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Stacie Hughes

@stacie46.bsky.social

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GEN X - July Cancer, Photographer, Mother of 2, Love Animals & Nature, Love many genres of music, Favorite 70’s & 80’s Classic Rock, Blue dot in a red region of Virginia, NEVER Trump, Believer of Human Rights No DMs 🚫 No MAGA 🚫 I Stand With 🇨🇦🇺🇦

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Stacie Hughes @stacie46.bsky.social · 1d

Please share your pictures in the comments of the No Kings Protest today. I especially want to see my home state of Virginia, let’s see some pictures from every state! ❤️🙌🏻

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21h

Yikes — WP reports Rubio turned over gang informants to El Salvador to get that deal to let Trump send immigrants to their hard labor prison without due process.

A lawless regime.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 1d

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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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI — The president posts an AI video of him wearing a crown dumping shit on protestors.

Our kids are watching.

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Stacie Hughes @stacie46.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings Protest Tulsa, Oklahoma ❤️🙌🏻🥹

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Take Action SWVA ❌👑 @takeaction-swva.org · 1d

We counted 720 in Abingdon which by all accounts is the largest protest here since we were founded in 1778.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

JOHNSON CITY, TN

#NoKingsInAmerica 🇺🇸

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

#NoKings

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KyBlueSue @sgreerpitt.bsky.social · 1d

Gate City (pop. 2,000), Virginia, County seat of Scott County (pop. 21,400), had a larger than expected turnout at it's No Kings with 103 adults humans and 3 dogs (some of whom wore signs). #nokings
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Crowd at the west end of the Scott County court house on No Kings Day October 18, 2025, photo credit to Mike Still of the Kingsport Times News.

crowd on the east end of the Scott County Courthouse, No Kings Day October 18, 2025, photo credit Mike Still of the Kingsport Times News.

Me and my sign at the east end of the Scott County Courthouse, No Kings October 18, 2025, photo credit: John Pitt.

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 4d

The system feeds on your outrage. It can weaponize your anger and categorize your protest. But it can’t process humor. It can’t predict love. That’s why kindness and laughter are still the most radical acts left.

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Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 2d

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

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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.

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Agents also can arrest 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.

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

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Stacie Hughes @stacie46.bsky.social · 1d

This ❤️🙌🏻

Stacie Hughes @stacie46.bsky.social · 1d

Sharing a photo from Facebook that actress & activist Park Overall shared. Park Overall is from Greenville, TN & a fellow Appalachian we both live in the same region of SW-VA & NE-TN. This was from the No Kings Protest in Kingsport, TN. Love it! ❤️🙌🏻

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Stacie Hughes @stacie46.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! Love it! ❤️

Stacie Hughes @stacie46.bsky.social · 1d

Please share your pictures in the comments of the No Kings Protest today. I especially want to see my home state of Virginia, let’s see some pictures from every state! ❤️🙌🏻

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 2d

If you’re planning to protest tomorrow:

1. Thank you! Make it big. Stay peaceful.

2. Be careful. There will be people trying to agitate and stir shit up.

3. Take a buddy if you can. If not, video is your friend.

4. Have a plan to get the fuck out if it goes sideways.

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Stacie Hughes @stacie46.bsky.social · 2d

For real, though… 😂🥴

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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 4d

California just announced it will start selling its own insulin, priced at $11. It is the first state to sell cheap insulin through a state-backed program.

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 4d

I'm honored to have the endorsement of President @barackobama.bsky.social.

He knows how high the stakes are on November 4th — and he knows that every vote counts.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 8d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 9d

Everywhere I go, the #1 issue I hear about from Virginians is the rising cost of living.

It’s why the very first plan I released was my Affordable Virginia Plan — focused on lowering housing, healthcare, and energy costs across the Commonwealth.

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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 9d

Right now, with the stroke of a pen, reproductive rights could be taken away in Virginia — if we elect Winsome Earle-Sears as Governor.

It’s unacceptable. Reproductive healthcare decisions should stay between a woman, her family, and her doctor. Full stop.

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