Millions showed up across the nation on Saturday, October 18th, to exercise their First Amendment right to free speech in protest to the authoritarian policies of Donald Trump. Indiana showed up for No Kings Day across more cities and small towns than ever before.
Last week, Vice President JD Vance traveled once again to Indianapolis to visit Republican State legislators. His primary agenda? Convince our lawmakers to redistrict Indiana outside the census years to secure President Trump the remaining 2 of 9 Congressional Representatives. We have moved so far beyond representative government, it is obscene. Vance was once again met with a large crowd protesting his obvious strong-arming. Interestingly, he had no trouble flying across the country.
Images and videos from across the country are still coming through after Saturday’s record-breaking turnout in solidarity for the No Kings protest. Like millions of others, I woke up that morning not quite certain what to expect. Escalations in Los Angeles, a place I called home for over 25 years, weighed heavily on my mind and in my heart. How has our country found itself again at this threshold?
