Steve Steffens
@leftwingcracker.bsky.social
Lefty hack, baseball fan
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Hell, yeah. And we fcking read, including the dark history of these 50 states, not just our own. We can teach y’all if you avoid the high horse and listen.
Read?
How could Mississippians have time to read when we're so busy giving the world writers like Angie Thomas, William Faulkner, Kiese Laymon, Eudora Welty,Tennessee Williams, Donna Tartt, John Grisham, Anne Moody, Greg Iles and Jesmyn Ward?
We're just too busy writing, I'm afraid.
How could Mississippians have time to read when we're so busy giving the world writers like Angie Thomas, William Faulkner, Kiese Laymon, Eudora Welty,Tennessee Williams, Donna Tartt, John Grisham, Anne Moody, Greg Iles and Jesmyn Ward?
We're just too busy writing, I'm afraid.
December 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Hell, yeah. And we fcking read, including the dark history of these 50 states, not just our own. We can teach y’all if you avoid the high horse and listen.
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It was nice of these refugees from the Trumpified DOJ to release this right as I'm wrapping up the draft of my book on the Civil Rights Division. Right into the conclusion you go.
An Open Letter from Former Civil Rights Division Employees
On the 68th anniversary of the Civil Rights Division, former employees share an open letter decrying the near-destruction of the division’s mission and expressing the hope to one day rebuild it.
justiceconnection.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It was nice of these refugees from the Trumpified DOJ to release this right as I'm wrapping up the draft of my book on the Civil Rights Division. Right into the conclusion you go.
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“A New Deal against corruption”
Stewart & Favreau say Dems can’t just say they’re not as corrupt— they have to show 🇺🇸 they’d to make real changes to a corrupt system, and prove taxing A.I. billionaires (as @timmiller.bsky.social wants to) will lead to tangible programs for regular folks.
Stewart & Favreau say Dems can’t just say they’re not as corrupt— they have to show 🇺🇸 they’d to make real changes to a corrupt system, and prove taxing A.I. billionaires (as @timmiller.bsky.social wants to) will lead to tangible programs for regular folks.
December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“A New Deal against corruption”
Stewart & Favreau say Dems can’t just say they’re not as corrupt— they have to show 🇺🇸 they’d to make real changes to a corrupt system, and prove taxing A.I. billionaires (as @timmiller.bsky.social wants to) will lead to tangible programs for regular folks.
Stewart & Favreau say Dems can’t just say they’re not as corrupt— they have to show 🇺🇸 they’d to make real changes to a corrupt system, and prove taxing A.I. billionaires (as @timmiller.bsky.social wants to) will lead to tangible programs for regular folks.
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This is still pretty incomplete
I think we need a Tom Nichols holiday drinking game.
"Federalism" - 1 shot
"Courts" - 1 shot
Cat picture - 1 shot
"Vote!" - 2 shots
Unsolicited negative opinions on globally acclaimed rock bands - 2 shots
Being accused of elitism - 3 shots
Lamenting modern dress - Finish the bottle
"Federalism" - 1 shot
"Courts" - 1 shot
Cat picture - 1 shot
"Vote!" - 2 shots
Unsolicited negative opinions on globally acclaimed rock bands - 2 shots
Being accused of elitism - 3 shots
Lamenting modern dress - Finish the bottle
December 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This is still pretty incomplete
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NEWS: Kyle Whittingham, the all-time winningest head coach in the history of Utah’s football program, will step down from leading the Utes.
He’ll wrap up his career with the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 31.
He’ll wrap up his career with the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 31.
December 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
NEWS: Kyle Whittingham, the all-time winningest head coach in the history of Utah’s football program, will step down from leading the Utes.
He’ll wrap up his career with the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 31.
He’ll wrap up his career with the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 31.
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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Jackson councilman says his nephew is slinging dope. Evidence shows he’s slinging quesadillas.
Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes has taken exceptional steps to target his nephew Daniel Cooper’s food truck. Stokes has repeatedly called police, complained to city departments and used his own…
Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes has taken exceptional steps to target his nephew Daniel Cooper’s food truck. Stokes has repeatedly called police, complained to city departments and used his own…
Jackson councilman says his nephew is slinging dope. Evidence shows he’s slinging quesadillas.
Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes has taken exceptional steps to target his nephew Daniel Cooper’s food truck. Stokes has repeatedly called police, complained to city departments and used his own vehicle to block the lot where the food truck operates.
mississippitoday.org
December 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Jackson councilman says his nephew is slinging dope. Evidence shows he’s slinging quesadillas.
Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes has taken exceptional steps to target his nephew Daniel Cooper’s food truck. Stokes has repeatedly called police, complained to city departments and used his own…
Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes has taken exceptional steps to target his nephew Daniel Cooper’s food truck. Stokes has repeatedly called police, complained to city departments and used his own…
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if you are going to plead on behalf of black and brown people to oppose efforts to place restrictions on people convicted of driving under the influence, you should also acknowledge that black and brown people are more likely than others to be killed in traffic accidents, especially as pedestrians
what even is this argument Jamelle
someone tell the California ACLU who is disproportionately more likely to be killed in traffic accidents including those involving people under the influence
December 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
if you are going to plead on behalf of black and brown people to oppose efforts to place restrictions on people convicted of driving under the influence, you should also acknowledge that black and brown people are more likely than others to be killed in traffic accidents, especially as pedestrians
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someone tell the California ACLU who is disproportionately more likely to be killed in traffic accidents including those involving people under the influence
The California ACLU is staunchly opposed to the ignition interlock device program and is a big reason that it has not been expanded. Despite the fact that California heavily subsidizes the cost for low-income drunk drivers, the ACLU says that the program is a form of "racialized wealth extraction."
December 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
someone tell the California ACLU who is disproportionately more likely to be killed in traffic accidents including those involving people under the influence
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The most interesting Radiohead songs 30 years later are all those that never made it on the Bends or OK Computer -- Palo Alto, Talk Show Host, Pearly, etc. The skepticism of the internet and neoliberalism aged really well, but its woven together with crazy anti-vax bullshit. -OS
December 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The most interesting Radiohead songs 30 years later are all those that never made it on the Bends or OK Computer -- Palo Alto, Talk Show Host, Pearly, etc. The skepticism of the internet and neoliberalism aged really well, but its woven together with crazy anti-vax bullshit. -OS
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and yes, part of that equation is democrats then DOING SOMETHING WITH THE POWER THEY ARE GIVEN when people turn out to vote. not telling the right they will "turn the page" on their abuses.
December 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
and yes, part of that equation is democrats then DOING SOMETHING WITH THE POWER THEY ARE GIVEN when people turn out to vote. not telling the right they will "turn the page" on their abuses.
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it makes sense to shame these people because it creates friction and generates interest in their abuses and corruption. almost nothing will result in legal charges or lawsuits and too often liberals bark up those trees like something will happen.
use the attention economy for good
use the attention economy for good
...and? Folks keep acting as though Trump's cabinet members can be shamed. They're Trump's cabinet members - they kiss more ass in a single Cabinet meeting than you will all year. Shamelessness is a prerequisite. Barking up the wrong tree.
Punition, not shame. Perjury charges work better.
Punition, not shame. Perjury charges work better.
December 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
it makes sense to shame these people because it creates friction and generates interest in their abuses and corruption. almost nothing will result in legal charges or lawsuits and too often liberals bark up those trees like something will happen.
use the attention economy for good
use the attention economy for good
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well you cant vote for the pedo grooming demon party, can you? - fox, every single day
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
well you cant vote for the pedo grooming demon party, can you? - fox, every single day
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not "just this side." the right literally tells their voters the democrats *are* demons. when they vote gop much of their base literally believes they are acting as agents of god to prevent a demon infestation. that is a hell of a motivator.
you can see it when a Republican completely realizes that Trump is horrible but the idea of voting for *a DEMOCRAT* is met with a pained face and something akin to nausea...bc they've been conditioned their entire lives to think Democrats are something just this side of demonic
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
not "just this side." the right literally tells their voters the democrats *are* demons. when they vote gop much of their base literally believes they are acting as agents of god to prevent a demon infestation. that is a hell of a motivator.
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The Louisiana Purchase didn’t do what you think it did, a short 🧵
(aka historians ruin everything)
We’ve all been wrong about what the US actually bought….
(aka historians ruin everything)
We’ve all been wrong about what the US actually bought….
December 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Louisiana Purchase didn’t do what you think it did, a short 🧵
(aka historians ruin everything)
We’ve all been wrong about what the US actually bought….
(aka historians ruin everything)
We’ve all been wrong about what the US actually bought….
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Trump threatened Indiana Republicans that if they didn't do what he wanted, he'd block all federal funds to their state but they ignored his threats and told him to pound sand.
Take notes, college presidents.
Take notes, college presidents.
December 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Trump threatened Indiana Republicans that if they didn't do what he wanted, he'd block all federal funds to their state but they ignored his threats and told him to pound sand.
Take notes, college presidents.
Take notes, college presidents.
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shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an ordinary man, has defeated the great might of the US Government
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free. every bit of cruelty, boasting, slander, and persecution was for absolutely fucking nothing.
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
shoutout to the crowd that insisted it was a political loser to stand up for abrego garcia’s rights
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Mark Cuban: What if Medicare For All isn’t perfect?
Everyone: Wait until you hear about the healthcare we have now
Everyone: Wait until you hear about the healthcare we have now
December 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Mark Cuban: What if Medicare For All isn’t perfect?
Everyone: Wait until you hear about the healthcare we have now
Everyone: Wait until you hear about the healthcare we have now
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Trump Calls Groceries ‘A Hoax’
Trump Calls Groceries ‘A Hoax’
MOUNT POCONO, PA—Delivering a highly anticipated speech about the state of the economy, President Donald Trump doubled down this week on his claim that groceries were a hoax perpetrated by Democrats. ...
theonion.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump Calls Groceries ‘A Hoax’
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The thing is most books don’t sell many copies anyway and most normal people do not care about this whole fiasco.
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The thing is most books don’t sell many copies anyway and most normal people do not care about this whole fiasco.
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Over ten years ago I pitched a piece about how all these glowing profiles were being done about 3d printing companies "disrupting" and "democratizing" prosthetics and how that was simply not true. I was told it was too boring/negative and nobody wanted it.
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
3D printing was supposed to disrupt prosthetic costs. It hasn’t.
Britt Young, writer and lecturer at UC Berkeley, explains why 3D printing has not brought down costs of prosthetic limbs.
www.marketplace.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Over ten years ago I pitched a piece about how all these glowing profiles were being done about 3d printing companies "disrupting" and "democratizing" prosthetics and how that was simply not true. I was told it was too boring/negative and nobody wanted it.
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
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Pluribus bump
RESULTS: Democrat Tim Keller has won reelection as mayor of Albuquerque.
He defeats a former Republican sheriff, who took issue with Keller's executive order that limited collaboration with ICE.
And that's not all: Liberal faction seizes majority a city council.
He defeats a former Republican sheriff, who took issue with Keller's executive order that limited collaboration with ICE.
And that's not all: Liberal faction seizes majority a city council.
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Pluribus bump
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Be someone who doesn’t have to pay for sex.
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Be someone who doesn’t have to pay for sex.