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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1h

Somehow people who found the goals of the “Tea Party” crystal clear just can’t wrap their heads around what “No Kings” is getting at.

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Ugh, not today, ☠️ @ajaxatax.bsky.social · 20m

Fuck the corrupt, partisan, tyranical Robert's court-but especially Kavanbraugh, what the boof.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 3h

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 3h

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 3h

Since people are remembering the tea party: a critical part to remember is that much like the open up campaigns of 2020, it started as an astroturf campaign by billionaires like the Koch brothers.

When I say the media has a deference to money and power I mean it.

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 10h

Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 8h

She was legally declared a victim of a crime in a court of law, she was not an "accuser," she was a VICTIM

NBC: NEW ALLEGATIONS FROM EPSTEIN ACCUSER MEMOIRE

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 7h

FYI congress just got another week of vacation!

Maybe this will encourage more people to run… get paid to never go to work

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Ugh, not today, ☠️ @ajaxatax.bsky.social · 36m

If the suede is nice and dye fast, they make great foam conditioning cleaners that you can use btwn dry brushings-just rub on, buff with a dry cloth and then when dry, brush again. Basically the same way you wipe and brush them when dry for normal care just adding some mouse foam and a short dry.

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Ugh, not today, ☠️ @ajaxatax.bsky.social · 46m

These guys read literature and comic books, and then name their evil corporations after the villains....

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1h

IMHO, you can’t understand what’s happening to the US if u don’t know about the “network state” movement & its “parallel establishment” strategy, which includes building “parallel societies” (w/ their own physical territories) & “parallel institutions” in media, education, finance, science, etc. 1/

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1h

IMHO, you can’t understand what’s happening to the US if u don’t know about the “network state” movement & its “parallel establishment” strategy, which includes building “parallel societies” (w/ their own physical territories) & “parallel institutions” in media, education, finance, science, etc. 1/

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

have long suspected that trump thinks the insurrection act is an instant "i win" cheat code that make his opposition go away

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

Trump: "I'm allowed as you know as president, like 50% of the presidents have used the Insurrection Act. Everybody agrees you're allowed to use that and there is no more court cases, there is no more anything. We're trying to do it in a nicer manner, but we can always use the Insurrection Act."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1h

most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing

David Bowie in Japan. He's waling up some steps while wearing a long black coat and smoking a cigarette.

David Bowie in Japan. He's standing in front of a train while wearing a long light-colored coat.

David Bowie in Japan. He's riding a subway car while wearing a long dark-colored coat.

David Bowie in Japan. He's walking away from a train while wearing a long black coat, gray checked scarf, charcoal trousers, and black shoes.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 6h

The first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow have nearly 500,000 views each 🤯

Do you know how cool that is for literacy, for book joy?! We are all worthy of reading, we are all readers 💚

And NOW episode three is out! Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋

youtu.be/e4VIV48ZB0M?feature=shared

YouTube KidZuko clips of the first two episodes of the revival of Reading Rainbow. Both of the clips have over 400,000 views each

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 7h

“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4h

He’s already deploying military forces in US cities, claiming it’s for domestic law enforcement, which is what invoking the Insurrection Act enables.

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 2h

It will be funny when Trump accidentally imposes tariffs on Columbia.

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Jesse Dollemore @dollemore.com · 3h

Maybe it's the fact that I'm a United States Marine who's taken a solemn oath to the Constitution on multiple occasions, but it seems to me that the U.S. Government taking Americans hostage is just the thing the “don't tread on me” crowd would be up in arms about.

Oh, well. I guess not!

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 16h

Compare yesterday's millions to this and how we couldn't escape breathless coverage of the Tea Partiers at their peak.

April 15, 2009 is said to have been the day that had the largest number of tea party demonstrations reportedly in more than 750 cities.[73] Estimates of protesters and locations varied. The Christian Science Monitor reported on the difficulties of calculating a cumulative turnout and said some estimates state that over half a million Americans participated in the protests, noting, "experts say the counting itself often becomes politicized as authorities, organizers, and attendees often come up with dramatically different counts."[74][75] Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, estimated that at least 268,000 attended in over 200 cities.[76] Statistician Nate Silver, manager of FiveThirtyEight.com, has said that a cumulative crowd size estimate from credible sources was of 311,460 attendees in 346 cities, which accounted for all capitols and major cities little noticeable or no reliable media coverage in other protests could have contributed to a lower number of attendees and locations.[77] The largest event, in Atlanta, drew between an estimated 7,000 to 15,000 protesters.[77][78][79] Some of the gatherings drew only dozens.[74]

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 7h

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking

www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Chicago Mayor Issues Defiant Call For A General Strike

It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 7h

Chuck Dixon created Bane. I don't bring this up to argue that creating that character somehow negates his current behavior, but to talk about a problem very prevalent in comics. And that is bigoted people making bank off the very marginalized groups they later demonize and discredit.