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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 9h

No Kings sign: You weirdo losers can’t have our country

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 9h

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 15h

Earlier this week it was 100+ sold, then 300+, yesterday it was 600+, and this morning it was sold out.

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 16h

This is why inflatable frog protests are something that completely throws them off balance. And why we need to do much, much, MUCH more of that kind of absurdist ridicule.

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 20h

When I was teaching freshman English composition decades ago, the three things I said (nicely!) to challenge my students’ assertions were “Oh yeah?” “So what?“ and “Says who?”

I feel like we should be saying this kind of thing to our government much, much more often.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

One week from right now, millions of Americans will gather in every state for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history. Join your local No Kings Day event to make it clear that We The People won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

Oh that is so annoying! It took GLUON a few days ago.

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone Might Yell At Me,” the story of the mainstream media and too many institutional Democrats

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing you guys tonight! Can’t wait!!

Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

The rage I felt listening to their lying yesterday spurred me to order an additional 2 dozen American flags to give out to everyone in my marching area.

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

Safety in numbers. The more people you have coming to a march, the safer you collectively are.

I would also get trained on safety and de-escalation. There’s a webinar next Wednesday:

No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training 10/15

I'm attending this event - sign up now to join me!

act.aclu.org

Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

I checked last night and it was 600+. Now look!

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

They have the money *and* the technology to untether themselves from reality entirely now.

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

They're way too chickenshit to try that. They want Dem votes so they can smear us with part ownership in their horrible, unpopular policies.

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

"The pandemic made everyone crazy, and rich people had enough money to go REALLY crazy"

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

They are likely imagining a Dem-controlled House that refused to seat a GOP rep - which would never happen anyway! - and the GOP rep would simply show up on the House floor and insist on being sworn in and the Dem Speaker would crumble and do it.

So they're evil, but we're useless, right?

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

Are you sharing this ironically, or straightforwardly?

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

Promise?

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

I was having panic attacks, so it was pure survival! I lost my founding status with one of the newsletters and had to resubscribe at a less favorable rate, but it was worth it.

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

For mental health reasons, I took myself off social media entirely between the debate and the day Biden dropped out, so I missed everything (I even unsubscribed from several paid newsletters). Not sorry whatsoever I did that!

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

You bet! Every week in the Indivisible zooms, Leah and Ezra report that a record number of groups has formed since the previous call.

Have you ever watched one of those webinars? They're great and very encouraging. Here's last week's - the one from this afternoon should post shortly:

10.03.25 What’s the Plan? A Weekly Discussion with Leah and Ezra

YouTube video by Indivisible

www.youtube.com

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

All this is true, but again, Platner has to beat Mills. If he does that, it will sharpen him up for the general, so while I do worry about Mills winning the primary, I also think that if Schumer is worried about Platner, this is how we test, you know? No way around it.

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

I was in an Indivisible/Swing Left group where I did canvassing and letter writing during the election season. After the election, the group beefed itself up and has gotten much more active. My guess is that wherever you are, there is an Indivisible group that has done likewise, so I'd start there.

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

“She hurled HARSH WORDS at me and I feared for my life”

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Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 1d

Sarah Birnbaum ❌👑 @sarahvb.bsky.social · 2d

There were 200,000+ of us in NYC last June and I’m expecting more this time. I’m trying to figure out whether it makes sense to sell my Indivisible group on going in on bagel and lox or water dog suits. Inflatable slices. Inflatable lamb on rice? Dim sum baskets.

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