A nationwide “No Kings” movement plans to hold over 1,800 anti-Trump rallies across the United States on June 14, the same day as President Trump’s military parade in Washington, D.C., as he celebrates his 79th birthday. Organizers are protesting President Trump’s mass deportations, militarized crackdown against protesters, defiance of court orders, and attacks on civil rights. “We’re going to show him on June 14 that real power lies in the people,” says Leah Greenberg⁠, co-founder and co-executive director of ⁠Indivisible. Tanks and other armored vehicles are being transported to Washington, D.C., for the parade, which Marine Corps veteran JoJo Sweatt calls an “egregious overspend.” President Trump threatened heavy force would be used on anyone who protests at the parade in D.C.

USA Today reports:

Within a week after anti-ICE protests began in central Los Angeles, more than 45 cities across dozens of states have held their own demonstrations over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and decision to send the National Guard and Marines into the Southern California city.

Anti-ICE demonstrations are expected to continue in major cities through the weekend, as “No Kings” protests (which were previously planned to coincide with the June 14 military parade) could meld with a growing uproar over the federal response to LA protests.

Many of the nation’s largest cities have held anti-ICE protests in solidarity with Los Angeles and as a broader criticism of the administration’s hardline immigration policies, which include federal immigration raids and deportations. Cities where protests have occurred include New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Columbus, Detroit, Atlanta, Seattle and Washington, D.C. [Continue reading…]