D. Earl Stephens
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THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
On Tuesday, the sickly, orange king, and his pathetic army of anti-American, knuckle-dragging cowards were positively pounded at the polls ...
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Here’s a stone-cold fact:
📌Democrats throughly kicked Trump and his fawning Republicans’ collective asses Tuesday. It was a complete rebuke of all the tiny, hateful things they stand for, and a victory for all that is good and right.
You did this.
WE DID THIS.
And we will NOT submit.
📌Democrats throughly kicked Trump and his fawning Republicans’ collective asses Tuesday. It was a complete rebuke of all the tiny, hateful things they stand for, and a victory for all that is good and right.
You did this.
WE DID THIS.
And we will NOT submit.
📌Fact is Mitch McConnell would have NEVER allowed his grotesque caucus to cave.
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
📌Fact is Mitch McConnell would have NEVER allowed his grotesque caucus to cave.
📌On the road in Charlottesville, VA, tonight …
Dude next to me at bar: Whattaya do for a living?
Me: Write.
Him: Whattya write?
Me: Mostly politics these days.
Him: Politics, eh? What the fuck did the Democrats just do?
Me: Bartender? Another round. Stronger this time.
Dude next to me at bar: Whattaya do for a living?
Me: Write.
Him: Whattya write?
Me: Mostly politics these days.
Him: Politics, eh? What the fuck did the Democrats just do?
Me: Bartender? Another round. Stronger this time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
📌On the road in Charlottesville, VA, tonight …
Dude next to me at bar: Whattaya do for a living?
Me: Write.
Him: Whattya write?
Me: Mostly politics these days.
Him: Politics, eh? What the fuck did the Democrats just do?
Me: Bartender? Another round. Stronger this time.
Dude next to me at bar: Whattaya do for a living?
Me: Write.
Him: Whattya write?
Me: Mostly politics these days.
Him: Politics, eh? What the fuck did the Democrats just do?
Me: Bartender? Another round. Stronger this time.
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Come on! We know members of the Senate are “free agents,” but the fact is Schumer didn’t hold his caucus together & isn’t doing his job as Leader
We’re supposed to believe it’s a coincidence that none of the Dems who voted yes on the CR have anything to lose in 2026?
@schumer.senate.gov STEP DOWN!
We’re supposed to believe it’s a coincidence that none of the Dems who voted yes on the CR have anything to lose in 2026?
@schumer.senate.gov STEP DOWN!
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Come on! We know members of the Senate are “free agents,” but the fact is Schumer didn’t hold his caucus together & isn’t doing his job as Leader
We’re supposed to believe it’s a coincidence that none of the Dems who voted yes on the CR have anything to lose in 2026?
@schumer.senate.gov STEP DOWN!
We’re supposed to believe it’s a coincidence that none of the Dems who voted yes on the CR have anything to lose in 2026?
@schumer.senate.gov STEP DOWN!
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I’m traveling overseas (so ignore the timestamp). Just saw this text from my mom. She’s in her late 70s, a lifelong Democrat, and always votes.
Democrats are f*cking this one up and need to get their messaging out ASAP!
Democrats are f*cking this one up and need to get their messaging out ASAP!
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I’m traveling overseas (so ignore the timestamp). Just saw this text from my mom. She’s in her late 70s, a lifelong Democrat, and always votes.
Democrats are f*cking this one up and need to get their messaging out ASAP!
Democrats are f*cking this one up and need to get their messaging out ASAP!
📌I can't stop banging this drum: Democrats had a spectacular Tuesday at the polls, the wind at their backs, and basically punched themselves and their voters in the face five days later.
This is political malpractice at best, and out and out brazen capitulation to their billionaire donors at worst.
This is political malpractice at best, and out and out brazen capitulation to their billionaire donors at worst.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
📌I can't stop banging this drum: Democrats had a spectacular Tuesday at the polls, the wind at their backs, and basically punched themselves and their voters in the face five days later.
This is political malpractice at best, and out and out brazen capitulation to their billionaire donors at worst.
This is political malpractice at best, and out and out brazen capitulation to their billionaire donors at worst.
Ahem, America ...
Labour lost the trust of left wing and centrist voters by chasing yet spectacularly failing to attract right wing voters.
It's quite simply the most disastrous strategy they could have pursued.
And entirely self-inflicted. None of the extreme chaos the Tories left them had to be tackled this way.
It's quite simply the most disastrous strategy they could have pursued.
And entirely self-inflicted. None of the extreme chaos the Tories left them had to be tackled this way.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Ahem, America ...
📌I'm going to put this as kindly as possible: If you are a Democrat and are defending their surrender to the grotesque GOP, YOU are the problem.
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
📌I'm going to put this as kindly as possible: If you are a Democrat and are defending their surrender to the grotesque GOP, YOU are the problem.
📌DEMOCRATS AFTER LANDSLIDE WINS TUESDAY NIGHT: “We got the younger voters back!!!!'“
📌DEMOCRATS MONDAY MORNING: “It was nice while it lasted!!!!!”
📌DEMOCRATS MONDAY MORNING: “It was nice while it lasted!!!!!”
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
📌DEMOCRATS AFTER LANDSLIDE WINS TUESDAY NIGHT: “We got the younger voters back!!!!'“
📌DEMOCRATS MONDAY MORNING: “It was nice while it lasted!!!!!”
📌DEMOCRATS MONDAY MORNING: “It was nice while it lasted!!!!!”
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Hunger is not a good strategy if you want to maintain the peace and your base…
“There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy” — Alfred Henry Lewis
Makes you wonder if that’s their goal.
“There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy” — Alfred Henry Lewis
Makes you wonder if that’s their goal.
November 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Hunger is not a good strategy if you want to maintain the peace and your base…
“There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy” — Alfred Henry Lewis
Makes you wonder if that’s their goal.
“There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy” — Alfred Henry Lewis
Makes you wonder if that’s their goal.
Dear Democrats,
Don’t call me. I’ll call you.
Don’t call me. I’ll call you.
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Dear Democrats,
Don’t call me. I’ll call you.
Don’t call me. I’ll call you.
📌How could ANY Democratic senator who watched what happened Tuesday night, and then surrender to the party they battered just five days later?
Because they are public servants who serve their private interests.
Because they are public servants who serve their private interests.
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
📌How could ANY Democratic senator who watched what happened Tuesday night, and then surrender to the party they battered just five days later?
Because they are public servants who serve their private interests.
Because they are public servants who serve their private interests.
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Did you get your new healthcare premium notice yet?
“Medicare for All” is starting to sound real good to a lot of folks who didn’t want to talk about it before.
Same page now!
“Medicare for All” is starting to sound real good to a lot of folks who didn’t want to talk about it before.
Same page now!
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Did you get your new healthcare premium notice yet?
“Medicare for All” is starting to sound real good to a lot of folks who didn’t want to talk about it before.
Same page now!
“Medicare for All” is starting to sound real good to a lot of folks who didn’t want to talk about it before.
Same page now!
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You don’t go into a war or a shutdown without an exit strategy.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Flood the phones:
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Flood the phones:
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
(202) 224-3121
Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…
There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.
-Chuck Schumer refuses to endorse the Democrat Mamdani.
-Mamdani and the Democrats have a huge Election Day Tuesday.
-Today, Schumer reacts to this by readying a surrender to the repulsive Republicans.
So tell me: What's the difference between Chuck Schumer and a repulsive Republican?
-Mamdani and the Democrats have a huge Election Day Tuesday.
-Today, Schumer reacts to this by readying a surrender to the repulsive Republicans.
So tell me: What's the difference between Chuck Schumer and a repulsive Republican?
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
-Chuck Schumer refuses to endorse the Democrat Mamdani.
-Mamdani and the Democrats have a huge Election Day Tuesday.
-Today, Schumer reacts to this by readying a surrender to the repulsive Republicans.
So tell me: What's the difference between Chuck Schumer and a repulsive Republican?
-Mamdani and the Democrats have a huge Election Day Tuesday.
-Today, Schumer reacts to this by readying a surrender to the repulsive Republicans.
So tell me: What's the difference between Chuck Schumer and a repulsive Republican?
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Trump wants to end the ACA. He said Republicans should send ACA payments meant for insurers directly to Americans.
The math isn’t mathing. My premium’s up way more than the tax credit, and everyone’s costs are different. How would they manage that when they can’t manage basic governance?
1/2
The math isn’t mathing. My premium’s up way more than the tax credit, and everyone’s costs are different. How would they manage that when they can’t manage basic governance?
1/2
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump wants to end the ACA. He said Republicans should send ACA payments meant for insurers directly to Americans.
The math isn’t mathing. My premium’s up way more than the tax credit, and everyone’s costs are different. How would they manage that when they can’t manage basic governance?
1/2
The math isn’t mathing. My premium’s up way more than the tax credit, and everyone’s costs are different. How would they manage that when they can’t manage basic governance?
1/2
📌This would be a good time to remind everybody that Trump did everything he possibly could to avoid serving in our military.
As a veteran, I hate this selfish coward.
As a veteran, I hate this selfish coward.
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
📌This would be a good time to remind everybody that Trump did everything he possibly could to avoid serving in our military.
As a veteran, I hate this selfish coward.
As a veteran, I hate this selfish coward.
📌In case you are wondering what state-run media is feeding their viewers in the wake of Republicans’ drubbing at the polls Tuesday.
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
📌In case you are wondering what state-run media is feeding their viewers in the wake of Republicans’ drubbing at the polls Tuesday.
📌Trump has shut down the government introducing hardship to millions of Americans, and gone golfing today.
That this kind of thing has ceased being news underlines again just how far in the tank our media has fallen for this callous, failing, anti-American slob.
That this kind of thing has ceased being news underlines again just how far in the tank our media has fallen for this callous, failing, anti-American slob.
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📌Trump has shut down the government introducing hardship to millions of Americans, and gone golfing today.
That this kind of thing has ceased being news underlines again just how far in the tank our media has fallen for this callous, failing, anti-American slob.
That this kind of thing has ceased being news underlines again just how far in the tank our media has fallen for this callous, failing, anti-American slob.
📌Always nice catching up with my MAGA readers ...
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
📌Always nice catching up with my MAGA readers ...
📌Tuesday’s elections were epic, folks.
New Jersey was supposed to be a nail-biter, and the Democrat won by +14.
You underestimate the energy on the Left at your own risk right now.
New Jersey was supposed to be a nail-biter, and the Democrat won by +14.
You underestimate the energy on the Left at your own risk right now.
November 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
📌Tuesday’s elections were epic, folks.
New Jersey was supposed to be a nail-biter, and the Democrat won by +14.
You underestimate the energy on the Left at your own risk right now.
New Jersey was supposed to be a nail-biter, and the Democrat won by +14.
You underestimate the energy on the Left at your own risk right now.
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Holy smokes! Look at what just happened…
Question for Senator Jones: “Will you run for governor?”
Doug Jones: “I guess I walked into that one, didn’t I? Stay tuned.”
Don’t leave us hanging, @dougjones.bsky.social
Question for Senator Jones: “Will you run for governor?”
Doug Jones: “I guess I walked into that one, didn’t I? Stay tuned.”
Don’t leave us hanging, @dougjones.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Holy smokes! Look at what just happened…
Question for Senator Jones: “Will you run for governor?”
Doug Jones: “I guess I walked into that one, didn’t I? Stay tuned.”
Don’t leave us hanging, @dougjones.bsky.social
Question for Senator Jones: “Will you run for governor?”
Doug Jones: “I guess I walked into that one, didn’t I? Stay tuned.”
Don’t leave us hanging, @dougjones.bsky.social
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ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.
Here’s a stone-cold fact:
📌Democrats throughly kicked Trump and his fawning Republicans’ collective asses Tuesday. It was a complete rebuke of all the tiny, hateful things they stand for, and a victory for all that is good and right.
You did this.
WE DID THIS.
And we will NOT submit.
📌Democrats throughly kicked Trump and his fawning Republicans’ collective asses Tuesday. It was a complete rebuke of all the tiny, hateful things they stand for, and a victory for all that is good and right.
You did this.
WE DID THIS.
And we will NOT submit.
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
On Tuesday, the sickly, orange king, and his pathetic army of anti-American, knuckle-dragging cowards were positively pounded at the polls ...
dearlstephens.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Here’s a stone-cold fact:
📌Democrats throughly kicked Trump and his fawning Republicans’ collective asses Tuesday. It was a complete rebuke of all the tiny, hateful things they stand for, and a victory for all that is good and right.
You did this.
WE DID THIS.
And we will NOT submit.
📌Democrats throughly kicked Trump and his fawning Republicans’ collective asses Tuesday. It was a complete rebuke of all the tiny, hateful things they stand for, and a victory for all that is good and right.
You did this.
WE DID THIS.
And we will NOT submit.
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Do you remember when the White House had good taste?
Back when the art had meaning, the rooms had soul, and the President had both.
Back when the art had meaning, the rooms had soul, and the President had both.
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Do you remember when the White House had good taste?
Back when the art had meaning, the rooms had soul, and the President had both.
Back when the art had meaning, the rooms had soul, and the President had both.