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Janet Kinneberg
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Grateful for my time on our amazing planet. Here to learn from & support experts in their fields #climate #health #law #science #politics 🇺🇦
Humans are a young species — & that gives me a bit of hope.
Mom to 2 wonderful men — so not giving up #Utah #Impeach
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From: Larry
Summers
Sent: 11/29/2016

To: jeffrey E.

Subject: Re: Re:
Importance: High
“Always quiet advice to anybody who can use it. Try always discreet. If u become associated publicly w something the reputations converge.”

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From: Larry Summers Sent: 11/29/2016 12:13:41 PM To: jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com] Subject: Re: Re: Importance: High Always quiet advice to anybody who can use it. Try always discreet. If u become associated publicly w something the reputations converge.
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Never forget what liars the GOP are! Or why Evan McMullin, former CIA officer who was also at the meeting, decided to run for President right after this conversation in 2016, as he clearly understood what a national security threat Trump was and is!
2017 news

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November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Search “Musk” & first entry is:

From: Kathy Ruemmler
Sent: 1/31/2015
To: jeffrey E.
Subject: Re:
Well, I think, but not because of me. The existential crisis thing is not a PMS or menopausal pose.
On 1/30, 2015 "jeffrey E." wrote:
how did musk call go?
#EpsteinFiles

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Epstein Document Search Musk All Folders 500 results Search Showing 34 of 34 results (646ms) HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022695001 Page From: Kathy Ruemmler Sent: 1/31/2015 2:46:14 AM To: jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com] Showing 34 of 34 results (646ms) HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022695001 Page 1 From: Kathy Ruemmler Sent: 1/31/2015 2:46:14 AM To: jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com] Subject: Re: Attachments: image010.jpg; image005.jpg; image009.png; image004.jpg; image002.jpg; image007.png; image001.jpg; image008.png; image003.jpg; image006.png Importance: High Well, I think, but not because of me. The existential crisis thing is not a PMS or menopausal pose. On Jan 30, 2015 9:16 PM, "jeffrey E." wrote: how did musk call go? On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Kathy Ruemmler < > wrote: On Jan 30, 2015 2:04 PM, "jeffrey E."
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Ruemmler told the Journal “I regret ever knowing Jeffrey Epstein.” Never Epstein’s atty?

“Ruemmler soon emerged as one of the highest-paid in-house corporate lawyers in the industry, with Goldman awarding her $17.5 million for her work in 2021, her first full year.”

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November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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My brother sent this from Montana.. what a beautiful world.

#Aurora
#Montana
#WhatABeautifulWorld

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Thank you, NOAA, for the alerts!
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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“Legal experts noted that multiple documentary accounts of Jan. 6 suggested that the president incited the crowd to attack the Capitol, a conclusion endorsed by the House of Representatives, when it voted to impeach the president on a count of "incitement of insurrection."
Legal experts noted that multiple documentary accounts of Jan. 6 suggested that the president incited the crowd to attack the Capitol, a conclusion endorsed by the House of Representatives, when it voted to impeach the president on a count of "incitement of insurrection." "There is a plausible argument that it did not alter the meaning of what he said during that speech," said Lee Levine, a first amendment lawyer who has represented media companies, including the BBC and The New York Times. Mr. Levine said the BBC's admission of an "error in judgment" in the editing of the film would make it difficult for the broadcaster to dismiss Mr. Trump's complaints out of hand. But he said previous lawsuits show that the president is often less interested in a legal victory than a lucrative settlement. Via New York Times
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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What a great use of their time and energy! It’s effective - just look at what’s happened in Utah and the LWV lawsuit brought against the Utah Legislature re gerrymandered maps. By banding together, all of us are stronger and more powerful.

An easy pledge: #UniteAndRise

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I commit to Unite & Rise in the Fight for Democracy with LWV! The United States is in a constitutional crisis. Now is the time to band together to defend our constitution, protect the rule of law, demand the preservation of checks and balances, safeguard the right to vote, and build a democracy where every person and every voice counts. I commit to: 1. Take action by voting and volunteering to ensure our freedom to vote is protected. 2. Mobilize in nonviolent efforts to hold government accountable. 3. Stay informed about the policies and decisions that affect us all, combat disinformation, and amplify the voices and stories of those most impacted The League of Women Voters Unite & Rise 8.5 initiative aims to mobilize 8.5 million voters using the power of voter engagement as a cornerstone of our democracy. Unite & Rise 8.5 showcases the many ways voters can drive change through advocacy, mobilization, civic education, and engagement. We need you to be a part of this movement and help us grow this network of 8.5 million people who commit to defend democracy. https://act.lwv.org/page/84217/petition/1?locale=en-US New Utah Congressional map as of 11/10/2025 Thank you, Judge Gibson, and to all who fought for fairer representation in Utah.
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Please check out League of Women Voters (men, too!) who were also plaintiffs in the lawsuit, & sign the Unite and Rise 8.5 initiative!
act.lwv.org/page/84217/p...

I commit to Unite & Rise in the Fight for Democracy with LWV!
The United States is in a constitutional crisis!

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League of Women Voters I commit to Unite & Rise in the Fight for Democracy with LWV! The United States is in a constitutional crisis. Now is the time to band together to defend our constitution, protect the rule of law, demand the preservation of checks and balances, safeguard the right to vote, and build a democracy where every person and every voice counts. I commit to: Take action by voting and volunteering to ensure our freedom to vote is protected. Mobilize in nonviolent efforts to hold government accountable. Stay informed about the policies and decisions that affect us all, combat disinformation, and amplify the voices and stories of those most impacted. The League of Women Voters’ Unite & Rise 8.5 initiative aims to mobilize 8.5 million voters using the power of voter engagement as a cornerstone of our democracy. Unite & Rise 8.5 showcases the many ways voters can drive change through advocacy, mobilization, civic education, and engagement. We need you to be a part of this movement and help us grow this network of 8.5 million people who commit to defend our democracy.
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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The League of Women Voters includes men! This #UniteAndRise initiative includes all of the things we are already doing but by banding together and signing the pledge, we are creating a stronger message, TOGETHER!

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• Vote & volunteer
• Mobilize
• Stay informed, speak up
11:551 100 act.lwv.org | commit to Unite & Rise in the Fight for Democracy with LWV! The United States is in a constitutional crisis. Now is the time to band together to defend our constitution, protect the rule of law, demand the preservation of checks and balances, safeguard the right to vote, and build a democracy where every person and every voice counts. I commit to: 1. Take action by voting and volunteering to ensure our freedom to vote is protected. 2. Mobilize in nonviolent efforts to hold government accountable. 3. Stay informed about the policies and decisions that affect us all, combat disinformation, and amplify the voices and stories of those most impacted. The League of Women Voters Unite & Rise 8.5 initiative aims to mobilize 8.5 million voters using the power of voter engagement as a cornerstone of our democracy. Unite & Rise 8.5 showcases the many ways voters can drive change through advocacy, mobilization, civic education, and engagement. We need you to be a part of this movement and help us grow this network of 8.5 million people who commit to defend our democracy.
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Our book club is reading #UncleTomsCabin so history of slaveholders’ fight w taxation offers lessons on power of taxation to undermine representation!

“Slaveholders also ensured that there was no effective bureaucracy for tax assessment”

#TrumpTariffs are illegal
#NoTaxationWithoutRepresentation
Southern slave holders understood that, even with suffrage limited to propertied white men, a democratic government might, as Patrick Henry put it, impose a “grievous and enormous tax” to “compel owners to emancipate their slaves.” So, in drafting the Constitution, they undermined both the representativeness of electoral institutions and the capacity of the federal revenue system. For one, slaveholders demanded a limit on the tax applied to the slave trade, the Constitution’s only provision setting a maximum federal tax level. The Constitution also enshrined the “three-fifths clause,” which infamously inflated Southern representation but also sharply limited the federal government’s power to apply direct taxes, since it required that that “direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States” according to the same ratio. (This limitation, it is worth noting, would be used by the Supreme Court to strike down the federal income tax in the late 19th century and today is being revived by conservatives, who argue it rules out the possibility of a federal wealth tax).
November 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Such an impt read! Besides enriching his own coffers & those of his cronies, Trump is fundamentally undermining the tax system which “strikes at the very capacity of a democratically elected government to act.”

“Together, taxation & representation make a powerful govt accountable to the public.”
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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WHAT IS THE 100-MILE BORDER ENFORCEMENT ZONE?
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which includes Border Patrol, is largest law enforcement agency in US.. jurisdiction spans 100 miles into the interior of US from any land or maritime border..2/3 of population lives within this 100-mile zone
100-MILE BORDER ENFORCEMENT ZONE Two-thirds of the U.S. population lives within this 100-mile border enforcement zone, including cities like Washington D.C., San Francisco CA, Chicago IL, New Orleans LA, Boston MA, & more. Because these are considered border cities, federal border and immigration agents assert the power to board public transportation or set up interior checkpoints and stop, interrogate and search children on their way to school, parents on their way to work, and families going to doctor’s appointments or the grocery store — all done without a warrant or reasonable suspicion. How can CBP agents do this? Unlike other federal agencies, CBP officers are uniquely granted extraordinary and unprecedented powers. These extraordinary powers state that officers are able to racially profile, stop, frisk, detain, interrogate, and arrest anyone without a warrant or reasonable suspicion. https://www.southernborder.org/100_mile_border_enforcement_zone
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Much more about #LeoWeb via @stopthecoup2025.bsky.social

The List: resistingproject2025.org/the-list
Know “the players” & RESIST their plan for a “Second American Revolution which shall remain bloodless if the Left allows it to be” ~ Kevin Roberts, Pres of Heritage Foundation & author #Project2025
THE LIST Leo-Funded Project 2025 Advisors CRC Advisors The Marble Freedom Trust The Concord Fund The 85 Fund Donors Trust (DT) Honest Elections Project The Heritage Foundation Project "Heritage Action for America" Teneo Network First Liberty Institute
November 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Kevin Roberts should be INFAMOUS for his remarks about “the Second Revolution which will be bloodless IF the Left allows it to be”!

Excerpt from CNN coverage a year ago re Project 2025 and the vast network of conservative “Think tanks”, most notably funded by #LeonardLeo

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November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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“Do not accept, & shrug your shoulders, at the normalization of untruths, because we’re living in an era now where there’s so much distortion of reality, outright fabrication, lying, conspiracy theories, that people sort of shrug their shoulders & say, there’s nothing to do about it. NO!”
~ Dr Fauci
November 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Search “Tyler Green” in this Accountable.US document: he deserves infamy

#LeonardLeo is architect of a decades-long national strategy to stack SCOTUS w far-right extremist judges & strategically put cases on its docket, thus undermining public trust in Supreme Court

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FROM: Kyle Herrig, Accountable.US DATE: June 14, 2023 RE:Leonard Leo's Involvement in Pending SCOTUS Cases Conservative kingpin Leonard Leo is the architect of a decades-long strategy to stack the Supreme Court with far-right extremist judges and strategically put cases on its docket, thus undermining public trust in the Supreme Court. This lack of faith in the American judiciary as a whole is the direct result of Leo's efforts to manipulate our legal system Amidst this corruption crisis, the Leo court is in full swing and has already started to rule on critical cases with widespread consequences for Americans' democracy, economy, and civil rights. Leo has had — and will continue to have - an influential role in these crucial decisions. Accountable. US has developed new research on Leo's role in each of these consequential cases. MOORE V. HARPER: In the media and through amicus briefs, Leo-funded organizations argued in favor of giving state legislatures the power to decide federal elections — instead of the American people. • Leo-backed groups Honest Elections Project and the Public Interest Legal Foundation both filed amicus briefs in Moore v. Harper that endorsed the independent state legislature theory, a fringe theory that would give gerrymandered state legislatures the power to assign electoral votes — and stripping that right from American voters. • Leo helped to found Honest Elections Project's parent nonprofit, and the Public Interest Legal Foundation was staffed by Neil Corkery, a longtime Leo lieutenant. • The Public Interest Legal Foundation received funding from Leonard Leo's dark money network through the 85 Fund and Donors Trust. Donors Trust also received over $70 million from the 85 Fund in 2021 alone. • Honest Elections Project Executive Director Jason Sneed went on a media blitz promoting the independent state legislature theory. 303 CREATIVE LLC V. ELENIS: Leo-connected lawyers and groups want to allow discrimination against LGBT Tyler Green Is The Administrative Trustee Of The Marble Freedom Trust, Which Was Unlaly neadouartered AlA vlan Address uwned by Green. lax documents snow Marble Freedom Trust is headquartered at an address in North Salt Lake owned by Tyler creen, wno is listed as une administrauve trustee or me nonoron. An adminisuauve wustee Is twolaly responsible or me day-lo-day operalons ol an organizalon.oall Lake noure V0 24/22 The Marble Freedom Trust's "Address Is A House In North Salt Lake Owned By ver Green. ' "The trust was formed in Utah. Its address is a house in North Salt Lake owned ov ver Green, a lawver wno clerked tor oupreme count Justce blarence Inomas. ProruDlIca. Uolzzize Marble Freedom Trust's Address No Longer Appeared To Be Located At A kesidential Adaress in its Latestiko riling. Name of organizatio Marble Freedom Trust Doing bus Number: nd street (or P.O. box f mail is not delivered to street address 331 W. Parrish Lane, Suite 106-315 City or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code Centerville UT 84014 Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown • The America First Policy Institute filed an amicus brief against Biden student loan forgiveness policy, and the Leo-controlled organization has praised the work of the America First Policy Institute. Lawyers representing Myra Brown in Department of Education v. Brown are closely affiliated with the Federalist Society. • Seventeen Republican Attorneys General filed an amicus brief siding with Nebraska against the Biden Administration, and all 17 are members of the GOP AGs Assoc (RAGA), which has received over $13 million from Leo's Concord Fund since 2016. • The law firm representing Brown in Dept. of Education v. Brown is Consovoy McCarthy. The administrative trustee of Leo's Marble Freedom Trust, Tyler Green, is a partner at Consovoy McCarthy. Green has also represented Leo's Honest Elections Project in a 2020 Supreme Court amicus brief, is an active Federalist Society contributor, & previously clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas, whose confirmation Leo "helped shepherd." Groff v. DeJoy • The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed an amicus brief on behalf of Groff, a postal worker who sued the Post Office after they forced him to work on Sundays. Leo is a Becket Fund board member. Becket Fund has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from Leo's 85 Fund. Sackett v. EPA • The legal team that argued on behalf of Sackett are all active Federalist Society members w ties to the Pacific Legal Foundation- an organization that received grants from Leo-funded donor group, Donors Trust. • The Claremont Institute's John Eastman also filed an amicus brief on behalf of Sackett in the case. Leo is closely associated with John Eastman. Leo contributed to Eastman's campaign for California Attorney General & Eastman was an active member of Federalist Society, an organization where Leo served as an executive for decades. • Sackett v. EPA was decided on May 252023, w court ruling 5-4 in favor of Sackett and against EPA
November 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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UT state leaders are pushing plan to build a mega homeless shelter campus on #GSL wetlands NE of SLC airport. Cost to taxpayers could be huge & at expense of existing services that help people from being homeless. #UTPol
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Save Great Salt Lake email from Center for Biological Diversity.org via Deeda Seed and Utah Clean Infrastructure Coalition State leaders are pushing a plan to build a mega homeless shelter campus on wetlands in Northpoint, a remote community northeast of the airport. The cost of this proposal to taxpayers could be enormous and could come at the expense of existing services that prevent people from becoming homeless. Please join us in signing a letter to our state leaders calling for a halt to this ill conceived proposal. The proposed location is far from services and community connections homeless people need to obtain housing. And it’s also on, and adjacent to, Great Salt Lake wetlands, further imperiling them. Northpoint, the community slated for the proposed mega-shelter is not an empty field — it is a long-established residential and agricultural community with approximately 60 homes and generations of families who live and work alongside farmland, livestock, and open space. This proposal would permanently damage the last agricultural district in Salt Lake City and unfairly burden one neighborhood with a statewide issue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Sen Bernie Sanders speaking as honoree for 2025 Eugene V Debs Award:

[Debs] said, ‘In every age, it has been the tyrant, the oppressor, and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism or religion or both to deceive and overawe the people.’

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And then Debs said this. He said, ‘In every age, it has been the tyrant, the oppressor, and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism or religion or both to deceive and overawe the people.’ Under Donald Trump we have an ‘America First’ that gives a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the one percent. Which denies trying to throw 15 million people off the healthcare they have, trying to double the premiums you are paying in the Affordable Care Act. But we’re not supposed to deal with that. We’re supposed to worry about the undocumented people in this country—the vast majority of them work day and night trying to feed their families,” Sanders said. “Same business. Wrap yourself around the flag, exploit working people, and give tax breaks to the billionaires.” “Bullshit!” yelled someone in the audience. Bernie paused and smiled. “That is a succinct description.”
October 30, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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I cut out our hurrahs after this great halftime performance because I didn’t want to hurt anyone’s ears… but we’ll be there loudly and proudly! 😉

#GoUtes
October 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Utah residents- Decline to Sign!

If you see petition gatherers about redistricting or Prop 4, say NO. #NoGerrymandering

Tell your friends and family: Don't sign any petitions about redistricting or congressional maps. Utah Legislators & GOP are trying to overturn the will of the people.

#UtPol
REDISTRICTING TIMELINE 2017 Signature Gathering A bipartisan grassroots group formed to create an independent redistricting commission. Volunteers began collecting signatures statewide to put the issue on the ballot. VOTE 2018 You Voted 512,000+ Utahns passed Proposition 4, creating an independent redistricting commission and banning partisan gerrymandering. The promise: fair maps where voters pick politicians, not the other way around. 2020• Politicians Repealed It Legislature passed SB 200, gutting Prop 4 and turning the independent commission into an "advisory" body they could ignore. They drew maps anyway, cracking Salt Lake County four ways. •2024 Supreme Court Said No The Court ruled that when voters enact government reforms through a ballot initiative, those reforms are constitutionally protected. It sent the case back to the district court to determine whether the repeal of Proposition 4 meets that test. August 25 2025 Third District Court's Ruling Current congressional maps are void because they violate Prop 4. The Legislature must draw new maps by November 10. October 6 2025 Legislature Grudgingly Complies Under protest, they pass Map C the least competitive option for Democrats. The GOP had endorsed it just two weeks earlier. October 15 2025₽ The Petitions The same GOP now wants to REPEAL the map they just endorsed AND repeal Prop 4 entirely, using two different petition tactics. Now we await the court's decision to choose a map. It's Nina from Vote Save America, I know it's been a while since you've heard from us. I'm reaching out because Utah Republicans are trying to take away your voting power. There's a lot of messy details, but here's the gist: 1. In 2018, voters passed Prop 4 to stop politicians from rigging maps. Great! 2. Then, the legislature completely overrode Prop 4. Not great! 3. After years of litigation, the courts sided in favor of Prop 4 and mandated that the Legislature draw new "fair" maps. Whew, ok. Still following? There's more. 4. Last month, the Legislature proposed that new map. It still has your current four red congressional districts, but two of them are more competitive - a little more purple-y, if you will. We're still waiting to see if the judge approves the new maps. 5. Last week, the Utah Republican Party filed two petitions to overturn both Proposition 4 and the new congressional map that was just passed by the majority of Republican state legislators. In short: good news, bad news, good news again, more good news, then very, very bad news. Now, the GOP has until November 15 to collect: • Nearly 70,500 signatures statewide for the petition that asks the Legislature to repeal Prop 4 • Nearly 150,000 signatures statewide for the referendum to ask voters to block the new map The GOP needs YOUR signature to succeed. Without enough of your signatures, their power grab fails. What you can DO: • Decline to sign- If you see petition gatherers about redistricting or Prop 4, say NO. • Tell your friends and family: Don't sign any petitions about redistricting or congressional maps. They're trying to overturn the will of the people. If you're confused, that's....so fair. Here's a helpful graphic our friends at Elevate Utah made to explain
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Any Sandy, Utah residents on BlueSky? Hello? #UtPol

Such an IMPORTANT election! The mayoral challenger to current Sandy Mayor Monica Zoltanski is Council Member Cyndi Sharkey, who is endorsed by UT State Sen Kirk Cullimore, fmr Gov Herbert, & a host of other Republicans. Well-funded misinformation!
October 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Ha! Wonder how many Utahns love composer Kurt Bestor more than Mike Lee?

Lee is losing it. Bestor is a compassionate, brave, engaging person not afraid to protest in public against GOP policies that are killing innocent children around the world. See news report from 2023

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Kurt Bestor at #NoKings protest in SLC.
October 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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My brother sent this photo of #NoKings rally in Hamilton, MT with an estimated crowd size of 700!
Crowd for #NoKings rally in Hamilton, MT
October 19, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Infuriating. Curtis won't
respond to substance of emails or answer phone calls, or hold town hall w more than 3 ppl & pre-screened questions

NONETHELESS! #Persist
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#NoKings ask us to continue our calls w @5calls.org, use our $ wisely

“It’s our job to awaken their souls!”
October 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Wonderful #NoKings Salt Lake City event. Got to protest w a beloved professor, a popular musician, several friends, & made some new friends!

Stunningly beautiful day w passionate and inspiring speakers. Especially enjoyed John Arthur, 2021 Utah Teacher of the Year.

When we fight, we win! #Impeach
Group shot before protest began with Utah’s Wasatch Mountains on horizon. #NoKings Salt Lake City Crowd shot with flag at Utah State Capitol #NoKings Salt Lake City Person dressed in yellow using a walker with sign saying “No Kings for this Queen” Utah State Capitol #NoKings Puppy’s first protest at Utah State Capitol #NoKings rally Oct 18, 2025
October 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM