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DwntwnT @dwntwnt.bsky.social · 13h

where was this originally posted pls?

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Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social · 14h

If it walks like an RT propagandist, talks like an RT propagandist, and attends RT anniversaries, then it’s probably an RT propagandist...
bsky.app/profile/vatn...

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DwntwnT @dwntwnt.bsky.social · 14h

when they protested they couldnt be provoked, and it didnt matter what was said to them.

DwntwnT @dwntwnt.bsky.social · 14h

198 methods to non-violent protest: Gene Sharp. Also ppl should prob practice w/a friend several x's first, screaming in faces, calling names that might be a sensitive area for someone, as below the belt as poss. POC in the south taught this tactic to kids that arrived on the freedom busses, so

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Ali Adair @aliadair22.bsky.social · 21h

We only need 3.5% of the population = 11,900,000

We’re close.

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world

Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.

www.bbc.com

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HAL90oo 🇫🇷🌻Nafo O'Fan Gentleman (Almost) @papoosan.bsky.social · 1d

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings Cincinnati

Poster with an image of a frog and the words “Don’t Obey”

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 1d

The Tea Party and FedSoc threw it into the gutter, where it has now been picked up by the heirs of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Robert Gould Shaw.

Alejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · 1d

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 1d

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

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Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

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Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Hark, Speaker Mike Johnson! Looking at all the many, many pics of the enormous, joyous “No Kings” rallies throughout the United States today, I am struck by what lovely weather your Lord and Savior provided. Apparently, God is a fan of, as you claimed, "America-hating Antifa terrorists." Glory!

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

“If our ancestors could do without tea, then we can do without a new Tesla. We might even be able to do without Amazon Prime.”

Today, environmental activist @billmckibben.bsky.social joined protesters at Lexington’s Battle Green, the site of the original #NoKings protest:

I returned to the site of the original No Kings protest

A letter from Lexington’s Battle Green.

www.motherjones.com

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 1d

My hometown NYC TELLING Donald Trump YOU ARE NOT OUR KING & YOU WILL NEVER BE! #NOKINGS 🚫🤴

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 1d

❗️During the night, the 🇺🇦Ukrainian military shot down 136 out of 164 🇷🇺Russian UAVs (about 100 of them - "Shahed"), and 0 out of 3 missiles from the S-300 air defense system.

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Katharina Nocun @kattascha.bsky.social · 1d

„…as the far right moved from fringe issues in the late 90s to topics such as integration & migration, mainstream parties had increasingly reshaped their communications to respond, boosting the spread of these ideas & signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate.“

German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds

Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers

www.theguardian.com

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Shaun Pinner @olddogua.bsky.social · 1d

open.substack.com/pub/shaunpin...
We can never allow Russian atrocities to be whitewashed. Read my articles on how Russia uses torture — not just as a weapon, but as justification for its invasion and a tool to shape its narrative.

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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 2d

"Open-source investigative outlet Tochnyi reported on Sept 28 that russian drone strikes have resulted in 2,877 Ukrainian civilian casualties in Kherson City alone since 2023," wrote ISW. These russian human safaries are horrendous and so deadly.

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DwntwnT @dwntwnt.bsky.social · 1d

why did he get that??

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 1d

www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Facebook’s new button lets its AI look at photos you haven’t uploaded yet

Like we always say, read the terms and conditions, folks.

www.theverge.com

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 1d

So the Dallas ICE shooter was an unemployed, online, loner, gamer dude with no friends who was politically unaligned with any particular ideology except the white male internet brain rot.

NPR @npr.org · 1d

A newly released police report states that Joshua Jahn lived with his family and didn't have a job. n.pr/3Jj982m

Shooter at Dallas ICE facility was motivated by notoriety over ideology

A newly released police report states that Joshua Jahn lived with his family and didn't have a job.

n.pr

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 2d

There is a shocking amount of critical infrastructure maintained in total by the Army Corps of Engineers. Most Americans have no idea.

If the govt starts jacking with it for the lulz, sh*t will collapse and Americans will die. Let’s be real about this.

tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: White House announces it's going to pause, and potentially cancel, $11 billion in infrastructure funding (via the Army Corps of Engineers), specifically citing cities, like New York, represented or led by Democrats. More to come.

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DwntwnT @dwntwnt.bsky.social · 3d

yes and isnt she so cute? she is.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 3d

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And THREE stood up!

Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact.

When we join together and fight back, WE WIN!

No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent.

LET’S GO!

#DefendHigherEd
@aaup-penn.bsky.social

Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment

With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.

www.thedp.com

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DwntwnT @dwntwnt.bsky.social · 4d

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Why Is the Pentagon Afraid of the Press?

Pete Hegseth’s department is imposing restrictions that threaten to limit media scrutiny.

www.theatlantic.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

Airline group Abra to submit draft registration statement for US IPO reut.rs/4qhItDW

Airline group Abra to submit draft registration statement for US IPO

Abra Group, which controls Brazilian airline Gol and Colombia's Avianca, intends to confidentially submit a draft registration statement for a proposed initial public offering in the United States, it said on Wednesday.

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DwntwnT @dwntwnt.bsky.social · 4d

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Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · 4d

US District Judge Karin Immergut ruled Wednesday that a restraining order blocking deployment of any National Guard troops to Oregon will be extended by two weeks. The original restraining order was set to expire this weekend.

UPDATE: Judge Extends Restraining Order Blocking National Guard Deployment in Oregon

Updated 1:03 pm October 15 A temporary restraining order prohibiting the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon has been extended. On Wednesday, October 15, US District Judge Karin Immergut ext...

www.portlandmercury.com

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