De Niro Springsteen Fonda Lead No Kings 3.0 Protests
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- Robert De Niro led a procession in New York alongside Rev. Al Sharpton and Attorney General Letitia James, declaring in his speech: "It's time to say no to Donald Trump" and listing grievances including healthcare cuts, inflation, and "government masked thugs shooting down our neighbors in the streets."
- Jane Fonda hosted the "Artists United for Our Freedom" event outside the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., where Joan Baez and Maggie Rogers performed for thousands; Fonda also promoted the rallies on The Briefing With Jen Psaki and The Source with Kaitlan Collins.
- Bruce Springsteen performed "Streets of Minneapolis," a song he introduced after the ICE killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, at a St. Paul rally with Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Ilhan Omar, and Gov. Tim Walz, telling the crowd: "this reactionary nightmare and these invasions of American cities will not stand."
- Fonda read a statement from Becca Good, wife of Renee Good, who said: "We were robbed of an incredible human... We choose the side of love," linking the cultural event directly to one of the enforcement deaths that shaped recent protest energy.
- Protesters voiced opposition to rising living costs and the recent war against Iran alongside the prior No Kings themes of aggressive ICE tactics and Trump's "flagrant disregard of constitutional norms," with marches also reported in San Diego, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston, and London.
- Jimmy Kimmel and Jamie Lee Curtis posted about their attendance on Instagram and Threads, while Bill Nye and MAS*H actor Mike Farrell spoke at their respective marches, extending the celebrity footprint beyond the marquee names.
- The first two No Kings protests in June 2025 and October were "among the largest single-day demonstrations in the country's history," framing today's iteration as the continuation of a sustained, multi-million-person mobilization.
Why it matters: The No Kings 3.0 protests drew an estimated 3,000 marches nationwide, continuing a series the article describes as among the largest single-day demonstrations in US history. Springsteen debuted a song tied to the Minneapolis ICE killings and Fonda read a statement from the wife of Renee Good, converting specific enforcement deaths into cultural touchstones for the movement.
