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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 2d

🚫👑On Oct 18 No Kings Protest
🪧No Kings in ICT: Register & Share: https://bit.ly/NoKings2-Wichita-KS
💁🏼Volunteer: https://bit.ly/NoKingsDay2Volunteers
✊🏻OCT 15 Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-escalation Training https://bit.ly/KnowYourRights_De-escalationTraining

#NoKings #WichitaKS

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 4d

Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training - Zoom - 10/15
👉 Register here: https://bit.ly/KnowYourRights_De-escalationTraining
DDICT No Kings Douglas & Broadway | 10/18 18th
👉 Sign up here: https://bit.ly/NoKings2-Wichita-KS
👉 Volunteer: https://bit.ly/NoKingsDay2Volunteers
Share w/ friends!

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 No Kings Day 2 – Oct 18, Noon, Douglas & Broadway, Wichita ✊
RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/849277/

Volunteer: http://bit.ly/NoKingsDay2Volunteers

Know Your Rights training Oct 15: https://bit.ly/KnowYourRights_De-escalationTraining

#DefendDemocracy #NoKingsDay

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 6d

⚖️ Know your rights. Stay safe. ✊
Join the ACLU Protest Safety & De-escalation Training
📅 Wed, Oct 15 • 7 PM ET • Zoom
🌎 Spanish & ASL available
RSVP: https://bit.ly/KnowYourRights_De-escalationTraining

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 7d

On October 18 We're not just resisting, we're rising! Join the fight for our rights, our communities, and our future!
Register & Share: https://bit.ly/NoKings2-Wichita-KS.
Volunteer: https://bit.ly/NoKingsDay2Volunteers
#NoKings #WichitaKS

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 10d

On October 18 we're not just resisting, we're rising! Join the fight for our rights, our communities, and our future!

Register here: https://bit.ly/NoKings2-Wichita-KS.
Share with your networks & let's make sure they see and hear us on October 18!

Volunteer: https://bit.ly/NoKingsDay2Volunteers

Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 12d

Alarming speeches. A looming shutdown. Trump’s rhetoric escalating daily. We can’t tune out. We the people have the power.
📢 Protest
🗣️ Talk to family, friends, neighbors
📞 Call officials
🗳️ Check your registration + voting plan
➡️ Join us for No Kings Day 2: https://bit.ly/NoKings2-Wichita-KS

Defend Democracy ICT - 🚫 NO Kings Day 2: The People > The Crown 👑 · No Kings

🚫 NO Kings Day 2: The People > The Crown 👑 We’ve been witnessing Trump’s continued authoritarian power grabs. He’s deploying the military to blue cities, abducting immigrants and holding them in inhumane facilities, attempting to rig congressional maps—and more. But we know this: Consistency is key in our fight. Highly visible, peaceful protests are one of the most powerful ways to send a loud and clear message that we do NOT support this regime’s policies. 📅 Date: Saturday, October 18, 20...

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 14d

‼️Starting Wed, Oct 1: DD-ICT protests move to NOON on Sat/Mon/Wed.
Thursdays @ 21st & Rock stay 4:30–6:00 PM.
🟣October Action: = DV Awareness Month: Saturday donation drive for Wichita Family Crisis Center. Info + wish lists: https://www.wichitafamilycrisiscenter.org/how-to-help/ 💜

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 14d

Sleeping on floors.
Weeks w/out medical care.
No in-person legal visits.
ICE offering $ to “self-deport.”

This is happening here in Kansas.
We can’t look away.
📢 Protest.
📞 Call officials.
🤝 Be safe spaces.

Silence = complicity. Presence = power.

http://bit.ly/4nrcsau

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 16d

📢 No Kings Day 2 is coming Oct 18!
We need volunteers + community orgs to help power this national day of action in Wichita.

Sign up here 👉 http://bit.ly/NoKingsDay2Volunteers

#NoKingsDay #DefendDemocracyICT

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 18d

👑✊ Join us for No Kings Day 2 with Defend Democracy ICT! Stay tuned for an email & social posts this Saturday 9/27 for volunteer opportunities and other ways to get involved!

📅 10.18.25
📍Douglas & Broadway, Downtown Wichita
🕐 Noon

#NoKingsDay #Wichita #GoodTrouble

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 19d

Another shooting—this time at a USCIS facility in Dallas. Political violence & all gun violence must end. Everyone deserves to be safe wherever they gather. Thoughts & prayers aren’t enough—we need true gun reform: background checks, limits, & no weapons of war.

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 21d

I condemn gun violence & Kirk’s killing was wrong.

When Trump says “I hate my opponent” - he means anyone who disagrees: immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, women, people of color, protestors. My friends. My kid. Me

If you mourn Kirk but ignore Trump’s hate, you’re part of the problem. Silence = complicity

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 23d

👑✊ Join us for No Kings Day 2 with Defend Democracy ICT!

We’re standing together for freedom, equality, and a future that belongs to the people—not to kings, billionaires, or dictators.

📅 10.18.25
📍Douglas & Broadway, Downtown Wichita
🕐 Noon

#NoKingsDay #Wichita #GoodTrouble

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 27d

📢 Today is National Voter Registration Day! Make sure your voice is heard—check your registration or get registered today. Tell your family and friends to be sure they're #VoteReady

✅ ksvotes.org
✅nationalvoterregistrationday.org

#NationalVoterRegistrationDay

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · 28d

It’s #MobilizeMonday with Defend Democracy ICT.

Don't forget to also:
✔ Contact your elected officials
✔ Share this week’s events with friends, family, and neighbors
✔ Check your voter registration
✔ Get involved with a campaign

#DefendDemocracy #StandUp #SpeakOut #StayUnited #TakeAction

Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · Sep 11

Yeah, that one's gonna pull a lot of folks away, but we'll be there! Have fun in Winfield!!

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · Sep 10

Today Charlie Kirk was shot & killed at an event at Utah Valley University & 3 students were wounded in a school shooting near Denver. We condemn these horrific acts of violence. Political disagreement must never escalate to harm. Children must never walk into schools fearing for their lives.

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Royalrash @theroyalrash.bsky.social · Sep 10

@kansasreflector.com
@defenddemocracyict.bsky.social

If this seems like sarcasm

You are not paying attention

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Sep 10

"The use of seat belts during car accidents has been linked to countless debilitating conditions in children, such as friction burns and mild bruising around the neck and shoulders."

The Head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Explains Why It’s No Longer Recommending the Use of Seat Belts

“In the seven months since he was sworn in, Mr. Kennedy has delivered a lukewarm endorsement of the measles vaccine; dismantled a panel of experts ...

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · Sep 10

Join me at Defend Democracy ICT - Wichita Make Billionaires Pay action.womensmarch.com/events/defen...

Defend Democracy ICT - Wichita Make Billionaires Pay

As the United States braces for record heat, raging wildfires, and devastating hurricanes, Trump and his billionaire cronies just rammed through a mega-bill gutting our communities to hand out even mo...

action.womensmarch.com

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our illegitimate Supreme Court says the racist part out loud: Masked Gestapo may stop people based on how they look and sound. NOW will you recognize the fascism?
The Supreme Court lifts court-imposed restrictions on Los Angeles immigration stops.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u...

Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops

www.nytimes.com

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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · Sep 8

Good luck getting anyone to invest in the US

David Sacerdote @davidsacerdote.bsky.social · Sep 8

A bit of an update, via @sylviachi.bsky.social: it looks like ICE also arrested people who had a valid visa and had documentation of it with them. Goal here was clearly to shut down the plant and terrorize people whose skin was too dark.

www.cnn.com/2025/09/07/u...

“They stormed the place, detaining everyone, no matter who they were,” Camila had told him.

Santiago, who had worked at the plant in the past and knew the hiring procedures well, told CNN, that everyone trying to get a job has to show legal documentation before they can start work.

“My wife told me that when they were processing her, they asked each person what documentation they had.”

But Santiago says that when Camila showed them her documents, the officer in charge marked her paperwork saying she had “nothing” and sent her to the ICE detention bus.

Their accounts concur with that of Mauricio, another migrant who asked not to give his full name and whose wife has been detained since the raid.

“They were calm because her and her brother had their documents in order,” Mauricio told CNN. But he said when the ICE agents arrived, they quickly ran over to people, and “they didn’t accept any documents.”

“Even though they were able to verify them, they were told that nothing was valid, that they would all be arrested,” Mauricio said.

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · Sep 8

NO KINGS 2
October 18, 2025
**NOON**
Douglas & Broadway, Downtown Wichita
Join us!!

50501 link: events.pol-rev.com/events/f3c7f...
Facebook link: facebook.com/events/2077323472800229
Mobilize link: mobilize.us/s/AIorUi

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Defend Democracy ICT @defenddemocracyict.bsky.social · Sep 5

It's Free-for-all-Friday! Community is built by sharing. Post your favorite protest photo, sign, meme, gif, crazy news story in the comments on this post! Remember, tomorrow 10AM Douglas & Broadway, Downtown Wichita. We're not going away!

#DefendDemocracy #StandUp #SpeakOut #StayUnited #TakeAction

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 4

Steps away from the Capitol, victims of Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and sex offender, on Wednesday demanded that all people who received sexual favors through Epstein be identified. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

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