by Reid Fitzsimons (note an edited version of his article appeared in the American Thinker on-line magazine: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/11/at_2025_11_17.html)

On Oct. 18, 2025 a second round of anti-Trump demonstrations under the banner “No Kings” occurred throughout the US, with several million participants in total. Whether they are pampered hippies (or wannabe hippies) long past their sell-by date desperately trying to relive their youth or intrepid defenders of democracy, No Kings is an interesting phenomenon that warrants a closer look.