Steve Darnall
@stevedarnall.bsky.social
Writer/Editor/Publisher/Tall
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Conservatives when it's a 15 year old in library; "These are children and I can't believe we are letting them read smut like Twilight!!!"
Conservatives when it's a 15 year old sex trafficking victim; "Looks, these people are practically legal. Barely legal even"
Conservatives when it's a 15 year old sex trafficking victim; "Looks, these people are practically legal. Barely legal even"
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Conservatives when it's a 15 year old in library; "These are children and I can't believe we are letting them read smut like Twilight!!!"
Conservatives when it's a 15 year old sex trafficking victim; "Looks, these people are practically legal. Barely legal even"
Conservatives when it's a 15 year old sex trafficking victim; "Looks, these people are practically legal. Barely legal even"
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Please share: Lists of food resources in Chicago area. (Pls donate time or money to these places only if you can spare either; I know many can't.) Food resource links via GCFD www.chicagosfoodbank.org plus Rep Quigley's list of food banks in various communities: quigley.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
Food Depository in Chicago | Greater Chicago Food Depository
Hunger affects communities throughout Chicago and Cook County and we’re working to put an end to it. Get help or take action to support our efforts.
www.chicagosfoodbank.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Please share: Lists of food resources in Chicago area. (Pls donate time or money to these places only if you can spare either; I know many can't.) Food resource links via GCFD www.chicagosfoodbank.org plus Rep Quigley's list of food banks in various communities: quigley.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
"Now you've got yourself a brand-new occupation,
every fleeting thought is a pearl
and beautiful people stampede to the doorway
of the funniest fker in the world..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q7s...
every fleeting thought is a pearl
and beautiful people stampede to the doorway
of the funniest fker in the world..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q7s...
How to Be Dumb
YouTube video by Elvis Costello - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Now you've got yourself a brand-new occupation,
every fleeting thought is a pearl
and beautiful people stampede to the doorway
of the funniest fker in the world..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q7s...
every fleeting thought is a pearl
and beautiful people stampede to the doorway
of the funniest fker in the world..."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Q7s...
"You can tell by the kindness of a dog the way a human should be." - Captain Beefheart
Trevor wanted to play with his pumpkin tennis ball, but I still say pool crab is best. Mom says pool crab is summer, but I'm only 1 and I think wearing matching coats makes this a fall activity 🐾🫶🍁🍂
November 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"You can tell by the kindness of a dog the way a human should be." - Captain Beefheart
"It’s not that Democrats demanded more and this deal isn’t that bad. It’s Democrats already got their representatives to shift a lot, and they need to keep ratcheting up the pressure, purging and reshaping how Democratic elected officials approach the question of power."
—@joshtpm.bsky.social
—@joshtpm.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"It’s not that Democrats demanded more and this deal isn’t that bad. It’s Democrats already got their representatives to shift a lot, and they need to keep ratcheting up the pressure, purging and reshaping how Democratic elected officials approach the question of power."
—@joshtpm.bsky.social
—@joshtpm.bsky.social
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
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This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?
"We’re in a battle for at least the rest of this decade that will require a very different kind of Democratic Party — not one that is more right or left but one that is both comfortable using power and knows how to do it."
@joshtpm.bsky.social
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
@joshtpm.bsky.social
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"We’re in a battle for at least the rest of this decade that will require a very different kind of Democratic Party — not one that is more right or left but one that is both comfortable using power and knows how to do it."
@joshtpm.bsky.social
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
@joshtpm.bsky.social
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Good morning and happy Sunday 🐴 🥰
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Good morning and happy Sunday 🐴 🥰
Presumably available wherever books (and comic books) are sold.
Mail call! An appropriate delivery on this day when many areas are having off-year elections, Uncle Sam: Special Election Edition by @stevedarnall.bsky.social and @alexrossart.bsky.social.
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Presumably available wherever books (and comic books) are sold.
The mind reels.
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The mind reels.
A good read from the reliable @joshtpm.bsky.social.
Democrats "have a pretty good model: find candidates suited to their constituencies and focus on cost of living issues and opposition to Donald Trump’s autocracy. Full stop. It’s not more complicated than that. That’s your opposition message." talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
A Few Day-After-the-Election Thoughts
The clearest read of what happened last night is that, as far...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A good read from the reliable @joshtpm.bsky.social.
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Stop fretting over whether Democrats should run moderates or progressives, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes.
The election takeaway is to "find candidates suited to their constituencies and focus on cost of living issues and opposition to Trump's autocracy."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
The election takeaway is to "find candidates suited to their constituencies and focus on cost of living issues and opposition to Trump's autocracy."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
A Few Day After the Election Thoughts
The clearest read of what happened last night is that, as far...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Stop fretting over whether Democrats should run moderates or progressives, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes.
The election takeaway is to "find candidates suited to their constituencies and focus on cost of living issues and opposition to Trump's autocracy."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
The election takeaway is to "find candidates suited to their constituencies and focus on cost of living issues and opposition to Trump's autocracy."
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few...
When serious jobs are given to deeply unserious people.
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
When serious jobs are given to deeply unserious people.
Achtung, baby.
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Achtung, baby.
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I forgot how badly the media wanted a Biden recession. They were dying for it.
October 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I forgot how badly the media wanted a Biden recession. They were dying for it.
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Have you heard about the "Economic Black Out"? I saw a video on this last night 👇🏻
I'm in, white people need to step up, it's only a week and it hits on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
www.blackenterprise.com/economic-bla...
I'm in, white people need to step up, it's only a week and it hits on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
www.blackenterprise.com/economic-bla...
'We're Shutting It Down': Coordinated Economic Blackout Set For Nov. 25 - Dec. 2
Blackout The System is calling for a nationwide boycott, urging participants to not work or spend money from Nov. 25 to Dec. 2.
www.blackenterprise.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Have you heard about the "Economic Black Out"? I saw a video on this last night 👇🏻
I'm in, white people need to step up, it's only a week and it hits on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
www.blackenterprise.com/economic-bla...
I'm in, white people need to step up, it's only a week and it hits on Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
www.blackenterprise.com/economic-bla...
Calling Bari Weiss a journalist is like calling the five-year-oild wearing her mother's high heels a society matron.
October 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Calling Bari Weiss a journalist is like calling the five-year-oild wearing her mother's high heels a society matron.
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I wrote the first version of this draft almost exactly a year ago, but I wasn’t ready.
I am now.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/27/t...
I am now.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/27/t...
Texas Is a Lot More Queer Than You Think. I Am Too.
There are 1.8 million of us, and we’re not going anywhere.
thebarbedwire.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I wrote the first version of this draft almost exactly a year ago, but I wasn’t ready.
I am now.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/27/t...
I am now.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/27/t...
From someone who was there:
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures... He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power...."
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures... He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power...."
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
America... boy, I dunno.
October 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
From someone who was there:
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures... He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power...."
"He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures... He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power...."
Wow. If you'd stepped in this post, you'd throw your shoes away.
October 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Wow. If you'd stepped in this post, you'd throw your shoes away.
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Chicago area folks: @icirr.bsky.social is holding Know Your Rights trainings all the time. I'm signed up for the virtual Nov 3 session (look for the Google doc in the middle of this page). Lots more resources & info on their site. app.smartsheet.com/b/form/a05b4...
October 23, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Chicago area folks: @icirr.bsky.social is holding Know Your Rights trainings all the time. I'm signed up for the virtual Nov 3 session (look for the Google doc in the middle of this page). Lots more resources & info on their site. app.smartsheet.com/b/form/a05b4...
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For Illinois folks, resources here as well: www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org
IL IMMIGRATION INFO | Know Your Rights
www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
For Illinois folks, resources here as well: www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org