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Summarily smashing part of the White House without announcing it “threatens the fundamental idea of the republic—government by the people and for the people, conducted in public view,” Jake Lundberg argues.

October 18, 2025

#NOKINGS New York City, NY

No Kings protest kicking off in Washington, D.C. Here’s the view down Pennsylvania Avenue from near the front. Street is totally packed for blocks.

No Kings, San Diego

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

No Kings in Presque Isle, Maine. Over 370 protesters I this morning! Bagpipes Guy plays for the 2nd No Kings…

Mayor Michelle Wu at the protest today: “What scares them about Boston is that we are the America they say is impossible.”

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

No Kings in Richmond CA. The unicorn held a sign that said “Antifa.” She kept asking, “Am I scary?” @maddow.msnbc.com

Reverend David Black, Minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago who was shot in the head with pepper balls while praying in front of an ICE facility and Reverend Quincy Worthington, Pastor of Highland Park Presbyterian Church who has also been at the protests and endured pepper bullets...

"... part of rising faith-based pushback to the Trump administration..." religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

Kamala was right about everything - and our media failed us spectacularly. #ResistTrump

Jane Goodall offers sage advice for the rest of us. #3E

“We will not live on our knees, and you shouldn’t either.” - James Comey

If you hate the Pope because he is too “liberal”, I have some very bad news for you about Jesus.

Q: How did the White House decide it was appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia -- 3 countries combined that have given him more than $2.5b LEAVITT: It's frankly despicable that you're trying to suggest that it's inappropriate

After Donald Trump's address to military leaders today, "senior U.S. officers have to wonder who will shield them from the impulses of the person they just saw onstage," @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily.

NEW: Far-right sheriffs and election deniers are teaming up to police elections and sow doubt about their integrity. From seizing voting machines to patrolling ballot boxes, their tactics offer a glimpse into how Trump could use them to subvert elections.

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while worker pay is up just 26%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

The Trump Administration's DHS officers appear to be carrying large weapons around downtown Chicago in camouflage and masks. This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidation, instilling fear in our communities and hurting our businesses.

If we are to deprive political violence of its power, we must reject anyone who commits or promotes it - and also reject any move to exploit it.

Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:

Billionaire Trump donor Elon Musk owns X. Billionaire Trump ally Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post. With this acquisition, both CNN and CBS News would be owned by billionaire Trump donor Larry Ellison. Oligarchs’ monopoly over our media is spiraling out of control.

Trump’s militarization of D.C. is escalating without any practical objective and no end point, @dgraham.bsky.social argues in The Atlantic Daily. “That raises the scary prospect that it could just go on forever—or slide into martial law around the country.”

Went ahead and updated my map of cities with higher crime than D.C. to accommodate the two new states from the Deep South who are sending troops to the capital. In the five states there are 64 cities, home to 1.7 million people, that had more crime in 2024 than D.C. www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...

It’s important to see Trump’s occupation of Washington, D.C., as a trial run for a possible military occupation of the United States. Be warned. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trial-run

Consumer sentiment declined in August, the first drop since April.

Found the welfare queen! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/t...

The key word here being “idiot.”

AI is being used to fabricate quotes and attribute them to real people, Yair Rosenberg reports. Here's what he did when it happened to him:

Parts of the Constitution were erased from the Library of Congress website, including the section featuring the foreign emoluments clause. The removal was blamed on a "coding error." Here's a reminder of what the clause says, just in case Congress ever decides to enforce it...

This should be a Five Alarm Fire on every G'ddamned media outlet in the world. I very rarely post a link to someone else's newsletter...as I have my own. This, however...is a MUST see. open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...

This is a grave loss for every American. Public media has long provided vital information to communities nationwide — especially for rural areas. Early emergency warning broadcasts can be the difference between life and death when every second counts.

Those held in President Trump's "Alligator Alcatraz" are being held in dangerous conditions with no regard for people's safety or humanity. This cruelty must end.

The President sees a bad jobs report, and responds by getting rid of the person in charge of the statistics. This is how America becomes a third-rate country.

THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR A SENATE INVESTIGATION INTO RFK, JR. "The resolution’s sponsor, Dr. Jason Goldman, urged his colleagues to support the request for an investigation to ensure the AMA is not “on the wrong side of history.” chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...

Do you know how badly you have to screw up as a Republican to get this kind of turnout in IDAHO? #NOKINGS

El Sobrante, California, 6/14/25. #NoKings #5050Movement @maddow.msnbc.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social

“It’s hard to think of a more anti-conservative figure than President Donald Trump or a more anti-conservative movement than MAGA,” writes Peter Wehner. “The Trump administration is a thugocracy, and the Republican Party he controls supports him”:

“Don’t be afraid” could be considered a central theme from @hcrichardson.bsky.social letters. Speak up, stand up for what is right, talk about choices both individually and collectively for education, governance and healthcare. There’s great power in our voice. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

Trump’s parade. 45 million total cost with an estimated 16 million in damages to D.C. streets. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...