The No Kings Cinematic Universe

Despite what some major pundits are trying to convince us, Israel is in the driver seat of US policy in Iran, not Trump.

I feel like normalcy bias is preventing people from talking about the Iran war as a war against Iran backed by RU (meaning we're damned close to world war, and Trump is about to flip sides), and also from the economic catastrophe Trump has caused.

It seems like #Trump is preparing to hole up underground while his military enablers and DHS goons prevent, undermine or reverse the elections of 2026 and/or 2028. This is not a joke.

Clockwise: my signs for Hands Off, NK-1, NK-2 and getting ready for NK-3! 🔥🫶✊ #NoKings, @indivisible.org, @indivisiblehampton.bsky.social

I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Angry about your energy bills? Here's what you can do right now.. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/angr...

Balanced Weather Good to see a weatherman who actually gives the bigger picture. balancedweather.substack.com?r=183be&utm_...

The current pause is just to calm the market (and to make some money from insider trading) but if you look at what the military is doing, the push for a ground invasion continues.

The president is withholding disaster aid to states that didn't vote for him in the last election, in the middle of a worsening climate emergency that he is actively intensifying. This is end-game level failed-state stuff.

TONIGHT: Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social is expected to force a vote on War Powers Resolutions aimed at stopping Trump’s illegal war with Iran. The American public is firmly against this conflict. None of us want another forever war. Make sure your senators hear from you.

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ICE agents at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) manhandling a woman are getting called what they are: “Assholes.”

Hackers of the “Department of Peace” have gotten into DHS servers and released incriminating information on 6000 corporations that aid fascism. Ft. Microsoft, Oracle, Raytheon and Palantir. “Why hack the DHS? I can think of a couple Pretti Good reasons!” — hacker. techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/h...

Great new piece from my hero @billmckibben.bsky.social Surviving on Trump's Dangerous Planet open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

The drone is to warfare as the solar panel is to energy: small, cheap, harder to centralize and control. We're seeing the sudden rise of both technologies www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

No Kings Day will be too big to ignore.

I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “No Kings No Billionaires: Together We Stand” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...

Economic Populism Is Not Just For The Left Anymore open.substack.com/pub/thinkbig...

The US is no longer a liberal democracy, according to the top global watchdog on freedom and democracy. We're falling fast, and are now classed the same as Guatemala, Colombia, and Peru www.v-dem.net/documents/75...

As the Senate prepares to vote on the GOP’s dangerous voter suppression legislation, join us in DC tomorrow to defend our voting rights and stop the SAVE Act: www.mobilize.us/dfadcoalitio...

Let's recognize how important this is: the machinery of repression standing against repression. It's a key stage in winning back our democracy!

This is a REALLY big deal. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd: “…we are on the ground floor with this day in and day out — looking in the eyes of these folks that, yes, came here inappropriately. But some came here inappropriately only to do better for themselves and their family.”

Who was Victoria Woodhull—the first woman presidential candidate in 1872? And what happened on Book Row in New York during the height of censorship under Anthony Comstock? Authors Eden Collinsworth & Shelley Noble join me on Writer’s Voice. #WomensHistory #BannedBooks #BookHistory

#CurryFiles released! By court order (via @ucs.org & @envdefensefund.bsky.social) 100K+ pages of document have been released, detailing effort by Judith Curry/John Christy/Steven Koonin/Ross McKitrick /Roy Spencer to discredit scientific case for federal climate action: www.edf.org/media/record...

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Wouldn't it be ironic if Trump's #IranWar causes such a ginormous #oilshock that it accelerates the transition to clean energy?

This is a really important @katiesurma.bsky.social piece on the strategic state silencing of land & water defenders in Ecuador—including colleagues of mine—as Noboa’s gov. moves to intensify mining & drilling (Trump playbook). Please share widely. insideclimatenews.org/news/1003202...

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

Abolish ICE is the moderate position.

Hack Hochul has always hated keeping civilization alive

Here's how to livestream the anti-ICE concert from the "Shipping Up to Boston" group. See link below ⬇️ 📸 Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger Read the full story: bit.ly/4ulJCMS

Shutting an oil well isn’t like turning off a faucet. It’s a huge engineering risk, difficult to reverse — and an indicator the Kuwaitis don’t see choke points improving anytime soon.

I love this youtu.be/fQZ3nAuYnSo

Rachel Maddow called Bill a genius of exposition. Which rings true to me. Who else finds such clear, concise, vivid ways to sum up where we are and where we could and should be?

I adore Barry Blitt.

This is exactly right. Age verification / online ID check legislation literally forces companies to collect MORE data on children (and everyone else) not less. We desperately need privacy, antitrust, and algorithmic justice legislation. Not censorship bills like KOSA and expanded surveillance.

The Bulwark goes to Minneapolis. This is some great reporting! youtu.be/5l7JuNrrD6I

The fish rots from the head (of the complicit media) youtube.com/shorts/ZHhbb...

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Trump Has Left Many Americans Stranded Amid His War on Iran open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...

“The Nightmare Iran Energy Scenario is Becoming Reality” @economist.com www.economist.com/finance-and-...

For a moment, I thought this was satire...

New Yorkers are standing against @governor.ny.gov’s efforts to weaken NY’s Climate Law! Together, we are fighting to ensure our Climate Law stays strong so we can lower energy bills, protect our neighborhoods, and build a sustainable future for our families.

The absolute best analysis of Trump's insane war on #Iran that I have seen. carneross.substack.com?r=183be&utm_...

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social + @schumer.senate.gov show their membership in the AIPAC Class. capitalandempire.com/p/top-democr...

Brian Goldstone spoke eloquently of this on Writer's Voice www.writersvoice.net/2025/05/the-...

What does it mean to live with dignity when power tries to erase you? Lea Ypi on Indignity — archives, surveillance & moral agency
 + Eleanor Shearer on Fireflies in Winter — freedom, queer love & exile leaypi.bsky.social New episode of #WritersVoice. www.writersvoice.net/2026/02/dign...