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Just a few days ago, Speaker Mike Johnson, the puritanical pixie twit, refused to rule out arresting Governor Newsom. He added that Newsom should be “tarred and feathered,” a form of torture popularized by vigilantes. He is a reckless hypocrite.

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One of my favorite signs of the day.

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“What really stands out to me now is that the biggest source of chaos is the president himself,” said Julian Zelizer, a professor of political history at Princeton University. “Rather than acting as a force to try to bring some kind of reconciliation, calm and stability, he is fueling the fires.”

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Kent State, where unarmed student protesters were gunned down by National Guard troops, offers stark warning. The federal deployment of military personnel now risks causing the same escalation, tragic error and lasting damage to what’s left of our democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/o...

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What a contrast: On the one hand, one grandiose spectacle in the nation's capital, a panorama of propaganda put on by an aspiring autocrat. On the other hand, thousands of assemblies of free citizens across the nation, authentic celebrations of the proposition that here the people rule.

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So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco #nokings

submitted 20 hours ago • 758 comments

Thank you to all of our service members and veterans. We appreciate you, your families, and your sacrifices for our country. Wish we were spending millions on you instead of a parade.

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You can’t see me bc I’m holding a flag but guys I live in a 2k person extremely rural town in one of the reddest counties of WI. So many people showed up there was a line all the way to the highway. I often feel a bit afraid due to my identity in this area but #nokings brought out so many

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Look what I found when I searched "ICE uniform" in Google Shopping. None of us have any way of knowing if the "ICE agent" pushing you into a car, isn't just some unbalanced vigilante into cosplay. These are very dangerous times.

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puny parade vs millions for No Kings. Trump the loser once again

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When you have more military than actual attendees, I think that's a sign that your parade is a dud, yes?

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Protest in Canada in solidarity with 'No Kings' shows protesters march on US embassy #NoTyrants m.youtube.com/watch?v=UzWT...

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<3 not involved <3

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How is this not a war crime? How this not a green light for Iran to target Israeli or U.S. civilian scientists in return?

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What we are witnessing is the Executive Branch trying to implement ethnic cleansing. Governors of sanctuary states are being attacked for not agreeing with this brutality even as it goes against what this country was founded upon. I have to wonder how long the plaque at Lady Liberty will remain. /

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Breaking News: The National Portrait Gallery director resigned weeks after President Trump said he was firing her for being “partisan.”

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I get that these guys have no shame, but that doesn’t mean we should give them a pass for it. Shame on Johnson and shame on the Republican Party that won’t call this out even though they know it’s wrong.

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Looks like the king of deal-making botched the Iran nuclear talks and has now left the region on the brink of an interstate war. Why am I not surprised?

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I think it's funny that it's going to rain on Trump's parade because Donald doesn't know how to close an umbrella.

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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Now, per Hegseth's testimony today, Trump could easily refuse to defer to the civil judiciary and not give up the National Guard, which would by definition make this a Military Dictatorship

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1940 This speech was so powerful and to think we still need it in the 2025! Not normal! Time for change💙

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Someone want to Tell Trump his overlord Putin is on Iran’s side?

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It's uncertain whether government efforts to reduce the size of the “dead zone” in the northern Gulf of Mexico will falter as the Trump administration scales back agencies involved in the process. via @lailluminator.com

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At the brink of war, our military is being led by an incompetent drunk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tUo...

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This is insane. I’m trying to think what the reaction would have been if Mayorkas, DHS Secretary under Biden, had got his security folks to manhandle and shove Tom Cotton or Ted Cruz in this way.

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It seems likely this will kill any prospect of a deal with Iran. It will be more motivated now to develop nuclear weapons. And it will conclude that should it reach a deal with the United States, Israel might still attack.

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Not sure if y’all remember. Congress was already gonna sign an immigration reform bill a few mknths before the last election. But SOMEONE wanted to run on ‘the border’. Again. He creates a crisis. Then does…..this…

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LA's domestic violence service providers talk to @juliannemcshane.bsky.social about ICE's chilling effect on their organizations and the undocumented survivors they serve. “She literally had to choose: physical harm or potential [ICE] custody.”

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Well…

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@ottovondanger.bsky.social Like you said...

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If they think morale is bad now, wait until the American public turns against the military because they are an occupying force who they fear instead of respect.

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I am ashamed of this country. We are supposed to be a melting pot of cultures. Celebrating eachother and our differences. I am sick to my stomach.

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The FBI manhandled a sitting United States Senator.

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No Kings Day: Stand Up Now Or Lose It All I’m protesting Saturday. Because this is it. The line. Not here. Not now. Not ever. Because silence = surrender. Because our kids are watching. So is the world. Because if we don’t show up, who will? See 👇👇👇 open.substack.com/pub/mitchthe...

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www.alternet.org/economy/unem...

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Italy, France, Britain, Germany—even Russia—achieved greatness before falling back (sometimes into tyranny and dictatorship). But in the US the fall has been especially galling. Oscar Wilde said, “The US is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without passing through civilization.”

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I don’t want Impeachment. I want Imprisonment. Life sentences. And more. Treason is not to be taken lightly. And when this is over we must make sure the message is clear. NEVER AGAIN.

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Perfection.

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The New York Times making it sound as if the United States is just about to join a super-prestigious club, when it's really slipping (slipped?) into the company of countries ruled by extrajudicial despots.

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Dangerous, unstable, vengeful, self-enriching Donald Trump knows not when to stop. He slaps a 40% tariff on imports from Vietnam at the same time that members of his family are asking Hanoi to build a gigantic golf course to be owned by the Trump consortium of emolument violators.

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www.wonkette.com/p/dear-leade...

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It is not the job of the federal government to "liberate" a city and state from their elected leaders. Where are all the states'-rights conservatives? And there is no need to liberate anything. The city & state aren't under siege. This is dangerous & authoritarian red-baiting & disgraceful.

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You just stand up for people who are more in danger than you. You just do it. It could be a self-interest thing, that you realize that someday you will be the one in danger. But it’s even more important to do it if that’s never true. You just do it because humans are worth standing up for.

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