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Apex Adjacent @apexadjacent.com · Aug 20

On this week's show, Dave made a big statement: no automaker has had a better year than 1998 Toyota. The test for this is most desirable combination of sports car, pickup truck, SUV, and sedan. Any one got a better idea?

1998 Toyota Supra, 1998 Toyota Tacoma, 1998 Lexus LS, 1998 Lexus LX470

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Apex Adjacent @apexadjacent.com · 1h

Hope they ask him "so...what did you get up to yesterday?"

Apex Adjacent @apexadjacent.com · 11h

You think those are cankles, that's his g-suit.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12h

A lot of centrist commentators who genuinely got worked up about the unforgivably insulting nature of "cling to guns and religion" or "basket of deplorables" are weirdly silent about Trump portraying himself as literally shitting on American cities

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12h

Portland ICE facility now.

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 12h

It's maybe unnecessarily glib to point this out, but man, they really are fundamentally *reactionaries,* and as such are totally predictable and can be led around by the nose once you grasp the basic logic of reaction

Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 15h

Really think the biggest win today aside from just numbers is negatively polarizing the regime of 12-year-olds into fully adopting #YESKINGS as their official stance.

Jd Vance posted an AI video of trump as a king. Complete with crowned and sword. They fucking love their kings..

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Derek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 16h

Source: @kylec.bsky.social
An amazing crowd and photo.
No Kings, Denver, Colorado.

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · 15h

Aerial view of No Kings Denver, CO! #nokings #denver #colorado

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 13h

Hey if you are a federal employee (currently furloughed or otherwise) who attended a No Kings protest today I have a quick question for you I’d love to hear thoughts on, Signal is davelevitan.26 and you can remain anonymous!

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Apex Adjacent @apexadjacent.com · 14h

It's a Cop-Flock Cock-Block

thekoolaidmom.bsky.social @thekoolaidmom.bsky.social · 18h

#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.

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Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 18h

#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · 17h

I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot.

Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 20h

Sorry to be corny but the aerial shots of these crowds are almost indescribably moving and hopeful

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 20h

Sorry to be corny but the aerial shots of these crowds are almost indescribably moving and hopeful

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 17h

b-b-b-but i was reliably told this was a gathering of antifa's top terrorists. how could this be?????????

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

#NYC #NoKings 👑

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18h

“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 18h

Yesterday I wrote about the effort by center-left pundits to police what people are passionate about.
www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...

Sincerity is not the problem

As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...

www.pbump.net

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 18h

If nothing else, today shows that the country is full of earnest liberals and you can't just act like we don't exist.

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Blue Texas @turntexasblue.bsky.social · 19h

No Kings-Austin,TX

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 21h

Go Denver! #NoKings

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Apex Adjacent @apexadjacent.com · 18h

Just home from #NoKings Denver. Walked about 6 miles, did some chants, experienced great vibes. My 11-year-old started a bunch of chants and got a ton of compliments on his sign:

Protest sign reading "the only emperors I like are penguins!!"

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Micah @rincewind.run · 20h

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

The sudden appearance of all these Trump administration accounts on Bluesky is ominous. They're not here in good faith and they're not here to troll.

They're setting something up. It likely has to do with a coming attack on Bluesky.

eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 1d

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Apex Adjacent @apexadjacent.com · 1d

Like, I really don't think it's a coincidence that the frogs showed up at the same time the universities, and the airports and the media all started saying no. We just needed one person to sneak a hand into their armpit and squeeze just perfectly.

Apex Adjacent @apexadjacent.com · 1d

One thing about the silly costumes I haven't really seen discussed is it represents that moment in class when we all realized the sub had no control. Someone made a fart noise and got away with it and you could feel the power shift in the room. That's why I'm excited to be in the street today.

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

We have frogs everywhere. #NoKings

A photo of a person in a frog costume holding sings that read “You’re Fired” (alongside a drawing of Godzilla) at the No Tyrants protest in Tokyo, Japan.

A photo of over a dozen people standing on steps at the No Kings protest in Melbourne, Australia. There are multiple “NO KINGS” signs and a person in a frog costume is at the front of the protest.

A photo of over a dozen people at the No Tyrants protest in Barcelona, Spain. A person in a frog costume is holding a sign that reads “I STAND WITH OREGON/EL PUEBLO UNIDO/ABOLISH ICE/NO TYRANTS.”

A photo of dozens of people at the No Kings protest in Frankfurt, Germany. A person in a frog costume is shown walking alongside a person in a unicorn costume.

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Apex Adjacent @apexadjacent.com · 2d

Unclear!

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Apex Adjacent @apexadjacent.com · 2d

So after listening to the last @chrislhayes.bsky.social podcast, I'm wondering if the rational is "we have to show that we're in control otherwise it gives legal authority for the president to use the insurrection act." Only even remotely charitable explanation I can think of.

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Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 2d

This is the one, folks. If you possibly, possibly can, we need you to be there. Find your peaceful gathering at nokings.org

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