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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 20h

Another reminder that this is a violation of the consent decree and a court order. They do not care.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

UPDATE — Multiple witness videos today show an older white federal agent straddling a young Black man on the ground outside of a Walgreens on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

This is a developing story.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

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

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1d

Chuck Schumer should be focused on fighting Donald Trump and protecting healthcare for millions of Americans, not meddling in a Maine primary.

DC's choice has lost to Susan Collins five times in a row. We can't afford a sixth.

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bhahne.bsky.social @bhahne.bsky.social · 1d

Also because Musk is now calling for federal troops to invade our cities: www.yahoo.com/news/article...

‘The only solution': Elon Musk backs call to deploy federal troops to San Francisco

The remarks from the tech leaders come as city officials tout falling crime rates even as overdose deaths continue to climb.

www.yahoo.com

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bhahne.bsky.social @bhahne.bsky.social · 1d

The yellow shirt movement in Thailand was PRO-king and PRO-coup! Yellow is a bad choice.

Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%...
"The People's Alliance for Democracy (... commonly known as "Yellow Shirts") was a Thai reactionary, monarchist political movement and pressure group."

People's Alliance for Democracy - Wikipedia

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bhahne.bsky.social @bhahne.bsky.social · 1d

FWIW here's my case for why yellow is a bad choice: bsky.app/profile/bhah...

bhahne.bsky.social @bhahne.bsky.social · 1d

I suggest that yellow is a counterproductive color choice and that Indivisible should retract this recommendation. (Thread)

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"Residents in Chicago and Portland are living in a police state where masked armed forces kidnap who they want to kidnap, where they have to listen to public officials routinely lie about what is happening in their neighborhoods." donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 2d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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bhahne.bsky.social @bhahne.bsky.social · 1d

5. The anti-autocracy movement in the US already has colors: red, white, and blue. We continue to need to reclaim the US flag and patriotism from the right. If No Kings wants to attempt to brand this movement with colors, use US patriotic colors please, not yellow.

#NoKings #NoYellow

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bhahne.bsky.social @bhahne.bsky.social · 1d

4. Yellow is the official color of the Libertarian Party.
Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberta...

#NoKings #NoYellow

Libertarian Party (United States) - Wikipedia

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bhahne.bsky.social @bhahne.bsky.social · 1d

"Multiple verbal and physical attacks perpetrated by yellow vests against journalists have been reported and documented throughout the movement. For example, in Rouen during the Acte IX, LCI, television reporters were attacked by a group of protesters, thrown to the ground and beaten."

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bhahne.bsky.social @bhahne.bsky.social · 1d

3. The recent "yellow vest movement" in France is associated with many acts of violence, including attacking journalists.
Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_...

"The protests involved demonstrations and the blocking of roads and fuel depots, sometimes developing into major riots..."

Yellow vests protests - Wikipedia

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bhahne.bsky.social @bhahne.bsky.social · 1d

From the BBC article:
"[Yellow is] A loose grouping of royalists, ultra-nationalists and the urban middle class..."
"The yellow-shirts... were the force behind the street protests that led to the 2006 coup."

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bhahne.bsky.social @bhahne.bsky.social · 1d

2. Although yellow was indeed used by the pro-democracy movement in the Philippines back in the 1980's, that's now 40-year-old history. A much more recent use of yellow by a movement is to represent the PRO-coup, PRO-monarchy forces in Thailand.
Ref: www.bbc.com/news/world-a...

#NoKings #NoYellow

Profile: Thailand's reds and yellows

The BBC looks at the two opposing camps that usually drive protests in Thailand - the red-shirts and the yellow-shirts.

www.bbc.com

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bhahne.bsky.social @bhahne.bsky.social · 1d

1. "Yellow" in American English of course means "cowardly". Adding yellow into the mix would result in an unforced error by our movement, inviting our opponents to call us "the yellow movement".
Ref: www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/20...

Why "Yellow" Can Mean "Cowardly"

Becky G. asks: Why are cowardly people called “yellow bellied”? The color of warning signals, smiley faces, rubber duckies and the Sun (at least from our perspective- in fact the Sun is white if viewe...

www.todayifoundout.com

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bhahne.bsky.social @bhahne.bsky.social · 1d

I suggest that yellow is a counterproductive color choice and that Indivisible should retract this recommendation. (Thread)

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 3d

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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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 4d

Important piece by Prof. Kate Andrias. This is why treating SCOTUS as the only word on the Constitution gives away our power as citizens.

As I frequently say “we are founders and framers” of the next iteration of democracy in this country.
GIFT LINK
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The Constitution Doesn’t Belong to Trump or the Supreme Court

www.nytimes.com

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Religious leaders here are not mincing words. They have repeatedly used the word "evil."

"Detention and deportation are acts that wound the body of Christ, and deny the dignity of God's people."

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 4d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 4d

The autocrat's toadies destroy functioning governance and launch crisis after crisis in order to create a nation that runs on patronage in which he's the only one able to do anything for anyone.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4d

Stephen Miller’s final form if we don’t stop him

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bhahne.bsky.social @bhahne.bsky.social · 4d

I'm reminded here of a Ming the Merciless slogan from the 1980 Flash Gordon movie: "All creatures will make merry, under pain of death."

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 5d

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

Chanting, "we are the body of Christ! The body of Christ will be free!"

This crowd has swelled considerably. Few hundred here now.

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Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 5d

A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach:

Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.

Dear Madam Secretary,
I write in response to your letter of October 1, inviting MIT to review a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." I acknowledge the vital importance of these matters.
I appreciated the chance to meet with you earlier this year to discuss the priorities we share for American higher education.
As we discussed, the Institute's mission of service to the nation directs us to advance knowledge, educate students and bring knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges.
We do that in line with a clear set of values, with excellence above all. Some practical examples:
• MIT prides itself on rewarding merit. Students, faculty and staff succeed here based on the strength of their talent, ideas and hard work. For instance, the Institute was the first to reinstate the SAT/ACT requirement after the pandemic. And MIT has never had legacy preferences in admissions.
• MIT opens its doors to the most talented students regardless of their family's finances. Admissions are need-blind. Incoming undergraduates whose families earn less than $200,000 a year pay no tuition. Nearly 88% of our last graduating class left MIT with no debt for their education. We make a wealth of free courses and low-cost certificates available to any American with an internet connection. Of the undergraduate degrees we award, 94% are in STEM fields. And in service to the nation, we cap enrollment of international undergraduates at roughly 10%.

source:
https://orgchart.mit.edu/letters/regarding-compact

• We value free expression, as clearly described in the MIT Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. We must hear facts and opinions we don't like - and engage respectfully with those with whom we disagree.
These values and other MIT practices meet or exceed many standards outlined in the document you sent. We freely choose these values because they're right, and we live by them because they support our mission - work of immense value to the prosperity, competitiveness, health and security of the United States. And of course, MIT abides by the law.
The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
In our view, America's leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences. Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.
As you know, MIT's record of service to the nation is long and enduring. Eight decades ago, MIT leaders helped invent a scientific partnership between America's research universities and the U.S. government that has delivered extraordinary benefits for the American people. We continue to believe in the power of this partnership to serve the nation.
Sincerely,
Sally Kornbluth

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