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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 5h

The crowd did not disperse, an instead started playing Tubthumping by Chumbawamba — I get knocked down, but I get up again.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 6h

Portland ICE facility now.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 6h

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 7h

Trump’s tax cut for billionaires is adding $425 Billion - monthly - to the national debt, and we’re fighting amongst ourselves for scraps.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 15h

Times Square, NYC. #NoKings

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9h

Federal agents have fired tear gas and pepper balls at a No Kings protest outside an ICE detention centre in Portland, Oregon.

From the video I saw the protest was completely peaceful and the protesters were outnumbered about five to one.

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thekoolaidmom.bsky.social @thekoolaidmom.bsky.social · 12h

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 9h

Seven million. “One of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in US history.”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 18, 2025
Media Contact: media@nokings.org
Nearly 7 Million Attend Overwhelmingly Peaceful No Kings Day of Action
WASHINGTON, DC - In one of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in U.S. history, nearly seven million Americans gathered today, 2 million more than June, in over 2,700 cities and towns for the No Kings Day of Peaceful Action, standing together in nonviolent defiance of authoritarianism and affirming that this nation belongs to its people, not to kings.
With more than 2,700 lawful and peaceful protests across all 50 states, today's mobilization was 14 times larger than both of President Trump's presidential inaugurations combined, marking a historic moment of unity and resistance. From rural communities to major metropolitan centers, the message was clear: America will not be ruled by fear, force, or one man's power grab.
While the Republican-led government shutdown continues to wreak havoc, forcing hundreds of thousands of families to go without pay and cutting off critical services, the people they represent are stepping up to lead. Across districts, neighbors are organizing, marching, and demanding a government that serves the many, not the powerful few.
Our work continues in big cities and small towns around this country and we will not back down to President Trump's continued abuse of power. There will be regular opportunities in the coming days and weeks to take action with No Kings and we will be regularly sharing community rights resources.
In response to this historic day of action, the No Kings Coalition issued the following statements:
*Today, millions of Americans stood together to reject authoritarianism and remind the world that our democracy belongs to the people, not to one man's ambition," said Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg, Co-Founders, Indivisible. "Authoritarians want us to believe resistance is futile, but every person who turned out today proved the opposite. This movement isn't about a single…

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 9h

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 10h

Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?

19thnews @19thnews.org · 10h

Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.

Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country

On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.

19thnews.org

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Banquosghost @banquosghost.bsky.social · 13h

#NoKings Maplewood, NJ

No kings protests crowd in Maplewood, NJ

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 1d

"Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General Farhan Haq said... Wednesday that the #Israeli Government Coordination Unit in the Palestinian Territories had informed the UN that it would cut in half the number of humanitarian aid trucks going to Gaza, from 600 to 300..."

imemc.org/article/isra...

Israel Still Not Allowing Aid to Gaza as Promised in Ceasefire Deal

The amount of aid entering Gaza remains minimal and far from sufficient to meet the immense humanitarian needs of the population. Israeli authorities contin ...

imemc.org

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Lauren Brownlow @lebrownlow.bsky.social · 1d

ESPN and whomever is broadcasting UNC games each week should continuously show the faces of the BOT members responsible for this while the games are on screen. Maybe just thumbnails at the bottom on either side of the scorebug. They deserve the public shame more than the players do

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

No matter where you live or if you’ve never protested before, there’s a local No Kings Day event for you. Join a peaceful protest to make it clear that We The People will never bow down to a wannabe king: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

A map of the over 2,700 events planned across the US for No Kings Day on Saturday, October 18.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 1d

no kings

"Feds have shot at least 2 people, killing 1; teargassed+shot rubber bullets at protesters; detained U.S. citizens incl kids; handcuffed a alderperson; teargassed people in Logan Square, Albany Park+East Side; fired a chemical weapon at a TV reporter."

blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/c...

Chicago's No Kings Protest: Everything You Need To Know

The Saturday rally, expected to draw thousands, will protest President Donald Trump and his administration's large-scale immigration enforcement operations in Chicago.

blockclubchicago.org

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

Among George Santos’ many scams was a “pet charity” where he swindled people out of money who needed it for medical care for their pets. This is who Trump just pardoned www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/n...

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 1d

NY Republican Congressman Nick LaLota, who voted to expel George Santos 👇

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Firestorm Books @firestorm.coop · 1d

"[This] Texas case reveals precisely the strategies the Trump administration will use, with the assistance of state forces, to target whole movements and communities with prosecutorial overreach and a logic of guilt by association."

“Antifa” Protesters Charged With Terrorism for Constitutionally Protected Activity

After a protest against ICE, federal prosecutors pursued guilt-by-association charges against two “antifa” protesters.

theintercept.com

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Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 1d

Rep. Johnny Olszewski D-MD (lower left) tried but failed to get recognized on the House floor today to get Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva D-AZ sworn in. Speaker Johnson has refused to seat Grijalva for more than 3 weeks. "This is wrong and you know it Mr. Speaker."

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 1d

I continued to be baffled at this. It looks terrible for Johnson, for the GOP, and most of all for Trump - drawing extra attention to the Epstein story - while further energizing Dems. And for what? To postpone by a bit one moderately tough vote?

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 1d

Rep. Johnny Olszewski D-MD (lower left) tried but failed to get recognized on the House floor today to get Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva D-AZ sworn in. Speaker Johnson has refused to seat Grijalva for more than 3 weeks. "This is wrong and you know it Mr. Speaker."

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Bill McCarthy @billmccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you @colbertlateshow.bsky.social for highlighting my @afp.com fact-check investigation into the deceptive White House "Chicago is in chaos" video that misused footage from other US cities.

From now on our team will be known as "the internet folks" and "the people online."

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is using state-sponsored propaganda to a degree unmatched by any president in modern times. But we should also note that this is enabled by the GOP's crippling of Congressional oversight on Trump's behalf.

This Chicago shooting is a case in point:

newrepublic.com/article/2019...

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 1d

Like I've been saying, why should reporters bother treating Johnson like the Speaker of the House when he's effectively disbanded the House.

Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d

It's official: Speaker Johnson just cancelled all votes in the House next week.

The next scheduled voting day is 10/27; the last time the House was in session was 9/19.

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 1d

Again — thank you @propublica.org for counting

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.

I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 7d

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

www.desmog.com

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