Joan Steinman
@frhippie.bsky.social
Artist, adventurer, lover of life
Fewer than 1 in 6 voters describe themselves as MAGA. Yet, here we are, living in this dystopian hell. If the Republicans who don't identify as MAGA would cowboy up, we could save our country.
July 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Fewer than 1 in 6 voters describe themselves as MAGA. Yet, here we are, living in this dystopian hell. If the Republicans who don't identify as MAGA would cowboy up, we could save our country.
Highly recommend- timely, enlightening
May 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Highly recommend- timely, enlightening
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April 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Reposted by Joan Steinman
At a GOP town hall last night, heckling from constituents was apparently too much to handle—so they used police force and even stun guns on their own constituents. What are they so afraid of? Someone disagreeing with their views?
April 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
At a GOP town hall last night, heckling from constituents was apparently too much to handle—so they used police force and even stun guns on their own constituents. What are they so afraid of? Someone disagreeing with their views?
Reposted by Joan Steinman
Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
April 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
Reposted by Joan Steinman
From @theathletic.bsky.social: On the 78th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s breaking of MLB’s color barrier, NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used a speech to issue a forceful rebuke of President Trump’s efforts to eliminate DEI policies, calling them a “ruse.” nyti.ms/3Gdssw8
April 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
From @theathletic.bsky.social: On the 78th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s breaking of MLB’s color barrier, NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar used a speech to issue a forceful rebuke of President Trump’s efforts to eliminate DEI policies, calling them a “ruse.” nyti.ms/3Gdssw8
WOKE = Wise, Optimistic, Kind, Engaged
April 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
WOKE = Wise, Optimistic, Kind, Engaged
We need to elect a scientist in 2028.
April 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
We need to elect a scientist in 2028.
Resistance Tip #20
Be as courageous as you can.
“If none of us are prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny.” (p.115, On Tyranny).
Be as courageous as you can.
“If none of us are prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny.” (p.115, On Tyranny).
April 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Resistance Tip #20
Be as courageous as you can.
“If none of us are prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny.” (p.115, On Tyranny).
Be as courageous as you can.
“If none of us are prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny.” (p.115, On Tyranny).
Resistance Tip #19
Be a patriot. Set a good example of what it means to be an American. Nationalism is NOT patriotic. Patriots respect the Constitution and strive to live up to the values upon which the nation is founded: freedom, equality, democracy. American patriots resist authoritarian regimes.
Be a patriot. Set a good example of what it means to be an American. Nationalism is NOT patriotic. Patriots respect the Constitution and strive to live up to the values upon which the nation is founded: freedom, equality, democracy. American patriots resist authoritarian regimes.
April 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Resistance Tip #19
Be a patriot. Set a good example of what it means to be an American. Nationalism is NOT patriotic. Patriots respect the Constitution and strive to live up to the values upon which the nation is founded: freedom, equality, democracy. American patriots resist authoritarian regimes.
Be a patriot. Set a good example of what it means to be an American. Nationalism is NOT patriotic. Patriots respect the Constitution and strive to live up to the values upon which the nation is founded: freedom, equality, democracy. American patriots resist authoritarian regimes.
Resistance Tip #18
Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
"Modern tyranny is terror management" (p.103 in On Tyranny).
Authoritarian regimes use (or manufacture) emergencies, disasters, traumatic and horrendous events as a means to consolidate power and suspend civil liberties.
Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
"Modern tyranny is terror management" (p.103 in On Tyranny).
Authoritarian regimes use (or manufacture) emergencies, disasters, traumatic and horrendous events as a means to consolidate power and suspend civil liberties.
April 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Resistance Tip #18
Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
"Modern tyranny is terror management" (p.103 in On Tyranny).
Authoritarian regimes use (or manufacture) emergencies, disasters, traumatic and horrendous events as a means to consolidate power and suspend civil liberties.
Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
"Modern tyranny is terror management" (p.103 in On Tyranny).
Authoritarian regimes use (or manufacture) emergencies, disasters, traumatic and horrendous events as a means to consolidate power and suspend civil liberties.
Resistance tip #17
"Be alert to the use of the words extremism, and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary." p. 99 in On Tyranny by T. Snyder.
"Be alert to the use of the words extremism, and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary." p. 99 in On Tyranny by T. Snyder.
March 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Resistance tip #17
"Be alert to the use of the words extremism, and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary." p. 99 in On Tyranny by T. Snyder.
"Be alert to the use of the words extremism, and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary." p. 99 in On Tyranny by T. Snyder.
Resistance Tip #16
Get a passport, travel the world, learn first-hand how people in other countries have overcome tyranny.
Get a passport, travel the world, learn first-hand how people in other countries have overcome tyranny.
March 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Resistance Tip #16
Get a passport, travel the world, learn first-hand how people in other countries have overcome tyranny.
Get a passport, travel the world, learn first-hand how people in other countries have overcome tyranny.
"Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God." Resist, Persist.
March 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God." Resist, Persist.
Resistance Tip #15: Contribute to good causes.
Civil society is an antidote to tyranny. Supporting causes you believe in and spending time in community learning from others builds resilience and trust. Authoritarians depend on people to be suspicious of each other.
On Tyranny by T. Snyder
Civil society is an antidote to tyranny. Supporting causes you believe in and spending time in community learning from others builds resilience and trust. Authoritarians depend on people to be suspicious of each other.
On Tyranny by T. Snyder
March 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Resistance Tip #15: Contribute to good causes.
Civil society is an antidote to tyranny. Supporting causes you believe in and spending time in community learning from others builds resilience and trust. Authoritarians depend on people to be suspicious of each other.
On Tyranny by T. Snyder
Civil society is an antidote to tyranny. Supporting causes you believe in and spending time in community learning from others builds resilience and trust. Authoritarians depend on people to be suspicious of each other.
On Tyranny by T. Snyder
Authoritarian regimes live on the fumes of discontent, anger, despair. Joy, love, connection, humor are all antidotes to tyranny. Tyrants want you to be unhappy, don't let them snuff your spark.
March 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Authoritarian regimes live on the fumes of discontent, anger, despair. Joy, love, connection, humor are all antidotes to tyranny. Tyrants want you to be unhappy, don't let them snuff your spark.
Resistance Tip # 14
Keep public and private separate. Authoritarian regimes use anything they can (real, imagined, implied) to pressure people and institutions to comply. Don't give them any leverage. Don't put anything out there that can be used against you (from On Tyranny).
Keep public and private separate. Authoritarian regimes use anything they can (real, imagined, implied) to pressure people and institutions to comply. Don't give them any leverage. Don't put anything out there that can be used against you (from On Tyranny).
March 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Resistance Tip # 14
Keep public and private separate. Authoritarian regimes use anything they can (real, imagined, implied) to pressure people and institutions to comply. Don't give them any leverage. Don't put anything out there that can be used against you (from On Tyranny).
Keep public and private separate. Authoritarian regimes use anything they can (real, imagined, implied) to pressure people and institutions to comply. Don't give them any leverage. Don't put anything out there that can be used against you (from On Tyranny).
MAGA felt the government was no longer working for them. But, history shows that installing an authoritarian regime to advance freedom and economic prosperity never works.
Are we more free when our constitutional rights are being violated or more prosperous when the stock market crashes?
Are we more free when our constitutional rights are being violated or more prosperous when the stock market crashes?
March 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
MAGA felt the government was no longer working for them. But, history shows that installing an authoritarian regime to advance freedom and economic prosperity never works.
Are we more free when our constitutional rights are being violated or more prosperous when the stock market crashes?
Are we more free when our constitutional rights are being violated or more prosperous when the stock market crashes?
Resistance tip # 13: Walk the walk and talk the talk.
Show up, be visible: march, protest, engage folks across the ideological spectrum. We need to come together, despite our differences, and work to change the things we will not tolerate from our government. (from On Tyranny). Join a protest 4/5.
Show up, be visible: march, protest, engage folks across the ideological spectrum. We need to come together, despite our differences, and work to change the things we will not tolerate from our government. (from On Tyranny). Join a protest 4/5.
March 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Resistance tip # 13: Walk the walk and talk the talk.
Show up, be visible: march, protest, engage folks across the ideological spectrum. We need to come together, despite our differences, and work to change the things we will not tolerate from our government. (from On Tyranny). Join a protest 4/5.
Show up, be visible: march, protest, engage folks across the ideological spectrum. We need to come together, despite our differences, and work to change the things we will not tolerate from our government. (from On Tyranny). Join a protest 4/5.
Resistance Tip # 12
Be polite, show kindness, give a wave, a smile, make eye contact and small talk.
Tyranny uses shunning and isolation to reinforce fear and mistrust. Don't be a tool. Acknowledge everyone. Bonus: friendly people make fascist uncomfortable.
From "On Tyranny" by T. Snyders
Be polite, show kindness, give a wave, a smile, make eye contact and small talk.
Tyranny uses shunning and isolation to reinforce fear and mistrust. Don't be a tool. Acknowledge everyone. Bonus: friendly people make fascist uncomfortable.
From "On Tyranny" by T. Snyders
March 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Resistance Tip # 12
Be polite, show kindness, give a wave, a smile, make eye contact and small talk.
Tyranny uses shunning and isolation to reinforce fear and mistrust. Don't be a tool. Acknowledge everyone. Bonus: friendly people make fascist uncomfortable.
From "On Tyranny" by T. Snyders
Be polite, show kindness, give a wave, a smile, make eye contact and small talk.
Tyranny uses shunning and isolation to reinforce fear and mistrust. Don't be a tool. Acknowledge everyone. Bonus: friendly people make fascist uncomfortable.
From "On Tyranny" by T. Snyders
Resist tyranny: Do Not Obey in Advance.
From T. Snyder's book, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.
From T. Snyder's book, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.
March 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Resist tyranny: Do Not Obey in Advance.
From T. Snyder's book, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.
From T. Snyder's book, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.
Resistance lesson #2: Defend Institutions
"choose an institution you care about - a court, a newspaper, a law, a labor union - and take its side." Or pick any federal agency that has provided good and useful service to the country: National Park Service, NOAA, VA...(from T. Snyder's book On Tyranny)
"choose an institution you care about - a court, a newspaper, a law, a labor union - and take its side." Or pick any federal agency that has provided good and useful service to the country: National Park Service, NOAA, VA...(from T. Snyder's book On Tyranny)
March 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Resistance lesson #2: Defend Institutions
"choose an institution you care about - a court, a newspaper, a law, a labor union - and take its side." Or pick any federal agency that has provided good and useful service to the country: National Park Service, NOAA, VA...(from T. Snyder's book On Tyranny)
"choose an institution you care about - a court, a newspaper, a law, a labor union - and take its side." Or pick any federal agency that has provided good and useful service to the country: National Park Service, NOAA, VA...(from T. Snyder's book On Tyranny)
Resistance lesson #3
Beware the one-party state.
Going along to get along is the surest way for one-party rule to take hold.
Wear your gear, fly your flag, speak your truth, protest, write letters, make phone calls, go to town hall meetings, VOTE, and persevere. From T. Snyder, "On Tyranny."
Beware the one-party state.
Going along to get along is the surest way for one-party rule to take hold.
Wear your gear, fly your flag, speak your truth, protest, write letters, make phone calls, go to town hall meetings, VOTE, and persevere. From T. Snyder, "On Tyranny."
March 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Resistance lesson #3
Beware the one-party state.
Going along to get along is the surest way for one-party rule to take hold.
Wear your gear, fly your flag, speak your truth, protest, write letters, make phone calls, go to town hall meetings, VOTE, and persevere. From T. Snyder, "On Tyranny."
Beware the one-party state.
Going along to get along is the surest way for one-party rule to take hold.
Wear your gear, fly your flag, speak your truth, protest, write letters, make phone calls, go to town hall meetings, VOTE, and persevere. From T. Snyder, "On Tyranny."
Resistance Tip #4 Take responsibility for the face of the world.
Remove swastikas and other signs of hate. It is not enough to be just be against tyranny; we must also proclaim what we are for. Be specific about what you support, don't buy into scapegoating. Read, "On Tyranny" by T. Snyder.
Remove swastikas and other signs of hate. It is not enough to be just be against tyranny; we must also proclaim what we are for. Be specific about what you support, don't buy into scapegoating. Read, "On Tyranny" by T. Snyder.
March 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Resistance Tip #4 Take responsibility for the face of the world.
Remove swastikas and other signs of hate. It is not enough to be just be against tyranny; we must also proclaim what we are for. Be specific about what you support, don't buy into scapegoating. Read, "On Tyranny" by T. Snyder.
Remove swastikas and other signs of hate. It is not enough to be just be against tyranny; we must also proclaim what we are for. Be specific about what you support, don't buy into scapegoating. Read, "On Tyranny" by T. Snyder.