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We have self-reports or news accounts from 320 of the 2,000 No Kings Day events across the US today. Up to an unofficial tally of about 575,000 people now. Extrpaolating from that, total would be around 4.5m people, or about 1.3% of the pop. Some error I'm sure. Thanks to everyone crowdsourcing!

Omg the aerial photos are even better 😭

I'm the guy in the black jacket

Trump canceled: "a grant to Emory University and Georgia State University, where researchers had developed three potential drugs that showed promise against many RNA-based viruses, including coronaviruses, Ebola, avian influenza and measles.." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”

If a tank drives down Constitution Avenue but nobody is there to hear it…

And there it is. The Minnesota assassin who shot Democratic lawmakers “voted for Donald Trump and was a strong Trump supporter,” according to his best friend.

The day started with tragedy with political violence in MN and instead of being scared, neighbors SHOWED UP to stand together at No Kings Twin Cities. We packed the Capitol Mall all the way to the Cathedral. Estimate 80,000+ right now. So proud of our state. #nokings #indivisible

I love that a politician can say something like “I believe mice naturally spawn out of grain” and the news will now just treat that as a legitimate line of thought

Donald Trump does NOT want you to share this footage of his pathetically tiny birthday parade crowd.

wracking my brains to think of someone who would have had access to a police uniform, a police-issue plate carrier, and a police car

2021 www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...

We know what we have to do to save our city from Andrew Cuomo. We're cross endorsing 🤝 @bradlander.bsky.social

Shameful.

okay so we've got -- DHS goons handcuffing a U.S. Senator -- Marines in LA violating posse comitatus -- political assassinations in MN And that's just, like, the last couple of days

Remember: Trump retweeted an image of a hammer and underwear to mock the attack of Speaker Pelosi’s husband. They condone and cheer violence against their opponents.

#trump #parade #annetelnaes

you ever think about how in 2009 DHS released a report about the growing threat of violent domestic terrorism from the right and then Republicans got so mad about it the DHS secretary resigned?

George Orwell wrote in 1941:

LAPD is illegally sharing license plate data with ICE and Border Patrol. Under California law, police agencies are barred from sharing license plate reader data with out-of-state public agencies or federal entities.

“If you throw a brick at one of our deputies we’re gonna be notifying your family of where to collect your remains because we will kill you, graveyard dead, we’re not gonna play.” - the Brevard County Sheriff, in a live press conference. These guys are foaming at the mouth to go full brownshirts.

it amazes me that to this day, we've got Fox pumping out a constant stream of blatant disinformation, and the MSM firing reporters who dare to express any obvious truth about fascism.

One thing that stood out really powerfully in last night's mayoral debate is that Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander both operate from the premise that New York City is a wonderful and beautiful and precious place. Andrew Cuomo does not.

“We found this individual possessed a second, far more lethal string of words locked and loaded, and I’m terrified to think how the situation would have shaken out if he’d been able to say even one of them aloud,” said Kristi Noem theonion.com/kristi-...

House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.

Kristi Noem Appears With Bandage Over Ear Struck By Words

Kristi Noem: Sen. Padilla Had Even Deadlier Opinion That Failed To Go Off

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Everyone… It doesn’t just stop at ACIP. The strategy is not just approvals but will eventually filter down to how your provider will be able to operate Every single one of RFK and companies goals is to completely incapacitate the current medical institution and keep everyone in the dark

Cuomo literally made up a story about a thing that never happened last night, to prove that he can stand up to Trump, and as far as I can tell nobody blinked an eye or even noticed

Trump is punishing the people who voted for him

California national guard troops and marines deployed to LA to help restore order have told friends and family members they are deeply unhappy about the assignment and worry their only meaningful role will be as pawns in a political battle they don't want to join. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

yep! unpaywalled:

It is actually nuts that even when the NYC political establishment was presented with a broad field of talented candidates w/ many ideas, in a time of generational change & anti-corruption, they STILL chose to line up behind scandal-ridden Andrew Cuomo. It’s cowardice.

I've seen impeachment talk as pointless, but if Dems take the house back in 26, what's happened this week demands articles instantly be filed against Trump and almost everyone in his cabinet. Nobody will be removed, but that's not the point.

Hey @natastron.nature.com, this ad is absolutely not ok. It makes me super uncomfortable to see jokey sexist-feeling T-shirts on your site. A lot of researchers pay you a lot of money and we should at least get subjected to a better curated set of ads.

Palmer: Charges should be brought against each one of you AOC: Raising the prospect of charges against witnesses is a form of intimidation is it not? Palmer: I strike those words

here's some new last minute art for you.

Kristi Noem Attempts To Relieve Tension From Negative Press By Squeezing Stress Dog

An MSNBC anchor just definitively claimed Padilla didn't identify himself when video clearly shows he did. So fucking irresponsible. This is how lies spread.