Stephanie M. Smith
@stephaniemsmith.bsky.social
Wife. Mom. Attorney. Karaoke superstar. Foodie. Maryland State Delegate (45th District). Hampton/UD/Howard Law alum.
Love Baltimore, art, justice, and my family!
Authority: Friends of Stephanie Smith; Matt Cramer, Treasurer
Love Baltimore, art, justice, and my family!
Authority: Friends of Stephanie Smith; Matt Cramer, Treasurer
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When the GOP has lost *checks notes*… Ron Paul, we’re really living in the upside down
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
When the GOP has lost *checks notes*… Ron Paul, we’re really living in the upside down
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It’s been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It’s been 45 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson is still refusing to swear her in because she’s the final vote for the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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The Spinelessness of Thune and Johnson Is Destroying American Democracy www.commondreams.org/opinion/john...
The Spinelessness of Thune and Johnson Is Destroying American Democracy | Common Dreams
You are destroying the Constitution by dismantling the separation of powers in favor of limitless presidential authority indistinguishable from monarchy or Der Fuhrer.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Spinelessness of Thune and Johnson Is Destroying American Democracy www.commondreams.org/opinion/john...
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Every day, it seems like we tick a little bit closer to midnight.
Would be great if the GOP Congress would quit sleepwalking through this.
Would be great if the GOP Congress would quit sleepwalking through this.
Threatening to arrest governors for seditious conspiracy. Getting dark fast.
October 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Every day, it seems like we tick a little bit closer to midnight.
Would be great if the GOP Congress would quit sleepwalking through this.
Would be great if the GOP Congress would quit sleepwalking through this.
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If anyone wonders why we call them wannabe authoritarians, here you go.
They’re now shitting on the Bill of Rights.
They’re now shitting on the Bill of Rights.
“Policy says reporters cannot obtain or solicit any information the Defense Department does not explicitly authorize. Any media who does not sign by 5 p.m. Tuesday has 24 hours to turn in their media credentials and clear out.”
Absolute fucking abomination.
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Absolute fucking abomination.
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News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing
The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If anyone wonders why we call them wannabe authoritarians, here you go.
They’re now shitting on the Bill of Rights.
They’re now shitting on the Bill of Rights.
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*This* was an outstanding episode/conversation. This hit hard: "...we all knew the backlash was coming...most of what happened in 2020 was performative...[no] ..societal or structural [changes] that people were asking for..we got symbolic victories and now were being met with structural resistance."
My friend and colleague Wesley Morris and I had a very sobering conversation about America since the 1619 Project published and how it feels to be falling back under the veil that W.E.B. Du Bois so mournfully wrote about. I hope you’ll listen to this episode of Cannonball @nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
*This* was an outstanding episode/conversation. This hit hard: "...we all knew the backlash was coming...most of what happened in 2020 was performative...[no] ..societal or structural [changes] that people were asking for..we got symbolic victories and now were being met with structural resistance."
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"The Trump regime's descent into full-blown authoritarianism is frightening, but it's not surprising," Mary Trump wrote on Friday.
Mary Trump issues "domino effect" warning after Jimmy Kimmel pushed off air
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September 20, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"The Trump regime's descent into full-blown authoritarianism is frightening, but it's not surprising," Mary Trump wrote on Friday.
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We just got a glimpse of how Black towns, businesses, churches, schools, homes, and Black bodies were destroyed and killed
In white Utah at a white college at a white rally a white man killed by another white man resulted in anger at… Black people & institutions.. just like in the past.
In white Utah at a white college at a white rally a white man killed by another white man resulted in anger at… Black people & institutions.. just like in the past.
September 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We just got a glimpse of how Black towns, businesses, churches, schools, homes, and Black bodies were destroyed and killed
In white Utah at a white college at a white rally a white man killed by another white man resulted in anger at… Black people & institutions.. just like in the past.
In white Utah at a white college at a white rally a white man killed by another white man resulted in anger at… Black people & institutions.. just like in the past.
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The 16-year-old boy accused of shooting two classmates at Evergreen High School embraced conspiratorial, antisemitic and white supremacist social media content
Evergreen High School shooter embraced Columbine, antisemitism and white supremacy online
Review shows that Desmond Holly also posted online about Columbine shooting and a picture of a revolver
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September 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The 16-year-old boy accused of shooting two classmates at Evergreen High School embraced conspiratorial, antisemitic and white supremacist social media content
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Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
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Nichols: Even though these guys come across as clowns, they're clowns with flamethrowers.. They have the machinery of government behind them. These are people that normally would be struggling to hold on to middle management jobs in a department store somewhere
August 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Nichols: Even though these guys come across as clowns, they're clowns with flamethrowers.. They have the machinery of government behind them. These are people that normally would be struggling to hold on to middle management jobs in a department store somewhere
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Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier is suing over "illegal confinement" after Republicans locked her in the state Capitol for refusing police surveillance
Texas Democrat Sues After Republicans Lock Her In State Capitol
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier was told she was not free to leave the building after refusing to sign a permission slip requiring a 24-hour police escort.
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August 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier is suing over "illegal confinement" after Republicans locked her in the state Capitol for refusing police surveillance
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Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was at the Jan. 6 insurrection
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August 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Trump's pick to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics was at the Jan. 6 insurrection
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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“Surviving Jeffrey Epstein” is the most-watched documentary right now on Amazon Prime. It came out in 2020. But it’s right at the top (#1) of “most watched” on the site.
In case anyone thought people had forgotten about the Epstein files.
THEY HAVEN’T.
In case anyone thought people had forgotten about the Epstein files.
THEY HAVEN’T.
August 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“Surviving Jeffrey Epstein” is the most-watched documentary right now on Amazon Prime. It came out in 2020. But it’s right at the top (#1) of “most watched” on the site.
In case anyone thought people had forgotten about the Epstein files.
THEY HAVEN’T.
In case anyone thought people had forgotten about the Epstein files.
THEY HAVEN’T.
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Heat is the deadliest form of extreme weather. This is officially the deadliest heat year in Maryland since 2012 — and we’re only part way through the heat season. W/ @adampwillis.bsky.social in @thebaltimorebanner.com:
Heat deaths reach 29, Maryland’s deadliest summer since 2012
High heat in Maryland has killed more people so far this year than in all of 2024.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Heat is the deadliest form of extreme weather. This is officially the deadliest heat year in Maryland since 2012 — and we’re only part way through the heat season. W/ @adampwillis.bsky.social in @thebaltimorebanner.com:
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued that President Trump presents a bigger danger to Americans than crime in Washington.
“The crime scene in D.C. most damaging to everyday Americans is at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,” Jeffries wrote on X.
“The crime scene in D.C. most damaging to everyday Americans is at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,” Jeffries wrote on X.
Live updates: D.C. faces increased law enforcement amid Trump’s crackdown on crime
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s second term and the Republican-led Congress.
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August 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued that President Trump presents a bigger danger to Americans than crime in Washington.
“The crime scene in D.C. most damaging to everyday Americans is at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,” Jeffries wrote on X.
“The crime scene in D.C. most damaging to everyday Americans is at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,” Jeffries wrote on X.
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Some inspiration just for you, from James Talarico
July 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Some inspiration just for you, from James Talarico
Our status as a democracy is in tatters. There's no easy way to build or keep a democracy. The world is watching.
July 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Our status as a democracy is in tatters. There's no easy way to build or keep a democracy. The world is watching.
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July 2, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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🚨 Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, with its 4-3 liberal majority, has struck down the state’s 1849 abortion ban:
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July 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🚨 Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, with its 4-3 liberal majority, has struck down the state’s 1849 abortion ban:
www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...
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Crockett: We have 83 billionaires. And somehow they have 535 people that are speaking up for them every single day to make sure that when they get married for a second or third or fourth time, that they can go ahead and have another $50 million wedding
July 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Crockett: We have 83 billionaires. And somehow they have 535 people that are speaking up for them every single day to make sure that when they get married for a second or third or fourth time, that they can go ahead and have another $50 million wedding
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Crockett: How is it that you can explain that we still are running up the credit card and we have nothing to show for it except for the fact that we won't have food on the tables and we won’t have health care.
July 2, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Crockett: How is it that you can explain that we still are running up the credit card and we have nothing to show for it except for the fact that we won't have food on the tables and we won’t have health care.
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"The Justice Department is aggressively prioritizing efforts to strip some Americans of their U.S. citizenship...At least one person has already been denaturalized...June 13, a judge ordered the revocation of the citizenship of Elliott Duke, who uses they/them pronouns."
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DOJ announces plans to prioritize cases to revoke citizenship
Denaturalization is a tactic heavily used during the McCarthy era and one that was expanded during the Obama administration and grew further during President Trump's first term. It's a tool usually us...
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June 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"The Justice Department is aggressively prioritizing efforts to strip some Americans of their U.S. citizenship...At least one person has already been denaturalized...June 13, a judge ordered the revocation of the citizenship of Elliott Duke, who uses they/them pronouns."
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