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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · 17h

"Sick and tired ... of Trump" Seniors outside Wingate Assisted Living organized their own #NoKings protest on Blackstone Boulevard in Providence.

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · 17h

Continuing the theme of small #NoKings protests: here's one at the summit of Mt Monadnock

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · Jul 16

Thank Trump for more expensive power, sacrificing American industry to China, and fucking up the climate so that all of our families will face disasters like the Texas floods in the decades to come.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/16/c...

America was already losing to China on clean energy. Trump just sealed its fate. | CNN

The new global clean energy regime can be summarized in one incredible statistic: China installed more wind and solar power in a single year than the total amount of renewable energy currently operati...

www.cnn.com

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · Jun 26

Read. Share. Act. (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/c...

The World Is Warming Up. And It’s Happening Faster.

www.nytimes.com

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · Jun 26

Read. Share. Act. (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/c...

The World Is Warming Up. And It’s Happening Faster.

www.nytimes.com

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · Jun 24

Trump just hit a new all-time low of -11 (among adults) in our approval average. He's underwater on pretty much every issue, and in all the swing states. Underwater in Ohio, and nearly negative in Texas and Florida.

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · Jun 19

Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium.

ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · Jun 20

What is this in reference to?

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · Jun 19

So civilized... quiet, clean, fast, safe.

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · Jun 19

How many were receiving hormones?

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · Jun 19

Which bothers you more- having to see a distant windmill from your mansion's window, or widespread starvation?
#YesToWind
www.cnn.com/2025/06/18/c...

‘Like everyone on the planet giving up breakfast’: Calories from food production set to plummet as the world heats up | CNN

Rising global temperatures are set to devastate food crops across the world, with particularly alarming impacts projected for the United States, where production of key crops could plummet 50% by the ...

www.cnn.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jun 5

very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867

A bad President, for
instance, has the power to do what? What can he not do? If he wanted to
revolutionize this government, he could easily do it with this ponderous
power; it would be an auxiliary power. He could cry “havoc, and let slip the
dogs of war,”29 and say to the conspirators: “I am with you. If you
succeed, all is well. If you fail, I will interpose the shield of my pardon, and
you are safe. If your property is taken away from you by Congress, I will
pardon and restore your property. Go on and revolutionize the government;
I will stand by you.” The bad man will say or might say this. I am not sure
but we have got a man now who comes very near saying it. Let us have done
with this pardoning power. We have had enough of this. Pardoning! How
inexpressibly base have been the uses made by this power—this beneficent
power. It has been that with which a treacherous President has trafficked.
He has made it the means of securing adherents to himself instead of
securing allegiance to the government.

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · Jun 5

He is beyond demented. He looks terrible and is the weakest president our country has ever endured. Cart him off and stop the national humiliation.

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · May 13

Thank you AG Neronha for standing up against Trump's illegal rampage. Looking forward to learning more about your 17(!) lawsuits at your event with @indivisibleri.bsky.social on Sunday in Prov.

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · May 8

***EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT***
Attorney General Peter Neronha now has 15 lawsuits pending against Trump's illegal executive actions. Will they stand up in court and protect our economy, our health, and our future? Find out on Sunday, May 18 in Providence! Note: registration required.

Climate Action Rhode Island @climateactionri.org · May 7

Join Climate Action Rhode Island and Indivisible Rhode Island for a timely conversation with Attorney General Peter Neronha on how we can save our climate and democracy.

actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...

A Conversation with Attorney General Neronha: Defending Democracy and the Planet

Can the would-be dictator be stopped before our democracy and planet are irrevocably wrecked? Trump's 100-day assault has left many elected Democrats confused and passive in response, but not Rhode...

actionnetwork.org

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · May 1

Mind-blowing levels of corruption, exceeding anything in US histroy. This crime should bring down not just Trump, but every single Republican who props his crime spree up.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...

At a Dubai Conference, Trump’s Conflicts Take Center Stage

A deal for a state-backed Emirati firm to use a Trump-affiliated digital coin was announced in a panel that included the president’s son and his business partner, who promised, “This is only the begin...

www.nytimes.com

Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · May 1

“Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, you know?” —Trump the "populist" explaining the impact of his demented economic plan

Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · Apr 29

Just another petty, pathetic move by an un-American president who doesn't actually give a shit about antisemitism.

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · Apr 26

"A U.S. citizen child suffering from a rare form of metastatic cancer was deported without medication or the ability to consult with their treating physicians–despite ICE being notified in advance of the child’s urgent medical needs."
FUCK TRUMP, FUCK ALL MAGA TO HELL

www.aclu.org/press-releas...

ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union

Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · Apr 25

A hard, fast fail entirely self-inflicted, but that we regular citizens of the world will be paying for for decades.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Apr 24

Let's wake up. He's REALLY unpopular for this early in a term or really ever. President's this unpopular are already losing. Power becomes harder to assert when your power is fading.

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · Apr 25

It is humiliating and dangerous to live in a country governed by these clowns.

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Justin Boyan @justin.boyan.org · Apr 21

Let's GO!

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Apr 21

People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.

A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · Apr 21

Dems finally hired someone that knows how to reply 🤣💀

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · Apr 15

If you read one thing today read this new essay from @timothysnyder.bsky.social:

"State Terror: A Brief Guide For Americans"

Previous generations of Americans fought Soviet and Nazi terror. Trump's team has decided to emulate it.

snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

State Terror

A brief guide for Americans

snyder.substack.com

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