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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12h

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Ben Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 1d

From the Nobel Committee today:

“Democracy depends on people who refuse to stay silent, who dare to step forward despite grave risk, and who remind us that freedom must never be taken for granted, but must always be defended – with words, with courage and with determination.”

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Meidas_Pete @ferst60.bsky.social · 1d

The actual enemies from within

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1d

Still not going away...

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allestofeles.bsky.social @allestofeles.bsky.social · 1d

Did they depants her? #HaveYouNoDecency?

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allestofeles.bsky.social @allestofeles.bsky.social · 3d

elmo from sesame street is on fire with his arms outstretched

ALT: elmo from sesame street is on fire with his arms outstretched

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Air-rum @aarum.bsky.social · 3d

IKTR DOLLY said let me put a video out. We Love You Dolly ❤️

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allestofeles.bsky.social @allestofeles.bsky.social · 3d

So much hogwash with no facts. DEI keeps milquetoast, under-talented men from succeeding via the Old Boys Club. And that's why they're upset. They're the recipients of these participation awards and want to protect the system they came up in. #Sheesh

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Luciana Lucy L 🇮🇹 @luciana102.bsky.social · 3d

Just a reminder of who this land really belongs 2🪶

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allestofeles.bsky.social @allestofeles.bsky.social · 3d

We have a lot more pressing matters to handle at the moment. Let's keep our steel on target.

allestofeles.bsky.social @allestofeles.bsky.social · 3d

Great post, but. You can't both sides MSNBC & Fox News. While the anchors at MSNBC are liberally biased, they stick much closer to the facts than Fox News. Evidence? MSNBC has yet to be sued or paid $780M (quarter of a Billion!) for outright lies.

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 3d

🤣🤣 seems legit!

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🇮🇹 Methy Nostra 🔥✝️ @methynostra.bsky.social · 4d

Like we didn’t know this 🙄

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 3d

Cause the algorithms are increasingly shady and I don’t see much promotion, let me Gift Link this:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

www.nytimes.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 5d

CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.

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Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

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allestofeles.bsky.social @allestofeles.bsky.social · 4d

Please keep safe

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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 5d

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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 5d

“So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all.” - Ray Bradbury