#NoKings rally in wee Belfast #Maine was the largest gathering I’ve seen in ~30 years here — and difficult to capture in pics because the crowd filled the central square and spread onto adjoining streets. Positive vibe, clever signs, lots of fams w/kids, minimal good-natured police presence chiefly dealing w traffic. No speeches, little evidence of planning — I think it all kind of fell together and people showed up. Heartening!
Of the names on that #FreeOurFeeds list, it is Eli Pariser’s (which many of us recall from MoveOn.org and the progressive “netroots” movement) that most gives me hope.
Josh Marshall on Harris‘s unusual relationship with the political press: “They treated her as something between a punchline and a nonentity and now she’s the odds-on favorite, if only by a small margin, to the next President. Why should she care?”
Please don’t give up on the group! This is a moderation issue. There is only a tiny number of people playing this “both sides are evil” game, and they can be dealt with.
I'm sorry, John, I didn't mean to include you in that cris de coeur — this thread has been posted to a Friendica group, (at)kamalaharrisforpresidentnews, so it's automatically reposted to everyone who subscribes — roughly 1500 of us right now — and this Erik fellow has more or less commandeered the entire discussion. There are moderators who *ought* to be responding but, as you likely know, the fediverse is a work-in-progress. Please join in as you please!
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