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Show Me Progress. http://blog.showmeprogress.com Since 2007 as part of the Fifty State Blog Project.

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This This: Rev. Magdalen ‪@revmagdalen.bsky.social‬ I hope someday we defeat fascism and in the far future, No Kings Day is celebrated as a federal holiday, and little children leave out dance mixtapes …
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Don’t fly for me Argentina Now that’s a metaphor for something. Today: Congressman Mark Alford [October 21, 2025] 📍Whiteman Air Force Base, home of the B-2 Stealth Bomber It’s day 21 of the #SchumerShutdown &#038…
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Don’t fly for me Argentina Now that’s a metaphor for something. Today: Congressman Mark Alford [October 21, 2025] 📍Whiteman Air Force Base, home of the B-2 Stealth Bomber It’s day 21 of the #SchumerShutdown &#038…
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Three young children fled from an ICE raid in Idaho and managed to reunite with their family.

"I didn't get caught," boy says

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They fired live rounds over Interstate 5 in San Diego on the same day as the No Kings Rally.
That’s not “training.” It’s a warning shot. And it tells us exactly what they fear most: the people standing up.

Your shot backfired — we’re pissed off.
#NoKings #WeAreNotAfraid

21.10.2025 11:45 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Make
Argentina
Great
Again

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The Senate isn't for figuring yourself out and we have the VP to prove it

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Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped

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it's so fucking gross how trump and his people talk to reporters, as if we work for them. no bitch, you work for us!!!

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Thou shalt not support a man who bulldozes the White House to build himself a golden ballroom whilst the government is shut down because he doesn’t want the financial records tying him to Jeffrey Epstein to come out.

20.10.2025 22:56 — 👍 26457    🔁 7665    💬 597    📌 260
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Donald Trump’s (r) shutdown Yesterday, leading with a lie, then the next lies follow: Speaker Mike Johnson @SpeakerJohnson Now that Chuck Schumer and Democrats have had their communist-sponsored rally — I hope they finally fi…
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The president of the United States has a revenge committee.

America has become an authoritarian state.

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does the new york times have a special room where they go huff each other's farts

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No Kings – Warrensburg, Missouri – October 18, 2025 As one part of the thousands of No Kings events protesting Donald Trump (r) and his administration residents and neighbors of Warrensburg, Missouri gathered yesterday for a demonstration at the Joh…
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No Kings – Warrensburg, Missouri – October 18, 2025 – part 2 As one part of the thousands of No Kings events protesting Donald Trump (r) and his administration residents and neighbors of Warrensburg, Missouri gathered yesterday for a demonstration at the Joh…
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No Kings – Warrensburg, Missouri – October 18, 2025 As one part of the thousands of No Kings events protesting Donald Trump (r) and his administration residents and neighbors of Warrensburg, Missouri gathered yesterday for a demonstration at the Joh…
19.10.2025 16:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Greek (the original).

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No Kings – Lee’s Summit, Missouri – October 18, 2025 Near the corner of Chipman and Douglas, Lee’s Summit, Missouri, 9:05 a.m.: As one part of the thousands of No Kings events protesting Donald Trump (r) and his administration residents and nei…
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#nokings 12 noon, Johnson County Courthouse, Warrensburg, Missouri - @750 in attendance.

18.10.2025 20:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#nokings 12 noon, Johnson County Courthouse, Warrensburg, Missouri - @750 in attendance.

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#nokings At 10:00 a.m. in Lee's Summit, Missouri.

"I am not a paid protester. I despise Trump for free!"

18.10.2025 20:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#nokings Johnson County Courthouse, Warrensburg, Missouri - @750 in attendance.

18.10.2025 19:59 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Nope, I just remember high school shop class...

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#nokings Lee's Summit, Missouri. At the scheduled 10:00 am start.

18.10.2025 15:03 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

The original phrase is from a poem by Greek poet Dinos Christianopoulos.

The Zapatistas adapted it in the 1990s.

The sign adapts it for our time.

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The first iteration, from November 2024. It was visible and readable from 100 yards.

showmeprogress.com/2024/11/21/p...

18.10.2025 00:37 — 👍 49    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
(sound up)

DAY 17 OCTOBER 2025

THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES

TOMORROW
NO KINGS DAY

ARE YOU READY?
Be safe. .Be loud
Be strong. . Be proud

I thank all of you who are marching

IN AMERICA THERE ARE NO KINGS

GO TO : nokings.org

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