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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 12h

One of my favorite photos I took today—in the heart of Chicago on Michigan Ave.. You can count many American flags, Chicago flags, pro democracy signs, & anti-fascist signs.

0 flags to a politician, confederacy, or Nazis. MAGAs claim patriotism—but its anti-fascist Americans who actually embody it.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 11h

NYC is so "out of control and crime ridden" that NYPD had to arrest (checks note) exactly zero people today.

100,000+ protestors. ZERO arrests.

ZERO.

This isn't only a major slap in Trump's face. It proves YET AGAIN that the only violence ICE fascists are facing, is violence ICE fascists incite.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 9h

On Jan 6, MAGA insurrectionists smeared feces on the halls of Congress.

Today, the MAGA cult leader Donald Trump posted an AI generated video of him smearing feces on peaceful protestors.

Trump is not an aberration of modern day conservatism—he’s a manifestation of it.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 10h

I’m absolutely exhausted in the best possible way. I love us. We did it! #NoKings

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 19h

36) Pennsylvania

Dozens of protests all across the state, Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue, and thouands of people joined en masses to local and main protests alike. huge turnout in Harrisburg

(aletakesphotos, walshfreedom, snotboogie)

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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 21h

🧵Ongoing Thread of #NoKings protests in ALL 50 states ❌👑

Share far and wide 💪

1) Alabama

Demonstrations are expected in Athens, Birmingham, Dadeville, Dothan, Fairhope, Huntsville, Guntersville, Mobile, Oxford, Phenix City, and Tuscaloosa

(LarryJMcDowell, kyleforalabama, lakerat61)

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Karl Magnacca @kmagnacca.bsky.social · 14h

Honolulu No Kings. About 30-50% more than June I think (my pictures didn’t capture the crowd very well).

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barbpoipu.bsky.social @barbpoipu.bsky.social · 10h

Mahalo world 🌺 from Honolulu

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

“.. They describe the legions of masked immigration officers operating in near-total anonymity on the orders of the president as the crossing of a line that had long set the United States apart from the world’s most repressive regimes.”

@propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2h

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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poidogfarmer.bsky.social @poidogfarmer.bsky.social · 2h

For those at smaller NO KINGS events, I count the people driving by, honking, waving, thumbs-up, fist-pumping, yelling - they were all there too! They voted for us (US!) while the people flipping off, thumbs down were decisively out-voted! What a glorious day!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

Page One.

@latimes.com

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Rep. Steven Woodrow @woodrowforco.bsky.social · 22h

The thing about No Kings is that Trump is in the Epstein Files.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 44m

There already aren’t enough dentists who accept Medicaid patients, said Kimberly Raleigh of the Michigan Oral Health Coalition, and “if there is a reduction in community water fluoridation, it’s just a downward spiral.”

On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous

After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...

www.propublica.org

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Jaye @jbaritsu.bsky.social · 1h

I also highly recommend Amanda Ripley’s book High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out. She’s an investigative journalist who learned about how people can help one another break out of destructive feuds and generate healthy, useful conflict instead. www.amandaripley.com/high-conflict

High Conflict — Amanda Ripley

www.amandaripley.com

Jaye @jbaritsu.bsky.social · 1h

You may be interested the programs out there that focus on training people on deep listening to bridge divides. The United Vision Project is one that focuses on rural parts of the US and has made impressive progress with relational text-based conversations: unitedvisionproject.org/approach

United Vision Project

unitedvisionproject.org

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress nearly a month ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in. Why the delay? Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 19h

Rural hospitals are at risk of shutting down because of federal Medicaid cuts, which means:

❌ Fewer doctors
❌ Longer drives to hospitals
❌ Delayed emergency care

Every Washingtonian deserves access to a hospital, no matter where they live.

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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · 12h

This week, a Russian strike on a textile warehouse in Odesa ignited a large fire that was difficult to contain. Nearly 100 first responders were on site to extinguish the blaze, and WCK arrived quickly to provide them with hot meals, sandwiches, and water to support their efforts. #ChefsForUkraine

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13h

While people continue to struggle to get FEMA aid approved after their lives were destroyed by natural disasters.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15h

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 21h

Way to go, everyone! Huge turnouts from small towns to big cities all across the country!

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h

BOSTON… (those are people, not ants)

#NoKingsInAmerica 🇺🇸

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Jaye @jbaritsu.bsky.social · 12h

I am not naive. I know we can’t just make nice & all will be fine. But we have to be willing to listen to one another & work together toward something better because being conned into thinking that our neighbors are the enemy & not the people pulling the purse strings is how we got here.

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Jaye @jbaritsu.bsky.social · 12h

The challenge is that building relationships takes time & we don’t have much of that with the way things are going. But we can’t keep counting on heroic saviors to do the work for us.

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