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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 21h

i love "no kings" especially because its making the gop do a batshit crazy argument of "no actually we like kings"

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Raskin: I heard speaker Mike Johnson refer to a hate America rally, but that one already happened on January 6th, 2021

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

in a sane word it would be considered wildly inappropriate for the Deputy FBI Director to go on Fox & Friends and cut WWE-style promos on sitting governors

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h

The Pentagon’s gone dark and Johnson’s calling it “transparency”

KARL: “The guy’s only had two briefings since he became Secretary of Defense… they’ve basically forced the Pentagon press out of the building…”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I can’t remember… a Secretary of Defense who has been so transparent.”

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Dan and a half @heretowhere.bsky.social · 1d

What if everyone just decided to wear masks and jackets that say “ICE” on it? Maybe prompting the actual agents to properly identify themselves but also maybe because it would be funny.

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RandyResists2025💙🔵 @resist2025.bsky.social · 8h

Trump is indiscriminately bombing fishermen in fishing boats in international waters, yet is failing at seizing illegal fentanyl. It’s not about the drugs it is about the cruelty.

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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 8h

“Using it to make a point.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Q: What does it say that president released a video of him pooping on the American people?

MIKE JOHNSON: You can argue he's probably the most effective person who has ever used social media. He's using satire to make a point. He's not calling for the murder of his political opponents.

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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 9h

The @maddow.msnbc.com tonight is genuinely must see. We need to find a way to make her A block accessible to those who aren’t habitual viewers.
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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 10h

Maddow’s A block coverage of #NoKingsOct18, going state by state, city by city, rural village by red state village, is the most stirring, consoling, inspiring reporting of the day. The coast to coast resistance is now a formidable chapter in American and arguably world history. @maddow.msnbc.com

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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 10h

Maddow’s A block coverage of #NoKingsOct18, going state by state, city by city, rural village by red state village, is the most stirring, consoling, inspiring reporting of the day. The coast to coast resistance is now a formidable chapter in American and arguably world history. @maddow.msnbc.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Be the inflatable unicorn you want to see in the world

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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 17h

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BigTVFan @bigtvfan.bsky.social · 1d

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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday was by most yardsticks, political and sociological, historic; the @nytimes.com wrote about it on page A23.

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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday was by most yardsticks, political and sociological, historic; the @nytimes.com wrote about it on page A23.

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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 1d

You win the internet today.

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Burnside Gooch @burnsidegooch.bsky.social · 1d

I’m still owed payment from the first rally and I’m unclear if going to two rallies yesterday will earn me double or only time and a half for the day. I also have questions about meal breaks and span of day so am in the process of contacting the Antifa Deputy.

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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 1d

3) That unspoken but felt solidarity curbed the cotton mouth and rapid heartbeat. So in our morning after study of the semiotics of homemade placards, this sign - caught in social media, not in the streets - expresses the mystery of October 18th's historic impact with genuine wisdom.

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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 1d

2) Apprehension pushed some into fight or flight survival mode. A vicious cycle ensued. Yesterday, speeches stirred us, sure. But not as much as standing shoulder-to-shoulder with anonymous allies who've weathered the sh*t storm.

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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 1d

1) In late 2025, it's safe to say we suffer from collective trauma. What shocked the body politic in January like the cold plunge of the Polar bear swimmers, minus beneficial jolts to the cardiovascular system. It devolved into quotidian triggers: bad news fed our disquietude; unease created dread.

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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 1d

Has anyone seen any member of the press, any reporter, demand that a Republican back up their ludicrous claim that protestors were "paid"? This pernicious myth has persisted since June, and journalists refuse to demand evidence to support the lie. Therein lies the crucial issue of media distrust.

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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA cynically anticipated Kent State (5/4/70) but witnessed a patriotic happening much closer to Hands Across America (5/25/86). They can mischaracterize protest's motives, project violent intent on practiced pacifism, but the sneering party of Jan 6 apologists cannot change facts, truth, history.

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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 1d

Keep your eye on CBS - Weiss in control of the propaganda roll-out - making sure that every action against Trump is compartmentalized as threat-free to his continued ascension. It's the most insidious grip on media in decades, and it's been entirely normalized. CBS, Canary in our coalmine.

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halcorley.bsky.social @halcorley.bsky.social · 2d

MAGA trolls are out in droves, pretending that a loathed despot with 37% approval/61% disapproval is really beloved and triumphing, and that yesterday's reports were entirely media exaggeration. Quantifying optics don't lie and those who participated know yesterday was historic.

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