The event organizers say 7m people showed up. That would mean ~1 out of every 50 Americans came out to protest the president

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

The *how* of #NoKings is impeachment. Don't just say No Kings. Say how to get there. Impeach, convict, remove.

We approve.

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.

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

💪🇺🇸 At the No Kings Day rally, they wore the world they serve. USAID workers standing for people, not power. No crowns. No strongmen.

Awesome thread please read as you prepare for #NoKings

Headed out to a #NoKings protest today? Know your rights before you go and share with your friends and family attending!

No matter where you live or if you’ve never protested before, there’s a local No Kings Day event for you. Join a peaceful protest to make it clear that We The People will never bow down to a wannabe king: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

This is us! We will not back down. We will not be dismissed. We will keep volunteering to save public health and protect the health of all Americans. Appreciate you documenting our journey and impact thus far @kristinafiore.bsky.social. Keep in touch!

The Trump/Musk/Rubio gutting of USAID is the defining moral atrocity of this regime (so far)

Trump is funneling $170 BILLION to DHS and ICE. FOR THIS. 👇 Join #NoKings on Saturday: seiu.com/NoCrowns

Looks like the “official” gov decided it was time to put their mark on Bluesky. Every single one starts out with a Hatch Act violation for a post and every single one deserves a block. Let’s make sure they have their own little echo chamber and block the shit out of them. If you see any others, add.

Our official NEH account hasn’t been updated in 2 months and therefore is still mostly “normal.” These other ones are blatant Hatch Act violations. Do your thing, friends. ✊

In case you were wondering about the fuckers who replaced rational adults in the making of US policy, @theguardian.com has you covered. #NoKings www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The excellent @hcrichardson.bsky.social points out that sending $40 billion to a foreign government (Argentina) without Congressional authorization is in fact wildly illegal. As is anything taxpayers didn't have a say in. #NoKings heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-16...

Don’t want Peter Thiel checking out your health data? Neither do we! Tell your Congressional reps to get Palantir out of CDC! (And DOD, DOE, CMS, ….)

Another #USAID alum runs for office! Go Brit Steiner! www.britforohio.com/meetbrit

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense. www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

This is the way

In hollowing out entire agencies, Donald Trump and Russ Vought are attacking the devoted Americans who serve their country. But I want to say to our public servants: Do not lose hope. What is happening is wrong, and the American people stand with you.

The public servants who have dedicated their careers to serving the American people love our country. And our country loves them back. We'll keep fighting against the unnecessary pain Trump and Vought are inflicting on families. This is not the end. www.youtube.com/shorts/v2nWk...

Donald Trump and Russ Vought are using the shutdown to punish the American people who rely on programs delivered by our dedicated federal workers. Russ Vought must come before Congress and explain to the American people why he believes he’s above the law.

In the face of mass illegal firings & efforts to “traumatize” them, federal workers aren’t backing down—and we’re with them all the way. Trump & Vought—stop attacking American civil servants. Join with us to cancel your devastating health care cuts and to reopen government.

To our patriotic civil servants: this evil cannot last. We need you. And we will keep fighting for you.

Trump and his cronies have been attacking our dedicated public servants from Day 1 — and now they're weaponizing Trump's shutdown to illegally fire more federal workers. We won't stand for it. Tune in as my colleagues and I discuss how we're fighting back:

Who is Russell Vought cutting at our health agencies? The data people. The scientists. The comms people. Project 2025 is a war on truth. We are fighting an information war. Sources of reliable truth are who they are after.

👏👏👏👏 www.wwhge.org/resources/al...

Reporting on conversations with four, fired, infectious disease scientists, including two from USAID, about "their work, their lives now and the state of the nation’s pandemic preparedness".

Firing someone purely for their political affiliation is illegal and is a violation of free speech.

A new "Unsung Americans" with Alex Natsios discussing the significance of Foreign Aid with former USAID foreign service officer Sarah Atwood Barma.

1/2 A reminder to anyone who was RIFed. 💯 you do NOT deserve this. Quick tips if you do get a RIF notice: ❌ Do not send a read receipt ❌ Do not respond right away - the union will probably provide language for response ✅ Forward notice to your personal email

RIFed: OSSAM - Office of Safety, Security, and Asset Management Let this sink in. They are getting rid of federal employees tasked w/ protecting sensitive public health data - that we would NOT want foreign entities to get access to. (Foreign entities - China, etc. But can we add Vought🤮💩 too?)

Our nation's federal employees are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet. They make sure we have clean water. They protect us from financial fraud. They provide healthcare to our communities. They make our government actually work for people. Do not forget this.

Seems like the IRS is trying to dirty delete the email saying all employees would receive backpay once the shutdown was over. You want a fight? You've found it. We're not backing down, and we know the attempts to deny furloughed feds backpay is illegal. federalnewsnetwork.com/government-s...

Is there a better indication of how superficial and unhelpful mainstream media has become than that they are cutely musing about whether the domestic terrorist who changed "The Department of Defense" to "The Department of War" will get a Nobel Peace Prize—instead of reporting the fascism/terrorism.

A look at the impact of USAID's to individual Americans, partners abroad, and to U.S. influence in the world.

Just like shutting down USAID, mindlessly cancelling grants en masse has some pretty fucking real consequences

Bullies and liars.

Former USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore highlights the strategic value of U.S. foreign assistance, asserting that it is essential soft power, not just charity. Watch the full conversation⬇️ www.devex.com/news/early-pr...

I recorded a @lawfaremedia.org podcast with @nickkristof.bsky.social about what the end of USAID means for the people who had relied on it and it's heartbreaking. The wholesale destruction of the agency by this administration will have consequences for decades to come. youtu.be/HfxfXuHBz6c?...

"Asked who is to blame for the loss of his [two-year old] son, Taher is direct: the United States. “In the camps, we survive only on rations,” he says. “Without rations, we have nothing — no food, no medicine, no chance to live.” #USAIDsaveslives

"We are seeing ]the destruction of our democracy] in real time with a president who is asking us to do things that are illegal and harmful to the American public," [said Jenna Norton, with the National Institutes of Health, speaking in her personal capacity]. @altnih4science.bsky.social #altgov

Let me be clear: backpay for these workers is required under a federal law I wrote with former Senator Cardin — which Trump signed — during the last Trump shutdown. This is just more fear mongering from a president who wants a blank check for lawlessness. It won't work.

ICYMI @megkelly.bsky.social discusses her team's reporting on the Trump administration's USAID funding pause, which resulted in the deaths of children from curable diseases around the world. www.wnyc.org/story/the-ch...

😂 😆 🇺🇸

Le Monde reports that Belgium can legally seize USAID contraceptive stock that Trump ordered destroyed. The stock worth millions sits unused in Geel kept by Kuehne and Nagel as US agencies stay silent. Taxpayers pay storage while urgent aid is denied.

Alex Natsios speaks with Colombian-American Andrea Uribe, about "her personal journey from growing up in Medellin during a tumultuous time to her work with USAID projects across various countries."