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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3h

No Kings Day is almost here.

The Trump regime believes that if it can overwhelm us with atrocities and threats, we'll surrender our rights without fighting for them.

But the people won’t bow down. We will rise. Join us at a peaceful protest on Saturday: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Tom Solomon @tasolomon6.bsky.social · 3h

Where is the public database that is being updated every day of the crimes committed by every ICE agent and member of the Trump regime? We will need it for the Nuremberg trials to follow.
Serious question. Anyone know?

Tom Solomon @tasolomon6.bsky.social · 3h

Well done. All infuriating and true.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 14h

This Is Fascism

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · May 9

Playing this on repeat to get us through.

Hours after Trump’s FBI opened an investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, she appeared at a town hall with a powerful message for the resistance.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

Republicans are lying about the peaceful No Kings Day protests because they’re desperate — the GOP is losing the shutdown fight while Americans reject Trump’s authoritarian takeover in huge numbers.

“These are the threats of a regime that is not secure in their power.“ - @ezralevin.bsky.social

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

One week from right now, millions of Americans will gather in every state for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history. Join your local No Kings Day event to make it clear that We The People won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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Tom Solomon @tasolomon6.bsky.social · 19h

Is this bad? It sounds bad.

John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 1d

I don't know if there's such a thing as a "world cyberwar" but I think we are in one? and the US is determined to lose it. 🧵

Today the admin is mass-firing the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation's cybersecurity protection across all levels of government.

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 20h

Want some good news?

Vineyard Wind, the 1st large-scale wind farm approved in America, has been under construction for years. A broken blade incident in 2024 set progress back.

Now about half of its 62 turbines are sending power to the Massachusetts grid! 🔌

newbedfordlight.org/vineyard-win...

Vineyard Wind reaches 50% power production - The New Bedford Light

The offshore wind farm is sending power from at least 30 turbines to the Massachusetts grid.

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Tom Solomon @tasolomon6.bsky.social · 19h

So... news coverage is not informative.
Wonder what their real business is?

Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz.bsky.social · 1d

10 Weekend Reads

ritholtz.com/2025/10/10-w...

10 Weekend Reads - The Big Picture

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Colombia Tolima Los Brasiles Peaberry Organic coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • Rivers are now battlefields: C...

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Tom Solomon @tasolomon6.bsky.social · 19h

Health care is a deeply complicated topic and fixing it, even partially with Obamacare, was really hard work.
Republicans would never do the hard work. Plus they don't care.

Daily Kos @dailykos.com · 20h

That “concept of a plan” seems to be holding steady.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

GOP still at the 'ideas' stage of magically fixing health care

As the GOP faces backlash for shutting the government down over their refusal to keep health health insurance more affordable , congressional ...

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Tom Solomon @tasolomon6.bsky.social · 20h

And Putin is celebrating

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 22h

United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, flanked by Trump's daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, get loudly booed in Tel Aviv, Israel as they praise Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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Tom Solomon @tasolomon6.bsky.social · 21h

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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Tom Solomon @tasolomon6.bsky.social · 22h

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

Tom Solomon @tasolomon6.bsky.social · 22h

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Albuquerque, NM” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS Albuquerque, NM · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨NEW: A panel of three federal judges will soon decide whether to block Texas from using its new congressional map in the 2026 election, after a contentious nine-day hearing concluded Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

‘We Could Not Have Clearer Facts’: Minority Advocates Say Racial Motive Is Evident As Texas Redistricting Hearing Wraps Up

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Tom Solomon @tasolomon6.bsky.social · 1d

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Derek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 1d

PC: Patrick T. Fallon/AP/Getty

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Tom Solomon @tasolomon6.bsky.social · 1d

New Mexico has huge potential to develop clean geothermal energy. www.kunm.org/local-news/2...

New Mexico has huge potential for geothermal energy. What will it take to harness it?

A recent report estimates that New Mexico has the potential to produce substantial power from its geothermal resources. But what will it take to tap into this substantial energy source underneath our ...

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Tom Solomon @tasolomon6.bsky.social · 2d

So sad

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2d

MAGA is going through some things meidasnews.com/news/maga-fu...

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 3d

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Tom Solomon @tasolomon6.bsky.social · 2d

The world is turning inside out. Soon, dogs and cats will be living together.

Tom Solomon @tasolomon6.bsky.social · 2d

True

Joe W @rikerjoe.bsky.social · 2d