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BostonCatherine

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✨⭐️ We are all stardust ✨💫✨ #HumanRights #NoKings M.A. #UMich 💙 #Pro-Democracy 📍 #Boston ☘️ 🌽 #Nebraska #GenX 🗽 https://www.nokings.org 🚨 https://www.pbs.org 📻 https://www.npr.org ☎️ https://5calls.org 📫 https://PostcardsToVoters.org 💫 #Thrive w/humor 🪷

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BostonCatherine @banner19.bsky.social · 1d

📣 #NoKings protests are planned across the US for Sat Oct 18! Check out the link below for protests near you! Times are staggered so they will be all day long. MSM pay attention please! 🇺🇸🗽⚖️
@cnn.com @pbsnews.org @npr.org @nbcnews.com @msnbc.com @cbsnews.com @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com

BostonCatherine @banner19.bsky.social · 8d

🚫👑 OCT 18! No Kings day is not just a protest against our country’s march toward authoritarianism. It is also a celebration of the unbreakable spirit of each and every person in this country who refuses to allow that to happen 🗽⚖️🇺🇸
🔗 Sign up👇
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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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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 9h

Chicago's On a Winning Streak

by @cohen489.bsky.social

🔗 substack.com/@legalaf/not...

Chicago's On a Winning Streak

But make no mistake: we shouldn't have to play at all.

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The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell @lastword.msnbc.com · 5h

Epstein survivor pressures Speaker Johnson on Epstein files vote: 'We have been through enough' www.msnbc.com/the-last-wor...

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 8h

They shut down the government with a partisan plan that has us barreling toward a national health care crisis — and they won't even come to the table.

Oh, and House Republicans have been on a paid vacation for weeks. They just don't give a damn about anyone other than their billionaire buddies.

White House declines to engage Democrats as shutdown drags into second week

The White House has yet to engage Democrats on ending the government shutdown, despite the potential political ramifications of the closure.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10h

This is dedicated to those who believed DJT and legacy media coverage that Project 2025 was nothing to be concerned about.

Also, this isn’t legal.

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BostonCatherine @banner19.bsky.social · 2h

I am having a tough time hoping our elections in 2026 will be free and fair, let alone 2028 😟

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 9h

Republicans are scared AF about #NoKings Day -- calling it a "Hate America Rally" a bunch of "radical left terrorists" lol

So, let's be sure we show the communities we gather in that WE LOVE AMERICA and that's why we are taking it to the streets

Bring flags 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@indivisible.org

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 9h

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES

DAY 10 OCTOBER 2025

THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES

IN 8 DAYS AMERICA
SHOW THE WORLD

THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE USA ...sing along🎶

Please join
Go to: nokings.org

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BostonCatherine @banner19.bsky.social · 3h

Oh sorry I’m such an idiot. What they did to a videographer for a news station is totally fine! My bad

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4h

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 6h

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

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BostonCatherine @banner19.bsky.social · 6h

MIT is not bending the knee 🙌🏼
"The premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone," Kornbluth said in her letter, which was posted to an MIT website.

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling — Reuters

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she

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BostonCatherine @banner19.bsky.social · 7h

OMG 😡😢

BostonCatherine @banner19.bsky.social · 7h

@wgntv.com please update us on how Debbie Brockman is! What ICE did to her is atrocious

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 15h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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BostonCatherine @banner19.bsky.social · 7h

They hurt her while taking forever to figure out how to cuff her. They have had minimal law enforcement training if any. Probably have more experience getting arrested themselves

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WGN NEWS @wgntv.com · 9h

Questions have been swirling for weeks over whether ICE agents might target the Chicago Marathon. The race, which happens Sunday, draws thousands of runners from around the world and is a major tourism draw for the Windy City.

Immigration crackdown stirs unease ahead of this weekend’s Chicago Marathon

Questions have been swirling for weeks over whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents might target the Chicago Marathon. The race, which happens Sunday, draws thousands of runners from aro…

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 13h

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:

"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 12h

Gov. Tim Walz preparing for Trump to deploy National Guard in Minnesota
https://heartlandsignal.com/2025/10/10/gov-tim-walz-preparing-for-trump-to-deploy-national-guard-in-minnesota/

Gov. Tim Walz preparing for Trump to deploy National Guard in Minnesota

During the North Star Summit on Tuesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (DFL) said he is anticipating and preparing for President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard to his state.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

A restraining order was issued YESTERDAY by a federal judge barring detention of journalists in this district unless they refuse to reposition themselves and are given adequate time to do so, or there’s probable cause they’ve committed a crime.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 15h

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 15h

Say no to drugs, kids

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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Rep. Steven Woodrow @woodrowforco.bsky.social · 11h

I only voted for him because he said immigrants were eating pets and poisoning the blood of our country…how was I supposed to know he’d act like a dictator?

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BostonCatherine @banner19.bsky.social · 13h

🚨 As fears of martial law grow, Governors Gavin Newsom, JB Pritzker, & Tina Kotek break down what’s really happening with the National Guard, ICE, & federal power. They discuss how states are pushing back, whether we can rely on the courts, & what it means for the future of American democracy. 👇

ICE In Chicago, Protests In Portland & The Governors Who Won't Back Down

YouTube video by This is Gavin Newsom

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BostonCatherine @banner19.bsky.social · 16h

The crap he’s going to pull while Mike Johnson keeps Congress closed

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