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Husband, Dad, Teacher & Researcher. Trying to be a decent Citizen in an Uncivil World. The flag of my native land says “Sic Semper Tyrannis”

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[email protected] @keepingtherepublic.bsky.social · Jan 5

Truth in cartoons, 1932/2025: John Heartfield’s cartoon explained the “meaning of the Hitler salute” (“millions stand behind us!”). Grateful we have someone in our age with Ann Telnaes’ courage to show us how wealth capitulates to Trump

[credits: Metropolitan Museum of Art; anntelnaes@substack]

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 8h

The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal

When someone uses this emoji 🤣 they are more mad than they have ever been in their entire life

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Blue Jazz @jazzisblue.bsky.social · 4h

We've sunk to abysmal levels as a country. Despite the visible flaws America had, I never thought I'd see the day when its citizens would tolerate a president this flagrantly contemptuous.

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DGCassidy @dgcassidy.bsky.social · 4h

💯 @theguardian.com is the best English language newspaper in the world right now. It’s owned by a trust, not a billionaire, and has staunchly defended people over the establishment for decades. Subscribe!

Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 5h

No question, @guardian is superior to any US newspaper, including the @nytimes, and far FAR better than the Bezos Post, which is basically a rag at this point. So ditch your WaPo (and NY Times?) subscriptions and go for The Guardian instead. bluevirginia.us/2025/10/sund... h/t @rudell.bsky.social

Kirk Rudell points out the stark contrast between the NY Times and the Guardian's front pages, with the NY Times bizarrely leading with George Santos (while burying one of the largest demonstrations in US history), while the Guardian leads with "Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump" - obviously the top story from yesterday, BY FAR!

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rosebanditquinn @rosebanditquinn.bsky.social · 6h

If the IRS is going after ActBlue, Dems should definitely point a target at Heritage Foundation after midterms. Nonprofit my ass.

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Heritage Foundation - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica

Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 4h

Every single member of team TACO treats the US treasury as a personal piggy bank.

Extracting as much for themselves as possible.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

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

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

“.. what unfolded that night was an ordeal .. that left residents .. terror-stricken and humiliated.

“.. I don’t understand how they decided who they can do that to,” Mr. Polk said. “They didn’t treat people like they were American.”

@nytimes.com
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Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC @mattnegrin.bsky.social · 5h

Pro-regime media is funded by your wordle addiction. If you or someone you know is struggling with a NYT subscription please show them video games

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 6h

New NYT euphemism just dropped

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 7h

This is quite a hed/subhed.
1) Start with Vance. Use strong action verb. Accept the autocratic premise that the “Marines’ Might” are Vance’s to flex.
2) Mention the protest second and absurdly describe them as in the thousands
3) Treat Trump’s strong man use of the military as a partisan scuffle.

Vance Flexes the Marines’ Might as Thousand Protest Trump’s Agenda
VP JD Vance’s trips o a military base in California illustrated rising tensions between the federal government and Democratic leaders

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 16h

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

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Rabid Badger @rabidbadger.bsky.social · 18h

Animals know. Animals ALWAYS know.

Hart Cunningham @hpsc24.bsky.social · 1d

10/18/25💪Bald eagle showed up to NoKings - York, PA🇺🇸🙏

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 18h

I would note that this disdain points in one direction. These legacy media outlets have been quick to cover and hype tea party protests, anti-mask/anti-vax protests, and countless other examples of what they call “real Americans” engaging in protest.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 19h

For sure some of the legacy media outlets are downplaying the protests because they’re aligned with Trump, but I think an even bigger factor is how many elite journalists have a patrician disdain for the idea that politics can happen in the streets and not just the CNN green room.

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Mama Rasta @evelynelotz.bsky.social · 1d

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Arlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 22h

@NYT it's MILLIONS, not thousands. Stop marginalizing the resistence!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

That’s a lot of Soros checks.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23h

Times Square, NYC. #NoKings

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Eric L. Robinson @uticaeric.bsky.social · 22h

The Tea Party and FedSoc threw it into the gutter, where it has now been picked up by the heirs of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Robert Gould Shaw.

Alejandro Alvarez @aletakesphotos.bsky.social · 1d

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

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[email protected] @keepingtherepublic.bsky.social · 20h

Was that you? Terrific!

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 22h

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22h

I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.