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Rob FortyNorth

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Julia Coronado @jc-econ.bsky.social · 14h

On #NoKings Day I present the Dept of Education spending for fiscal year 2025--a more than $230 *BILLION* dollar cut in spending totally unauthorized by Congress in just eight months

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Barchart @barchart.com · 8h

U.S. Margin Debt jumps to $1.13 Trillion, a new all-time high 🚨🤯👀

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2h

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Rob FortyNorth @fortynorth.bsky.social · 1h

ACOE does the real heavy work on many absolutely essential waterway and flood prevention project that save lives and property. They don’t get enough credit.

Rob FortyNorth @fortynorth.bsky.social · 6h

Philly area is marching to the Liberty Mall Pavilion. Philly and Boston are sending a message in the presence our Founders and Revolutionary War vets who are buried in the areas where we gather. All ages of voters 1000’s American flags. We the People. Trump is a temporary res. of Office of the Pres.

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Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 7h

A helicopter shot of No Kings protesters marching to Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Our Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves over what we have allowed America to become under the fascist authoritarian rule of Trump. 🙌💪👏✊️🇺🇸👇

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 7h

Chicago - no kings

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 9h

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Rob FortyNorth @fortynorth.bsky.social · 6h

I hope Harvard U. takes note and refuses to play Let’s Make A Deal with Trump2.0. No Kings, No Tyrants, No Pedophile protectors on your facility. We who attended will never forgive or forget.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 8h

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

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Rob FortyNorth @fortynorth.bsky.social · 9h

Let’s see how these numbers change after ‘NO KINGS’ on Oct. 18 and if Trump2.0 tries to create an openly hostile environment. Will the Nov. 4 elections reflect the anger to Trump2.0?

Rob FortyNorth @fortynorth.bsky.social · 9h

Every parent wants this unstable guy off the road and sobering up in a jail cell. I hope the arresting officers, who are sworn to ‘protect and serve’, run the background checks and he gets due process. He has child endangerment and anger mgmt., and authority issues. Turn in the uniform bro.

Rob FortyNorth @fortynorth.bsky.social · 10h

Unlike the President, no one else has executive immunity😎

"…justice too long delayed is justice denied"

MLK’s"Letter from Birmingham Jail", smuggled out of prison.

Pres. Trump on 1/20/25: "In his honor, we will strive together to make his dream a reality. We will make his dream come true."

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · Jul 31

Citizens, crying kids, pregnant women, people who aren't the target...it doesn't seem to matter who's inside the car when immigration officers want to make an arrest. They smash the window anyway

@mckenziefunk.com & I tracked these arrests all over the U.S. projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...

Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests

We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 3d

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · Apr 14

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.

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Rob FortyNorth @fortynorth.bsky.social · 17h

On point.

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

DC — racial profiling, violating rights, insane waste of resources.. this video really has it all. Where are the “gOVerNmeNt wAstE” small government folks?

Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DPz0rll...

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 1d

Happy No Kings Day, America. It couldn't happen at a better time.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

This doesn’t even include the ones who had pending case but he had their charges dropped.

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Rob FortyNorth @fortynorth.bsky.social · 17h

Laurene Powell Jobs’ statement, and her emphasis on benefactors remaining anonymous, is lost in today’s Tech Bro culture. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff’s apology for self-serving and dangerous rhetoric has brought scrutiny of philanthropy used as part of playbook for controlling personal outcomes

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 1d

This is a powerful post by Laurene Powell Jobs on what is means to be a philanthropist and, more importantly, what it does not. Kudos to her for saying it so plainly.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Beware of philanthropists who want control in exchange for their giving, writes Laurene Powell Jobs.

Essay | Laurene Powell Jobs: Beware of Philanthropists Who Want Control in Exchange for Their Giving

True generosity flows quietly to communities that already know what they need, building capacity not dependency.

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Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 22h

THE DODGERS STARTING PITCHER TONIGHT THREW 6 SCORELESS INNINGS AND STRUCK OUT 10 BATTERS AND DID THIS

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Rob FortyNorth @fortynorth.bsky.social · 1d

MIchael “Moses” Johnson demonstrates here that he cares little about the safety of children. Protecting pedos and child sex traffickers is not a stretch for someone of his moral standing.

Rob FortyNorth @fortynorth.bsky.social · 1d

I’m Federal. I’m DHS. I’m (probably) wasted. Does anyone else wonder what his priors are? Kudos to the arresting officer.