When a DM clip from The Rubin Report cut to a close-up of a baby-boomer protester, the host’s reaction was immediate and telling: this wasn’t the harmless civic-minded grandmother the networks keep selling to viewers. The footage shows the same performative righteousness that has driven so much of the modern left’s fury, but stripped of the PR-friendly packaging — raw, angry, and unapologetic.
The so-called No Kings demonstrations were anything but a niche event; they were rolled out as a nationwide spectacle with organizers claiming millions in the streets and thousands of coordinated locations across the country. What was sold to Americans as a spontaneous outpouring of “defending democracy” was actually a highly organized, media-savvy push that happened to align with celebrity appearances and partisan narratives.
Hollywood stars showed up to cheer the rallies, turning protests into celebrity photo-ops and moral endorsements for a movement that has little patience for dissent. When actors like Mark Ruffalo compare these marches to superhero epics and cast themselves as saviors, it’s hard not to see the cult of celebrity manipulating civic outrage for clout and political leverage.
And let’s be blunt: these events were not risk-free. Reports from multiple locations show scuffles, tense moments, and at least one shooting incident during marches in Utah — the surest proof that mass political theater backed by rage can and does spill into real-world danger. When protests escalate to violence, we owe it to our communities to ask why the organizers and the press seem so casual about the risks they create.
Meanwhile, establishment Republicans were right to call out the blatantly political and often unpatriotic tone coming from these rallies, and the media’s reflexive applause only exposes their bias. Instead of sober coverage and questions about who’s organizing and funding these coup-sounding slogans, outlets like CNN serve as amplifiers for the very mobs that tear at the fabric of civic life.
What the DM clip and the wider coverage reveal is a deeper cultural rot: a generation of activists and influencers who fancy themselves moral guardians while trampling on the norms that keep a free society functioning. They preach tolerance and democracy from a platform built on cancel culture and selective outrage, and they are increasingly led by boomers who should know better than to substitute moral posturing for honest debate.
America doesn’t need spectacle; it needs steady citizens who defend liberty without theatrics. Hardworking patriots who love this country see through the performance — they want rule of law, accountable leadership, and communities that aren’t turned into stages for political brand-building. Protecting those values means calling out hypocrisy wherever it appears, even when the crowd is loud and the cameras are rolling.
