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Text from article(edited for length): Reason to Show Up No. 4: Building toward a Tipping Point Fascism expert professor Erica Chenoweth found that 3.5 percent of the populace actively organizing is historically sufficient to stop authoritarian consolidation of power. She based her findings on a study of over 300 anti-regime campaigns between 1900 and 2006, both successful and unsuccessful. A sustained resistance, Chenoweth concluded, creates shifting loyalties within a regime’s own national security or political base. If that base believes the despot’s time is up, it won’t want to be on the losing side. The number is not a hard and fast rule, just a descriptive trend. But it matters here because No Kings protests build the raw numbers of resisters while training them in organized, peaceful action. We may need that training come November, if and when Trump challenges the midterm results. Just this week, his top deputy at the Justice Department, Todd Blanche, once Trump’s personal criminal attorney, endorsed sending ICE agents to polling places. Should that happen, as appears possible, nonviolent mass resistance will be needed to preserve the actual outcome of the election and to compel a handover of power to the Democrats in Congress. It’s time to start building that muscle memory now. I hope these reasons help convince you to join us tomorrow. It’s an all hands-on-deck moment.... Go to NoKings.org to find a protest near you.
Text from article(edited for length): Reason to Show Up No. 4: Building toward a Tipping Point Fascism expert professor Erica Chenoweth found that 3.5 percent of the populace actively organizing is historically sufficient to stop authoritarian consolidation of power. She based her findings on a study of over 300 anti-regime campaigns between 1900 and 2006, both successful and unsuccessful. A sustained resistance, Chenoweth concluded, creates shifting loyalties within a regime’s own national security or political base. If that base believes the despot’s time is up, it won’t want to be on the losing side. The number is not a hard and fast rule, just a descriptive trend. But it matters here because No Kings protests build the raw numbers of resisters while training them in organized, peaceful action. We may need that training come November, if and when Trump challenges the midterm results. Just this week, his top deputy at the Justice Department, Todd Blanche, once Trump’s personal criminal attorney, endorsed sending ICE agents to polling places. Should that happen, as appears possible, nonviolent mass resistance will be needed to preserve the actual outcome of the election and to compel a handover of power to the Democrats in Congress. It’s time to start building that muscle memory now. I hope these reasons help convince you to join us tomorrow. It’s an all hands-on-deck moment.... Go to NoKings.org to find a protest near you.
Text from article(edited for length): Reason to Show Up No. 4: Building toward a Tipping Point Fascism expert professor Erica Chenoweth found that 3.5 percent of the populace actively organizing is historically sufficient to stop authoritarian consolidation of power. She based her findings on a study of over 300 anti-regime campaigns between 1900 and 2006, both successful and unsuccessful. A sustained resistance, Chenoweth concluded, creates shifting loyalties within a regime’s own national security or political base. If that base believes the despot’s time is up, it won’t want to be on the losing side. The number is not a hard and fast rule, just a descriptive trend. But it matters here because No Kings protests build the raw numbers of resisters while training them in organized, peaceful action. We may need that training come November, if and when Trump challenges the midterm results. Just this week, his top deputy at the Justice Department, Todd Blanche, once Trump’s personal criminal attorney, endorsed sending ICE agents to polling places. Should that happen, as appears possible, nonviolent mass resistance will be needed to preserve the actual outcome of the election and to compel a handover of power to the Democrats in Congress. It’s time to start building that muscle memory now. I hope these reasons help convince you to join us tomorrow. It’s an all hands-on-deck moment.... Go to NoKings.org to find a protest near you.
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Text from article: Reason to Show Up No. 3: Electoral Organizing Infrastructure No Kings leader Ezra Levin has argued that there’s a direct line between protest turnout and electoral outcomes. He cites three examples. First, the Tea Party, which organized as a white racist response to the election of our nation’s first Black president, preceded the 2010 red wave. While there weren’t mass street protests like Democrats have deployed, the resentment and organizing ran broadly and supercharged turnout for the 2010 midterms. The consequences of that, including brutal gerrymanders at the state level, are still being felt today. Second, the Women’s March that followed Trump’s first inauguration led to organizing and an infrastructure that helped power the 2018 blue wave. In October 2017, leaders of the Women’s Marches formed March On and launched a related Super PAC with the explicit goal of mobilizing for the 2018 midterms. Momentum from the Women’s March fueled Democratic victories in Virginia, New Jersey and Alabama in November 2017. And more than 25,000 women reached out to Emily’s List to ask about running for office. And last November’s big Democratic gains in Virginia and New Jersey followed the October 2025 No Kings 2 rallies that took place across the country. That surge of enthusiasm, paired with images of millions of ordinary Americans showing up to say “No” to Trump, translated into voter enthusiasm and energy. Attendees became organizers—and voters.
Text from article: Reason to Show Up No. 3: Electoral Organizing Infrastructure No Kings leader Ezra Levin has argued that there’s a direct line between protest turnout and electoral outcomes. He cites three examples. First, the Tea Party, which organized as a white racist response to the election of our nation’s first Black president, preceded the 2010 red wave. While there weren’t mass street protests like Democrats have deployed, the resentment and organizing ran broadly and supercharged turnout for the 2010 midterms. The consequences of that, including brutal gerrymanders at the state level, are still being felt today. Second, the Women’s March that followed Trump’s first inauguration led to organizing and an infrastructure that helped power the 2018 blue wave. In October 2017, leaders of the Women’s Marches formed March On and launched a related Super PAC with the explicit goal of mobilizing for the 2018 midterms. Momentum from the Women’s March fueled Democratic victories in Virginia, New Jersey and Alabama in November 2017. And more than 25,000 women reached out to Emily’s List to ask about running for office. And last November’s big Democratic gains in Virginia and New Jersey followed the October 2025 No Kings 2 rallies that took place across the country. That surge of enthusiasm, paired with images of millions of ordinary Americans showing up to say “No” to Trump, translated into voter enthusiasm and energy. Attendees became organizers—and voters.
Text from article: Reason to Show Up No. 3: Electoral Organizing Infrastructure No Kings leader Ezra Levin has argued that there’s a direct line between protest turnout and electoral outcomes. He cites three examples. First, the Tea Party, which organized as a white racist response to the election of our nation’s first Black president, preceded the 2010 red wave. While there weren’t mass street protests like Democrats have deployed, the resentment and organizing ran broadly and supercharged turnout for the 2010 midterms. The consequences of that, including brutal gerrymanders at the state level, are still being felt today. Second, the Women’s March that followed Trump’s first inauguration led to organizing and an infrastructure that helped power the 2018 blue wave. In October 2017, leaders of the Women’s Marches formed March On and launched a related Super PAC with the explicit goal of mobilizing for the 2018 midterms. Momentum from the Women’s March fueled Democratic victories in Virginia, New Jersey and Alabama in November 2017. And more than 25,000 women reached out to Emily’s List to ask about running for office. And last November’s big Democratic gains in Virginia and New Jersey followed the October 2025 No Kings 2 rallies that took place across the country. That surge of enthusiasm, paired with images of millions of ordinary Americans showing up to say “No” to Trump, translated into voter enthusiasm and energy. Attendees became organizers—and voters.
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
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Text from article(edited for length): Reason to Show Up No. 4: Building toward a Tipping Point Fascism expert professor Erica Chenoweth found that 3.5 percent of the populace actively organizing is historically sufficient to stop authoritarian consolidation of power. She based her findings on a study of over 300 anti-regime campaigns between 1900 and 2006, both successful and unsuccessful. A sustained resistance, Chenoweth concluded, creates shifting loyalties within a regime’s own national security or political base. If that base believes the despot’s time is up, it won’t want to be on the losing side. The number is not a hard and fast rule, just a descriptive trend. But it matters here because No Kings protests build the raw numbers of resisters while training them in organized, peaceful action. We may need that training come November, if and when Trump challenges the midterm results. Just this week, his top deputy at the Justice Department, Todd Blanche, once Trump’s personal criminal attorney, endorsed sending ICE agents to polling places. Should that happen, as appears possible, nonviolent mass resistance will be needed to preserve the actual outcome of the election and to compel a handover of power to the Democrats in Congress. It’s time to start building that muscle memory now. I hope these reasons help convince you to join us tomorrow. It’s an all hands-on-deck moment.... Go to NoKings.org to find a protest near you.
Text from article(edited for length): Reason to Show Up No. 4: Building toward a Tipping Point Fascism expert professor Erica Chenoweth found that 3.5 percent of the populace actively organizing is historically sufficient to stop authoritarian consolidation of power. She based her findings on a study of over 300 anti-regime campaigns between 1900 and 2006, both successful and unsuccessful. A sustained resistance, Chenoweth concluded, creates shifting loyalties within a regime’s own national security or political base. If that base believes the despot’s time is up, it won’t want to be on the losing side. The number is not a hard and fast rule, just a descriptive trend. But it matters here because No Kings protests build the raw numbers of resisters while training them in organized, peaceful action. We may need that training come November, if and when Trump challenges the midterm results. Just this week, his top deputy at the Justice Department, Todd Blanche, once Trump’s personal criminal attorney, endorsed sending ICE agents to polling places. Should that happen, as appears possible, nonviolent mass resistance will be needed to preserve the actual outcome of the election and to compel a handover of power to the Democrats in Congress. It’s time to start building that muscle memory now. I hope these reasons help convince you to join us tomorrow. It’s an all hands-on-deck moment.... Go to NoKings.org to find a protest near you.
Text from article(edited for length): Reason to Show Up No. 4: Building toward a Tipping Point Fascism expert professor Erica Chenoweth found that 3.5 percent of the populace actively organizing is historically sufficient to stop authoritarian consolidation of power. She based her findings on a study of over 300 anti-regime campaigns between 1900 and 2006, both successful and unsuccessful. A sustained resistance, Chenoweth concluded, creates shifting loyalties within a regime’s own national security or political base. If that base believes the despot’s time is up, it won’t want to be on the losing side. The number is not a hard and fast rule, just a descriptive trend. But it matters here because No Kings protests build the raw numbers of resisters while training them in organized, peaceful action. We may need that training come November, if and when Trump challenges the midterm results. Just this week, his top deputy at the Justice Department, Todd Blanche, once Trump’s personal criminal attorney, endorsed sending ICE agents to polling places. Should that happen, as appears possible, nonviolent mass resistance will be needed to preserve the actual outcome of the election and to compel a handover of power to the Democrats in Congress. It’s time to start building that muscle memory now. I hope these reasons help convince you to join us tomorrow. It’s an all hands-on-deck moment.... Go to NoKings.org to find a protest near you.
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