No Kings protesters at the Nebraska Capitol on Oct. 18, 2025. (Juan Salinas II/Nebraska Examiner)

I spent some time Saturday among a couple thousand or so who gathered at the Nebraska State Capitol for the No Kings rally.

As a journalist, a big part of being at Lincoln’s version of No Kings (one of 15 across Nebraska) — as it is with any similarly-situated event — was to see the numbers, measure the vibe and determine what, if anything, was new or newsy.

To wit: While the enterprise was peaceful, people did express their considerable displeasure and growing frustration with the country’s current leadership. Call it good trouble with a joyful noise of cheers, chants and a chorus of supportive car horns along Capitol Parkway.

Much of that sentiment was displayed on hundreds of fierce, fu

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