{"id":1501,"date":"2026-02-04T00:04:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T07:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/?page_id=1501"},"modified":"2026-02-04T00:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T07:04:34","slug":"no-kings-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/?page_id=1501","title":{"rendered":"No Kings 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Anti-Monarchist protesters were at it again on October 12, 2025, this time rallying conveniently at Seattle Center.\u00a0 The crowd was as well-behaved as you would expect, except for this one jaywalker:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 625px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1501-1\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Approach.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Approach.mp4\">https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Approach.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>I found an out-of-the way place to stand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/flush.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1504\" src=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/flush-992x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/flush-992x1024.jpg 992w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/flush-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/flush-768x793.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/flush-1488x1536.jpg 1488w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/flush-1984x2048.jpg 1984w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/flush-624x644.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But many others on the periphery chose to mingle &#8212; some to display their clever or elaborate costumes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/frog2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1506\" src=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/frog2-561x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/frog2-561x1024.jpg 561w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/frog2-164x300.jpg 164w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/frog2-768x1401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/frog2-842x1536.jpg 842w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/frog2-1123x2048.jpg 1123w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/frog2-624x1138.jpg 624w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/frog2.jpg 1137w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From here you can see thousands more people across the bowl in front of the Fischer Pavilion.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/crowd3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1505\" src=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/crowd3-1024x858.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/crowd3-1024x858.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/crowd3-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/crowd3-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/crowd3-1536x1287.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/crowd3-2048x1716.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/crowd3-624x523.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a>Hand-printed signs reminded us why we had come:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kamala-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1507\" src=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kamala-806x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kamala-806x1024.jpg 806w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kamala-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kamala-768x975.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kamala-1210x1536.jpg 1210w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kamala-1613x2048.jpg 1613w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kamala-624x792.jpg 624w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Kamala-scaled.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And why we needed to stay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Arrival2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1508\" src=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Arrival2-950x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Arrival2-950x1024.jpg 950w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Arrival2-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Arrival2-768x828.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Arrival2-1425x1536.jpg 1425w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Arrival2-1900x2048.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/PointedText\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Arrival2-624x673.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Anti-Monarchist protesters were at it again on October 12, 2025, this time rallying conveniently at Seattle Center.\u00a0 The crowd was as well-behaved as you would expect, except for this one jaywalker: I found an out-of-the way place to stand. 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