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cathyferron.bsky.social @cathyferron.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson just increased No Kings turnout by being an idiot 💪🔥🤬#NoKings

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson tried tonight to characterize the upcoming No Kings 2.0 day on 10/18 as a “Hate America” movement. Wrong. Utterly wrong. To reject dictators, authoritarians, and tyrants is to love America, to love the very idea at the heart of it.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 6h

So. That little twerp Mike Johnson has heard of the protests planned for the 18th! Thanks for the free publicity you little shit.

We're getting under their skin. See you there 💪

🚫👑No Kings 2.0, October 18. www.nokings.org

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Republicans Call 'No Kings' Protest A 'Hate America' Rally, Suggest Terror Link

"The Antifa crowd and the pro-Hamas crowd and the Marxists, they're all going to gather on the Mall," Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said of pro-democracy groups.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson is falsely generalizing the “No Kings” protestors as extremists to justify crackdowns. The truth is, they’re patriots.

These protestors don’t “hate America.” They oppose an authoritarian president who tramples on the freedoms and principles America was founded on.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

Mike Johnson referred to the upcoming “No Kings Day” (October 18!) as “America Hating Parties” but there is no one on the planet who hates the USA more than Donald Trump, he never shuts up about it

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Taracas @taracas.bsky.social · 1h

Mike Johnson is anti-American!!!

#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson Is Lying About the No Kings Protest

www.thebulwark.com

Mike Johnson Is Lying About the No Kings Protest

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Today Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise called these No Kings rallies antifa terrorism. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Top Signs from No Kings Protests

So many great ones to choose from, but here are my top pics of signs/photos from yesterday’s No Kings protests.

open.substack.com

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Taracas @taracas.bsky.social · 1h

Mike Johnson is anti-American & would have supported King George!!!

MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson says No Kings = Hate America. This just doesn’t add up.

I say Mike Johnson = Pervert and THIS equation adds up.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h

TEXAS senate candidate Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social (grandson of a Baptist preacher): “I put my hand on a Bible and swore an oath to the constitution, not the other way around.”

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 10h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Taracas @taracas.bsky.social · 2h

Leo the GREAT!!!!

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 10h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Democratic_Beast 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @northsquatch.bsky.social · 1d

This man is the model for how all police incitement should be handled.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 11h

Every day that passes I am more convinced of two things:

1) This regime’s attempt to consolidate and hold power is going to collapse in truly spectacular fashion

2) That collapse is going to be astoundingly dangerous and destructive

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yolanda7712.bsky.social @yolanda7712.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

🤡

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 6h

What a 🤡🤡🤡 show!

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Elizabeth Pennysworth @epennysworth.bsky.social · 12h

Every bit of this mess that we’re currently enduring is because rich people need more money & they dgaf if you’re hungry or homeless or dead in order for them to get more money

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 2h

Reinforcements have been dispatched to Portland… 🤣🐸🤣

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

if we are going to have a supreme court that is as powerful as it is, i basically think justices should be forbidden from public comment on their work as well as any supplemental source of income while they are on the bench. (they should also ride circuit again but that's a bit separate.)

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 10h

The substance of what she's saying is bad and unconvincing, but more fundamentally, I really don't think Supreme Court justices should be going on book tours where they publicly comment on their work and respond to criticism of it. Either put it in a written opinion or hold your peace.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."

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If you can’t be brave, be kind 🥪🥋⚔️☯️👩🏼‍🎨🖋️✏️ @takemusu.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you!

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Taracas @taracas.bsky.social · 2h

Never forget that John Roberts is to blame for the current chaos & destruction of our Democracy

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 4h

"Conversion therapy" is a polite name for something that isn’t conversion and isn’t therapy. It’s abuse.

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