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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 3h
Nominal wage growth for the bottom quartile is below late 2010’s levels while core inflation and interest rates are higher — it’s probably the worst time for that cohort since at least the early 2010’s:
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UncannyKyle @uncannykyle.bsky.social · 18h
Downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota, home of Senate Leader John Thune. Don’t let anyone tell you we’re not fighting in the red states. #NoKings
No Kings Rally in downtown Sioux Falls
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shawnsebastian.bsky.social @shawnsebastian.bsky.social · 14h
Got her. See something, say something. #NoKings
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14h
the crowd sizes are obviously the highlight here but the fact that *this* is the public statement of the NYPD does not bode well for the regime. or, put another way:

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
mrsbettybowers.bsky.social Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19h
ZERO arrests at No Kings in NYC. (And the NYPD isn’t notorious for being sympathetic with people anti-Trump.)

This proves what shameless liars Speaker Mike Johnson & Karoline Leavitt are to slander the participants as violent anarchists.
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shawnsebastian.bsky.social @shawnsebastian.bsky.social · 14h
#NoKings An astounding 200 people showed up in Boonville, California pop. 985!
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shawnsebastian.bsky.social @shawnsebastian.bsky.social · 15h
#NoKings An astounding 200 people showed up in Boonville, California pop. 985!
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✨🦋𝓢𝓗𝓔𝓘𝓛𝓐 🦋✨ @sheilaharris.bsky.social · 16h
This is Idaho 💙
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shawnsebastian.bsky.social @shawnsebastian.bsky.social · 16h
#NoKings Courageous folks standing up in deep red Salem, Indiana, pop. 6400.
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shawnsebastian.bsky.social @shawnsebastian.bsky.social · 17h
#NoKings over 2000 in Wilkes, Barre Pennsylvania, pop. 44,000. That's 4.5% of the population!
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shawnsebastian.bsky.social @shawnsebastian.bsky.social · 18h
#NoKings over 350 people lining the main drag in key center rural Washington, pop. 3619. That's almost 10% of the population. Lots of frogs and unicorns, inspired by Portland.
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shawnsebastian.bsky.social @shawnsebastian.bsky.social · 21h
#NoKings 285 people in Morehead, Kentucky, pop. 6789. That's 4.1% of the population!

KY Tenants Union even did a training on direct action before hand.
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shawnsebastian.bsky.social @shawnsebastian.bsky.social · 21h
#NoKings Estimated 2500 turnout in Oneonta, NY pop. 15,600. Over 15% of the population.
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shawnsebastian.bsky.social @shawnsebastian.bsky.social · 21h
#NoKings a portion of the over 400 folks in Decorah, Iowa, pop. 7500, 5.3% of the population. The march took over seven blocks.
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shawnsebastian.bsky.social @shawnsebastian.bsky.social · 22h
#NoKings Little, Rock AR
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shawnsebastian.bsky.social @shawnsebastian.bsky.social · 22h
#NoKings about 2,000 in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, pop. 44,000
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shawnsebastian.bsky.social @shawnsebastian.bsky.social · 23h
#NoKings Amana, Iowa County, pop. 650.
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shawnsebastian.bsky.social @shawnsebastian.bsky.social · 23h
#NoKings Amana, Iowa County, Iowa, pop. 650.

Sign says: Trump said he would lower prices.

⬇️soybeans
⬇️Corn
⬆️groceries

$20 billion for Argentina
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Sam Shirazi @samshirazi.bsky.social · 6d
3 rural health clinics closed in the Shenandoah Valley

The medical group specifically cited the recent reconciliation bill

It is true that rural health providers have been struggling for a long time

But they also have to factor in changes coming down the line
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Todd Tucker @toddntucker.com · 12d
Value of Trump donor's shares up more than 3x.

"It’s not the first time Trump’s government has moved the market by investing directly in stocks this year—it has taken stakes in Intel, MP Materials and Lithium Americas... but none as significantly as Trilogy."
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Billionaire Trump Donor Paulson Scores Windfall Thanks To Government’s Investment In Trilogy Metals
One of Donald Trump’s earliest supporters on Wall Street owns a stake in the tiny mining business that tripled overnight on news of the government’s investment.
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Anthony Vidal Torres @avtorres4.bsky.social · 22d
It’s a 3:3 knockout! People organizing to boycott and protest made it happen.

We did. We can. And we will win freedom for all. @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social @wgaeast.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social

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Damnèd Screamvens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 22d
The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence.
quick13.bsky.social quick13 @quick13.bsky.social · 22d
This is the man that ICE just detained. This isn't about catching criminals, it is about Ethnic cleansing www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 26d
Beware fascism's most effective cheerleaders: Those who screech constantly that the battle is lost and action is hopeless.

Their cowardly panic is a virus that aims to infect others with the same demoralizing terror.

Shun them, shame them, block them—mercilessly.
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RuralOrganizing.org @ruralorganizing.bsky.social · Sep 18
The reality is sobering:

Rural hospitals facing closure with billion-dollar losses
Families delivering babies roadside because healthcare is too far away

90% staff cuts in Mississippi alone

Communities becoming "maternity care deserts" -7 contiguous counties in PA
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RuralOrganizing.org @ruralorganizing.bsky.social · Sep 18
🚨 Rural America is up against an uncertain future — and today's USDA Rural Development hearing made that crystal clear. www.youtube.com/watc...

Xochitl Torres Small gave testimony that cut straight to the heart of what's at stake: "Rural development isn't about programs. It's about people."
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USDA’s Rural Development: Delivering Vital Programs and Services to Rural America
Thursday, September 18, 2025 – 10:00 AM ET 1300 Longworth Washington, DC Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development RE: “USDA’s Rural Development: Delivering Vital Programs and Services to Rural America”
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RuralOrganizing.org @ruralorganizing.bsky.social · Sep 17
Former Member of Congress and Deputy Ag Secretary Xochitl Torres Small will be testifying before a House Ag Subcommittee this Thursday.

Tune in at 10 am ET for an important conversation about the future of rural America!

www.youtube.com/watc...
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