@billstephens1.bsky.social
Dangerous Antifa in Iowa City
October 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Dangerous Antifa in Iowa City
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Today we honor and recognize the struggles Indigenous people continue to face in America, while celebrating the rich culture and history of Indigenous communities. Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!
October 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Today we honor and recognize the struggles Indigenous people continue to face in America, while celebrating the rich culture and history of Indigenous communities. Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!
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Don’t tell him we have a state called New Mexico.
Trump: "For years I've looked at it. And I added it up and I figured -- we have 92% of the frontage. I say, 'How come we call it the Gulf of Mexico?' I mean, I wouldn't say that Mexico is thrilled with me, but what are you gonna do. It's the Gulf of America."
October 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Don’t tell him we have a state called New Mexico.
This is so frightening. And with the Supreme Court’s complete capitulation to the current occupant there is one left to stop this clearly illegal behavior.
latter part of her answer is good here
Points out she can fight back as a member of Congress, but what's going to happen to a veteran who writes an oped that Trump or Ciattarelli don't like "as we see the federal government weaponized against veterans"
Points out she can fight back as a member of Congress, but what's going to happen to a veteran who writes an oped that Trump or Ciattarelli don't like "as we see the federal government weaponized against veterans"
Rep. Mikie Sherrill: "My opponent and the Trump administration will stop at nothing. They will completely weaponize the federal government to achieve what they want. We saw it with Comey and we're seeing it here, releasing all of my records."
September 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This is so frightening. And with the Supreme Court’s complete capitulation to the current occupant there is one left to stop this clearly illegal behavior.
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‘He wonders why useful labour is so undervalued and useless labour so heavily remunerated. Is capitalism doing something supposedly foreclosed by the profit motive?’
@leninology.bsky.social on David Graeber: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@leninology.bsky.social on David Graeber: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Richard Seymour · Baseline Communism: David Graeber’s Innovations
Graeber seems to have had most fun as an outsider, a movement anthropologist wending his way among anticapitalist...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
‘He wonders why useful labour is so undervalued and useless labour so heavily remunerated. Is capitalism doing something supposedly foreclosed by the profit motive?’
@leninology.bsky.social on David Graeber: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@leninology.bsky.social on David Graeber: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
This is NOT true. The U.S. government said in court that it made a mistake. In public, however, they keep lying about it. Not only lying, but ramping up the lie to the point that this man is now the most dangerous monster in world history. It’s frightening how comfortable they are in doing this.
Rep. Michael Rulli on Democrats wanting to take an official trip to El Salvador for Abrego Garcia: "I'm going to plead to the chairman that that CODEL is rejected. The taxpayers are not gonna pay for this show ... this is an embarrassment."
April 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This is NOT true. The U.S. government said in court that it made a mistake. In public, however, they keep lying about it. Not only lying, but ramping up the lie to the point that this man is now the most dangerous monster in world history. It’s frightening how comfortable they are in doing this.
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The DOJ lawyer who made the mistake of answering the court's questions about Abrego-Garcia candidly (eg yes he was mistakenly deported, a fact the Administration already has acknowledged), which got him put on administrative leave, has now been fired, ending his 15-year DOJ career..
April 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The DOJ lawyer who made the mistake of answering the court's questions about Abrego-Garcia candidly (eg yes he was mistakenly deported, a fact the Administration already has acknowledged), which got him put on administrative leave, has now been fired, ending his 15-year DOJ career..
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"After all these years in and around politics, I’d like to think I have a pretty strong stomach, but yesterday was sickening... This was not newsreel footage of two dictators meeting somewhere far away and long ago. This was yesterday. Here in the Oval Office."
www.thebulwark.com/p/two-dictat...
www.thebulwark.com/p/two-dictat...
Two Dictators Walk Into a Bar...
On yesterday’s sickening Oval Office summit.
www.thebulwark.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"After all these years in and around politics, I’d like to think I have a pretty strong stomach, but yesterday was sickening... This was not newsreel footage of two dictators meeting somewhere far away and long ago. This was yesterday. Here in the Oval Office."
www.thebulwark.com/p/two-dictat...
www.thebulwark.com/p/two-dictat...
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If Kristi Noem can go down to El Salvador and take concentration camp selfies, then DOJ can figure out where Abrego Garcia is.
Just start jailing people for contempt of court until they find out.
Just start jailing people for contempt of court until they find out.
April 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If Kristi Noem can go down to El Salvador and take concentration camp selfies, then DOJ can figure out where Abrego Garcia is.
Just start jailing people for contempt of court until they find out.
Just start jailing people for contempt of court until they find out.
The tactic is clear: Lie to the media (“He is a gang member”), but tell the judge something else (“Okay, um, we made a mistake”). If you were told that you put an innocent man in a hell-hole prison, would you respond this way? This man is ill.
"I think we made the right decision" -- Tom Homan on the deportation of a Maryland dad to a gulag in El Salvador that the administration has already admitted was a mistake
April 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The tactic is clear: Lie to the media (“He is a gang member”), but tell the judge something else (“Okay, um, we made a mistake”). If you were told that you put an innocent man in a hell-hole prison, would you respond this way? This man is ill.
Wouldn’t doubt it. Who is going to investigate? Not securities and exchange. This was always one of the warnings about tariffs: the shakedown motive.
Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
April 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Wouldn’t doubt it. Who is going to investigate? Not securities and exchange. This was always one of the warnings about tariffs: the shakedown motive.
This is horrific.
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This is horrific.
Some of my favorites from the Iowa City Hands Off rally today.
April 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Some of my favorites from the Iowa City Hands Off rally today.
Iowa City sign.
April 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Iowa City sign.
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
Yes, Madison!
April 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Yes, Madison!
Iowa City today
April 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Iowa City today
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Tragic, infuriating news. Mexican gray wolf Ella, whose travels captivated a nation just last week, was found dead in New Mexico.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has indicated that the cause of Ella’s death is under investigation.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has indicated that the cause of Ella’s death is under investigation.
Wandering Wolf “Ella” Found Deceased in New Mexico
The Mexican gray wolf who just last week was located north of Interstate 40 near Mount Taylor in New Mexico was found dead on Sunday, March 30, 2025. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has indicated t...
nywolf.org
March 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Tragic, infuriating news. Mexican gray wolf Ella, whose travels captivated a nation just last week, was found dead in New Mexico.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has indicated that the cause of Ella’s death is under investigation.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has indicated that the cause of Ella’s death is under investigation.
Stop killing wolves.
Tragic news: The breeding male of Oregon's Metolius pack was recently found killed near Sisters, Oregon.
We've contributed to the $30.5K reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the killing of this federally protected wolf.
More information: biodiv.us/4iLKRhF
We've contributed to the $30.5K reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the killing of this federally protected wolf.
More information: biodiv.us/4iLKRhF
March 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Stop killing wolves.
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Elon Musk’s involvement in Wisconsin has turned what could have been a sleepy off-year election into a race with incredible national significance.
“The Wisconsin Supreme Court race is the first referendum on Musk-ism."
Read @ariberman.bsky.social's dispatch.
“The Wisconsin Supreme Court race is the first referendum on Musk-ism."
Read @ariberman.bsky.social's dispatch.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court election is a referendum on Elon Musk
“We'll find out whether Musk's millions are more powerful than the fury that Musk provokes among voters.”
www.motherjones.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Elon Musk’s involvement in Wisconsin has turned what could have been a sleepy off-year election into a race with incredible national significance.
“The Wisconsin Supreme Court race is the first referendum on Musk-ism."
Read @ariberman.bsky.social's dispatch.
“The Wisconsin Supreme Court race is the first referendum on Musk-ism."
Read @ariberman.bsky.social's dispatch.
Nails it. An outrage.
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Nails it. An outrage.
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Costco shareholders rejected a proposal urging the wholesale club operator to evaluate any risks posed by its diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
According to preliminary results shared by Costco executives, more than 98% of shares voted against the proposal.
According to preliminary results shared by Costco executives, more than 98% of shares voted against the proposal.
Costco successfully defends diversity policies as other US companies scale back
Costco shareholders rejected a proposal urging the wholesale club operator to evaluate any risks posed by its diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
www.chicagotribune.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Costco shareholders rejected a proposal urging the wholesale club operator to evaluate any risks posed by its diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
According to preliminary results shared by Costco executives, more than 98% of shares voted against the proposal.
According to preliminary results shared by Costco executives, more than 98% of shares voted against the proposal.