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How is the world going to change if we ignore injustice? -Imogen Moreno

Great now I have to run around all week grabbing people’s shoulders as I hear them say things like “DeBoer I guess?” screaming JASON ECk! GOOGLE JASON ECK! DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO WIN AT IDAHO OR NEW MEXICO????

NEW: A majority of voters (61%) have heard either “a lot” or “some” about this weekend’s “No Kings” protests. Among voters who have heard about the No Kings protests, a majority (52%) say they’ve heard mostly positive things.

Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress.
Title: Voters Have Heard Mostly Positive Things About the No Kings Protests.
Description: Has what you have heard, seen, or read about nationwide "No Kings" protests been mostly positive or negative? (Asked only to respondents who had heard about the No Kings protests)
All likely voters — Mostly positive: 52%, Don't know: 7%, Mostly negative: 42%
Democrat — Mostly positive: 80%, Don't know: 4%, Mostly negative: 15%
Independent / Third party — Mostly positive: 53%, Don't know: 7%, Mostly negative: 40%
Republican — Mostly positive: 18%, Don't know: 10%, Mostly negative: 72%

October 17–20, 2025 survey of 972 U.S. likely voters who heard at least "a little" about the No Kings protests.

“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”

Philip Bump@pbump.com · 10mo ago

Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about. www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...

It is remarkable to me that Benjamin St-Juste, who "medically retired" from Michigan in 2018, played as a grad student at Minnesota and is now back with Jim Harbaugh as a member of the Chargers.