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Trump wants a parade, but this Saturday, the resistance is bringing revolution. Are you in? I'm Jim Drastic. I'm Tiffany Drastic. I'm Nick Canudson. And we're the dangerous ones. This Saturday, June 14th, is no Kings Day, a national day of resistance, not a birthday for a wannabe dictator. Yeah. While Trump has throws himself a military parade in DC for his 79th birthday, millions of Americans are hitting the streets in over 1,800 cities to say we don't do kings in this country. Nope. Damn straight. We don't do fascists parades, tanks on Main Street, or presidents who demand obedience. Uh this movement is bigger than one person. It's about resisting authoritarianism and reclaiming democracy and reminding this Supreme Court that crowns aren't real. Nope. From Love Park in Philly to downtown Fagatville, from LA to Little Rock, people are rising up peacefully, powerfully, and together. And on today's episode, we're counting down the top 10 things everyone should know before attending their local No Kings Day protest. We're trying to put together a little bit of like political, you know, protesting etiquette, best practices. It's a great top 10 list. Absolutely. And some of this uh definitely comes from experience for sure. You know, stuff we've done out in the field. Yep. Um and a lot of a lot of people, this is their first time protesting, so it's important to share these tips and tricks. And not only that, there's going to be a lot of families out there. There's going to be kids out there. Want everybody to be safe, be comfortable, and be prepared and have fun. That's right. And so these tips are meant to make everyone and keep everyone safe. Number one is know your rights. Uh you have the right to protest in public spaces. Remember that you have a right to be there. And also you have the right to photograph the police. They can't stop you. You're allowed to photograph them. That's good to know. That is good to know. Uh, and you have the right if for some reason you were to be arrested or you purposely were arrested uh because you didn't, you know, leave the street because you're doing a sit in or something like that, you have the right to remain silent. That's a really one that's one that's a good one to remember because remaining silent can be one of the most important things you do at a protest. Uh, what are your thoughts on knowing your rights? Yeah, absolutely. I think um the the point about photographing police is really important. like have those cameras out, you know, uh document everything. Uh part of that is capturing the feel and the vibe of the day, but but also, you know, it's about uh staying safe and making sure that uh everybody's held accountable. So, that's a good point. It's important to show up in solidarity with each other. You have the right for uh to peaceful assembly like you were saying. It's important that we all flex it and we all show it together. It's important that we stand up for each other. Fantastic. Number one, know your rights. Uh, what is number two? Number two is dress for anonymity and also comfort. It depending on where you're going to be, it might get too hot, it might get too cold. So, you want to have jackets. You want to have blankets for the kids in the morning if you're going if your protest is early. Um, I highly suggest wearing tennis shoes while marching. I don't think heels are a very good idea. You have protested. I've I've watched her protest for miles in high heels. I thought we were just going to stand there with signs. I didn't know it was [ __ ] three miles. You were You were uh blowing the sexy meter up. Oh god. There's like one frame that still exists and I'm like, "Oh god, look how young I was." God dang it. You were killing it. Yeah. But that's a good point. Dress for uh anonymity and safety. Yes. There's a lot of that. Mask up. You know, surveillance is real. Co is too. You want to protect your privacy. It's also important bring sunscreen depending on where you are, how long you're going to be out there. Exposure is real and you don't want to get burnt, especially on your scalp. Bring a hat. All kinds of things like that. Mhm. You know, I would say it's no different than going to a festival concert, right? You know what I mean? Act like you're going to a big concert with a lot of people and you're going to be outside all day long. We've been to those and it's like dress in layers, you know, big crowds outside. Pack pack accordingly. Yeah. Uh Nick, what is number three on our list? Number three is lock down that phone. It's really, you know, it's really important. You know, you never know what's going to happen during a protest. It's just true. And and to be safe with your personal information, like turn off your Face ID. So, and if something weird happened, somebody couldn't like use your face to unlock your phone. Make sure that you have a really good passcode on there. Uh, and you know, you want to keep all your the photos of your kids and your bank account information, all that super safe. So, just like lock that baby down. The only thing I would add to that is I'm a big fan of putting my wallet in my front pocket, you know. Um, and it's not even just that, you know, it's not a trust thing even. It's it's more of like you're around a lot of people. They're b you're bumping up against a lot of people. You're moving around and it's just loosely in my back pocket. It can just slide right out. Uh, and that's the last thing anybody needs. But that's a good point. Lock down your phone. Good point. Uh, number four, uh, I love this one. I'm a big fan of is pack a go bag for sure. You know, again, you're going out to uh at least here in Portland, it's going to be sunny. Uh so, it makes sense to bring plenty of water. Make sure to bring plenty of water. High protein snacks, snack bars, things like that. First aid kits. It's always good to at least bring uh some neosporin, some chapsticks, some uh band-aids. Band-aids. Band-aids. And some uh sunscreen. Yes. Uh bring cash. Avoid credit cards. You never know what's going to pop off. Cash is king. And also, a lot of times there's vendors at these protests that sometimes only accept cash and sometimes you might want to buy a shirt or something like that. Yep. Uh, bring extra masks and gloves. Uh, this is especially important because we're in a postcoavid era. Bring some masks. Gloves are always important, too, because you never know. You just never know what the hell you're going to touch, grab at a, you know, at a protest. Uh, you're sharing, you're touching a lot of things, you're passing things around. Uh, uh, bring a Sharpie marker for emergency contact info. Uh this is I actually would say bring a Sharpie uh because you could be making a imprompt impromptu sign. You could be helping other people. But sometimes you're even writing on t-shirts like you know Sharpie is a good one. Sharpie is kind of like duct tape. It's like just have it, you know, just have it with you. That's a really good point. That's a really good point. Tiff, what is number five? Number five is know your terrain. So look up the parade route ahead of time or your protest route ahead of time. know where all the side streets are, where the exits are. Uh just for safety, if something pops off on the corner, you want to get away from that. If you get too hot or too cold, you want to know where your shade spots are. Yeah. Or is there a place on the corner, a restaurant you can pop into or cafe you can pop into for just 10 minutes, cool off the kids, bathroom break, whatever. Just know your exits. Love that. Absolutely. Yeah, it's really important. You know, you want to you want to feel comfortable. You you don't want to have to overthink like where you're at or whatever. So, just like having a plan and knowing the knowing where you're at. Yeah. And truth be told, even for people who have a little bit of like maybe social anxiety and stuff, it's always good to know I mean it helps me calm down a little bit to know where am I going? Uh what's around there? Where's the freeway? Where's the parking? You know what I mean? It's good to know these things and it helps bring your uh kind of anxiety meter down a little bit. Totally. Uh uh Nick, what is number six? Uh number six is don't engage with agitators. Love it. You know, okay, so these it's in all likelihood the people who are are trying to create havoc at the at these overwhelmingly peaceful rallies are uh people from the other side, you know, or they're or they're people who have a different agenda from you. So, like stay away. Uh, you know, if you if you see something uh happening that looks sort of uh unsafe or whatever, take out your phone, you know, uh take a video of it, but keep your distance and just like, yeah, just stay away from that. That's not what this is for. It's not helpful uh in in this context. These these are these events are really meant to be peaceful. And listen to your old pal Jim. I'm telling you, I've been to enough protests to know that there I don't care if you're in North Dakota or if you're in Wyoming or if you're in Florida or if you're in Portland, Oregon. There will be one guy passing by or going to walk with you who's going to agitate things. Distance yourself. That's the best thing to do is distance yourself from that. And best to not engage. They're just trying to get you go. They're trying to get you on film. Uh remember that, too. They're trying to get you on film uh by doing stuff like You know, the rest of us who want to be out there who just want to show solidarity, solidarity and a sign of strength, we're not at home plotting like how to blow up self-driving cars. Like none of us are doing that. We're just making signs and showing up with water and like saying hi, you know, to everyone's saying hi to everyone's dogs and exercising our our first amendment rights. Like I just want to walk down the middle of the street, you know, with my friends. Good point. Number seven, and I love this one. Film smart. When you go to a protest, there's a couple of rules with that. Now, first of all, everybody should know that if you're going to a protest, you have to know that you might be film. But if you are filming people and you're filming, if you're filming like a large swath of crowd, um there's generally not much issue. But if you're up close next to people and you're just holding a camera right to their face, be sure to say things like, you know, I'm recording right now for everyone's safety. That's a good uh thing to let people know why you're filming them. And and by the way, if somebody says like, "Look, I don't want to be filmed." You know, be respectful. Stop filming them, you know, and I'm very, you know, I've taken lots of cameras to lots of protests. I am very aware of when children go by and stuff. I lift my camera up and then I wait till they go by and then I point back down. You know, uh be respectful out there uh when you're filming. But also, the great thing about going to a protest is it's a little bit of like no man's land. you can kind of like get the great angle that you want because there's sort of no rules in a way. Everybody's kind of working off community rules and so I've run right up in the middle of the street when when things are going on and there's other people filming right with me and stuff. So just get a lay of the land, be smart when you film and be respectful uh when you film other people. I mean, you know this and and if you're worried about your face being caught on camera, another great reason to mask up. Excellent point. When James and I go and film, he like we take turns filming. If he's in front filming first, I'm right behind him. I have my hand on his backpack and we're tight up close to each other. So, I can watch where he's stepping. I can whisper to him which direction to go, what to avoid. We steer each other through and then we swap and then I'm filming and he holds on to me and tells me where to go. It's just it's much uh easier when you do it as a team. Nice. Absolutely. Tiffany, what is number eight on the list? Number eight is to use the buddy system when you go to protests or demonstrations. Go with friends, go with family members, anyone you can find. If you have to go alone, if you don't have anyone to go with you, always look for use your discernment, but look for groups that are friendly to you. In Portland, it's like the blue-haired tattoos tattooed moms with like the wagons full of kids and dogs. Like that's how you know if you go and just say, "Hey, can I walk with you?" Absolutely. We just we pull you right in. Yeah. Yeah. I think the buddy system is a great idea. And I also think that the buddy system is a great way to bring somebody along to uh to educate them on this matter, you know, like, hey, why don't you come with me to this protest? And I tell you, once you go to one, you start to get a little bit of addicted to them, you know, then you're like, hey, you know. Um, so the buddy system is a great great uh uh rule because, you know, you're out there, there's lots of of people. It just I don't know many people who protest by themselves. Yeah. You know what I mean? Absolutely. Most people go out there with a buddy. Um and this is just going to keep progressing. So the more you go, the more you're going to recognize other people in the crowd and then that becomes your support group. Absolutely. And just in case and just in case it probably won't happen, but if for some reason you were arrested or something like that, you got somebody who knows what happened to you. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I love your like bring a reluctant buddy. like somebody who's not like a a uh somebody who's out there on the street corner every weekend trying, you know, holding a protest sign. Like this is an opportunity to bring more people into the fold. We need more people and and educate them and show them like this is not violent. It's just peaceful protesting. We're carrying signs and standing up for each other. Yeah. Bring that friend who's like, "What's this about?" Yeah. Yeah. Bring that friend, right? Uh okay. What is number nine, Nick? Okay. So number nine is use your voice strategically. So there's lots of ways that you could just marching down the street is using your voice um you know technically but also like you know um there's chants that happen you know during during a protest which can be really fun to engage in and it's like lift that voice you know get loud you know be a part of the movement be a part of the crowd. Um you know that's part of the experience of going to one of these. Um, if you're a musician, yeah, bring your instrument. Bring your instrument. You bet. It's a community event. But, you know, it's a drum or guitar. Even if you're not like playing a song, you can like you can uh have a beat going, you know, and that really helps people in the feel the vibe. Feel the vibe. And I would also say that with um use your voice strategically. I would also say that know when to be loud and know when to be quiet. Yeah. Sometimes there's times when there's speakers and, you know, you want to like quiet down during that, be respectful during that, but when it's time to really rally up the the movement, you know, you know, to be loud and to play the guitars and hit the drum and do the whole thing. I couldn't agree more with that. I remember here in uh in Portland during the George Floyd protests, the the die ends. Yeah. You know, which were super powerful where people would just lay out on the pavement, you know. Yeah. Yeah. the the quiet, the calm is is the point. And protesting, it's really a team sport. When people are chanting, you chant. When people are booing, you boo. When they're singing, when they're dancing, you sing and dance. It's you need to be involved to carry that energy to make it bigger so it carries across to everybody else who can't be there. Absolutely. And number 10 on our list, and I think it's the most important tip, and that is have fun. You're exercising your first amendment right. Have fun. And you know, it's it's once you, like I said, once you go out there, they're kind of addictive and you're like, you feel like I'm being a part of democracy. Yeah. I I absolutely recommend everybody go out and have fun. What's happening in the world right now? Not fun, not fun, scary, scary, not great, like this is an opportunity to come together in community with like people who agree with you and and yeah, enjoy yourself. My favorite thing is to say [ __ ] you to fascism. If I can do it in the middle of the street with a bunch of friends, I'm doing it. Sounds fun. Just say less. Just say less. I'd also like to add one more thing before we go and that is uh I should have mentioned it during the uh uh you know pack a go bag, bring a backpack. Uh that is huge. I've been to many protests. You find yourself holding 19 different things. Not to mention if you have kids with you or something like that, bring do yourself bring a backpack. You know what I mean? Like you're going to want to throw a bunch of things together. You know, just it's nice to carry water's heavy. You know what I mean? Put get a backpack. Uh folks, we hope these tips helped you out. No kings day protests are coming up this Saturday. Go to no kings.org for more information about protests in your area, where they're happening and the times that they are happening. And folks, please like and subscribe this video. If you're listening to us on audio, on Spotify or Apple or something like that, please give us a fivestar review. And if you'd like to support the show, you can go to tealand orangereport.com or the dangerous ones.com and that'll both take you to our Substack where you can become a paid subscriber and help support this show. Until then, we'll see you Saturday out at the No Kings Protest. We're looking forward to it. See you there. Bye.

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