He wants a parade.
He wants tanks in the streets. Soldiers marching. Helicopters in the sky. Fifty of them. Helicopters will rattle in the sky.  Boots will pound the pavement.

The sounds of money wasted.  The sound of freedom mocked.  But it is Trump’s birthday and he wants the cameras rolling. He wants the world to see.

June 14 is also  Flag Day. It is the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.
But make no mistake. This is no celebration of country. No honoring of soldiers. No day of the people.

The military parade in Washington, D.C. is a $45 million spectacle staged for one man—Donald Trump—a wanna be king.  A show of force by an authoritarian who would strip away our rights, our freedoms, our very lives.

Trump would tear away a woman’s right to abortion.  He would gut Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP and Social Security—programs that women of all ages rely on.  He would unleash new attacks on birth control, IVF, and LGBTQ+ rights.  He would flood our courts with judges hostile to women, hostile to freedom, hostile to democracy itself.

As feminists, as voters, as Americans—we stand for freedom.  We stand for equality.  And we will not bow to any would-be king.

That is why on June 14, in cities and towns across the nation, we will rise.
We will gather. We will stand. We will show what democracy looks like.

INDIVISIBLE  and partners have called for this No Kings National Day of Defiance. There will be more than 1,000 protests—big cities, small towns, courthouse steps, parks, streets where we live.  And all across the country members of the Feminist Majority community are joining in.

We will not march for Trump. We will not feed his ego. We will not be ruled.  We will raise hell.

If we stay silent, we surrender.  We will not surrender.  We will rise.

Go to https://www.nokings.org/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible.

Put in your ZIP code. Find an action near you.

Bring friends. Bring signs. Bring your voice. Thousands and thousands across the country will stand with you.  This is how we show the world what democracy and feminism looks like.

Please go with a trusted group, and stay nonviolent. 

Because in America, we have no kings. We have people. We have the power.