No Kings Day II. Peaceful. Welcoming. Friendly. Fun. Lots of honks of support from passing motorists. Joyful. Remember, authoritarians abhor a joyful populace. Find your joy.

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Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp. This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

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Ahead of 2026, Georgia Republicans Are Quietly Installing Election Conspiracy Theorists on Local Boards Read more here.

NEW: Republicans are quietly working to install voting conspiracy theorists to local election boards in two of Georgia’s largest, bluest counties, laying the foundation to subvert the state’s 2026 midterm election.

From: @jenrice.bsky.social

100% police instigated.

@msnbc.com reporter at the 1:15 mark.

“The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings

Strawberry moon.

I have no words.

Some Rob You with a Six-Gun/ Some With a Fountain Pen: On Civil War By Other Means Imagine if we were at war with a foreign power that bombed most of the federal buildings in Washington, destroying the records and functions of those departments and killing millions of federal worker...

"But this is a blurry invasion from within, an autoimmune disorder of the state, an army of Manchurian candidates, and a zombie horror movie...."

U.S. scientists’ lives and careers are being upended. Here are five of their stories As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures

Sad, Sad, Sad, and shocking:
U.S. scientists’ lives and careers are being upended. Here are five of their stories @science.org @standupforscience.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

WELKER: Your secretary of state says everyone who's here, citizens and non-citizens, deserve due process. Do you agree?

TRUMP: I don't know. I'm not a lawyer. I don't know.

WELKER: Don't you need to uphold the Constitution?

TRUMP: I don't know

Weymouth, MA today

Actually Saturday April 19, 2025

@maddow.msnbc.com

About 300 people at the Save Democracy rally April 18, 2025, Weymouth, MA

Please read👇

Boston leads the way! Again. #HandsOff

SHE CONNECTED THE DOTS BEFORE THE REST OF US EVEN FOUND THE PENCIL Heather Cox Richardson just handed us the clearest, most unflinching blueprint of how the U.S.

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This is a United States Senator

MACK: I was laid off from HHS and now people aren’t getting social services, especially people with disabilities

BANKS: You probably deserved it

MACK: Why did I deserve it?

BANKS: Because you look like a clown

Cory Booker breaks the record
Crawford wins
Weil and Valimont slash the margin

Elon Musk is poison.

Good day for democracy.

Rinse and repeat.

MassHealth in Massachusetts. My father used it for nursing home care.

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Elon Sees Dead People Along with a whole lot of fraud that has no basis in fact. So what’s he up to, exactly?

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Donald Trump Is Delusional His latest interview puts to rest the longstanding question of whether he's knowingly lying or detached from reality.

“Trump isn’t kidding. When he insists that the 2020 election was stolen, that USAID is a complete fraud…that Arab states will help him empty & gentrify Gaza, he’s not saying things he knows are false or preposterous. He really believes this lunacy. He’s deranged.”

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Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything? Yes. And You Can Too.

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YouTube video by Universal Pictures National Lampoon's Animal House | Bluto's Speech

Dems... are you ready???
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Same was true in Poland

You may not like it, but Leah's right. There's a reason the Prodigal Son is a parable in almost every culture. when someone experiencing cognitive dissonance comes to you, you have two choices: embrace them, and win them over forever; or reject them, ensuring they never again question their beliefs.