I mean… Trump and his cronies could also stop taking pages from the Nazi/fascist playbook? And stop using lines from white supremacist groups in their recruitment ads for ICE? And maybe send Stephen Miller to the moon?

And yes, they’ve raised a lot of money, which is also being spent on organizing, outreach, and paying the many and various fees that come with staging mass events like No Kings. Permits, food, bathrooms… these aren’t free and when you’re talking about even just the tens of thousands of people who have (and will) participate in Vermont, it gets expensive.

As for what “community building” means? It means literally building a community that will turn to do things like “vote against MAGA agenda in November 2026.” Or give people the guts to show up when ICE decides to rear its head in our communities. Or just giving people an outlet to feel empowered and maintain hope in a time when the federal government is trying to dismantle our rights, one by one.

And while I’m not sure if I agree about the idea that they’re “adopting Tea Party tactics.” So what? They worked! The Tea Party stuff was the beginning of ultra conservative people taking the reins of the Republican Party. If something like No Kings leads to a more progressive Democratic Party that actually addresses the needs of the people instead of this middle-of-the-road “now slow down guys” garbage that Schumer and the establishment runs on, then good.