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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 13h

“There’s no way I’m bending the knee I have left for a king in America.”

Damn. Just … damn.

Retired Army Sgt. Brian Wofford spoke to me this morning at the Oklahoma City #NoKings protest. Didn’t expect him to be carrying his DD214 so I asked some warmup questions like when he got out and whether his injury was service-related.

He paused while describing the car bomb in Iraq to say this:

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Halloweean Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 17h

It’s so funny that for the past week republicans have all been like “the only people out there are gonna be Hamas.” Everyone in this crowd is signed up for Kohl’s rewards points.

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 18h

“This is what democracy looks like.”
“This is what America looks like.”
NYC

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Mike "looking for research fellowship" Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · 15h

Telling moment: I was walking back from the rally, but a couple miles from it, carrying nothing but my gigantic American flag. An eight year old on his bike sees me with it and yells "No Kings!!" with absolute conviction.

My friends, they have lost the flag.

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Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 21h

Four bull elk took time away from mating to join the No Kings protest in Estes Park, Colorado. That’s how serious this is.

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a wicked and unusual boy @myrrlyn.net · 18h

guy who brought the trans flag we iwo jima’d described himself as “yeah i was pretty neutral about trans people, think i still am honestly, but these people are being so goddamn weird about it that i gotta get off the fence”

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Cameron @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 17h

every smug internet communist tweet about showing up to a No Kings protest with an abolish ICE shirt to scare the libs is getting completely mogged by the real-life winemoms showing up with slogans like "ICE will melt in hell"

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 21h

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

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Kat @longwayback.bsky.social · 17h

Great photos from around the country, including DJ Chicken Suit www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Photos: More ‘No Kings’ Protests Across the U.S.

Organizers expected millions of Americans to attend rallies in cities and towns across America, protesting the policies and actions of President Trump and his administration.

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Kat @longwayback.bsky.social · 17h

Thought of one more good sign I saw: "Donald, stop assaulting the Constitution. She's too old for you."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22h

Nye: We are here to tell our lawmakers that what's going on in our government is
wrong. They must stop the abuses of this petulant president and his circle of sycophants. No thrones, no crowns, no king

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David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · 19h

From today’s No Kings rally in little Williamsburg, VA.

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 19h

#NoKings #Nashville #OurBiscuitsRiseAndSoDoWe

Amid a sea of protesters, a man carries his daughter along with a sign with a picture of Dolly Parton reading “No Kings Only Queens”

A large crowd with a man in a yellow shirt holding a large sign with a crossed out crown reading No Kings

A man holds a sign over a crowd of protesters reading “Our Biscuits Rise And So Do We!”

A woman holds a sign in front of the Tennessee Capitol reading “Protect Kids Not Guns”

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Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · 18h

Incredible. If they're protesting in The Woodlands, we are going to win.

Penny P @mstmompj.bsky.social · 21h

No Kings protest in The Woodlands, Texas (north suburban Houston). This is the first such protest to occur in the community. I overheard a number of folks telling others that they had never attended such an event before but had gotten to the point of feeling they needed to do something.

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Kim Bellware @bellwak.bsky.social · 19h

Found the paid protester

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Kat @longwayback.bsky.social · 19h

can't wait to hear this one in concert and just go full feral youtu.be/ShCTVXdRvuQ?...

Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream (Live on the Graham Norton Show)

YouTube video by florencemachine

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 22h

A dinosaur talking with an NPR producer.

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Silky @silkyweineck.bsky.social · 21h

this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

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Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social · 20h

hit him where it hurts 🫡

man with a cardboard sign saying “you sucked in home alone 2”

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Kat @longwayback.bsky.social · 20h

Best "not a sign" award goes to the dance party being run by a DJ in a chicken suit

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Kat @longwayback.bsky.social · 20h

Signs I saw today that were great:

- "The only king I recognize is The Lion King"
- "There's only one king in this country and his name is LeBron"
- "If Kamala were president, we would all be at brunch"
- Lots of butterfly-themed "the only monarch we need"

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 23h

Went to No Kings gathering in Marble Falls, TX, a county which voted 80% for Trump, and more than 500 folks gathered on bridge over Lake. Wow. So Amazing.