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H.Arendt - Call your Senators & Rep: 202-224-3121 @harendt.bsky.social · 20d

Every day it's exponentially clearer that we are living under a fascist government.

Authoritarianism is here. We are no longer living in a true democracy. Our job now is to work together to peacefully end this reign of terror.

This ends when enough of us say no.
Join those who are organizing:

H.Arendt - Call your Senators & Rep: 202-224-3121 @harendt.bsky.social · 20d

Massive peaceful noncooperation is how we stop this fascist regime.
• Get trained on noncooperation: nokings.org/rise
• Find a peaceful protest: fiftyfifty.one
• Learn more: Choosedemocracy.us
• Get ready for a general strike: generalstrikeus.com
• Attend Indivisible.org's weekly What's The Plan?

What’s the Plan? A Weekly Discussion with Indivisible’s Co-Founders · Indivisible

The onslaught of news, the chaos coming out of the White House – it’s all meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back. The an...

www.mobilize.us

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5h

Solidarity is the only way

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15h

This is straight up white nationalist talking points posted by the DHS.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10h

GOP gave $20 billion to Argentina yesterday

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Lisa McClain: "Democrats' plan forces taxpayers to cover the majority of emergency medical costs for all non-citizens. Another $28 billion tab for who? You guessed it, the American people."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Jeffries: "The effort to mischaracterize the rallies that are gonna take place all across the country is part of the continued right-wing disinformation machine that is failing to persuade the American people."

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Anti-Trumpism @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social · 12h

Even the Gestapo didn’t
wear masks

Do you really believe hiding the faces of government police will prevent the world from knowing that Fascism came to America ?

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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 11h

And anyone who tells you otherwise is not normal.

KINDNESS IS NORMAL.
HUMANITY IS NORMAL
COMPASSION IS NORMAL.
EMPATHY IS NORMAL.
DECENCY IS NORMAL.
INTEGRITY IS NORMAL.
MORALITY IS NORMAL.
GOODNESS IS NORMAL.
HATING ICE IS NORMAL.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 11h

Here’s my message to Speaker Mike Johnson on the 15th day of this shutdown, from his very own podium.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

🔥 ZOHRAN ON FOX: "I want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Adams who will call you to stay out of jail… a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election… I’ll be a mayor ready to speak at any time to lower the cost of living.“

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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SunnieDayye☀️👩🏽‍⚕️💙 @sunniedayye.bsky.social · 10h

Have you found your location yet?? Hell I'll look it up FOR you if you're busy. Just please go to one. Maybe even 2. I will post about this everyday until Saturday. Even if only one person sees it. They can tell one person and on and on.

nokings.org

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Sahara Stevens ❤️🇺🇸 @sahara-stevens.bsky.social · 1d

The No Kings Rally is a Love America Rally.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 12h

What the fuck are we doing?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 11h

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14h

The plaque honoring the law enforcement officers who responded to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was commissioned by Congress in 2022, remains in storage. Mike Johnson has refused to place it on the wall, as was intended. That "deed" speaks pretty loudly.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14h

Los Angeles County voted to declare a state of emergency in response to federal ICE raids. Normally reserved for natural disasters, the declaration allows the county to mobilize resources and offer assistance to residents impacted by the raids.

LA County officials approve emergency declaration over immigration raids

The move allows the L.A. County Board of Supervisors to provide rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind as a result of the crackdown on immigrants.

abc7.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 17h

The World Cup and Olympics should boycott the U.S. rather than let their events be used as weapons by the fascist Trump. They won't, of course, because of their own corruption. But they must realize this is shaping up to look like the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Trump threatens removal of World Cup games from Boston, Olympics from LA

Blaming Boston street takeovers and LA wildfires, the US president said both global sporting events could be moved for supposed safety reasons

www.theguardian.com

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Jay Lionel @jaylionel.bsky.social · 14h

Numbers frighten authoritarian regimes.

They don’t protest.

They don’t like ‘dissent’.

They want everyone to give up.

IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

Our expectations for you were low, but holy fuck

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Rainwalker @rainwalkerak.bsky.social · 14h

They’re more afraid that it will show the world how deeply unpopular they are in their own country.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

It really is bizarre to me that every single member of GOP House leadership & the admin has decided their coordinated talking point this week is that the No Kings demonstrations this Sat are essentially acts of domestic terrorism. Are they that afraid of free & peaceful assembly?

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h

NEW via NYT:

A U.S. attorney and his deputy were removed after telling top DOJ officials they don't believe criminal charges are warranted from a new Kash Patel-backed investigation seeking to discredit the FBI's earlier Russia investigation that looked into Trump. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Attorney Was Forced Out After Clashes Over How to Handle Russia Inquiry

www.nytimes.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

For the love of America, NoKings.org.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

"Adding to the train wreck, Halligan’s appointment as US attorney may not even be legal, meaning that the indictment is a legal nullity … which may actually be the least embarrassing outcome here for the Justice Department." — @lizdye.bsky.social

The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

Welcome to the Rocket Docket, Lindsey Halligan!

www.publicnotice.co

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 17h

Here’s the thing. We still have the power (probably) to say that this image must not be what America is. We still have the power to say “fuck no, we refuse to allow this to be what the streets of America look like.” Attend a “No Kings” rally this Saturday. And then vote in 2026.

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