According to protest organizers, the “No Kings” movement “is a direct response to Donald Trump’s self-aggrandizing $100 million military parade and birthday celebration, an event funded by taxpayers while millions are told there’s no money for Social Security, SNAP, Medicaid, or public schools.”

On Saturday (January 14), mass protests against President Donald Trump took place across the US at the same time as a military parade in Washington D.C. for the Army’s 250th anniversary, which also fell on Trump's 79th birthday.

On Saturday, organizers say millions of people participated in "No Kings" protests across the nation. It was organized by a group that was founded in Colorado.

Thousands of western Massachusetts residents rallied in the streets on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies, joining the nationwide “No Kings” movement against actions they called authoritarian.

A protester holds up a sign while chanting during the “No Kings” protest June 14 at the Tarrant County Sub-Courthouse in Arlington. Protests were held across the nation in defiance of President Donald Trump.

The "No Kings" protest and march happening in Philadelphia on Saturday coincides with hundreds of rallies scheduled to take place across the country.

A man who was believed to be part of a peacekeeping team for the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City shot at a person who was brandishing a rifle at demonstrators, striking both the rifleman and a bystander who later died at the hospital, authorities said Sunday.

Back in May, the Live Semi-Finals of NBC’s The Voice saw standout contestant (and divisive performer) Lucia Flores-Wisemen do a stripped-down and orchestral rendition of what's arguably Soundgarden’s signature song: “ Black Hole Sun .”

Thousands protest against Trump in Tennessee, calling out authoritarian tendencies during the 'No Kings' movement.