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Geoff Ames

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Retired* ADA/Accessibility Consultant. Cycling: my current addiction, used to be running, but injuries. I read/listen to books, crime fiction and political/economic nonfiction. I'm a big fan of dark craft beers & bold, dark roasted coffee, ACLU, AU, HRC

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A Budget truck with about five armed men seen inside. It's dark out and the taillights are lit. The photo is attributed to KT O'Loughin.

A Budget truck with about five armed men seen inside. It's dark out and the taillights are lit. The photo is attributed to KT O'Loughin.

Going back to that raid on the South Shore apartment building. It hasn't gotten much focus that the goons reportedly traveled the same way Patriot Front does: in UHauls.

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07.10.2025 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2962    ๐Ÿ” 1404    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 201    ๐Ÿ“Œ 105
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No Kings protesters in Denver, Colorado chant "Say it loud, say it clear, immigrants are welcome here!"

WATCH:

#NoKings

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Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime."

19.10.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18634    ๐Ÿ” 5430    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1158    ๐Ÿ“Œ 521

Donโ€™t tell All of Mpls! We might get a scary email about how unsafe Minneapolis is and how the socialist took to the street today.

19.10.2025 01:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 77    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The president has one core job under the Constitution: to โ€œtake Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.โ€ Not thwarted, diverted, blunted, revised or ignored. Faithfully executed.

18.10.2025 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6889    ๐Ÿ” 1999    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 286    ๐Ÿ“Œ 71
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#NOKINGS from Cape May, NJ!

18.10.2025 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 115    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There's your terrorist ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ

19.10.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4767    ๐Ÿ” 1884    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 397    ๐Ÿ“Œ 118
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No kings Englewood FL. 1000-1200 folks who love America

18.10.2025 17:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 642    ๐Ÿ” 129    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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After all those scandals, why did Prince Andrew quit his titles now? He has voluntarily given up his titles but was clearly under pressure to jump before he was pushed.

A myth about royalty is the idea that they hold to a chivalrous standard. Their word is their bond & they are nothing without honour. When accused of being a paedophile Windsor* lied & refused to help police. His mum paid off his accuser. Deal with White grooming gangs now:

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Woman in crab costume with a sign saying 'crab him by the Epstein files', next to a woman in an anglerfish costume. Crowd behind holding signs.

Woman in crab costume with a sign saying 'crab him by the Epstein files', next to a woman in an anglerfish costume. Crowd behind holding signs.

Tallahassee is liberal-ish, but in a very red state. It also is a small city. Turnout for No Kings #1 was about 2000. There were definitely more today, say 3000?
My niece is from Portland, OR, so she had to wear an inflatable for solidarity!

18.10.2025 16:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 250    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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#nokings Waterville, #Maine

18.10.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 106    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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KARL: I mean, you could swear in Adelita Grijalva tomorrow, right?

MIKE JOHNSON: No, not tomorrow. We couldn't. We wouldn't.

19.10.2025 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7574    ๐Ÿ” 2404    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1800    ๐Ÿ“Œ 794
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CO2 from wildfires increases by 9% as climate crisis supercharges infernos Greenhouse gases from wildfires at sixth highest level on record after blazes in large areas of the Americas and Africa

Wildfires aren't just a distant problemโ€”the smoke directly threatens our kids' lungs across the USA. ๐Ÿ˜ฅ New data shows wildfire carbon emissions are soaring, a direct result of the climate crisis. We MUST fight for clean air & action on climate now!

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

18.10.2025 13:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly still reeling that SCOTUS is going to claim racial discrimination in voting is ok only when that discrimination aligns with partisan power grabs. That doesnโ€™t make it better you Jim Crow freaks.

18.10.2025 15:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 615    ๐Ÿ” 145    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.

19.10.2025 09:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12795    ๐Ÿ” 3070    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 146
A little boy holds a handmade sign with hearts glued to it. It reads, โ€œleave my friends ALONE Donald Trumpโ€. Heโ€™s bravely protesting at the No Kings Evanston protest.

A little boy holds a handmade sign with hearts glued to it. It reads, โ€œleave my friends ALONE Donald Trumpโ€. Heโ€™s bravely protesting at the No Kings Evanston protest.

No kid should ever have to protest or advocate for their friendsโ€™ basic humanity.

But theyโ€™re standing up at No Kings anyway.

18.10.2025 16:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20179    ๐Ÿ” 3937    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 241    ๐Ÿ“Œ 110
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โ€œ.. They describe the legions of masked immigration officers operating in near-total anonymity on the orders of the president as the crossing of a line that had long set the United States apart from the worldโ€™s most repressive regimes.โ€

@propublica.org
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19.10.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4137    ๐Ÿ” 1894    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 138    ๐Ÿ“Œ 62
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The world joined us and said, โ€œNo Kings.โ€

19.10.2025 04:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36137    ๐Ÿ” 12296    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1328    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1007

This is f*cked up.

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๐Ÿ“ฃ

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Live updates: Senate Democrats are ready to reject government funding bill again over health care Senate Democrats are poised to again reject a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government, insisting they wonโ€™t back away from demands that Congress take up health care benefits.

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Details on bodycams for Chicago-area immigration agents will be discussed Monday
It is utterly ridiculous for ICE to claim they don't have the money for body cameras! They have an insanely huge budget! I call BS. DOJ attorneys are constantly obfuscating!

16.10.2025 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is ridiculous.

18.10.2025 20:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1926    ๐Ÿ” 611    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26
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This really is a GREAT sign!

19.10.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29521    ๐Ÿ” 7385    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 280    ๐Ÿ“Œ 155

DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero

Tell me again which side is violent?

19.10.2025 00:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26891    ๐Ÿ” 8493    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 384    ๐Ÿ“Œ 194
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Dallas didnโ€™t disappoint. #NoKings

18.10.2025 20:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18870    ๐Ÿ” 4348    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 228    ๐Ÿ“Œ 147
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#NoKings in #SantaRosa. Up early to #RiseUp!

18.10.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 704    ๐Ÿ” 126    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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Hark, Speaker Mike Johnson! Looking at all the many, many pics of the enormous, joyous โ€œNo Kingsโ€ rallies throughout the United States today, I am struck by what lovely weather your Lord and Savior provided. Apparently, God is a fan of, as you claimed, "America-hating Antifa terrorists." Glory!

18.10.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29755    ๐Ÿ” 7359    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 708    ๐Ÿ“Œ 288

The opinions of Judge Young (a Reagan appointee) and Judge Immergut (a George W. Bush U.S. attorney) are a reminder of a Republican Party that believed in the rule of law.

But the fact that so far as I know no current elected Republican has praised those opinions suggests that old GOP is long gone.

05.10.2025 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1292    ๐Ÿ” 290    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 72    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

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