Jonathan Stegall
@jonathanstegall.bsky.social
User experience designer. Faith-rooted organizer and abolitionist. Love design, theology, justice, grace. Enjoy coffee, beer, goth, metal. He/him. Live in Minneapolis.
https://jonathanstegall.com is my oft-ignored website.
https://jonathanstegall.com is my oft-ignored website.
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literally how many members of congress have done this much? Where's the list? Which newspaper has a list of names with a checkmark next to them?
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he called President Donald Trump and directly voiced his opposition to the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
January 4, 2026 at 4:08 AM
literally how many members of congress have done this much? Where's the list? Which newspaper has a list of names with a checkmark next to them?
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I think of this a lot. Mostly because my favorite thing to say is that knowing who to be mad at is praxis. But it's also difficult for people to know currently because there's no identifiable leadership on the Lefts to clearly articulate this. The fascists constantly tell people who to be mad at.
And try not to take your frustration and feelings of powerlessness out on each other.
January 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I think of this a lot. Mostly because my favorite thing to say is that knowing who to be mad at is praxis. But it's also difficult for people to know currently because there's no identifiable leadership on the Lefts to clearly articulate this. The fascists constantly tell people who to be mad at.
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The Organization of American Historians is conducting an oral history open to those who worked for the federal government or were contractors. This includes those who retired or were forced to leave because of changes since January.
www.fecohp.org
www.fecohp.org
FECOHP – Federal Employees and Contractors Oral History Project
www.fecohp.org
January 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The Organization of American Historians is conducting an oral history open to those who worked for the federal government or were contractors. This includes those who retired or were forced to leave because of changes since January.
www.fecohp.org
www.fecohp.org
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What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
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There is a big disconnect between people who know immediately *why* this is all wrong and have the context and everyone else (including many who know *that* it’s wrong.) Thinking today about how to bridge that gap.
January 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM
There is a big disconnect between people who know immediately *why* this is all wrong and have the context and everyone else (including many who know *that* it’s wrong.) Thinking today about how to bridge that gap.
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“Between 1898 and 1994, Washington effectively acted to change governments in Latin America at least 41 times, a tally that includes neither many unsuccessful efforts at regime change nor the invasions, filibustering, and gunboat diplomacy that took place the previous century.“
Greg Grandin:
Greg Grandin:
The Containment-Liberation Complex
U.S. interventions have had disastrous consequences.
www.bostonreview.net
January 3, 2026 at 4:28 PM
“Between 1898 and 1994, Washington effectively acted to change governments in Latin America at least 41 times, a tally that includes neither many unsuccessful efforts at regime change nor the invasions, filibustering, and gunboat diplomacy that took place the previous century.“
Greg Grandin:
Greg Grandin:
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What makes Trump's bombing of Venezuela especially cruel is we already know how his administration treats Venezuelans who are displaced. Here in Chicago, masked federal agents have been kidnapping them from the streets, abducting them from barbershops, hiring sites, their homes.
January 3, 2026 at 4:24 PM
What makes Trump's bombing of Venezuela especially cruel is we already know how his administration treats Venezuelans who are displaced. Here in Chicago, masked federal agents have been kidnapping them from the streets, abducting them from barbershops, hiring sites, their homes.
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do democratic transitions usually start with a kidnapping ursula
Following very closely the situation in Venezuela.
We stand by the people of Venezuela and support a peaceful and democratic transition.
Any solution must respect international law and the UN Charter.
We stand by the people of Venezuela and support a peaceful and democratic transition.
Any solution must respect international law and the UN Charter.
January 3, 2026 at 1:54 PM
do democratic transitions usually start with a kidnapping ursula
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In 2020, I made a long thread on The Other Site on how Trump appeared to be following the Panama/Noriega playbook of using drug trafficking as a pretext to begin preparing for an invasion of Venezuela. Tragically that has been proven correct.
January 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
In 2020, I made a long thread on The Other Site on how Trump appeared to be following the Panama/Noriega playbook of using drug trafficking as a pretext to begin preparing for an invasion of Venezuela. Tragically that has been proven correct.
“One great and glorious transformation. I didn’t even hesitate. I told her that I would make it so that all of us could live with contradiction without having to fix, control, avoid, or cover it.” @susanraffo.bsky.social www.susanraffo.com/blog/because...
because practice takes.... practice — Susan Raffo
A spiral is what happens when a plant or cell or galaxy or shell practices moving between getting bigger and getting smaller and over time, that movement results in a spiral. I always think of it as a...
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January 3, 2026 at 3:47 AM
“One great and glorious transformation. I didn’t even hesitate. I told her that I would make it so that all of us could live with contradiction without having to fix, control, avoid, or cover it.” @susanraffo.bsky.social www.susanraffo.com/blog/because...
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We published a children's book last year. It's available today at 40% off. I didn't do a lot of promo of the book last year because there was too much else going on. But I really like the book which is beautifully illustrated by @ollycostello.bsky.social - www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2588-p...
Prisons Must Fall
www.haymarketbooks.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
We published a children's book last year. It's available today at 40% off. I didn't do a lot of promo of the book last year because there was too much else going on. But I really like the book which is beautifully illustrated by @ollycostello.bsky.social - www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2588-p...
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It’s 2026 which means I have a book coming out this year!!!!!! It’s for everyone who is curious about the cosmos 🙏🏽
Please preorder (from indies!) because it helps authors a lot — some places are having a sale right now like @loyaltybooks.bsky.social (code CHILL10) as well as your physical B&N 🌈 💙📚
Please preorder (from indies!) because it helps authors a lot — some places are having a sale right now like @loyaltybooks.bsky.social (code CHILL10) as well as your physical B&N 🌈 💙📚
The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:08 PM
It’s 2026 which means I have a book coming out this year!!!!!! It’s for everyone who is curious about the cosmos 🙏🏽
Please preorder (from indies!) because it helps authors a lot — some places are having a sale right now like @loyaltybooks.bsky.social (code CHILL10) as well as your physical B&N 🌈 💙📚
Please preorder (from indies!) because it helps authors a lot — some places are having a sale right now like @loyaltybooks.bsky.social (code CHILL10) as well as your physical B&N 🌈 💙📚
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I had a presser with DV advocacy groups to talk about how dangerous Laken Riley would be to victims of domestic violence. One of our reps, Angie Craig, Dem voted for it. She’s now running for our open senate seat bemoaning what ICE is doing to MN. The hypocrisy is stunning. @jesspish.bsky.social
Some commentators appear to think the Laken Riley act was not important or that it had no impact on "mass deportation" because "Trump would do it anyways." It absolutely did; ask people in detention for weeks and months/ the people who died or had their lives shortened bc of detention.
January 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I had a presser with DV advocacy groups to talk about how dangerous Laken Riley would be to victims of domestic violence. One of our reps, Angie Craig, Dem voted for it. She’s now running for our open senate seat bemoaning what ICE is doing to MN. The hypocrisy is stunning. @jesspish.bsky.social
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The same guy who says the U.S. military will defend protesters in Iran posted a video 2 months ago in which a cartoon Trump used a warplane to drop shit on American protesters.
January 2, 2026 at 3:28 PM
The same guy who says the U.S. military will defend protesters in Iran posted a video 2 months ago in which a cartoon Trump used a warplane to drop shit on American protesters.
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this would be a great time to listen to @prisonculture.bsky.social’s excellent podcast “Johnny Cash, prison reformer”. Part 1 (of 2) available here: soundcloud.com/nia_audio/jo...
January 2, 2026 at 5:11 AM
this would be a great time to listen to @prisonculture.bsky.social’s excellent podcast “Johnny Cash, prison reformer”. Part 1 (of 2) available here: soundcloud.com/nia_audio/jo...
Ha well, I do always appreciate getting my annual @lastfm.bsky.social stats.
January 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Ha well, I do always appreciate getting my annual @lastfm.bsky.social stats.
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one of whom was literally fucking assassinated. the person responsible for the agenda he got to run on as a VP candidate.
melissa hortman said they weren’t going to sit on their hands with a trifecta. she said lets fucking go and she led one of the most impactful legislative sessions ever.
melissa hortman said they weren’t going to sit on their hands with a trifecta. she said lets fucking go and she led one of the most impactful legislative sessions ever.
Say this louder for the people in the back! Walz is a moderate, and while I appreciate that he's governor, let's not forget that he gets pushed by the WOMEN in this state.
tim walz won his governorship by running as a pro-pipeline moderate who was in touch with rural people
he got pushed to the left by the house DFL caucus and Minnesota organizing
he got pushed to the left by the house DFL caucus and Minnesota organizing
January 2, 2026 at 3:03 AM
one of whom was literally fucking assassinated. the person responsible for the agenda he got to run on as a VP candidate.
melissa hortman said they weren’t going to sit on their hands with a trifecta. she said lets fucking go and she led one of the most impactful legislative sessions ever.
melissa hortman said they weren’t going to sit on their hands with a trifecta. she said lets fucking go and she led one of the most impactful legislative sessions ever.
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And again, this resonates with what Team Fight is demanding Dems do about Trump once they take power back—this is the equivalent of a Day One executive order from the next president repealing all of Trump's executive orders and announcing that his ballroom will be razed.
January 1, 2026 at 11:23 PM
And again, this resonates with what Team Fight is demanding Dems do about Trump once they take power back—this is the equivalent of a Day One executive order from the next president repealing all of Trump's executive orders and announcing that his ballroom will be razed.
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so, for example, trump's pardons, which are corrupt, is more likely to lead to fewer clemency for everyone. or, for example, calls to punish individual ice officers (which seems very popular from what i can tell online) will again miss the point of how we got here.
January 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
so, for example, trump's pardons, which are corrupt, is more likely to lead to fewer clemency for everyone. or, for example, calls to punish individual ice officers (which seems very popular from what i can tell online) will again miss the point of how we got here.
Her: you know what I really want?
Me: no idea, what is it?
Her: onion rings
I have no idea where to get onion rings in Minneapolis on a non-holiday, much less on New Year's Day. Is there such a place?
Me: no idea, what is it?
Her: onion rings
I have no idea where to get onion rings in Minneapolis on a non-holiday, much less on New Year's Day. Is there such a place?
January 1, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Her: you know what I really want?
Me: no idea, what is it?
Her: onion rings
I have no idea where to get onion rings in Minneapolis on a non-holiday, much less on New Year's Day. Is there such a place?
Me: no idea, what is it?
Her: onion rings
I have no idea where to get onion rings in Minneapolis on a non-holiday, much less on New Year's Day. Is there such a place?
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Watch Lucy Dacus perform the women's suffrage and workers' rights anthem "Bread And Roses" at @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's NYC mayoral inauguration
Watch Lucy Dacus Perform "Bread And Roses" At Zohran Mamdani's Mayoral Inauguration
Indie rockers were among the many musicians who played a part in Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign to become mayor of New York City. Lucy Dacus, for instance, welcomed Mamdani onstage during her pe...
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January 1, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Watch Lucy Dacus perform the women's suffrage and workers' rights anthem "Bread And Roses" at @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's NYC mayoral inauguration
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In 2025 our city came under federal occupation and thousands of neighbors got involved in ICE Watch, Rapid Response, and Mutual Aid efforts across the city. Resolve to begin this year by getting involved!
Read the full newsletter - written by rapid responders across the 612. defend612.com/blog
Read the full newsletter - written by rapid responders across the 612. defend612.com/blog
January 1, 2026 at 9:43 PM
In 2025 our city came under federal occupation and thousands of neighbors got involved in ICE Watch, Rapid Response, and Mutual Aid efforts across the city. Resolve to begin this year by getting involved!
Read the full newsletter - written by rapid responders across the 612. defend612.com/blog
Read the full newsletter - written by rapid responders across the 612. defend612.com/blog
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Something to think on today for progressive/leftist causes: The legacy media is never going to like you, so what do you need to do to make them irrelevant?
January 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Something to think on today for progressive/leftist causes: The legacy media is never going to like you, so what do you need to do to make them irrelevant?
Yesterday I spent five hours at the hospital doing family things and it just exhausted me. I did not make it to midnight last night and slept almost ten hours today, which is really unusual for me. Hoping it gives a bit of energy in such a tiring season.
January 1, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Yesterday I spent five hours at the hospital doing family things and it just exhausted me. I did not make it to midnight last night and slept almost ten hours today, which is really unusual for me. Hoping it gives a bit of energy in such a tiring season.