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Stephanie Marrone
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Retired from teaching and NPS. Enjoying life with husband and dog in SC. Happy gramma. Trying to believe that my small actions will contribute to a revolution of love.
I'm attending Fight the Trump Takeover's event, “National Mobilization & Planning Call: Fight the Trump Takeover” - sign up now to j www.mobilize.us/fightthetrum...
National Mobilization & Planning Call: Fight the Trump Takeover · Fight the Trump Takeover
The Texas House Democrats are denying quorum to stop the Trump takeover of our state and block his attempt to rig the 2026 midterm elections. But Trump isn’t stopping in Texas. He’s targeting Missouri...
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August 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “Take on the Billionaires: Labor Day 2025” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
Take on the Billionaires: Labor Day 2025 · May Day Strong
The billionaires are waging a war on working people—and on May Day, international workers’ day, hundreds of thousands of us stood together and stood strong, fighting for public schools over private pr...
www.mobilize.us
August 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Important detail about the dismantling of govt agencies!
300,000 Black women left the labor force. That's not good for America.
The financial success—or failure—of Black women can have significant consequences.
contrarian.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
www.mobilize.us
July 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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This piece about the heroic KBJ gives me hope. “She understands her role is not just to write for history (today’s dissents become future majority opinions) but to sound the alarm, to rouse the public.” Yay Jennifer Rubin and The Contrarian! @contrariannews.org
Undaunted in calling out the worst Supreme Court in modern times
KBJ won’t allow accept its pretense of impartiality
open.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Good crowd in Columbia, SC. #nokings
June 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Unseen victories of the resistance.
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu... Great thinker and great writer! This is a thoughtful hopeful piece.
Unseen victories of the resistance.
May 8, 2025
open.substack.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch

🧢 @trumpfile.org
May 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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We had the reporter on tonight; @maddow has the whistleblower
There’s just so much shady shit in this story, but this really sticks out. Folks in NLRB’s IT unit were so freaked out by what they saw DOGE doing that they wanted to notify the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Then this happened:
April 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
April 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Profiles in courage and cowardice
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Courage is contagious!
Profiles in courage and cowardice
April 8, 2025
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April 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Fortunate Son — Now and Then
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...

Dan Rather gives me hope
Fortunate Son — Now and Then
A Reason To Smile
open.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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I taught a US citizenship class to South Sudanese refugees in Nebraska, 2006-2007. Fleeing civil war, they worked arduous jobs at a meat packing plant. Many had no literacy in any language.

But they studied hard for a citizenship exam which many native-born Americans would not be able to pass.
April 6, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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The SAVE Act is a poll tax.

Over 69 million women would have to get new IDs to vote under the SAVE Act—all of which, except military IDs, cost money.

As @mcclellan.house.gov explained, whether it’s $1,000 or 1¢, no one should have to pay to vote.
April 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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We need new leaders in Washington. I’m running for Senate to be one. Let’s go.
April 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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powerful detailed account of ICE captivity

"To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me...Imagine what this system is like for every other person in there"

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Really great explanation of how we’re currently in a period similar to the time when there was backlash to Reconstruction and the South set up Jim Crow and the KKK was empowered to terrorize Blacks.
America’s Second “Redemption”
The accelerating MAGA assault on democratic freedoms echoes America’s first “Redemption,” a backlash to Reconstruction after the Civil War. Understanding the historical parallels—long marches for free...
open.substack.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...

Great article about how the KKK was brought to its knees, in part, thanks to a fearless journalist. Also, the book Fever in the Heartland is an excellent deeper dive into this.
What Felt Impossible Became Possible | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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"If we have faith, hope, and love, we can pass it on. If we work together, pray and stand together, we can create a new heaven and ease life for each other." #TheaBowman #LiveTheGospel #ShareGodsLove #LoveEachOther
February 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.

The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.

It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Another fiery exchange from Judge Reyes in the trans military case:
February 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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He didn't say that. And if he did, he didn’t mean it. And if he did mean it, you didn’t understand. And if you did, it’s not a big deal. And if it is, others have said worse.
February 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Tax dollars for Trump propaganda. Talk about waste, fraud, and abuse!
Trump Admin. Spends Big Taxpayer Money on Ads Thanking Trump — Rolling Stone
Amid mass firings and a supposed hunt for waste, Trump officials are now burning your money on anti-immigrant ads that repeatedly praise the president
apple.news
February 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM