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Every Trump accusation is a confession!!

Over 2.3 million confirmed so far and the rural wave is real. We were tracking ~3,000 events, but small towns across the country are pouring in with numbers we hadn’t included. A submission portal for city + attendance is coming soon. All counts will be double-certified before the final release.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone.

Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care.

The system is broken.

Coast Guard bought Kristi Noem two private jets (I guess if one breaks down). Cost: $172 million. Is that what you call draining the swamp?

Wow! Love your creativity Ocean Beach (San Francisco)!

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

Anarchists? He really should stop using words he doesn’t know the meaning of

Anarchism has been misunderstood for so long, Trump is just continuing that. Let’s not fall for propaganda.

Below is a great video on what anarchism actually is.

youtu.be/lrTzjaXskUU

@andrewsage.bsky.social

Minneapolis is showing up and showing out. #NoKings

OMG

Chicago No Kings

Today, millions of Americans sent a message to the Trump regime.

We are not scared.

We will keep fighting.

We will organize, we will mobilize, and we will resist—over and over again—until this corrupt wannabe authoritarian regime is removed from power.

Because in America, we have No Kings.

This is Idaho 💙

October 18, 2025 Today, millions of Americans and their allies turned out across the United States and around the globe to demonstrate their commitment to American democracy and their opposition to a president and an ...

October 18, 2025

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Senate Republicans just voted to confirm Trump lackey Emil Bove to a lifetime judicial appointment.
 
The vote was 50-49. Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski joined all Democrats in voting against Bove.

Several whistleblowers accused Bove of misconduct at the Justice Dept.

Judge Boasberg expressed concerns about Trump violating court orders.

MAGA world explodes.

Justice Alito flies an insurrectionist flag and Justice Thomas accepts gifts from billionaires that have had interests before SCOTUS.

Not a peep from MAGA.

Do I have this right?

#booksky

It doesn't take much to make someone’s day.
Just one thoughtful gesture. One moment of kindness. One line of encouragement.

Much of Trump's authoritarian power grab has been green-lit (at least temporarily) by the Supreme Court's "shadow docket."

This allows justices to effectively make rulings in secret without explaining their decisions.

Is it any wonder why so many do not trust the Roberts court?

Thank you to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for showing up and taking a stand this weekend. We loved the signs, so many of them made us laugh. This weekend showed that the resistance is growing and that we have friends everywhere! Scotland the Brave!

When loyalty to a leader becomes more important than loyalty to the Constitution or the truth, you’re not running a republic, you’re running a regime.

This is what authoritarianism looks like in the modern era: not martial law(at least not yet), but the slow, steady erosion of democratic norms under the guise of accountability.

You can justify it by calling it “draining the swamp” or “cleaning house,” but when your so-called enemies include the media, the courts, the justice system, academia, and even your own former appointees, maybe it’s not the entire system that’s corrupt. It’s you.

What do you call it when the state’s power is turned inward, against journalists, educators, lawyers, and career officials, not for wrongdoing, but for doing their jobs?

This isn’t isolated. It’s part of a broader pattern: demonizing the press, attacking law schools and universities, punishing law firms that defend the administration’s opponents, and purging public servants who won’t fall in line.

The Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to investigate and potentially prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan, key figures in the original Russia investigation, are not about justice. They’re about vengeance.

When a government starts targeting former intelligence officials, law enforcement leaders, and anyone who once investigated or criticized those in power, it’s not just a red flag, it’s a page straight from the authoritarian playbook.