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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 4h

Money can’t buy happiness but it can buy gummies and that’s pretty much the same thing.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 11h

Oh wow

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10h

Remember April 2009 when about 250,000 people took to America’s streets in Tea Party rallies and the media was like “oh man, the Dems are in trouble?” Approximately 28X as many people took to the streets to protest Trump yesterday. Didn’t even make the NYT front page.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Apr 10

In April of 2009 I observed the Tea Party rally in Salem. As this front page story says, there were a couple hundred people there. This past weekend in Salem there were roughly 2-3000 people at the Hands Off rally. Yet the Tea Party coverage seemed to take that event far more seriously.

StatesmanJournal.com
SERVING SALEM, KEIZER
AND THE MID-VALLEY
"If you don't say anything, you're accepting it."
Mari Jensen, McMinnville resident
OUT OF MY
LOUR
WALLET
CHOICES
LIMIT GOVERNMENT
Oregon Taxpayers United
FREEDOM
gat
TIMOTHY J. GONZALEZ | Statesman Journal
Alan Grosso (center) of Happy Valley joins in chanting under the window of the speaker of the House on Wednesday during the Salem Tea Party protest at the Capitol.
Protesters slam Fed spending
Hundreds gather at Salem Tea Party to rally against bailouts, state-level taxes
BY DENNIS THOMPSON JR.
Statesman Journal
Hundreds of people uneasy over the future of their country gathered on the state Capitol steps on Wednesday to protest federal spending and state-level taxation.
Oregon State Police estimated more
SCRAP THE CODE
than 1,000 people attended the Salem Tea Party protest, which ran from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organizers placed attendance at more than 2,000 people.
The rally was passionate but peace-ful, although many people carried handmade signs bearing stark and angry messages. A fake wooden pitchfork read "Politicians take note. We the people are about to revolt." Anoth er sign read "200+ years to build the Republic, 3 mos. to destroy it."
Many attendees said they were motivated to protest by the billions in stimulus spending and bailouts that have been doled out in recent months.
Willy Lowman of Falls City wears a label on his head that reads "Scrap the Code" at the tea party protest.
West Salem resident Steve Albin said he
came to protest federal bailouts of banks and automakers.
"They need to fail. That's what capitalism is all about," said Albin, who had a tea bag dangling from the brim
See Protest, 2A
Inside
Protesters take part in Tea Party events across the nation, Page 2A
Supporters to push for immigration reform, Page 2A
• ONLINE: See photo galleries and a video from the protest at StatesmanJournal.com.

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𝔊𝔬𝔱𝔥 ℭ𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔱𝔯𝔶 𝔅𝔲𝔣𝔣𝔢𝔱 @shadowham.bsky.social · 9h

[spontaneously com]bustin’ makes me feel good

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10h

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1d

I found this a really illuminating thread on what demonstrations do and why they matter.

Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 1d

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

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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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

The average amount of SNAP received is about $173. Which means you could fund nearly a million families for a month if we just didn't buy her two private jets to fly around and do racist pressers. Which by the way, seems excessive.

Rory Flynn @roryflynn808.bsky.social · 1d

Do I understand this correctly? We're shelling out $172 million for two private jets for DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and other federal officials while no funds are available for SNAP (food stamp) recipients in November. Does that about cover it?

LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 1d

$172 million on private jets for Kristi Noem? Incredible.
Meanwhile, the Coast Guard is supposed to save lives and protect our coasts, but apparently it’s easier and far more important to fund her personal travel budget. Wasteful doesn’t even begin to cover it.

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Kissie Catastrophe @kissiecatastrophe.bsky.social · 1d

I would like someone to please tell me this is not real and thank you

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

it's in the replies in the off chance anyone's is curious to witness this, but I didn't want to repost an AI video directly, also, and I definitely don't want to somehow lose track of this aspect by seeming too level headed about all this, while it's not the worst thing he's doing now, what the fuck

The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

I know it's a fool's errand to expect anything from the media but "President posts video of himself dumping diarrhea on America" is an important thing to call attention to for a dozen reasons

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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 1d

ANY ARRESTS? Among the millions upon millions of "violent leftist radicals" that took to the streets today I cannot find word of a single arrest. Even when everything is peaceful there is usually an overzealous cop or something. This is unheard of. We need to beat the media over the head with it.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

I know Donald Trump is a pathological liar, malignant narcissistic sociopath, racist, antisemite, misogynist, xenophobe, homophobe, transphobe, hater of our troops and believer in euthanizing folks with disabilities, but we too often forget that he's *also* an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon.

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•Anti-capitalist meme pebbler• @seizethememez.bsky.social · 1d

they made healthcare a commodity, education a debt trap, and housing a speculation market—then told you that poverty is a personal failing. they privatized survival and called it freedom.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.

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Kissie Catastrophe @kissiecatastrophe.bsky.social · 1d

How is it IN THE YEAR 2025 do I need to see Young Frankenstein on TV to be reminded:

This is truly a timeless classic that will be funny forever

&

GENE HACKMAN WAS IN IT!!!! Holy cow.

Kissie Catastrophe @kissiecatastrophe.bsky.social · 1d

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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 1d

OMG! Who invited Kristi Noem to #Sequim ? Ohh hell no! Get those pups away from that puppy killer! Hide your dogs. We don't want her here. We love our dogs in our town. Go away Puppy Killer!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

David Byrne at #NoKings on his bike.

(via @wutangforchildren.bsky.social)

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Jeanne (she/they) @fangirljeanne.bsky.social · 1d

Reposting with captions. #NoKings

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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings. Period.

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Rep. Leigh Finke @leighfinke.bsky.social · 1d

They’re saying 100-150,000 in Minneapolis today.

A great rally. An important moment. Let’s ake it forward.

Photo of many people standing in the street, three flags flying , one says land back, one says Black Lives Matter, one says love is love

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Kissie Catastrophe @kissiecatastrophe.bsky.social · 1d

Color me impressed. She really held his feet to the fire.

Howdy Politics @howdypolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Ran into Ted Cruz at the airport and called him out for his BS lies and shutting the government down

Kissie Catastrophe @kissiecatastrophe.bsky.social · 1d

It’s like what @eringloriaryan.bsky.social has been saying on the Hysteria podcast- the best thing we can do is ruin the pictures. Being goofy, joyful etc fucks up their narrative. It’s so simple and so smart.

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d

I just love so much that “cringe” and “resistlib” tactics are absolutely winning the day.

Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 1d

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Hark, Speaker Mike Johnson! Looking at all the many, many pics of the enormous, joyous “No Kings” rallies throughout the United States today, I am struck by what lovely weather your Lord and Savior provided. Apparently, God is a fan of, as you claimed, "America-hating Antifa terrorists." Glory!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

So no terrorism then?

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

Per CNN, the White House has just issued a two-word response to what may be the largest day of protest in US history—and those two words perfectly encapsulate why No Kings Day exists.

The response from would-be King Donald to outrage over his destruction of our traditions and norms is, "Who cares?"

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