@stephanbellsays.bsky.social
Riding the blue wave at Bluesky. Public interest attorney since 2002. Born and bred Missourian; Buffalo gal since 2018.
As Winston Churchill is quoted as saying, “never, never, never quit.”
As Winston Churchill is quoted as saying, “never, never, never quit.”
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🧵 We got a pretty nasty load of bad news yesterday on the future of Social Security. It's not hyperbole to say we've passed the point of no return on Trump/DOGE's efforts to kill the agency...
April 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🧵 We got a pretty nasty load of bad news yesterday on the future of Social Security. It's not hyperbole to say we've passed the point of no return on Trump/DOGE's efforts to kill the agency...
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The nature of a cult is that it will turn you against your own family. Your loved ones will cheer as you are led off to the camps because hurting even you is what is necessary to bring on the glorious nation. apnews.com/article/trum...
Thrust into unemployment, axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
Scrambling to replace their health insurance and to find new work, some fired federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: Relatives cheering their job loss.
apnews.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The nature of a cult is that it will turn you against your own family. Your loved ones will cheer as you are led off to the camps because hurting even you is what is necessary to bring on the glorious nation. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!
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If it wasn't clear enough to you before, understand:
This is now an occupied country.
Behave accordingly. Be the resistance.
This is now an occupied country.
Behave accordingly. Be the resistance.
February 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
If it wasn't clear enough to you before, understand:
This is now an occupied country.
Behave accordingly. Be the resistance.
This is now an occupied country.
Behave accordingly. Be the resistance.
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I had no idea that all 23 of this country's Democratic State Attorneys General were meeting daily in order to coordinate and organize their resistance to Trump..
A cogent reminder that State Attorney General elections matter.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
A cogent reminder that State Attorney General elections matter.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
23 Dem AGs think they’ve cracked the code to fighting Trump
Democratic state attorneys general have been planning their lawsuits for a year.
www.politico.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I had no idea that all 23 of this country's Democratic State Attorneys General were meeting daily in order to coordinate and organize their resistance to Trump..
A cogent reminder that State Attorney General elections matter.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
A cogent reminder that State Attorney General elections matter.
www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/us...
USA should not be short staffing nor short funding the FAA and Traffic Controllers
America is the wealthiest nation in the world. We can and should have a fully staffed flight control system and a fully funded FAA. A politic that would consider tax cuts for the wealthy so they can t...
sign.moveon.org
February 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/us...
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The GOP Taliban wants to take away women’s right to vote.
HR 22 SAVE Act with its narrow and ambiguous language is their ‘master plan’ to erase women.
Dig in.
Hold the line.
Bombard your Reps. Raise hell!
Stay loud!
#EndTheWarOnWomen
#SheShed
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
HR 22 SAVE Act with its narrow and ambiguous language is their ‘master plan’ to erase women.
Dig in.
Hold the line.
Bombard your Reps. Raise hell!
Stay loud!
#EndTheWarOnWomen
#SheShed
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
The GOP's Taliban has a new message for women
The Republican Taliban doesn’t want my wife, Louise Hartmann, to vote. And they may well put that desire into law this year.Republicans have always been wary of women voting or even engaging in politi...
www.rawstory.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The GOP Taliban wants to take away women’s right to vote.
HR 22 SAVE Act with its narrow and ambiguous language is their ‘master plan’ to erase women.
Dig in.
Hold the line.
Bombard your Reps. Raise hell!
Stay loud!
#EndTheWarOnWomen
#SheShed
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
HR 22 SAVE Act with its narrow and ambiguous language is their ‘master plan’ to erase women.
Dig in.
Hold the line.
Bombard your Reps. Raise hell!
Stay loud!
#EndTheWarOnWomen
#SheShed
www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...
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Please Participate If You Can. Kindly Repost! 💙😎
February 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Please Participate If You Can. Kindly Repost! 💙😎
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I have many regrets about Earth, but making humans in a wide range of colors, shapes, and temperaments is not one of them.
Celebrate thy diversity.
Love each other.
Celebrate thy diversity.
Love each other.
February 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I have many regrets about Earth, but making humans in a wide range of colors, shapes, and temperaments is not one of them.
Celebrate thy diversity.
Love each other.
Celebrate thy diversity.
Love each other.
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This is Springfield, Missouri...
Video credit to Ashley Cossins.
Video credit to Ashley Cossins.
January 31, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This is Springfield, Missouri...
Video credit to Ashley Cossins.
Video credit to Ashley Cossins.
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Because of lawmakers like David Gregory, who are writing bills for bounties on other humans, a 25-year-old Missouri man kidnapped and assaulted a woman in southern Missouri while demanding she show her papers. This is the world they want us to live in. Bigots. missouriindependent.com/2025/01/28/m...
Missouri bill putting a bounty on undocumented immigrants faces fierce resistance • Missouri Independent
A confrontational hearing on a Missouri bill that would pay a bounty for those willing to catch undocumented immigrants took place Monday.
missouriindependent.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Because of lawmakers like David Gregory, who are writing bills for bounties on other humans, a 25-year-old Missouri man kidnapped and assaulted a woman in southern Missouri while demanding she show her papers. This is the world they want us to live in. Bigots. missouriindependent.com/2025/01/28/m...
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I’m so sorry, Christopher. Please know we will always remember and honor your mom’s uncle. That bigoted behemoth in the White House will never succeed in erasing the legacy of the brave, brilliant Tuskegee Airmen.
January 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I’m so sorry, Christopher. Please know we will always remember and honor your mom’s uncle. That bigoted behemoth in the White House will never succeed in erasing the legacy of the brave, brilliant Tuskegee Airmen.
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This is the Ben & Jerry’s video that has folks talking and MAGA losing their shit!
We need to support @benandjerrys y’all, because we don’t ever want them to “stick to just the ice cream”. 👀
We need to support @benandjerrys y’all, because we don’t ever want them to “stick to just the ice cream”. 👀
January 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the Ben & Jerry’s video that has folks talking and MAGA losing their shit!
We need to support @benandjerrys y’all, because we don’t ever want them to “stick to just the ice cream”. 👀
We need to support @benandjerrys y’all, because we don’t ever want them to “stick to just the ice cream”. 👀
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I’m telling everyone: Do not open the door or say a word unless you’re expecting someone and know exactly who it is.
Know your rights. Pass these around…
Know your rights. Pass these around…
January 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I’m telling everyone: Do not open the door or say a word unless you’re expecting someone and know exactly who it is.
Know your rights. Pass these around…
Know your rights. Pass these around…
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Let's make sure she doesn't just hear from the haters.
January 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Let's make sure she doesn't just hear from the haters.
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Please don’t even talk to me in the morning until I’ve had my coffee, 27 hours of alone time, several months by the seaside to ease my agonies, and many decades to wander the earth until the fabled blade of my ancestors can finally be reforged
January 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Please don’t even talk to me in the morning until I’ve had my coffee, 27 hours of alone time, several months by the seaside to ease my agonies, and many decades to wander the earth until the fabled blade of my ancestors can finally be reforged
In my happy place with snow like powdered sugar. 😊
January 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
In my happy place with snow like powdered sugar. 😊
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We could have had Tim.
January 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We could have had Tim.
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the buccaneers are one team i would not want to play in the postseason. i'm not in football shape, i don't have anywhere near the skill set that would be necessary, i don't belong to a team, and i would have to play them by myself. under no circumstances would i be interested in that matchup
January 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
the buccaneers are one team i would not want to play in the postseason. i'm not in football shape, i don't have anywhere near the skill set that would be necessary, i don't belong to a team, and i would have to play them by myself. under no circumstances would i be interested in that matchup
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926 peering out from the forest with the willows in all their fall glory.
Wolves aren't a threat to man, but man is most certainly a threat to wolves. Wolves eventually became mans best friend. I can't say as we deserve them, but they certainly deserve our respect.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/evoluti....
Wolves aren't a threat to man, but man is most certainly a threat to wolves. Wolves eventually became mans best friend. I can't say as we deserve them, but they certainly deserve our respect.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/evoluti....
January 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
926 peering out from the forest with the willows in all their fall glory.
Wolves aren't a threat to man, but man is most certainly a threat to wolves. Wolves eventually became mans best friend. I can't say as we deserve them, but they certainly deserve our respect.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/evoluti....
Wolves aren't a threat to man, but man is most certainly a threat to wolves. Wolves eventually became mans best friend. I can't say as we deserve them, but they certainly deserve our respect.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/evoluti....
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Mary Poppins, a beautiful story where a nanny and some parkouring chimney sweeps teach children, through the medium of witchcraft, about CLASS WAR.
January 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Mary Poppins, a beautiful story where a nanny and some parkouring chimney sweeps teach children, through the medium of witchcraft, about CLASS WAR.