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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.

Check out how tiny the crowds were:

Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000

Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)

www.nytimes.com

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oneearthseed.bsky.social @oneearthseed.bsky.social · 11h

Evergreen

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 1d

Every AI Trump video

Mr Burns artificially looking way stronger than he is

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 1d

❌👑

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

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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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 1d

I think, in the spirit of the frogs, the reaction to the shit video needs to avoid umbrage and lean into laughter. A collective “u mad, bro?”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 2d

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

So no terrorism then?

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

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oneearthseed.bsky.social @oneearthseed.bsky.social · 2d

Yep!

oneearthseed.bsky.social @oneearthseed.bsky.social · 2d

Omaha, NE!

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oneearthseed.bsky.social @oneearthseed.bsky.social · 2d

No Kings in Omaha, NE!

#nokings

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

“Kids”

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 5d

This guy was a clerk for Justice Gorsuch. Anyone want to argue this is not a racist (and damn stupid) taunt?

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 5d

Here is the Vice President defending adults who said they love Hitler, want to rape their enemies, put their political opponents in gas chambers, and that Black people are monkeys. Just to name a few.

Are these those Christian values JD Vance talks about?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 6d

Hey remember when Lawler and his flunkie Republican trolls tried to weaponize anti-semitism against actual Jewish people like me?

Yeah, fuck off forever.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 6d

One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 7d

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 14d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 14d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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