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Grunion Shaftoe 🅅 @grunionshaftoe.bsky.social · Jun 15

#Minneapolis #MN #NoKings

Demonstrators rally outside the Minnesota State Capitol building during a "No Kings" protest on June 14, 2025, in St Paul, Minnesota.

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👍🏼 #NoKings 🫅🏼 #Minneapolis #Minnesota #protest 📣 👏🏼

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4h

Minneapolis is showing up and showing out. #NoKings

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 8h

Look at this turnout in Charlotte! #NoKings (via Marco Foster/Threads)

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 9h

UPDATE: White House to fire explosive artillery over major roadway in Southern California, I-5 to be temporarily shut down on Saturday due to life safety risk

White House to fire explosive artillery over major roadway in Southern California, I-5 to be temporarily shut down on Saturday due to life safety risk | Governor of California

www.gov.ca.gov

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Mark Jaggers @markjaggers.com · 11h

The frogs are out in Amsterdam #NoKings #NoTryants

Frog protest sign in the style of Sheppard Farley with “HOP” on it

Frog protest sign: “United We Ribbit, Divided We Croak”

Group of People at the AMS No Tryants 2 demonstration

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D.M. Higgins @dmhiggins.bsky.social · 11h

#NoKings protest underway outside the U.S. consulate in Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Alexandra Bader @alexaba.bsky.social · 10h

No Kings Protest in Vienna, Austria

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mollyshredder @mollyshredder.bsky.social · 11h

#NoKings, Florence, Italy, showed up!!

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50501 South Dakota @50501southdakota.bsky.social · 10h

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 10h

New footage from South Korea where the #nokings rally stopped outside the US embassy.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

🇬🇧🔥Ironically, LONDON is kicking off #NoKingsDay 💪🏽

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Mary Lawrence @mlawrence1027.bsky.social · 10h

Aw there’s just something amazing about this energy in small town Florida. It’s gonna be a good one today! #NoKings #StAugustineFL #50501 #IndivisibleStJohns

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 10h

Turn off your Face ID and Touch ID if you are taking your phones to the protests. Keep it in airplane mode and use encrypted apps where possible. Protect yourself.

#3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 12h

Attending a No Kings protest today? Know your protest rights:

Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU

The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exerc...

www.aclu.org

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LaRae Meadows @laraemeadows.bsky.social · 9h

19) Stay out of panic mode: Prioritize being calm at all times. If things go bad, walk when you can. Running in these situations increases your heart rate and discourages clear thinking. Take a breath. Step back for a second. Wait until you are ready.

20) Stop when it feels right to stop.

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LaRae Meadows @laraemeadows.bsky.social · 9h

now and historical reasons later. You are telling a story about the country and your community. Archivists and historians and kids doing history projects will look at these one day.

17) Listen to the chants and see if you can find a sign saying that.

18) Capture some fun signs too.

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LaRae Meadows @laraemeadows.bsky.social · 9h

15) Ask for help: The organizers want journos there. It is the whole damned point. If you need something, like water or directions or an idea of events for the day - ask.

16) Get geographic markers in some your photos to show WHERE the photo was taken. This is important for solidarity reasons

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LaRae Meadows @laraemeadows.bsky.social · 9h

when there is violence.

#nokings should be peaceful so don't fear. Just decide ahead of time if you want to stay to photo that.

13) Memorize your emergency phone numbers in case you are arrested or write them on sharpie on your body somewhere.

14) Wear hidden pockets for your data cards

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LaRae Meadows @laraemeadows.bsky.social · 9h

not give you a new sanitary device for hours after processing. You can go into #toxicshock

11) Prepare for it to go bad if you plan to stay if it does. You need eye, lung, head, and water protection. Get protection for your equipment.

12) Take photos of the cops: Cops often start the violence
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LaRae Meadows @laraemeadows.bsky.social · 9h

9) Vests work: Yeah, you can wear a backpack and stop every time you need something, or you can just wear a vest. It is a classic for a reason.

10) If you are a #woman on her #period: Consider a #pad instead of #tampon. If you are arrested the processing can take several hours and they might

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LaRae Meadows @laraemeadows.bsky.social · 9h

6) Do not walk with your eye in the camera: Not only is this a tripping hazard, you do not see photo opportunities if you are only looking through the narrow camera.

7) Be cautious of cops and counter protestors: Learn your rights ahead of time.

8) Care for yourself: Wear comfy shoes...

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LaRae Meadows @laraemeadows.bsky.social · 9h

Shooting a protest up from the ground creates images of power.

4) Get into the crowd: Pictures from the outside are pictures of the sides of faces.

5) Get in front of the crowd: Signs and makeup of the crowd tell the community what is wrong and why people came out.

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LaRae Meadows @laraemeadows.bsky.social · 9h

allowed to get your drone up, get it up throughout the event.

If you don't have a #drone, stand on any divider wall, a box, your car, a friend's shoulders, anything. Don't be afraid to ask or visit a nearby building and photo down from a higher story.

3) Shoot up from as low as possible:
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LaRae Meadows @laraemeadows.bsky.social · 9h

Tips for protest #photography:

1) Catch the mood: If it is joyful, get the joyful stuff. If it is angry, get the angry stuff

2) Get up as high as you can: the size of a #protest is an important piece of information. The #FAA will have a lot of flight restrictions today but if you are
#nokings

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12h

The frogs have spawned!

Dublin represent! #NoKings

The NoKings protest in front of the US Embassy in Dublin. There are four frogs and a chicken.

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