Jim Naughton

With a little help from our UCC friends in Akron.

Grand tour cycling, or it doesn’t count

I am waiting to see whether the departures include any provinces not already boycotting the meetings. If not, this is just an attempt to rebrand an existing reality. If so, it might be worth some reconsideration, depending on the size of the movement.

(What tips the scale for me...)
Will it be an entry point into more meaningful direct action and community organizing? Absolutely, for some.
Does it help people in red states felel less abandoned? I think so.
Is it a free outside hang on a sunny day that pisses some truly terrible people off? Yep!

This was murder for propaganda. Everyone involved should be prosecuted.

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

This Episcopalian is grateful to the United Church of Christ for this sign. #NoKings #Akron

A man and a woman dressed in inflatable baby costumes. The woman has a sign that says no crybaby kings in America. The man has a sign that says Trump needs a time out.

Committing to the bit here in #Akron ##NoKings

#nokings NYC

A person in a penguin suit waving a sign that says ice isn’t cool

Say what you will about George Soros, but he really knows how to work a disguise. No Kings. #Akron

Protesters in Akron, Ohio, holding signs and waving flags. “One day our grandchildren will ask us what we did.”

The grandchildren thing gets me every time. We are leaving the world worse than we found it. No Kings. #Akron

Rearview of a man holding a sign in which an ICE agent has Jesús in handcuffs. Sign says: For I was a stranger and you sent me to a prison in El Salvador.

We are underway in #Akron. No Kings!

You are just right about this. The Chicago Consultation (2007- ~2018) worked closely with African leaders who support LGBTQ Christians. Its gatherings in Durban (2011) Limuru, (2013), and Elmina (2015), drew together dozens of African Anglicans who have actively disputed this false narrative.

All of mine were slow! It’s nothing to be ashamed of. But I’m sure you know that.

No Kings at Portage Crossing in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. This is actually the edges of the protest. Most people are down the block at the intersection of Portage Trail and State Road.

Good luck tomorrow!

Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.

Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”

At least in Charlotte, the demographic is probably 50% elderly white liberals, 40% Wine Moms with their kids, and 10% high school/ college kids. This is not a threatening crowd.

Seriously, though - people keep asking "what are the protesters asking for, and what's their strategic plan to get it?"

I think what they're asking for is for America to be restored and Trump to subjected to the law. And I think the plan to get it is to demonstrate that there are so, so many of us.

#NoKings Miami!

Epstein skied with, had dinners with a top Florida prosecutor on his case, docs show Matthew Menchel, who spearheaded Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 criminal prosecution, left the DOJ in 2008 to take a job as a trial lawyer at Kobre & Kim. Epstein’s calendars show Menchel met with Epstein in ...

Ann Marie Villafaña lead line prosecutor, drafted an 82-page Epstein prosecution memo directed to Acosta, his deputy, Sloman, & Menchel, who was then head of criminal division

In memo, she proposed a 60-count indictment of Epstein on sex trafficking charges.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

Been sort of wondering if the proper response to this announcement is just to wait and see whether it speaks for any province not already boycotting the meetings of the instruments of communion.

Tariff costs to companies this year to hit $1.2 trillion, with consumers taking most of the hit, S&P says The firm said its estimate of additional expenses for companies is probably conservative.

Tariff costs to companies this year to hit $1.2 trillion, with consumers taking most of the hit, S&P says.

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/16/t...

#Tariffs #Consumers #Economy #Business #Bills

Why would they do this now—when the news that Bessent is giving $40 billion to Argentina to ostensibly help bail out a pal—and DT is sharing details of his opulent ballroom? You can’t help but get the impression they aren’t worried about winning over voters ever again.

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney alleged...

2/ Here's the initial @chicago.suntimes.com piece revealing the ICE lies about the Martinez shooting:

"Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent ...shows an officer saying, “Do something, b----,” before pulling over and shooting the woman five times"

chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...

A big part of this story has gone unnoticed: At this point, the guardrails for DHS agents are incredibly weak and oversight mechanisms for them have atrophied. Trump's paramilitary forces are operating with little constraint.

Murphy's letter addresses this, too. 5/

newrepublic.com/article/2019...

Trump’s Secret Police Shot a Citizen. Then Damning New Info Emerged. As the official Trump administration line about the shooting of a Chicago woman crumbles, Senator Chris Murphy is asking pointed questions about what really happened here. Will we ever get answers?

Trump's federal agents shot Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, multiple times for allegedly menacing them with her car in Chicago. Only hours later, Kristi Noem and DHS started spreading disinformation about the shooting.

Now the official line is crumbling. 1/

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newrepublic.com/article/2019...

There have been 12 players to hit 3+ HR in a Postseason game.

There have been 16 pitchers to have a Postseason game with 6+ IP, 2 hits or fewer, 10+ K, and 0 runs allowed.

Only one did both on the same night.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go."

The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

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