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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 1d

People dressed in fun costumes at No Kings protests from the Cookie Monster to frogs are important creative acts of defiance. Trump like all aspiring tyrants, wants to be feared—not laughed at. These people are showing Trump we don't fear him! My article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/america-ju...

America just joyfully punched Trump right in his wannabe King face!

This is how we win

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

Today, I convened a group of former military generals and veterans to hear perspectives on deploying troops in American cities.

Their commitment is to our nation. That’s why they’re speaking out against what the President's doing as uncalled-for, unprecedented, and un-American.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Newsom: This president appears unhinged… seems listless… he seems, dare I say, in decline—cognitively, and… physically. These are just the rantings of someone who needs an intervention, needs some help, needs to be stabilized.

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 4d

Please understand that the Trump regime is dehumanizing Democrats the same way the Nazis dehumanized Jews. Trump is laying the groundwork to arrest, imprison and even kill us. History is warning us that is where we are heading.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 4d

The Contrarian
contrarian.substack.com/p/un-american

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 5d

Here's how differently-abled and disabled folks can join No Kings 2: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS for Differently-Abled and Disabled Friends · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 5d

World Cup host sites aren’t up to President Donald Trump.

The 11 U.S. cities — plus three in Mexico and two in Canada — are contracted with FIFA, which would face significant logistical and legal issues to make changes in the eight months before the June 11 kickoff. https://to.pbs.org/3J0dtaK

Trump threatened to move World Cup games away from Boston, but it's up to FIFA to pick sites

“We could take them away,” President Donald Trump said of the World Cup games. “I love the people of Boston and I know the games are sold out. But your mayor is not good.”

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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 5d

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 5d

A bombshell report detailing racist and antisemitic texts shared among Young Republicans lifted the veil on how the next generation of GOP leaders talk when they think no one is watching.

Unsurprisingly, prominent conservatives defended the participants.

The Right Jumps to Defend Young Republicans' Racist Texts

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 5d

Trump and MAGA are outraged that millions are coming out for the No Kings rally because they can't draw anyone. After all, where are all the massive pro-Trump marches? Nowhere! 🤣

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5d

He gives $20 Billion of OUR dollars to bailout Argentina without consulting Congress or the American people. Does that seem like the actions of a KING to you?

Join us & let him know just what you think about that this Saturday, 10/18

#NoThronesNoCrownsNO_KINGS 👑

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 7d

* Over 20,000 Palestinians killed since January
* 100s starved to death, including kids
* Congress bypassed to send more & more bombs to Israel
* US citizens murdered in the West Bank

I hope this ceasefire holds & I am glad the hostages are free, but this is Trump’s *actual record* so far.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS

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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 7d

There's always a risk if you invoke Hitler or Mussolini when talking U.S. politics that people will roll their eyes or dismiss you as being over the top. But in the case of Trump, you ignore the comparison at your peril. My article on what Trump is up to: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-is-n...

Trump is now working to secure one party rule--just like Mussolini and Hitler did

History is screaming at us!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7d

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 9d

Only one thing could top the honor of speaking at the No Kings rally, and that's the honor of speaking at No Kings 2. See you October 18th!

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 9d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastword.msnbc.com · 10d

@velshi.com: We're seeing a politically weak Trump throw the authoritarian spaghetti at the wall youtu.be/pt5lesRK1iQ?...

MSNBC's Ali Velshi with white text over his shoulder: "they feel and know how small they are"

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 10d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10d

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet.

They make sure we have clean water.

They protect us from financial fraud.

They provide healthcare to our communities.

They make our government actually work for people.

Do not forget this.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 10d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 10d

Chilling. Former Prescott resident is harshly mistreated by the PPD in ‘Everybody’s Hometown’…

“I was prosecuted with extreme prejudice,” he said. “No one did their due diligence. Nobody was interested in finding out the truth. They only wanted to go with what their friend said.”

julieodoolie.bsky.social @julieodoolie.bsky.social · 10d

Please consider promoting this local story. I believe part 2 airs today on ch. 15

www.abc15.com/news/local-n...

(in)Defensible: One man’s fight to prove self-defense against a top small-town fire official

Young construction worker Matt Massucci was accused by a Prescott, Arizona fire department deputy chief and his family of pulling a gun and threatening them outside a gas station convenience store.

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Prescott Indivisible @indivisprescott.bsky.social · 10d

Third world thuggery is happening in the USA thanks to MAGA.

It doesn’t have to be like this.

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 10d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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julieodoolie.bsky.social @julieodoolie.bsky.social · 10d

Please consider promoting this local story. I believe part 2 airs today on ch. 15

www.abc15.com/news/local-n...

(in)Defensible: One man’s fight to prove self-defense against a top small-town fire official

Young construction worker Matt Massucci was accused by a Prescott, Arizona fire department deputy chief and his family of pulling a gun and threatening them outside a gas station convenience store.

www.abc15.com

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