Laurie Stephens
@lauriestephens.bsky.social
“Mostly retired” writer, former CP journo and press secretary to Premier Bob Rae, mother of two awesome kids, living the best life in Meaford with her partner and doggos.🇨🇦🌻🌈
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Gonna run for president in 2028… mark my words
She is saying the exact things that people are feeling.
We need to fear that run
She is saying the exact things that people are feeling.
We need to fear that run
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Gonna run for president in 2028… mark my words
She is saying the exact things that people are feeling.
We need to fear that run
She is saying the exact things that people are feeling.
We need to fear that run
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I know he is a fucking nutjob, but it's probably good that he is showing that AI can be manipulated. His colleagues in that business are not likely happy with what he is doing, but in a way, we should thank him for exposing it.
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I know he is a fucking nutjob, but it's probably good that he is showing that AI can be manipulated. His colleagues in that business are not likely happy with what he is doing, but in a way, we should thank him for exposing it.
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In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In the richest city on Earth, 40% of NYC families can’t afford weekly food costs, and food prices are up 33% over the past decade.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
It’s time for a city government that puts affordability at the top of the agenda.
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I think Putin has threatened the Nazi-Pedo.
I think he has told Traitor Trump he would release the pee tapes and pictures of him blowing "bubba" if he did not get Ukraine to surrender.
I think he has told Traitor Trump he would release the pee tapes and pictures of him blowing "bubba" if he did not get Ukraine to surrender.
November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I think Putin has threatened the Nazi-Pedo.
I think he has told Traitor Trump he would release the pee tapes and pictures of him blowing "bubba" if he did not get Ukraine to surrender.
I think he has told Traitor Trump he would release the pee tapes and pictures of him blowing "bubba" if he did not get Ukraine to surrender.
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Just a reminder to all Defense Force members, if you commit a crime and you are prosecuted, “I was just obeying orders” will not be an acceptable defense if it was an illegal order.
You are expected to know the Constitution that you’ve sworn to protect.
You are expected to know the Constitution that you’ve sworn to protect.
November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Just a reminder to all Defense Force members, if you commit a crime and you are prosecuted, “I was just obeying orders” will not be an acceptable defense if it was an illegal order.
You are expected to know the Constitution that you’ve sworn to protect.
You are expected to know the Constitution that you’ve sworn to protect.
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Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
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Trump has no core. No ideology. His only interest in life is Trump. And he’s enthralled with charismatic people, and he’s the easiest mark who’s ever lived, the most easily manipulated person in the world. It was automatic that he’d come out of this meeting praising Mamdani.
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Trump has no core. No ideology. His only interest in life is Trump. And he’s enthralled with charismatic people, and he’s the easiest mark who’s ever lived, the most easily manipulated person in the world. It was automatic that he’d come out of this meeting praising Mamdani.
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I’m a kitchen manager and note the same phenomenon among certain personalities I manage. Put the malleable guy with the shitbird chef, you get two shitbirds. Put them with someone competent, you get two competent people. Human nature is weird.
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I’m a kitchen manager and note the same phenomenon among certain personalities I manage. Put the malleable guy with the shitbird chef, you get two shitbirds. Put them with someone competent, you get two competent people. Human nature is weird.
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Mamdani just played Trump without sacrificing immigrants, Muslims, workers, or the LGBTQ.
Trump did his transactional charm offensive, Mamdani countered without compromising.
He won big and this is the man the Democratic Establishment still won't embrace.
What more do people need to see?
Trump did his transactional charm offensive, Mamdani countered without compromising.
He won big and this is the man the Democratic Establishment still won't embrace.
What more do people need to see?
November 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Mamdani just played Trump without sacrificing immigrants, Muslims, workers, or the LGBTQ.
Trump did his transactional charm offensive, Mamdani countered without compromising.
He won big and this is the man the Democratic Establishment still won't embrace.
What more do people need to see?
Trump did his transactional charm offensive, Mamdani countered without compromising.
He won big and this is the man the Democratic Establishment still won't embrace.
What more do people need to see?
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Bill Ackman and Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon watching this WH presser
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Bill Ackman and Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon watching this WH presser
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Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
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November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
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Warren: "With Jeffrey Epstein, I really mean follow the money. Here's the deal - JPMorgan Chase - yes, Jamie Dimon, I'm looking at you -- is Epstein's bank, a close personal relationship that spans years. Shouldn't this be in the JPMorgan's ads?...I'd like to have Dimon come in & under oath testify"
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Warren: "With Jeffrey Epstein, I really mean follow the money. Here's the deal - JPMorgan Chase - yes, Jamie Dimon, I'm looking at you -- is Epstein's bank, a close personal relationship that spans years. Shouldn't this be in the JPMorgan's ads?...I'd like to have Dimon come in & under oath testify"
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Every single word of this. Read it, repeat it, scream it, live it, insist on it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Every single word of this. Read it, repeat it, scream it, live it, insist on it.
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Rep. Eugene Vindman: " I want to start by condemning the president for calling for six Democratic members of Congress, all of whom are patriots who served our country to be hanged. It is the kind of thing we expect from a Saudi Crown Prince, not an American President."
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Rep. Eugene Vindman: " I want to start by condemning the president for calling for six Democratic members of Congress, all of whom are patriots who served our country to be hanged. It is the kind of thing we expect from a Saudi Crown Prince, not an American President."
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To the six Democratic lawmakers who made that beautiful video reminding our military members of their duty and obligation to NOT obey illegal orders, I say this:
Make MORE of them.
Make MORE of them.
November 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
To the six Democratic lawmakers who made that beautiful video reminding our military members of their duty and obligation to NOT obey illegal orders, I say this:
Make MORE of them.
Make MORE of them.
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ProPublica reports Dan Bongino got a polygraph waiver for his security clearance
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
November 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ProPublica reports Dan Bongino got a polygraph waiver for his security clearance
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
These exams catch foreign ties & blackmail risks
Waivers at this level are unprecedented & part of a broader purge of career national-security experts
I explained on @theweekendmsnow.bsky.social 👇 - TN
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I have zero doubt that if Trump could get away with ordering the assassination of his Democratic opponents, he would. Instead, he's trying to get his followers to do it for him. Sick.
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I have zero doubt that if Trump could get away with ordering the assassination of his Democratic opponents, he would. Instead, he's trying to get his followers to do it for him. Sick.
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Kudos to The Guardian for the forthright headline, no pussyfooting
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s DoJ investigating unfounded claims Venezuela helped steal 2020 election
Exclusive: Discredited election-rigging conspiracy theory could strengthen Trump’s military action against Maduro
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Kudos to The Guardian for the forthright headline, no pussyfooting
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Kelly: "My family has suffered from political violence. My wife, Gabby, was nearly assassinated, shot in the head at a political event. Even the president -- 2 assassination attempts -- he should understand his words have significant weight and people react to things that he says."
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Kelly: "My family has suffered from political violence. My wife, Gabby, was nearly assassinated, shot in the head at a political event. Even the president -- 2 assassination attempts -- he should understand his words have significant weight and people react to things that he says."
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If it made the news at all, that's a win...
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
If it made the news at all, that's a win...
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🥺 Sitting there wondering is she's going to spend her second Thanksgiving in the shelter. People pass by no one stops to meet her. Please adopt MELIA. Quiet adult only home. No dogs.
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🥺 Sitting there wondering is she's going to spend her second Thanksgiving in the shelter. People pass by no one stops to meet her. Please adopt MELIA. Quiet adult only home. No dogs.
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻Adoption@hempsteadny.gov
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
💻Adoption@hempsteadny.gov