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Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop! Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels

they're having a hard time hiding their boredom

the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

Today in Boston. Over a million people turned out. Even the drone couldn't get it all. #NoKingsDay #BostonStrong #ICEProtest

I hope every elected official, business owner, university president, and media executive sees the millions of people out in the streets today and understands: If we fight back, this is the power on our side.

Trump looking absolutely inconsolable at his fascist-themed 79th birthday party which no one turned up to other than those who had to because he's their boss.

Friendly reminder to east coast peeps: The west coast #nokings rallies are just getting underway. ✊

NEW: Democracy is alive in Philly! Amazing scenes in Philadelphia as thousands hit the streets for the anti-Trump protest. #NoKings #50501Movement

Philly showin' up today

They launched a coup, suffered no consequences for it, won back power, and have used the power to pardon everyone involved while remaking the country through violence and intimidation. It’s just ridiculous to talk about the political violence of yelling at ICE agents within that context.

#NoKings Several thousand protesters today in Greenville, SC!

From Trump and Bondi complete silence about the political assassinations in Minnesota. This is MAGA leadership, stoking and provoking violence at every turn.

How to stop authoritarian takeovers, 6 simple lessons from history: 1. Build a broad pro-democracy coalition. No purity politics. Learn to work with people who annoy you. You can go back to dunking on them after democracy is safe.

In April, President Trump and Salvadoran President Bukele shook hands in the Oval Office to celebrate a deal to ship gang members to the notorious CECOT prison. But a new ProPublica investigation found there’s more to the story. 🧵👇

The new normal in West LA.

USAGM today urgently called back to work the staff of the Voice of America's Farsi language service. All had been on paid admin leave for the past three months with the rest of VOA's silenced journalists.

Omfg

The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow

I love this! 🙌

“.. Trump keeps claiming that all the wars that broke out under his predecessor .. would never have happened on his watch, because he .. is so strong and universally respected. Well, here is a close US ally, Bibi, ignoring Trump’s wishes ..” @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Has anybody asked Cuomo *why* he wants to be Mayor? Going from Governor to Mayor is a downgrade, even in NY. Could it be that he’s a power hungry megalomaniac who hates being out of the spotlight?

Israel aggressively bombing Iran—unlike two incidents of strikes in 2024, which followed Iranian missiles launches against Israel—is in part another consequence of a weak, chaotic US president. Worth noting that this didn't happen under Biden, Obama, or Bush, despite Israel talking about it a lot.

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

We’re sounding the alarm because this is just wrong. This is not what a democracy looks like. If they can do this to a sitting US Senator on camera, imagine what they can do to you. Share. Speak out. And push your elected officials to do the same, especially the Republicans.

Call it assault, people. Senator Alex Padilla, California's first Latino senator was assaulted. Manhandled is a euphemism. He stopped trying to get free, and they threw him to the floor and cuffed him anyway.

SCHATZ: "This is the stuff of dictatorships. He identified himself. That should be enough."

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls for the Senate to "censure" Alex Padilla after he was restrained and handcuffed by FBI agents at Kristi Noem's presser, adding that it is "wildly inappropriate behavior." So it looks like Republicans want to escalate this!

time to shut down the Senate; literally any one of them can do it, make the bastards chase you

PADILLA: “If this is how the administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, cooks, and day laborers throughout the country.”

whining about how the protestors need to mind their manners sure looks fucking stupid now

This is the time to meet the moment, Democrats. We need leaders and fighters. It's now.

Call your reps. Tell them they need to draw a goddamn line. There are a huge range of procedural tools they can use to slow Congress to a crawl. Use it or lose it. (Scripts/language here.)