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A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This photo encapsulates Trump better than the combined word count of every article ever written about him.
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This photo encapsulates Trump better than the combined word count of every article ever written about him.
Quite a moment.
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Quite a moment.
One young voter in New Jersey on CNN right now:
“Honestly, the last few days [of shutdown] have been scary for a lot of Americans. And while we’re sitting here struggling and worried, they’re building a ballroom.”
🎯
“Honestly, the last few days [of shutdown] have been scary for a lot of Americans. And while we’re sitting here struggling and worried, they’re building a ballroom.”
🎯
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
One young voter in New Jersey on CNN right now:
“Honestly, the last few days [of shutdown] have been scary for a lot of Americans. And while we’re sitting here struggling and worried, they’re building a ballroom.”
🎯
“Honestly, the last few days [of shutdown] have been scary for a lot of Americans. And while we’re sitting here struggling and worried, they’re building a ballroom.”
🎯
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in the Serbian city of Novi Sad right now.
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
November 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in the Serbian city of Novi Sad right now.
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
THEY. WERE. DOING. THIS. WITHOUT. PAY.
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
THEY. WERE. DOING. THIS. WITHOUT. PAY.
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
NOAA’s hurricane hunter pilots (and Kermit The Frog hanging from the control panel) fly into Hurricane Melissa.
Extraordinary bravery, saving lives.
(🎥 Cmdr. Danielle Varwig, NOAA Corps).
NEW: Terrifying video from the town of Black River in Jamaica.
The worst of storm surges - 200mph winds literally blowing the sea onto the land. #HurricaneMelissa
(📸 Yung Senshi)
The worst of storm surges - 200mph winds literally blowing the sea onto the land. #HurricaneMelissa
(📸 Yung Senshi)
October 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: Terrifying video from the town of Black River in Jamaica.
The worst of storm surges - 200mph winds literally blowing the sea onto the land. #HurricaneMelissa
(📸 Yung Senshi)
The worst of storm surges - 200mph winds literally blowing the sea onto the land. #HurricaneMelissa
(📸 Yung Senshi)
NEW: Hurricane Melissa is now making landfall in Jamaica.
This is the terrifying sight at Treasure Beach on the island right now; somehow the camera still working.
I have never heard wind like it.
This is the terrifying sight at Treasure Beach on the island right now; somehow the camera still working.
I have never heard wind like it.
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
NEW: Hurricane Melissa is now making landfall in Jamaica.
This is the terrifying sight at Treasure Beach on the island right now; somehow the camera still working.
I have never heard wind like it.
This is the terrifying sight at Treasure Beach on the island right now; somehow the camera still working.
I have never heard wind like it.
NEW: Sunrise over Hurricane Melissa.
For too many Jamaicans, this will be a life-changing event.
Melissa has now surpassed Hurricane Katrina in strength. It is the 8th strongest hurricane in recorded history.
For too many Jamaicans, this will be a life-changing event.
Melissa has now surpassed Hurricane Katrina in strength. It is the 8th strongest hurricane in recorded history.
October 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
NEW: Sunrise over Hurricane Melissa.
For too many Jamaicans, this will be a life-changing event.
Melissa has now surpassed Hurricane Katrina in strength. It is the 8th strongest hurricane in recorded history.
For too many Jamaicans, this will be a life-changing event.
Melissa has now surpassed Hurricane Katrina in strength. It is the 8th strongest hurricane in recorded history.
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
(📸 Getty Images)
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
(📸 Getty Images)
“The project will not interfere with the existing structure.”
(📸 ABC News)
(📸 ABC News)
October 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
“The project will not interfere with the existing structure.”
(📸 ABC News)
(📸 ABC News)
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening.
Make statues of this.
Make statues of this.
October 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
ICE agents greeted by a hero on arrival in New York this evening.
Make statues of this.
Make statues of this.
Trump has installed his own personal lawyers at the top of the Department of Justice to steal $230 million of taxpayer money.
This would set a new, global benchmark for corruption in office.
Military coups have been triggered by less.
This would set a new, global benchmark for corruption in office.
Military coups have been triggered by less.
October 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Trump has installed his own personal lawyers at the top of the Department of Justice to steal $230 million of taxpayer money.
This would set a new, global benchmark for corruption in office.
Military coups have been triggered by less.
This would set a new, global benchmark for corruption in office.
Military coups have been triggered by less.
Of everything he has done, this somehow hits different.
It lays bare the vacuous, moral bankruptcy of the man and, perhaps more than anything, the generational cowardice of those who should stop him, but won’t.
It lays bare the vacuous, moral bankruptcy of the man and, perhaps more than anything, the generational cowardice of those who should stop him, but won’t.
October 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Of everything he has done, this somehow hits different.
It lays bare the vacuous, moral bankruptcy of the man and, perhaps more than anything, the generational cowardice of those who should stop him, but won’t.
It lays bare the vacuous, moral bankruptcy of the man and, perhaps more than anything, the generational cowardice of those who should stop him, but won’t.
NEW: Remember when Trump said his new ballroom wouldn’t interfere with the current White House?
This is the current view of the East Wing.
A demolition.
(📸 Washington Post)
This is the current view of the East Wing.
A demolition.
(📸 Washington Post)
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
NEW: Remember when Trump said his new ballroom wouldn’t interfere with the current White House?
This is the current view of the East Wing.
A demolition.
(📸 Washington Post)
This is the current view of the East Wing.
A demolition.
(📸 Washington Post)
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The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
October 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
October 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏
History.
Photo of the Day
One of the most significant airlifts in recent US history is still ongoing in Alaska.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered the state on Sunday, sweeping some homes into the Bering Strait.
Here, some of the 300 residents being airlifted to Anchorage.
(📸 Alaska National Guard)
One of the most significant airlifts in recent US history is still ongoing in Alaska.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered the state on Sunday, sweeping some homes into the Bering Strait.
Here, some of the 300 residents being airlifted to Anchorage.
(📸 Alaska National Guard)
October 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Photo of the Day
One of the most significant airlifts in recent US history is still ongoing in Alaska.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered the state on Sunday, sweeping some homes into the Bering Strait.
Here, some of the 300 residents being airlifted to Anchorage.
(📸 Alaska National Guard)
One of the most significant airlifts in recent US history is still ongoing in Alaska.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered the state on Sunday, sweeping some homes into the Bering Strait.
Here, some of the 300 residents being airlifted to Anchorage.
(📸 Alaska National Guard)
NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol.
Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
October 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
NEW: A huge ice sculpture of the word “DEMOCRACY” is currently melting away in front of the US Capitol.
Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
Organized by artists and activists, it was commissioned by the Up In Arms campaign, an effort led by Ben Cohen, the cofounder of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
NEW: Southeast Chicago, Tuesday October 14, 2025.
Welcome to Donald Trump’s America. If there isn’t a domestic warzone, manufacture one.
Fascism.
📸 Credit to local Chicago freelance photographer Matthew Kaplan for all these images.
Welcome to Donald Trump’s America. If there isn’t a domestic warzone, manufacture one.
Fascism.
📸 Credit to local Chicago freelance photographer Matthew Kaplan for all these images.
October 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
NEW: Southeast Chicago, Tuesday October 14, 2025.
Welcome to Donald Trump’s America. If there isn’t a domestic warzone, manufacture one.
Fascism.
📸 Credit to local Chicago freelance photographer Matthew Kaplan for all these images.
Welcome to Donald Trump’s America. If there isn’t a domestic warzone, manufacture one.
Fascism.
📸 Credit to local Chicago freelance photographer Matthew Kaplan for all these images.
Decades of experience. And every single one now handing their press pass in.
Another step towards the authoritarian state.
(📸 Mike Brest)
Another step towards the authoritarian state.
(📸 Mike Brest)
October 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Decades of experience. And every single one now handing their press pass in.
Another step towards the authoritarian state.
(📸 Mike Brest)
Another step towards the authoritarian state.
(📸 Mike Brest)
BREAKING: Major clashes in southeast Chicago this pm.
DHS agents who crashed a car had eggs thrown at them. According to ABC7, they then fired pepper balls at local residents. It’s now a scene of flying rocks & tear gas.
Chicago was never a war zone. But Trump’s militia is turning it into one.
DHS agents who crashed a car had eggs thrown at them. According to ABC7, they then fired pepper balls at local residents. It’s now a scene of flying rocks & tear gas.
Chicago was never a war zone. But Trump’s militia is turning it into one.
October 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
BREAKING: Major clashes in southeast Chicago this pm.
DHS agents who crashed a car had eggs thrown at them. According to ABC7, they then fired pepper balls at local residents. It’s now a scene of flying rocks & tear gas.
Chicago was never a war zone. But Trump’s militia is turning it into one.
DHS agents who crashed a car had eggs thrown at them. According to ABC7, they then fired pepper balls at local residents. It’s now a scene of flying rocks & tear gas.
Chicago was never a war zone. But Trump’s militia is turning it into one.
NEW: Here, via Washington Post, is the up to date list of which media outlets have signed the Pentagon’s new press policy and which haven’t.
Resistance matters.
Resistance matters.
October 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
NEW: Here, via Washington Post, is the up to date list of which media outlets have signed the Pentagon’s new press policy and which haven’t.
Resistance matters.
Resistance matters.