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Retired, husband, father, grandpa, veteran. Beliefs in change, remember past, work for future, question everything, we're all cousins & equal. Don't suffer fools gladly. Don't DM or follow to get me to your porn media.

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🪖 🇺🇸 🌎 🇺🇦 @rjmrim.bsky.social · Nov 24

Push for #StandardTime, not #daylightsavingstime

Changing our #clocks is a #health hazard. Ask a #sleep doctor (flip.it/6xSMfo)

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SUNRISE CHART | Save Standard Time

Chart of sunrise times in Standard Time versus Daylight Saving.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7h

DC J6: 1.500 arrests
DC No Kings: zero

Tell me again which side is violent?

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🪖 🇺🇸 🌎 🇺🇦 @rjmrim.bsky.social · 6h

One is for her Barbie makeup and clothes

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Red Lori Bright Eyes Pissed Off American @redloribrighteyes.bsky.social · 8h

if you have ICE
on your resume
expect to never
get another job again

ever

In fact, you should just plan
on spending the rest of your life in prison.

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🪖 🇺🇸 🌎 🇺🇦 @rjmrim.bsky.social · 6h

#MAGA is brainwashed and they like it that way.

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Scott Smith @canaansdad1987.bsky.social · 10h

Great job, Dean. Watch this!!

#USDemocracy

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🌊🏄BlueWaveSurfer🏄🌊 @bluewavesurfer.bsky.social · 6h

All Over The Country, Americans made their voices heard.

#NoKings

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 8h

San Diego California: Police Dept. thanks the citizens for peacefully protesting. Once again there were zero arrests.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 17h

Do you know what a group of frogs is called?

AN ARMY

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Dittie @dittie.sheshed.rocks · 15h

On July 4, every year Americans celebrate the very first No Kings gathering in America.

This year we’re taking it to the streets.

No Kings then.
No Kings now!

Be safe out there today and have fun!

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Francesca Bonanno @runningwiththedogs.bsky.social · 6h

#SwearHerIn

Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 10h

Tucson Arizona: Adelita Grijalva joins the #NoKings rally. Protesters chant “Swear her in”.

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🪖 🇺🇸 🌎 🇺🇦 @rjmrim.bsky.social · 6h

#Trump holds $1M per plate dinner while #Americans lose paychecks,

#NoKings protests against Trump bring a street party vibe to cities nationwide

#NoKingsDayOct18th #DemocracyInAction #RepublicansAreTheProblem
#AmericaFirst

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'No Kings' protests against Trump bring a street party vibe to cities nationwide

Large crowds of protesters have gathered in cities across the United for “No Kings” demonstrations against what they see a drift into authoritarianism under President Donald Trump.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

Murphy at #nokings: "The president of the United States during a shutdown, or even when the government is open, does not have the power to send masked men into our cities and pull off the streets our peaceful neighbors, and throw them into the back of vans and into prisons."

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🪖 🇺🇸 🌎 🇺🇦 @rjmrim.bsky.social · 14h

Release the Epstein files asshole

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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 15h

#nokings

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🪖 🇺🇸 🌎 🇺🇦 @rjmrim.bsky.social · 14h

Mapped data reveals #Southern states lead U.S. opioid prescription rates, while coastal states sit lowest. Explore the latest #CDC data.

#drugs #druggedup #Arkansas #Alabama #Meds

www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-state...

Mapped: States With the Highest Opioid Prescription Rates

Mapped data reveals Southern states lead U.S. opioid prescription rates, while coastal states sit lowest. Explore the latest CDC data.

www.visualcapitalist.com

🪖 🇺🇸 🌎 🇺🇦 @rjmrim.bsky.social · 18h

Trump would have commuted Jack-The-Ripper since they were only girls;

#Trump commutes prison sentence of ex-GOP Rep. #GeorgeSantos

#Santos #CrimeNews #EpsteinDistraction #TrumpsShutdownDragsOn

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/17/t...

Trump commutes prison sentence of ex-GOP Rep. George Santos

Trump said he began thinking about Santos after being reminded of a controversy about Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal's military service claims.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

The trump regime is setting up official agency accounts here on BlueSky, and they’re dragging their MAGA trolls with them. Block liberally.

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CosmicYoYo @cosmicyoyo.bsky.social · 19h

-Read this before #NoKings

".......we face a battlefield—one flooded not with bombs but with (mis)information. From “fake news” to “flooding the zone,” these are methods designed to overwhelm us with noise and contradiction. There is an agenda and strategy....."
www.lionsroar.com/mindfulness-...

Mindfulness for Activists

Butterfly (Tony Pham) on how to act from clarity instead of rage, from compassion instead of fear.

www.lionsroar.com

🪖 🇺🇸 🌎 🇺🇦 @rjmrim.bsky.social · 19h

I have to disagree. It would be better to work from the inside to lessen the damage;

Bless The #Military Leaders Resigning In Defiance Of #Trump

#militaryculture #AmericaFirst

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Bless The Military Leaders Resigning In Defiance Of Trump

Dear Humans,

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🪖 🇺🇸 🌎 🇺🇦 @rjmrim.bsky.social · 19h

ICE seems to have a lot of dickheads;

Body Cam Footage Shows Alleged #ICE Officer Pulled Over for #DrunkDriving Racially Profiling Arresting Officer

#America

www.commondreams.org/news/ice-off...

Body Cam Footage Shows Alleged ICE Officer Pulled Over for Drunk Driving Racially Profiling Arresting Officer | Common Dreams

Newly released body camera footage shows Florida man claiming to be federal immigration official racially profiling officer during DUI arrest.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

TOMORROW is #NO_KINGS_DAY!!! Give me your Tired, your Poor, your Huddled Masses of Frogs, Unicorns, Pandas, T-Rexes, Mushrooms, Sharks, SpongeBobs & everyday Folks yearning to peacefully protest a clownishly incompetent buffoon of a Prez who, if there were any justice, would be in jail. 🤡
#BeThere

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🪖 🇺🇸 🌎 🇺🇦 @rjmrim.bsky.social · 19h

#NoKings since 1776

‘No Kings’ Rallies Against #Trump Authoritarianism Could Be ‘Largest Protest in US History’

#NoKingsDayOct18th #AmericaFirst

www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...

a cartoon character is holding a feather in front of the declaration of independence

ALT: a cartoon character is holding a feather in front of the declaration of independence

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🪖 🇺🇸 🌎 🇺🇦 @rjmrim.bsky.social · 1d

#NoKings since 1776;

Pro-Democracy #Americans Gear Up for ‘No Kings’ Day Nationwide

#NoKingsDayOct18th #Democracy #DemocracyInAction #America

www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...

Pro-Democracy Americans Gear Up for 'No Kings' Day Nationwide | Common Dreams

Progressive activists and politicians send words of encouragement ahead of the October 18 "No Kings" rallies.

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🪖 🇺🇸 🌎 🇺🇦 @rjmrim.bsky.social · 1d

While 500k #Ohioans will suffer in #BigBeutifulBill, @RepMikeCarey, who reported up to $1.2 million in total income in 2024, could see a tax benefit of up to $50,500 from the OBBBA

#Ohio #OhioState #Republicans

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🪖 🇺🇸 🌎 🇺🇦 @rjmrim.bsky.social · 1d

"Through our Cash in Congress campaign, we found that nearly 70% of #Republicans on the Hill stood to personally benefit from the bill:

A Big Beautiful Payday (Funded By Cuts to Your Healthcare)

#Trump #BigBeutifulBill #RepublicanShutdown

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A Big Beautiful Payday (Funded By Cuts to Your Healthcare)

A brand new look at congressional Republicans’ personal stake in the Big Ugly Bill

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