Today is No Kings Day, too. Today, you will have the opportunity to declare with clarity and volume, exactly who you are, the people and causes that matter to you, and the ugliness you will not stand for. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/every-day-...

A Georgia lender accused of a $140M Ponzi scheme donated to SC Republicans, including Freedom Caucus members. Federal investigators say stolen investor funds were used for political donations nationwide. South Carolina deserves answers. www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/sc-news/2025... #SCPOL

This Day in Labor History: October 19, 1980. The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) forced the textile company J.P. Stevens to sign a contract for the first time in North Carolina and Alabama. Let's talk this epic campaign, made famous by the film Norma Rae!

This is important! Markey is running for reelection against a “generational change” Democrat whose position on trans rights is cynical wishy-washiness. It matters that his response hasn’t been to “moderate his position.”

The most upsetting part of this story to me is the line where the Times says it is “unclear” where the money came from. Under our constitution, it is either extremely clear where money comes from - a congressional appropriation - or an illegal channel. So so, @nytimes.com

Another leverage for Putin. I explain. Trump goes against Maduro - Venezuela ends up singing a 10y cooperation deal with Russia. Now Colombia, part of BRICS-led New Development Bank, whose president is pro Russia to begin with. It gives Putin a leverage to be the “mediator” who ends up on top.

I fear he’s correct.

Told ya.

Finally came across video of an arrest at a #NoKings event yesterday. 🙄

They buried the lede. Here’s paragraph 6: https://wapo.st/4nbNiM4

WTF...

They use govt accounts, employees & resources to make partisan political messages. They make partisan political speeches attacking the opposition party to troops routinely. They get pardoned when they commit crimes. They ignore the laws. There is zero congressional oversight.

Trump solved his problem of having to present actual proof that the people they have been murdering on boats are narco terrorists by letting the two witness survivors of the last attack go home. As one does with narco terrorists.

Of the 2,500 No Kings gatherings across America, few were more saturated in American history—in flags and historical costumes—than the one on the Battle Green in Lexington, where the Minutemen fought another king 250 years ago.

🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.

LAPD now shooting 40mm foam rounds at people, some narrowly missing photographers who were stuck in between the line and protesters. Just absolutely evil shit.

if you know Oklahoma, you know how awesome this is

While people continue to struggle to get FEMA aid approved after their lives were destroyed by natural disasters.

Portland, Oregon, has had their fair share of run ins with the Trump administration over the past few weeks. On Saturday, it was clear Portlanders are not happy about it. Thousands—an early estimate—gathered to participate in the countrywide "No Kings" rally. @kevinhfoster.bsky.social reports:

No Kings, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

Harrisburg, PA.

We won’t back down from the fight to protect our civil liberties.

Trump is good for the inflatables market. From the #NoKings rally in DC.

Now at the Broadview ICE facility, where ~100 people have gathered to protest. Compared to the carnival-esque atmosphere of the No Kings march in Chicago, the vibes here are tense. State & local police eyeing the crowd in the "free speech zones" while masked feds watch from the facility roof.

Organizers have reported 7 million attendees at the No Kings events and we’re happy to confirm 7 million and counting! More events are still happening across the country today, so we’ll need additional time to fully certify the final numbers.

There sure were a lot of American flags at the “hate America rally”

when i say that i yelped in shock at this kid’s sign

Our work is far from over. Keep up the momentum and stay tuned on what's next.

Absolute buffoons. ICE is now just a bunch of roided up idiots with no training.

After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings

“In America, the law is king.” -Thomas Paine

The Santos commutation is a prelude to a Ghislaine Maxwell pardon. Mark my words.

In our country, the power is with the people. Tomorrow, October 18, I encourage you to join your neighbors in peaceful protest at a No Kings event.

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social: "Everybody has got to find their spine...At this #NoKings event on Saturday, average people are going to show up to register how upset they are with what Donald Trump is doing to the country. But America's elites have more or less rolled over."

Do not stay home tomorrow. We must stand up.

Donald, We are not afraid of you, because even with the greatest seat of power, you are a spectacularly small man. We are not afraid of you because you are not worthy of our fear; because that would mean respecting you—and we do not. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/we-the-peo... #NoKings

It's already No Kings Day in some parts of the world!

Yes, I know that I pay taxes into the national treasury. That’s the deal to live in a society with a functioning govt. But this is the first time I’ve fully acknowledged my money is helping fund Trump’s abuse & destruction. It’s a reason to dissent loudly. www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-w...

My sign for No Kings, in Harrisburg and Carlisle!

Well done, Detroit! We shouldn’t have to accept her “Noem-enclature.”

Saturday, we the people are taking to the streets nationwide to protest the Trump administration's attacks on our rights and communities. Follow along as we mobilize to defend our democracy.

This week: -Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact -Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video -30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.

This Saturday, October 18, millions of people will take to the streets at more than 2,700 peaceful protests across the country to condemn the Trump administration’s escalating abuses of power. Read more Know Your Rights resources at aclu.org/deployment_kyr