Dakota Beacon

Face it. No Kings protests are a series of demonstrations against the second administration of President Donald Trump. Nationwide and international events were held on June 14, 2025, October 18, 2025, and March 28, 2026. This movement calls for an end to what demonstrators perceive (wrongly) as authoritarian rule by President Trump.

The most recent wave of protests took place in over 3,000 locations on March 28 this year. The focus was on military action in Iran, anti-immigration enforcement, and pro-illegal immigration. (See https://www.nokings.org/resource-library) Significantly, the coordination efforts of the widespread and sizable protests received little critical news coverage.

No Kings across the land is all about politics and not policy. The effort forms a direct stand against Trump’s administration, his supporters, and the silly notion that he is a threat to Democracy. The real motivation? Hate Trump!

This column could easily have been titled “Grist for Ridicule”, the grist being the No Kings protests. Ridicule would be a way to deal with liberal-progressive change agents who would force their aberrant views on the rest of us. Laugh at them. Laughter becomes the best medicine in more ways than one. Laughter is neither prohibited nor classified as hate speech.

Ridicule uses humor along with satire to trash an opponent. It is one thing to laugh with a person. It is quite another matter to laugh at them. To laugh at a person, movement, or ideology is the kiss of death. Ridicule portrays individuals, movements, philosophies, and ideologies as the ridiculous and farcical pantomimes that they are.

Liberals have little sense of humor when it comes to their pet issues. That makes ridicule even more effective. They simply cannot and will not tolerate criticism much less ridicule. Liberals go berserk when anyone mocks, ridicules, or satirizes their cherished treasures. And we know their cherished treasures: climate change, animal rights, DEI, government giveaways, and much more.

That said, the Left should know better than anyone else the effects of ridicule and satire. One of their own codified the use of ridicule. Saul Alinksy's “Rules for Radicals” encouraged the use of ridicule against one's opponents. Rule #5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It’s hard to counterattack ridicule, and it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.”

Focus becomes difficult when the point of the No Kings marchers is that we should not have a king. But the US does not have a king. Give credit where credit is due. No King protestors are successful at making people laugh at them.

Many folks showed up for the No Kings demonstrations. Most of them were old white people who could not explain why they’re protesting. In several cases, organizers bused senior citizens out of assisted living facilities and memory care homes. TV footage showed a No Kings protest in North Carolina almost entirely composed of old white liberals. Are the organizers nuts? How did these senior citizens get so brainwashed?

In Minnesota, event organizers did not have much to say. So, they attacked fossil fuels, billionaires, and the Iran conflict. They urged protesters to support universal healthcare, wealth taxes, a higher minimum wage, and rent freezes. Adding to the silliness, the libs at the No Kings rally in Minnesota sang "none of us are free until all of us are free" with zero sense of irony that they're allowed to do all this nonsense with zero government interference or consequence.

No Kings has been exposed as well organized and well-funded by big donors and organizations displaying professionally made signs, marching bands, and matching political costumes. No Kings demonstrations give no sign of spontaneity. They don't even look real!

Behind the eye candy of patriotic pro-Democracy protests exists a coordinated network of tax-exempt nonprofits 501(c)(3), labor unions 501 (c)(4), political action committees 501(c)(5), and for-profit protest consultants. Of note are included the activist Party for Socialism and Liberation, Democratic Socialists of America, and Students for a Democratic Society.

Think twice about the double standard of the No Kings protests. It was the progressive Democrats who refused to hold a presidential primary but instead coronated Kamala Harris without a single vote. They were the ones who sued to keep Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. off the 2024 ballot in several states. Likewise, it was the liberals who tried to also remove Trump from the 2024 state ballots after not winning against him using illegal lawfare schemes. If there was a modern-day monarchy in America there would only be one political party you could point out. The Democrats.

No Kings became an international event when a massive crowd of people gathered in London in support of the American left’s No Kings protest. England, who literally has a King, protested America who does not. You cannot make this stuff up.

Continuing our story, No Kings activists dressed up in costumes. Some dressed up in inflatable frog costumes and danced in protest of Trump and his administration. I am not sure that this reinforced their point. Nonetheless, this silliness is entertaining to see just how freakish and ghoulish Trump’s opposition can be. And it will only get worse.

So goes the street theater of the No Kings circus.

Dennis M. Patrick can be contacted at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).