Social media platforms, collaborative online tools, and encrypted messaging are all helping to power a massive, decentralized resistance to the Trump administration.

As a military parade rolls through Washington, DC, on Saturday – President Donald Trump’s birthday – millions of Americans are expected to protest in what organizers predict will be the strongest display of opposition to Trump’s administration since he took office in January.

The movement, explicitly anti-Trump and anti-authoritarianism, is encouraging cities nationwide to organize and demonstrate on Saturday.

Durhamites took to the streets as part of a National Day of Action, challenging the Trump administration approach to free speech, immigration and the military, among other reasons.

Demonstrators gathered in parks and plazas Saturday across the U.S. to protest against President Donald Trump. The “No Kings” rallies were organized in nearly 2,000 locations nationwide, including cities,

Demonstrators assemble near Union Station in downtown Ogden on Saturday, June 14, 2025, as part of a "No Kings" protest against the actions of President Donald Trump and his administration.

Falling on Flag Day and Trump's birthday, the national day of protest is intended to help counter Trump's planned Washington, D.C. military parade.