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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Scott Easterly @scotteasterly.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings
Atlanta 10/18/25 (11)

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SweetWitch2697 @sweetwitch2697.bsky.social · 1d

💙 Little Pickerington, Ohio made a mighty noise today — proof that even the smallest towns can carry the biggest hearts for democracy. The movement is everywhere now, and it’s beautiful. 👑❌🇺🇸
#NoKings
@larrytenney.bsky.social

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Charlie Dog! @charlietotherescue.bsky.social · 1d

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Finally came across video of an arrest at a #NoKings event yesterday. 🙄

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Sandy @sanwil.bsky.social · 19h

Keyboard warriors & a couple of large rallies won't do it, I agree.
Another observation:
drstaceypatton1865.substack.com/p/jesus-flip...

Jesus Flipped Tables, Y’all Took Selfies: A Sermon for the 'No Kings' Generation

This Substack is reader-supported.

drstaceypatton1865.substack.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 19h

9/ I am not saying give up. We do not give up. I do not give up.

But I *am* saying this: all we have left is peaceful collective action, e.g. a general strike and work slowdowns and civil-disobedient occupations, and the fact is...we don’t now have the human resources we need to complete that task.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

cc: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 2d

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇

Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.

Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

Rolling Stone excerpt about Montana’s ballot initiative to combat Citizens United

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JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 1d

To be fair, the executive branch has been treating judicial orders as suggestions, AT BEST, for 9 months.

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Judge tells Homeland Security that Chicago agents wearing body cameras was "not a suggestion"

A federal judge again Friday ordered agents in Chicago for immigration operations to wear and turn on their body cameras, telling them "that was not a suggestion."

www.cbsnews.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.

If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 23h

We love our Marines and owe a debt of gratitude to Camp Pendleton, but next time, the Vice President and the White House shouldn’t be so reckless with people’s lives for their vanity projects.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

www.nytimes.com

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Sam @tx-sam.bsky.social · 1d

So very proud of the people in my small town, even though it is historically red, we had over 375 people in our No Kings rally. Lots of fun and support. The driver bye's really honked their horn enthusiastically. Made for a great day.

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Empathy @constant-tummyache.bsky.social · 1d

Sharing this 102 year old WW2 Vet who is fighting fascism a second time.

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Steve Fermier @stevefermier.bsky.social · 2d

York, PA. #Nokings

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David Åman (pronounced O-man) @dohman.bsky.social · 2d

#nokings Kansas City.

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✨🦋𝓢𝓗𝓔𝓘𝓛𝓐 🦋✨ @sheilaharris.bsky.social · 1d

This is Idaho 💙

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1d

Austin, Texas held a massive march against the Trump regime. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood

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Landguy @landguyminor.bsky.social · 2d

No kings Americans!!!
Apalachicola protest. This town might have 2500 folks. Ten percent are out here!!
#nokings #blueskyartshow #photography #protest

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 2d

Social movements are more likely to have success when three factors are present: elite conflict, shifting public opinion, and elite blunders.

Mass collective action can create the conditions for these factors to emerge and deepen.

A set of three political environment factors that contribute to social movement success.

Elite conflict - When elite groups are in conflict with one another, the
political system is more vulnerable. Elites cannot ignore, stigmatize, or repress social movements with a unified
voice during crises. Renegade elites may align with a social
movement.
Public opinion - When a majority of the population supports the goals of a
social movement, policy makers are more likely to negotiate—or face being removed from elected office. Favorable
public opinion provides a promising environment to use
more noninstitutional protests.
Elite blunders - Publicly observed blunders by elites during a social movement conflict bring more support to a social movement
and harm the legitimacy of elite targets.

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AFT @aft.org · 2d

The crowds are starting to gather here at the Florida state capital. If you’re in the neighborhood, come join us as we stand up for democracy!

Not in FL? Find an event near you: go.aft.org/NoKings #NoKings 🇺🇸

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Eric Robertson ❌👑 @eric4themany.bsky.social · 2d

Happy No Kings Day! ATL is in the house! #nokings

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Jaypay @jaypay.bsky.social · 2d

#NoKings Houston, TX

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Jackie C @summerbliss.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings Miami, best turn put to-date #nokings

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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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