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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Today Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise called these No Kings rallies antifa terrorism. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Top Signs from No Kings Protests

So many great ones to choose from, but here are my top pics of signs/photos from yesterday’s No Kings protests.

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D @dbyron.bsky.social · 15h

Antifa is the new communist. This is the return of the McCarthy era. They have to have a made up enemy. We know this history and we are letting it happen again. Folks! We outnumber them!

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D @dbyron.bsky.social · 17h

They lie so easily.

D @dbyron.bsky.social · 17h

See, this Trump Reich has one minor mandate. If it can kill people there for it. The more of us that die the better! Like over a million during covid. Enjoy the Reich!

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Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 19h

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

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Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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D @dbyron.bsky.social · 18h

What San Franciscans is she talking about. Who? I’ve never liked him.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18h

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who has become a symbol of democratic resistance against an increasingly authoritarian regime, even as she has been forced into hiding and barred from holding public office.

María Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader, wins Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Prize committee recognized María Corina Machado, Venezuelan opposition leader in hiding, for keeping “the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.”

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D @dbyron.bsky.social · 18h

Cool 😎

D @dbyron.bsky.social · 18h

It’s a business trip. He’s looking at some beach front property to develop.

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D @dbyron.bsky.social · 18h

And the unemployment rate will rise. More Trumponomics.

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D @dbyron.bsky.social · 18h

Sure 👍🏼

D @dbyron.bsky.social · 18h

They will rise.

D @dbyron.bsky.social · 18h

Can’t wait!
I’ll have to.

D @dbyron.bsky.social · 23h

This is what the Reich does to citizens. It’s the way it is. Unless the people…

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 23h

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the chaplain for the men’s basketball team at Loyola Chicago who became a beloved international celebrity during the school’s fairy-tale run to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2018, has died, the school says. She was 106.

Sister Jean, beloved chaplain for Loyola Chicago men's basketball team, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt became one of the most talked-about personalities during the school's run to the Final Four of the 2018 NCAA Tournament.

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D @dbyron.bsky.social · 23h

😎

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 23h

Both Donald Trump and his Slovene-born escort spent years calling for Obama’s birth certificate. I am calling for Melania Trump’s legal immigration papers: How did she get an “Einstein” visa for extraordinary abilities despite her blatant lie under oath about her college degrees?

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D @dbyron.bsky.social · 23h

This guy wants God to destroy the world.

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D @dbyron.bsky.social · 23h

All part of Trumponomics. 😎

D @dbyron.bsky.social · 23h

Don’t trust them with children.

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D @dbyron.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine being Russ. An A🕳️ for the sake of being an A 🕳️.

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D @dbyron.bsky.social · 1d

Unemployment on the rise.

D @dbyron.bsky.social · 1d

The Military industrial complex wins again.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

John Lodge was a pioneering force of British rock’s most underrated band

The late musician helped steer the Moody Blues into an exciting and groundbreaking new era of psychedelia

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: MIT rejects an offer of federal funds in exchange for agreeing to the Trump administration's education agenda, the first university to do so.

MIT is 1st school to reject Trump administration's agenda in exchange for funding benefits

"With respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education,” the Massachusetts Institute of Technology president wrote in a letter.

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