On Saturday, hundreds of cities across the country will see people take to the streets for a No Kings Day of Peaceful Action to protest President Trump’s policies. According to national organizers, there will be more than 2,500 No Kings Day events nationwide. Republican leaders have been denouncing this protest in even stronger terms than they did the No Kings Day rallies in June.
Last week, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson called the No Kings rally scheduled to take place on the National Mall in Washington D.C. “a ‘Hate America’ rally.” The Louisiana Republican dismissed the idea that the protesters are average Americans, saying, “It’s all the pro-Hamas wing and the antifa people, they’re all coming out.” Johnson even went so far as to assert the upcoming protest is responsible for the shutdown of the federal government continuing: “It’s being told to us that [Democrats] won’t be able to reopen the government until after that rally, ‘cause they can’t face their rabid base.”
It’s unlikely that Johnson’s fantasy version of No Kings Day will do anything to dampen enthusiasm for the almost 40 scheduled rallies in Iowa, although the forecasts for rain on Saturday in parts of the state might. No Kings Day events will be held in big cities and small towns, from the Mississippi to the Missouri, on Saturday.
- Algona: Pocket Park, 415 E State St, 10 a.m.-noon
- Ames: O’Neal Park, 300 S Maple Ave, 1-3 p.m.
- Ankeny: Summerbrook Park, 4-6 p.m.
- Atlantic: 10 W 7th St, 10:30 a.m.-noon
- Cedar Rapids: 8th Ave SE & 2nd St SE, 10 a.m.-noon
- Clarinda: Post Office, W Main St & N 16th St, 10 a.m.-noon
- Clinton: Clinton County Courthouse 612 N 2nd St, 12:30-3 p.m.
- Council Bluffs: S 16th St & W Broadway, 10 a.m.-noon
- Davenport: Vander Veer Botanical Park, 215 W Central Park Ave, 11 a.m.-noon
- Decorah: Winneshiek County Courthouse, 201 W Main St, noon-2 p.m.
- Des Moines: Iowa State Capitol, noon-2 p.m.
- Dubuque: NW Arterial Bike/Hike Trail, between Asbury Rd and Plaza Dr, 11 a.m.-noon
- Fairfield: register for location, 2-4 p.m.
- Fort Dodge: 1st Ave S & S 29th St, 10-11 a.m.
- Grinnell: Central Park, 4th Ave. and Broad St, noon-2 p.m.
- Indianola: Moats Park, E Iowa Ave & N Jefferson Way, 10-11 a.m.
- Iowa City: 100 block Iowa Ave, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
- Keokuk: Main St & N 7th St, 2-3:30 p.m.
- Manchester: Whitewater Park, 300 W. Main St, 9:30-11 a.m.
- Maquoketa: Jackson County Iowa Courthouse, south lawn, 201 W Platt St, 9:30-11 a.m.
- Mason City: Central Park, 12:30-2:30 p.m.
- Mount Vernon: 201 First St E, 10-11 a.m.
- New Hampton: Chickasaw County Courthouse., 8 E Prospect St, 11 a.m.-noon
- North Liberty: Ranshaw House, Ranshaw House, 515 Community Dr, 10-11 a.m.
- Oakland: Freedom Rock, 309 S Chautauqua Ave, 4-5:30 p.m.
- Osage: Register for location, 11 a.m.-noon
- Oskaloosa: City Square Park, 1-2 p.m.
- Pella: Franklin St, 10-11 a.m.
- Perry: Big Bicycle, 1st Ave & Willis Ave, noon-1 p.m.
- Red Oak: Legion Park, 11 a.m.-noon
- Sac City: Sac County Veterans Memorial Park, 2-3 p.m.
- Shenandoah: U.S. 59 & W Sheridan Ave, 2-4 p.m.
- Sioux City: Sioux City Public Museum, 607 4th St, 1-2:30 p.m.
- Spirit Lake: Dickinson County Courthouse (1802 Hill Ave), 11 a.m.-noon
- Storm Lake: Lake Ave N & E Lakeshore Dr, 1-3 p.m.
- Vinton: Benton County Courthouse, 111 E 4th St, 2-5 p.m.
- Washington: 205 E Washington St, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
- Waterloo: Lincoln Park, corner of East Park and Franklin, 1-3 p.m.
- Waverly: Kohlmann Park, 212 1st NW, 1-3 p.m.
- West Burlington: Westland Mall, 550 S Gear Ave, 2-3 p.m.
For the first No Kings Day in June, award-winning cartoonist Dan Perkins — a.k.a. Tom Tomorrow, the artist behind This Modern World — created a No Kings Day illustration. (This Modern World is featured in every issue of Little Village, as well as a lot of other publications.)
“[M]y gift. print it, poster it, do what you want,” Perkins wrote on Bluesky when he first posted the image. It can be downloaded from his Bluesky feed.
