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🎃🪦 BLOODSUGARSETHMASKET 🪦🎃 @smotus.bsky.social · 3h

It's less than 24 hours after 5-8 million Americans marched against a president who called them domestic terrorists, and there is zero reference to it on the current NYT home page, except for a Bouie op/ed that came out several days earlier.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 2h

More great news, everyone.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21h

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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Kaetrin @kaetrin.bsky.social · 2h

New BBC headline updated 15 minutes ago:
"Israel says it will return to ceasefire hours after carrying out strikes on Gaza"

But... is it really a ceasefire if Israel says the ceasefire is in effect except when they're bombing Gaza? Isn't that just... refuelling?

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Kaetrin @kaetrin.bsky.social · 15h

Andrew says he "will no longer use" the title of Duke of York or thr other honours previously conferred on him. Reporting says his title and honours have been "stripped" from him. Is "no longer use" just spin or is "stripped" spin?

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 1d

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

Sara Whitmer
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I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town.
Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming.
Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...

Sincerity is not the problem

As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23h

Seven million. “One of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in US history.”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 18, 2025
Media Contact: media@nokings.org
Nearly 7 Million Attend Overwhelmingly Peaceful No Kings Day of Action
WASHINGTON, DC - In one of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in U.S. history, nearly seven million Americans gathered today, 2 million more than June, in over 2,700 cities and towns for the No Kings Day of Peaceful Action, standing together in nonviolent defiance of authoritarianism and affirming that this nation belongs to its people, not to kings.
With more than 2,700 lawful and peaceful protests across all 50 states, today's mobilization was 14 times larger than both of President Trump's presidential inaugurations combined, marking a historic moment of unity and resistance. From rural communities to major metropolitan centers, the message was clear: America will not be ruled by fear, force, or one man's power grab.
While the Republican-led government shutdown continues to wreak havoc, forcing hundreds of thousands of families to go without pay and cutting off critical services, the people they represent are stepping up to lead. Across districts, neighbors are organizing, marching, and demanding a government that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Our work continues in big cities and small towns around this country and we will not back down to President Trump's continued abuse of power. There will be regular opportunities in the coming days and weeks to take action with No Kings and we will be regularly sharing community rights resources.
In response to this historic day of action, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statements:
*Today, millions of Americans stood together to reject authoritarianism and remind the world that our democracy belongs to the people, not to one man's ambition," said Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg, Co-Founders, Indivisible. "Authoritarians want us to believe resistance is futile, but every person who turned out today proved the opposite. This movement isn't about a single…

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Kaetrin @kaetrin.bsky.social · 23h

Family dynamics can be really messed up and we can put up with them for a lot of complicated reasons which are often more about how we want to be in the world rather than how we are actually treated. You're doing the best you can and that's enough

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 23h

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Kaetrin @kaetrin.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you!

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's federal agents shot Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, multiple times for allegedly menacing them with her car in Chicago. Only hours later, Kristi Noem and DHS started spreading disinformation about the shooting.

Now the official line is crumbling. 1/

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newrepublic.com/article/2019...

Trump’s Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged.

As the official Trump administration line about the shooting of a Chicago woman crumbles, Senator Chris Murphy is asking pointed questions about what really happened here. Will we ever get answers?

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HazeDZ @hazydayz.bsky.social · 1d

Boise Idaho
#NoKings
10k people said enough

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Kaetrin @kaetrin.bsky.social · 23h

Claire, do you know if Oriana has assistance with her legal fees? I hate that brave people are out there being arrested for peacefully protesting ICE and are then potentially being bankrupted defending the charges. Even though conviction might be a stretch, the legal fees alone are punitive

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

I love this so much

Eleanor points out that Portland's heroes tend to be offbeat, independent creative thinkers, which explains why the city is such a ripe target; the administration is cracking down on artists, she says, "because we point out what is true." And absurd metaphors are a serious matter; when armed federal agents tackle a clarinet player in a banana costume, it draws attention to the disproportionate gap between the perceived threat and the official response. "What I love about what's happening in Portland is that we're refusing the binary of 'cower or fight," she says. “As a city of creative weirdos, we're claiming a third option: irreverence, humor, joy as resistance. And here's the thing - fascists have no counter-argument to that. They can't match wits. Theirs is not a culture of humor, because humor requires surprise and creativity, the exact opposite of control and conformity. You can't legislate against a naked bike ride or a dance party."

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

after a clarinet player was arrested at Sunday's ICE protest in downtown Portland, I talked to five artists, crafters and makers - a puppet designer, an illustrator, a graphic designer, a knitter, and a theatre artist - about creativity under fascism

www.orartswatch.org/resistance-c...

“Resistance can be joyful” • Oregon ArtsWatch

Portland protest artists on creativity, resilience, inflatable frogs, and protecting the soul of the city.

www.orartswatch.org

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

I just keep thinking about the first guy to put on the frog costume reading the news today and seeing frogs literally all over the world

what a fucking thing, man

that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 1d

Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?

19thnews @19thnews.org · 1d

Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.

Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country

On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.

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lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 1d

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” - James Baldwin

🌈Dr. Franken Frizzle 🎃 @swilua.bsky.social · 1d

Let me go on the record: as much money I have, whatever I can spare, I will ALWAYS want the extra to go to feed children

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"Do you really want your tax dollars going to feed someone else's kids??"
Yes! 1000% yes, 1 want my taxes to help feed hungry kids. WTF is wrong with people?

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Kaetrin @kaetrin.bsky.social · 1d

Sending good vibes your way Lime

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philsmithcross.bsky.social @philsmithcross.bsky.social · 2d

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 1d

Now WeRateDogs is TRIPLING THE FUCK DOWN and talking about how often cops shoot dogs

Screen grab of the WeRate Dogs podcast where they’re talking about cop violence against dogs

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 1d

This is not a minor issue: it’s a serious threat to democracy. We’re rapidly transitioning into a world where, as long as you support the president, you can be above the law; if you’re in the opposition, you have a target on your back. Opposition can’t survive under these conditions.

Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 1d

I think at this point it’s fair to say that we’re no longer under the rule of law.

Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’

www.nytimes.com

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 1d

I think at this point it’s fair to say that we’re no longer under the rule of law.

Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

Trump Orders Santos to Be Freed From Prison ‘Immediately’

www.nytimes.com

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Kaetrin @kaetrin.bsky.social · 2d

Mostly I've heard "we have no truck with that" but the vibe is the same. No idea where it comes from though!

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Kaetrin @kaetrin.bsky.social · 2d

I've heard it

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