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Veterans for Peace are in DC today protesting Trump’s military parade, cuts to VA benefits, and US military being deployed on America’s streets. “BENEFITS NOT BULLSHIT!” LFG. 🔥

In just one week: A GOP president deployed Marines in a U.S. city, called for a Democratic governor’s arrest, the GOP Speaker called for him to be tarred and feathered, a Democratic senator was handcuffed, and two Democratic legislators were shot in their homes.

The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle. Don't give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.

must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

Repost if YOU are going to a No Kings Day rally on Trump’s birthday, June 14th. This is a great summary of what the events are for and why it’s important to TURN OUT! Please watch and share.

Dear NBA, I know it looks bad if your supposed MVP goes out in Round 2. Especially with all the other upsets. But if you wanted OKC to advance, just let us know Call me a homer but this officiating difference between SGA and Jokic is ridiculous. #NBAPlayoffs #NBA

It is my birthday and a Nuggets win would be a nice present. Also I have covid so c'mon universe throw me a bone here. LFG! #denvernuggets #milehighplayoffs

The protests are not for Trump to see, they are so you can all see each other and grow. It's not the protest itself that tyrants are afraid of, but the networks and community you can grow from them. Your strength is your unity and that's why the enemy thrives by demoralizing and dividing you. #3E

“Use promo code: FAFO.”

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

Emergency video: it’s time to start making plans. Either the house steps up to defend the constitution, or our generation does. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...

Crucial point made here — we should learn from others rather than imagine that everything is new and therefore shocking and impossible to resist. www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...

Meadowlark and Long's peak

One of the most clarifying things I've seen in the past few weeks is "de-escalate all conflict that is not with the enemy."

i’m of the view that it would be genuinely idiotic for the white house to invoke the insurrection act if it wants to stay in power. if you are going to call out troops to confront throngs of protesters, you need to be extremely confident that they will obey every order given to them.

Longmont, Colorado turned out! #Colorado #Resistors #handsoff

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

Required reading. This will be on the test — because we’re living through the test right now.

Sending a Russian dissent back to Russia to be tortured and/or killed perfectly encapsulates this loathsome administration’s lack of American values.

J F C www.cnn.com/2025/03/25/b...

More GOP regret Trump votes. Now MAGA farmers & teachers bemoan their choice as he strips funding & shuts down aid programs. Amazing. They could have just LISTENED.🙄 But we NEED them to leave the cult. Here's a resource- leave it open where they find it on their own. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

"We’re living through the sudden flatlining of the healthy biorhythms of our constitutional order. Our system of democracy and shared responsibilities is dead on the table, waiting to see if there’s a shock strong enough to jolt it back to life." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-s-...?

I hear people are calling his cars “Deplorians” these days.

The crowds that AOC & Bernie Sanders are getting are MASSIVE. Here’s the current scenes in Denver. Thousands. #FightOligarchy (🎥: Bastian Brauns)

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Colorado Capitol building today.

Denver today #50501

Well... the State of the DisUnion will begin, shortly. I'm gonna be in attendance 😳😏. DO NOT WATCH!