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🇺🇸 TODAY, JUNE 14th !! 🇺🇸 #NoKings Join neighbors in peaceful protest: nokings.org Share appearances of any fed, state, or local electeds if they attend your #NoKings event. Their visibility really matters at this time. 🔍 Fed, state, AND local: tinyurl.com/USelecteds
Horrifying. Two D MN lawmakers & their spouses were shot—Sen. John Hoffman & Rep Melissa Hortman. Hortman & her husband died. Suspect: - white man w/brown hair - black body armor over a blue shirt/blue pants - may be impersonating law enforcement. 🧾 is.gd/ra2AJ5 📺 🧵 bsky.app/profile/atru...
How many talking heads & popular scribes also underestimated the rise of authoritarianism here, even as it was evident *on the daily* early on? People power — including the spunk of Sen. Padilla — shows that peaceful protests demanding accountability *do work*. #NoKings is next. 🧾 is.gd/3clCQx
tbh the best was when a writer talked shit about Stop the Insanity infomercials in an article and a week later I got an angry email from Susan Powter with the subject line “Assed-fucked by Bitch magazine,” and an email right after that clarifying that the previous one should have read “Ass-fucked”
I saw this life-sized glass sculpture of a pregnant woman in a hammock while we were in Virginia, and it is living rent-free in my head because of the incredible attention to detail. Her feet, her hair, even the facial expression...how? It's Nang Ga-Red by Oben Abright from 2010. I am in love
Good grief, what a damaging profile. #DUIHireHegseth comes across every bit as we thought — lazy, paranoid as hell, completely in over his head. Having this man as SecDef is embarrassing and dangerous. All I can say is keep the leaks coming. He can't plug them all. 🧾 nymag.com/intelligence...
Now how is this *not* a violation of Posse Comitatus?! "Troops are authorized to detain people who pose a threat to federal personnel or property, but only until police can arrest them." An Army vet on his way to a VA appt, he crossed a yellow tape boundary & was asked to stop. 🧾 is.gd/lBMh2v
No shock. The Temu Goebbels Ethnic Cleansing Road Show requires hitting ghoul Stephen Miller's quotas (not sure if he screamed "or else" during his unhinged meeting with ICE). ICE thugs don't even hide that any reason to snatch and deport brown folks will do. 🌐 www.instagram.com/reel/DKzbcQe...
Here we go again — the "Christian" Trump bud actually confessed on his IG... "...admitting that for 20 years he had been “leading a double life”, abusing alcohol and cocaine, “&, at times, touched men in an unwanted sensual way.” (Wonder if he's traded notes w/CPAC's Matt Schlapp?) 🧾 is.gd/aAsuH9
Of course they fear a Tiananmen Square moment tomorrow. Can't blame any #NoKings events, because none will be held in DC. Trump, we know your J6ers are capable of manufacturing conflict in an attempt to counter the growing peaceful movement against fascism here. 🇺🇸 Not tmw, Satan. 🧾 is.gd/V9opJA
SURVEILLANCE STATE DB. "HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "ordered the dataset handed over to the Dept of Homeland Security, the emails show. Officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services were given just 54 minutes on Tuesday to comply with the directive." 🧾 apnews.com/article/medi...
🇺🇸 SATURDAY, JUNE 14th 🇺🇸 #NoKings Counter the darkness in DC by joining neighbors in peaceful protest *for* the U.S. nokings.org Ask your fed, state, or local electeds if they plan to attend & speak. Their visibility matters. 🔍 Locate officials, fed, state, AND local: tinyurl.com/USelecteds
#DUIHireHegseth is so far out of his depth. From the generals to the rank and file, many know he's a joke. But the choice is theirs — what does their oath to the Constitution mean to them? We're going to find out soon. Some are prepared to blindly follow Dear Leader. 📺 bsky.app/profile/linc...
Good weather apparently doesn't even want to be in DC on Sat. There may be ⚡shocking⚡ outdoor events! ⚡Events on the Mall⚡ - fitness competition 9:30 AM - festival 11 AM- 6PM - parade 6:30PM - concert & fireworks 8-10PM Will "large crowds' materialize? 🧾 www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...