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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 45m

“Crowds of Americans, many in costumes, aligned behind message that US is sliding into authoritarianism”

Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump

Crowds of Americans, many in costumes, aligned behind message that US is sliding into authoritarianism

www.theguardian.com

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 8h

The President of the United States has posted an AI video of himself unloading tons of raw sewage on American cities.

One of the targets in the AI video is Harry Sisson.

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's offer of a bailout for Argentina's Milei came with a big string attached and then blew up in his face. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/w...

Trump Offered a Helping Hand to Argentina. It Backfired.

www.nytimes.com

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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 14h

A menagerie jamming to Icona Pop in Washington DC

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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 14h

In Washington DC today

Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 14h

Jamming to Icona Pop and Charli XCX in Washington DC today

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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 15h

In DC today

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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 15h

Dancing with inflatables today in DC

#NoKingsDC

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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 15h

All the frogs look the same

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 18h

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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 17h

I love frogs!! 🐸 ❤️

#NoKingsDC

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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 17h

Exercising my First Amendment rights while I still can

#NoKingsDC

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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 18h

Dancing with inflatables at the #NoKingsDC protest at 4th and Pennsylvania Ave. ❌👑

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Cheryl Bolen Smelson @cherylbolen.bsky.social · 18h

I’ve arrived #nokingsDC

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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 1d

Unfortunately
History is repeating itself

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

For generations, people around the world have used color to show collective strength in the face of oppression. The #NoKings movement is no different. Yellow is our shared signal, bright, bold and impossible to ignore, a reminder that America's power belongs to our people, not to kings.