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Here are numerous photos of Saturday’s massive “Hands Off” protest in downtown San Diego. They’re from Byron Morton and Igor Goldkind in no particular order. There were so many great original signs brought by San Diegans that many of the photos focus on them. Which is your favorite?
These are from Byron Morton
This next batch is from Igor Goldkind. ( his Arts blog http://igorgoldkind.com )
Police estimated 12,000 at the protest. That’s a minimum number.
The next two are from San Francisco
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Excellent batch of photos. I was there. There must have been 10-12 thousand people downtown. Next, we need to ramp up the protests with a massive culmination at the
Mad Queen Blackheart’s birthday & military parade.
I hope you read what I just posted, I know it will possibly offend a lot of people but somebody had to say it and it may as well be me.
This has been coming for a long long very long time, long before Trump or Musk were even born! We got rid of slavery only to to do it all over again but this time we use mostly Mexicans but people who are here from all over the world. I honestly don’t know how they can live on the wages we pay them. What’s worse is they are taking jobs from their own people who are here legally. Not to mention jobs that aren’t being done by all races of Americans. America needs to get its act together, we are all guilty in some way, so in a sense we all started praying with our actions from our countries beginning. Cheap labor is as American as it gets it’s necessary for Capitalism to work. Of course we aren’t the United States of America because we are in competition with each other which only serves to divide. Why can’t America see this. Probably because we’re so divided from each other. I’d sure like to hear from the majority of the country that they understand. But alas who wants to acknowledge how greedy, selfish and self absorbed we are one up man ship should be our national anthem. I’m just one man and I’m an honorably discharged 130% compensated for injuries Naval Veteran. So what do I know, right!
Sign seen:
“They’re EATING the checks! They’re EATING the balances!”