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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 9h

Here's a map of where all of the No Kings protests are happening on Saturday:

www.nokings.org#map

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 9h

Sanders called out Johnson for this.

“No, Speaker Johnson, the No Kings Rally on October 18th is not a ‘hate America’ rally," he said.

“It’s a rally of millions of people all over this country who ... are not going to let you and Donald Trump turn this country into an authoritarian society.”

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 9h

Mike Johnson last week falsely claimed No Kings protests are “a hate America” rally. Other GOP leaders falsely suggested rally organizers have terrorism ties.

The organizers of these rallies include the ACLU, the League of Conservation Voters, Indivisible, the Sierra Club and Bernie Sanders.

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 10h

Group launches $1 million ad campaign to promote "No Kings" nationwide rallies on Oct. 18.

Ads running in more than 185 local papers across 31 states + full-page ads in NYT, WaPo and USA Today.

All call on Americans to “peacefully protest our false king.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Group Launches $1 Million Ad Campaign Boosting ‘No Kings’ Rallies On Oct. 18

www.huffpost.com

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 9h

“You can watch Apple TV in Apple TV on Apple TV — the paid service in the free app on the set-top box.”

Apple Renames ‘Apple TV+’ to ‘Apple TV’

Link to: https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2025/10/apple-original-films-blockbuster-feature-f1-the-movie-from-joseph-kosinski-to-make-global-streaming-debut-on-friday-december-12-2025/

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23h

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 1d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 1d

Of course they are so tasty.

Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 1d

I bet they recycle their noms de plume.

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 1d

“A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes from a library’s children & young adult sections was awarded $700,000 in a settlement on Wednesday… “I don’t regret standing up for the First Amendment in any way”

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 1d

Yikes yikes yikes yikes yikes.

How ‘TBPN’ Became Silicon Valley’s Newest Obsession

Silicon Valley is obsessed with “TBPN,” a streaming show on which no career move is too trivial to document.

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 1d

“Mr. Todd, the frog, said…”

Among Portland Protests, It’s Frogs and Sharks and Bears, Oh My!

Images of anarchists clad in black gave the city a bad name in 2020. Now, demonstrators in Portland are poking fun at President Trump’s apocalyptic talk with colorful animal suits.

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 1d

Bryan Stevenson rules.

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative says it would be “dishonorable” to remain silent in the face of President Trump’s efforts.

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m a little cross these days to hear all kinds of people gobbling off and saying things like ‘gone full Method,’ which I think is meant to imply that a person’s behaving like a lunatic in an extreme fashion.”

Daniel Day-Lewis Gets Candid About His Return From Retirement

Yes, he did announce (against the advice of family and friends) he was quitting. But it was never about acting, and working with his son has meant everything.

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 2d

"Prudent, temperate messaging disappears into the ether. It is one reason Mikie Sherrill, the cautiously centrist Democratic candidate for [NJ gov], is in an even remotely close race with a Republican who is running in part on bringing back plastic shopping bags." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

Opinion | Voting for Mamdani Taught Me Why Trump Won

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2d

I am happy that more people see that the police state is a BIPARTISAN project.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d

I saw myself as maybe all in for J.B. Pritzker

But I am losing faith, rapidly.

Police state fascism in America is bigger than Trump. It's backed by Democrats just like Republicans. And it's not going anywhere

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Note: it's not even curfew yet.

State police just started pushing people off the business park corner. Here in the road, a brave group of demonstrators are attempting to hold their line.

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 2d

And because network television is for olds.

Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 2d

Didn’t he used to solve mysteries on network television?

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 2d

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe you were an Eagles fan!

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 2d

While in college I attended many a speech tournament at Illinois State University. (And/but the Bloomington/Normal tap water tasted like pollution.)

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2d

Just got back from Normal, IL for a lecture at Illinois State University. Established in 1857 after this small town lawyer named Abe secured the funding. Was reminded once again that US public universities are the triumph of civilization

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d

Note that this is the same compromise position adopted by the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday in advance of oral arguments (and in both cases an administrative stay) bsky.app/profile/josh...

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 2d

#BREAKING The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals PARTIALLY grants the stay sought by the Trump Administration.

The stay is GRANTED as to federalization of the National Guard.

But it is DENIED as to deployment.

So deployment still BLOCKED, but troops "do not need to return to their home states."

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 2d

Good. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 2d

“You absolute chump Anora isn’t even in Sean Baker’s top 5!” [Jabs hurls pitcher of
water at her mock date’s face]

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 2d

“Here we are nearly three weeks later, and it’s still a question of if, not when — Apple TV’s page for The Savant still has it labeled Coming: At a Later Date.”

Apple Has Indefinitely Postponed Jessica Chastain’s Apple TV+ Thriller ‘The Savant’, for Political Reasons

Link to: https://deadline.com/2025/09/the-savant-jessica-chastain-postponed-apple-1236553658/

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