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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 2h

The mishap, during an anniversary celebration for the Marine Corps attended by the vice president and defense secretary, underscores safety concerns that Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced before Saturday’s ...

Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines Event, California Officials Say

The mishap, during an anniversary celebration for the Marine Corps attended by the vice president and defense secretary, underscores safety concerns that Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced before Saturday’s event...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

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

If you don’t think your city’s count was submitted, it’s not too late! You can still submit your numbers here: report.ourparks.org

Our Parks

report.ourparks.org

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

Our confirmed count stands at 8.1 million participants worldwide for yesterday’s No Kings protest. Thank you to everyone who helped verify the numbers through our submission website. While some MAGAs attempted to submit false or misleading data (such as reporting “one person” for major cities)

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 8h

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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

When this story broke earlier today Republicans claimed it was probably fake news since it was reported by the NYT. Now multiple media outlets have confirmed it, including Fox. Hegseth and Vance are complete morons for pulling this dumb stunt.

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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings

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Clay Nobles @claynobles.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Trump HUMILIATED as official attendance for No Kings rallies across America tops 7 million, largest in U.S. history!🇺🇸
The problem is he will lie and distort the facts!
Republicans you better wake up because reality is going to bite you!
#VoteOutAllRepublicans
#NeverVoteRedAgain

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iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social @iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social · 1d

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 1d

HOLD UP. George Santos is the lead story on the @nytimes.com website on Saturday night? Not the millions of Americans protesting Donald Trump today at 2,700 events in all 50 states? Come on.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...

Social Media, Pleas From Allies and Prison Essays: How Santos Won His Freedom

On Friday evening, President Trump commuted the sentence of former Representative George Santos. “Good luck George, have a great life!” the president said.
Santos’s Release Frustrates His Former Colleagues and Constituents

George Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman, was freed from prison on Friday after President Trump commuted his sentence. On Long Island, in his former district, some people called the decision an outrage.

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📎Hope @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 1d

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · 1d

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MSNBC @msnbc.com · 1d

NOW: Nationwide "No Kings" protests are underway in NYC, D.C., Chicago and other U.S. cities.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

So no terrorism then?

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Times Square, NYC. #NoKings

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings in Washington DC. Amazing. 💙👊

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

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BeSeriousUSA 🐝 @beserioususa.bsky.social · 2d

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Ryan Duncan @runyonme.bsky.social · 1d

It shouldn’t matter if you’re a citizen or not. No one deserves abuse and violence and degradation from authorities.

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV is set to effectively disband Opus Dei in the coming weeks.

This would be the most sweeping internal reform of his pontificate — and a dramatic continuation of Pope Francis’s legacy.

NEW: Pope Leo Set To Break Up Opus Dei

If Pope Leo does indeed approves a plan that effectively dissolves Opus Dei’s structure, it would be the most significant internal action of his short pontificate to date.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

“At a moment when U.S. forces are building up across the Caribbean and tensions with Venezuela are at a boiling point, the departure of our top military commander in the region sends an alarming signal of instability within the chain of command...”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say

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Ryan Duncan @runyonme.bsky.social · 3d

Man I love #TheView and Whoopi is an icon but I can’t keep hearing “both sides, both sides”. We’re not in this predicament because of Dems. Republicans control the government and these decisions are theirs. How will people learn if we keep saying “Congress” instead of “Republican Obstructionists”?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

I don't buy this. In fact, I would be deeply surprised—indeed, shocked, 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙—were president Donald J. Trump, the most law-abiding public servant ever to grace this land, to fail to uphold the presidential tradition of promoting the rule of law and democracy overseas.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4d

President Trump’s request to Israel's parliament to dismiss corruption charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upended American presidents’ tradition of promoting the rule of law and democracy overseas.

Trump’s pardon request for Netanyahu marks shift from promoting U.S. values abroad

Trump has upended American presidents’ tradition of promoting the rule of law and democracy overseas.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 4d

Calling for gas chambers. Expressing love for Hitler. Endorsing rape. Using racist slurs.

I'm demanding Rep. James Comer open a House Oversight Committee investigation into these shocking, deeply offensive messages that were exchanged by Young Republican leaders from across the country.

Politico @politico.com · 5d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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