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aust.in.dubitably @abw56.bsky.social · 8h

I brought three small signs to my protest today. The one that got the most positive reactions (laughs, thumbs up, and even a hell yeah!) was the one I worried would ruffle the most feathers:

Gross
Old
Pedophiles

The normies ain't playing anymore.

Cameron @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 8h

every smug internet communist tweet about showing up to a No Kings protest with an abolish ICE shirt to scare the libs is getting completely mogged by the real-life winemoms showing up with slogans like "ICE will melt in hell"

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Distinguished Herbert West Fellow, Miskatonic Institute Gigan @gigansprogress.bsky.social · 8h

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 9h

Today's official crowd count estimate from #NoKings coalition:

7 million people turned out nationwide

That's 2 million more than the #NoKings peaceful protests in June

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 10h

it’s been horrifying to see how many republicans believe in the “elected dictator” theory especially after they spent the entire Biden and Obama presidencies (who both won by larger margins) saying that they are dictators

Meghan McCain & @MeghanMcC....3h S...
I don't understand how Trump is a King when he won every single swing state, the electoral college and popular vote in a democratic election.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9h

“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9h

Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...

Sincerity is not the problem

As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...

www.pbump.net

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 10h

I’ve covered a lot of protests in SF. This may be the biggest and the vibes are fucking incredible

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Danny Postel @dannypostel.bsky.social · 3d

My report from Chicago on the Trump administration's war on immigrants and how people are pushing back, protecting their neighbors through newly-formed community safety networks, spontaneously confronting ICE agents in the streets & more — at @newlinesmag.bsky.social

newlinesmag.com/reportage/ch...

Chicago Is Pushing Back Against Trump

The spectacular repression of ICE is leading ordinary residents of the Windy City to protest and activism

newlinesmag.com

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 11h

Elites collapsed and capitulated. Regular people never did. #NoKings

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 14h

Remember back in January when all these sage politics-knowers were writing about how there had been a vibe shift and now the resistance was over?

lol. lmao.

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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 10h

A play in three acts

Grok rebutting DHS, saying Will Stancill is not a threat

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 10h

One cool thing about the No Kings branding is that it's negatively polarizing Trump and his supporters into just saying out loud that they want him to be king

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 10h

David Sacks is currently posting AI content of Trump as a king and Dems kneeling if you were wondering where his brain is at

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Chris Sprigman @cjsprigman.bsky.social · 10h

I hope each and every one of the fascists who rule this country read this and choke.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 11h

Hello Missoula!!!

Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 11h

#NoKings Missoula, Montana

A handmade cardboard sign held by a participant at the No Kings event in Missoula, Montana. It reads: “Let this moment radicalize you rather than lead you to despair” -Mariame Kaba

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 12h

west coast hasn’t even clocked in yet

🐸 Helen Kennedy 🐸 @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 13h

It’s going to take ages to pay all these people

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 12h

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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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

I posted that we should remember small town protests in red states and got Well Actuallyed by several people who insisted ______ has suffered more and we should remember them.

This isn’t the Oppression Olympics. We need all hands, not just the purest and noblest.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h

A successful protest movement requires as broad a coalition as possible.

If you’re recoiling from the support of mainstream privileged segments of society, you’re not trying to win the fight, you’re just trying to win personal praise.

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 12h

Leah and I just got off the stage in DC. More than 200k. Double what we saw for Hands Off! This movement is incredible.

We’re better than fear. We’re braver than billionaires. We’re bigger than ever. And we will win. #NoKings

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 13h

good morning

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 13h

We could maybe use more celebrities on here but the ones we have give us blessed moments like Guillermo del Toro reposting Flavor Flav

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No King but King Swiftie

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 12h

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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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 13h

Based on early numbers, there are easily more people participating in the second No Kings Day than in the first. Trump's strategy of constantly talking about this on TV and GOP govs sending in the national guard obviously energized the left. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

20251018_No Kings Day 2 Protests Unofficial Attendance Crowdsourcing

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 13h

They'll cast these rallies as "angry" but everyone there is plainly having a great time because it's fun to get together with like-minded people to engage in the oldest American tradition: telling a tyrant to eat shit

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 14h

#NoKings Miami!

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 13h

“Let’s do the fucking news”

◥◤CDFI, Frankenstein @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 13h

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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aust.in.dubitably @abw56.bsky.social · 13h

It's hilarious how almost every single counter protestor we've had has been a guy, alone in his car (or more often truck).

MAGA and the Trump movement is, at its core, just angry men who need therapy.