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Jackie Wachob @jwachob.bsky.social · 6h

#amreading Final Girls by Riley Sager #booksky

book cover: red background with title in light teal across the middle & author’s name in black at the top; at bottom is an image of a woman’s eyes with 1 flesh-colored face in the center and the right & left eyes repeated to the sides but covered in red; there’s an optical illusion where the woman’s hair is also pine trees

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 1d

when you wake up in the morning after you went there last night planning to break up

On a bed, a guinea pig stares wistfully at the camera, a sleeping cat curled around them.

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SnackyStacky @snackystacky.bsky.social · Jun 14

Just back from @indivisible.org No Kings in Williamsville, NY, one of three in the Buffalo area. Very peaceful, much solidarity, and so many good people. @maddow.msnbc.com @stephaniemiller.bsky.social 🧵1/4

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OrangeSage @orangesage.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings Miami!

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Jackie Wachob @jwachob.bsky.social · 1d

more No Kings Williamsville, NY

lobster inflatable in a crosswalk, people with signs & flags

chicken inflatable, people with signs on a sidewalk

sign held high above a car: “GOP Guardians of Pedophiles”, other signs & flags

Jackie Wachob @jwachob.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings in Williamsville, NY

some inflatables along a sidewalk: a unicorn with sign “you wanted a reality show host as president well now you’re on survivor”, a shark with sign “no kings, save democracy” & a 3rd character with back turned to us

person dressed as Donald Trump with blond wig, gold crown & red cape/robe like a king, holding a small 🚫 sign on a scepter

crowd along both sides of the street with signs & flags

me holding a flag with my sign held up to cover some of my face: “being anti-fascist is a good thing”

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 2d

If y'all are shocked by the racism of the Young Republicans, I got some bad news for your ass about the older ones.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 2d

We need more of this, and from more people. Rolling your eyes as if to say "We all know how they are" (or worse, "Don't get distracted") has been a big strategic mistake. Democratic politicians have to meet the brutality of MAGA rhetoric with outrage--and then, when necessary, match it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Jeffries: "You've got Leavitt, who's sick, she's out of control. I'm not sure if she's just demented, ignorant, a stone cold liar, or all of the above. But the notion that an official WH spokesperson would say that the D Party consists of 'terrorists, violent criminals & undocumented immigrants'..."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

⚡️UPDATE: “A court denied the Trump administration's appeal to continue the deployment of National Guard troops from any U.S. state in Illinois… The TRO blocks federal troops from deploying in Illinois…”

A bush, a trump, and an Obama judge ALL agreed. abc7chicago.com/post/7th-cir...

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 3d

So let me get this shit straight. Y'all are... (checks notes)... pro-fascism and pro-king?

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 3d

Only attend No Kings if y'all believe in one or more of the following:

Equality, democracy, freedom of speech, the Constitution, LGBTQ+ rights, voting rights, women's rights, due process, diversity, museums, books, objective truth, stopping measles and not going to war with Portland and whatnot.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 4d

Dear media,
1/ ICE consistently lies about its violence toward people in Chicago, with its initial accounts later disproven.
2/ When protesters shout at ICE agents to get out of their neighborhood and ICE tear-gasses them and throws them to the ground, that's not a "clash" – that's ICE violence.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 4d

We constantly talk about Dems' struggles to reach deeper into the culture and access people who ignore politics.

You know what issue is penetrating deep into the culture? ICE's masked raids and kidnappings! It's on Rogan and in country music. In the Manosphere!

newrepublic.com/article/2018...

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Jackie Wachob @jwachob.bsky.social · 5d

#amreading The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston #booksky

book cover: a golden yellow background with the title in 3D letters (white fronts & blue sides) & 3 orange figures: a woman sitting on the end of “Seven”, a man standing on the S in “Slip”, & a pair of pigeons on the R in “Year”; some thin orange branches with light yellow leaves poke in from the sides

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Jackie Wachob @jwachob.bsky.social · 6d

He says it so well. As always.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

OBAMA: “There has always been this fight over what is the true story of 🇺🇸?”

The former president boils it down powerfully on Maron’s final episode

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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 7d

Bette - Diane - Goldie

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The First Wives Club - You Don't Own Me

YouTube video by WatchWithMati

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 7d

Need something to reboot your Sunday?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E81c...

Joan Jett Mary Tyler Moore Theme (LOVE IS ALL AROUND)

YouTube video by Silver Eagle Audio

www.youtube.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 8d

This Is Fascism

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Jackie Wachob @jwachob.bsky.social · 8d

Good. No political propaganda at my airport.

screencap of a WGRZ post on X about the NFTA not playing the video by Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the government shutdown

Jackie Wachob @jwachob.bsky.social · 8d

Dems don’t even have to work that hard. The GOP are handing them attack lines. Use them.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 8d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Jackie Wachob @jwachob.bsky.social · 8d

#amreading The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr

book cover: off-white background with various kings of shells displayed, each labeled with a number

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 10d

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 10d

If they've got you angry with tamale vendors, museum displays and trans kids, you are their perfect dumbass and whatnot.

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