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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

the default position in the media is that conservatives are real americans and anyone who disagrees is out of the mainstream

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

www.nytimes.com

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 2d

This aged well

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

A FIGHTER JET RAINING SHIT

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 2d

In one video the president shared on social media, Trump wears a crown and flies a fighter jet with "King Trump" written on it.

Trump jabs 'No Kings' protesters with AI videos of himself wearing crown

In one video the president shared on social media, Trump wears a crown and flies a fighter jet with "King Trump" written on it.

bit.ly

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Warren: The only movement these Republicans can manage is bowing down to Trump. When you ask them about today, they claim the No Kings Rally is anti-American. They’re wrong. Hundreds of thousands of people protesting peacefully for what they believe in—that is deeply American. That is patriotism.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

We have frogs everywhere. #NoKings

A photo of a person in a frog costume holding sings that read “You’re Fired” (alongside a drawing of Godzilla) at the No Tyrants protest in Tokyo, Japan.

A photo of over a dozen people standing on steps at the No Kings protest in Melbourne, Australia. There are multiple “NO KINGS” signs and a person in a frog costume is at the front of the protest.

A photo of over a dozen people at the No Tyrants protest in Barcelona, Spain. A person in a frog costume is holding a sign that reads “I STAND WITH OREGON/EL PUEBLO UNIDO/ABOLISH ICE/NO TYRANTS.”

A photo of dozens of people at the No Kings protest in Frankfurt, Germany. A person in a frog costume is shown walking alongside a person in a unicorn costume.

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Kelli Daley @kellivision.bsky.social · 3d

What a day! NYC showed up to march against fascism and it was glorious. #nokngs

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Kelli Daley @kellivision.bsky.social · 6d

The AI gold rush in the USA was always gonna be a few conmen and their friends getting super rich with negligible benefits for most of us. And the sooner you recognize that the better off we will all be.

Kelli Daley @kellivision.bsky.social · 8d

FWIW, creating "pain" for bosses is one of the few reliable ways workers can assert their power. But he is too dumb to actually understand this. #unionsforall www.rawstory.com/sean-duffy-2...

'Pain in my life': Sean Duffy whines that unpaid air traffic workers are calling in sick

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy insisted that millions of demonstrators who take part in the peaceful No Kings protests are "part of antifa," which has been designated as a domestic terrorist orga...

www.rawstory.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 10d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10d

vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 10d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 11d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 11d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Kelli Daley @kellivision.bsky.social · 11d

You know that all Trump's cronies and family are gonna make bank from this latest stock market dip, right? It's all a game for them. Us—not so much.

Kelli Daley @kellivision.bsky.social · 12d

Has anyone asked Sean Duffy if he would work for no pay? www.huffpost.com/entry/air-tr...

Trump Official Calls Air Traffic Controllers 'Children,' Threatens To Fire Them Despite Major Staffing Shortage

Sean Duffy had a warning for air traffic controllers who "don’t show up to work" during the shutdown.

www.huffpost.com

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 12d

Doing politics the right way is when the far-right regime in power memorializes a fallen influencer by terrorizing an academic that the influencer's McCarthyist organization once baselessly singled out for abuse.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12d

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Kelli Daley @kellivision.bsky.social · 13d

AI, like crypto, lost me when some interesting ideas became co-opted by the worst people in the world.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 14d

Just heard someone say that if you aren't willing to get arrested or die at a protest you aren't serious about the cause and that's a) not true and b) not helpful

You don't need to have a death wish to fight for a better world, and anyone who says you do is throwing up a massive red flag

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Jon Hance @jhance.bsky.social · 14d

Ok, this is just funny.

isportlandburning.com

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

isportlandburning.com

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Trump Resistance Movement @trm.bsky.social · 14d

The administration is clearly taking Russell Vought's "federal workers should be in trauma" belief as its starting point.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14d

A new White House memo says that furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay.

This is clearly against the law, which guarantees furloughed federal employees back pay for the duration of a government shutdown.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15d

We wanted to understand Democratic Socialists of America. So we talked to two old guys who voted for Trump. (Yes, this is literally the article.)

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 18d

Newspaper where almost everyone with integrity quit reporting on TV newsroom where anyone with integrity needs to quit

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18d

Paramount Skydance will acquire the Free Press, an online publication, and install its iconoclastic founder, Bari Weiss, as editor in chief of CBS News, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Bari Weiss to be named top editor at CBS News

Paramount Skydance will acquire the journalist’s publication, the Free Press, which she started after quitting the New York Times in 2020.

wapo.st

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 19d

all the right people are mad about this (gift link)

F.D.A. Approves a New Generic Abortion Pill

www.nytimes.com

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 20d

A government run by billionaires is not “for the people”.

It’s for billionaires.

It’s why they’re getting billions in subsidies, tax breaks and government contracts.

Meanwhile, working class Americans are losing their jobs and healthcare.

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