The Brew: ‘No Kings’ Protests Virtue-Signal Nationwide. Trump Poo-Poos Them, by John Zmirak

By John Zmirak, The Stream, October 20, 2025

John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or coauthor of 14 books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His newest book is No Second Amendment, No First.

Millions of protestors outraged at President Donald Trump’s — well, at his existence apparently, despite assassins’ best efforts — crowded blue cities nationwide on Saturday, while events outside of liberal enclaves were more lightly attended, mostly by aging Boomers trying to tap into that faded Woodstock vibe. The “No Kings” theme of these well-funded, Astroturfed events attempted to push the narrative that Trump is acting like a dictator.

That’s a hard sell, given that Trump has been kneecapped by one judicial ruling after another, which he has scrupulously respected, and duly appealed. Indeed, no president has wielded less power since Richard Nixon was hobbled by Watergate and a hostile Congress. It’s hard to govern when half your bureaucracy, the entire media, and large parts of the federal courts are determined to nullify your constitutional authority. …

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