Some are feigning confusion about why more than 7 million Americans joined the No Kings protests Oct. 18. There's nothing confusing here — we showed up because we still believe in a government that serves people, not the whims of one quite human, very fallible man.

The Cuyahoga Falls No Kings looked exactly like the country we’re trying to protect — squirmy kids in red wagons, dogs in Uncle Sam costumes, a band on the corner and neighbors sharing extra signs. It felt like a celebration of decency — a reminder that America still knows how to be kind, hopeful and alive. Generations of people danced and laughed together, breathing fresh life into our precious, gasping American soul.

We marched because our right to due process is now laughable, freedom of speech is muzzled, health care and

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