Stephanphl
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Stephanphl
@stephanphl.bsky.social
Philadelphia, PA.
At the Hands Off protest in Philly today!
April 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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This is a great piece.
Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.”

Lots of information and resources in this one.

open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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JD Vance - If you believe any of the multiple federal courts that have ruled against you so far are exceeding their statutory or Constitutional authority, your recourse is to appeal. You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you are losing. That’s tyranny.
February 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
January 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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1. Hundreds of companies who pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 4 years

But we've identified 10 promise keepers:

Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
General Mills
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
10 corporations that kept their promises after January 6, 2021
After a violent mob stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, hundreds of corporations took action to communicate to the public that democracy itself was more important than maximizing their po...
popular.info
January 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It is a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster and boasting and rashness and other signs of insecurity." President Jimmy Carter
December 30, 2024 at 1:52 AM
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THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS.
The inability of the entire legal system — prosecutors, judges, justices, lawyers — to hold Trump accountable will be judged one of the greatest failures of American democracy.
I’m just saying, if there was a whole report released by a government body detailing evidence of crimes I committed in multiple jurisdictions including the District of Columbia, I’d be spending my Christmas in lockup
December 25, 2024 at 1:08 AM
For sure.
December 15, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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BOOM 💥
December 12, 2024 at 3:10 AM
I Am the Walrus is the Beatles at their most beatle-ey. For better and for worst. But mostly better.
December 11, 2024 at 11:54 PM
This is my cat, Lychee. He loves to snuggle under the covers with me, lay on my chest for belly rubs, and be carried around the house in my arms.
December 10, 2024 at 3:38 PM
After casually listening to Maxwell’s Silver Hammer for years and kind of liking the song, I just listed to the lyrics closely for the first time. Now I think it’s genius. The utter disconnect between the lyrics and the music seals it.
December 10, 2024 at 11:54 AM
I’ve tried so hard to work up offense at the Hunter Biden pardon. My initial reaction was disappointment because Joe said he wouldn’t do it. But with the cast of tyrants waiting in the wings to take power and considering Trump is preparing to pardon the J6 insurrectionists, I just can’t get there.
December 3, 2024 at 11:23 AM