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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 27/08/2026

The headline should read: "As election nears, some GOP candidates grow a spine" Link: www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 26/06/2026

The hate, the xenophobia. The same today in Trump's America as in Hitler's Germany.

Holocaust survivor Stephen Jacobs warning about fascism in the Trump era. "Trump is an enabler. He's a very sick, very disturbed individual."

Megyn Kelly on X, spewing racist obscenities about Haitians.

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 29/03/2026

A family in Green Bay. One waving “F- - - Trump” flag and one dragging speaker with song blaring “arrest the president.” #NoKings

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 16/12/2025

Merriam-Webster's editors have chosen "slop" (digital content of low quality) as the dictionary's 2025 word of the year. It's the perfect description of Trump's Truth Social posts.

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 19/11/2025

Ladies and gentlemen, The Beatles

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 13/11/2025

The northern lights made an appearance (for the second consecutive day) last night in Wisconsin. #NorthernLights #auroraborealis #Wisconsin #Nikon

An old, wooden barn is pictured in the foreground of a field with the green and red northern lights shimmering in the nighttime sky behind it.

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 06/11/2025

The town of Ephraim in Door County, Wisconsin, on a cold, fall afternoon. #DoorCounty #Fall #Autumn #Nikon #Scenic #Wisconsin

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 17/09/2025

Silhouetted maple leaves contrast with other colorful leaves directly lit by the sun. Wide lens aperture blurs the background leaves. #Autumn #FallColors #Nikon #scenic

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 10/09/2025

Thomas Crooks was a registered Republican. Leftist terrorists?

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 05/09/2025

I always find interesting subjects and compositions to photograph at cemeteries. #Nikon #photography #cemetery #sunset

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 04/09/2025

One of my favorite domestic birds to photograph: The Northern Cardinal. #photography #Nikon #outdoors #birder

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 19/08/2025

A visitor to Arches National Park's Delicate Arch raises his hands in triumph. This photo was taken from the Upper Delicate Arch Viewpoint, which gives a different view of the world-famous arch. To view Delicate Arch up close, the roundtrip trek is 3 miles! #Arches #NationalPark #DelicateArch #Moab

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 12/08/2025

Today is #WorldElephantDay. Learn more about this observance here: worldelephantday.org I photographed these African elephants at Chobe National Park in Botswana.

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 09/08/2025

A sunrise shot of North Window Arch in July!

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 03/06/2025

Making another photo excursion to #Moab and #ArchesNationalPark next month. God's country. #Photography #Nikon

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 15/05/2025

Says the guy who receives low-cost or free health care.

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 14/05/2025

Trumpian strategy inherited from anything know-nothing. They're all a bunch of Sgt. Schultzes.

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 05/04/2025

More than 1,000 people turned out for Green Bay's #HandsOff rally today. Speakers addressed their concerns about cuts to programs impacting farming, public schools, Medicaid and veterans, as well as unfair treatment of immigrant and LGBTQ communities. #protest #democracy #USA

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 03/04/2025

Testing out my new #NikonZ8, paired with NIKKOR Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S Lens. The autofocus, eye detection and FPS are amazing.

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 25/03/2025

The fake "Catholic" newspaper is appearing in mailboxes in Wisconsin, just before the April 1 election. As has been reported in the past, Metric Media of Chicago has a history of publishing print and online secular newspapers as a way to push out political messages before the elections.

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 14/03/2025

Through overcast skies, a blood moon lunar eclipse appeared in the early morning hours. Photo shot with Nikon Z7II and NikkorZ 600mm 6.3 VR S lens. #lunareclipse #bloodmoon #Nikon

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 12/03/2025

Did you know a flock of eagles is called a convocation or soar? I did not. Anyway, the convocation took place on a frozen/thawing lake near Nekoosa, Wisconsin. #Nikon #wildlife #eagles

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 07/02/2025

Make America Great Again? That B.S. Let's start a movement to Take Back America from the frauds! #takebackamerica

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 28/01/2025

Chimp Eden (the Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden), is a game reserve and animal sanctuary for rescued chimpanzees in the Umhloti Nature Reserve. It is located near Barberton, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Learn more at chimpeden.com #nature #wildlife #ChimpEden #Africa

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 15/01/2025

Composition is something photographers work on in order to achieve visual success. After years of practice, it almost becomes second nature! #photography #composition

A construction worker caulks large panes of glass outside St. Mary's Hospital in Superior, Wis. (photo by Sam Lucero)

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 14/01/2025

A red-billed oxpecker sits on the back of a Zebra at Kruger National Park in South Africa. Kruger National Park is home to over 147 species of mammals. #wildlife #zebra #birds #Kruger #SouthAfrica

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 30/12/2024

I enjoy shooting insects and nature up close with my macro lens. Macrophotography opens up a new world! #Nikon #macrophotography #insects #bugs #nature

Droplets of water on a leaf after a morning shower. (Sam Lucero photo)

A bumble bee collects nectar from the flowery head of a spear thistle. The herbaceous plant of the daisy family is known for its prickly stem and leaves and rounded heads of purple flowers. (Sam Lucero photo)

A bee's head protrudes from inside of flower petal. (Sam Lucero photo)

A jumping spider peers out over garden flowers. (Sam Lucero photo)

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Sam Lucero | Photojournalist @samlucero.com · 24/12/2024

My long exposure zoom burst effect on outdoor Christmas tree. #merrychristmas

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