Over 100,000 people gathered at the "No Kings" rally in Boston, Massachusetts, on Saturday, according to protest organizers

Follow this play-by-play from throughout Boston's "No Kings" protest Saturday, including photos and remarks from featured speakers.

A meme shared in October 2025 alleged someone "confirmed" the AI origins of the photos, adding, "There were about 800 people in Boston, not 100,000."

No Kings” demonstrations were planned across New England, the nation, and the world on Saturday, joining a string of protests against the Trump administration.

Demonstrators in Boston and around the country took to the streets to decry what they describe as "abuses of power, cruelty and corruption" in the Trump administration.

MSNBC footage circulating on social media is real and depicts Boston’s Oct. 18 "No Kings" rally. Similar aerial views of the protest aired Oct. 18 on four Boston-area television stations and one in New Hampshire.

Saturday's protests marked the second “No Kings” demonstration and the latest mass movement against the White House this year.

For Debbie Paul, the massive "No Kings” rally that brought more than 100,000 chanting, cheering, sign-waving people to Boston Common last weekend to protest President Donald Trump and his policies is just the beginning of the story and not the end.