Chip Stokes
@chipstokes.bsky.social
Married, father of 4, grandfather of 3. Bishop, Episcopal Church (retired), Mets Fan, Opinions my own.
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Trump admits he’ll use the levers of government to punish his opponents. You can cheer that, or stand with the rest of us and fight for the Constitution. Which side are you on?
October 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Trump admits he’ll use the levers of government to punish his opponents. You can cheer that, or stand with the rest of us and fight for the Constitution. Which side are you on?
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Trump-Hegseth address to America’s top Generals & Admirals was insulting & demeaning. Excruciating to watch. I come from a military family. The military respects competence. They know what is right, what America is, what the threats are and are not.- and what they have devoted their lives to.
September 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Trump-Hegseth address to America’s top Generals & Admirals was insulting & demeaning. Excruciating to watch. I come from a military family. The military respects competence. They know what is right, what America is, what the threats are and are not.- and what they have devoted their lives to.
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Republicans bankroll billionaires and foreign leaders while denying Americans health care. Schumer must not blink. ACA subsidies must be permanent, Medicaid defended, and GOP recklessness exposed for the sabotage it is. Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1J9i...
September 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Republicans bankroll billionaires and foreign leaders while denying Americans health care. Schumer must not blink. ACA subsidies must be permanent, Medicaid defended, and GOP recklessness exposed for the sabotage it is. Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1J9i...
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Trump turned Quantico into a loyalty test.
“Applaud-or there goes your rank, your future.”
Hegseth: “No more anonymous complaints,” silencing survivors.
Trump: “They spit, we hit,” as he declared war on American cities.
It was a rehearsal for repression. Read more:
www.facebook.com/share/p/19dt...
“Applaud-or there goes your rank, your future.”
Hegseth: “No more anonymous complaints,” silencing survivors.
Trump: “They spit, we hit,” as he declared war on American cities.
It was a rehearsal for repression. Read more:
www.facebook.com/share/p/19dt...
September 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Trump turned Quantico into a loyalty test.
“Applaud-or there goes your rank, your future.”
Hegseth: “No more anonymous complaints,” silencing survivors.
Trump: “They spit, we hit,” as he declared war on American cities.
It was a rehearsal for repression. Read more:
www.facebook.com/share/p/19dt...
“Applaud-or there goes your rank, your future.”
Hegseth: “No more anonymous complaints,” silencing survivors.
Trump: “They spit, we hit,” as he declared war on American cities.
It was a rehearsal for repression. Read more:
www.facebook.com/share/p/19dt...
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Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.
September 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Illinois State Senator Karina Villa sprang into action to protect her community from ICE raids, alerting neighbors to their rights and chasing off masked agents. This is how you stand up to authoritarianism. We should all be inspired by Sen. Villa's courage.
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DOJ has now scrubbed its website of a study that found domestic terrorism is far more likely to come from the RIGHT than the LEFT. We need Democrats that are ready to counter this bullshit narrative from Sen Eric Schmitt (R-MO). They’re coming for freedom of speech, fight back‼️
September 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
DOJ has now scrubbed its website of a study that found domestic terrorism is far more likely to come from the RIGHT than the LEFT. We need Democrats that are ready to counter this bullshit narrative from Sen Eric Schmitt (R-MO). They’re coming for freedom of speech, fight back‼️
Yup! Shameful indeed.
BLOOMBERG: “In a ruling likely to go down in history as a shameful expression of anti-immigrant prejudice… the Conservative Supreme Court essentially decided it’s ok to use racial profiling in immigration enforcement.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
September 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Yup! Shameful indeed.
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August 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
August 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
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Pundits and politicians ought to keep foremost in mind that Trump is sitting in the White House partly because of Putin’s skullduggery.
That’s the original sin of his presidencies, and many in Ukraine and America are bearing its consequences.
That’s the original sin of his presidencies, and many in Ukraine and America are bearing its consequences.
Trump can’t escape the original sin of his presidency: His bond with Putin
The US president aided and abetted the Russian leader's attack on America.
www.motherjones.com
August 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Pundits and politicians ought to keep foremost in mind that Trump is sitting in the White House partly because of Putin’s skullduggery.
That’s the original sin of his presidencies, and many in Ukraine and America are bearing its consequences.
That’s the original sin of his presidencies, and many in Ukraine and America are bearing its consequences.
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Reposting this and a few other things for no particular reason today. Maybe I’ll do it tomorrow and the next day, too.
July 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reposting this and a few other things for no particular reason today. Maybe I’ll do it tomorrow and the next day, too.
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“A systematic pattern has emerged: shakedowns of law firms, business corporations, and media companies for the enrichment of Trump, his family, and his political allies,” writes @davidfrum.bsky.social:
Welcome to the Mafia Presidency
That’s a nice business you’ve got there.
bit.ly
July 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“A systematic pattern has emerged: shakedowns of law firms, business corporations, and media companies for the enrichment of Trump, his family, and his political allies,” writes @davidfrum.bsky.social:
Excellent reflection on the implications of this Independence Day for The Episcopal Church-
[Episcopal News Service] In an opinion piece originally published July 3 in Religion News Service, Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe reflected on The Episcopal Church’…
[Episcopal News Service] In an opinion piece originally published July 3 in Religion News Service, Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe reflected on The Episcopal Church’…
July 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Excellent reflection on the implications of this Independence Day for The Episcopal Church-
[Episcopal News Service] In an opinion piece originally published July 3 in Religion News Service, Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe reflected on The Episcopal Church’…
[Episcopal News Service] In an opinion piece originally published July 3 in Religion News Service, Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe reflected on The Episcopal Church’…
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NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander was handcuffed and detained by federal agents while escorting migrants from immigration hearings in Lower Manhattan.
ICE agents detain NYC comptroller in chaotic scene
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, who is running for mayor, was taken into custody at a Manhattan federal building.
www.politico.com
June 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
NYC mayoral candidate Brad Lander was handcuffed and detained by federal agents while escorting migrants from immigration hearings in Lower Manhattan.
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"Alejandro Orellana—U.S. Marine vet, socialist, and community organizer—has been arrested by the FBI for distributing face shields to protesters in LA
"His “crime”? Handing out protective gear.
"The feds are now calling defensive equipment a “conspiracy to commit civil disorder.”
"His “crime”? Handing out protective gear.
"The feds are now calling defensive equipment a “conspiracy to commit civil disorder.”
June 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
"Alejandro Orellana—U.S. Marine vet, socialist, and community organizer—has been arrested by the FBI for distributing face shields to protesters in LA
"His “crime”? Handing out protective gear.
"The feds are now calling defensive equipment a “conspiracy to commit civil disorder.”
"His “crime”? Handing out protective gear.
"The feds are now calling defensive equipment a “conspiracy to commit civil disorder.”
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At some point, a governor will have to directly challenge President Trump. Might as well go for it now.
June 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
At some point, a governor will have to directly challenge President Trump. Might as well go for it now.
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This is, of course, all bullshit.
But that won't matter to the MAGA cult who still believe entire cities were burnt to the ground during the Black Lives Matter protests.
But that won't matter to the MAGA cult who still believe entire cities were burnt to the ground during the Black Lives Matter protests.
June 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is, of course, all bullshit.
But that won't matter to the MAGA cult who still believe entire cities were burnt to the ground during the Black Lives Matter protests.
But that won't matter to the MAGA cult who still believe entire cities were burnt to the ground during the Black Lives Matter protests.
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More information on this despicable case here: thehill.com/homenews/sta...
June 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
More information on this despicable case here: thehill.com/homenews/sta...
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“In an interview, one of Mr. Melgar-Salmeron’s lawyers disputed the government’s characterization of the deportation as a mistake, saying it appeared to be part of a larger pattern of the administration ignoring court orders.” You think? I call it creeping contempt.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
Trump Officials Deported Another Man Despite Court Order
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“In an interview, one of Mr. Melgar-Salmeron’s lawyers disputed the government’s characterization of the deportation as a mistake, saying it appeared to be part of a larger pattern of the administration ignoring court orders.” You think? I call it creeping contempt.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.
May 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did.
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He is lowering the markets so that all of his rich friends can buy in and he will intentionally raise the markets when he makes "a deal" that he was always going to make so that his friends can get richer when they sell high.
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/25/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/25/t...
Trump delays 50% tariffs on EU to July 9
President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen said that she had a "good call" with Trump, but needed until July 9 to "reach a good deal."
www.cnbc.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
He is lowering the markets so that all of his rich friends can buy in and he will intentionally raise the markets when he makes "a deal" that he was always going to make so that his friends can get richer when they sell high.
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/25/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/25/t...