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Lucy Rehm @lucyrehm.bsky.social · 22h

Seen along Hwy 5 in Chanhassen - a poster sign on the pedestrian overpass with a big red heart and the words, "HONK IF U ❤️ DEMOCRACY." #NoKingsChaska #NoKingsChanhassen

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Lucy Rehm @lucyrehm.bsky.social · 22h

Carver County had almost 4000 proud and peaceful patriots show up at the nation-wide No Kings protests in Chaska and Waconia!

www.hometownsource.com/sun_patriot/...

Hundreds gather in Waconia for 'No Kings' protest

Large crowds of protesters rallied in cities across the U.S. Saturday for “No Kings ” demonstrations decrying what participants see as the government’s swift drift into authoritarianism under Presiden...

www.hometownsource.com

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Lucy Rehm @lucyrehm.bsky.social · 3d

Huh.

Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 3d

You can count The Minnesota Star Tribune among the Sunday newspapers that did not put protest news on the front page

hand holding front page up with articles about a brain injury caused by a scooter, a candidate for governor, a lake that has rebounded ecologically, and the federal shutdown ... there is a teaser about the No Kings protest

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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 3d

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 3d

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

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The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 3d

😎 🚝

Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 3d

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

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Lucy Rehm @lucyrehm.bsky.social · 3d

It was great to see a HUGE group of protesters show up in Chaska today (outside GOP Congressman Tom Emmer's office) to protest against authoritarianism and For Our Democracy. #WeThePeople #NoKings #48B @mnhousedfl.bsky.social

#NoKings rally in Chaska outside Congressman Tom Emmer's office. More than 3500 peaceful patriots showed up! #1stAmendmentRights

#NoKings rally in Chaska outside Congressman Tom Emmer's office. More than 3500 peaceful patriots showed up! #1stAmendmentRights #LoveTrumpsHate #Democracy

Rep. Lucy Rehm holding a "Fight For The Things You Care About" / RBG sign with Rep. Carlie Kottyza-Witthun holding a "Thank You Melissa" sign. #NoKings #Resist #GunReformNow #StopHate

#NoKings rally on Hwy 41 in Chaska outside CD6 GOP Congressman Tom Emmer's office.

A protester holds a "No Crown for the Clown" sign alongside Rep. Lucy Rehm who is holding a RBG poster that says, "Fight For The Things You Care About."

More than 3500 peaceful American patriots showed up to exercise their constitutional #1stAmendmentRights!#LoveTrumpsHate #Democracy

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Lucy Rehm @lucyrehm.bsky.social · 3d

Today's NO KINGS rally outside Congressman Tom Emmer's office in Chaska, MN brought out more than 3500 peaceful American patriots! Amazing turnout!!!

Democracy is worth fighting for! #48B #mndfl #CarverCounty

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

JD Vance said today on the TPUSA podcast that these guys were “just a bunch of kids in a chat room.” bsky.app/profile/blue...

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 7d

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Women Forward ❌ 👑 @womenforward.bsky.social · 5d

It's time for Speaker Johnson to quit stalling and swear in Democrat Adelita Grijalva to secure the final vote on releasing the #Epstein files.

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 7d

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 7d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Lucy Rehm @lucyrehm.bsky.social · 7d

“The Republicans would prefer to shut down the government than to ensure your family has affordable health care. It is more than shameful, it is immoral and it is the kind of immorality that will hurt our country for generations to come.”

Trump's shutdown standoff heads for 3rd week.

Trump targets ‘Democratic programs’ as shutdown standoff heads for third week

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday following a four-day weekend, but neither Republicans nor Democrats appeared ready to work toward ending the government shutdown follow...

www.newsfromthestates.com

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David M. Pumpkins 🎃 @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 7d

Paint on streets is *not* infrastructure.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 7d

Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.

For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.

Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA

Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

usa.streetsblog.org

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Lucy Rehm @lucyrehm.bsky.social · 22d

"Don’t tell me that guns aren’t the problem, people are. I’m sick of hearing it. The darkness first takes our children who then kill our children, using the guns that are easier to obtain than aspirin. We sacralize death’s instruments and then are surprised that death uses them."

~Bishop Flores

Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · Sep 22

Cardinal Dolan’s days in New York are numbered after he compared Charlie Kirk to St. Paul over the weekend.

Pope Leo is widely expected to replace him with a pro-immigrant border bishop, Daniel Flores.

Outgoing NYC Cardinal Dolan Faces Unprecedented Catholic Backlash After Comparing Kirk to St. Paul

Pope Leo stays measured, while Dolan’s likely successor — Bishop Daniel Flores — prepares to bring a very different voice to New York.

open.substack.com

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 23d

The nuns are clapping back at Cardinal Dolan for comparing Charlie Kirk to St. Paul.

Nuns Rebuke Cardinal Dolan’s “St. Paul” Praise for Charlie Kirk

After Dolan’s Fox News canonization of Kirk, nuns clap back: “These prejudicial words do not reflect the qualities of a saint.”

www.thelettersfromleo.com

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Lucy Rehm @lucyrehm.bsky.social · 24d

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who volunteered and participated in Carver County DFL's Blue Wave Rising Gala. We are stronger together and together we are rising.

A big THANK YOU to LG Peggy Flanagan and Rep. Angie Craig for joining us! #BolderBetterBrighter #mnleg @mnhousedfl.bsky.social

A full room of energized DFL change-makers at the Blue Wave Rising Dinner

Grecia gave a powerful speech on Human Rights.

Two "Shine On Gilbert" bracelets were part of the Carver County DFL Gala's silent auction. A photo of Melissa Hortman with her beloved Gilbert was featured prominently.

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Lucy Rehm @lucyrehm.bsky.social · 24d

Thankful to be a part of the DFL team that passed Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) into law last biennium.

ERPOs aka Red Flag Laws work. They prevent suicides, homicides and mass shootings. ERPOs save lives.

#GunReform #MNDFL #BolderBetterBrighter

www.minnpost.com/state-govern...

How Minnesota law enforcement turns to ‘red flag' law - MinnPost

Use of the year-old statute is on the rise following training. Law enforcement’s broader safety concerns about the law have not come to pass.

www.minnpost.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · Sep 12

I’d like the guy to be caught and it is concerning to me that they appear to have no idea what they’re doing, no solid leads, and are instead making up bullshit based on bullet casings and leaking it to right wing outlets

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Sep 12

NBC News: "Is it your understanding that [Charlie Kirk's shooter] may be close by or still in Utah?"

The commissioner of Utah’s Department of Public Safety: "We have no idea"

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Lucy Rehm @lucyrehm.bsky.social · Sep 11

Here's a summary of the gun violence prevention laws that passed recently.

It also explains why #mnleg was not able to pass an assault weapons ban.

Passing any gun legislation during a special session will require BIPARTISAN support.

#GunReform

minnesotareformer.com/2025/09/05/w...

Why didn’t Minnesota Democrats ban assault weapons when they controlled the Legislature? • Minnesota Reformer

Democratic-Farmer-Labor lawmakers entered the 2023 legislative session with a majority in both chambers and a pair of gun control bills high on their list of priorities: universal background checks fo...

minnesotareformer.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Sep 10

Acts of political violence aren’t acceptable. Non-political school shootings aren’t acceptable. Sacking the legislature isn’t acceptable. Military occupation of peaceful American cities isn’t acceptable. Abductions conducted in courthouse hallways by masked agents of the state aren’t acceptable.

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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · Sep 10

The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · Sep 10

Watch for these moves in the coming days:

1.) Instant sanctification by the leader
2.) Rituals that migrate into rallies
3.) Attribution-before-evidence
4.) Policy ratchet tied to grief: calls for emergency powers, campus purges
5.) Merchandising the memory,

When Tragedy Becomes Theatre - Don’t Let Them “Horst Wessel” Charlie Kirk

The warning isn’t about equivalence; it’s about a tactic. Authoritarians turn death into myth, grief into mobilization, they are experts at turning funerals into furnaces. Resist the myth-making

belib.org

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Lucy Rehm @lucyrehm.bsky.social · Sep 10

The MN Republicans who voted against a 2023 safety bill that included “red-flag” provisions, "which permit the state to temporarily confiscate firearms from individuals deemed to be a threat to others or themselves" need to hear from their constituents now.

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Lucy Rehm @lucyrehm.bsky.social · Sep 10

It's the guns.

Too many easily accessible guns leading to too many lives changed or ended by gun violence.

Congress needs to reinstate the federal ban on assault weapons and we need laws to end this "pandemic of arms".

Be good to your loved ones & put some kindness back into the world today.

Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Sep 10

Speaking of uncontrolled guns.

GroovyShelly @groovyshelly.bsky.social · Sep 10

At least 3 students are in critical condition after a shooting at Evergreen HS in Colorado.

This is the 47th shooting that took place at a school in the US so far this year: 24 on college campuses, 23 on K-12 school grounds. This happened less than an hour after Charlie Kirk shooting in Utah.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Sep 7

What Trump dumped on Congress from the Epstein files. Looks like D.C. really did run out of black Sharpies. For context, this is Document 380, a motion in limine filed by Maxwell’s defense team on October 29, 2021, trying to block evidence tied to “Accuser-3” from being heard at trial.

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