NOAA hurricane hunters are working without pay tonight!

Mohammed Ibrahim is one of more than 300 Palestinian children being held indefinitely in Israeli custody.

One great thing to see at the Cincinnati #NoKings rally was lots of people engaging with local organizations that had tables – there were political organizers, labor unions, charitable organizations, human rights groups. Looking for a next step? Reach out to your local organizations.

The president can’t use his own appointees to sign off on paying himself hundreds of millions from the U.S. Treasury That’s not how ethics—or democracy—work Our new @contrariannews.org piece with @rwpusa.bsky.social and Virginia Canter explains 👇 - TN contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-230...

NEW — I'm suing DC Metro Police for the full body cam footage from the DOGE raid on the US Institute of Peace back in March. The public deserves to know why MPD chose to sell out the people they’re tasked with protecting in order to bend to Trump's will. I'm repped pro bono by @rcfp.org. Details:

UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified

After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in a raid in Wilder, Idaho, the FBI said no "young" children were. The updated statement came after KIVI-TV sent FBI photo reportedly showing 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.

Obama sharing a video of himself wearing a crown and flying a King Obama jet that dumped shit all over Americans would have been the only thing the news networks talked about for weeks. Meanwhile, Trump doing that very thing couldn't even warrant a discussion on the Sunday shows today.

In a Tesla earnings call Wednesday, the world's richest man pondered the future of his company's Optimus robots—and his control over them.

Thank you, Senator Jeff Merkley, for your incredible 22-hour and 37-minute marathon speech on the Senate floor!

Senator Jeff Merkley just crossed 20 hours in his marathon floor speech on authoritarianism. He began speaking at 6:20pm yesterday.

Live now: @merkley.senate.gov on how democracies die. He began his remarks at 6:24 p.m. www.youtube.com/live/STH89y8...

The President is not a king. The law is not a suggestion. The Constitution is not optional. 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...

Senator Merkley holding the floor

Frogs united will never be defeated!!

“There is a window, not for the continuation of what we have now, but for the creation of something different without necessarily having to endure a civilisational collapse.” Discussing Transformative Adaptation with John Izzo on this excellent podcast 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhbA...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

Frogs for freedom. #NoKings

Los Angeles came out in droves. #NoKings

1. Washington DC #NoKings 👑

#nokings Portland frog brigade

People just don't realize how big these protests really are. The counters are still counting but so far its more than 7 million which puts this at the largest protests in US history. Just in Chicago

This really is a GREAT sign!

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

And in Portland, they’re peaceful and mobilized. Let’s follow their lead…

You're not gonna believe this but @cbsnews.com appears to not have a story about some of the largest mass protests in American history anywhere on its main page.

First, a bit of backstory. This spring, I started tracking how many times immigration agents detained American citizens. I spoke to experts who warned that the scattered cases I initially found would only grow as Trump's aggressive deportation plans took shape. www.propublica.org/article/more...

No Kings in Nice, France. 🇫🇷

ICYMI: Our team released the “The Introverts’ Guide to Fighting Authoritarianism” – concrete suggestions for how you can fight for democracy. Read about it here:

THIS IS WHY WE MARCH… Authoritarianism doesn’t arrive overnight, it creeps in while we stay silent. The window to use our voice is closing.

This is what the Department of Transportation is tweeting out today.

HAPPENING NOW: A MASSIVE crowd of protesters flood the streets of San Diego for a “No Kings Day” rally showing their love for America and standing up against the corrupt fascist Trump administration. look how huge it is

🗣️Peaceful 🗣️protests 🗣️are 🗣️patriotic.

Bill Nye the Science Guy talking about the possible “end of the Republic” at the DC #NoKings rally.

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos." factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

"Technologies purchased by ICE in recent weeks include spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely and cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phone’s movements without a court warrant..." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Ron Conway resigns from Salesforce Board after CEO Marc Benioff asks Trump to bring National Guard to San Francisco

[Thread] There's been a flurry of defections across society this week showing the breadth of actors and institutions that have defied and defected from the Trump regime this week. 1) Military commander leading Southern Command steps down rather than oversee attacks on boats in Caribbean:

Solidarity from the over 700,000 residents of DC, who know something about taxation without representation #FreeDC

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat. Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

New Democracy Atlas briefing. This lesson comes from the pro-democracy forces in Zimbabwe with a reminder that even the most entrenched authoritarians are quite insecure and susceptible to public backlash. Here’s how democracy defenders have seized the opportunity.

Vermont’s Bread and Puppet Theater is on tour with a mission to make ‘the revolution irresistible.’ A group of 15 artists is traveling to 33 U.S. cities to stage this year’s show, ‘Our Domestic Resurrection Revolution in Progress.’ This is one of their acts.

The President is a public servant. Congress members are public servants. They work for us, not the other way around. Make your demands and hold them accountable. This system only works if we do our part.

It’s true that some MAGA supporters are losing faith in Trump and expressing frustration. But evidence and trends suggest they’re flocking to explicit Fascists and growing more radicalized. We can’t just sit back and hope. We have to fight. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/where-its-...

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

Scientists, journalists, all of us who believe in democracy and freedom and rule of law: Please read KBJ's opinion in t July RIF case. She begins: "Under our Constitution, Congress has the power to establish administrative agencies and detail their functions" www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

The president cannot just reorganize agencies and cut out essential functions without Congress. It is lawless to do so.