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Deb Graystone @dez56.bsky.social · 9h

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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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Just Another Resister @rudyromeiro.bsky.social · 1d

Understanding America...

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Deb Graystone @dez56.bsky.social · 1d

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Singing Frog - Hello My Baby, Hello My Honey

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Linda Marie @lindam174.bsky.social · 2d

See you on the 18th. #NoKings

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

The No Kings protests have been some of the most peaceful and well attended political assemblies in American history. In fact, MAGA has mocked them as a bunch of boomer grandmothers. Now they are apparently terrorists. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Deb Graystone @dez56.bsky.social · 3d

Is this one of the "Kavanaugh" stops? SMH

Deb Graystone @dez56.bsky.social · 3d

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The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 3d

Harris and Hillary were right about it all. Every shocking prediction is coming true.

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Alan Stamm @alanstamm.bsky.social · 12d

“How far we have fallen,” @elliotkirschner.bsky.social laments.

"What we have seen today with an unprecedented gathering of senior officers called back to Virginia is a betrayal of all that should define our national security. . . . I can only imagine the incredulity of those in the audience."

General Stupidity

America is weaker today

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 12d

His vow to 'crush every threat to our freedom' with the help of people in the room is a despot's fever dream. It's clear he means that domestic opposition to his agenda is a threat to freedom, which is completely backward: repressing dissent is the single greatest danger to the republic today.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Trump wraps up a speech to military leaders that represented a major escalation of his effort to weaponize the armed forces into a tool he can use to violently quash domestic dissent. Hard to imagine how anyone with a shred of dignity can keep serving after this, which of course is the point.

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tomwellborn3rd @patriotprogressive.bsky.social · 13d

Trump spreads deepfake nonsense, pushes MedBed conspiracy lies, and invents FBI agents at January 6. He threatens military force in Portland against dwindling protests. His dementia signs grow as paranoia drives prosecutions of political foes.

Why isn’t the media reporting on Trump’s growing dementia?

Trump’s increasingly bizarre behavior can no longer be attributed to a calculated “strategy.”

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 16d

I’m guessing 1 and 3

Also, it’s critical media coverage does not normalize this in any way

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16d

Hegseth is putting all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room. Why might Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Here I discuss four possible reasons.
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Hegseth puts us all at risk

Why put all the American commanders in one room?

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Deb Graystone @dez56.bsky.social · 17d

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 ...

www.nokings.org

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19d

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 19d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 19d

Any journalist or commentator who writes a wrap-up of this speech that suggests that any of it was normal, worthy of respect, not absolutely deranged, not an insult to the audience, not an embarrassment for the US, should be relieved of their jobs.