Thanks, Richard.  It is obvious that you put a lot of thought into your comment.  Following your fine line of thinking, there is perhaps no reason for news media nor citizen involvement in our system of government.  

Gene, protests also invorm all of we citizens of the level of concern on an issue.  There is little else that we citizens are allowed to do between elections. As each No King protest is larger than the previous, we learn that there is real opposition to Trump and his regime acting as lords of our land and intimidating Congress and the courts.  We are telling ourselves that we as a society want a nation governed by laws and limited powers.

I agree that Mr T and his minions care not a twit about the demonstrations.  They do not care about fair elections either - but we do.  Liberals, Ds, Rs, and MAGAs all believe in fair elections with every citizen having a equal opportunity to vote.  And we all believe elected officials should represent us.  

Congress could rein in our would be king - and our representatives are definitely paying atttention to the No Kings demonstrations.  

The person I want impressed is our Representative Rick Larsen - the cowardly quiet one who does not speak out in Congress or in public for these values. Maybe he might realize that he should exercise his privilege and power to speak....  ah, I'm dreaming.  While it seems impossible to replace him in November with an actual representative of we citizens of the 2nd Congressional District, we can try - and the demostrations may encourage new candidates to run against Larsen and the membes of Congress who are such cowards.