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In serious countries that are actual democracies, strong mainstream parties force members who do stuff like this to resign, & far right authoritarian parties that do this are shunned from government. Here in 🇺🇸, one of our two parties has collapsed into far right authoritarianism. So neither happens.

submitted 21 hours ago • 123 comments

No lies told.

submitted 6 hours ago • 214 comments

I left Twitter when it went to crap. Anyone still there that’s seen MAGA’s reaction to yesterday’s protests and the military parade?

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Yesterday, more than 400 attendees gathered in downtown Gallatin for the “No Kings” rally. Hosted by Indivisible Sumner, it served as an example of the First Amendment in action. “No Kings” was both peaceful and lawful - a clear reminder that unity and civic engagement remain stronger than fear.

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Imagine if next month China puts on giant a super tight Military Parade with like a K-Pop laser light show and dancers and a smoke machine, Trump might nuke them. 🤷 ☢️ 🕺 🚀 🐼

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One last post tonight: 34 arrests were made today involving MAGA individuals. Thank you to everyone who helped keep watch.

submitted 1 day ago • 63 comments

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the Chinese practice their parades for months, sometimes years - this is not conducive to actual military readiness but it does look good! the sloppiness and half-assedness of this is indicative of both the general vibe of Hegseth's Pentagon and the lack of US tradition here.

submitted 1 day ago • 48 comments

Our military deserves better than this empty charade. Yikes. The tank squeaking over silence is incredible.

submitted 1 day ago • 2383 comments

No better way to build morale in the military than forcing troops to march down largely empty streets in a thunderstorm to celebrate a draft dodger’s birthday

submitted 1 day ago • 94 comments

A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name. This is your legacy!

submitted 2 days ago • 342 comments

THOUSANDS rallying in Nashville!!

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To mobilize the National Guard, Trump cited 10 U.S.C. 12406, which authorizes the president to do so when the U.S. faces foreign invasion or rebellion or when he cannot otherwise execute the laws. This is NOT such an occasion. So today’s coup is manifestly illegal and must be stopped judicially.

submitted 2 days ago • 66 comments

From a dear comrade who was kind enough to let me share their video. Veterans stage a sit-in on the US Capitol steps and say, “Military off our streets!” Hell yeah!

submitted 2 days ago • 570 comments

I live in a small town in deep red Tennessee. We’re having a No Kings rally tomorrow and HUNDREDS have already signed up to attend. This is a big deal. @NoKings #NoKings

submitted 3 days ago • 19 comments

On 6/12, DHS Sec’y Kristi Noem said “We are staying here to liberate [LA] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership this governor and mayor have placed on this country and this city.” This use of military force to displace a democratically elected is the very definition of a coup.

submitted 3 days ago • 845 comments

This is what will take the republic down. If our senior military leaders don’t put a stop to this and significant parts of the military “defect” to Trump, it’s over.

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We almost missed William Lamberth & Ferrell Haile taking credit for “securing” funds that came from a Biden bill OPPOSED BY EVERY TENNESSEE REPUBLICAN IN CONGRESS (Which Gallatin News fails to mention… This is how they escape accountability) mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/new...

submitted 6 days ago • 6 comments

We are getting closer by the day to the US version of Tiananmen Square.

submitted 7 days ago • 34 comments

Hello. I live in Los Angeles. The president is lying.

submitted 7 days ago • 3073 comments

We need to take down Fox Destroy it Make it nonexistent

submitted 8 days ago • 14 comments

America’s Tiananmen Square moment is coming.

submitted 8 days ago • 59 comments

"Reducing the operating budget by $900 million, as the Trump administration wants to do, would require closing 350 of the 433 parks, monuments, historic sites and other locations overseen by the Park Service..." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/o...

submitted 14 days ago • 296 comments

"Because people who constantly transgress can’t function with the knowledge that they are immoral, they must believe—and teach—that everyone is just as corrupt as they are." That's what it's all about. New from @monacharen.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/whatabouti...

submitted 14 days ago • 30 comments

Couple thoughts on this Ukrainian operation: 18 months of planning with no leaks is crazy impressive. The intelligence picture, the OpSec, and the execution were all top notch. I’m curious to see what else they have planned, and yes I’m worried about how Russia will respond.

submitted 14 days ago • 583 comments

While Stephen Miller publishes the faces of the judges that struck down Trump’s unlawful tariffs, his own goons in ICE refuse to show theirs out of fear of being publicly identified. If our judges are brave enough to face MAGA threats with their faces showing, ICE should not hide behind masks.

submitted 17 days ago • 321 comments

On our next show: Singer, Songwriter and activist Mollie Lynne talks about the intersection of music and politics. Exclusively on @theloyaloppo.bsky.social and WQKR AM/FM/.Com. Live Wednesdays at 5, podcast up by Sunday.

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60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life. Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

submitted 20 days ago • 471 comments

On this day one hundred years ago in Dayton Tennessee, John Scopes, a high school science teacher/coach was indicted for breaking the state's Butler Act by teaching evolution... In that hundred years things haven't gotten better, they got better, then have become significantly worse...

submitted 22 days ago • 20 comments

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submitted 22 days ago • 35 comments

If you are in Sumner County, TN or Middle TN, please subscribe and support one of TN’s only progressive radio talk and podcast shows. Even if you’re not progressive, the show provides “the rest of the story.”

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

The next 100 days will be tougher than the last, they expect you to burn out and accept it, they expect you to stop protesting and sit quietly at home. They expect you to submit yourself to fascism and just let it happen. You are better than that. Make them expect your diligence and consistency. #3E

submitted 25 days ago • 94 comments

Burn it all down "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led a Christian prayer service in the Pentagon’s auditorium on Wednesday morning, during working hours, in which President Trump was praised as a divinely appointed leader."

submitted 26 days ago • 430 comments

Wow under the new Nazi budget bill ANYONE making under $40k a year gets a 74% increase in their Federal taxes while ANYONE making OVER $1 million a year gets a tax cut of %87 and those are NOT typos and directly sourced from CBO. 🤷 Anyone who has kids should flee America before it’s too late. 🤷 🩸 🇺🇸

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

If I'm the PR people for Oprah, Beyoncé, and Bruce Springsteen, I'm telling them to do a joint video statement--no frills, just the three of them sitting together--about the importance of free speech in a free society and that they will not be intimidated into silence by the clownish threats.

submitted 27 days ago • 109 comments

Don’t let up, friends! Keep the pressure on! The best way to let your reps in DC know that you are upset about the budget reconciliation bill is to call and/or email on a weekly basis. KEEP GOING. Especially if you are in a red district. It’s the best tool we have rn, in addition to protesting!

submitted 28 days ago • 13 comments

There's so much to grieve and fear right now. Nevertheless, WE RESIST. Join the general strike movement. Generalstrikeus.com ------------------------- Demands: generalstrikeus.com/demands Discord: discord.gg/gsus Main US page: @generalstrikeus.bsky.social

submitted 29 days ago • 15 comments

“Poor man wanna be rich. Rich man wanna be king. The king ain’t satisfied ‘til he rules everything.”—Springsteen, Badlands

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