No Kings: Rise Up for Democracy on March 28
Trump is draining tax dollars for war and ICE terror while gutting healthcare, schools, and SNAP. The people are rising to protect democracy in the USA.
The fight to protect democracy in the USA has never been more urgent than right now. While working families struggle to afford groceries, rent, and healthcare, the Trump administration is burning billions of tax dollars for an unauthorized war with Iran, supercharging ICE to terrorize communities, and handing billionaires the biggest tax giveaway in American history. This is not politics as usual. This is a full-scale assault on the people. People Power United stands with every worker, parent, student, and neighbor who refuses to accept this as normal. On Saturday, March 28, millions of Americans will take to the streets in the next and largest No Kings national day of action yet. The time to act is now.
How Trump Is Betraying Working Families While Starting an Illegal War
Let’s be brutally honest about what is happening in this country. Donald Trump declared himself the “President of Peace” and promised to keep America out of foreign wars. He lied. He has now launched an unauthorized military strike against Iran, putting American service members in harm’s way, violating the United States Constitution, and spending billions in taxpayer money on a conflict Congress never approved. Article I of the Constitution is unambiguous: only Congress has the authority to declare war. The Trump administration ignored that entirely.
The cost of this war of choice is already staggering. Following classified briefings, lawmakers now expect Trump to request an emergency $50 billion in war funding, even as his administration slashes Medicaid, SNAP, public schools, and essential safety net programs. Defense industry executives are meeting at the White House to discuss rapid weapons replenishment as American-made bombs deplete stockpiles. Over 1000 people and children in the region have already been killed. This war does not protect the American people. It protects oil company profits and the billionaire class that has wanted to topple the Iranian government for decades.
Let me be very clear: Iran’s regime was a brutal dictatorship, but our responsibility was to pursue change through diplomacy or through action authorized by Congress.
At the very same time, the administration’s brutal ICE and CBP regime continues terrorizing communities across this country. The firing of Kristi Noem from DHS is long overdue, but let’s be clear: a leadership change changes nothing about the policies that led to the tear-gassing and jailing of children, the warrantless kidnappings, the separation of families, and the deaths of dozens of people in ICE detention, including the murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. The administration still has a staggering $150 billion available for ICE and CBP from the 2025 reconciliation bill, and Republicans are blocking emergency funding for FEMA, TSA, and other essential services unless they can extract even more money to jail immigrant families and children.
This administration is also directly harming families right now in ways that cost lives. Since January 2025, the administration’s brutality has already killed Keith Porter Jr., Renee Good, Alex Pretti, and at least thirty-two others. Masked agents rip parents from children in our streets. The White House then turns around and tells us there is no money for schools, food assistance, or healthcare. This is not a budget crisis. It is a moral catastrophe, manufactured on purpose by people in power who benefit from chaos and fear.
The American people are being asked to fund all of it: the illegal war, the ICE slush fund, the billionaire tax breaks, the golden ballrooms. This is economic injustice of the most extreme and shameless kind. And the status quo is completely unacceptable.
How to Resist Authoritarianism: The No Kings Movement Is Our Answer
Here is what they do not want you to know: we are winning. Not in every fight, not every day. But the movement is growing faster than the forces trying to crush it. On June 14, 2025, five million people rose up and said No Kings. On October 18, 2025, seven million more made it unmistakable. On Saturday, March 28, 2026, we rise again, stronger, broader, and more united than ever, for the largest No Kings national day of action yet. Thousands of peaceful, lawful actions will take place in communities nationwide.
Non-violent, people-led movements are the most powerful force for change in history. History is clear: it is not force, not one politician, not one election alone that ends authoritarianism. It is people organizing together in their communities, showing up consistently, and refusing to be silenced. Every No Kings event is grounded in de-escalation, nonviolent action, and collective discipline. When communities stand together in lawful protest, fear loses its grip.
The majority of Americans across party lines oppose war with Iran. The majority of Americans do not want their tax dollars funding ICE raids and mega detention warehouses. The majority of Americans believe in immigrant rights, reproductive freedom, workers’ rights, and social justice advocacy. Congress is not yet where the public is. That gap is what we are here to close. And we close it by showing up, speaking out, and refusing to normalize any of this.
If there is an event near you on March 28, sign up and show up. If there is not, organize one. One corner. A few signs. A handful of neighbors. That is how real change begins, and that is exactly how it spreads. Iran’s future belongs to Iranians alone. America’s future belongs to us. No thrones. No crowns. No kings.
Key Takeaways
Trump’s illegal war on Iran is costing billions while he slashes Medicaid, SNAP, and public schools. The same billionaire class that benefits from tax breaks also profits from war. Working and middle-class Americans are paying for all of it.
Firing Kristi Noem changes nothing if ICE and CBP keep their $150 billion war chest. Congress must hold the line and refuse any additional funding for agencies that terrorize our communities, separate families, and detain children.
The Constitution is not optional. Only Congress has the authority to declare war. The Iran War Powers Resolution is a critical tool to stop this unconstitutional military escalation, and the majority of Americans across party lines support using it. We need to keep pushing lawmakers.
The No Kings movement is the most powerful force for change in America right now. From 5 million on June 14 to 7 million on October 18, we keep growing. On March 28, we rise again to protect democracy in the USA and resist authoritarianism together.
People Power United believes in the power of collective action. Sign the petitions, show up on March 28, organize your corner, and remind everyone around you: this country belongs to the people. Freedom over fascism is not a slogan. It is our mission.
Now Is the Time: We Are Rising
The stakes could not be higher. An unconstitutional war is being waged in your name. Communities are being terrorized by ICE. Billionaires are pocketing the tax dollars that should be funding your healthcare, your children’s schools, and your family’s food. And a president who promised peace is manufacturing crisis after crisis to distract, intimidate, and silence us.
But here is the truth they cannot silence: America has no kings. And the people are rising. People Power United is advocating alongside every worker, every family, every community that refuses to accept cruelty as governing policy. We are workers and seniors, parents and students, nurses, teachers, veterans, and neighbors united by a belief in dignity, democracy, and the rule of law.
March 28 is our next moment. Sign up. Show up. Organize. History has always belonged to the people who refused to stay quiet. That is us. That is now.
No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. Only People. And We Are Rising.
Your Power in Action
📋 Sign the petition: Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal War in Iran
📋 Sign the petition: No Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
📋 Sign the petition: Restore Roe v. Wade Protections Now
📋 Sign the petition: Tell Congress — Unmask ICE Officers Now
📋 Sign the petition: Pass the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act
📅 Show up: Join a NO KINGS event near you or Host a NO KINGS event.
📍 Check out the Complete Guide to the No Kings Day of Action
📧 Send an email to lawmakers: Stop Trump’s Mega Detention Warehouses
📧 Send an email to lawmakers: Tell Your Secretary of State: No ICE at the Polls
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