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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2h

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Vote Blue @nomatterhoo.bsky.social · 2h

Putting my recurring donation to good use I see! 😊Thanks!

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American Oversight @weareoversight.bsky.social · 2h

Trump has sent federalized troops to D.C., Portland, Chicago, and Memphis. He wants to send more to San Francisco, Boston, and Baltimore.

Troops shouldn’t patrol our city streets.

We’re filing records requests to investigate these urban occupations.
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American Oversight Investigating Trump’s National Guard Deployment in Memphis, Other Cities - American Oversight

We’re seeking answers as the administration continues its abuse of power and normalizes the military’s presence in U.S. cities.

americanoversight.org

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Melissa @melissainglover.bsky.social · 1d

Delivered these little babies to foster today. No feral life for these cuties!!
#TNR

Three calico and two black tiny baby kittens inside of a carrier, on the way to better days!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

“.. They describe the legions of masked immigration officers operating in near-total anonymity on the orders of the president as the crossing of a line that had long set the United States apart from the world’s most repressive regimes.”

@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3h

If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.

If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.

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Vote Blue @nomatterhoo.bsky.social · 2h

I love a good update!🩶🤍🤎

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14h

They use govt accounts, employees & resources to make partisan political messages.

They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely.

They get pardoned when they commit crimes.

They ignore the laws.

There is zero congressional oversight.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10h

See the difference? 👀

#NoKings

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 7h

Spotify is running ICE ads. I went to cancel on mobile and saw that this isn’t allowed on mobile. They make you cancel on desktop. You think that’s gonna stop me, Spotify? I will erase you and forget you ever existed.

THOU SHALT CANCEL SPOTIFY!!!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Mike Johnson: "We're fighting for healthcare as well. Not just in word but in deed. We put in the one big beautiful bill, real reforms to Medicaid to make it work better."

(The bill in fact cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.)

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

This is a blatant attempt to silence and isolate us. He’s stopping the trains, closing the freeways and firing live rounds into California. We will not be intimidated. We will not be silenced. #NoKings

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't get a picture of the best sign I saw today, but I remember what it said:

Somewhere in America
A little Hispanic girl
Is hiding in an attic
And keeping a diary.

#NoKings

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Vote Blue @nomatterhoo.bsky.social · 22h

12-year-old's are laughing their asses off no doubt.

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Mike "looking for research fellowship" Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · 1d

Telling moment: I was walking back from the rally, but a couple miles from it, carrying nothing but my gigantic American flag. An eight year old on his bike sees me with it and yells "No Kings!!" with absolute conviction.

My friends, they have lost the flag.

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◥◤CDFI, Frankenstein @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 1d

Across all the major outlets — NYT, WSJ, WaPo, LAT, CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox News, NBC, CNBC, NPR, Bloomberg — the only outlet without a No Kings story on its home page is CBS News.

For every other outlet, it's near the top. Even Fox News is running with "Nationwide unrest looms as thousands mobilize"

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been reposting all of the crowd videos of today’s NO KINGS rallies because at some point they’ll try to say it didn’t happen.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Vote Blue @nomatterhoo.bsky.social · 1d

same. #Caturday

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine being the largest newspaper in Washington, DC with the motto "Democracy Dies in Darkness" and thinking to publish this today.

You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re out & about today, don’t forget to lock your phone with a passcode & turn off your facial recognition.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Hark, Speaker Mike Johnson! Looking at all the many, many pics of the enormous, joyous “No Kings” rallies throughout the United States today, I am struck by what lovely weather your Lord and Savior provided. Apparently, God is a fan of, as you claimed, "America-hating Antifa terrorists." Glory!

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