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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h

The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.

Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.

The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.

Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M

See the problem?

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 18h

A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.

Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏

History.

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 12h

Washington Post editorial board, 2 days ago: "The idea that Trump is easily swayed by Putin, let alone manipulated or controlled by him, does not hold water."

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 12h

Shouting match. Cursing.

And this ⤵️

Trump "adopted many of Putin’s talking points verbatim, even when they contradicted his own statements about Russia’s weaknesses..

"Trump told Zelenskyy that Putin had told him the conflict was a 'special operation, not even a war.'”

www.ft.com/content/7960...

Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia
US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Mike Johnson: "We're fighting for healthcare as well. Not just in word but in deed. We put in the one big beautiful bill, real reforms to Medicaid to make it work better."

(The bill in fact cuts nearly $1 trillion from Medicaid.)

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Popehat Or Danger of Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 16h

Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.

Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 17h

Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack.

This is the official US response to Petro's comments.

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Pivot Podcast @pivotpod.bsky.social · 2d

“These aren't children.”

@profgalloway.com reacts to Vice President JD Vance’s dismissal of leaked conversations showing leaders of Young Republicans exchanging racist, sexist, and anti-Semetic messages.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

www.volkskrant.nl

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

KARL: “Why haven’t you sworn in Adelita Grijalva?”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: “I’m following the Pelosi precedent with Letlow.”

KARL: “But that was the date Letlow requested.”

SPEAKER JOHNSON: 🤷🏼

#EpsteinFilesCoverUp

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

Finally came across video of an arrest at a #NoKings event yesterday. 🙄

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realduane.bsky.social @realduane.bsky.social · 14h

We try to watch major media news but lying Trump republican lapdogs don't answer any questions #cbs #nbc #abc (#fox is entertaining for the stupid... not news) #cnn

realduane.bsky.social @realduane.bsky.social · 15h

Dumbest pair of Senators in the US. History will bury them!

Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com · 20d

Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: About 80 people gathered on the front steps of the Alabama State Capitol Monday to protest the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and to call on Alabama U.S. Sens. Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville to restore funding cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.

As federal shutdown looms, Alabama clergy lead protest against Medicaid, SNAP cuts | Alabama Reflector

The protest, part of the Alabama Poor People’s Campaign Moral Mondays, was organized by clergy and pastors from across the South, and led by Rev. Carolyn Foster of Greater Birmingham Ministries.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Lying Ted

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

While people continue to struggle to get FEMA aid approved after their lives were destroyed by natural disasters.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

New York is not for sale.

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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 1d

ANY ARRESTS? Among the millions upon millions of "violent leftist radicals" that took to the streets today I cannot find word of a single arrest. Even when everything is peaceful there is usually an overzealous cop or something. This is unheard of. We need to beat the media over the head with it.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

OMG

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John Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago - no kings

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Derek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 1d

Oof

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

October 18, 2025

Today, millions of Americans and their allies turned out across the United States and around the globe to demonstrate their commitment to American democracy and their opposition to a president and an ...

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

There was an incredible turnout across small-town USA! Many events weren’t even on our radar. Our coalition initially tracked around 3,000 events, but the number has now surged past 4,000 and counting.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

After the first one, they said we were just a bunch of old people.

After the second one, they said we were domestic terrorists.

Now we’re back to being old again.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.

The system is broken.

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 1d

If your newspaper doesn't have no kings as the top us story today, throw it in the trash and don't look back

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