April 15, 2009 is said to have been the day that had the largest number of tea party demonstrations reportedly in more than 750 cities.[73] Estimates of protesters and locations varied. The Christian Science Monitor reported on the difficulties of calculating a cumulative turnout and said some estimates state that over half a million Americans participated in the protests, noting, "experts say the counting itself often becomes politicized as authorities, organizers, and attendees often come up with dramatically different counts."[74][75] Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, estimated that at least 268,000 attended in over 200 cities.[76] Statistician Nate Silver, manager of FiveThirtyEight.com, has said that a cumulative crowd size estimate from credible sources was of 311,460 attendees in 346 cities, which accounted for all capitols and major cities little noticeable or no reliable media coverage in other protests could have contributed to a lower number of attendees and locations.[77] The largest event, in Atlanta, drew between an estimated 7,000 to 15,000 protesters.[77][78][79] Some of the gatherings drew only dozens.[74]

Compare yesterday's millions to this and how we couldn't escape breathless coverage of the Tea Partiers at their peak.

🧊🛩️ HEADS UP UTAH‼️⚠️

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Tail: N975DC – ETA 10am 👀

TACO.....

Nobody is coming to save us.

But I look at us. We are enough.

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.

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If there was hope, it must lie in the proles, because only there, in those swarming disregarded masses, eighty-five percent of the population of Oceania, could the force to destroy the Party ever be generated. The Party could not be overthrown from within. Its enemies, if it had any enemies, had no way of coming together or even of identifying one another. Even if the legendary Brotherhood existed, as just possibly it might, it was inconceivable that its members could ever assemble in larger numbers than twos and threes. Rebellion meant a look in the eyes, an inflection of the voice; at the most, an occasional whispered word. But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no need to conspire. They need only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies. If they chose they could blow the Party to pieces tomorrow morning. Surely sooner or later it must occur to them to do it.

I was thinking about this after No Kings.

This is essentially a dishonest apologia, since it doesn't square with NYT's historical reporting of mass protests. At present, NYT doesn't cover content, and doesn't cover count. It ignores the protests, while amplifying the message of the regime. Pathetic.

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Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.

Be sure to read this. It demonstrates that Rubio is not a diplomat or even a politician guided by some modicum of principle. He is a morally depraved creature whose tenure at DOS is likely to be viewed by historians as an institutional low point. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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"America the Beautiful" being sung at the No Kings protest in Boston

Met a woman outside a restaurant tonight in #Vermont here visiting her granddaughter.

Perfectly coiffed, frosted hair… expensive camel colored cashmere sweater… understated pearls.

Looked like an ad for old school #GOP

She couldn’t wait to tell us about the protest they attended today.

#NoKings

US Embassy issues warning to Americans in Trinidad and Tobago as tensions with Venezuela escalate

The U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago cautioned Americans to stay away from American government facilities on the twin-island nation.

Warnock: We should all be deeply concerned about an American president. who stood in front of our military and said that the real concern is the enemy within They are trying to divide us so that they might rule us, but we join united with one voice

To give you an idea of what kind of place Fairhope, AL is, earlier this year conservative parents complained about some of the public library's books which resulted in the state defunding the library.

It may be the Alabamiest of Alabama cities.

The crowd at the #NoKings protest in Orlando is growing so large that the police just closed off the street!!!

❗️Even if Ukraine blew up Nord Stream, it was not a crime, but a just military operation, stated a Polish judge who denied Germany's request to extradite a Ukrainian.

"If Ukraine and its special services organized an armed mission to destroy enemy pipelines,

“.. I support democracy and our country,” one of them told me. “It’s not about ideology.”

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Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland

🧊✈️ RENDITIONS ⛓️🌎

They don’t take weekends off 👀

Best I've seen.

Why does he need a fundraiser when he can't run again?

❗️"The only thing Russia understands is power. If you show any weakness or softness, you're in trouble." - President of Finland Stubb

Imagine being the largest newspaper in Washington, DC with the motto "Democracy Dies in Darkness" and thinking to publish this today.

You might think WaPo editors would look out the window and realize something more important is happening. But perhaps democracy already died over there.

Georgians call my office every day, worried about how they will be able to afford their health care next year when premiums skyrocket. We're facing down a health care crisis and the time to do something about it is right now.

#A_NewHope ✊