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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, mook. The President of the United States was effective at conveying to his nation that he wishes to dump feces on whatever plurality of its citizens are opposed to him and his policies. Statesmanship to remember alongside that of the greats. Leadership so rare.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Q: What does it say that president released a video of him pooping on the American people?

MIKE JOHNSON: You can argue he's probably the most effective person who has ever used social media. He's using satire to make a point. He's not calling for the murder of his political opponents.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11h

It’s “Colombia” YOU ABSOLUTE DUMBASS

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

GUARDIAN: How Blue states could withhold federal💰to fight back as Trump abuses them and threatens to withhold💰— “The state would act as a temporary custodian, holding in trust and releasing only when certain constitutional conditions are met.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 22h

This is one of my favorite pictures from yesterday, Governor Pritzker with the protesters...
#NoKings

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Candice Bernd @candicebernd.bsky.social · 2d

#NoKings Austin tagging in.

Massive crowd at the Texas State Capitol despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s activation of the National Guard.

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 2d

Vid view of Portland, Maine for "NO KINGS!"
OCT 18, 2025, courtesy @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social.

We all had to stand in line a wicked long time afterwards to punch our time cards.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Just a bunch of paid domestic terrorists in Portland, Maine.

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tuckerforcongress.bsky.social @tuckerforcongress.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings in Brunswick and Portland today was packed. Huge thanks to all of the organizers and folks who showed up and participated. Protest signs always remind me of just how creative people can be when they are really fired up about a cause! As goes Maine, so goes the nation! #mepolitics

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sweetietiff.bsky.social @sweetietiff.bsky.social · 2d

No kings in Portland Maine
10/18/2025

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sweetietiff.bsky.social @sweetietiff.bsky.social · 2d

Portland Maine No Kings!! 10/18/2025

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sweetietiff.bsky.social @sweetietiff.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings Portland Maine!!

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sweetietiff.bsky.social @sweetietiff.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings in Portland Maine!! 10/18/2025

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Matt Lehrer @mattlehrer.com · 2d

No costume but we did what we could. #NoKings #Malmö #Sweden

2 year old at the No Kings protest holding a poster in Malmö with a collage of a frog and it says RESIST

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 8d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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MoveOn @moveon.org · 12d

Have you seen the crazy deals happening on Amazon during Prime Day?? You can get all this for just $5 🤩

📦 Environmental damage through record-setting emissions!

📦 Continuously underpaid and overworked employees!

📦 Billions in tax evasion while raking in benefits from taxpayers!

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Pine Tree Activism📎 @pinetreeactivism.org · 12d

#VoteNOon1 to #SaveMaineAbsenteeVoting

Amy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 13d

I don't think I've seen a more relentlessly dishonest campaign than Yes on 1. It started with trickery that enabled them to get the anti-absentee ballot referendum qualified. They want voters to be misinformed about it and our election system. #mepolitics

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Misinformation in Maine’s Voter Suppression Referendum Began with a Deceptive Title

Petition tactics hid absentee ballot limits. Question 1 proponents then used Newburgh ballots to mislead further.

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AltAirForce @altairforce.altgov.info · 17d

Jesus Christ. 😩 Watching this, I felt the shift into dystopia.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 17d

I am just so fucking proud of her.

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 17d

In a normal political environment, Angus King's capitulation to Trump might provide Susan Collins political cover for her own complicity.

But in our current mess, it seems likely to just increase folks' anger and sense of powerlessness -- making it even harder for her to keep her job. #MEpolitics

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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 19d

It's like a Choose Your Own Hatch Act Violation.

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 20d

It’s truly bizarre that we’re all just expected to go on with our lives as if the President of the United States didn’t just tell every senior military officer that he’ll soon be ordering them to violently suppress domestic opposition to his regime’s full fascist takeover of the country.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 22d

Happy to report The Hearts won: 1-0.

Stand fast, we are the boys of Maine. ❤️🌲

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 23d

We are fighting for the freedom to have time to build, to create, to love, and to live lives not of just survival, but of fulfillment and joy.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 24d

"Beckwith reminded him of the federal court order [restricting CBP operations]...

"At 10:57, she emailed him to reiterate she expected 'compliance with court orders and the Constitution.'

"Hours later, her work cellphone went dark. Then her computer did, too."

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Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24d

UPDATE: New footage and info from the chaotic scene in New York City today, where an ICE officer violently shoved a desperate woman to the ground as she pled for the safety of her husband, who had just been arrested without warning as he attended a court hearing.

Read the thread ⬇️

Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 24d

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.

Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.

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Humor For Resistance @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 25d

#hegseth

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