D. Earl Stephens
@dearlstephens.bsky.social
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In the backdrop of Trump's horrid bigotry, something wonderfully American happened in Louisiana Saturday night ...
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📌If we are to believe this disgusting racism does not reflect most Republicans, then why haven’t most Republicans come out strongly against it????
The dead-inside Trump makes me sick. He is unfit for office — a lifeless, broken-down old bigot. He is the very worst among us.
I spit on him.
The dead-inside Trump makes me sick. He is unfit for office — a lifeless, broken-down old bigot. He is the very worst among us.
I spit on him.
📌Covering for wealthy, child-rapists by defending the stock market has to be the most Republican thing ever.
Massie: "She didn't answer anything. She came here ready to talk about the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq, which seems kind of crazy to me."
February 11, 2026 at 6:10 PM
📌Covering for wealthy, child-rapists by defending the stock market has to be the most Republican thing ever.
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SAVE Act aka “show your papers” law
If you don’t have a passport or access to your birth certificate, you’re not alone. About 21 mill Americans could be blocked from voting, just like you.
Why are Trump and Republicans pushing this? Because they do better when fewer people vote.
#HandsOffHerVote
If you don’t have a passport or access to your birth certificate, you’re not alone. About 21 mill Americans could be blocked from voting, just like you.
Why are Trump and Republicans pushing this? Because they do better when fewer people vote.
#HandsOffHerVote
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
SAVE Act aka “show your papers” law
If you don’t have a passport or access to your birth certificate, you’re not alone. About 21 mill Americans could be blocked from voting, just like you.
Why are Trump and Republicans pushing this? Because they do better when fewer people vote.
#HandsOffHerVote
If you don’t have a passport or access to your birth certificate, you’re not alone. About 21 mill Americans could be blocked from voting, just like you.
Why are Trump and Republicans pushing this? Because they do better when fewer people vote.
#HandsOffHerVote
📌The grotesque Howard Lutnick lied about being at Epstein’s Rape Island, because he figured if he got found out the law would punish him, he’d lose millions, and certainly could never have a job at taxpayers’ expense.
He was wrong on all counts.
Don’t tell me white privilege isn’t toxic and real.
He was wrong on all counts.
Don’t tell me white privilege isn’t toxic and real.
February 11, 2026 at 3:34 PM
📌The grotesque Howard Lutnick lied about being at Epstein’s Rape Island, because he figured if he got found out the law would punish him, he’d lose millions, and certainly could never have a job at taxpayers’ expense.
He was wrong on all counts.
Don’t tell me white privilege isn’t toxic and real.
He was wrong on all counts.
Don’t tell me white privilege isn’t toxic and real.
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🥳 THE RATINGS ARE IN: The Super Bowl averaged 124.9 million viewers, putting Bad Bunny’s halftime performance squarely in the top 5.
But wait, there’s more…
🤡 Republicans are pushing the FCC to launch an investigation into Bad Bunny’s halftime show over what they call a “disgusting” performance.
But wait, there’s more…
🤡 Republicans are pushing the FCC to launch an investigation into Bad Bunny’s halftime show over what they call a “disgusting” performance.
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
🥳 THE RATINGS ARE IN: The Super Bowl averaged 124.9 million viewers, putting Bad Bunny’s halftime performance squarely in the top 5.
But wait, there’s more…
🤡 Republicans are pushing the FCC to launch an investigation into Bad Bunny’s halftime show over what they call a “disgusting” performance.
But wait, there’s more…
🤡 Republicans are pushing the FCC to launch an investigation into Bad Bunny’s halftime show over what they call a “disgusting” performance.
📌Our DOJ is going after patriots like Mark Kelly and protecting pedophiles and pedophile-adjacent sickos like Trump and seemingly half his cabinet.
THAT'S what law and order looks like under Republicans in America.
THAT'S what law and order looks like under Republicans in America.
February 11, 2026 at 3:12 AM
📌Our DOJ is going after patriots like Mark Kelly and protecting pedophiles and pedophile-adjacent sickos like Trump and seemingly half his cabinet.
THAT'S what law and order looks like under Republicans in America.
THAT'S what law and order looks like under Republicans in America.
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Disturbing news. SSB 6239 just cleared Senate Ways & Means and is now in Senate Rules, one step closer to a full vote.
If this becomes law, Tatiani Elliot and survivors like her could be forced into mandatory arbitration before reaching a courtroom.
@wadems.org
@housedemocrats.wa.gov
If this becomes law, Tatiani Elliot and survivors like her could be forced into mandatory arbitration before reaching a courtroom.
@wadems.org
@housedemocrats.wa.gov
February 10, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Disturbing news. SSB 6239 just cleared Senate Ways & Means and is now in Senate Rules, one step closer to a full vote.
If this becomes law, Tatiani Elliot and survivors like her could be forced into mandatory arbitration before reaching a courtroom.
@wadems.org
@housedemocrats.wa.gov
If this becomes law, Tatiani Elliot and survivors like her could be forced into mandatory arbitration before reaching a courtroom.
@wadems.org
@housedemocrats.wa.gov
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One thing is for sure: Republicans won’t be able to run on Trump’s economy in 2026.
But Democrats absolutely should.
📌 Job openings are plummeting. Openings fell to about 8.8 million, the lowest level in roughly three years.
#TrumpflationSucks
But Democrats absolutely should.
📌 Job openings are plummeting. Openings fell to about 8.8 million, the lowest level in roughly three years.
#TrumpflationSucks
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
One thing is for sure: Republicans won’t be able to run on Trump’s economy in 2026.
But Democrats absolutely should.
📌 Job openings are plummeting. Openings fell to about 8.8 million, the lowest level in roughly three years.
#TrumpflationSucks
But Democrats absolutely should.
📌 Job openings are plummeting. Openings fell to about 8.8 million, the lowest level in roughly three years.
#TrumpflationSucks
📌Not only did Howard Lutnick repeatedly lie about his lack of contact with Jeffrey Epstein, but visited Epstein's repulsive island on a family vacation aboard his yacht with his WIFE, CHILDREN AND NANNIES.
Read that again.
These lying, privileged sickos lead incomprehensibly repulsive lives.
Read that again.
These lying, privileged sickos lead incomprehensibly repulsive lives.
February 10, 2026 at 11:17 PM
📌Not only did Howard Lutnick repeatedly lie about his lack of contact with Jeffrey Epstein, but visited Epstein's repulsive island on a family vacation aboard his yacht with his WIFE, CHILDREN AND NANNIES.
Read that again.
These lying, privileged sickos lead incomprehensibly repulsive lives.
Read that again.
These lying, privileged sickos lead incomprehensibly repulsive lives.
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Every word of this 🔥
“The mask is off… for so long, many of us have been able to say that there is something deeply anti-democratic and racist at the heart of this MAGA project and of Trumpism.” - @maragay.bsky.social
“The mask is off… for so long, many of us have been able to say that there is something deeply anti-democratic and racist at the heart of this MAGA project and of Trumpism.” - @maragay.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Every word of this 🔥
“The mask is off… for so long, many of us have been able to say that there is something deeply anti-democratic and racist at the heart of this MAGA project and of Trumpism.” - @maragay.bsky.social
“The mask is off… for so long, many of us have been able to say that there is something deeply anti-democratic and racist at the heart of this MAGA project and of Trumpism.” - @maragay.bsky.social
📌“Since ICE has been unleashed by its fish-lipped, dead-eyed, puppy-killing leader, Kristi Noem, there have been 16 shootings by unidentified federal agents in U.S. cities and towns during the past year. This includes the cold-blooded murders of Minnesota protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti."
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THINK ICE IS MAKING US SAFER?
Nazi Germany would like the final word ...
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February 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM
📌“Since ICE has been unleashed by its fish-lipped, dead-eyed, puppy-killing leader, Kristi Noem, there have been 16 shootings by unidentified federal agents in U.S. cities and towns during the past year. This includes the cold-blooded murders of Minnesota protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti."
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📌On this date in 1936, Nazi Germany passed a law investing the Gestapo secret police with absolute authority exempt from any legal review.
Just in case you are still somehow confused by the chilling parallels with Republicans’ murdering ICE.
Just in case you are still somehow confused by the chilling parallels with Republicans’ murdering ICE.
February 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
📌On this date in 1936, Nazi Germany passed a law investing the Gestapo secret police with absolute authority exempt from any legal review.
Just in case you are still somehow confused by the chilling parallels with Republicans’ murdering ICE.
Just in case you are still somehow confused by the chilling parallels with Republicans’ murdering ICE.
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 9 FEBRUARY 2026
GHISLAINE
Ghislaine Maxwell wants clemency. She will exonerate Trump & Clinton.. SHE THINK AMERICANS ARE FUCKING STUPID
Any disgusting vile man on the list must be held accountable
She should be in a sewer rat-infested cell !!
We BELIEVE THE SURVIVORS
DAY 9 FEBRUARY 2026
GHISLAINE
Ghislaine Maxwell wants clemency. She will exonerate Trump & Clinton.. SHE THINK AMERICANS ARE FUCKING STUPID
Any disgusting vile man on the list must be held accountable
She should be in a sewer rat-infested cell !!
We BELIEVE THE SURVIVORS
February 10, 2026 at 12:08 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
DAY 9 FEBRUARY 2026
GHISLAINE
Ghislaine Maxwell wants clemency. She will exonerate Trump & Clinton.. SHE THINK AMERICANS ARE FUCKING STUPID
Any disgusting vile man on the list must be held accountable
She should be in a sewer rat-infested cell !!
We BELIEVE THE SURVIVORS
DAY 9 FEBRUARY 2026
GHISLAINE
Ghislaine Maxwell wants clemency. She will exonerate Trump & Clinton.. SHE THINK AMERICANS ARE FUCKING STUPID
Any disgusting vile man on the list must be held accountable
She should be in a sewer rat-infested cell !!
We BELIEVE THE SURVIVORS
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Why did so many people miss what Trump was really planning to do on immigration? The people who voted for him but are upset about how it’s playing out.
We had Project 2025. And this, from his own lips, is when everyone should have known…
“They’re poisoning the blood of our country.”
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We had Project 2025. And this, from his own lips, is when everyone should have known…
“They’re poisoning the blood of our country.”
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February 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Why did so many people miss what Trump was really planning to do on immigration? The people who voted for him but are upset about how it’s playing out.
We had Project 2025. And this, from his own lips, is when everyone should have known…
“They’re poisoning the blood of our country.”
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We had Project 2025. And this, from his own lips, is when everyone should have known…
“They’re poisoning the blood of our country.”
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📌Jesus didn't speak English either, MAGA.
February 10, 2026 at 1:31 AM
📌Jesus didn't speak English either, MAGA.
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
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Free speech is about as American as it gets, or at least it used to be. Team USA is getting backlash for speaking out against ICE brutality and more.
Donald Trump punches down, as usual.
Donald Trump punches down, as usual.
February 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Free speech is about as American as it gets, or at least it used to be. Team USA is getting backlash for speaking out against ICE brutality and more.
Donald Trump punches down, as usual.
Donald Trump punches down, as usual.
During these dark times …
Thank God for the arts …
Thank God for the arts …
February 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
During these dark times …
Thank God for the arts …
Thank God for the arts …
📌Terrible Super Bowl unless yer a Seattle fan, but a tremendous show by Bad Bunny, and why our arts are everything.
February 9, 2026 at 3:20 AM
📌Terrible Super Bowl unless yer a Seattle fan, but a tremendous show by Bad Bunny, and why our arts are everything.
American Idiot indeed.
Thanks, Green Day. 👊🏼
Thanks, Green Day. 👊🏼
February 8, 2026 at 11:18 PM
American Idiot indeed.
Thanks, Green Day. 👊🏼
Thanks, Green Day. 👊🏼
📌If we are to believe this disgusting racism does not reflect most Republicans, then why haven’t most Republicans come out strongly against it????
The dead-inside Trump makes me sick. He is unfit for office — a lifeless, broken-down old bigot. He is the very worst among us.
I spit on him.
The dead-inside Trump makes me sick. He is unfit for office — a lifeless, broken-down old bigot. He is the very worst among us.
I spit on him.
HOPE
In the backdrop of Trump's horrid bigotry, something wonderfully American happened in Louisiana Saturday night ...
dearlstephens.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:37 PM
📌If we are to believe this disgusting racism does not reflect most Republicans, then why haven’t most Republicans come out strongly against it????
The dead-inside Trump makes me sick. He is unfit for office — a lifeless, broken-down old bigot. He is the very worst among us.
I spit on him.
The dead-inside Trump makes me sick. He is unfit for office — a lifeless, broken-down old bigot. He is the very worst among us.
I spit on him.
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⚠️Democrats, please note:
My daughter, a young Black woman, is away at college, and we do not hide her demographic. TPUSA came for young white men on college campuses. They have broadened their target base.
@democrats.org
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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My daughter, a young Black woman, is away at college, and we do not hide her demographic. TPUSA came for young white men on college campuses. They have broadened their target base.
@democrats.org
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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February 8, 2026 at 9:22 PM
⚠️Democrats, please note:
My daughter, a young Black woman, is away at college, and we do not hide her demographic. TPUSA came for young white men on college campuses. They have broadened their target base.
@democrats.org
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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My daughter, a young Black woman, is away at college, and we do not hide her demographic. TPUSA came for young white men on college campuses. They have broadened their target base.
@democrats.org
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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It’s no longer up for debate. Trump is a stone-cold racist, and this administration is the vehicle for his policies.
The pattern isn’t subtle.
The pattern isn’t subtle.
February 8, 2026 at 4:46 PM
It’s no longer up for debate. Trump is a stone-cold racist, and this administration is the vehicle for his policies.
The pattern isn’t subtle.
The pattern isn’t subtle.
📌NOTE:
Yet ANOTHER Democrat won big Saturday night in yet ANOTHER special election in yet ANOTHER district the bigot Trump won big in 2024.
Congratulations to Chastity Verret Martinez!
The Blue Tsunami builds …
Yet ANOTHER Democrat won big Saturday night in yet ANOTHER special election in yet ANOTHER district the bigot Trump won big in 2024.
Congratulations to Chastity Verret Martinez!
The Blue Tsunami builds …
Democrat wins election "comfortably" in big Donald Trump district
In Louisiana, Chastity Verret Martinez received about 62 percent of the vote to Brad Daigle’s 38, according to reports.
www.newsweek.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
📌NOTE:
Yet ANOTHER Democrat won big Saturday night in yet ANOTHER special election in yet ANOTHER district the bigot Trump won big in 2024.
Congratulations to Chastity Verret Martinez!
The Blue Tsunami builds …
Yet ANOTHER Democrat won big Saturday night in yet ANOTHER special election in yet ANOTHER district the bigot Trump won big in 2024.
Congratulations to Chastity Verret Martinez!
The Blue Tsunami builds …
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It’s not like Trump supporters are big newspaper readers.
So what exactly is Jeff Bezos’ plan for readership and profit now that the Post is leaning into Trump world?
🚨 Washington Post CEO, Will Lewis, resigned last night.
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So what exactly is Jeff Bezos’ plan for readership and profit now that the Post is leaning into Trump world?
🚨 Washington Post CEO, Will Lewis, resigned last night.
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February 8, 2026 at 12:27 PM
It’s not like Trump supporters are big newspaper readers.
So what exactly is Jeff Bezos’ plan for readership and profit now that the Post is leaning into Trump world?
🚨 Washington Post CEO, Will Lewis, resigned last night.
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So what exactly is Jeff Bezos’ plan for readership and profit now that the Post is leaning into Trump world?
🚨 Washington Post CEO, Will Lewis, resigned last night.
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📌We simply can’t have a president who is a hardcore bigot.
Period.
Period.
February 8, 2026 at 3:47 AM
📌We simply can’t have a president who is a hardcore bigot.
Period.
Period.