From our sister site The Waterland Blog:
EDITOR’S NOTE: Saturday’s “No Kings” rally marked one of the largest protest days in U.S. history and likely the largest ever in Des Moines, WA. Organizers say over 7 million people attended more than 2,700 events nationwide. In the Seattle–Puget Sound area, preliminary counts showed nearly 90,000 participants in Seattle alone.
In neighboring Des Moines, the downtown rally drew over 2,000 attendees, a significant jump from the estimated 1,600 at the June event, creating an almost continuous, energetic crowd from Big Catch Plaza down to S. 222nd Street…