If you were one of the estimated 7 million people who marched at a “No Kings” event this past weekend, the inevitable digital breadcrumb trail you left behind will most likely reflect a peaceful day of constitutionally protected self-expression. Massive protests at major cities like LA had arrest counts in the single digits , and the Black Bloc brick-throwers, provocateurs, and random drunks seem to have stayed home. The NYPD, for its part, announced that there were “zero protest-related arrests” in New York City.

But rhetoric from Republicans lately paints the ruling party’s political adversaries as extremist or even “ pro-terrorist .” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has called the No Kings protests “ hate America ” rallies. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy calls the No

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