Recovering from colon cancer surgery, 75-year-old James Phipps says he won't miss Saturday's No Kings protest in Chicago, a movement he links to a lifetime of organizing, from integrating his Mississippi high school to the MFLU. The coalition plans more than 2,500 demonstrations across all 50 states to oppose the Trump administration's perceived authoritarianism, with organizers expecting one of the largest single days of protest in U.S. history. They anticipate peaceful gatherings and say they're prepared if the National Guard is deployed, even as cities contend with a militarized presence.

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