Text from article: Reason to Show Up No. 1: Bursting the illusion of invincibility Authoritarians worldwide depend on projecting strength and inducing fear. They rarely gain control unless people go along, institutions capitulate in advance, and society fails to put up a fight. But when millions turn out, especially in red states and small towns, it punctures that image and signals that we aren’t intimidated. No Kings 3 has added hundreds of events that even include remote rural regions of Alaska. Wherever Trump looks, he will see opposition. It also shows the world that most Americans now oppose Trump, and that the actions he is taking that harm other nations and their people do not reflect the will of most of us. Millions of protesters at thousands of events across the nation and world shape electoral perceptions, as I’ll discuss below. And the Republicans’ decision to ignore the protests this time shows they know they’re working. They want to deprive them of media oxygen, so we need to counter by showing up anyway. Our anger is now driven by a war Trump has recklessly begun and can’t seem to end; by spiking costs of fuel, food and other necessities; and a cynical, transparent cover-up of the Epstein files to protect billionaire pedophiles, which appear to include Trump himself. We need to voice that anger and keep showing Trump and the world that Americans do not support his criminal actions or their consequences.