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Ms. Toad

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14. No kings is exactly the kind of slogan we need, but have largely been unable to generate.
Sat Oct 18, 2025, 05:27 PM
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Short, to the point, captures the essential of the problem: He is acting like a king who has no checks and balances on his power.

Democrats struggle to unite behind a short, catchy phrase which encapsulates a larger concept. No kings does. (Defund the police didn't - it required explanation. No kings doesn't require an explanation. It harkens back to all we were rejecting when the country was formed, so it invokes a healthy patriotism. No kings suggests that a single person should not control the fate of the country.

It isn't perfect - but it is easy to sign onto (unlike defund the police), It may mean different things to different people - but there is a common theme all of us can support that does not require a thesis to explain.

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