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So he admits to shitting his pants

No Kings, Dallas ✊

Several hundreds including me showed up at the nice touristy part of New England.

Almost unanimous support from drivers, with about 7 MAGA in opposition.

The funny thing about those people is that many of them ride on sus white vans.

*Hey kids, want some candy?* Vans

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

7 million people took to the streets across the nation to protest in defense of our democracy.

This country belongs to the people. We will fight for it with everything we've got.

An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago

Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: a new exhibit by Black US artists transforms Confederate monuments The sweeping exhibition Monuments opens in Los Angeles on 23 October and is on view through May

Charlottesville finally took down its Confederate monuments in 2021.

The statue of Robert E. Lee was melted down.

The statue of Stonewall Jackson was given to artist Kara Walker.

This is what she did with it:

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Dancing with inflatables today in DC

#NoKingsDC

Fucking Bari

Chicago - no kings

MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

"A Prince, whose Character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the Ruler of a free People."

- USA's Declaration of Independence

Marching to make sure America keeps its promises to all its people and to freedom's allies worldwide is the most patriotic thing.

#NOKINGS

New York City, NY

Such is Revolution

White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

This Portland protest-style inflatable frog held signs telling the wannabe king, “You’re fired!”

Organizers led chants during our sidewalk rally.

Tourists participated, speaking out on behalf of public education.

My poster says NO to tyrants, despots, dictators, and fascists.

#NoTyrants rally in Shinjuku, Tokyo just now.

Rally of several hundred people outside Shinjuku Station in Japan.

Perhaps one of the first No Kings rallies took place in Tokyo on the 18th, though it was called a No Tyranny rally. Several hundred gathered outside of Shinjuku Station. This is just the start. Hope you all attend your rallies in the States on October 18.

BREAKING

Jeffrey Epstein skied with, had dinners with a top Florida prosecutor on his case, docs show

Full Story: bit.ly/4nVTRUe

The war zone in Portland is out of control.

Breaking on MSNBC: Two top criminal lawyers in the Eastern District of Virginia have been fired: Elizabeth Yusi, the criminal chief, and her deputy Kristin Bird. Both had been involved with Letitia James case and were skeptical of it.

Junk equipment in there could become vintage collectibles

I created a list of the govt accounts. Most of them joined today. I recommend you block each individual account.

(This is Not a blocklist).
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MEMPHIS CITY COUNCILMAN @jbsmileyjr.bsky.social : “We filed a lawsuit against @GovBillLee & @AGTennessee because sending the National Guard into our city under these circumstance is illegal… you can’t enforce the law while breaking the law.”

More: www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/l...

50 things you can actually do If you're feeling helpless

In my personal newsletter this week: 51(ish) things you can do to make a difference. amandalitman.substack.com/p/50-things-...

Portland Frog motive based on Shepard Fairey Obama motive and the Al created HOP meme by Zachary Hunter. Layout based on motive by Judah Hansen. Inflatable frog in side view rendered in yellow and green. Background blue and red. The frog is wearing the blue cape, a bit longer than in the original picture. CC NC-ND 4.0

And here’s one created from scratch by an actual human artist: typo.social/@eWalthert/1...

Read what a Chinese officer wrote of D-Day in his diary salvaged in Hong Kong A long-lost diary from a Chinese officer is shedding light on a lesser-known part of D-Day history. Found by urban explorers in a Hong Kong tenement, the diary details the experiences of Lam Ping-yu.

Newly discovered diary of a Hong Kong officer who was present at Normandy

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

They def got CP/CSAM in their hard drives.

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

"In unison."

Amen.

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