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Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · No Kings

No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 21m

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51(ish) things you can actually do

If you're feeling helpless

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 45m

lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 58m

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Important Evening News Update

Congress only worked 20 days out of the last 112, Johnson tells Grijalva to serve constituents she does not have, top Trump official calls himself a Nazi in leaked texts, and much more

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 11h

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Appeals court allows Trump administration to deploy National Guard in Portland | CNN

A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Monday will allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in Portland — an important legal victory in a showdown over presidential power that’s...

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 18h

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Mike Johnson is Ignoring the Will of the People

Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Arizona’s newly elected Congresswoman -- and we know why

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 18h

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Mike Johnson is Ignoring the Will of the People

Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Arizona’s newly elected Congresswoman -- and we know why

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 18h

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October 19, 2025

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 18h

Man who planned to shoot up Atlanta's airport is arrested in a terminal following a tip, police say

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Man who planned to shoot up Atlanta's airport is arrested in a terminal following a tip, police say

Police have arrested a man accused of threatening to open fire at the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta and say an assault rifle was found in his car.

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 20h

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Meet Mr. Brady and Mr. Giglio

How two SCOTUS rulings protect defendants' rights

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 20h

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Chop Wood, Carry Water 10/20

Newly energized! Let's get to work!

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 22h

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October 19, 2025

All last week, Republican leaders tried to portray the No Kings protests scheduled for Saturday, October 18, as “Hate America” rallies.

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 23h

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The Other Demonstration on Saturday

Friends,

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 23h

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No Kings was a huge success. Just look at Trump's response.

Turnout was enormous. There was no violence. And the wannabe king is triggered.

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 23h

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The Six Day Peace

Yet another Trump failure.

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 23h

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Trump’s Disastrous Foreign Policies

How Trump’s mafia-style diplomacy, tariff wars, and gutted research budgets left America weaker, isolated, and more vulnerable abroad.

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 23h

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Autocrat Psychology captions MOV

YouTube video by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

October 19, 2025

All last week, Republican leaders tried to portray the No Kings protests scheduled for Saturday, October 18, as “Hate America” rallies.

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 23h

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 23h

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NEWS: Trump Mocks No Kings Day as "Small" Despite Record Breaking Attendance

Trump mocks No Kings Day as "small" and "ineffective," massive internet outage as AWS goes down, DHS spends $172 million on private jets for Noem, and Marines launch investigation into artillery shell

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 23h

Graphic from Pete Buttigieg that reads "The job market is getting worse.

Prices and costs are up - not down as Trump promised would happen from "day one."

Americans' everyday lives are very obviously not better than they were a year ago.

And that’s why the President has become so strikingly unpopular."

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Coleen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social · 1d

It is not normal for a US president to post disgusting videos about how much he hates Americans

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

You know it’s bad when the Dept of Labor says immigration raids are “threatening the stability of domestic food production and prices for US consumers.”

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 23h

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In Meme Self-Own, Trump Reveals He is Not "For Us"

The AI video of Trump dumping shit on Americans after #NoKings just gave Democrats an opening to make their case for 2026

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lcjames.bsky.social @lcjames.bsky.social · 1d

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When the Chant Fades, Who Builds the Future?

The movements of the 1960s built lasting institutions. Today’s movements need more than moral clarity: they need leadership and coordination...

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