If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today. That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Again, the first Tea Party rallies in April 2009 -- heavily promoted in advance by Fox News -- only had about 300,000 attendees across 750 cities, but the media treated it like the Second American Revolution. There will be multiple *individual* No Kings rallies today that have more people at them.

Criminally funny, but also I'm crying inside Norway comes for the #TechBros www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree vimeo.com/1168468796?f...

The Enshittificator

Digital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved…

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Accountability for ICE and CBP

However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.

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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.

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Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social · 9mo ago

On the whole this hasn't been a great year but imo that's all the more reason to recognize when we have wins that show we are not powerless. Right now, the Trump Administration is basically getting routed and/or in retreat on several key fronts. We are not powerless! We can do things! Consider-

This lady is not your friend.

Shoe@shoe.bsky.social · 9mo ago

@atrupar.com need to post this one here too

And there it is: BANNON AND EPSTEIN WERE BUSINESS PARTNERS. The below is a mere 26 days before Epstein's arrest. And some of their footage for a film project they were working on together was shot on the Island and in Epstein's residences around the US. drive.google.com/file/d/1hdFN...

🤞🤞🤞

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9mo ago

24 hours from now, DHS will be forced to change how it operates in Chicago. The facility which it uses to detain people arrested in Operation Midway Blitz is going to be under court order, and the agency will be forced to make improvements — and may have to slow down arrests in order to comply.

🧵🧵 This thread highlights some of media people and organizations energetically covering the Trump regime’s campaign to terrorize Chicagoans. These folks are well worth a Bluesky follow. Of special note is Unraveled, the kind of independent journalism we need when some legacy outlets are in retreat.

unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 9mo ago

ICE/CBP is rampaging through the burbs again this morning. Sightings and kidnappings reported across Bolingbrook, Summit, Addison, Bensenville, Melrose Park, Brookfield.

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There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

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The Murder Bill is doing this

Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov · 11mo ago

Hospitals across Washington state are being forced to lay off staff, reducing services because of GOP health care cuts. This is real. And it’s happening because Republicans chose tax cuts for billionaires over health care for our families. I'm fighting to repeal these cuts.

Heads up, Chicagoland— ICE is OTG again, someone just spotted the Chicago ICE SRT guys (not National Guard, impt reminder) alongside other federal agents arresting someone in Cicero. There's also a report of one arrest in Little Village.

Great thread. Great advice (and outlook) for Chicago and Boston. Infuriating it has to be said.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/

F*ck all of you that voted for this!!!!!! And your stupid excuses of "I didn't think he'd ACTUALLY do it" 😯 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire

Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.

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Lindsey Graham's Senate seat in South Carolina, where Colbert grew up and where his sister ran for Congress last decade, is up in 2026.

Schooley@schooley.bsky.social · last yr.

Colbert should just run for President. I mean, it worked for Trump when his show was cancelled.

Just so I’m clear… Terry Moran got fired, but Mike Lee is still a sitting US senator?

Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

Amen!

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · last yr.

House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.

Possible to start to tell a unified story: "Trump is personally too old, crazy, and confused to run things, so at any given time the question is which co-president is in charge. At first it was Musk, & we got the crazy chaotic DOGE era. Then Navarro: a trade war that crashed markets. Now Miller..."

This is actually perfect. The emptiness makes it look as ridiculous and wasteful as it is.

That would be awful. Don’t share this.

Fiona Hill: "The United States is on a path toward full-on state repression."

Everybody should feel bad for the white supremacist billionaire who destroyed government programs that kept starving kids alive and lined his own pockets in the process. You’re doing great work there.

Can we please stop talking about Jake Tapper now? I mean really, is there anything of value here? And I'm completely baffled by why anyone would watch @cnn.com anymore. Yes, they were the gold standard of TV news for a couple of decades, but for the last three years they've been unwatchable.

Elon Musk's only real business, Tesla, receives the vast majority of its revenue from the single vehicle model that Elon Musk personally advocated against developing because he thought it was too "boring" (Model Y) The dude was never great at business, but he has been washed for a solid decade now.