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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks @altnps.bsky.social!

Huge shoutout to our core organizing partners:
- @aclu.org
- @aft.org
- @indivisible.org
- @moveon.org
- @seiu.org

Along with the countless other organizations and community groups that took part in mobilizing the largest pro-democracy protest in American history.

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19h

We know most people are already following the @50501movement.bsky.social , but if you’re not, you should be. They did an incredible job this weekend organizing the No Kings protest. 💚✊

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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 15h

Gov. Greg Abbott has launched an operation in Austin to remove people experiencing homelessness and dismantle homeless encampments.

It’s unclear where the state is taking people to and what services are being provided to them.

Greg Abbott orders sweep of Austin homeless camps

Homelessness has been a perennial problem in Texas’ capital city. Local officials are asking voters to raise taxes to ease the problem.

www.texastribune.org

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14h

Trump fires another inspector general, raising fears about oversight independence

The White House did not provide a rationale for the removal, as required by law. The president has fired nearly 20 watchdogs since the start of his second term.

www.govexec.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14h

Parisa Salehi, a longtime government watchdog known for uncovering fraud and waste, was abruptly fired by Trump. The administration cited “changing priorities.” Her dismissal is the latest in a sweeping purge of inspectors general.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13h

In case you missed it, read our original investigation:

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

www.propublica.org

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10h

Here’s the armored vehicle they showed up in.

50501 New York @50501newyork.bsky.social · 10h

A gang of ICE thugs just rolled into Chinatown, arresting street vendors on Canal Street who’ve been there for decades—they sent in an armored tank and masked agents with weapons to confront New Yorkers as protests grew in response.

Angry about this? Join our HandsOffNYC.com mass call 10/29 at 7pm.

Homeland security brought in an armored vehicle to Canal Street while people protested immigration arrests, Oct. 21, 2025. Credit: Alex Krales/THE CITY

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10h

Armed, masked ICE agents raided NYC’s Chinatown, arresting several street vendors, some of whom have been operating there for 15 years. They brought an armored tank and tactical weapons into the streets.

HandsOffNYC.com has been preparing for this though, and is holding a mass call 10/29 at 7pm.

BREAKING NEWS
ICE RAIDED CHINATOWN'S CANAL STREET.
WE SAY HANDS OFF NYC.
ICE just targeted and arrested NYC street vendors in Chinatown. The Trump administration's attacks on our communities are escalating, but we've been preparing. Join us at a Hands Off NYC (www.HandsOffNYC.com) mass
call on Wednesday, 10/29 from 7 - 8:30pm EDT to learn how you can help protect NYC.
Photo Source: Dean Moses, amNY.com

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 9h

143 from the Fish and Wildlife Service, and 474 from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 9h

As part of Trump’s planned Reduction in Force (RIF) during the government shutdown, the Interior Department said it plans to lay off about 2,050 employees, including 272 from the National Park Service (NPS), 335 from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8h

We’re strategizing for how to target institutional pillars that are holding up the regime: media, business, military, academia, etc.

However, to be organized and to have enough people to make a dent in these pillars, we must show that you won’t be acting alone.

A giant protest does exactly that.

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Texas Freedom to Read Project @txfreedomread.bsky.social · 1d

Read this whole thread. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 3d

“What a win for our children!!!!”

Imagine writing that about the *closure* of libraries for middle and high school students across an entire district.

New Braunfels ISD libraries could be closed for months while the district reviews every book in its collections.

Facebook post from an affiliate of citizens Defending Freedom - Texas that reads, in part, “New Braunfels ISD suspended their library services to all schools due to the newly imposed SB effective September 1st. What a win for our children!!!! It’s time we get this dangerous ideology out of our schools. This is the law!!!!!”

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

There are more of us than there are of them. Thank you for a truly historic day of peaceful protests across America. #NoKings

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 4d

A 15 year old autistic child named Emmanuel Garcia went missing Oct 4th. Houston PD found him & gave him to ICE despite his Mom having filed a missing person’s report.

He’s now in an immigration facility for unaccompanied minors.

His Mom is pleading for his return:

youtu.be/4PQPtimpVQ4

Vigil held for Emmanuel Gonzalez Garcia, the teen being held in federal custody

YouTube video by KHOU 11

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago No Kings

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago shows out massively for No Kings

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3d

#A_NewHope ✊

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kvchouse.bsky.social @kvchouse.bsky.social · 3d

Houston, TX!

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov if you’re going to talk the talk, you need to walk the walk.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 4d

Ronald Reagan said it. #NoKings tomorrow 10/18

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Woman whose eyes are nothing like the sun... @sonnet130.bsky.social · 4d

This tragic but excellent article needs to be read by everyone throughout the country. The Republicans want to kill public ed. They are using state takeovers and charter school owning charlatans like Mike Miles (and his abusive NES) to do it. See at what they are stealing from our (soon your) kids!🧵

Nusaiba Mizan @nusaiba.bsky.social · 4d

By @houstonchronicle.com columnist Lisa Falkenberg: "Books — actual books, with dust jackets, spines, whimsical illustrations, and characters and cliffhangers — are increasingly unwelcome in the land of worksheets and slide shows." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Falkenberg: Mike Miles takes story books from HISD kindergarteners

First HISD took the libraries. Now teachers say the district’s curriculum leaves no room for storybooks and some are secretly reading to students anyway.

www.houstonchronicle.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

BREAKING: Immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other actions against protesters, a judge rules.

'Startled' judge orders agents in Chicago area to wear body cameras after violent clashes

A judge says federal immigration officers in the Chicago area will be required to wear body cameras after the use of tear gas and other aggressive steps against protesters.

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50501 Arizona @fiftyfiftyoneaz.bsky.social · 5d

Join us nationwide! Phoenix State Capitol 11am 10/18. #nokings #50501movement #50501arizona #safetytips

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6d

These may seem like small actions, but together they define what America truly stands for. Every action pushes the line of resistance forward.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6d

Whether it’s in Chicago, where restaurant and hotel owners have declined to let ICE agents use their facilities; showing up at protests (wink wink, don’t forget about No Kings on Sat); calling your representatives; or stepping in to help a neighbor targeted by the Trump admin, every act matters.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 6d

There’s a common feeling across the U.S. right now, a sense of helplessness. Many people want to do more but feel like they can’t. Remember: every action you take pushes the resistance forward.

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