Stef Ebbens
@stefebbens.bsky.social
Midwestern gal, housing justice advocate, rabid feminist, elder Swifty, and dog mom. Y’all means all 🌈 We get through this together 🫶🏽
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Stef Ebbens
@stefebbens.bsky.social
· Jan 19
This is a marathon. But the goal of the chaos is to overwhelm and wear us down. Be safe out there, and take care of each other.
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Lets goooo!!!
LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE!!!!!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Lets goooo!!!
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Since 2000, political donations from the richest 100 Americans have increased nearly 140x.
They collectively spent over $1B in 2024, amounting to 1 in every 13 dollars spent during the election.
Is it any wonder why so many regular people feel like they no longer have a voice?
They collectively spent over $1B in 2024, amounting to 1 in every 13 dollars spent during the election.
Is it any wonder why so many regular people feel like they no longer have a voice?
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November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Since 2000, political donations from the richest 100 Americans have increased nearly 140x.
They collectively spent over $1B in 2024, amounting to 1 in every 13 dollars spent during the election.
Is it any wonder why so many regular people feel like they no longer have a voice?
They collectively spent over $1B in 2024, amounting to 1 in every 13 dollars spent during the election.
Is it any wonder why so many regular people feel like they no longer have a voice?
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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Here’s the Mexican Marines removing signs stating that the Mexican beach is a restricted area by the US Department of Defense. Yes, it’s real.
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Here’s the Mexican Marines removing signs stating that the Mexican beach is a restricted area by the US Department of Defense. Yes, it’s real.
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So it’s worse than we thought
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So it’s worse than we thought
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I grew up on welfare, school lunch and SNAP.
Those programs are 💯 responsible for me surviving to adulthood.
You think poor people are lazy? Maybe your thinking is lazy.
SNAP stats:
79% are working households
50%+ are seniors and children
87.8% were born in the USA (unlike Musk and Ted Cruz)
Those programs are 💯 responsible for me surviving to adulthood.
You think poor people are lazy? Maybe your thinking is lazy.
SNAP stats:
79% are working households
50%+ are seniors and children
87.8% were born in the USA (unlike Musk and Ted Cruz)
February 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I grew up on welfare, school lunch and SNAP.
Those programs are 💯 responsible for me surviving to adulthood.
You think poor people are lazy? Maybe your thinking is lazy.
SNAP stats:
79% are working households
50%+ are seniors and children
87.8% were born in the USA (unlike Musk and Ted Cruz)
Those programs are 💯 responsible for me surviving to adulthood.
You think poor people are lazy? Maybe your thinking is lazy.
SNAP stats:
79% are working households
50%+ are seniors and children
87.8% were born in the USA (unlike Musk and Ted Cruz)
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Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, wants to examine how the nation’s largest bank handled the reporting of more than $1 billion in suspicious transactions.
#MomSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, wants to examine how the nation’s largest bank handled the reporting of more than $1 billion in suspicious transactions.
#MomSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, wants to examine how the nation’s largest bank handled the reporting of more than $1 billion in suspicious transactions.
#MomSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, wants to examine how the nation’s largest bank handled the reporting of more than $1 billion in suspicious transactions.
#MomSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just handed down the written opinion version of her preliminary injunction order, regarding use of force by federal agents in Chicago.
It's the one already put on hold by the 7th Circuit.
It's 233 pages.
Here you go: cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
It's the one already put on hold by the 7th Circuit.
It's 233 pages.
Here you go: cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just handed down the written opinion version of her preliminary injunction order, regarding use of force by federal agents in Chicago.
It's the one already put on hold by the 7th Circuit.
It's 233 pages.
Here you go: cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
It's the one already put on hold by the 7th Circuit.
It's 233 pages.
Here you go: cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
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Feds now claim a "system crash" that happened immediately after ICE was sued is the reason why 10 days of footage from inside the Broadview Detention Center has been lost.
Unreal hearing on this earlier:
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
Unreal hearing on this earlier:
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Feds now claim a "system crash" that happened immediately after ICE was sued is the reason why 10 days of footage from inside the Broadview Detention Center has been lost.
Unreal hearing on this earlier:
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
Unreal hearing on this earlier:
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
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Name them and shame them. Every single one.
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Name them and shame them. Every single one.
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“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
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Lindsey Graham is going to be upset that he can no longer double deal after the House voted to nullify the provision Thune snuck in the Senate bill allowing the GOP to be awarded damages for the investigation into #Jan6 by the FBI.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.rawstory.com/senate-provi...
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.rawstory.com/senate-provi...
House Republicans join Dems in voting to yank controversial GOP senate measure from bill
House Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday in moving to rip out a controversial measure that Senate Republicans snuck into the government funding package that allows them to sue the Justice Depar...
www.rawstory.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Lindsey Graham is going to be upset that he can no longer double deal after the House voted to nullify the provision Thune snuck in the Senate bill allowing the GOP to be awarded damages for the investigation into #Jan6 by the FBI.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.rawstory.com/senate-provi...
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
www.rawstory.com/senate-provi...
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'People forget what Khashoggi was investigating when he was murdered. He was writing about Kushner turning over classified info to MBS, who used it to hunt down, arrest and murder his opponents.'
h/t @cocacolakid
h/t @cocacolakid
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
'People forget what Khashoggi was investigating when he was murdered. He was writing about Kushner turning over classified info to MBS, who used it to hunt down, arrest and murder his opponents.'
h/t @cocacolakid
h/t @cocacolakid
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Warner: "We're already at 9% recent college graduate unemployment. I think that number will go to 25% very shortly."
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Warner: "We're already at 9% recent college graduate unemployment. I think that number will go to 25% very shortly."
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Every state should follow the lead of @siembranc.bsky.social!
Tonight, as the sun set in Durham, while hundreds more joined patrols in Charlotte, courageous local officials, people of faith, and community leaders gathered to say: Enough is enough.
November 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Every state should follow the lead of @siembranc.bsky.social!
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Please get us those ACA subsidies. I have younger family members that will have to forego insurance next year. I don't feel like all the taxes I'm paying are benefiting my family at all.
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Please get us those ACA subsidies. I have younger family members that will have to forego insurance next year. I don't feel like all the taxes I'm paying are benefiting my family at all.
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Two items coming to council tonight (both intro'd by Councilor Morillo) worth following: The first is a resurrection of the algorithmic rent-pricing tech ban. www.opb.org/article/2025...
Portland City Council to vote on proposal to ban rent-setting software
The city will again consider a policy prohibiting landlords from using certain software to set rental prices.
www.opb.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Two items coming to council tonight (both intro'd by Councilor Morillo) worth following: The first is a resurrection of the algorithmic rent-pricing tech ban. www.opb.org/article/2025...
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ICE Agent Arrested in LA
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Cops Arrest ICE Agent For Whipping Out Gun on Driver
Police arrested ICE agent for assault with a deadly weapon.
He approached a 17-year-old boy on a dark street in Riverside CA with his sidearm drawn and pointed toward the window.
www.thedailybeast.com/cops-arrest-...
Police arrested ICE agent for assault with a deadly weapon.
He approached a 17-year-old boy on a dark street in Riverside CA with his sidearm drawn and pointed toward the window.
www.thedailybeast.com/cops-arrest-...
Cops Arrest ICE Agent For Whipping Out Gun on Driver, 17
A lawyer says things have “gotten so bad” that the official thinks he can “turn his own block into his personal ICE checkpoint.”
www.thedailybeast.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
ICE Agent Arrested in LA
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bsky.app/profile/papo...
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holy shit mike johnson is SHOOK on Epstein vote in Senate
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
holy shit mike johnson is SHOOK on Epstein vote in Senate
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if donald trump said quiet piggy to a girl in front of me you’d see me on the evening news, of that you can be certain
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
if donald trump said quiet piggy to a girl in front of me you’d see me on the evening news, of that you can be certain
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Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats kicked Thune's ass today. Now the Epstein bill is onto Trump;s desk for signing.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Thune denies Johnson’s demand for Epstein bill changes
Senate GOP lawyers found the bill ‘sufficient,’ Thune said.
www.politico.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats kicked Thune's ass today. Now the Epstein bill is onto Trump;s desk for signing.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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The Cyber Barrons are the Robber Barons of our time.
We need more antitrust enforcement, not less, to break up their digital monopolies.
It is necessary to counter their obscene wealth, power and influence in our democracy.
We need more antitrust enforcement, not less, to break up their digital monopolies.
It is necessary to counter their obscene wealth, power and influence in our democracy.
A former Palantir exec just published an extortion letter in the Washington Post: Democrats must fund tech oligarchs, abandon antitrust, and create 15 deregulated corporate zones—or “lose.”
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
When I challenged her, she blocked me.
Tech’s moral rot, exposed:
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley’s Extortion Letter to Democrats
Ex-Palantir Exec Warns Democrats to Bow Down or Lose the Future
www.thenerdreich.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The Cyber Barrons are the Robber Barons of our time.
We need more antitrust enforcement, not less, to break up their digital monopolies.
It is necessary to counter their obscene wealth, power and influence in our democracy.
We need more antitrust enforcement, not less, to break up their digital monopolies.
It is necessary to counter their obscene wealth, power and influence in our democracy.