No Kings 2.0

We went to our county’s No Kings 2.0 protest which conveniently took place within walking distance for us. I am still getting over COVID so I participated wearing an N95, and didn’t do the entire march. It was a very good crowd; I saw an estimate of 4,500 people.

The goofy-eyed inflatable frog has become an icon of the resistance in the past several weeks, and I saw several of them at today’s protest. Going after Portland might have been a strategic mistake by the administration, as Portland’s penchant for weirdness has generated a lot of good resistance iconography for everyone to use. Sarah Jeong wrote an interesting essay several days ago about the significance of the frog, and how it has been an effective counter to the aura farming of the militarized federal agents.

The Frog is ludicrous. The Frog makes no sense. The Frog is a viral symbol of resistance against the Trump regime, and the key to understanding what has happened to discourse in the second Trump presidency.