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7M Join 'No Kings' Protests Across 2.6K US Cities

77M Million Join 'No Kings' Protests Across 2,600.6K US Cities

7M Join 'No Kings' Protests Across 2.6K US Cities
Above: People march during the No Kings Day protest from Wilma Chan Park to Lake Merritt in Oakland on Oct. 18, 2025. Image copyright: Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images

The Spin

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Metaculus Prediction

There's a 1% chance that Donald Trump will be jailed or incarcerated before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.

Trump has weaponized federal power into a tool of authoritarian control, freezing billions in infrastructure funds to punish Democratic cities and deploying troops against American citizens. This isn't governance — it's state-sponsored intimidation designed to crush dissent and democracy itself.


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