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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 16m

#NoKings

Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 20m

Yesterday: Trump bragged, "We took the freedom of speech away."

Today: New reporting on Trump's plans to go after opposition groups.

In 9 days: We mount the largest peaceful protest in modern history to say, loud and clear, that America has no king.

nokings.org

USA Today: 'We took the freedom of speech away:' Trump on flag burning protection, First Amendment

Reuters: Trump's war on the left: inside the plan to investigate liberal groups

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 1h

Republicans continue to postpone the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva, the newest Democrat elected to Congress, for a ninth day.

Her day one promise is to be the tie-breaking vote to release the Epstein files.

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 35m

This..
All of this.

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 4h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2h

It's a disgrace. The Post's Opinion section has now been fully Orbanized.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 14h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

New in PN: Trump is the insurrection

"It’s a wild assault on state sovereignty, bringing us ever closer to the brink of civil war. This is despotism, & whatever chaos & violence is about to be unleashed lies squarely on the robed shoulders of Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, & Barrett."

Trump is the insurrection

And the Supreme Court's conservatives are his shock troops.

www.publicnotice.co

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 12h

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 12h

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap. Trump will make the FCC crucify Jimmy Kimmel for this.

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 13h

Photo of heavy set national guard with the caption "Texas National Lard invades Illinois"

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 13h

As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

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Antifa CEO @antifa.bsky.social · 16d

BREAKING: Antifa designates the Trump administration as a domestic terrorist organization.

DESIGNATING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
Antifa Executive Orders
September 22, 2025

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Andrew K. Gardner @akgardner.com · 13h

This is one of those things where, if you said after the first (couple) strikes on Venezuelan boats that they were laying the groundwork for killing people on US soil, you sound crazy. Hysterical.

And then.... When it actually does happen on US soil, it's nearly normalized.

Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 13h

As I observed in my Substack Round Up this past week, the endgame of the military strikes against drug cartels in international waters is to lay the groundwork to use lethal military force against Americans at home. Pay attention open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

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Juke Slytalker @blackskyeddie.blacksky.app · 18h

It's wild how quickly we bounced from "is it wrong to call conservatives fascist?" to "we're officially labeling liberals as a terrorist organization."

It's extra wild because we don't have any official policy for dealing with fascists, but we have crystal clear, official policy to kill terrorists.

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 13h

This regime is already committing war crimes killing innocent fishermen in international waters

They won't think twice about a little murder of US citizens on our own soil

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 14h

Gonna repost this forever

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 15h

#meme #memes #resist #NoKings #FuckTrump #WarRavagedPortland

Mock them. Relentlessly. Take their perceived power away from them.

Photo of Marco Rubio whispering into Trump's ear with the caption "Sir, a second protestor wearing an inflatable frog costume has hit portland"

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 15h

Sorry, not sorry

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 15h

Happy birthday 🥳

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 18h

Been saying this shit forever! Forever forever! It's not doomer shit. Palmer Luckey got paid to make military drones and this guy has been testing it out in the burbs. What does it matter to Trump? He's not gonna be around soon. He does not care what happens.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 18h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 18h

Wish we had a press corp that would actually ask something like “where are you getting this information from?”

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 18h

Can't wait for another strongly worded Schumer/Jeffries letter along with Newsom throwing trans people under the bus for a few more bucks

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18h

And then do nothing more but send endless fundraising emails and texts

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 19h

Dems can just clip the "we took the freedom of speech away" and make an ad

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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David Waldman @kagrox.bsky.social · 18h

“The president should be removed from office, because he is plainly insane.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 19h

Bondi: "We're going to summarily execute any protestors we arbitrarily call Antifa without trial. Just like we murdered those fishermen in the oceans."

This is where we are folks

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DrakenKnight @drakenknight.bsky.social · 20h

Nazareth

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