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Screaming Well @richardcarkeek.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
This is devastating.
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Carolyn Pexton @cjpexton.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Happy No Kings Day and Obama Appreciation Day!
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 13/06/2025
Donald Trump doesn't care about law enforcement. He cares about power. It's why he's deploying military personnel to Los Angeles. And it's why he pardoned the violent criminals who attacked Capitol Police on January 6th.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name. This is your legacy!
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Ranaman @ranaman004.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Back at the Capitol in Olympia, WA #NoKings
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Seattle GoodBoy 🔜 Lazy Bear @seagoodboy.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I love you Seattle. #abolishice #nokings
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Relentless @relentlesspursuit.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
There is no such thing as an overreaction with what has now happened. This is the line in the sand. Every red hat who supports killing Americans is a traitor.
The road to fascism is lined with people telling you to stop over reacting
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Brenda Peterson @bespeterson1029.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Today we honor our forefathers and once again say “NO KINGS”! Be Safe Out There🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Nicole Davisson @nic-davisson.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
If you stand with @padilla.senate.gov, stand with @replamonica.bsky.social. Tell your Reps & Senators how you feel about the charges against her. 202-224-3121 And call the DOJ comment line: 202-353-1555
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Murderers impersonating cops is the natural outflow of actual cops insisting they need not identify themselves nor show their faces. Anyone can yell “police” and you’re just supposed to cower I guess.
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 14/06/2025
Veterans are speaking out. Trump’s use of Troops against Americans isn’t leadership—it’s an abuse of power. We served the Constitution, not a king, a bully, or a dictator. Watch and share these powerful words from those who’ve worn the uniform.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14/06/2025
Many Americans are gathering Saturday in cities across the country for an organized day of protests dubbed “No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance” against President Trump’s policies. Follow our coverage: wapo.st/4n1tb4v
Demonstrators in Philadephia.Demonstrators in New York.Demonstrators in Chicago.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/06/2025
This movement is fired up, dedicated, well-informed of our rights, and committed to keeping each other and our communities safe. We’re in this together.
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Famous Aids quilt put on display in London for first time in 30 years – but you don’t have long to see it
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World-famous Aids quilt put on display in London for first time in 30 years
The UK Aids Memorial Quilt is on display in London’s Tate Modern for the first time in 30 years, but only for a few days. In a bid to raise awareness of
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 14/06/2025
We honor 250 years of proud, unbroken service by our Troops. But let’s be clear: Trump’s birthday parade isn’t about them. It’s about using the military as a political prop to feed his ego. That’s not strength. That’s spectacle.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
HONESTY. INTEGRITY. DECENCY. #June14th-ObamaAppreciationDay
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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/06/2025
Across the nation, we're taking to the streets to voice our dissent against the Trump administration's abuses of power. In solidarity with each other, we will not back down in defense of our rights.
black graphic with a quote ""Don’t let anyone try to tell you that protesting all of these injustices isn’t the most patriotic action you can take in these trying times.
It’s not only patriotic, but it’s our constitutional right and duty to do so."
— Anu Joshi
ACLU National Campaign Director for Immigration speaking at the No Kings rally in Philadelphia
June 14, 2025"
A yellow ACLU logo is in the bottom right.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 14/06/2025
America is strong not because of our President, but because of our people. Our flag flies for no dictator. Our nation bows to no king. Today, of all days, we must remember that.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/04/2025
Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, made a personal request to President Trump to return a Maryland resident who was wrongly deported last month and remains imprisoned in El Salvador. He accused Trump of "gross violations of the Constitution and due process rights."
nytimes.com
Van Hollen Appeals to Trump to Return Deported Abrego Garcia From El Salvador
The Maryland Democrat accused the president of “gross violations of the Constitution and due process rights” and demanded the return of an immigrant and Maryland resident imprisoned in El Salvador.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
NEW: Crowd now growing at the Capitol where Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries are staging a sit-in on the steps. Is this building into something? If you’re in DC, they’re encouraging folk to come down there & support. #Resist (📸 Sen. Brian Schatz)
A photo taken on the steps showing over a 100 people gathered around Jeffries and Booker who are sat broadcasting on the steps of the Capitol. The sky is bright blue.
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 27/04/2025
I was on the steps of the Capitol with Leader Jeffries, Sen. Booker and many others to make the case for what’s at stake with Trump’s budget. Medicaid, food assistance, Social Security. It’s all on the line. A moral moment.
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leftynavyseal.bsky.social @leftynavyseal.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Rolling Stone: A Venezuelan couple were released after El Paso fed judge David Briones furiously shredded the conduct and claims of ICE agents making the arrest: “The court takes clear offense to respondents wasting judicial resources to admit in court it has no evidence.” 1.
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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 27/04/2025
Six years ago, a gunman radicalized by white supremacist propaganda attacked a synagogue in Poway, CA. Lori Gilbert-Kaye was killed. We honor her memory by continuing the fight against antisemitism and hate. #TheMarchContinues
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Booker: Do you think we got the right to vote for women because a bunch of men on the House floor got together and said “on the count of three, women get the right to vote..” That’s not how it happened… Change doesn’t come from Washington. It comes to Washington.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 27/04/2025
"What we need is true justice for survivors... Not fascist proclamations about “awareness” from a credibly accused serial sexual predator."
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Enough “Awareness” about Sexual Assault. Survivors Need Real Justice.
Content warning: sexual violence  April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and, as a civil rights attorney for survivors, I’m angry and tired.   This month, I’m waiting on two federal judges in Kentucky and Texas to decide whether my clients Jane Doe (an anonymous plaintiff) and the Victim Rights Law Center (VRLC) can join two lawsuits […]
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Mini Timmaraju @mintimm.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Thank you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @booker.senate.gov for including us in today’s livestream to talk about the fight to save Medicaid. It was really special to bring my kids to see these two heroes in action & highlight how important these programs are for kids & moms.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 27/04/2025
THURSDAY: While Trump, Musk, and Republicans gut workers’ rights and sell our country out for profit, we’re teaming up with a coalition of organizations for a nationwide day of mobilization. Please join us on May Day: maydaystrong.org?utm_source=i...
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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 27/04/2025
All trans kids flourish when we affirm their gender identity. Period. We must continue to show up for trans youth and fight like hell for their right to be who they are.
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⚔️🎀 𝔉𝔦𝔞𝔡𝔥 🎀⚔️ @fiadh.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
don’t give them their freedom, because they’re not going to give you yours
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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
We will continue to show up, speak up and stand up until we end this national nightmare. Tune in: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mme...
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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Eliminating funding from Head Start and the children who need it isn’t about efficiency. It’s about the cruelty.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/04/2025
A 4-year-old and a 7-year-old with U.S. citizenship were deported alongside their mother to Honduras last week, the family’s lawyer said, adding to the recent string of American citizens caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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2 U.S. Citizen Children Were Deported to Honduras With Their Mother, Lawyer Says
The children, 4 and 7, were put on a plane with their mother, who was deported. The family’s lawyer said the mother was given no choice but to take her children, which the Trump administration denied.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Trump’s wealthy donors will weather his tariff storm just fine – while you pay more at the checkout line. And don’t forget: they get a new round of big fat tax cuts, too. It’s government for the rich, by the rich.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Look, all I know is that if Joe Biden had clearly fallen asleep at the state funeral for a pope, it would have dominated media coverage for days and been covered by political media as a scandal detrimental to the reputation of our country.
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Andrew O'Neill ❌👑 @andrew-oneill.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
“You’ll let us know if you get a response to that letter”
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/04/2025
Trump recently signed an executive memo targeting ActBlue, the fundraising platform used by much of the progressive ecosystem (including us) and the entire Democratic Party. This is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. Trump wants to crush the resistance to his autocratic agenda.
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Trump order targets ActBlue, Democratic fundraising platform, sparking authoritarian fears
Sometimes, Donald Trump's authoritarian tactics are subtle. His new offensive against the ActBlue donation platform was far more overt.
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Ilya Somin @ilyasomin.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
My thoughts on implications of new @cato.org study showing immigrant crime rates (including illegal ones) much lower than natives, even after controlling for race/ethnicity. Among other things, immigration enforcement is poor anti-crime strategy by any metric: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
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More Evidence that Immigrants - Including Illegal Ones - Have Much Lower Crime Rates than Natives
Claims that illegal immigration is causing a crime wave are ubiquitous on the political right, and likely helped Trump win the 2024 election. But social
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Warnock: I hear people attack poor people and act like it’s a crime to be poor, rather than to recognize it’s criminal for so many people to be poor. They do all of this in the name of Jesus… Jesus is the biggest victim of identity theft in the United States
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Dr Lisa 🇰🇳🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈❤️🧘🏽‍♀️🎸🏝💃🏽🛸🐸✊🏽🕉☯️⚧️☮️ @xitter-refugee.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
NEW: Government officials insist that neither DOGE nor Musk have any real decision-making authority—they merely “advise” or “consult.” But internal DOJ emails provide the most compelling evidence yet that DOGE is not simply advising—it’s calling the shots. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/on-d...
On DOGE, Directives, and DOJ
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Sunday, April 27, 2025, 4:05 PM
Share On: f X in & G B
A new court filing reveals the most compelling evidence yet that the government has been spinning a fiction about DOGE in federal court.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Justice Department halts funds for programs for victims of hate crimes, child abuse, school violence and more www.cbsnews.com/news/federal...
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Justice Department halts funds for programs for victims of hate crimes, child abuse, school violence and more
At least two of the 365 grants have since been restored. Nonprofits call it a "devastating blow."
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Not sure if anyone else has posted this yet, but this note is the sole "evidence" that the Trump admin submitted in court to argue that the mother agreed to take her 2-year-old U.S. citizen daughter with her to Honduras. She wasn't allowed to talk to a lawyer first. Seriously, it's just this note.
A redacted copy of a handwritten note which appears to be written on some incredibly poor quality paper. English translation first:

I: [redacted]. I will take my daughter [redacted] with me to Honduras. 04/24/2025 - 18:23 PM. [Signature redacted].

Spanish original:
Yo: [redacted]. Me llevare a mi hija [redacted] conmigo a Honduras. 04/24/2025 - 18:23pm. [redacted signature].
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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 27/04/2025
The Trump Administration's efforts to dismantle the Department of Education will only further erode equality of education, upend protections for some of our most vulnerable students and widen the educational opportunities gap for students from low-income families.
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Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
For. The. People.
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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Madness And misogyny. A toxic and dangerous mix
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