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Ron Filipkowski

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Editor in Chief, MeidasNews. Former Fed & State Prosecutor, Marine, Attorney. Switched parties from R to D in 2020. MeidasPlus.com/subscribe

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Today in Politics, Bulletin 229. Hegseth having a terrible week, a message from No Kings as Republicans continue attacking it, update on airports boycotting Noem, Trump crying about his Time cover, and everything else that happened today. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Today in Politics, Bulletin 229. 10/14/25

… Pete Hegseth received a stunning rebuke today from every media company that covers the Pentagon, including Fox and Newsmax, who all refused to sign the agreement to abide by his lengthy set of paran...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

I can’t wait to find out if the deal Trump gave to the Hamas leaders was as good as the one he gave to the Taliban.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Trump’s everlasting peace in the Middle East held for 24 hours, so now he has to defend Hamas killing people to keep his Nobel Prize hopes alive.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

Was Mike Johnson and House Republican leadership trying to double participation in No Kings on Saturday or did they just stumble and bumble their way into doing that?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

The Kremlin is upset about their boy’s Time cover photo.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

Naturally, the only prominent Republican to address the vile comments from the Young Republicans while refusing to condemn them was JD Vance.

But that’s only because Ron Desantis hasn’t weighed in yet.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h

If you can’t sell your soybeans because of Trump’s tariffs after Argentina stepped in and took your customers, you can take solace that the guy you voted for also just gave $20 billion of your tax dollars to the country that is bankrupting you.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

My good fiscal philosophy is that I care more about America than Argentina. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: How is this rescue package America first?

TRUMP: It's really meant to help a good financial philosophy where Argentina can be successful again

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

Walking away with $20 billion of US taxpayer money so Scott Bessent’s Wall Street cronies don’t lose their investments in Argentina.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve been thinking about it all day and I still haven’t figured out how the Trump family saved God. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Bailing out Bessent’s billionaire friends on Wall Street from their bad investments is much more important.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

In other words, prospective appointees in a future Vance Administration.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h

Today in Politics, Bulletin 229. 10/14/25

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 11h

First there was the Opium Wars. Now we have the Cooking Oil War.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

It looks like every media company in American that covers the Pentagon except OAN is refusing to sign Hegseth’s ultimatum.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

Which Republican genius came up with the talking point to label millions of ordinary Americans peacefully protesting their government as paid Marxists who hate America?

That’s really what you are going with?

That we hate the United States of America?

Fuck you.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

So now we get the Eric Trump book tour where the whiniest Trump cries about how victimized he has been day after day. Again.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Today in Politics, Bulletin 228. If you want to take a break from 99% of today’s news coverage to read about American politics, this is for you. Here is everything that happened today in the US. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Today in Politics, Bulletin 228. 10/13/25

… The upcoming No Kings protests this Saturday continue to rattle Republicans who are stressing out that the size and scope of the events will step on their messaging about the shutdown.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

Today, Mike Johnson will continue to keep the House adjourned for the 71st day out of the last 83, with Republicans refusing to show up to work again to avoid having to vote on the Epstein files or negotiate with Democrats.

Epstein Shutdown

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21h

3 weeks earlier

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

He has hidden much worse from her.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

They showed his neck vagina. That’s what he’s really upset about.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

Will Fox join OAN as the only media companies surrendering to an insecure loser like Pete Hegseth?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22h

It is a disgrace that Fox continues to put them on constantly day after day to spew their propaganda to their friends when Hegseth & Wilson are afraid to face real press and are obviously in the process of covering a lot up that they don’t want the American people to know.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

There have been brave & courageous war correspondents & reporters throughout history who have uncovered fraud, corruption, abuses and worse inside DOD and the military industrial complex over decades.

Then you have useless hacks that would sign on to Hegseth’s censorship rules.

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