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A conversation well worth reviewing between @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social on what the power of protest actually is and what the 3.5% rule people keep citing actually means

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Hearing from so many people, including people with their kids, who didn't feel safe after LAPD/LASD started attacking peaceful protesters — and then were unable to get home. If you took transit to DTLA and got stranded I'd love to hear from you

submitted 10 hours ago • 17 comments

Conservative protests are always treated as an organic cry of anger that manifests the distress of the unjustly ignored American heartland; protests from the center-left are always written off as noise from inside the bubble.

submitted 1 hour ago • 25 comments

I'm on the leadership team for our local @maindivisible.bsky.social chapter, @nsindivisible.bsky.social. We had a HUGE #NoKings Protest yesterday which had at least 1K attendees in #SwampscottMA, a small coastal town on the North Shore of Boston. Here is a thread of pix I took yesterday. 👇🧵📷 1/

submitted 1 hour ago • 2 comments

I've seen too many people who are out and out pro-Iran solely because they are beefing with Israel, and like, what is wrong with yall??!?!

submitted 1 hour ago • 51 comments

"We never imagined that this ... would happen to us."

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

Six GOP governors activated the National Guard ahead of #NoKings because they claimed the protesters may be violent. 5 million of us marched. And so far all actual violence seems to have come at the hands of counter-protesters, Christian nationalist terrorists and law enforcement.

submitted 14 hours ago • 18 comments

An increase of 70% is consistent with CO Springs. #HandsOff filled our town hall lawn and block. #NoKings in addition filled bilateral sidewalks of Nevada Ave with marchers for 1.5 miles-adding about 70% #progressiveveterans @50501movement.bsky.social

submitted 14 hours ago • 0 comments

BREAKING NEWS: People sent running after shooting incident during Salt Lake City protest march: www.fox13now.com/news/local-n... #utpol #Utah

submitted 14 hours ago • 2 comments

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

submitted 16 hours ago • 208 comments

The attack on the Democratic legislators in MN remind me of a case in Nova Scotia where a guy impersonated a cop to murder 22 people 3 years ago: www.bbc.com/news/world-u...

submitted 23 hours ago • 6 comments

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Trump supporters surround, scream, and chant at a lone protester. When one man rips his sign out of his hands he opens his backpack and pulls out another. Law enforcement and event security did nothing but watch and later told him that if things escalated he would be removed.

submitted 16 hours ago • 11 comments

LAPD shooting impact munitions at a non combative crowd. People just sitting and relaxing on benches leap up with their kids. This is incredibly dangerous. These munitions can and do permanently maim and kill. (Lots of studies exist!) Los Angeles!

submitted 16 hours ago • 9 comments

Governor Walz told people to stay home because of a fugitive gunman and Minnesota STILL showed up!

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Requesting, asking, begging politicians to recognize, encourage and support this energy while it's fresh.

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

People were hungry to tell him to go fuck himself *after a week of people seeing troops in the street, cops fighting protesterd and politicians getting murdered,* all things that could have scared people away!

submitted 16 hours ago • 4 comments

A totally peaceful day in DTLA and suddenly they’ve declared unlawful assembly because the cops got bored and started tear gassing people. Disgusting.

submitted 17 hours ago • 12 comments

Can confirm from when I used to could breathe & do cool shit.

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Thread from Rep Jimmy Gomez on the bleak and illegal circumstances surrounding the detainees at the Metropolitan Detention Center

submitted 17 hours ago • 20 comments

Initial estimate was $45 million, including $12 million to fix DC's roads after. There's been some suggestions that total bill will hit nine figures, a number for which Obama would have gotten impeached

submitted 16 hours ago • 6 comments

Klasfeld on Abrego Garcia case: One of the cooperating witnesses is serving a 30-year sentence. What comes out during the hearing is that: he’s getting leniency on his prison sentence, is now in a halfway house, and is also receiving favorable treatment with his immigration situation.

submitted 20 hours ago • 125 comments

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Love! #Resist #NoKings #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne #Indivisible #Protest

submitted 17 hours ago • 4 comments

Optics and theatre are political. You have to play the game better than them. This was a good move.

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

KARE 11 TV in the Twin Cities reports that Vance Boelter's best friend says Boelter voted for Trump and is "a strong supporter"

submitted 17 hours ago • 255 comments

There's been a lot of debate about whether the #NoKings coalition made the right decision staying out of DC, but early returns would seem to suggest they made the right call. The split screen is going to send a very clear message to our political actors.

submitted 17 hours ago • 19 comments

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

submitted 19 hours ago • 291 comments

This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com

submitted 18 hours ago • 348 comments

Cops in LA still shooting tear gas at moms, dads, and grandpas just for being there.

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

OPINION by @brandonfriedman.bsky.social: "This use of the U.S. military is horrifying for a specific reason. It’s not simply because he’s showing off the hardware. It’s horrifying because the parade serves as a mirror, reflecting where we are as a nation." READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

submitted 19 hours ago • 15 comments

the contrast between the giant crowds protesting in cities all over the nation and the sad sparsely attended procession in DC of army soldiers with resting "this parade could have been an email" face is giving me life

submitted 18 hours ago • 3 comments

When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman. -Free school breakfast and lunch -Restoring voting rights for felons -Paid leave Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...

submitted 21 hours ago • 132 comments

NOOGA… #NoKingsDay

submitted 23 hours ago • 67 comments