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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 3m

Kai Hutchins, who died at his home in Bernal Heights at 93 years old, wore team uniforms while playing his saxophone in front of the Giants and 49ers stadiums.

Kai Hutchins, beloved saxophonist outside Giants and 49ers games, dies at 93

Kai Hutchins, who died at his home in Bernal Heights at 93 years old, wore team uniforms while playing his saxophone in front of the Giants and 49ers stadiums.

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Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · 2h

Good evening, Portland! Tonight, we’re considering a resolution and an ordinance that will strengthen our ability as a city to safeguard Portlanders from federal overreach and militarization.🧵

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 41m

Because the civil rights movement WASN'T A MARCH. It wasn't a series of marches. That's just factually, empirically, fundamentally not what the civil rights movement was.

To say No Kings is "bigger" because of crowd size, you must first adopt an incorrect definition of the civil rights movement.

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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 44m

Seeing people say that "by the numbers" Stancil is right about No Kings being bigger than the civil rights mvt. But no. That's not how any of this works.

It's like saying I'm a bigger organizer than Greta Thunberg because I'm taller. It's not technically true, it's just stupid.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 27m

South Park really went in on Peter Thiel, his weird obsession with the Antichrist, and his close relationship with JD Vance.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4h

20 billion dollars from the US Treasury **was not enough**. So now it's 40 billion dollars! And why stop there?

All while the US government is shut down.

"America First," amirite?

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Bessent says bailout for Argentina will double to boost U.S. influence in region

The Trump administration is working to arrange private sector financing for Argentina that would double the total U.S. financial lifeline for the embattled Latin nation.

www.washingtonpost.com

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 27m

It's going up to $40 billion.

USAID's budget last year was $28 billion.

Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1h

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 32m

Leaked image of the memorandum

a piece of paper being held up reads
"I can do what I want.

Don"

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brent is Saw Gerrera-pilled @therealbrent.bsky.social · 54m

Elon Musk is a mass murderer who needs to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity

Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts

A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like.

www.npr.org

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 4h

4 months apart

Official ICE government account
June 6, 2025:
"To call us 'Nazis' - to compare us to one of the worst groups in history - is disgusting and just outright wrong.
"What the men and women of ICE are doing in Massachusetts and all over this country is making communities safer."
—ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons

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Ron Davis @ronpdavis.bsky.social · 2h

Bruce Harrell - same old backroom politics, hostile workplaces, coddling billionaires while the rest of us struggle.

Katie Wilson has spent her life fighting for us - now it's time for us to vote her into office!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFEh...

Rinse & Repeat - Katie Wilson for an Affordable Seattle

YouTube video by Seattle for Katie

www.youtube.com

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote about how all the beautiful dumb stuff really does matter, and why you should come out for No Kings Day on Saturday.

The opposite of complicity

Why showing up matters and what it can actually do.

degenerateart.beehiiv.com

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Jo @jokar.bsky.social · 58m

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1h

Did Will Stancil call the No Kings thing bigger than the civil rights movement lmao.

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Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 1h

Did Will Stancil call the No Kings thing bigger than the civil rights movement lmao.

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1h

Yes. What works (or “works”) for this government they think should work for society at large www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Jo @jokar.bsky.social · 1h

Had to turn it off after that 12-2 run

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Josh Manning @joshmanning.bsky.social · 1h

I know we don’t ban political parties in the U.S. I think there was some pushback against secessionists, but maybe we need to look at what Germany did after WWII. Just a thought.

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 2h

"We are a decade into Trumpism. These Young Republicans have never known any other type of Republicanism....We’re talking about a full generation of Republicans who *only* understand politics in the context of an authoritarian project."
www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-pr...

All the Pretty Little Nazis

The shape of things to come.

www.thebulwark.com

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Jo @jokar.bsky.social · 1h

MarLOLners 🤦‍♀️

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 1h

The Central Park Five—whom Trump wanted executed for a crime they did not commit—were 14 to 16 years old.

Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 3h

NEW @motherjones.com: Nobody in that GOP group chat praising Hitler or making racist comments was a “kid,” as JD Vance claimed today

I tracked down their ages. (Weirdly, it seems nobody else did.)

Eight of the 11 in the group chat range from 24 to 35. Ages of others are unclear.

But… no “kids”!

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Jo @jokar.bsky.social · 1h

Pisspoor management, like he just doesn’t care about winning this game.

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Jo @jokar.bsky.social · 1h

🎯 exactly.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1h

Uline's owners "have used their wealth to funnel millions of dollars into the most extreme RW politicians & mvmts... contributed $144 million to conservative groups in the 2024 election cycle... donated $4+ million to bankroll anti-abortion groups who pushed to overturn Roe v Wade."
refuseuline.com

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Jo @jokar.bsky.social · 1h

It’s a crime at this point to leave Kirby in ffs

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Jo @jokar.bsky.social · 1h

He’s so good at this!

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1h

LOLLL more: www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n...

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