David Tamés
cinemakinoeye.bsky.social
David Tamés
@cinemakinoeye.bsky.social
Media maker, educator, pro-democracy, progressive-leaning, non-partisan.
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“Cats know that the best way to confront authority isn’t with blind rage, but with deliberate, calculated chaos. And that’s exactly how we should handle fascism.“ — Stewart "Brittlestar" Reynolds, Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism (Grand Central Publishing, 2025) #NoKings #cats #quote
Working together, we will get through these dark times. #NoKings
This is how we keep our communities safe: “Before long, Indivisible Chicago sent whistle kits in the mail to the New Orleans chapter, along with an explanation of how best to use them, and Indivisible NOLA set up a “know your rights” training that the Chicago chapter helped lead remotely via Zoom.”
‘You don’t have to do it alone’: how US cities are helping each other resist ICE
From LA to Charlotte, organizers are learning from others’ strategies to protect residents amid federal crackdowns
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
My hope for 2026 is that concerned citizens continue to join the #indivisible movement to work towards restoring justice, rule of law, due process, freedom, and democracy, setting an example by coming together to #Resist26 the authoritarian overreach and demonstrate that in America we have #NoKings
Yes!!!

Every day, the resistance gets more coordinated, more sophisticated

Let's double down next year

Because as the Regime crashes, Stephen Miller & Gang will become more desperate, more dangerous

Triple down

🎅 #Resist26 🐸
December 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
“Trump has made it clear that he couldn’t care less about the First Amendment […] Supreme Court is supposed to care, but as Republican justices have shown repeatedly in their rulings, giving more power to Republican politicians is their only concern.” — Dean Baker cepr.net/publications... #NoKings
SCOTUS Says Trump Can Use Government Power to Shut Down News Outlets That Criticize Him
Supreme Court ruling boosts Trump’s control over independent agencies, heightening risks to media freedom and fair regulation.
cepr.net
December 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Patriots will gather for the Boston ICE Tea Party on Tuesday, December 16th, “The People should never rise, without doing something to be remembered—something notable And striking“ — John Adams #NoKings
Boston ICE Tea Party, Tues. Dec. 16, 7:15.

#newtonibdivisible
December 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The war on science by certain political actors comes with a body count.
Hundreds of kids in S Carolina are being quarantined right now because of a measles outbreak.

I don’t have patience for niceties when it comes to this crap, so if you’re an anti-vaxxer, keep your damn kids at home and don’t travel for the holidays.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
December 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
'Tis the season to boycott corporations complicit in the political madness (Amazon, Target, Home Depot), and support local businesses instead: #nokings #indivisible weaintbuyingit.com
We Ain’t Buying It
indivisible.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Brendan Nyhan (political scientist at Dartmouth College) asks a key question in his NYT Op-ed today, The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Grocery Prices Are Way Down. Paul Krugman observes that lying has worked for Trump in the past; however, is this a lie too far? paulkrugman.substack.com/p/war-is-pea...
War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Grocery Prices Are Way Down.
Lying has worked for Trump in the past. Is this a lie too far?
paulkrugman.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Trump adm and Republican enablers may have met a problem that lies and propaganda can't sweep away. With food #inflation running nearly twice the rate it was in Biden’s last year, Americans aren't fooled and reminded every time they go grocery shopping. #noKings www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Finally Meets A Problem His Lies Cannot Overcome: Rising Grocery Prices
Trump keeps claiming that prices are ‘way down’ — but with food inflation running nearly twice the rate as it was in Biden’s last year, Americans are not fooled.
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
X will soon delete its recommendation system and replace it with the Grok AI model that will read/watch posts/videos to decide what users see. This will reshape influencer strategies, ad targeting, political discourse, and other aspects of our online life. What to do? aisecret.us/grok-takes-o...
🛎️ Grok Takes Over X
Plus: Spotify Builds AI Lab, Wikipedia’s Vanishing Visitors
aisecret.us
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“Cats know that the best way to confront authority isn’t with blind rage, but with deliberate, calculated chaos. And that’s exactly how we should handle fascism.“ — Stewart "Brittlestar" Reynolds, Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism (Grand Central Publishing, 2025) #NoKings #cats #quote
November 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Senator Melissa Slotkin (D-MI), a former CIA officer who served 3 tours in Iraq, recently delivered a speech at the Brookings Institution warning about what she sees as authoritarian tendencies in the Trump administration's use of military force.
#NoKings
Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnUO...
Senator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian Playbook
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
www.youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
What kind of reality are we creating when the profilmic reality in front of the Generative AI camera is not a moment in our shared world, but a consensual hallucination of millions of images, all real, and none the truth?
October 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Trump Administration's arrival on Bluesky is a threat to open networks, what do you think will happen? This article explores some scenarios. #technology #socialMedia #politics

techpolicy.press/trump-admini...
Trump Administration's Arrival on Bluesky Highlights Growing Pains for Open Networks | TechPolicy.Press
The administration’s antagonistic entry to the platform is best understood as a game of chicken, writes Erin Kissane.
techpolicy.press
October 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Well said; the destruction of the White House in this manner to build a ballroom to entertain oligarchs is a metaphor; for this administration, nothing is sacred, the rule of law and due process does not matter…
If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
October 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
From what I've been able to determine, this is illegal and being done without required approvals. It serves as a metaphor for the way this administration is breaking the law, dismantling public structures, and undermining democratic values. As Aristotle wrote, "Character is revealed through action."
Foul stench of the circles of hell. Evil incarnate.
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This IS what democracy looks like #NoKings wonderful to see the level of the enthusiastic turnout
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Reposted by David Tamés
“The only thing that fixes this is millions of people in the streets. Tens of millions.”

This Saturday, October 18, we take to the streets. Boston Common, 12-3; Newton Centre, 12-1:30

NoKings.org

#newtonindivisible
October 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“ICE goes masked […] to terrorize Americans into quiescence […] in all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police […] brings indelible obloquy to this administration and everyone who works in it.” — William Young, Federal Judge, last week

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
Opinion | ‘ICE Goes Masked for a Single Reason’
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:04 AM
7 days remain to make a public comment on a new FAA draft rule that will have a significant impact on current and future drone operability, see: "Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations"
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations
This action proposes performance-based regulations to enable the design and operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at low altitudes beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) and for third-party servic...
www.federalregister.gov
September 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
the game has changed: Gen Z is not going to the movies; Reese Witherspoon says your film career depends on understanding Gen Z, can you write and direct things for the current audience?

nofilmschool.com/reese-wither...
Reese Witherspoon Says Your Film Career Depends on Understanding Gen Z
Can you write and direct things for the current audience?
nofilmschool.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Vought is working to make Congress NPCs, “If the executive branch isn’t controlled by the power of the purse, then there is very little that will control the President […] It’s a fundamental challenge to liberty for every single person in America.” — Eloise Pasachoff www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
The Man Behind Trump’s Push for an All-Powerful Presidency
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
And you may ask yourself, how did we get here? #NoKings #constitution
September 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
First, they come for the comedians: But, try as strongmen might, the jokes always get away (The Economist)

www.economist.com/culture/2025...
First, they come for the comedians
But, try as strongmen might, the jokes always get away
www.economist.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“If you don’t raise your voices right now about the assault on free speech […] there may be no democracy to save a year from now.” — Senator Chris Murphy, accusing certain people of using current events to silence their opponents, www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/a...
Reactions to ABC’s Pulling of ‘Kimmel’ Reflect America’s Broad Divisions
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM