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azmichael.bsky.social @azmichael.bsky.social · 2h

Celebrity sighting in suburban Chandler, AZ. Very red part of the Southeast Valley of Phoenix.

Easily 4x the number of protesters than the first No Kings (1,600+) with hundreds & hundreds of supportive honking horns on Arizona Avenue.

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 3h

Seems telling that we are only interested in extrajudicial actions here

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3h

Breaking News: The Trump administration has decided to repatriate two survivors of a deadly U.S. strike this week on suspected drug runners in the Caribbean Sea rather than prosecute them or hold them in military detention, people with knowledge of the matter said on Saturday.

U.S. to Repatriate Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel

The U.S. military rescued the two men in the Caribbean Sea after Special Operations forces fired on a semi-submersible that was assessed to be smuggling drugs.

nyti.ms

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azmichael.bsky.social @azmichael.bsky.social · 2h

I live in suburban Chandler, just outside Phoenix. Very red.

Last No Kings - maybe 500-600 people lined the downtown area on Arizona Avenue.

Today - maybe 1500 lining the streets with hundreds and hundreds of honking cars!

Easily 3x to 4x more people and much more fun and vocal!

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 4h

You heard it hear first: this is the largest protest in Chicago history.

500k+ is my guess, I've never seen anything like this

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 4h

There's enough energy in downtown Chicago to elect 100 years of Elizabeth Warren(complimentary)

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Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 4h

You heard it hear first: this is the largest protest in Chicago history.

500k+ is my guess, I've never seen anything like this

Pumpkinloaf @toneloaf.bsky.social · 4h

There's enough energy in downtown Chicago to elect 100 years of Elizabeth Warren(complimentary)

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3h

Patriots care.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7h

I got my hands on a megaphone.

#NoKings
@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 3h

Trump opponents have a plan for exposing his 'power' as 'fragile' — not 'unstoppable'

www.alternet.org

Trump opponents have a plan for exposing his 'power' as 'fragile' — not 'unstoppable'

twp.ai

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

Nye: We are here to tell our lawmakers that what's going on in our government is
wrong. They must stop the abuses of this petulant president and his circle of sycophants. No thrones, no crowns, no king

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 17h

“When you did horror movies, you thought nobody would ever see them. But here I am, 20 or 30 years or whatever later, and those are the ones everyone remembers.”

— Margot Kidder (1948-2018) #BOTD #FilmSky #HorrorSky

Margot Kidder in Brian De Palma's SISTERS (1972)

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

On our way to #NoKings

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3h

Incredible turnout! We’re setting new records! #NoKings

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5h

Hasan: I am not willing to sit back and watch our glorious American multiracial and multicultural democratic experiment destroyed by the guy from Home Alone 2.

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Craig R. Brittain @craigbrittain.com · 5h

Mehdi Hasan: 2 of Donald Trump's 3 wives are immigrants, proving yet again that immigrants will do the jobs that even Americans are not willing to do.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4h

A No Kings organizer in Franconia, VA tells @eggerdc.bsky.social that the turnout has been "beyond anything we had expected"

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 1d

Propaganda Barbie

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

Me on Trump pardoning disgraced former congressman George Santos:

"It's completely nuts, but he's completely nuts — and so is Santos, maybe that's the thing that joins them all together... Trump finds a fraudster appealing."

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 1d

I'll take my shot at refutation.

I don't hate America. I loathe everything you and your kind is doing to undermine and destroy its honor, promise and humanity. So I will join with millions of others in dissent, which is the most American thing there is.

You lying, fearmongering, cowardly trash.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Johnson: “They're going to descend on our capital for their much-anticipated so-called ‘No Kings’ rally. We refer to it by its more accurate description: 'The Hate America' rally. I'm not sure how anybody can refute that."

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 18h

No Kings is a chance for millions to express love for America and the values that have inspired Americans throughout its history. Those Republicans pushing lies are sad and desperate.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

The people running this country have zero respect for the Constitution, laws, rules of ethics and professional responsibility, traditions or norms. They are lawless gangsters drunk on power and nobody in their party outside the admin has the courage or integrity to stop them.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 21h

When Pam Bondi was appointed, Democracy Docket immediately called her out while legacy news outlets like the Washington Post wanted to seem "fair" and gave her a thumbs up.

Reject both sides journalism by subscribing to Democracy Docket today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Cindy 📎🇨🇦⚢🏳️‍🌈 @bilbow.bsky.social · 1d

BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM national movement born of frustration,injustice, the undeniable truth that the people hold the power.We are shutting down US economy-strategically and peacefully-by removing our labor,our spending,our financial support
CLOCK IS TICKING
#Pinks
www.nokings.org
blackoutthesystem.com

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Cath RN, PhD 🎃 👻 @headdoc35.bsky.social · 22h

𝐇e 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐩 & 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐚𝐱 & 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞/𝐂𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐭𝐜., 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲???

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NewsCurrentNow @newscurrentnow.com · 20h

Rep. Ro Khanna: “Our push to release the Epstein files helped strip Prince Andrew of his title. Now it’s time to hold powerful Americans who covered up or abused young girls accountable. The survivors have waited long enough. Congress must vote—justice can’t wait.”

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 18h

Runs allowed by Dodger starting pitchers this series:

Snell - 1
Yamamoto - 3
Glasnow - 3
Ohtani - 2

Sorry hang on that's *hits* allowed by Dodger starting pitchers this series.

Dodger starters also have three home runs this series, which is odd because pitchers no longer hit.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

In fact, there’s already an indictment lying around somewhere

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