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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 14h

@andertoon.bsky.social

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 16h

Okay, let’s talk, Chip Roy.

Chip’s district (CD21) includes Kerr Co, hardest hit by the 7/4 TX floods. Residents are dealing with loss of property, life, & injury.
They’re pissed and showed up for #NoKings!

Keep calling them names, Chip.

Btw, Chip just stepped down to run for TXAG.

VOTE HIM OUT!

Collage of #NoKings Kerr County Texas residents

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: An artillery shell prematurely detonated over Interstate 5 in California damaging JD Vance's security detail.

This is exactly why we must stop sane-washing the headlines from this Administration. I have the latest. Subscribe to support: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Major Breaking News Update

We have to stop sane-washing this Administration and this news cycle.

open.substack.com

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Matt Gaetz’ 🐀 Defunct Account @krisbouncedx.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a good day to release the un-redacted Epstein files.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

And finally, the Top 10!

Top 40 No Kings Signs, #1-10

The best of the best.

www.meidasplus.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Not an expert but pretty sure this isn’t how ceasefires are supposed to work.

Israel says it will return to ceasefire hours after carrying out strikes on Gaza - live updates

Hamas and Israel accuse each other of violations, as hospital sources in Gaza say death toll reaches 44 and IDF says two soldiers killed.

www.bbc.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

Patriotism.

There sure were a lot of American flags at the “hate America rally”

"I'm trying to protect democracy in this country."

www.motherjones.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

Yes yes yes

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends.

#NoKings #Manhattan

Hand drawn sign reads ACTION ABSORBS ANXIETY

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

We showed out y'all.

Source unknown but its an aerial shot of the Missoula No Kings rally.

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HazeDZ @hazydayz.bsky.social · 2d

Boise Idaho
#NoKings
10k people said enough

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SD3 Creative @sd3creative.bsky.social · 2d

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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mcwoofcrimedog.bsky.social @mcwoofcrimedog.bsky.social · 2d

R U talking fireworks at the lakefront crowds?
Ret.'d LEO now in Western WA.
100's came down to Waterfront Park in Poulsbo, WA (pop. 13,010) in @kitsapcountywa.bsky.social for No Kings.

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The Real Zanetta @therealzanetta.bsky.social · 3d

I LOVE seeing Jeffrey Epstein trending again. It needs to trend daily.
#SheShed

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McKenzie Funk @mckenziefunk.com · 4d

The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org

Screenshot of the article by Nicole Foy of ProPublica:
"When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned.

“If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “they promptly let the individual go.”

But that is far from the reality many citizens have experienced. Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. One of those women had already had the door of her home blown off while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watched.

About two dozen Americans have said they were held for more than a day without being able to phone lawyers or loved ones."

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Trump hates this ‘super bad’ photo of him in Time magazine. I almost feel sympathy … almost | Emma Brockes

This is a man who once mocked the movements of a disabled reporter, so we’ll take what schadenfreude we can get, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

www.theguardian.com

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mcwoofcrimedog.bsky.social @mcwoofcrimedog.bsky.social · 6d

Their effort toward peace is marred by the acts they've taken together & separately to get here.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 6d

Uh... so he's openly trying to rig a foreign election for a friend of his and a friend of his top donor—Musk—by saying that Argentinians will only get $20 billion dollars in American aid if they vote for Milei?

So this money Trump is stealing from US taxpayers is not to help Argentina, but his pal?

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6d

Trump says US support for Argentina is ‘gone’ if Milei suffers election losses on.ft.com/3L8Y0Wi

Trump says US support for Argentina is ‘gone’ if Milei suffers election losses

President suggests $20bn swap line is contingent on libertarian’s victory in midterm elections

on.ft.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6d

The current ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, which the Trump administration helped broker, has major shortcomings, experts warn.

"There’s no actual plan for getting any further," says Daniel Levy, the president of the US/Middle East Project. "Israel is still occupying about 50% of Gaza.”

“No actual plan”: Why the ceasefire does not mean peace

"It is also being claimed that we have a historic peace deal. That is absolutely fictitious.”

www.motherjones.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street
earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.
Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk.
Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 7d

columbia missouri musicians rally at city hall against ICE arrest of friend and colleague from local music scene

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuoO...

Musical rally held at city hall for Columbia man detained by ICE

YouTube video by KMIZ ABC 17 News

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 7d

veterans set up encampment in memphis to protest national guard deployment to their city

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRxQ...

Veterans protest Guard

YouTube video by WREG News Channel 3

www.youtube.com

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stevenmcp.bsky.social @stevenmcp.bsky.social · 7d

Only thing this photo is missing is the line of people behind Marco.

Mike Johnson
JD
Noem
Homan
Bezos
Zuck

...and so on.

🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 7d

The photographer deserves a medal.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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mcwoofcrimedog.bsky.social @mcwoofcrimedog.bsky.social · 7d

Has Jeffries met w/ MTG yet?
If no, why not?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

TUR: Have you met with Mike Johnson?

JEFFRIES: No

TUR: Why not?

JEFFRIES: Donald Trump has not given him permission to meet, Katy and we know that until Donald Trump gives them permission to meet, they're going to continue to hide.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 9d

“The disparity between the luxurious aircraft and its shackled, vilified passengers must have been quite a sight…”

@gbrockell.bsky.social reports how an Israeli-American billionaire family flew 10 migrants out of the US, as part of ICE deportations.

Read the full article: zeteo.com/p/this-famil...

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