For ‘No Kings,’ maybe we need more than an occasional ‘day’

Millions of Americans will take part in the third ‘No Kings Day’ multi-pronged protest today, and yet there are those who question the efficacy. ⁠“The needle isn’t moving” said one Substack scribe,⁠ and she’s not wrong, but she isn’t just talking about the last year. ‘Occupy Wall Street’ was fifteen years ago. FIFTEEN YEARS!

On ⁠this week’s “Politics Girl” podcast⁠, host Leigh McGowan and guest Ezra Levin opine that it’s not enough to just go, we need to be bringing people with us. Okay, yes. Sure. Make it a friend date, but ask everyone around y’all – pick ten – what they’re doing tomorrow and/or Monday. I guarantee you it’ll be the normal mundane stuff we all do in life wholly unrelated to resistance. That’s the problem. Meanwhile, ⁠CBS News’⁠ White House correspondent Ed O’Keefe hopped on a call to provide an update on the US/Israel “excursion” on Iran and helps to delineate what’s fact vs just “what Trump said” on presents and negotiations. Ed touches on the TSA/DHS situation, too, and what good it’ll be to potentially have the National Guard involved at airports, too.

Back to ‘No Kings,’ the big question is: ⁠“What Comes Next?”⁠

Under the Gold Dome, Georgia Republicans are passing legislation to ⁠make many metro Atlanta county races “non-partisan”⁠ in order to try and shield voters from knowing who’s in which party. Why just “those” counties? C’mon. They’re all “blue.”

Lastly, has ⁠Burt Jones found Rick Jackson’s weakness⁠? Maybe. ⁠Rick doesn’t seem to be sharp on many issues⁠.