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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 6h

When I teach protest safety and efficacy, we talk about how much improvisation is involved. This is a fantastic example. It's also a good illustration of what is sometimes called a weenie-shrinker moment. (That's a term of art now, I guess) 1/

Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 7h

Mirroring police tactics for humor. Sound on!

CarpinSanDiego @carpinsandiego.com · 9h

Im dead 😂😂😂

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Liz Saila @lizsaila.bsky.social · 11h

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."

Sen. Ed Markey, a white man with white hair, standing at a lectern with a dark background, and Sen Elizabeth Warren to camera right, in a black top with a red blazer. Markey wears a trans pride flag draped over his shoulders. The closed caption reads "trans people because trans righs are human rights. We" The chiron underneath reads "No Kings Rally Underway In Boston"

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12h

Los Angeles came out in droves. #NoKings

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Indivisible ❌👑 @handle.invalid · 13h

Minneapolis is showing up and showing out. #NoKings

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Hannah 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @hanners64n.bsky.social · 9h

#NoKings Nome Alaska 💥⚡

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 7h

I joined the "human banner" at San Francisco's Ocean Beach. This flag was at the center. It was a gorgeous day with enormous waves. #nokings

The image is taken from an angle, and you can see the ocean tilting 30 degrees in the distance, with a huge crowd in front of it. In the foreground, you can see the giant American flag that is being held up by hundreds of protesters clustered around its edges.

This is the human banner from the air. It's sign made from masses of people standing together to form letters. It reads "No Kings Yes on 50." There is an American flag in the middle and a thick border around the banner. (Prop 50 is a California state proposition to gerrymander the state to create more blue districts, in order to combat the Texas law that gerrymanders their state to create more red districts.)

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Indivisible ❌👑 @handle.invalid · 9h

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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🕯️ Crowley Rae Jepsen 🕯️ @mags.colvett.online · 10h

Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”

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Brendan Gutenschwager @bgonthescene.bsky.social · 14h

Happening Now: Thousands out for a “No Kings” protest in Chicago

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 10h

I'll leave you from Portland with one last video of the @unpresidentedbrass.bsky.social, the unofficial house band of #NoKings

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 12h

MSNBC Live coverage: @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social interviewing a pink unicorn on live television is giving me life. #NoKings

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 12h

Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 14h

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 13h

with alt-text.

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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 Fscist 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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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 16h

This is the No Kings Protest clip of the day!

HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of a MASSIVE CROWD peacefully protesting and marching down the streets of NYC to protest Donald Trump and his administration’s actions and policies.

Just look at that turnout!!!

📍New York City, NY

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 16h

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Eric Robertson ❌👑 @eric4themany.bsky.social · 19h

Happy No Kings Day! ATL is in the house! #nokings

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Jen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 17h

I think this moment of people feeling nervous about something and doing it anyway could prove quite liberating and profound

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 17h

My mother-in-law was nervous about wearing her #NoKings gear to the airport for her flight this morning, but she got *lots* of compliments. Even the TSA agent told her, "I like your shirt."