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David Belsky
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Husband, dad, and brother. Photographer. Bruised & aging martial artist. Springsteen fan. Techie. Democrat.

I’m less snarky in person.

More photography, less commentary at @dbelsky-photos.bsky.social
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Not quite sure what this is but they also showed up. #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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More from Newburyport. Lafayette and Washington would have been glad to see that High Street still says #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Lot of energetic folks exercising their first amendment rights. No signs of terrorists. #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Well over 1000 show up in Newburyport, MA to say #nokings
October 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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As a citizen and taxpayer I find the blatant, partisan lies posted on the official hud.gov website today, using our tax dollars, highly offensive. It’s really hard to describe how incompetent, cruel, and corrupt the Trump regime is.

Where will you be on October 18? www.nokings.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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More from today’s #NoKings in Newburyport.
Two participants at one of today’s No Kings rally sit on a park bench after the event. One is dressed in colonial garb and holds a protest sign, the other wears a black beret. A protester holds a painted sign with an image of Smokey the Bear wearing a ranger’s hat that says “TRUTH” with flames behind him. The sign says “only you can prevent fascist liars.” a dog (white lab or retriever) with his tongue sticking out is wearing a sign that says “BEWARE OF DOGE” A white-haired gentleman is wrapped in an inverted US flag and standing in front of a chain link fence. He smiles for the camera, almost zen-like.
June 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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#NoKings in Newburyport, MA with preliminary estimates between 1500 and 3000 participants. Boisterous and peaceful. LOTS of love from passing cars and trucks
A protester on Newburyport, MA holds a sign that reads “REJECTING KINGS SINCE 1776 A protester wearing a stars and stripes windbreaker holds a sign that says “USA I’m 85 and horrified” Protesters line High Street in Newburyport, MA with signs and American flags. A protest sign reads “CleanUp on Aisle 47”
June 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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This monument in Newburyport, MA is a thoughtful reminder of all who were lost and who suffered during the pandemic. It’s prominently placed on a popular walking trail along the Merrimac River.
A marker in Newburyport, MA placed along the Merrimac River trail remembers “Those who died and those who survived and all we lost during the covid-19 pandemic”
May 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Visibility along US Route 1 in north east Massachusetts today to protest the Trump administration. The event was coordinated across more than a half dozen cities and towns. 125+ folks in Newburyport. #resist #nokings #mapoli @nsindivisible.bsky.social @westnewburydems.org @danversdems.bsky.social
Protestors against the Trump administration holds signs in Newburyport along High Street and the Route 1 overpass. The signs say “Rescue democracy”, “Hands off free speech”, and “C is for Corrupt” featuring Cookie Monster A protester in Newburyport along High Street and the Route 1 overpass holds a sign saying “Springsteen for President 2028” A protestor holds a sign in Newburyport along High Street and the Route 1 overpass. It reads “I’m with her” and shows a drawing of the statue of liberty A protestor in Newburyport holds a sign that says “Stop the cuts, I think you’re already rich enough”
May 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Just leavin’ this here.
The cover of Born in the USA showing Bruce Springsteen backside with a red hat in his pocket. There are no gilded toilets nor cryptocoins in this image.
May 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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No, @nytimes.com, we were protesting the undermining of our democracy and the wholesale looting of our government institutions by Trump and his minions. Try again. #HandsOff
A screen shot from the NY Times Website showing a story with the following headline and lede: “Mass Protests Across the Country Show Resistance To Trump” “Demonstrators packed the streets in cities and towns to bemoan what they considered a lack of strong opposition to President Trump and his policies.”
April 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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More #HandsOff protests in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Including chalk art!
A crowd of protesters in the center of Amesbury, Massachusetts wave signs at passing cars A woman, surrounded by young children, points in amusement to a message in chalk on the brick sidewalk of Amesbury, Massachusetts. A message in chalk on a brick sidewalk in Amesbury, Massachusetts says “Boo Musk” with a picture of a face sticking a tongue out.
April 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Absolutely! For example, fascist probably never bring bubble machines to their protests.
April 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Plenty of support for the 500+ protestors in Haverhill, MA from passing cars. Sound up! #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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#HandsOff protestors in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Organizers estimate at least 500 people participated.
Protestors at the Hands Off rally hold signs along Main Street in Haverhill, MA. The signs say “Hands off our democracy and constitution”, “Hands off”, and “Stop the tariffs.” A protestor in Haverhill, Massachusetts at the Hands Off rally holds a sign that says “Honk if you’ve never drunk-texted war plans!”
April 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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@corybooker.com is as good and decent a man as he seems. Go get ‘em tonight Senator! Jersey Strong!
Cory Booker grins while speaking at a campaign event in 2020
April 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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On April 10, 2016, the @bostonglobe.com published this satirical front page imagining what a Trump presidency might be like. Trump 2.0 is already far worse.

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The image shows a fictitious front page of The Boston Globe with an image of candidate Donald Trump and the headline “DEPORTATIONS TO BEGIN.”
February 16, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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200 people at this evening’s Indivisible meeting in person and online in Newburyport, MA. They understood the assignment. @indivisible.org @massdems.bsky.social
70 people seated in a large meeting room waiting for the start of an Indivisible meeting.
February 14, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Agreed on engaging and having real discussions. The poster in your example doesn’t really seem interested in serious engagement though. At least not in this example.
Screenshot of a post by a MAGA supporter insulting liberals.
February 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Kamala Harris has two things (at least) Donald Trump never will—honor and class.
Kamala Harris and Mike Johnson chatting on the dias just before the start of the joint session of congress to certify the 2024 election results
January 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM