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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 30/07/2026

The Prairieland case is a perfect example of the "burn down a walmart" theory of change when you attempt to put it into action. Song says he intended it to be a warning shot, but you can't control what the bullet does after a warning shot. Don't fire at all. www.liberalcurrents.com/prairieland-...

On the evening of July 4, 2025, a collection of activists and protesters arrived at the Prairieland ICE detention facility in Alvarado, Texas. They performed a "noise protest," among other things setting off fireworks, in an attempt to signal to the detainees that they were not alone. Some individuals also slashed car tires and spray-painted "Ice Pig" and "Fuck you Pigs" on a car and a guard hut. ICE agents inside the facility called the local police, who responded. After an altercation, one protester—Benjamin Hanil Song—fired an AR-15 in the direction of a police officer. A bullet struck the officer in the neck, but did not kill him. Song and fifteen other activists were ultimately arrested, charged, and in June 2026 convicted by a jury of their peers of multiple charges, including material support of terrorism. Song was sentenced to 100 years in prison.

Much has been written about these events, whether about the morality of the activists' actions, the absurdity of referring to antifa as an "organization" let alone a terrorist one, or the strikingly long sentences handed down. The longest sentence handed down to any of the January 6 insurrectionists, for comparison, was 22 years.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/06/2026

I, like you, am tired of I-talked-to-a-Trump-voter-in-a-diner stories. But newly published research that involved weeks of contact with conservatives and their communities offered some novel insights that I hadn't considered. So I wrote about it. Gift link: shorturl.at/3FeaO

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The mistake many people make when trying to understand Trump voters

A new study suggests concerns about democracy may not resonate with Trump supporters the way many assume.

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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

My hot take is that green bubbles for Android users was one of the most blatant and successful anticompetitive acts of the past 50 years

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/04/2026

these focus groups are just further anecdotal evidence for my view that trump is is understood as a totem for wealth and prosperity. these people are genuinely bewildered that he isn’t, and might in fact be a human being with ulterior motives

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Opinion | The Economy, Immigration and Regret: 12 Trump Voters Discuss

Trump voters discuss their disappointment with the president’s second term.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

After I shot this photo of Stephanie Tubbs at the #NoKings rally in Hattiesburg, I asked for her name. She hesitated, worried about how her family would react. "No problem," I told her, "We don't have to use your name." She paused. "Fuck it," she said, drawing cheers from the women around her.

A woman on the side of the road wearing an american flag-themed cardigan holds a sign that reads 'SAVE DEMOCRACY'

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Overthrowing a billionaire-backed fascist regime requires high bar, sustained, civil disobedience. And this requires connecting people into communities and showing we are the majority, our beliefs are the common sense norm. Both things are true.

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Indivisible East Bay @indivisibleeb.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

In three weeks, we march! Join us for #NoKings 3 in #Oakland on March 28th, 12 noon at Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza. More info and sign up: indivisibleeb.org/event/no-kin...

No Kings in 3 weeks - March 28th in Oakland, CA

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

STOP playing music loud in bars, I am trying to DRINK and you are making NOISE that is LOUD

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PMC Vanguardist @tylerboschert.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I can't begin to express how much I hate this. I refuse to give money to my alma mater if they'll allow it to be extorted from them by the likes of Donald Trump and I will encourage other alumni to act likewise.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/11/2025

you should support liberal currents!

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 19/10/2025

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

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Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants

Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

We are the majority and we reject Trump and his BS! No Thrones! No Crowns! No Kings! #Nokings #Nokingsoakland

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Indivisible East Bay @indivisibleeb.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Oakland is OUT and LOUD to say NO KINGS #NOKINGSOAKLAND #NOKINGS

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 18/10/2025

If you attend a No Kings Day event, please record the number of people in attendance in our crowdsourced crowd-counting sheet. We prefer official estimates above ad-hoc counts — if you count yourself, pls be conservative (people are bad at estimating crowd sizes). docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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20251018_No Kings Day 2 Protests Unofficial Attendance Crowdsourcing

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 13/10/2025

Be sure to spread it around

No kings
No dictators
October 18
Nokings.org

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it. SB 79 has been signed.

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Indivisible East Bay @indivisibleeb.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

It’s less than two weeks until No Kings. Are you ready? @indivisible.org m.youtube.com/watch?v=iVcK...

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Join us at NO KINGS 2 Oakland

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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

I think the most useful political activity most of us can engage in rn is to encourage as many people as possible to attend the Oct 18 protests.

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Louis @louisevans.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

It’s gotta be Baumol’s for reproductive labor, right? Nothing else checks out

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Jessica Christian @jachristian.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

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

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Congresswoman Lateefah Simon @replsimon.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

This is not a monarchy. This is a movement. You don’t get to storm the Capitol, lie to our people, steal our futures - and demand a crown. We say NO.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 13/06/2025

All Senator Padilla wanted was to do his job and get the questions his constituents had answered — instead, he was thrown to the ground and handcuffed. This is Donald Trump's America, where they attack our freedoms. We cannot be intimidated or scared by their abuses of power.

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

This is an insufficient statement. Is the problem the disrespect or what he was asking about? Get your shit together Senator.

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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Unsurprisingly, Rs are releasing montage videos that combine Dems calling for protests with footage of WayMos burning = ie, THIS is what they called for. But we're about to have a ton of peaceful protests that clarify what Dems are calling for.

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Beyond the clearly ridiculous framing, the fact that this is a push alert is just obscene. If I shared analysis like this at work, I'd no longer be allowed to share analysis.

NYT push alert saying: "Accepting a $400 million jet from the Qatari royal family is the latest example of how President Trump is blowing through traditional guardrails."

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 07/05/2025

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

The message from the Left should be: tariffs bad, industrial policy good. Sure, there are niche cases where tariffs might be useful as part of industrial policy, but it really weakens the message to add qualifiers. Fight unreservedly against the thing destroying the economy.

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 05/04/2025

Remember the task now is to disseminate the images of the protests to people who didn’t see them and project a sense of their size and significance. Huge numbers of people turned out today, let’s make their dedication count!

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

So much of post-material politics is that those who care the least about changes to their own material condition are the ones with time and energy to drive political content.

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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Goddamn I love a first principles argument. I also think that's the kind of argument that R's are quietly making - you should be safe. You should be rich. America should be first, etc. People seem to respond well to it!

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

He played the ultimate businessman on TV for a decade and people believed it!

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Really interesting evidence that economic evolution that moves faster than accompanying social evolution can cause significant societal upheaval. Feels intuitive ofc but good to be backed up and especially in such a high stakes case.

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Home video update: apparently my Grandma dressed my uncles up as a big box of cigarettes and matches for a holiday parade Some things have changed quite a bit since the 50s!

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I am once again reminded that being even moderately informed on a topic and then seeing randos on the Internet discuss said topic is one of the most frustrating experiences of the modern era. I need to stop reading reddit threads

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

We should definitely expand the house, but if we do SO many crazy things like this are going to slip through the cracks.

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Having worked in Dem fundraising: A) this is very real and we should stop doing it B) The issue isn't Actblue - political donations become public record by law so an industry exists which scrapes this information and sells it to campaigns. Campaigns also sell/trade their donor lists to each other.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

better than a muscular competitor to the NYT/WSJ/WaPo you could stand up progressive-leaning content outlets that cover sports, cooking, tech, celebrity news etc. that would be more useful for reaching low-info voters and also make you money while you're at it.

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Every month this happens, my bills go up. That is the most direct way to talk about this. This lack of urgency is costing all of us money every single day!

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

All of this is no more complex than that he played The Ultimate Businessman on TV

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I think there's a relatively straightforward moral justification for non-maximally efficient giving to local causes - direct responsibility - but a lot of the criticism of EA (including some of the folks quoted here) shows that folks give because they want to FEEL good, not DO good.

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

When I was a cook in Chicago, I could live a 10 minute walk from my workplace. In NYC, I could live in the same borough as my workplace b/c I shared a 1bd with a partner and the subway runs 24/7. Now that I live in the bay, I have no idea how I would make it work as a cook in SF.

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Events that are influenced by lots of people can (and almost definitely do) have multiple influencing factors. Shouldn't be controversial and yet some of y'all act like there's One Big Thing™️ that explains every social/political outcome.

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

This is also the source of the fury directed at private equity: dentists, vets, etc. have been underpricing services for years and years and we all built our lives to rely on that. Part of the trouble is that it's hard to ascribe meaningful blame to anyone involved - its a systems issue!

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

We live in a culture fueled by social media dunks, diss tracks, and gotchas. Trying to "play nice"™️ won't change the culture, but it does make you a loser.

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

A take I'm becoming more convinced of is that simplifying modern living through policy should be a larger focus of the left. You're not going to get electoral credit for pushing through IRS Direct File, but it could give everyday people more bandwidth for civic engagement.

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Joey @josephraff.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

This is really well done - the Harris campaign was more successful than people want to believe, but the struggles of the Dem party going forward are likely more serious than people want to believe. The commentary on institutions is particularly insightful IMO.

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