{"id":3034,"date":"2025-11-04T21:10:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T02:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/2025\/11\/the-frog-abides-we-the-people-are-pissed\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T21:10:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T02:10:35","slug":"the-frog-abides-we-the-people-are-pissed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/?p=3034","title":{"rendered":"The Frog Abides: We The People Are Pissed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/media-library\/a-kid-in-the-america-we-ve-left-to-him-her-them-for-now.jpg?id=61778444&amp;width=1245&amp;height=700&amp;coordinates=338,0,339,0\"><\/p>\n<p>Just like smarmy tiny MAGA Mike warned, up to eight million Marxists, terrorists, Hamas fighters and other patriots &#8211; along with hordes of radical inflatable frogs, chickens, unicorns, bananas &#8211; stormed America&#8217;s streets to march, sing, dance, feel &#8220;joyful and connected,&#8221; not get arrested, and flaunt brutal hilarious signs slamming the evil idiots now unimaginably in power; in response, their idiot leader posted a grotesque AI video of himself in a crown and fighter jet dropping shit on his own citizens. What a day.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a suddenly silent GOP after their incendiary drivel about a &#8220;hate America&#8221; rally &#8211; which organizers said saw RSVPs <em>more than double<\/em> &#8211; the mood of <em>No Kings&#8217;<\/em> over 2,700 rallies was jubilant. Many said it felt like a giant block party, and it <em>was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@stewarteestis\/post\/DP83fIRiFOj?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@stewarteestis\/post\/DP83fIRiFOj?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">giant:<\/a> Protests in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelmoore.com\/p\/your-pics-from-no-k...\" target=\"_blank\">small towns<\/a> and big cities in all 50 states &#8211; yes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@two.huskies.and.a.dove\/video\/7516032289265011999\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Alaska<\/a>! &#8211; drew two million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/10\/17\/us\/no-kings-protests-trump\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">more <\/a>people than the first <em>No Kings<\/em>, and 14 times more than both Trump&#8217;s inauguration crowds combined. (What a loser.) Among Dem pols was Chicago Mayor Johnson: &#8220;We will not bend, we will not bow, we will not cower.&#8221; Global rallies included London, Berlin, Vancouver, Mexico, a sole <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@stewarteestis\/post\/DP83fIRiFOj?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">patriot <\/a>in Estonia: &#8220;One person, one pebble is all it takes to start a landslide. Sir, thank you for your service.&#8221; The message, organizers said, was clear: &#8220;America will not be ruled by fear, force, or one man\u2019s power grab.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>In New York City, over 300,000 people packed Times Square. In D.C., over 200,000 streamed through the National Mall, with one contingent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p6im4Yr9xA0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">carrying <\/a>a massive Constitution. Chicago saw &#8220;an astonishingly <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:udnac33pmf2iwcblpeai5a5p\/post\/3m3ipm7s52c2h?ref_src=embed&amp;ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.democraticunderground.com%252F100220731381\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">large crowd,&#8221; <\/a>San Francisco <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g4Mi8XXePPg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">formed<\/a> a giant human banner, crowds overflowed the Boston Common, the other Portland was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeNellis\/status\/1979601785636659406\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">flooded <\/a>with protesters &#8211; aptly, with many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E_XQYdcEakU\" target=\"_blank\">frogs<\/a> visible after organizers began giving out free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DP9tXQ8j1bN\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> costumes<\/a>. Many Dem members of Congress turned up. Startlingly, among over seven million terrorists gathering in thousands of locations, there were reportedly \u201czero protest-related arrests.&#8221; There were also zero sightings of ICE, because they only appear where they can grab people with zero oversight or opposition. One observer: &#8220;They know. We know. It&#8217;s all illegal. Fourth Amendment. They are cowards is what they are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The signs, as always, were fabulous: History Has Its Eyes On Us. Trump Is the Enemy Within. This Sucks. Fuck Nazis. Nice Oligarchy You Got There: Would Be A Shame If Anything Happened To It. Fascists Are Losers. Impeach Trump Again. Stop Pretending Your Racism Is Patriotism. Know Your Parasites: Dog Tick, Deer Tick, Lunatick. Uncle Scam: Dissent Is Patriotic. So Many Things, So Little Sign. We Thought This Was Going To Be Bad But Holy Shit. Unicorns Against Fascism. Fight Truth Decay. Elect A Rapist, Expect To Be Fucked. This Is My Resisting Bitch Face. Not A Terrorist, Just A Former Republican. Attention, Clean Up On Aisle USA: Orange Stain. I Pray Big Beautiful Bill Will Be the Name of Trump&#8217;s Cellmate. (Stephen Miller with horns): Fuck You Pee Wee German. Trump We All Hate You. The Frog Abides.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans, of course, graciously acknowledged their fear-mongering was unjustified bullshit. Just kidding. Hysterical, face-palm-shameless <em>Fox News<\/em> chyron: &#8220;CHAOS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. No Kings Protests Brought Mayhem to Many Cities.&#8221; Nancy Mace: &#8220;Democrats hit the streets today protesting law and order. Nothing says &#8216;We care about democracy&#8217; like showing up to a rally sponsored by Communists.&#8221; (Jesus, what planet\/timeline do these cretins come from?) Trump, ever-astute: &#8220;I hear very few people (are) going to be there.&#8221; <em>No Kings<\/em> participants, in contrast, were notably, succinctly eloquent on why they were there. History teacher Ariel Fernandez: &#8220;What I tell my students all the time is democracy is a verb. You do it. So I\u2019m here to do it.&#8221; An unnamed Black guy in Oakland: &#8220;This is the point of America right here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Still, the mindless atrocities go on. Customs and Border officials just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-07\/clp_bulletin_executive_order_on_m-f_gender_20250707.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">implemented <\/a>a new rule requiring airlines to reject &#8220;X&#8221; sex markers on passports, available since 2022, and impose an &#8220;M&#8221; or &#8220;F&#8221; just to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/18\/ai...\" target=\"_blank\">make the lives<\/a> of trans or non-binary people more difficult and\/or prevent them from flying internationally; said one, &#8220;The more they can keep us confused and freaked out, the more they can do whatever they want.&#8221; Unions are filing dozens of lawsuits &#8211; with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/15\/federal-worker-firings-blocked-judge-government-shutdown\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">success &#8211; <\/a>to fight efforts to cut hundreds of thousands of government jobs, strip collective bargaining rights and gut federal agencies. Each suit demonstrates the same thing, said one attorney: &#8220;A government willing to break the law just to see if anyone will stop it. It\u2019s governance by impulse..like handing the keys to the country to a group of 12-year-olds. They\u2019ll keep testing the limits until an adult stops them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alas, the adult is definitively, lamentably<em> not<\/em> their evil idiot leader, who somehow keeps plunging to &#8220;a new low, until the next new low.&#8221; On Sunday, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/19\/trump-colombia-gustavo-petro\" target=\"_blank\">said <\/a>Colombia&#8217;s president Gustavo Petro was an &#8220;illegal drug dealer,\u201d also &#8220;a low-rated and very unpopular leader (pot\/kettle) with a fresh mouth toward America&#8221; after Petro rightly charged Trump with murder in his latest extra-judicial killing &#8211; &#8220;It was my great honor to destroy a very large DRUG-CARRYING SUBMARINE&#8221; &#8211; of a Colombian fisherman Petro said &#8220;had no ties to the drug trade,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/2025\/10\/19\/trump-petro-colombia-drugs-us-aid\/c7090fe0-aceb-11f0-ab72-a5fffa9bf3eb_story.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>29th<\/em><\/a> U.S. execution of likely innocent poor brown people. Trump brazenly threatened to cut U.S. funds to Colombia and close their &#8220;killing fields&#8221; or he would, not &#8220;nicely.\u201d (With a horse&#8217;s head in his bed?) Petro: &#8220;I respect (the) culture and people of the USA&#8230;The problem is with Trump, not the USA.&#8221; Join the large, sorrowful crowd.<\/p>\n<p>On No Kings Day, Trump<a href=\"https:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/story\/news\/trump\/202...\" target=\"_blank\"> hid <\/a>at Mar-A-Lago, where he hosted a <a href=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/27\/49\/8bf359314de6aab0ca5898b319f3\/10-17-palm-beach-invite.jpg?nname=playbook-pm&amp;nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&amp;nrid=62505476-66f6-4704-819c-f2f394774f8a\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">$1 million-per-plate<\/a> fundraiser in his gold-drenched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-hous...\" target=\"_blank\">ballroom<\/a> for MAGA super Pac <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-keeps-the-governm...\" target=\"_blank\">billionaires<\/a> during a government shutdown. Then he went online and <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115398251623299921\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">shared<\/a> several AI videos, each more puerile and bizarre. In one, he and J.D. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1979729073497936319\" target=\"_blank\">wear <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/1979729073497936319\">crowns<\/a> as Dem leaders wear sombreros (again). Then he has a crown and sword as Dems <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115398257963308786\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">bow down <\/a>to him. Finally, piloting a &#8220;King Trump&#8221; fighter jet, he <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115398251623299921\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">drops <\/a>a massive load of shit on protesters below. Ha! Good one! Talk about presidential leadership! Let the American people and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/billybraggofficial\/posts\/...\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Bragg &#8211;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/billybraggofficial\/posts\/...\">&#8211;<\/a> who were all bigly<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:honeoslflg3tlhfme4uzngcb\/post\/3m3jhucppws25?ref_src=embed&amp;ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fdigbysblog.net%252F\" target=\"_blank\"> not amused<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:honeoslflg3tlhfme4uzngcb\/post\/3m3jhucppws25?ref_src=embed&amp;ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fdigbysblog.net%252F\"><\/a> &#8211; eat shit! CNN host Manu Raju: &#8220;I don&#8217;t really know what to say (except) this is the President of the United States.&#8221; Maybe say this: &#8220;History will be kind to the first Republicans who meaningfully say &#8216;enough.'&#8221; Or t<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/6e8ddc48-3ee1-4abf-95b1-8dc78485400c?j=eyJ1IjoibDhod24ifQ.5jEjeLiJZS5OfHG4v_xEBlfZCsRwcX2P4Vv9vuux9BQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">his<\/a>: &#8220;Fuck you, you fucking fuck.&#8221; Or this: &#8220;Every day is No Kings Day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 20px;\"><em>&#8220;Every single rally (including in the small towns) was bigger than the surrounding police force available. That (is) VERY IMPORTANT if (you\u2019re) <\/em><em>demonstrating social coherence AGAINST a fascist government and its makeshift gestapo.\u201d <\/em>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/drlisacorrigan.bsky.socia...\" target=\"_blank\">historian <\/a>Lisa Corrigan<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"rm-embed twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"rebelmouse\" data-twitter-tweet-id=\"1979705913692008820\">\n<div style=\"margin:1em 0\"><\/div>\n<p> \u2014  (@)<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1979705913692008820\"><\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just like smarmy tiny MAGA Mike warned, up to eight million Marxists, terrorists, Hamas fighters and other patriots &#8211; along with hordes of radical inflatable frogs, chickens, unicorns, bananas &#8211; stormed America&#8217;s streets to march, sing, dance, feel &#8220;joyful and connected,&#8221; not get arrested, and flaunt brutal hilarious signs slamming the evil idiots now unimaginably [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[742],"class_list":["post-3034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ciencia-y-tecnologia","tag-vr-news-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}