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Ody @odeecs.bsky.social · 1h

"You can't stop us from oppressing you without discriminating against us" is a helluva white supremacist catch-22.

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 58m

Mazel!

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1h

To all my followers, I urge you to acknowledge the dire situation we’re facing. If possible, please attend the #NoKings rally this weekend, October 18

#NoKings Rides are being organized for various protest sites, including a large rally in Washington, D.C., and many other locations nationwide.

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 1h

#IndivisibleKC
#MartinCity, #Missouri
14 October 2025
It is not merely possible, it is quite practical to sit while resisting MAGA authoritarianism.
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Photo: Three people sit and a fourth stands behind them at a pop-up demonstration organized by Indivisible KC at 135th Street and State Line Road in Martin City, MO, on 14 October 2025.
front row, sitting [L-to-R]:
Letty waves and braces two signs. One reads,"[in all caps] We Are Free to Speak & Resist." The other reads, "Take 2 Tylenol To Swallow Trump's LIES."
Sharon braces a sign that reads, "[in all caps] Honk 4 Democracy."
Mike braces a sign reading, "[in all caps] 8647 / Impeach / Convict / Remove."
Behind them stands Keiran.
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Sharon also would like you to know that: There will be a Refuse Fascism demonstration in Washington D.C. on 5 November 2025, and the Tesla Takedowns continue at Kansas City's Tesla dealership, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 3 to 5pm.
More information about the Refuse Fascism demonstration is available here:
https://refusefascism.org/

Photo: Keiran sits for a spell, bracing a sign that reads, "[in all caps] No Ice;" and holding a sign that depicts John Brown amidst the words "Forever the Free" and reads "[in larger all-caps type] Save Democracy / Protect Federal Employees."
Behind her stands Tim.

LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 1h

#IndivisibleKC
#MartinCity, #Missouri
14 October 2025
A volunteer for Respect Missouri Voters gathered signatures at the pop-up event on petition to protect the state's citizen's initiative petition process (which the MAGA-owned & operated state legislature has repeatedly undermined.
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Photo: A volunteer for Respect Missouri Voters (RMOV) stands with a demonstrator at a pop-up demonstration organized by Indivisible KC at 135th Street and State Line Road in Martin City, MO, on 14 October 2025. The RMOV volunteer wears a yellow t-shirt supporting the organization, holds a broad, jury-rigged, clipboard for the group's petition to protect the state's citizen's initiative petition process, and stands beside a yard-sign that matches her t-shirt.
You can learn what *you* can do to support this initiative and where you can do it here:
https://respectmovoters.org/
Her pro-democracy ally wears a broadbrim straw hat and green t-shirt and peeks over the top edge of a hand-made sign that reads, "[in big all caps letters] Hands Off Our Freedoms" and "[in small all caps letters] Right to Assemble | Speech | Press | Assembly | Free Speech | Free Press | Religion | Petition."

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 1h

#IndivisibleKC
#MartinCity, #Missouri
14 October 2025
Tim brought four signs.
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Photo: Tim holds a sign depicting the White House with a trash bin in front of it that is filled with golden-colored furniture matching the current Oval Office decor. A gold-colored toilet leans against the bin. It reads (in all caps), "Take Out the Trash."
Tim is standing on the northeast corner of the intersection of 135th Street and State Line Road in Martin City, MO, with the streetlight mast for northbound State Line traffic and several more demonstrators on a small pedestrian island behind him. Grey concrete, grey clouds and traffic fills the rest of the frame.

Photo: Tim holds a sign depicting a smug and smiling Donald Trump, and reading (in all caps), "Turning USA Into a 'Shithole Country' One Day at a Time." His MAGAisty famously "referred to African nations as 'shithole countries,' adding that the U.S. should want immigrants from countries such as Norway rather than from Haiti or El Salvador."
Tim is standing on the northeast corner of the intersection of 135th Street and State Line Road in Martin City, MO, with the streetlight mast for northbound State Line traffic and several more demonstrators on a small pedestrian island behind him. Grey concrete, grey clouds and traffic fills the rest of the frame.

Photo: Tim holds a sign depicting a smug Donald Trump smiling and giving his signature "thumbs up" gesture. It reads, "USA NOW 100% idiocracy / MISSION ACCOMPLISHED."
Tim is standing on the northeast corner of the intersection of 135th Street and State Line Road in Martin City, MO, with the streetlight mast for northbound State Line traffic and several more demonstrators on a small pedestrian island behind him. Grey concrete, grey clouds and traffic fills the rest of the frame.

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 1h

14 October 2025 #MartinCity, #Missouri: Perhaps a couple dozen local resisters gathered at the intersection of 135th and State Line Road during #KansasCity's Tuesday rush hour to raise their voices in opposition to MAGA authoritarianism and organized by #IndivisibleKC.
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Photo: Three women stand on a narrow strip of sidewalk that separates the righthand-turn lane from the through lanes of westbound 135th Street on the northeast corner of its intersection with State Line Road in Martin City, Missouri, on 14 October 2025.
L-TO-R
One holds a bright green, hand-made side reading, "Gerrymandering is code for CHEATING."
Another holds a hand-lettered cardboard sign reading, "FUCK TRUMP."
The third holds a home-made sign constructed of several pieces of white poster board arranged vertically to accommodate the message (in all caps): "Our Democracy VS. Billionaire Plutocracy / Honk for Democracy."
On the sidewalk along State Line Road behind them are several more demonstrators, just beyond the depth of field in the photograph. One sign is legible and appears to read (in all caps), "The 1770s all over again / No Kings."
A car heading west passes in front of them. Two cars turning right pass behind them. All lanes of State Line Road behind them are filled with cars and trucks waiting for the light to change.
The sidewalk where they stand is overgrown with weeds. An orange fire plug stands vigil behind them on the curb in the grass next to the road.

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 5h

📣 #Everyone #Everywhere #AllAtOnce 📣

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5h

Rural Northern Missouri will be well represented on No Kings day.

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 5h

"A 13-year-old Massachusetts boy is in ICE custody hundreds of miles from home, and trying to figure out how this was allowed to happen ..."

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 5h

We Need Everyone!
#NoKings #CoastToCoast
All Hands On Deck!

LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 1d

#WeThePeople
coverage continues (6/n) with a No Kings on Abbey Road Vibe in the crosswalk on the east side of the intersection of 9th & Massachusetts in
#Lawrence, #Kansas, 12 October 2025
REMINDER: The next NO KINGS is THIS SATURDAY
( also: shout out to @protestgirl.bsky.social )

Photo: Three Lawrence-ians march a NO KINGS banner across the crosswalk, south to north, on the the east side of the 9th & Massachusetts intersection in Lawrence, Kansas, with a fourth walking closely behind to round out the Fab Four in this (probably) unintentional recreation of the Beatles' famous Abbey Road album cover.
And if you have not signed up for and made plans to attend a No Kings demonstration near you, this would be a great time to do that … here: https://www.nokings.org/
I assure you: There you will be able to find a gathering near you.
Behind the Fab Four, a local site of US Bank is visible. Plus more protesters.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 15h

Bonus: Schmitt staffer in the news!
"Making neo-Nazi propaganda, arguing the Confederacy was really a noble endeavor, and palling around with anonymous fascists just isn’t a dealbreaker for the modern right in 2025."
Read On!

Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt's Nazi Staffer

Nathan Hochman was fired from the DeSantis campaign for making a transparently neoNazi video featuring the Governor, and has only doubled down on his white nationalism since.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 15h

Would this be the Missouri Senator who refuses to hold open town halls in the state he supposedly represents, but, just last night, was the featured guest at a Christian Nationalist foundation's "American Dream ... book signing and ... moderated discussion [and] book signing" event in Smithville? 🤔

LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 16h

13 October 2025, Smithville, MO: The Herzog Foundation (see alt text) hosted Senator Eric Schmitt (MAGA-MO) in a "book signing and … moderated discussion" in its "American Dream Speaker Series." The Herzog Foundation is … interesting. (see alt text)
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Signage for the Herzog Foundation, whose self-described "mission is to catalyze and accelerate the development of quality Christ-centered K-12 education so that families and culture flourish." If that reads like Christian Nationalism to you, that may be because you are reading it exactly as it is intended to be understood.
Not making this up. Here's their website:
https://herzogfoundation.com/

LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 15h

#Missouri? That you?

Chance Phillips @chancephillips.bsky.social · 1d

The right-wing extremism of young Republicans has been evident for years, but it's never been a deal breaker for party elites. Remember the Nazi iconography in a DeSantis campaign ad? Nate Hochman allegedly produced that. Now he's working for Sen. Schmitt.
www.liberalcurrents.com/missouri-sen...

Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt's Nazi Staffer

Nathan Hochman was fired from the DeSantis campaign for making a transparently neoNazi video featuring the Governor, and has only doubled down on his white nationalism since.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 15h

Bailout should've been delivered via one of those giant checks they use for lottery payouts, with Trump holding one end and Melei holding the other, under a banner that reads, "Your Healthcare Dollars at Work," while glittering confetti floats down.
I thought this guy was supposed to be a showman!

LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 16h

The #HerzogFoundation
Smithville, MO
13 October 2025
Three representatives of RespectMOVoters solicited signatures for petitions to protect Missouri's initiative petition process from MO-MAGA political interference. (find a link to how & where you can help with this initiative in the alt text)
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Photo: Maria, Jackie and Sandy show their Respect for Missouri Voters by joining the Welcoming Committee for Senator Eric Schmidt, 13 October 2025 in Smithville (almost Trimble), Missouri.
Maria's sign reads, "Respect Missouri Voters | Registered to vote? / Sign Here / to hold politicians accountable!"
Jackie's signs read:
"This is your Shutdown / Fund Healthcare / Feed Children! / Get Back to Work -- For America"
"Respect MO Voters / Please Sign My Petition" and
"Ban Missouri Politicians from Attacking the Will of the People / Our Initiative will protect the initiative petition process ... and we need your help. Join us to learn how you can protect your constitutional freedom."
Sandy's sign reads, "THEY'RE EATING THE CHECKS / THEY'RE EATING THE BALANCES."
Find what you can do to support this initiative and where you can do it here:
https://respectmovoters.org/

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 16h

#WelcomingSenatorSchmitt
The #HerzogFoundation
Smithville, MO
13 October 2025
There were a lot of bubbles. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured.
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Photo: Four demonstrators stand on a grassy knoll holding signs while bubbles blow around them.
Kelly wears a black t-shirt shirt an inverted U.S. Flag and the legend, "We Are Not Okay." Her sign reads, "SENATORS GET SOME BALLS / NO KING."
Laura holds a sign that reads, "Republicans Sold Out Democracy."
Maryi holds a heart shaped red sign that reads, "Love Not Hate."
Lisa holds a sign depicting Trump that reads: "GUILTY! | Impeached Twice | Convicted of 34 Felonies | Found Liable for Sexual Assault | Haven't We Had Enough Yet?"
Behind them is the very large sign for the Herzog Foundation.

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 16h

#WelcomingSenatorSchmitt
The #HerzogFoundation
Smithville, MO
13 October 2025
Missourians organized by Clay-Platte Indivisible welcomed Senator Eric Schmitt (MAGA-MO) back to the state he claims to represent.
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Photo: In the foreground: On the sidewalk & right of way: One drum, one megaphone, one bubble machine, 1 flag (American), 13 signs, and 16 constituents. In the background: A pale yellow limestone building, with a portico outfitted with adirondack chairs, and a line of people waiting in line to be told that, one imagines, the only way to keep their christian heritage safe is to defund public schools and lock up or deport people violent left-wing radicals who stand on sidewalks with drums, megaphones, and bubble machines; and do not even get them started on the frog, chicken, unicorn, and t-rex costumes.

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 16h

Schmitt (MAGA-MO) has not held a town hall meeting open to the public in Missouri since he was elected in 2022, and has instead limited his exposure to carefully curated audiences. And press releases. (see alt text for summary of releases from just this week; it's ... interesting)
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From his official U.S. Senate website:
October 14, 2025
Senator Schmitt on President Trump’s Historic Peace Deal, Democrats’ Partisan Shutdown

October 14, 2025
ICYMI: Senator Schmitt Calls for Antifa to be Designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

October 10, 2025
Senator Schmitt Calls for Investigation into Left-Wing Violence

October 9, 2025
Senator Schmitt Secures Major Wins for Missouri, Defense Acquisition Reform, Military Readiness in the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act

October 9, 2025
Senator Schmitt Calls for Antifa to be Designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

October 8, 2025
Senator Schmitt Chairs Commerce Committee Hearing on Government Censorship, Need to Protect Free Speech

October 7, 2025
Senator Schmitt on Left-Wing Political Violence, Weaponization of DOJ Against Conservatives

October 7, 2025
Senator Schmitt’s Resolution Honoring Servicemembers Involved in Operation Midnight Hammer Passes Senate

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 16h

13 October 2025, Smithville, MO: The Herzog Foundation (see alt text) hosted Senator Eric Schmitt (MAGA-MO) in a "book signing and … moderated discussion" in its "American Dream Speaker Series." The Herzog Foundation is … interesting. (see alt text)
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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 1d

#WeThePeople
#Lawrence, #Kansas, 12 October 2025
Closing Thought: "OUR FELLOW AMERICANS ARE IN DANGER NOW!"
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Photo: Post-event, a substantial poster, flown previously at the protest, flies now on a mast-like pole and stabilized by a boom and gaff (horizontal poles at its top & bottom) attached to the trailer hitch of an SUV. It is executed and printed in the style of American anti-fascist posters during the Second World War (reminder: the United States fought *against* fascism in that war). In it, Donald Trump, holding a chain with a lock, peers learing over a globe turned to show North America on the left while Adolf Hitler peers similarly over the same globe on the right, holding a "German Luger" pistol. Hitler wears a German officer's peaked cap with a swastika. Above their heads in the graphic is a red banner reading "WARNING!" Across the bottom of the poster, in red letters against a black background: "OUR FELLOW AMERICANS ARE IN DANGER NOW!"
Tom made this poster and rig.

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LaRoeBoat @johnlaroe.bsky.social · 1d

The "Vibe" of #WeThePeople
the intersection of 9th & Massachusetts in
#Lawrence, #Kansas, 12 October 2025
Cntd: 7/8

Photo: Fred, in glasses and a bucket hat, holds a hand-made, cardboard, red letters outlined in black, reading, "BRING BACK DUE PROCESS – Un-mask ICE – No more Gov't sanctioned kidnapping." Fred served in the 2nd Infantry Div in Korea in 1969 and '70.
A protester behind him, beyond the photograph's depth of field, wears a ball cap covered with at least a dozen pins.

Photo: A nice couple sits on a concrete wall in front of the US Bank in downtown Lawrence, him in a flat cap and her in a fatigue cap, with their VERY, very good dog, in a pink collar. They hold signs. His reads, "YOUR VOTE MATTERS" and hers reads "RESIST TYRANNY."
Other protesters mill about behind them. Parts of a US flag and a Ukrainian flag are visible behind them.

Photo: Patrick, in glasses and a ball cap, stands in a t-shirt, emblazoned, "NO FAUX KING WAY / 86/47" in front of a store called The Third Planet. Other protesters and a few shoppers are visible behind him.

Photo: Rosa, in a surgical mask and black blouse, holds a sign that reads, "OLIGARCHS ARE THE PROBLEM NOT IMMIGRANTS." All the letters in her home-made sign are black except the NOT, which is a bright red.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 1d

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy.

We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.

If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.

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