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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3h

Lol that the London No Kings event is called No Tyrants because…you know…

www.nokings.org#map

A box overlaid on a map showing southern England, with London prominently marked. The box features bold black text reading:

"NO TYRANTS
INDIVISIBLE
LONDON UK"

Below this heading, the event details are listed:

Date: Sat, Oct 18

Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

Location: US EMBASSY LONDON (UK)

The time and date information is accompanied by red calendar and map pin icons. At the bottom of the flyer is a large red button labeled “RSVP” in white text.

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Thoroughly Educated Duck @educated-duck.bsky.social · 43m

count von count from sesame street has the number 212 written on his chest

ALT: count von count from sesame street has the number 212 written on his chest

media.tenor.com

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Freedom Fighter 2025 @beherenownyc.bsky.social · 50m

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 51m

Mike Johnson: "Saturday, they're gonna be parading around the National Mall. They call it the No Kings Rally- we call it the Hate America Rally. They're gonna have all the Marxists, antifa people, BLM remnants, the pro-Hamas wing of the Democrat Party, they're gonna be out here screaming & wailing."

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Kenneth B. Haines @citoyenken.bsky.social · 11h

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11h

This federal office was meant to ensure America's energy future. Trump aims to kill it.

No unit of the hard-hit Energy Department has been singled out quit like the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations.

www.motherjones.com

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〽️ax krieger does the damn thing @maxkriegervg.bsky.social · 7h

to understand the motive behind the big ai push, read this and then think about it in the same context of uber/lyft. they were only able to undercut the cost of cabs by burning gargantuan speculative investment.

you are frequently cheaper than ai - they're operating at huge losses to undercut you!

MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 12d

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 7h

U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis takes judicial notice of ... Chicago.

"I live in Chicago, if folks haven't noticed. And i'm not blind."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 9h

Ellis: "I live in Chicago, if folks haven't noticed. And i'm not blind. … I tend to get news."

She says she's having "serious concerns" about whether her order is being followed.

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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 8h

Finally some good news for federal employees… a judge paused these indiscriminate, illegal firings. Russ “Grim Reaper” Vought may try again, but we will keep beating him in court.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Raskin: "There's a regime of fear that has come down on the Republican Party. They've looked at what happened to Liz Cheney, to Adam Kinzinger, to Mitt Romney, to others who have taken on the president. They insist on absolute 100% loyalty above everything else."

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 10h

we never should have hurt that gorilla

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17h

the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 20h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
U.S. Code
Notes
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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nachyocheese.bsky.social @nachyocheese.bsky.social · 8h

It worked so well for Russia....

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 8h

Leaked documents indicate Russia is training and equipping Chinese units to potentially airdrop onto Taiwan to clear a path for follow-on forces, which could be a decisive factor in a potential invasion.

Russian training could help Chinese paratroopers play key role in a Taiwan invasion

Leaked documents indicate that Russia is training and equipping Chinese units to potentially airdrop onto the island to clear a path for follow-on forces.

ebx.sh

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 73 out of the last 85 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

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Norwegian Wood @ne1970.bsky.social · 8h

@cnn.com is probably one of the LAST news sources I would ever subscribe to.

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nachyocheese.bsky.social @nachyocheese.bsky.social · 8h

CNN has been 100% behind Trump

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nachyocheese.bsky.social @nachyocheese.bsky.social · 8h

God no, we don't need more populists

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nachyocheese.bsky.social @nachyocheese.bsky.social · 8h

Annoying AF dude is straight on..

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s power depends on maintaining the illusion that he’s all-powerful, and that Americans adore him.

But that illusion is harder to maintain if millions of people are in the streets protesting.

This is why Republicans are trying to discredit No Kings Day rallies before they've even happened.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

"Adding to the train wreck, Halligan’s appointment as US attorney may not even be legal, meaning that the indictment is a legal nullity … which may actually be the least embarrassing outcome here for the Justice Department." — @lizdye.bsky.social

The 1,287,923 defects in the Comey case ... so far

Welcome to the Rocket Docket, Lindsey Halligan!

www.publicnotice.co

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Ron Johnson on the No Kings protest: "One of the things I hope Kash Patel and Pam Bondi are looking into is the funding of these groups. Who pays for the busses to bus a lot of these folks in?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Ralph Norman on Trump saying a wealthy donor is willing to pay the troops if the government can't: "Democrats underestimated the patriotism of those who are willing to pay the 1.3 million active enlisted men in this country."

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 1d

Cleaning off my glasses and reading this again

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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