"I now have attended enough West Point parades to know the US Army can parade with the best of them. What we are seeing here is not an inability to do this with precision but a decision not to. Which is more interesting."

~ Michael Shurkin quoted by Greg Dworkin

#NoKings #Trump #parade #military
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/16/2328258/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-What-you-know-depends-on-what-you-hear

"Numbers are still coming in, but the scale of popular outrage is without precedent. …

Mainline liberalism has been pushed out of the conversation, and we need to push our way back in."

~ Toby Buckle

When he speaks of mainline liberalism being pushed out of the conversation, Buckle focuses on mainstream media with its both-sides shtick and its reactionary centrism, blaming liberals for the rise of fascism — which is hogwash.

#NoKings #Trump #parade #media
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https://www.liberalcurrents.com/no-kings-shows-our-power-when-we-have-messaging-reach/

"Crowd sizes matter a lot because competitive authoritarianism rests largely on self-fulfilling expectations….

What we saw on Saturday was more than just the juxtaposition of a poorly attended parade that was supposed to glorify the Leader against massive, enthusiastic protests. We also saw a body blow to Trump’s image of invincibility and a demonstration that millions of Americans are willing to stand up for democracy."

~ Paul Krugman

#NoKings #Trump #parade
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trumps-parade-flopped-no-kings-day

"Let’s call it what it is: media gaslighting. They’ll boost Trump’s sad little fantasyland but won’t shine a real spotlight on a peaceful, record-breaking, democratic uprising? This isn’t just negligence—it’s manipulation."

~ Alicia Norman

#NoKings #Trump #parade #media
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https://oneangryblackchick.substack.com/p/trumps-sad-parade-11-million-loud

"The protests on June 14 were a cultural phenomenon that deserved more than one article by the 'newspaper of record' on the day of the protests.

Railing against the Times is a waste of time. For reasons known only to its publisher and editors, the Times ignores Democrats except for bad news and normalizes Trump’s criminal and unconstitutional behavior much of the time."

#NoKings #Trump #parade #media
/6

"Trump's parade was a bust and an embarrassment, while the No Kings Day rallies were an incredible success. But as of Sunday, one of the largest single-day protests in American history has fallen off the pages of major media outlets. ...

Surely if MAGA protesters had turned out 5 million rally participants in Democratic strongholds, that would not be a one-day story for the Times."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#NoKings #Trump #parade #media
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/a-reflection-on-no-kings-day-twenty

"Grim-faced soldiers, marching past half-empty grandstands, many of them obviously wanting to be somewhere else. No bands. Little bunting. Just piped-in rock music and MAGA hats."

#NoKings #Trump #parade
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"I went to Trump’s military parade. Everything about it was wrong. I have never experienced such a joyless, lifeless, and sterile mass event in my entire life. ...

I have never experienced such a joyless, lifeless, and sterile mass event in my entire life."

~ Charles Pierce

#NoKings #Trump #parade
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https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a65067917/trump-military-parade-first-person-experience/

"It was a metaphor for the failure of Trump’s larger authoritarian project so far."

#NoKings #Trump #parade
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