


Protests against a regal presidency have been notably peaceful
There is no need to send in the troops
AT MIDDAY, BY the time the “No Kings” march in Chicago was due to start, so many people were squashed into Daley Plaza, in the city’s downtown, that it caused a sort of gridlock, with protesters unable to march in any direction. There were a few stirring speeches—for those close enough to hear, anyway—but mostly people milled around enjoying the show. Some came in fancy dress: furries; Mexican wrestlers; clowns and two men dressed as cardboard tanks. Some carried megaphones. The communists, with hammer and sickle flags, were well prepared; the families with small children on cargo-bicycles less so. What united them all was disdain for Donald Trump.
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