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Elizabeth Majerus
@emajerus.bsky.social
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Teacher, poet, punk, feminist; author of Songs Are Like Tattoos, co-editor of Can I Teach That; anti-white-supremacy; pro-climate action, -reproductive justice, and -preserving democracy; 1/3 of Motes; private citizen, She/her, opinions my own
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Elizabeth Majerus @emajerus.bsky.social · Oct 27
Honored by Amy Penne's beautiful profile––deft & lovely readings of the poems in Songs Are Like Tattoos & great snapshot of interwoven strands of an utterly enjoyable cafe conversation! #SongsAreLikeTattoos www.smilepolitely.com/arts/art-wor...
Art Works: Mixtapes and Modernism with Elizabeth Majerus - Arts
We planned to meet at Urbana’s Caffé Paradiso, but with Paradiso’s truncated summer hours, we ended up a block away at Caffé Bene, its wide-open tables offering the perfect setting for an unhurried co...
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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 6h
Pedro Pascal, the Mandalorian and Mr. Fantastic himself, dancing to an anti-ICE cumbia song at the LA No Kings rally on October 18th! 💙

Wepa! (IYKYK)
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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 6h
From Instagram
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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 8h
Thank you Karl
Pedo Protecter
Just say it
#EpsteinFiles
For the EPSTEINTH TIME
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 6h
In the absence of anything approaching an actual uprising, Trump still threatening military action against American citizens.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
Trump: "Don't forget I can use the Insurrection Act. 50% of the presidents almost have used that. And that's unquestioned power."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h
Mike Johnson sputtering that it's no big deal that he hasn't sworn in Grivalja yet, it's such a small stupid thing, why are you people still asking about it, I can do it anytime, but no, I'm not going to do it now, or later, or anytime soon, there's no big deal here, shut up, stop asking about it
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🎃🪦 BLOODSUGARSETHMASKET 🪦🎃 @smotus.bsky.social · 7h
It's less than 24 hours after 5-8 million Americans marched against a president who called them domestic terrorists, and there is zero reference to it on the current NYT home page, except for a Bouie op/ed that came out several days earlier.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 10h
One retiree said he chose to wave an American flag instead of a sign “because people who carry the flag do not hate America and as you can see there are a lot of flags.”

WE ARE TAKING BACK THE FLAG 🇺🇸

#NoKings
willbunch.bsky.social Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 10h
The 7 million Americans who took the streets for 'No Kings' made history, and they did something even more important

They got under the skin of Donald Trump and his dictatorial regime, on a day that showed that most Americans love democracy instead

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...
Then they fight you: How the No Kings protests are winning America | Will Bunch
A massive turnout of 7 million and a panicked White House showed Saturday why the No Kings protests matter, a lot.
www.inquirer.com
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h
Look, the Times was obviously unable to confirm at time of publication what the brown liquid that looked like diarrhea and that appeared to have been dumped from an AI-generated jet fighter by the president of United was intended to represent in his mind.
emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12h
NYT sanewashing extends, apparently, to sparing NYT readers from a description of Trump's literal shit.
Trump Posts Fake Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media. It shows Mr. Trump wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps brown liquid on demonstrators. Listen to this article · 2:20 min Learn more Share full article Jenny Gross By Jenny Gross Oct. 19, 2025, 10:05 a.m. ET President Trump has posted what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media that showed him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 14h
A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.

Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏

History.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h
KARL: “Why haven’t you sworn in Adelita Grijalva?”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I’m following the Pelosi precedent with Letlow.”

KARL: “But that was the date Letlow requested.”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: 🤷🏼

#EpsteinFilesCoverUp
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 12h
NYT sanewashing extends, apparently, to sparing NYT readers from a description of Trump's literal shit.
Trump Posts Fake Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media. It shows Mr. Trump wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps brown liquid on demonstrators. Listen to this article · 2:20 min Learn more Share full article Jenny Gross By Jenny Gross Oct. 19, 2025, 10:05 a.m. ET President Trump has posted what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media that showed him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 10h
The 7 million Americans who took the streets for 'No Kings' made history, and they did something even more important

They got under the skin of Donald Trump and his dictatorial regime, on a day that showed that most Americans love democracy instead

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...
Then they fight you: How the No Kings protests are winning America | Will Bunch
A massive turnout of 7 million and a panicked White House showed Saturday why the No Kings protests matter, a lot.
www.inquirer.com
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10h
Welp.
They added that the US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier. Though Ukraine ultimately managed to swing Trump back to endorsing a freeze of the current front lines, the acrimonious meeting appeared to reflect the capricious nature of Trump's position on the war and his willingness to endorse Putin's maximalist demands.
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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 10h
Considering their headlines today, I think it's probably a good thing the New York Times only matters to people like me who already think it's mostly garbage.
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 11h
“No public criminal charges have been filed against anyone in connection with the raid … The @chicagotribune.com has been able to confirm the identity of only one immigrant taken into custody by federal agents that night: a 41-year-old pizza delivery man … who has no apparent criminal history.”
They were already living in one of Chicago’s worst apartment buildings. Then came the ICE raid.
In what appears to have been a warrantless operation, the federal government will not say how many people were detained, who remains in custody and what happened to the children.
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Elizabeth Majerus @emajerus.bsky.social · 10h
Favorite signs group #4 from the Champaign-Urbana, IL, No Kings Day event on 10/18/25 (always happy to see a Lebowski reference… the Dude would not let this unchecked aggression stand without comment, man). #NoKings
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12h
As a reminder to everyone, a key part of the Bari Weiss origin story is her livetweeting editorial meetings.
In the institutions she critiques she treats leakers (including herself) as principled dissenters. In the institutions she controls, she expects loyal silence.
Bari Weiss tweeting about the civil war in the NY Times Another NY Times employee says: "I am in the same meeting that Bari appears to be livetweeting"
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 11h
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 11h
No notes
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Elizabeth Majerus @emajerus.bsky.social · 11h
Also, there’s no question that we’ll win. The Q is how long it will take & how many people will suffer & die in the meantime. The harder we work, the better organized we are, & the more we focus on connecting w/ & supporting each other rather holier-than-thou shit talk, the more quickly we’ll win
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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 2d
Michael Fanone has a message for Mike Johnson. https://substack.com/@michaelfanone/note/c-167021532?r=art2k&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Michael Fanone (@michaelfanone)
I've got a message for Mike Johnson. Subscribe to support the fight.
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 15h
Top story when you go to The Guardian this AM. Which it is not when you go to the Washington Post or the NY Times. Apt language here, whereas WaPo describes the day as an airing of grievances as though we are a bunch of whining George Costanzas, not a vast public fearful of losing everything.
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
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14h
Trump posting a video of himself dropping a huge shit on America is probably the most accurate public statement he has ever made.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
BASH: Santos pleaded guilty to defrauding constituents of hundreds of thousands of dollars, money he will no longer be required to pay back. Is the commutation acceptable to you?

BRITT: What I appreciate is President Trump's commitment to the American people. We saw disarray under President Biden.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 13h
After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
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