No Kings: June 14 2025
I got most of my steps attending a rally yesterday.
It was a wild day in Minnesota yesterday. Like everywhere across the US, we had many peaceful “No Kings” protests. But in addition to that, one of our senators was murdered in her home, along with her husband, in a senseless politically motivated assassination. Also two others — another senator and his wife — were also shot by the same guy who is now on the run. Senator Hoffman and his wife are expected to survive.
As I write this, it is Father’s Day in the US, and the children of Senator Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark are grieving the loss of their parents.
Now, I know people have many different feelings and ideas about all this. I’m not here to talk about my political affiliation or promote my views and ideals, other than to say I believe in democracy and the democratic process established by our country’s founders. We have a constitution and constitutional processes in place. I can’t back a leader who does not adhere to those principles.
As the news of the shootings flew across the media yesterday morning, apparently perpetuated by a man named Vance Boelter who is the subject of the ongoing manhunt, there were also warnings that “out of an abundance of caution” people should stay home and not attend the No Kings demonstrations.
I don’t think it impacted the turnout much, quite honestly. (Should an entire state stay inside when one lunatic assassin with a specific agenda is on-the-run and clearly in hiding somewhere?) There were thousands of people at our local rally.
Here are some of the signs and scenes I captured with my phone camera as my husband and I strolled among the masses.
Now, it must be said. There’s nothing wrong with kings (and queens) per se. If that’s a fact of your country’s governmental system and it works for the people (I.e. in the UK where it is balanced ostensibly by the parliamentary system) then power to you. But it is not how the US government was founded and built, and the current administration appears to be trying to change that. I just hope we won’t end up in civil war in the process of defending our democratic process.
That’s all I have to say. Thanks for visiting.
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Each will have to stand up to fight wrongs being thrust on many in their country, each suffer different woes.
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Very true, @joanstewart.
Pick your battles to win the war of late.
Difficult times. So sorry there are already deaths and families torn apart. Thank you to everyone who joined in the protests.
Thanks for your note, @shanibeer. Always nice to hear from you.
Political differences aside.. this is a great sign. Made me chuckle.
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Ha ha! That was one of my favorites too, @davedickeyyall. Hi to Beth!
The news of the murders and attempted assassinations reached us all the way down here in SA. It’s absolutely shocking and sounds so un-American. I hope all those brave souls demonstrating stay safe.
We just got the news a few hours ago that the killer has been arrested. So there’s some good news.
That’s amazing that a crime that happens here in my backyard (not literally!) could make it all the way to you, @itsostylish!
Oh, so sad to hear about the US situation. Hopefully the actual administration change its way to lead the country. It's really crazy how the political situation is going out of control even far away of US.
Unfortunate the dead politicians you have mentioned, nobody deserves that.
Courage!
Thank you, @aljif7.
Our hearts go out to the families of the grieving senator that was killed!
Senseless………..🙄
Yes, it’s so heartbreaking. I was so glad to hear they found and arrested the guy accused of the crimes. And he acted alone.
Good to hear they caught the guy!🙄
So very sad…….
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Aw! Thank you, @agmoore. That means a lot!
First off, nobody should condone murder. We've seen more than our fair share of political assassinations and attempted assassinations from crazies on both sides of the aisle over the years including a very near miss of Trump not so long ago. Regardless of how you feel about him, I can't imagine that the likely chaos resulting from a successful assassination would have been good for the country.
I myself lean libertarian. I am not a fan of either political party. I usually vote for independent candidates because I think both parties are anti-democratic in how they operate (see how the DNC treated Bernie Sanders and how they swapped candidates and didn't bother to have a primary or how the RNC treated Ron Paul for just a couple of examples).
I voted for Trump 1 out of 3 times...in the latest election. Not because I'm a huge fan (you would never catch me wearing a MAGA hat for example) but because I thought he was better than the alternative...and there weren't even any solid independent candidates as far as I could tell. I don't regret my decision...yet.
As someone who considers himself a pretty strong supporter of the Constitution (though there's definitely a questionable amendment or two in there), I'm curious what specifically you think it is that Trump has done to violate the Constitution? The thing I hear most recently is the lack of due process for those being deported. But, while I obviously can't speak to every individual case, as far as I understand it, Congress makes the laws regarding immigration and the executive branch enforces them (as proscribed by the Constitution). The Trump administration, in general, is following the law. The due process of those being deported includes a hearing in front of an immigration judge. As far as I know, all of those being deported get or have gotten that (I believe that many of those being deported did not leave when ordered and/or did not show up when they previously had their day in court).
But since you didn't say, maybe this isn't even what you are referring to. But the general process should be Trump does something, if perceived to be something he doesn't have the authority to do then it can be challenged in court, if the supreme court ultimately rules against Trump then he must stop doing whatever that is, if he does not stop then he should be impeached. While I'm not exactly clear on what this protest was all about, one thing is certain...we definitely don't have a king and he can be removed any time the rest of government decides it is appropriate.
For the record, I think the U.S. should have as open of an immigration policy as possible. However, there are two things that typically occur during the legal immigration process that are necessary. The first is a background check. This often causes the most delays because it relies on the country of citizenship providing some of that information. The second is the Affidavit of Support which is designed to prove that you have sufficient income or other resources such that you are unlikely to need welfare assistance in the near future.
And as a side note, the reason the president seems to have so much power is that congress has delegated so much power to the executive branch over the years. Tariffs are a good example of this. The president has no authority to implement tariffs except for the power that congress has delegated to him (which for the most part was done a long time ago). Congress can take back that power any time it wants. However, they prefer to have someone else to blame.
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