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No Kings Pro-peace, Pro-prosperity, Pro-Accessable Healthcare and Education for ALL Followed by @markhamillofficial @mcuban @mmpadellan @heatherthomasaf @benstiller.redhour.com @glennkirschner @joncooper-us @just-jack-1 @MorgFair @kfa-legal @dworkin

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Alan Smithee DGA @alansmitheedga.bsky.social · 3d

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Rerun the packs as I'm always making changes.

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Florida Wild Child @floridawildchild.bsky.social · 34m

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freya2.bsky.social☮️ @freya2.bsky.social · 45m

THAT's the now MAGA-GOP - the GOP is gone (tho they were always MOSTLY greedy dumbass RACIST pigs anyway) and they're now ALL MAGAt.
MAGAT=GOP - one and the same.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1h

Imagine my surprise when Pat from SNL posted hundreds of vile, anti-Semitic, racist, misogynistic, homophobic, Hitler-loving messages.

Correction: I’m told that it was actually William Hendrix, who worked for Kansas Republican AG Kris Kobach.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 55m

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 1h

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 16h

All of these warriors for democracy know just how crucial passing Prop 50 is.

It's ESSENTIAL that California passes it & that means that we need resisters across the nation to help.

If you care about democracy follow these activists, post about it often & volunteer!

YES ON 50!
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 3h

They don’t fear violence; they fetishize it. What they fear is happiness, because happy people don’t need saviors or strongmen.
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No Kings, No Pants, No Problem

How Portland answered authoritarianism with bare asses and better ideas.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h

We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 1d

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Mike Walker @newnarrative.bsky.social · 2h

John Roberts is slowly dismantling America

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John Roberts is slowly dismantling America

Twenty years of the Roberts Court has wreaked shocking damage. Is the Voting Rights Act next?

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❌👑 Bernadette🫘🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🟧💙🐈‍⬛ @vintageknits.bsky.social · 2h

OTHER COUNTRIES are having NO KINGS events as well!! NoKings.org

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Alan Smithee DGA @alansmitheedga.bsky.social · 2h

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@JohnBGilman.bsky.social @johnbgilman.bsky.social · 3h

So, now the news starts leaking out that Tesla's "record 3rd quarter deliveries" Wall St was crowing about were actually to Space-X. Even Enron did not have this kind of cojones when it came to committing accounting fraud...

Kim @kim4thebabies.bsky.social · 3h

How pathetic.

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Elon Musk Is Making Cybertruck Sales Look Better by Selling a Huge Number to Himself — Futurism

That's just embarrassing. In 2023, Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised that his EV maker’s upcoming Cybertruck would sell like hotcakes, delivering between 250,000 and 500,000 units per year once the company...

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LindaAnn LoSchiavo @ghostlyverse.bsky.social · 4h

🐘💩 ‘I love Hitler’ 💩🐘
❌ Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat ❌
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery + rape.
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 1d

He will be on Rachel Maddow in a few minutes.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 1d

Donald Trump is a wartime president.

War on women.
War on voting rights.
War on Latinos.
War on California.
War on institutions.
War on history.

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Jane June 🖕🐸🖕 @janejune.bsky.social · 1d

*Boink* Nyuck Nyuck Nyuck!

Jeffrey Lebowski🏴‍☠️🍺💙 @jeffreylebowski420.bsky.social · 1d

Halloween is coming.

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NOTUS @notus.com · 1d

Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced she plans to run for Susan Collins’ Senate seat, a recruitment win for national Democrats.
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills Announces Bid for Senate

Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday she plans to run for Susan Collins’ Senate seat, a recruitment win for national Democrats.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 1d

You cannot torch your own home and then demand applause for watering the neighbor’s lawn.
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Peace Doesn’t Belong to Tyrants

It belongs to the survivors, not the men who funded the bombs.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 1d

Tish James is an American hero.

MSNBC @msnbc.com · 1d

"I stand on solid rock and I will not bow, I will not break, I will not bend, I will not capitulate, I will not give in, I will not give up."

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks out after being indicted by the Trump DOJ.

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nahhan sandiego @nahhansandiego.bsky.social · 1d

give me all the lists.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

2/ Democrats aren't going to vote for a budget that throws millions off health care and funds Trump's growing totalitarianism. At least I'm not.

Why work so hard to get to the Senate if you don't use your power to fight for what you believe in? Especially at a time like this.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

3/ The Senate keeps voting on 2 bills to reopen.

1. The GOP bill - it raises premiums on 22m Americans and lets Trump keep acting illegally.

2. The Dem bill - it stops the premium increases and checks Trump's illegality.

Each time, neither bill gets the necessary 60 votes.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

4/ Ok, so then the obvious next step is to negotiate a compromise. That's how we've always avoided shutdowns. And Republicans need to convene those talks, bc they're in charge.

But here's the kicker - Trump is telling them to BOYCOTT NEGOTIATING. And they are following orders.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d

5/ But here's the even darker kicker.

The House Republicans aren't even in town. Speaker Johnson told them to stay away from DC. They haven't been here in nearly a month. Refusing to show up for work. An unprecedented, unplanned 4 week recess.

And why?

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