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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

this young woman in Atlanta speaks more eloquently of our moment in history than ever I could

https://youtu.be/JJQS22Off2E

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jhavok@mstdn.party ("Jimmy") wrote:

@aka_quant_noir @Gladso @pluralistic My Representative talked about the things they are doing at his town hall, for instance putting a bill strengthening Medicare up for vote. GOP will have to go on record.

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tlariv@mastodon.cloud wrote:

@RichSPK
Chicago had Sen. Durban and Reps Quigley, Garcia, and Jackson (at least)
@bodhipaksa @jhavok @Gladso @pluralistic

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ClariNerd wrote:

@pluralistic TBH I came to that realization when the dems had the white house the Senate and the house in the Obama years, the golden opportunity to codify Roe v Wade, and didn't, because then they would've lost it as a fundraising tactic.

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SrRochardBunson@universeodon.com ("Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson") wrote:

@hosford42 I do know of this one specific example where people stood up and it worked.

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-rosenstrasse-demonstration-1943

@lavaeolus

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/uk-news/story/meet-blaise-metreweli-uks-first-woman-to-lead-mi6-spy-agency-glbs-2741218-2025-06-16 Meet Blaise Metreweli: UK's first woman to lead MI6 spy agency (currently in charge of Q Section)

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andyw350@mindly.social ("AndyW") wrote:

@bodhipaksa @jhavok @Gladso @pluralistic Minnesota AG #keithellison spoke at the rally in St Paul with an assassin at large.

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RichSPK@tech.lgbt ("Richard K :blobcatverified:") wrote:

@bodhipaksa @jhavok @Gladso @pluralistic Rep Jim McGovern spoke at a Worcester, MA No Kings event. Maxine Waters showed up in California.

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mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

@evan @MaierAmsden @finner This is what drives me nuts about a lot of these discussions. People confidently assert “The election was stolen! They rigged the voting machines!” But when you dig a liittle, they have no idea about rigged voting machines and are upset (often reasonably) about the electoral college, gerrymandering, PAC money, or whatever.

That’s a legit discussion to have! But I wish people would just start there instead of pretending it’s about hacking.

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inti@archaeo.social ("Matthew Bandy") wrote:

@bodhipaksa @jhavok @Gladso @pluralistic my congresswoman (NM-1) spoke at our local event. It was great!

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StefanEJones@dice.camp ("Stefan Edward Jones") wrote:

@bodhipaksa @jhavok @Gladso @pluralistic "The Washington County No Kings" event had speeches from Representatives Bonamici and Salinas, a statement from Senator Ron Wyden read by his spokesman, Beaverton's mayor, a state senator, the county commissioner, the leader of Oregon's Indivisible umbrella group, and the chair of the county Democratic party.

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bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot ("Bodhipaksa") wrote:

@StefanEJones @jhavok @Gladso @pluralistic That’s great. One of my Senators tweeted “happy birthday” to the US army.

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ViennaMike wrote:

@ClariNerd @pluralistic One thought: https://www.tinynewsco.org/

The monthly Tucker County, West Virginia paper is one such example.

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hosford42@techhub.social ("Aaron") wrote:

@cavyherd @bronakins @pluralistic Followed immediately by the musicians flipping them the bird and sucking any joy right out of their tiny, hard hearts. lmao "That actually wasn't for you, dipshit."

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bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot ("Bodhipaksa") wrote:

@jhavok @Gladso @pluralistic I want to see my senators and congressman at a No Kings rally, giving speeches, thanking people for attending, and offering encouragement. But they don't do that. I only hear from them if they want money.

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mattg@recurse.social wrote:

@Wolf @pluralistic NWA in 1989 which is newer but not exactly recent. Lots of songs in hip hop tho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF3aPT7C51Y

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D_J_Nathanson@esq.social ("David Nathanson") wrote:

@cryptadamist @Wolf @pluralistic Sharptooth - Fuck You Donald Trump
https://sharptoothmd.bandcamp.com/track/fuck-you-donald-trump-2

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arod@social.coop ("Alex Rodríguez") wrote:

@pluralistic you might enjoy the incredible new history of turn-of-the-century New Orleans, _Brassroots Democracy_ by Ben Barson, which makes a case for how inseparable brass band culture was from the activisms of its time: https://www.weslpress.org/9780819501127/brassroots-democracy/

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arensb ("A Republic, while we kept it") wrote:

@Moosjazz @pluralistic I have a friend who does. It's terribly beat up, and he can't play for shit, but you don't have to be a maestro to drown out fascists.

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cscott@kolektiva.social ("C. Scott Ananian (he/him)") wrote:

@ClariNerd @pluralistic my community funded a local newspaper.

Technically they passed a bylaw that said that local thingies must be published in a local paper, and that guaranteed business was enough to get said local paper off the ground.

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karlauerbach@sfba.social ("Karl Auerbach") wrote:

@pluralistic If you need words (in English) here is a good cover...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYyI4vmds5o

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kitten_tech@fosstodon.org ("Alaric Snell-Pym") wrote:

@graymattergrcltd @lemgandi @paraplegic_racehorse @Moosjazz @pluralistic Many years ago I saw a video of a bagpiper (IIRC in full kilt garb) following a racist streat preacher, drowning their ranting out. The sight of this irritated nazi trying to shout over the pipes, trying to get away, with the piper scurrying after then while still piping away, was hilarious!

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mycotropic@beige.party ("Mycotropic") wrote:

@Moosjazz @pluralistic

I have a baritone horn, no idea how to play it and one key sticks abysmally but, yeah, it makes a heck of a racket!

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hosford42@techhub.social ("Aaron") wrote:

@pluralistic My favorite part: The dipshit proud boys start jamming and clapping for the band, not even realizing they are being publicly pwned. Then, the musicians flip them off right in their faces. LMAO

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hosford42@techhub.social ("Aaron") wrote:

@pete @davidr @pluralistic Right before the musicians flip them off to their faces! lmao They didn't even catch on how they were being pwned

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trochee@dair-community.social ("Jeremy Kahn") wrote:

@pluralistic
@jmccyoung

Very proud to be an Atlanta kid today

Also there's a serious antifascist street band scene in Atlanta, and I'm glad to see it's still alive!

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cursedsql@hachyderm.io ("ck") wrote:

@pluralistic Saint Paul did a double dose of bagpipers, you love to see it

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inkorrupt@goto.antifa.club ("Subcömandante ♠️ Midas 🦄") wrote:

@isisevrinen @pluralistic

I f*cking love Atlanta Anti-Fascists! 🎺:antifa: :fcknzs:

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graymattergrcltd@infosec.exchange ("Vickie Gray") wrote:

@lemgandi @paraplegic_racehorse @Moosjazz @pluralistic And did I mention, a single Great Highland Bagpipe tops out at about 110 decibels? Definitely protest-worthy.

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Blueteamsherpa@infosec.exchange ("BlueTeamSherpa :verified:") wrote:

@jongary @pluralistic @minmi @inthehands hey! I was in a Klezmer band for a decade! Who wants me near DC?