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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 7h

The networks took the much smaller Tea Party movement so seriously they broadcast a Tea Party rebuttal to Obama’s 2011 SOTU on top of the normal GOP one.

Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 13h

Reminder: We spent YEARS reading thousands and thousands of articles on the Tea Party and how it was a true expression of the American people's will, and it never mounted anything nearly as big as Saturday's No Kings rallies. [1/3]

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judithbolyard.bsky.social @judithbolyard.bsky.social · 7h

Love this lady!!!

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 7h

Literally all of this is false. 7 million people turned out, probably the largest single-day protest in American history. And at least in DC, what I saw was a hugely representative crowd, mostly with (often very clever) homemade signs.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump on No Kings: "It's a joke. I looked at the people. They are not representative of this country. And I looked at all the brand new signs I guess paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics. We're checking it out. The demonstrations were very small. And the people were whacked out."

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 7h

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 7h

Keep it closed. Do not reopen the Trump Bank Accou-uh the federal government

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Q: What do you have to say to farmers who feel that the deal is benefitting Argentina more than it is them?

TRUMP: Look, Argentina is fighting for its life, young lady. You don't know anything about it. You understand what that means? They are dying

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Jun 18

I just walked into a Trump store in southern Missouri. I picked up a few items and saw that they were made in China. The place was full. I asked loudly if anything in the store was made in America. She said no. For emphasis, I said again, so nothing in the store is made in America?

She said no 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 12h

we definitely want these people in charge of everything

John Ismay @johnismay.bsky.social · 12h

An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12h

Women across the US are facing criminal charges for miscarrying—this is what "fetal personhood" looks like.

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 12h

A huge part was FOX News hyping the events as if they were organizers and the other outlets taking their cues from them in a futile attempt to "win over" those right-wing audiences.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 18h

Compare yesterday's millions to this and how we couldn't escape breathless coverage of the Tea Partiers at their peak.

April 15, 2009 is said to have been the day that had the largest number of tea party demonstrations reportedly in more than 750 cities.[73] Estimates of protesters and locations varied. The Christian Science Monitor reported on the difficulties of calculating a cumulative turnout and said some estimates state that over half a million Americans participated in the protests, noting, "experts say the counting itself often becomes politicized as authorities, organizers, and attendees often come up with dramatically different counts."[74][75] Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, estimated that at least 268,000 attended in over 200 cities.[76] Statistician Nate Silver, manager of FiveThirtyEight.com, has said that a cumulative crowd size estimate from credible sources was of 311,460 attendees in 346 cities, which accounted for all capitols and major cities little noticeable or no reliable media coverage in other protests could have contributed to a lower number of attendees and locations.[77] The largest event, in Atlanta, drew between an estimated 7,000 to 15,000 protesters.[77][78][79] Some of the gatherings drew only dozens.[74]

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 13h

At a certain point your fear about getting sued has to take a backseat to your duty to your readers.

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15h

The New York Times twists itself in knots pretending it doesn’t know things that it absolutely knows. Such as referring to the shit in Trump’s AI video as “brown liquid.” 9/

Trump Posts Fake Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters
President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media. It shows Mr. Trump wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps brown liquid on demonstrators.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 19h

Lying Mike Johnson claims the last government shutdown was in 2013. The last TWO federal shutdowns were during Trump’s last term. Trump has been responsible for close to 2/3 of all federal shutdown days in US history.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Mike Johnson: "We congratulate them on an apparently violent-free speech exercise ... but if President Trump was a king, the government would be open right now ... by the way, the Mall was open because President Trump hasn't closed it."

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 12h

The premise here appears to be “He can’t be a king as long as I can think of additional abuses of power he hasn’t yet committed,” which is not how this works.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Mike Johnson: "We congratulate them on an apparently violent-free speech exercise ... but if President Trump was a king, the government would be open right now ... by the way, the Mall was open because President Trump hasn't closed it."

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12h

If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.

If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.

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a tiny series of thoughts @explosionrobinson.bsky.social · 16h

As usual, a great read from Will, but does the 7 million number underrepresent the insane amount of crowded small town and city protests that took place yesterday?

It’s important to note that phenomena was a record breaker, too. Social media is littered with evidence of that.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 16h

The 7 million Americans who took the streets for 'No Kings' made history, and they did something even more important

They got under the skin of Donald Trump and his dictatorial regime, on a day that showed that most Americans love democracy instead

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/no-k...

Then they fight you: How the No Kings protests are winning America | Will Bunch

A massive turnout of 7 million and a panicked White House showed Saturday why the No Kings protests matter, a lot.

www.inquirer.com

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

Obama sharing a video of himself wearing a crown and flying a King Obama jet that dumped shit all over Americans would have been the only thing the news networks talked about for weeks.

Meanwhile, Trump doing that very thing couldn't even warrant a discussion on the Sunday shows today.

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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 12h

Political scientists are very fond of interest-based explanations which we typically derive from jobs (so we predict oil execs oppose green jobs) but what if the motivating interests are very directly in maintaining a system of impunity?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13h

Epstein Survivor Lisa Phillips: Everyone makes it about Trump and Epstein, but it’s about this whole ring of men. That’s what makes me upset, because we know they were there. We saw them. We know there were royalty, princes, very powerful people in academia and tech, and we saw them at parties.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12h

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Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social · 12h

The Framers: We have published a gigantic collection of essays entitled "Don't Elect That Guy"

Modern America: We have successfully elected "That Guy" from the famous publication "Don't Elect That Guy"

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 12h

☠️ One in every 117 Russian men has died in the war, - The Economist

❗️According to a study based on over 200 sources, Russia lost between 0.5% and 1.2% of men under 60.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 12h

I should say, what appears to be the New York Times

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 12h

Like Imodium, the New York Times eliminates diarrhea

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17h

President Trump posted what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media showing him wearing a crown and flying a jet labeled “King Trump” that dumps brown liquid on protesters. He shared the video on Saturday, the same day that protesters participated in mass “No Kings” demonstrations.

Trump Posts Fake A.I. Video of Himself Flying a ‘King Trump’ Jet Over Protesters

President Trump shared what appeared to be an A.I.-generated video on social media. It shows Mr. Trump wearing a crown and flying a jet that dumps brown liquid on demonstrators.

nyti.ms

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Samuel Durso @samueldurso.bsky.social · 12h

My 9 year old's eyes widened when I played this for her before we walked to the protest -- because she knew right away it was from the '70s.

Her old dad plays Schoolhouse Rock all the time.

This one's also appropriate for a protest at Independence Hall.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptYk...