However it plays out, it’s a fascinating moment to be watching and I’ll be looking for ways I can get involved and help protect democracy. As I said earlier, No Kings has massive potential, but only if leveraged.

Huge kudos to @ezralevin.bsky.social for spearheading this.

3. Does Indivisible’s political involvement and broader movement-building work impact the growth of the No Kings protests? Since they’re all in on removing Chuck Schumer, does a hypothetical Schumer dead-ender (assuming they exist) not attend?

2. Do they keep the name Indivisible for the political movement, or do they call the movement No Kings and Indivisible just stays the organization behind it? For example, does a candidate endorsed in a primary by them say ‘I’m a No Kings candidate’ or that they’re an Indivisible-backed candidate?

Things I’ll be watching for:

1. Do they try to build a political caucus of endorsed politicians in a more centralized way than the Tea Party did? Or will they try to stay bottoms up and not try to affiliate officially with politicians?

Great point!

Love it, I'll definitely look into it. Thanks!

I would love to get feedback. Could candidates make it work convincingly? How else can we capitalize on the energy and momentum of the moment? Who should I talk to about this?

Since I'm new to posting here, I'd love to hear from my old ET friends @purrtah.bsky.social and @jakerugh.bsky.social!

8/8

I think that message would be powerful and resonate with millions of us who are angry and scared enough to take to the streets. The historic No Kings attendance proves strong support for resisting Trump's abuses of power; candidates who embrace it will likely get more support than they realize.

7/8

Someone like @roycoopernc.bsky.social could say, “As an avid supporter of the Constitution, I firmly believe in No Kings. Unfortunately, when Mike Whatley tried to overturn the 2020 election, he proved he’s as Pro-King as they come. This November, choose No Kings over Pro-Kings.”

6/8

This idea won’t leave my head today: candidates could purposefully identify themselves with the movement, I’m a No Kings candidate, running on a No Kings platform, my opponent is a pro-King Democrat because they voted for Trump’s authoritarian spending bill etc.

5/8

While massively bigger than the Tea Party’s protest, No King’s cultural/political relevance has yet to be truly felt. Because the protests are still not associated with radicalization, I think there’s an opportunity for candidates across the left to embrace its ideals and brand.

4/8

Then the No Kings protests happened. On Oct 18th, nearly 7 million people took to the streets in 2,700 locations (per @alexip718.com's awesome coverage with Xylom). In contrast, the Tea Party’s biggest event was surprisingly only 311K over 346 locations. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Par...)

3/8

While I sympathize with complaints that Dems aren’t meeting the moment, I’ve hesitated because 1. I don’t want the radicalization associated with the Tea Party, and 2. Dem leaders are pretty effective at passing progressive laws in a normal environment. They just can't do much in the minority.

2/8

It was a great game!