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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 7h

47's authoritarian regime is very scared of mass organizing, peaceful protest. It is the number-one thing they’re concerned about. Because authoritarian regimes are not popular.

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‘No Kings’ Has Republicans in Disarray

Why GOP lawmakers are spreading fear about the upcoming rally.

www.thebulwark.com

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Mike Okuda @mikeokuda.bsky.social · 6h

Protesters wearing goofy inflatable frog suits are making ICE look stupid. www.comicsands.com/portland-fro...

People Are Calling Out Exactly Why The Inflatable Frog Protesters In Portland Are So Effective

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www.comicsands.com

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

There comes a time when the tolerant left has to become WE’RE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE ANY MORE OF YOUR NAZI PIGSHIT left

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19h

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 9h

They just make shit up.

SCOTUS is MAGA crap that traded in their white robes for black

Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 17h

Justice Kavanaugh in the Callais oral argument keeps alluding to some longstanding requirement of strict scrutiny that use of race have a time limit. This is invented.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 9h

Today is the 15th day of the government shutdown.

Neera Tanden reminds us that the central issue of the shutdown is Republicans refusing to provide healthcare for millions of Americans. She unpacks this & more during interview
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/it-doesnt-have-to-be-this-way-neera

It doesn't have to be this way: Neera Tanden on the harms caused by the lasting shutdown

"The way we fight autocracy is demonstrating to the country that we are the majority"

contrarian.substack.com

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The Anxious Activist @theanxiousactivist.bsky.social · 10h

People who don’t want to be called Nazis should stop acting like Nazis.

Lesson 1 on how not to act like a Nazi: Don’t praise Hitler or joke about gas chambers.

Kevin Necessary @knecessary.bsky.social · 11h

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Kevin Necessary @knecessary.bsky.social · 10h

We used to stand up against Nazis and fascists. Time to do so again.

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Kevin Necessary @knecessary.bsky.social · 11h

JD Vance is defending the Young Republicans whose racist, Hitler-loving texts were exposed yesterday. He called the texts “edgy” jokes, and said the people behind it were “boys.” Fuck JD. They weren’t edgy jokes. And they’re the *adult* leaders of the organization.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Kevin Necessary @knecessary.bsky.social · 11h

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13h

He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?

Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18

#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑

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Afra Kroon 🇳🇱 @afrakroon.bsky.social · 15h

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Cindy Phyillaier @cphyilla.bsky.social · 14h

Kevin Necessary @knecessary.bsky.social · 16h

Did you know there's a monument to Antifa in Washington, DC? (And Antifa memorials in Arlington, Virginia and Normandy, France, too.) My latest toon on Pepperspectives. davidpepper.substack.com/p/history-101 @davidpepperoh.bsky.social

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 18h

Recurring🧵of cartoons: when you get to the end, click on Read 1 more reply.

If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle.

Previous 🧵s under Feeds tab of my profile.

WEFAIL @wefail.bsky.social

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Kevin Necessary @knecessary.bsky.social · 16h

Did you know there's a monument to Antifa in Washington, DC? (And Antifa memorials in Arlington, Virginia and Normandy, France, too.) My latest toon on Pepperspectives. davidpepper.substack.com/p/history-101 @davidpepperoh.bsky.social

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 18h

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Not going back! 💥 @fwander.bsky.social · 17h

My father was still in his teens when he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force and was awarded a Bronze 🥉 Star for fighting fascism. Today, Draft Dodger Don would call him a terrorist. #Antifa ✊
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@democracydocket.com @marcelias.bsky.social

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 1d

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pxmolina @pxmolina.bsky.social · 1d

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Donate to Help cartoonist Clay Jones recover from a stroke, organized by Kevin Necessary

Clay Jones is probably the hardest working cartoonist in the biz, if … Kevin Necessary needs your support for Help cartoonist Clay Jones recover from a stroke

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Kevin Necessary @knecessary.bsky.social · 1d

Charlie would be proud:
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Enna Kros @goblinjail.bsky.social · 2d

Clay is fantastic.
You can see some of Clay’s work here:

@claytoonz.bsky.social

Give if you can.

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Lanie Lanowitz @pressingstories.bsky.social · 2d

Human artists
Are living instruments
Who sometimes need mending
Well wishes
Laughter
And soup

Please donate for Clay Jones, cartoonist, if you can 🩵

#art #artists #cartoons #cartoonist #Human #community #donate #hope #peace #kindness #poetry #eastcoastkin #writingcommunity #drawing

Kevin Necessary @knecessary.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote a post about my friend and colleague, cartoonist @claytoonz.bsky.social, who could use your help.

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Help cartoonist Clay Jones

A plea to fans of cartoons and democracy

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 2d

These two things are true at the same time:

1. Republicans don't care about health care

2. They may still try to destroy Obamacare once and for all

Remember, they've got a reconciliation bill next year, with no filibuster.

My latest at Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/republican...

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

www.publicnotice.co

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Kevin Necessary @knecessary.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote a post about my friend and colleague, cartoonist @claytoonz.bsky.social, who could use your help.

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Help cartoonist Clay Jones

A plea to fans of cartoons and democracy

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