Stephen A. Rhodes
@stephenarhodes.bsky.social
Lover of democracy. Proud Appalachian (living in RVA). Progressive Democrat. Seeker of a more just society. Writer. Reader. Doodler. Indivisible. Dog Lover. CFS/ME. He/Him. Sic semper tyrannis.
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Under Virginia’s Republican governor Glenn Youngkin, people with felony convictions had to appeal to him directly to have their voting rights restored.
“This should never have been in the hands of one individual,” says a voting rights advocate.
“This should never have been in the hands of one individual,” says a voting rights advocate.
“It’s Time”: Virginia Lawmakers Ask Voters to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They
boltsmag.org
January 22, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Under Virginia’s Republican governor Glenn Youngkin, people with felony convictions had to appeal to him directly to have their voting rights restored.
“This should never have been in the hands of one individual,” says a voting rights advocate.
“This should never have been in the hands of one individual,” says a voting rights advocate.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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Maybe not my place to say this as a Jew, but Jesus pretty famously led a protest at a place of worship. One thing he didn't do was shoot clergy with chemical rounds or snatch up immigrants at their places of prayer.
January 22, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Maybe not my place to say this as a Jew, but Jesus pretty famously led a protest at a place of worship. One thing he didn't do was shoot clergy with chemical rounds or snatch up immigrants at their places of prayer.
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he’s literally rotting
January 22, 2026 at 4:03 PM
he’s literally rotting
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remarkable how much contempt this white house has for the nation’s historical and artistic treasures
VOA's headquarters, 'the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,' faces possible destruction as part of the Trump administration's drive for "maximum value for the federal real estate footprint." wapo.st/4a5NCsq
The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal
Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.
wapo.st
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
remarkable how much contempt this white house has for the nation’s historical and artistic treasures
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If you look at the polls, Americans are pretty pissed off at the rich. Like, historically pissed off.
I talked to @kevinmkruse.bsky.social about the history of populist backlashes for my newsletter
I talked to @kevinmkruse.bsky.social about the history of populist backlashes for my newsletter
Kevin Kruse on the history of populist backlashes
Kevin Kruse explains how Americans have pushed back against the rich throughout history.
madness.ghost.io
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
If you look at the polls, Americans are pretty pissed off at the rich. Like, historically pissed off.
I talked to @kevinmkruse.bsky.social about the history of populist backlashes for my newsletter
I talked to @kevinmkruse.bsky.social about the history of populist backlashes for my newsletter
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There is no pre-Trump world to which we can return. That has all been washed away.
And there is no near future that is not defined by him and the cataclysm of his rule.
My latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/after-trump-...
And there is no near future that is not defined by him and the cataclysm of his rule.
My latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/after-trump-...
After Trump, the Flood
On the ending of things and the need for post-diluvian politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:21 AM
There is no pre-Trump world to which we can return. That has all been washed away.
And there is no near future that is not defined by him and the cataclysm of his rule.
My latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/after-trump-...
And there is no near future that is not defined by him and the cataclysm of his rule.
My latest for @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/after-trump-...
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Referring to kidnapping and trafficking people as a "catch of the day operation" is dehumanizing rhetoric intended to make our neighbors sound like animals. These are people, not fish, and no one should be treated this way—regardless of immigration status or conduct
January 22, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Referring to kidnapping and trafficking people as a "catch of the day operation" is dehumanizing rhetoric intended to make our neighbors sound like animals. These are people, not fish, and no one should be treated this way—regardless of immigration status or conduct
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Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
I called both of my senators this morning to tell them how outraged I am about ICE and to urge them to vote against any further funding for the agency.
I refuse to give in to defeatism. For example, maybe my Senator doesn't care enough to do anything about child-kidnapping monsters. But whoever reviews his messages (or runs @durbin.senate.gov) will know his constituents are pissed. If enough of us try, maybe something will break through.
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
I called both of my senators this morning to tell them how outraged I am about ICE and to urge them to vote against any further funding for the agency.
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it really could not be more obvious that X is suppressing content about ICE's invasion of Minnesota and the heroic mass organizing of Minnesotans to resist it
January 22, 2026 at 2:15 PM
it really could not be more obvious that X is suppressing content about ICE's invasion of Minnesota and the heroic mass organizing of Minnesotans to resist it
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"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"
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New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
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The Democratic leaders in Congress have repeatedly shown that they have no interest in leading an effective opposition.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
We have to get rid of Jeffries and Schumer. We have to. It’s unendurable that these men are the most prominent Democrats of the moment. They are two of the most broadly undistinguished men I could imagine in politics, zero fire, zero fight, zero zeal, machine politicians with sinecures.
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The Democratic leaders in Congress have repeatedly shown that they have no interest in leading an effective opposition.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
They have no appetite for the legislative trench warfare this moment requires. They don't even have the will to speak about it clearly. They just want to be left alone.
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January 21, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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I still have hope that the man will just shit himself to death on a stage and, you know, this one is really lit well
January 21, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I still have hope that the man will just shit himself to death on a stage and, you know, this one is really lit well
Just turned on the news and oh my our mad king is holding forth at Davos.
January 21, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Just turned on the news and oh my our mad king is holding forth at Davos.
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A boy can dream….
Han Duck-soo, a former prime minister and acting president of South Korea, was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday after a three-judge panel in Seoul convicted him of collaborating in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief imposition of martial law in late 2024.
South Korean Ex-Premier Gets 23 Years in Prison for Role in Martial Law
Han Duck-soo was convicted of playing a key role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law, which a court said was an insurrection.
nyti.ms
January 21, 2026 at 12:29 PM
A boy can dream….
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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
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They’re trying to make “contempt of trump” a federal crime www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
Prosecutors Subpoena Minnesota Democrats as Part of Federal Inquiry
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:49 PM
They’re trying to make “contempt of trump” a federal crime www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
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I've talked about it before here, but when my father sent a friend of his to pick me up at the airport when I was flying home from college, and that friend got drunk at the airport, and then I had to drive home with a drunk asshole at the wheel... the current moment feels a lot like that.
This was the point in the bus thread where I started to wonder if it was a metaphor for this present moment in time.
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I've talked about it before here, but when my father sent a friend of his to pick me up at the airport when I was flying home from college, and that friend got drunk at the airport, and then I had to drive home with a drunk asshole at the wheel... the current moment feels a lot like that.
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“I sometimes wonder why journalists are so nice to the people who want to destroy them.”
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Fascists are at war with journalism. Why aren’t journalists at war with fascism?
Mainstream media seem willing to drop their duty in order to pick up profits
www.stopthepresses.news
January 20, 2026 at 5:49 PM
“I sometimes wonder why journalists are so nice to the people who want to destroy them.”
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Good lord!
BESSENT: “Maybe your parents bought 5, 10, 12 homes, we don’t want to push the mom and pops out.”
The Trump regime is Cartoonishly out of touch.
(H/T @thebulwark.com )
The Trump regime is Cartoonishly out of touch.
(H/T @thebulwark.com )
January 20, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Good lord!
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Cops at her front door, holding a phone to her face, asking if that's her Facebook account.
What the fuck are we doing here?
What the fuck are we doing here?
A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
January 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Cops at her front door, holding a phone to her face, asking if that's her Facebook account.
What the fuck are we doing here?
What the fuck are we doing here?
Let it collapse.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Let it collapse.