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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1h

Make your plans for #NoKings. This Saturday, October 18th.
Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country.
I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

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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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1h

Public health should never be politicized.

In the wake of the federal government abandoning science for conspiracy theories, it's up to governors to step up.

Proud to join my colleagues in the Governors Public Health Alliance to keep communities safe and put our people first.

Graphic of the Governors Public Health Alliance that reads Disease doesn’t stop at state borders - and neither should state preparedness.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1h

A former acting director of ICE says that, today, immigration control is the highest priority of federal police agencies and the Department of Defense. If that is true, then the administration is inviting both domestic crime and foreign aggression.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Why Is ICE So Aggressive Now? A Former ICE Chief Explains.

ICE used to arrest the “worst first.” Under the new Trump administration, “those rules are gone,” says a former ICE chief.

www.politico.com

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Chevron @lachevron.bsky.social · 4h

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Freida @freidaoctothorpe.bsky.social · 1h

I love the French description 🎯

EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 2h

Au Royaume-Uni, Tommy Robinson, le hooligan raciste devenu mobilisateur de masse

www.lemonde.fr

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🇨🇦 Tom🍁📎 @tntnle.bsky.social · 2h

👇😱💙💯👊🍁

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2h

This morning in Astoria — alongside State Senate Education Chair John Liu, City Council Education Chair Rita Joseph, and UFT VP Mary Vacaro — we released “Community to Classroom,” a new citywide teacher recruitment initiative.

Zohran at a podium in a park. Behind him are State Sen. John Liu, Councilmember Rita Joseph, and UFT VP Mary Vacaro.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 4h

Ukraine would have already won this war and liberated all occupied territories with partner support if not for the Kremlin's backing from its allies, especially North Korea, said Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4h

New UK sanctions on Russia: Rosneft and Lukoil, four oil terminals in China, 44 tankers in the shadow fleet and Naraya Energy which imported $5 billion of Russian crude in 2024.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 6h

Talk about indoctrination…

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🦋 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘 𝕿𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖊® @thorchrs.bsky.social · 2h

👇🇺🇸"Navy vet buries Trump for 'sacrilegious' plan to make US 250th anniversary about himself" #Veterans
#US250thAnniversary #TrumpCoin

Navy vet buries Trump for 'sacrilegious' plan to make US 250th anniversary about himself

Commenting on a plan to honor Donald Trump on the 250th anniversary of the establishment of the United States, a retired U.S. Navy officer called out the president and his supporters for going all out...

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 1d

That’s why we spend so much on propaganda. Not to make you believe something but to make you believe nothing. So you do nothing.

It works.

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Isabella @isigrimm.bsky.social · 6h

Very much this.⬇️

It is in everyone own interest to take cafe of ones mental self-defence.

Knowledge is key. 💪
It's the basis of everyday decisions.

Free articles are on the NAFO online education forum.

Let's fight manipulation together.

#democracy
#freedom
#antifa
#resist

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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 7h

False information spreads faster, travels further, and triggers stronger reactions than verified facts.

The reason?

Fear, outrage, and surprise are powerful catalysts for virality.

The Hidden Mechanics of False Information: Why We’re All Vulnerable —

(based on The Nature and Circulation of False Information by Vian Bakir & Andrew McStay) We live in an age where truth feels increasingly elusive. From doctored videos of politicians slurring the

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 5h

Again, a permanent member of the UN Security Council deliberately targeted a UN humanitarian convoy and is openly bragging about it, while UN still refuses to name the aggressor.

This timeline makes no sense 😐

Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 5h

The Russians boasted about deliberately striking a humanitarian convoy in Kherson region‼️

Z-channels published drone footage showing the operator clearly seeing the target as humanitarian convoy, and still intentionally hitting it.

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Diane @dianesf.bsky.social · 4h

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 7h

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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David Chriscole @devilishaccord.bsky.social · 4h

This is brilliant. Every time some eejit tries to silence @zackpolanski.bsky.social and put him in a box, he just has none of it and punches back with the truth. They really hate it!

Keep going Zack! 💚

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 7h

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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Freida @freidaoctothorpe.bsky.social · 3h

Can you arrest them?

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h

ICE is recklessly throwing tear gas into our neighborhoods and busy streets, including near children at school and CPD officers.

The Trump Administration must stop their deployment of dangerous chemical weapons into the air of peaceful American communities.

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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

Taking on Elon Musk should be an open goal in British politics.

Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka ”Tommy Robinson,” says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is paying his legal bills.

Robinson says Musk is paying his legal costs in counterterrorism trial

Far-right activist accused of refusing to give his mobile phone pin to police

www.ft.com

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 16h

Breaking: Ewic says Daddums owns the government - so I guess he owns the shutdown too

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Freida @freidaoctothorpe.bsky.social · 4h

Bromancers

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 5h

“We call on the American public to take to the streets in Chicago and in all American cities, in nonviolent protest on Saturday Oct. 18 for No Kings Day.

Organize. Resist. And attend a No Kings Day event. The future of our democracy never depended on it more than now.“

No Kings

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 ...

Nokings.org

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repugfascistrebel.bsky.social @repugfascistrebel.bsky.social · 11h

AND NOW...THIS REMINDER...

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