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Climate Defenders @climatedefenders.bsky.social · 15d

#BREAKING: protestors have blocked the streets leading to the UN general assembly against Trump’s general assembly street. #SHUTDOWNTRUMP @riseandresist.bsky.social

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Climate Defenders @climatedefenders.bsky.social · 15d

#BREAKING: Protests Erupt in Response to Trump's UN Address in #NYC. Protestors from across different movement areas came together against our common enemy, the deadly policies of the Trump administration.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15d

Other partnered orgs include: @climatedefenders.bsky.social @riseandresist.bsky.social

Trump DOES NOT speak for Americans. Currently, an unknown number of protesters have been arrested. According to protesters on the ground, they’re on the SECOND BUS full of arrests. 🚌‼️

Crowd of protesters in NYC holding black, red, white and yellow signs with the text “TRUMP IS THE EMERGENCY.” “SHUTDOWN TRUMP” “FASCIST” “TRUMP LIES ALL THE TIME”

South Park caricature alongside a man wearing a devils robe and devils horns holding a banner that says “TRUMP EVEN SATAN WONT FUCK HIM” “IM NOT FUCKING HIM” “WE DONT WANT HIM EITHER”

Image of protesters sitting on the ground in the middle of the intersection on Jimmy Breslin Way with red, white, yellow and black signs saying “FASCIST” “ARREST TRUMP” “TURN YOUR BACK ON TRUMP” “TRUMP LIES ALL THE TIME”

Woman getting arrested by NYPD, facing the camera she is seen holding her “FASCIST” sign with trumps face on it, holding it by her teeth in her mouth while her hands are behind her back. Being arrested.

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 15d

Nonviolent Civil Disobedience
Shutdown the Trump Procession
Sept 23, 2025

Trump is scheduled to be the 2nd speaker at the United Nations this morning. We're giving him the welcome he deserves. Hundreds of activists arrived and are forming a public procession towards the UN.

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 15d

Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Action
Shutdown the Trump Procession
Sept 23, 7:30AM

Trump is scheduled to be the second speaker at the United Nations today. We're giving him the welcome he deserves, with all the joy that we can muster.

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 15d

Sept 23
Trump will speak at the United Nations this morning. We are giving him the welcome he deserves. Hundreds of activists began a public procession towards the UN. At 42 St and 2nd Ave they sat down in the street to block Trump's procession. Thousands of policemen began arresting the activists

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 15d

🚨 NOW: NYPD Arresting Demonstrators Near UN Assembly: “Trump does not speak for us!”

A coalition of orgs, in addition to @50501newyork.bsky.social, formed a blockade (restricting traffic) to gain attention from the International community during the UN assembly. Their message: SHUTDOWN TRUMP.

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50501 New York @50501newyork.bsky.social · 17d

Tuesday. NYPL Steps. 7:30AM. Bring ID.

Let’s show the UN, and the World, that Trump doesn’t speak for us.

bit.ly/DumpTrumpNYC for more details.

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 20d

📣 Nonviolent Civil Disobedience
🪧 Shutdown Trump's Procession to the UN
📆 Sept 23
⏰ 7:30AM
📍 NYPL, 476 5th Ave, NYC

Trump speaks at the UN on Sept 23. We will give him a well deserved welcome
This will be a non-violent civil disobedience action
Bring your I.D.
More info will be provided on site

Graphic with red background, and black and white text calling for nonviolent civil disobedience on September 23. Meet at 7:30am at the New York Public Library. This is a legal procession to the United Nations, followed by non violent civil disobedience

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50501 New York @50501newyork.bsky.social · 20d

This is fascism.

Democratic New York Lawmakers Arrested for Demanding Access to Alleged ICE Detention Facility

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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50501 New York @50501newyork.bsky.social · 22d

MAKE BILLIONAIRES PAY!

As world leaders gather in New York for the UN, let’s send a clear message: New Yorkers are ready to MAKE BILLIONAIRES PAY!

Join us on Park Ave, right below 49th street.

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Paul Rabin @rabinpw.bsky.social · 25d

WE THE PEOPLE DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION!
@riseandresist.bsky.social

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 29d

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📢 HANDS OFF NYC
📍 Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave, NYC
📆 Sat. Sept. 13
⏰ 12-1 pm

Mamdani says NYC should prepare for the 'inevitability' of a National Guard deployment.

Join us at Trump Tower and tell Trump:
🪧HANDS OFF NYC!
🪧 NO TROOPS!

Rise and Resist is a NONVIOLENT direct action group

#HandsOffNYC

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Public Power NY @publicpowerny.bsky.social · 27d

Kathy Hochul is trying to help Donald Trump revive the most hated energy project in New York.

Learn just why it's so bad, and then send a comment and publicpowerny.org/take-action to make sure we lead on protecting our climate instead! 🧵

Headline: Why We Need To Stop The Williams Pipeline over images of Kathy Hochul and Donald Trump

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Public Power NY @publicpowerny.bsky.social · 27d

On climate, @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social writes that Hochul and Trump "appear to be BFFs." New Yorkers deserve better.

Hochul, by contrast, approved the Iroquois pipeline earlier this year and seems to be kowtowing to Trump by expediting approval for the wildly unpopular Williams and Constitution pipelines. The Williams pipeline was rejected by the state's Department of Conservation three times under Andrew Cuomo (himself no wild-eyed opponent of Trump, as we have recently seen).

It's not the first time Hochul has flip-flopped on this issue. She has fought hard against the Build Public Renewables Act, a landmark piece of climate legislation designed to create and expand publicly owned renewable energy projects in New York. At first she tried to simply defeat it, then she tried to water it down and politically weaken it by cutting out the labor and
environmental justice provisions. When none of that worked, she appointed a Republican to head the relevant agency, Justin Driscoll, who has testified that the public ownership requirement should be stripped - from the Build Public Renewables Act.

While New Yorkers are struggling to afford necessary energy for their daily lives, and we as a polity are trying to create renewable, clean alternatives to fossil fuels, the last thing we should prioritize are these job-killing, water-wasting, and extremely energy-intensive instruments of human alienation.
Hochul's energy policy isn't just bad by normal climate metrics. Not only does she resist policy reforms that will lower emissions, she resists energy affordability itself. Her own agency has presided over punishing rate hikes, while refusing to be a true partner in the cause of public power, the only way to truly guarantee energy in the public interest.

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Public Power NY @publicpowerny.bsky.social · 28d

Hey @governor.ny.gov, we fixed your campaign ad for you. Time to fix the state's energy plan and build 15 GW of public renewables!

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Karin Schall @karinschall.bsky.social · 28d

hey Donald, JD, Pete, Kristi and all you other fuckheads.
HANDS OFF NYC.
No troops in NYC.
@riseandresist.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social
#DemVoice1

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50501 New York @50501newyork.bsky.social · 28d

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 28d

Hey @democrats.org, it’s actually really easy.

You just need to forcefully say, “We refuse to fund an authoritarian regime.”

List the people’s demands and tell Republicans the government will shut down if they’re not met.

Then watch as the masses mobilize behind you.

If you fight, we will too.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 29d

TODAY — National Emergency Call

The Supreme Court’s decision paves the way for racial profiling, false arrests, and unchecked violence against immigrants.

⏰ 4 PM PDT, join @ndlon.bsky.social for a national call to organize, strategize, and mobilize.

We must protect our communities. Register here:

National Emergency Call: The Supreme Court's Approval of Racial Profiling · National Day Laborer Organizing Network

The Supreme Court has lifted a lower court order that had temporarily halted the Trump Administration’s terrorizing raids in Los Angeles. The decision paves the way for racial profiling, false arrests...

www.mobilize.us

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 29d

They thought we’d be too scared.
We’re protesting constantly.

They thought we’d be too disorganized.
We’re coordinating incessantly.

They thought we’d be too divided.
We’re uniting rapidly.

They thought we’d lose.
We won’t.

We’re building a fearless, coordinated, and united resistance — join us.

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · Sep 6

📢 MAKE BILLIONAIRES PAY, NYC
📍Park Ave (btwn 46th St - 49th St)
📆 Sept 20, 2025
⏰ 12pm

Money that should fund childcare centers and paid family leave is instead funneled into tax breaks for the very corporations pouring carbon into the sky.

#MakeBillionairesPay
#TaxTheRich
#NoMoreBillionaires

Background photo of large numbers of protesters. Text reads; Make Billionaires Pay, NYC, Sept 20, 12m, Park Ave (between 46St and 49St)

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Sep 7

The crowd overwhelmingly booed Trump at the US Open.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Sep 7

NEW — Trump, along with Jared Kushner, Pam Bondi and others stand for the National Anthem.

Crowd boos as the American flag is unfurled on the court. Stadium is still only about 50% full.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Sep 7

The United States Tennis Association told broadcasters not to show any booing of Trump today.

Call them to let them know how you feel about them enabling a wannabe dictator and his fascist regime.

JudeTD @judetd.bsky.social · Sep 7

It works folks. The best no; Customer 1-800-990-8782 & 2 to leave your number for return call. I called and told them they are no better than Hitler's appeasers were in 1932 in supporting Donald Trump's facist takeover of our country. Women was very courteous & stated they are registering calls.

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50501 New York @50501newyork.bsky.social · Sep 7

NYC, time to do what we do best—telling this fascist to f*** off.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · Sep 7

To all those attending the US Open, you know what to do.

Boo loudly, record footage, and share it EVERYWHERE.

Broadcasters told not to air any booing of Donald Trump at US Open men’s final

US Open broadcasters have been asked not to show any negative crowd reactions to Donald Trump at Sunday’s men’s final

www.theguardian.com

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