Protests

Trump Posts AI Video Dumping Feces on 7 Million "No Kings" Protesters, Defended by Johnson and Vance as "Satire"

| Importance: 9/10

On the evening of October 18, 2025—the same day approximately seven million people participated in “No Kings” protests across 2,700 events in all 50 states—President Donald Trump posted a 19-second AI-generated video to Truth Social showing himself wearing a crown, piloting a fighter jet …

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"No Kings" protests draw 5 million people in 2,100+ locations

| Importance: 10/10

A historic nationwide protest against presidential overreach, the ‘No Kings’ demonstrations involved over 5 million Americans in more than 2,100 cities and towns, marking the largest coordinated resistance action since the Women’s March of 2017. Protesters challenged Trump’s …

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Bovino's Home Depot Immigration Raid Standoff Triggers Trump's National Guard Deployment in LA

| Importance: 9/10

On June 7, 2025, an hours-long standoff erupted at a Home Depot in Paramount, California, when Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino led immigration enforcement agents in a raid that sparked massive community resistance. The confrontation—with hundreds of protesters surrounding the store and …

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Dataminr Provides LAPD Real-Time Surveillance of Gaza War Protests, Expanding First Amendment Monitoring

| Importance: 8/10

Dataminr began providing the Los Angeles Police Department with real-time surveillance alerts about Gaza war protests just two days after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, demonstrating the company’s ongoing role in monitoring constitutionally protected political speech despite …

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LUMA Energy Assumes Control of Puerto Rico's Grid Amid Massive 'Fuera LUMA' Protests Against McKinsey-Designed Privatization

| Importance: 9/10

LUMA Energy officially took over operation of Puerto Rico’s electrical transmission and distribution system on June 1, 2021, triggering widespread protests under the rallying cry ‘Fuera LUMA’ (Out LUMA). The takeover represented the culmination of McKinsey’s privatization …

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ACLU Exposes Geofeedia's Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protests Through Social Media Platforms

| Importance: 9/10

The ACLU of Northern California released a report revealing that Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram had provided special data access to Geofeedia, a surveillance technology company that marketed its location-based monitoring tools to law enforcement agencies for tracking Black Lives Matter protesters …

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