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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h

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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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3d

“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

David Byrne at #NoKings on his bike.

(via @wutangforchildren.bsky.social)

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2d

Based on early numbers, there are easily more people participating in the second No Kings Day than in the first. Trump's strategy of constantly talking about this on TV and GOP govs sending in the national guard obviously energized the left. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

20251018_No Kings Day 2 Protests Unofficial Attendance Crowdsourcing

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James Ostrand @jamesostrand.bsky.social · 2d

But I won't be able to afford healthcare next year. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

www.nytimes.com

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Rich Parr @richparr79.bsky.social · 2d

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 3d

Idaho reported another #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herd recently, its 108th.
That makes 1,081 confirmed infected herds in 18 states since the outbreak was first recognized in spring 2024. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

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A.Ghost Pasquella 👻🎃 @agpasquella.bsky.social · 2d

Happy No Kings Day!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_MS...

DOUBLE KING

YouTube video by Felix Colgrave

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Rich Parr @richparr79.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody wants to see the Sacramento Kings either

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

Since @jkbjournalist.bsky.social hasn't posted this here yet:
"Jeffrey Epstein skied with, had dinners with, a former top Florida prosecutor who worked on his sweetheart plea deal, new docs show." www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

Epstein skied with, had dinners with a top Florida prosecutor on his case, docs show

Matthew Menchel, who spearheaded Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 criminal prosecution, left the DOJ in 2008 to take a job as a trial lawyer at Kobre & Kim. Epstein’s calendars show Menchel met with Epstein in ...

www.miamiherald.com

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 3d

So the president of the United States plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, and when a reporter asked where that plan came from, this was the reply of the United States government www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

In response to HuffPost’s query about who suggested Budapest, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, “Your mom did,” and White House communications director Steven Cheung replied: “Your mom.”

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 3d

Zohran Mamdani is a trained performer who has an extremely disciplined and laser-focused ability to recite on-message talking points in response to any question, and yet voters overwhelming praise him as being especially "authentic" compared to other politicians. There's a lesson here!

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The Red-Headed Strangler @emmaberquist.bsky.social · 4d

my god there has never been a more accurate use of this

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Rich Parr @richparr79.bsky.social · 4d

So many good charts in here!

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 4d

There is one sense in which Vance’s dismissal of the Politico story as being the work of “kids” might have legs: relative to the very-old GOP, 30 is pretty young. www.pbump.net/o/those-youn...

Those young Republicans were young — for Republicans

After Politico reported on the existence of an overtly racist group chat involving a number of leaders of Young Republican groups around the country, some members of their party hoped to wave it all a...

www.pbump.net

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HeyRatty @heyratty.bsky.social · 4d

‘He should check his geography.’ Mass. Democrats question Trump’s threat to pull World Cup matches from state.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/15/m...

‘He should check his geography.’ Mass. Democrats question Trump’s threat to pull World Cup matches from state. - The Boston Globe

President Trump said if he felt there were “unsafe conditions” in Boston, he would ask FIFA president Gianni Infantino to move matches to another location.

www.bostonglobe.com

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CommonWealth Beacon @cwbeacon.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: ‘Contactless’ fares quickly grow popular among T riders

'Contactless' fares quickly grow popular among T riders - CommonWealth Beacon

MBTA riders long wanted the agency to catch up with its peers and provide a way to pay fares that didn’t involve CharlieCards or vending machines. After the first year, data show many commuters are...

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Boston.com @boston.com · 4d

North Shore bridge closed indefinitely after inspection turns up need for urgent repairs trib.al/NUKxCbu

North Shore bridge closed indefinitely after inspection turns up need for urgent repairs

The indefinite closure of the Route 107 bridge in Saugus and Lynn will bring "extended" detours, MassDOT said.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.

Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Rich Parr @richparr79.bsky.social · 4d

Epstein Memorial Bribe Barn

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The Israeli military says one of the four bodies handed over by Hamas on Tuesday is not that of a hostage.

@apnews.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 6d

WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE! nokings.org

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6d

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Rich Parr @richparr79.bsky.social · 7d