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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The 'No Kings' Movement Grows, and John Bolton Is Indicted

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Millions across the U.S. protest the Trump administration's policies as part of the 'No Kings' movement. What are the implications of this movement for the Trump agenda and the midterm elections? Plus, former Trump national security advisor John Bolton is indicted on 18 charges of transmitting or retaining classified information. Is it a case of political revenge? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:23.9

An estimated 7 million people turned out across the United States on the weekend for a no-kings protest.

0:31.4

That's no-kings, as in Donald Trump.

0:34.2

There were an estimated 2,700 events in all 50 states. What does this kind of organized

0:40.8

movement suggest about the opposition to the Trump administration and his agenda and

0:46.8

implications for the midterm elections? Plus, former Trump National Security Advisor,

0:52.5

John Bolton, has indicted on 18 charges of transmitting

0:56.6

or retaining classified information.

0:59.7

We'll take a look at the strength or weakness of the indictment and talk about whether this

1:06.0

is a case of political revenge.

1:08.6

Welcome, I'm Paul as you go, editor of the opinion pages of the Wall Street

1:11.9

Journal, and this is our daily Potomac Watch podcast, and I'm here today with Mene Uquay-Brua

1:18.5

and Kyle Peterson, my comrades in arms on the editorial page. That's not to be taken literally.

1:27.3

Mene and Kyle work with the pen and phone, I guess, as President Obama once said, okay?

1:35.3

Let's talk about the No King's protest.

1:38.3

Pretty big and much bigger than the one in June here in October.

1:42.3

Manet, seven million people is not a small number of people for an organized

1:46.9

protest. And I mean, I'm trying to get a handle on just what this means. Is this Democratic

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