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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 5h

There are no kings in America, and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 12h

#A_NewHope ✊

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h

When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned because agents will “promptly let the individual go.”

For these Americans, that wasn’t true: https://propub.li/47aawMD

50+: Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

~130: Agents also can arrest U.S. citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

~20: Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

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Mayor Karen Bass @mayor.lacity.gov · 6h

10 different marches across Los Angeles today. Tens of thousands of people showed up peacefully.

This is Los Angeles — united for our democracy.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 7h

Breaking: Today is officially one of the biggest days of protest in American history.

Over 7 million Americans turned out to No Kings events to stand up against MAGA fascism.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 8h

The president has one core job under the Constitution: to “take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” Not thwarted, diverted, blunted, revised or ignored. Faithfully executed.

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Nieko @nieko714.bsky.social · 7h

Vance is just like his boss a lying scumbag.

Nieko @nieko714.bsky.social · 7h

#JDVance is a lying disgrace to the office of Vice President. He, Johnson, & their dear leader have done harm to Americans by taking their healthcare. He then spit on our laws & lies to our Military. Vance represents the worst of American politics. A liar that will hurt Americans for donations.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

Republicans veterans in Congress, Joint Chiefs Chair Dan Caine, and senior military officers continue to remain silent while Trump, Vance and Hegseth, week after week, give partisan political speeches to active duty troops.

It is a betrayal of their oath to the Constitution.

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 13h

Yes they actually love Hitler, yes they actually want a king, yes they actually want to jail the people that disagree with them.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 13h

As Californians take to the streets today to stand up against the President’s authoritarian playbook, I urge everyone to stay safe and demonstrate peacefully.

Don’t give in to his provocations. Our strength is in our unity and peace.

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Julie Cohen ❌👑 @filmmakerjulie.bsky.social · 14h

My 14 year old niece came up with this one.
So true.
#NoKings

Poster: A King does not become a king until we bow down.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

Every single No Kings protest, all 2,500+ of them across the country, made Mike Johnson and House Republican leadership look like lying sacks of shit for all the bullshit that spewed out of their mouths about it this week.

Again.

Not very Christian.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 11h

Civil rights and freedom. Pluralism and nonviolent protest.

The values Americans cherish are under assault by Donald Trump.

THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and California will keep peacefully pushing back against the Trump Administration's authoritarian takeover.

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Nieko @nieko714.bsky.social · 12h

Indeed, Vance is such a scumbag for even considering it & their going through with it is testament to his failures to live up to the virtues demanded by his office. Him & the Tangerine Tyrant have my worst wishes.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14h

Skelly: Anyone who serves in uniform deserves so much better than what this tainted chain of command has to offer.

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Nieko @nieko714.bsky.social · 16h

The White House in yet another abuse of the military are firing artillery in California today. (I-5 Temp Shutdown) I am sure in his bitch mindset he thinks that is supposed to scare us. #NoKings here in America & him wasting our resources on childish displays won't be forgotten or feared.

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Nieko @nieko714.bsky.social · 16h

I am unable to safely join you all in form but I am with you all in spirit. I will scream against it from the proverbial roof tops. #NoKings not here in America. DJT is a tyrant who has hurt America in ways hard to understate. He deserves more than Impeachment. #2547ASAP

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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 17h

Peaceful protest against an out of control President is the American way.

#NoKings

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 16h

Donald Trump's effort to deploy troops in American cities is not normal.

There is no rational justification for such a deployment.

It is a breach of the most fundamental values and customs that our armed forces operate on.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 1d

Democrats are fighting for lower health care costs for American families.

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Nieko @nieko714.bsky.social · 1d

These actions make clear Trump is pro criminal. Santos deserved his sentence & his pardon (or clemency what the difference is I am uncertain) is a spit in the face of justice. He stole from people & committed fraud. Makes sense a fraudster is helping a fraudster.

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🚨BREAKING: Trump RELEASES George Santos from PRISON

YouTube video by MeidasTouch

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Nieko @nieko714.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for fighting the good fight. I'm sorry you were assaulted for standing against ICE.