By the raw numbers, Saturday’s No Kings protests across America should far surpass the first iteration on June 14, when more than 1,800 demonstrations against galloping authoritarianism galvanized millions. This time, upwards of 2,500 assemblies and marches are anticipated, thanks in no small part to the enthusiastic promotional work of House Republicans and Fox News.

They appear highly agitated by the prospect of everyday Americans with clear intentions of peacefully exercising centuries-old Constitutional rights, and the reflex to call Saturday’s events something else entirely proceeded without fear of modulation.

Mike Johnson’s outrage

With a week to go before No Kings II, House Speaker Mike Johnson went on Fox to call what’s coming the “hate America rally,” for “the antifa crowd, th

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