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Ada Nestor: No Kings, just chaos
They screamed for peace. They marched for “Free Palestine.” They rioted for a ceasefire. And now that it is here, with all hostages released, guns silent, and a peace deal in place, they have simply redirected their rage.
The same mobs who claimed to want peace are now attacking ICE facilities. Their fury never ends because it was never about compassion or justice. It was about chaos. When one outrage runs dry, they move on to the next target.
The No Kings protests are just the latest performance. A movement pretending to fight tyranny while embodying the very lawlessness that destroys nations from within.
If they truly cared about deportations, they would have filled the streets when Barack Obama deported over three million people, or when Bill Clinton’s administration built the detention system they now pretend to despise. But back then? Silence. No protests. No riots. Just selective outrage.
Now, suddenly, enforcing immigration law is “fascism.” Please.
If the United States were truly being ruled by a king, none of this chaos would even be possible. Kings do not negotiate peace deals. Kings do not end wars. Kings wage wars to expand their power while leaders end them to preserve peace. Kings do not tolerate activists blocking highways and vandalizing federal buildings.
Over the past year, U.S. diplomacy has helped end or ease tensions in multiple regions: between Israel and Iran and now Palestine, Yemen and Houthi rebels, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Rwanda and the DRC, and others. The pattern is clear. The United States intervenes to stop bloodshed, negotiates a ceasefire, and then steps back to let nations stabilize on their own terms.
That is the opposite of monarchy. A monarch dictates outcomes and consolidates control. A constitutional leader operates within limits, guided by law, diplomacy, and the belief that peace through strength is preferable to conquest through power.
After the footage of Israeli hostages returning home this morning, the contrast could not be more clear.
In Jerusalem, the Israeli parliament stood and applauded the American president who brokered their release and helped bring the ceasefire to life.
Across the ocean, progressives and Democrats are preparing to march in the streets under the banner of “No Kings” while the U.S. government remains shut down.
One side celebrates peace, life, and freedom restored. The other organizes outrage against the very leadership that made it possible. It is a perfect snapshot of where we are as a nation, divided not simply by policy, but by principle.
But here is the deeper truth no one wants to say out loud:
Our nation is drifting because we have drifted from the moral foundation that once anchored us.
John Adams warned, “our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
The Founding Fathers understood something modern activists cannot. Freedom without virtue collapses into disorder. The Constitution is not self-sustaining. It requires a people grounded in faith, discipline, and personal responsibility to make it work.
It was Christian faith that built this country. That same faith continues to drive efforts around the world toward mercy, peace, and the defense of the innocent. Because real freedom does not come from mobs or movements. It comes from God.
A moral people seeks peace and justice through faith.
An immoral one burns cities in the name of freedom.
We are watching the difference play out in real time.
Ada Nestor is the co-host of the The Conservative Voice radio show in Philadelphia and writes Reflections from the Edge on substack. You can reach her on X at @AdaNestorWC.
I am appalled the media gives these protesters any ink or airtime. If you ask them what attributes of today’s America are representative of a monarchy, they have no idea. I suspect for a lot of the “protestors” it is a way to make a few dollars and get to make a cardboard sign while playing with some of their children’s Magic Markers.
Outstanding article.
Btw, we already have a “No King’s Day” on July 4th.
How many local Townships are using taxpayer monies to support these Democrat-led political rallies called “No Kings Day?”
Tomorrow when these people are nestled in their beds, it will be “No Kooks Day”.
The organizational skills of the “Democrats” are beyond impressive.
CBDC’s (digital cash programmed only to be used for things the government deems sensible) will become our reality, very quickly, unless the middle class becomes educated on what is happening and gets equally organized. The Chinese Communist social credit system monitors everywhere you go and almost everything you do, and enables employer/ government complete control over every individual’s movement and spending. One of the first steps towards CBDC rolling out within the US is deploying “useful fools.”
“Useful fools” refers to individuals, often idealistic or naive, who are perceived as being manipulated by Marxist or communist movements to advance their agendas without fully understanding the consequences or true objectives of those movements. These individuals are unwitting allies who lend credibility and support to revolutionary causes, often through activism or public advocacy, while the actual architects of the movement maintain control behind the scenes.
If Trump was acting as king, would he allow the ‘No Kings’ parades to take place? If Trump is king, then he should be able to open up the government on his own, right? Isn’t this just a whining session of paid, old hippies in costumes singing old Mamas and the Papas songs because Trump won the election? Aren’t the democrats more so acting as Kings by appointing the party’s candidate for President instead of “We the People” choosing? Aren’t they more ‘kinglike’ by ignoring US Immigration Law and allowing millions of immigrants to invade our country?
77 million people voted for Trump. As the article stated, Obama and Clinton initiated similar methods. These peaceful protesters hate the US. Kings do not allow discourse let alone mass protests in the streets. Dictators crush rebellion, not let them cause mayhem and violence. We have three levels of government for checks and balances. I am no fan of Trump, but he wants to in my opinion bring the country back to some sembelance of ordersand respect here and abroad.