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No Kings Turns One: While Trump Holds a Cage Fight on His Birthday, America Responds with Jane Fonda, Patti Smith, and 500 Watch Parties
On June 14 — Trump's 80th birthday, the one-year anniversary of the first No Kings protest, and the day of his UFC cage fight on the White House lawn — the No Kings Coalition responded with "Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment." Jane Fonda, Patti Smith, Bette Midler, Rufus Wainwright, Joy Reid, and drag queen Peppermint performed at The Town Hall in New York City, livestreamed to nearly 500 watch parties in living rooms, churches, breweries, and community centers across the country. The Committee for the First Amendment — originally formed in 1947 during McCarthy, relaunched by Fonda in 2025 — co-hosted with Indivisible and the No Kings Coalition. The movement that began with 5 million a year ago, grew to 9 million in March 2026, now pivoted from mass marches to hyper-local infrastructure. While Trump watched cage fights behind bulletproof glass, America sang.
"No Kings" III: Largest Single-Day Protest in U.S. History — 8-9 Million Across 3,300+ Cities
The third "No Kings" protest is believed to be the largest single-day protest in U.S. history: 8-9 million people across 3,300+ events in all 50 states. Springsteen headlined. Nearly half the events were in GOP strongholds. The White House dismissed it as "leftist funding."