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Gerry Cohen @gerrycohen.bsky.social · 8h

Fucks.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Today, House Republicans will take their 70th day off with pay in the last 82 days.

Gerry Cohen @gerrycohen.bsky.social · 8h

You can't hear?

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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Gerry Cohen @gerrycohen.bsky.social · 9h

Recognize a loser when you see one. Makes life easier. People can wear whatever the heck they want, the only thing that matters is our attendance.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

You can find a #NoKingsDay event near you at nokings.org/#map.

Join your neighbors and friends. Stand up for what actually makes America great.

This Saturday. Everywhere.

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18h

A notice from @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social.

Will run in newspapers across the nation.

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Phoenix🔥 @fivetimessix.bsky.social · 21h

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Jesse Mermell @jessemermell.bsky.social · 1d

He is 13. A 7th grader w/ a pending asylum case. Being held more than 500 miles from home & housed w/ adults. He called his mom crying, & reported that he’s sleeping on concrete w/ an aluminum blanket.

How is this anything other than sick & shameful? www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility - The Boston Globe

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

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Gerry Cohen @gerrycohen.bsky.social · 10h

Precisely.

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Gerry Cohen @gerrycohen.bsky.social · 10h

Spread this around:

#GoingToHell

Gerry Cohen @gerrycohen.bsky.social · 11h

But..... it WOULD NEVER BE a democratic administration to do that......

Gerry Cohen @gerrycohen.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah, dead Elvis.

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Gerry Cohen @gerrycohen.bsky.social · 12h

In cash? Alright!!!!!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 13h

If you read only one democracy story today, make it this one. While legacy media largely skipped the Texas redistricting hearing, Democracy Docket's Jen Rice was there for all 10 days. Her coverage stands out and sheds insight into how the GOP operates -- not only in TX -- but nationally.

In a Federal Courtroom in Texas, Republicans Were Desperate to Keep Details of their Gerrymander Under Wraps

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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Gerry Cohen @gerrycohen.bsky.social · 12h

Dumb idea. Drop it. Show up, everybody, clothed however.....

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

"There is, however, one big difference between Trump’s trade policy and China’s. Namely, the Chinese appear to know what they’re doing."

How Trump Is Making China Great

Why we’re going to lose the trade war, and much more besides

paulkrugman.substack.com

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Gerry Cohen @gerrycohen.bsky.social · 13h

He WOULD? As in future tense????????

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Gerry Cohen @gerrycohen.bsky.social · 13h

The awful thing is, it very well could be.....

stevethdemocrat @stevethdemocrat.bsky.social · 20h

One thing I've noticed today is the mentioning of #NoKings Saturday by rightwing folks. Much more than the last one or any of the other big protests. The rhetoric is extremely hostile!! "Hate rally" it's being called.
I think it's a dog whistle to terrorize peaceful protesters!
#BeSafeAsPossible

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Gerry Cohen @gerrycohen.bsky.social · 13h

...and this:

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.

The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14h

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Gerry Cohen @gerrycohen.bsky.social · 13h

1. Clearly. 2. Hopefully. 3. Probably.

Gerry Cohen @gerrycohen.bsky.social · 13h

Make sure people see this.

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 16h

These *men* showed up at this market and grabbed the owner for no reason dressed in plain clothes with no identification.

They threw him to the ground as a Combat Vet shopping there calls the police on them! There was no warrant and he was a citizen.

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Gerry Cohen @gerrycohen.bsky.social · 13h

Have any of them been charged with anything? Do we know?

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 16h

These *men* showed up at this market and grabbed the owner for no reason dressed in plain clothes with no identification.

They threw him to the ground as a Combat Vet shopping there calls the police on them! There was no warrant and he was a citizen.

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NPR @npr.org · 18h

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers. n.pr/4obhR5w

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

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