies vaccines to developing nations
• Cancelled $12 billion grants to states for infectious disease, mental health and addiction
• DOGE terminated 10% of USDA’s plant and seed gene bank staff scientists
• Forced resignation of FDA’s head of vaccine safety and effectiveness
• Reduced HHS workforce by 25%
• Froze funding for Title X family planning services
• Dropped Medicare/Medicaid coverage for weight loss drugs
• Shut down CDC’s premier laboratory for studying sexually transmitted diseases
• RFK Jr. declared FDA employees “sock puppet” of pharmaceutical industry
• Imposed tariff on international drug supply chains
• Proposed to cut NIH budget in half and reduce 27 agency health centers to eight
• Eliminated early hearing detection program for newborns
• Took down COVID-19 informational websites and replaced with conspiracy theory sites
• Cancelled $40 million in EPA research grants to universities
• Cut or reduced hundreds of millions in funding for autism research from multiple agencies
• Briefly proposed national autism registry
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Parks & Rec
There is nothing so American as our national parks ... The fundamental idea behind the parks ... is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.
-- Teddy Roosevelt
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Rocky Mountain National Park on Saturday to oppose the recent firings of approximately 1,000 National Park Service and over 3,000 U.S. Forest Service employees nationwide. This comes as Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency continue to lay off federal employees to cut federal spending.
The protest is one of 433 at national parks across the country organized by the Resistance Rangers. The rangers called for a nationwide day of action on March 1, encouraging protesters to hand out flyers to cars, put signs in front of webcams, hang banners, hang American flags upside down as a signal of distress, march in gateway towns, rally inside parks and picket around park signs.
The upside down flag has become a popular sign of protest, seen at demonstrations and rallies throughout the country both from those protesting the current administration to supporters of President Donald Trump protesting his felony convictions.
According to their website, the National Park Service Rangers are a "community of 700+ off-duty park rangers rallying to save public lands."
The rangers encouraged local protesters to meet at 10 a.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center in Estes Park with protest signs and trash bags to clean up while at the site.
In February, hundreds of protesters gathered at the entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park, carrying signs, chanting "Save our park" and cheering for NPS staff as they passed.
In a previous interview with CBS Colorado, Estes Park Mayor Gary Hall expressed concerns about how the layoffs will not only affect the park but also the communities that rely on them for employment. He said the community's businesses rely heavily on tourism from the park and he's concerned about safety risks to park staff and visitors.
"Estes Park is joined at the hip, heart, and soul of Rocky Mountain National Park," Hall said. "The health of Rocky Mountain National Park is the health of Estes Park to a great degree."
Hall told CBS Colorado that he's working with Colorado congressional leadership to advocate for the reinstatement of all Rocky Mountain National Park staff.
Resistance Rangers said those fired included rangers, scientists, wildland firefighters, first responders, trail crews, maintenance crews, and other mission critical staff.
Although the U.S. federal government is the nation's largest employer, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the federal workforce has grown little since 1980. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said "Most of this recorded spending growth is due to the rising cost of interest payments on the national debt and non-health, non-Social Security mandatory spending."
Feb 28, 2025
Indivisible Email
You know what that means - we’re getting to him.
He’s ranting about "paid protesters" because the idea that people would stand up to him, to Trump, to the billionaire class - without being on someone's payroll - blows his little mind. That’s how these guys think (they also cheat at video games). Everything is a transaction. Everything is rigged in their favor.
So when they see an actual grassroots movement of regular people fighting back? It sends them into a tailspin.
And it should.
Elon Musk is currently raiding the US Treasury for everything he can steal. His hand-picked goons have gutted entire agencies, mass-fired Social Security Administration workers and shut down local offices, and thrown government services into chaos. He's demanding access to taxpayers' records and pushing to give himself direct control over where your money goes - all so he can fund Trump's billionaire tax scam, which rips Medicaid apart, slashes food assistance, and hands $4.5 trillion in giveaways to the ultra-rich.
That's what this fight is about.
They want to take everything. Not just public programs, but public power. They want an America where a handful of billionaire kings control the courts, the laws, and the money - while the rest of us get whatever crumbs they decide to let trickle down.
Over the next few weeks, we have a clear mission: Make Republicans in Congress pay for their complicity. Force Democrats to use the power we gave them. And stop the Trump-Musk coup from gutting our country.
Here's how we're going to do it.
The Next Phase of This Fight: Musk Or Us March Recess
The House and Senate are heading home for recess from March 15-23 - and they are desperate to avoid you.
Why? Because during the last recess, the few Republicans who dared to hold town halls got absolutely wrecked by their own constituents. People showed up. They demanded answers. They called out their Members of Congress for gutting Medicaid, slashing Social Security, and letting President Musk seize control of federal systems with zero oversight. In the days that followed, we saw those same Republicans start to get very nervous about their complicity and their plan to slash very popular programs like Medicaid.
Republican leadership took notes. Now they’re telling their members to dodge town halls altogether. They know that if voters see what they’re actually doing - selling out the country to billionaires while shredding programs that millions rely on -- it will be politically devastating.
And Elon Musk? He's panicking because he sees what we're doing is working. If we weren't a threat, he wouldn’t be xeeting about us.
The Plan: Make Them Answer For It
Why? Because during the last recess, the few Republicans who dared to hold town halls got absolutely wrecked by their own constituents. People showed up. They demanded answers. They called out their Members of Congress for gutting Medicaid, slashing Social Security, and letting President Musk seize control of federal systems with zero oversight. In the days that followed, we saw those same Republicans start to get very nervous about their complicity and their plan to slash very popular programs like Medicaid.
Republican leadership took notes. Now they’re telling their members to dodge town halls altogether. They know that if voters see what they’re actually doing - selling out the country to billionaires while shredding programs that millions rely on -- it will be politically devastating.
And Elon Musk? He's panicking because he sees what we're doing is working. If we weren't a threat, he wouldn’t be xeeting about us.
The Plan: Make Them Answer For It
Next week, we'll send you the full Musk or Us Recess Toolkit. But here’s where we start:
- 📞 CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS RIGHT NOW AND DEMAND A TOWN HALL. If Republicans want to vote to gut your healthcare and hand billions to Elon Musk, they should have to face their constituents and explain themselves. As for Democrats, we need them to be out there, loudly, explaining to their constituents what’s going on and how they’re going to fight back.
- Call Senate Republicans - If they’re gutting Medicaid and Social Security, they should say it to your face.
- Call House Republicans - They’re looting the government for billionaires. Make them explain why.
- Call Senate Democrats - They must hold the line against extreme MAGA cuts and demand real guardrails to protect against the Trump-Musk coup.
- Call House Democrats - They need to hear from us. No deals. No blank checks. No business as usual.
- 🔎 FIND A TOWN HALL - OR REPORT ONE. If you know of a town hall happening, tell us here.
- 🪑 IF THEY WON’T SHOW UP, START PLANNING YOUR EMPTY CHAIR TOWN HALL. We will call them out. We will invite the press. We will make sure every voter in their district knows exactly what kind of coward they are (just for fun, we came across this video we did back in 2017 on putting together an empty chair town hall, and figured you'd also like to see it). And if your Republican senator or representative is dodging, reach out to a neighboring Democrat to stand in for them at your empty chair town hall.
- Elon Musk and Donald Trump think they can rule this country like kings.
- House Republicans think they can steal from working families to fund billionaire tax cuts.
- They all think we'll sit back and let them get away with it.
They are dead wrong.
We do not do kings. We do not let billionaires steal our government. And we sure as hell don’t stand by while a corrupt former president and an unelected billionaire try to burn our democracy to the ground.
So here’s the question: Are we going to let them get away with it?
Or are we going to fight like hell?
- This country does not belong to billionaires.
- It does not belong to Trump.
- It does not belong to Musk.
We do not do kings. We do not let billionaires steal our government. And we sure as hell don’t stand by while a corrupt former president and an unelected billionaire try to burn our democracy to the ground.
So here’s the question: Are we going to let them get away with it?
Or are we going to fight like hell?
Feb 27, 2025
Feb 26, 2025
Those Kootenai Kops
BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — On Saturday, February 22nd, citizens gathered in the Coeur d'Alene High School auditorium to speak with elected members of the Idaho Legislature about community issues. The peaceful event quickly became a viral video on social media, as one woman was dragged from the auditorium by private security.
Teresa Borrenpohl was removed from her seat by a private security company, Lear Asset Management, who dragged her out of the auditorium and tried to tie her hands with zip ties, while the Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris recorded the incident, encouraging her removal.
Attempting to break free, Borrenpohl bit one of the unmarked security guards. A statement released by the CDA Police Department says in part, "During the meeting, after speaking out of turn, Teresa Correnpohl was asked to leave. When she refused, she was physically removed by employees of Lear Asset Management, a private security firm hired by the event organizers."
In a video of the incident, Borrenpohl can be heard shouting, "Women deserve a voice," before being removed. CDA Police report that Lear Asset Management's business license has been revoked for violating Coeur d'Alene City ordinances regarding security agencies and agents. The CDA Police continue to investigate the incident and battery charges against Borrehpohl have been dropped by the prosecutor.
A GoFundMe started the following Sunday, asking people to donate for Borrenpohl's ability to find legal counsel for the fight ahead. The GoFundMe asked for 30 thousand dollars, as of publication it has raised $245,000.
The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office reports that Sheriff Norris's conduct is also being investigated by an independent probe to ensure that his actions did not violate the code of conduct or the law. CBS2 reached out to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office to clarify whether or not the probe extended beyond Sheriff Norris and who would be running the investigation. The KCSO spokesman said in response that a party has not yet been determined and that no other KCSO employees were present at the event.
Feb 24, 2025
Jan 27, 2025
Missed A Few Items
We're not alone.
We are only seven days into Donald Trump's presidency, and he's already made several controversial policies.
Amid pardoning about 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters to enacting mass deportations, rolling back diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and ordering the US to back out of the World Health Organization, people are already expressing concern over what is to come.
And it's not just those in the US. You may not know this, but people around the world have been protesting Donald Trump's actions and presidency since his inauguration.
From Berlin to Mexico and right here in the US, here are 21 images from anti-Trump protests.
1.London, UK:
2.Chicago, Illinois:
3.Brussels, Belgium:
4.Mexico City, Mexico:
5.Panama City, Panama:
6.Washington, DC:
7.Mexico City, Mexico:
8.London, UK:
9.New York, New York:
10.Berlin, Germany:
11.Panama City, Panama:
12.Tijuana, Mexico:
13.Naples, Italy:
14.Chicago, Illinois:
15.London, UK:
16.Mexico City, Mexico:
17.Boston, Massachusetts:
18.London, UK:
19.Naples, Italy:
20.Berlin, Germany:
21.And finally, Tijuana, Mexico:
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