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Rachel Goodman @rachelegoodman.bsky.social · 12h

Laughing and crying simultaneously.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 12h

"Your kid needs an updated dental form ASAP. So if you can fax that over or bring it to pick-up, that would be fantastic. I am asking you and not your husband because you are a master ace of paper and fluoride and knowing your kid’s birthdate and not because you’re female."

This Is Your Kid’s School and Even Though the Emergency Contact Form Lists Your Husband, We Need You, the Mom

Hello, this is your kid’s school calling. So, your kid said her daddy dropped her off today. I could still see him if I stepped outside, but I know...

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 5d

Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.

"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."

It's a must-read:

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 22h

First World Series between two cities threatened with invasion or invaded by a U.S. president.

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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 1d

Republican Leaders are simultaneously saying that the Jews funded No Kings rallies AND No Kings rallies were promoting antisemitic h/t @atrupar.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 1d

The first look at the scale of Disney backlash after it suspended Kimmel. Wow>>

“Antenna estimated a total of 3 million cancellations for Disney+ and 4.1 million for Hulu in September. Both of those figures far exceeded the trailing three-month averages for the services”
www.wsj.com/business/med...

Customers Ditched Disney+, Hulu After Kimmel Suspension

Cancellation rates for both Disney’s streaming services doubled in September from a month earlier.

www.wsj.com

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Rachel Goodman @rachelegoodman.bsky.social · 1d

By suppressing opposition speech and closing the civic space that enables citizens to organize, this strategy consolidates power around the autocratic figure or the ruling party.”

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Rachel Goodman @rachelegoodman.bsky.social · 1d

“The goal of this strategy is to eliminate independent media which both enables robust public discourse, and serves as a check on the government. This is part of a broader pattern of attacking civil society...

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Rachel Goodman @rachelegoodman.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: How recent FCC actions track the authoritarian playbook word for word: protectdemocracy.org/work/protect...

Protect Democracy presents at Congressional spotlight forum on the FCC’s attacks on free speech

Protect Democracy provided testimony at a Congressional spotlight hearing on the FCC’s pattern of attacking free speech and the free press.

protectdemocracy.org

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 2d

Authoritarianism doesn't happen in a vacuum. It requires enablers. When a leader posts fantasies of monarchical rule, and his entire party looks the other way, they become complicit. The issue isn't just Trump's posts; it's the institutional decay of a party that refuses to be a check on his power.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3d

That's right

A sign that says THEY BLAME IMMIGRANTS AO YOU DON'T BLAME BILLIONAIRES

Also behind them to the left is a sign that says NO TROOPS IN OUR STREETS

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 2d

“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.

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50501 New York @50501newyork.bsky.social · 3d

There were at least 300,000 people at No Kings in NYC.

Three

Hundred

Thousand.

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Rachel Goodman @rachelegoodman.bsky.social · 3d

NYC says #NoKings. Whose streets? Our streets.

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 3d

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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Rachel Goodman @rachelegoodman.bsky.social · 3d

See y’all out there.

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Rachel Goodman @rachelegoodman.bsky.social · 3d

I cannot wait to see this whole, enormous, beloved community tomorrow.

Indivisible Brooklyn @bkindivisible.bsky.social · 4d

Building liberty (figuratively & literally) takes work — but it’s so freaking worth it. Community coming together for our biggest art build yet. See it in person in Times Sq at #NoKings 10/18 11am.

@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social

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Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel.com · 4d

When you’re making your #NoKings posters, remember… Donald Trump LOVES a good nickname.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 4d

Facts don’t care about the GOP’s feelings — there’s nothing more American than rejecting a mad king. Please join us tomorrow: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 4d

This will be a nonviolent, peaceful protest. We come not with fear but with hope. We come to remind our government: we are watching. We will speak. We will gather. We will insist: power must answer to the consent of the people in our democracy.

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Barbra Streisand @barbrastreisand.bsky.social · 4d

Free speech is the bedrock of democracy, and today we see too many attempts to silence criticism and intimidate opposition.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 4d

'Political Opposition is not Rebellion'

Today's @chicago.suntimes.com front page story on Thursday's ruling from the federal appeals court in Chicago.

National Guard deployment still blocked in Illinois: chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 5d

Wait a second. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called you to give you your job at a private news outlet back?

OANN, anyone care to explain the government's role in your hiring decisions or do we need to FOIA to find out?

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David A. Weinberg @davidaweinberg.bsky.social · 5d

"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."

ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.

We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

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...

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 5d

"Jewish Americans told us —by a margin of nearly 3 to 1— that Trump manipulates antisemitism dishonestly, using it as an excuse to pause or cut university funding. Only about one-fourth of all Jews nationwide believe the president “truly cares about protecting Jewish students on college campuses.”"

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 5d

Commentary: A wide majority of Jewish Americans say President Trump is exploiting antisemitism in disingenuous fashion — that it’s a thinly veiled disguise to justify his assault on higher education, as revealed by a national survey.

Professors: Most Jewish Americans believe Donald Trump is exploiting antisemitism to assault universities

A wide majority of Jewish Americans say Trump is exploiting antisemitism in disingenuous fashion, as revealed by a national survey.

www.chicagotribune.com

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