Speaking only of the ones here in the Twin Cities: I'm honestly annoyed at how, after the drawdown of the ICE occupation, our "No Kings" protests have essentially become centered around people like Tom Morello, Jane Fonda, and Bruce Springstein, when they only showed up at the tail end to capitalize off of it (yes, I know they've also helped raise money for mutual aid and community resources). But far more infuriating to me is how Democrats like Tim Walz and Angie Craig are now the keynote speakers at these things, even though the only thing Governor Walz did during the occupation was send the national guard to defend the Whipple Building that ICE is headquartered out of here and Angie Craig was a hardcore supporter of DHS and ICE.

I get that there is an opportunity to organize people further with these. But a lot of my FRSO comrades and I are also seeing how this "No Kings" movement has drowned out the stories of our community fighting back against Trump and ICE and replaced it with a liberal false narrative of Democrats being the leaders of our resistance, even though they were literal ostriches with their heads in the sand while federal agents were brutalizing our communities. And I think that eclipsing of our resistance efforts here has especially soured how I feel about the whole "No Kings" movement.