WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators turned out in Washington, D.C. and cities across the nation on Saturday, to protest what they characterize as the increasingly authoritarian actions of the Trump administration.

“We’re here representing normal people — regular, peaceful Americans — who are against what this administration is doing, who are against the occupation of our cities and the disappearing of our neighbors off the streets,” says Jermaine Collins, a 34-year-old veteran of the war in Afghanistan, speaking to Rolling Stone beside a city dump truck, set up to block road access beside the National Gallery of Art.

A rally more than a march, the “ No Kings ” protest centered on a stage set up on Pennsylvania Avenue with the U.S. Capitol in the background. The eve

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