No Kings Coalition Mobilizes 400 Groups Against Trump's UFC Event, Building Midterm Network
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 14
No Kings Coalition Mobilizes 400 Groups Against Trump's UFC Event, Building Midterm Network
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 14
Summary
About 400 groups in the No Kings coalition are staging a nationwide counterprogram to Donald Trump's White House UFC event, led by a Jane Fonda-headlined New York concert and hundreds of watch parties.
Internal planning documents describe June 14 not as a one-day protest but as a funnel into longer-term organizing, with hosts told to collect contacts, identify future leaders and schedule follow-up meetings within two weeks.
Up to $500 in reimbursements is available for qualifying watch parties through Indivisible Civics, while guidance bars lobbying, partisan activity, candidates and co-hosting with political parties.
The operation also includes local protests near the White House, including Refuse Fascism's 'RAGE AGAINST THE CAGE!' event and a Women's March action, as organizers stress a mandatory nonviolence clause.
With combined annual revenues of about $3 billion, the coalition is casting the counter-events as an alternative 'people power' narrative while using the anniversary spectacle to build durable anti-Trump infrastructure through the midterms and beyond.