Prior to the No Kings Day singalong from 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, June 14 at the Old Edmonds Opera House, there will be a No Kings Day rally from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Edmonds Civic Park.
According to organizers, the rally will feature keynote speaker Rick Steves along with local advocates, elected officials and community leaders. Participants will also be invited to join in protest songs with Chris Weare.
“We’re meeting on June 14, Flag Day and Donald Trump’s birthday, to remind the country that this is a democracy, not a monarchy,” said Sharon Otness, one of the rally organizers. “We are the power. We are the people. There are no kings here.”
Civic Park is located at 598 Edmonds St. in Edmonds.
Edmonds Civic Park? Old Opera House? These are not the same places. Which is it?
There are two events on the same day. The first is a rally at Civic Park. The second is the singalong at the Old Opera House. This story about the rally links to the story posted yesterday about the singalong.
First the rally, later the sin-a-long.
The rally starts in Civic Park. The community sing is at the Old Opera House.
Does anyone know if there will be additional restroom facilities provided at the event (port-o-potties)?
Meanwhile the tanks roll into Washington for whatever happens next weekend, and the Washington Post reports:
“President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened a forceful response against even nonviolent actions by demonstrators and vowed to “have troops everywhere” in response to the demonstrations in Los Angeles. .“We are not going to let our country be torn apart like it was under Biden and his autopen,” Trump said, speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One in New Jersey.
“Trump said he was not yet at the point of invoking the Insurrection Act, but said he was watching the situation closely. He said he’d make that decision based on his own instincts. “The bar is what I think it is,” he said.”
“L’État, c’est moi.” Dangerous times for our country, our democracy and our freedoms.
Not a “KING” – A petulant tyrannical spoiled disturbed dictator! PTSD DICTATOR
Speak up and fight for our USA as we know it to be…
Parking will be really bad with the Edmonds Art Festival. going on. and no free shuttle service this year.
Despite what you feel, we are not a democracy. We are a constitutional republic. Democracies are mob rule which is what is going on right now in Los Angeles. You might need to get your TDS drugs adjusted.
Frank Demme. Your attempt to separate and distinguish a democracy from a Constitutional republic is a sham. Constitutional republicanism is a form of democracy.
You might want to adjust the antenna is on your tinfoil hat.
Right on! I couldn’t agree with you more. Trump Derangement syndrome is real and if this turns out violent then I hope the ones doing the damage are prosecuted.
Frank, you are a perfect example of a little bit of knowledge being a dangerous thing. You might just want to Google “Constitutional Democracy “ so you have some idea of what you are talking about. (It’s pretty simple and even you can do it.) People have a right in this country to peacefully demonstrate against their own government when they think government is overreaching what it should be doing. It’s what thousands of brave men and women have fought and died for over the years – so you and I can say and think whatever we want, without being assaulted or jailed by a wanna be dictator. We don’t all share your enthusiasm for the nut job currently in the White House and we have a right to stand up and say so, just like you have every right to defend him and his actions.
I meant “Constitutional Republic” above.
The Old Edmonds Opera House is also known as the Masonic Hall and is located at 515 Dayton St.
No matter the terminology, this country has, from the beginning, been run by rich, white men. If we want that to change, if we want equal rights for all, we need to stand up and make our voices heard. “Power concedes nothing without a demand”.
Amen!!!!
Pull together, not apart. Have the grace to ignore things that don’t matter right now. Correct gently. This is not the time or the place to be bullies online. Let’s keep this to needed information, please?
Yawn.
It is certain that next weekend will be quite busy in the local area.
I understand the sentiment behind the desire to avoid being governed by a monarch. However, I find myself pondering whether there will be chats of: “The autopen is dead, long live the autopen.”
I realize the date of this event was not chosen by the local organizers as they were directed by their national handlers and have no choice but to follow orders. Nothing supports your cause ( whatever that is) like yelling, screaming and crying into a microphone disrupting and further congesting an already busy downtown while folks and families are trying to enjoy the numerous activities during a nice summer Saturday. Hopefully there will be a few celebrities and new voices rather than just the same old Edmonds version of Keith Olbermann who we don’t need a summer Saturday disruption to hear that same old tired rhetoric. Unfortunately it’s the NEW Edmond’s Kind Of Day.
This Saturday’s event was not scheduled by any “national handlers” but rather by Donald Trump himself. It was his decision to hold an enormous (and enormously expensive) military parade down Pennsylvania Avenue on his birthday, June 14th
This local rally is one of more than 1,800 peaceful events scheduled this day to resist Trump’s drive to impose authoritarian rule on the USA. It’s time to reject his attacks on essential institutions of a free society, especially the courts, the press, the legal community, and our colleges and universities.
Our institutions are strong and our democratic republic is even stronger, but they all require vigilance by the people. Democracy is not a self-fulfilling form of government. With democracy, there are times when it can be “use it or lose it,” and this feels like one of those times. I’ll be there in Civic Park on Saturday standing up for democracy.
So 1800 independent thinkers all decided to hold a protest/ rally on the same day all around the country. Got it. Thanks for the clarification. Your national handlers will be proud. We do not have a King now but you can take credit Sunday morning when we wake up and still do not have a King.
Thanks for the good chuckle Mr. Giles.
A wannabe king is just as troublesome as an actual king, when you think about it. While soliciting votes from a Christian group last July, Trump told them “in four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not going to have to vote.” Because kings don’t need votes, do they? Since I want to continue voting, I’ll be attending the Saturday rally at Civic Park.
So just curious, are you all cool with what was happening in LA last weekend before the National Guard arrived? Is property destruction (owned by businesses), violence against each other and the police, and lighting Waymo cars on fire all okay with you people that are supporting the “NO MORE KINGS” protests?
How did you all feel during the Covid riots when major cities in our country (including Seattle) were being burned, vandalized, tagged, looted, property and businesses destroyed, and people being injured and killed during a time of “PEACEFUL PROTEST”?
Maybe the people who gather in Edmonds will remain peaceful (I hope), but what about larger cities around the country?
Personally, I’m tired of this behavior. You don’t get your own way all the time, so you decide to act like spoiled brats who can’t handle the current government. You must like the fact that some of these protests that go from peaceful to violent end up impacting business owners, and really all of us on a financial level while proving you have nothing better to offer this country.
If we could agree to move more towards the middle politically, maybe we could come up with viable solutions for all the generations, and those to come in the future.
Signed a 4th generation Edmonds Resident Gen X’er who is tired of this nonsense.
“Sound and fury signifying nothing”-Wm. Shakespeare. Another Coachella for aging hippies. Rick should run for office and see how popular his views really are. Has he taken down his Dennis Kucinich for President sign yet from his office window?
When people can’t argue complex ideas using facts and evidence, they resort to puerile ad hominem attacks.
Saturday will be fun! Arrive early, wear sunscreen, bring water, have your signs ready, and be peaceful and courteous. Wherever you decide to rally, remember that you will be part of one of thousands of protests around the country. We will be sending a message to the ignorant convicted criminal and sexual abuser that occupies the White House that we will not tolerate a King in our country. Let the petty, xenophobic buffoon and least popular President ever (at this point of a Presidency) have his pathetic birthday party with his tanks, as he watches the military in which he never served because of his lame deferments. His small crowd of sycophants will pale in comparison to the millions who stand in solidarity this weekend against this trainwreck of a human being.
Re:”His small crowd of sycophants…” Would that include the 77 million who voted for him?
The latest polling has Trump’s approval rating at about 45% which is the lowest rating for this point in a Presidency since Presidential approval ratings started sometime back in the 50s. People voted for him for promised lower gas and grocery prices, cutting taxes for the middle and lower classes and fixing a broken national government. His big beautiful bill is predicted to add 3 trillion dollars to the national debt and even many of his own Republican Senators don’t like it. If Trump is so popular and universally loved by all, I would think there would be spontaneous demonstrations in his favor springing up all over. It seems to be just the opposite. About 55% of the people now just want him gone ASAP.
The U.S. is a Constitional Republic not a democracy. We have representatives who we all vote on to represent us. We have three branches of government which provide checks and balances to govern this country. Stop calling the democrat party the ” the democratic party.” They are no way the democratic party. The Opera House is The Masonic Temple and it’s on 5th and Dayton.
To those who support Trump, I will be out with my sign protesting for your right to freely post your opinion on a website managed by the free press. That includes your right to react to my post.
The facts establish that Trump was convicted of 34 felonies by a Court of Law and a jury. In addition HHS Secretary has committed perjury by lying under oath to congress about how he would address vaccines. And he has nominated numerous unqualified individuals to fill cabinet posts.
Trump has broken numerous norms of our democracy in the first 6 months of his term. He fails to respect that Congress enacts laws and the President’s only Constitutional role is through the veto process. This is especially true with respect to spending. The Constitution does not allow the President to not spend money mandated by Congress. If Congress votes to approve buying a stuffed teddy bear for every American, the President must buy every American a teddy bear even if it is “wasteful”. For example, Trump unilaterally has stopped Congressionally approved funds for local food banks to buy food from local farmers.
This is why I am protesting. Instead of food for hungry children, he wants a parade costing millions on his birthday
Not reacting to any particular post here but hoping that my opinion does not get me labelled as a hater or right winger or anything like that…so here goes.
It’s highly probable that some of the 1800 Peaceful Protests will be taken over or invaded by the troublemakers we have seen at every single protest in Seattle or Portland since WTO in 1998. Anybody supporting this well organized national day of bonding/solidarity over Trump hatred should step back and think about the crime, vandalism, damage etc that is highly probable during the Seattle and Portland events. It’s my opinion that those black clad hoodie wearers have been getting a free pass to cause mayhem every time the boomers have a “peaceful protest”.
Enjoy your rally…people harmed by the Seattle Antifa version of the rally will not be enjoying the weekend.
“national day of bonding/solidarity over Trump hatred” sounds pretty right wing. What about citizens like me who object strongly to the path Trumps is taking us down? You certainly seem to dismiss our centuries-old, constitutional right to register our alarm and rejection of his policies.
Or should we sit at home and just passively fold our hands, sacrificing our right to assemble and protest?
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” Also William Shakespeare, if we’re going to bandy quotations. And this one is truer to the context of the discussion and its use in the play.
Same play (Julius Caesar):
Th’abuse of greatness is when it disjoins
Remorse from power..
But when he once attains the upmost round
He then unto the ladder turns his back,
Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees
By which he did ascend. So Caesar may.
Then, lest he may, prevent.
Those who are so inclined are free to howl at the moon, if done peacefully. That is your right. However, the moon will not change it’s trajectery. So have a good time singing Kumbaya and all the other protest songs of the 60’s. Or maybe go to LA and join those “peacefull protests”. Maybe Rick Steves could lead a tour of the vandalized and burnt out small businesses that are mostly owned by legal immigrants. Maybe side tours of the burnt and destroyed LAPD police cars. Just another “Summer of Love”.
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