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D. Earl Stephens

@dearlstephens.bsky.social
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Won journalism awards at ancient places called "newspapers" | Author | Columnist Raw Story, Alternet, Elsewhere | Navy Vet | Former Managing Editor Stars & Stripes | Animal-lover | dearlstephens.substack.com for my latest ...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3h
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 6h
THIS WAS MONEY FOR CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE. A Florida grand jury found $10 MILLION meant to help provide health insurance for poor children was misappropriated for political purposes. Moody & DeSantis took money meant for kids. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 6h
📌REMINDER: 1. Donald Trump violently attacked the country on Jan. 6, 2021, while trying to overthrow the election. 2. He then retired to his dining room to root on the attack for three hours. 3. When it failed, he went on camera, and told the attackers that he "loved them." He's a damn traitor.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 6h
📌Our air and water are being poisoned again, and endangered species are being slaughtered, so billionaires can rape our countryside for profit. Nearly every day there is some horrific story about our wilderness being assaulted by Trump’s blood-thirsty Orcs. And DEMOCRATS could stand to be nicer????
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HOW DARE YOU
Do not lecture liberals about finding joy while Republicans starve children, wreck our Democracy, and poison our environment
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10h
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 10h
📌I am done hearing that Liberals need to find more joy in their lives. You want joy from us? Then stop spreading your lies, and pick up one of those books you want to ban, and discover the truth. Knock it off with the bigotry and misogyny and concentrate on fixing yourselves, because you are busted.
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HOW DARE YOU
Do not lecture liberals about finding joy while Republicans starve children, wreck our Democracy, and poison our environment
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The wheels are coming off yet Senate GOP can't quit Trump. A week of panic as well as paralysis. A THREAD.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
ANOTHER DHS VOTER FRAUD CLAIM COLLAPSES Trump’s DHS claimed as many as 15,903 noncitizens were on Nevada’s voter rolls. Nevada pushed back and demanded evidence. 15,903 became 185. Nevada checked the 185. The new number: ZERO. Every single one was a US citizen.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026
Xavier Becerra didn’t just discover LGBTQ rights when it became politically convenient. His record goes back to the 1990s, and LGBTQ+ rights have been a huge part of it, from his time as California attorney general to serving as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary. 🧵
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📌ONE MORE TIME: Troops, like those Marines Hegseth's Pentagon are covering up, are WOUNDED in war, not injured. The number of so-called reputable news sources which are STILL getting this wrong blows me away. DO BETTER -Thx
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026
To flip the Senate, Democrats need to pick up 4 seats. 5 if you count the Fetterman problem. This can’t be emphasized enough: Michigan is a must-protect seat. Lose it, and we’d need to flip another seat just to make up the loss.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
📌The first Democrat who runs this ad wins: "I hate these endless political ads as much as you. They are a cancer. That is why I am running to overturn Republicans' anti-American Citizens United ruling that allows dark money to clog our airways and ruin your valuable time and entertainment."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 27/09/2026
Well, looks like María Elvira Salazar officially lost to Trump. She called out his ICE tactics, saying immigration enforcement had gone too far. Then she tried to walk it back. It didn’t work. Trump and MAGA are coming for her anyway…
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
📌I've heard about enough from the white people in our so-called "heartland" who are hurting right now. They did this to themselves.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
THE SOUTH CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS You don’t get to profit off Black athletes on Saturday, then spend the rest of the week gerrymandering Black political power out of existence. We know what’s up! Hakeem Jeffries makes the connection perfectly.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
📌So I turn on the Texas-Tennessee football game, and see Trump's fat, orange mug on TV. Good God, ABC. With everything in wrong in America, this grotesque narcissist is celebrating himself deep in the heart of MAGAland to make HIMSELF feel better. What a sickening display all the way around.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
This is actually hell, right?
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🌹 46 years ago tonight we learned John Bonham was dead. The Hammer of the Gods anchored the greatest rock & roll band in history. Shortly after his passing, Led Zeppelin ended their breathtaking 12-year run, because they were only as strong as their collective parts. What a band. What a drummer ...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
Guys, THIS IS WILD Trump’s 250-foot arch isn’t supposed to start construction until November, but geologists are already testing the soil. Why? Because apparently they need to make sure the tallest triumphal arch on earth won’t just tip over when it’s built. 👀
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📌I don't need to see another photo of Clinton, Bush, Obama & Biden together yucking it up at some gathering, I need to see them speaking to America about the very real danger we are in right now. That martial law is even being hinted at ahead of an election is Russia on steroids. People are scared.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
DILLEY DETENTION CENTER NUMBER 2 Call it a “staging facility” all you want. The contract says detention. There’s playground equipment behind the fence. And Dilley has already held children far beyond the roughly 20-day Flores limit. Now they’re building “Dilley 2.” We know what this is!
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No one alive has seen a president choose to walk into the teeth of American greed. A THREAD. PLUS: Ask me anything.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📌I hate living in a country like this, I really do, but if high gas prices are the only thing that finally spur this hateful, deranged MAGA cult to begin the long, slow process of detox, and dissolve away into places like the Indiana woods, well then, those prices can’t go high enough for me …
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ALL GAS, NO BRAKES
Republicans are on the road to ruin in the midterms, and there’s no turning back ...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
Republicans never should’ve voted to confirm Pete Hegseth. They own this… 📌 Iran war mismanagement & misleading public claims 📌 Iranian girls’ school strike, 120+ children killed 📌 8 suicide attempts aboard USS Lincoln 📌 Fired senior military leaders without cause
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026
Susan Collins can run but she can’t outrun this scandal.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📌Netanyahu has done more to hurt Israel's image around the world than any single person in history, and then has the gall to insult the Mayor of New York City in his hometown. Hit the road, asshole. You're lucky you weren't arrested.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/09/2026
Doesn’t look like Trump tried too hard to reach an agreement on AI. Keep in mind, Trump says we have to go full speed ahead building data centers because we have to “beat China.” CURRENT DATA CENTER COUNT: 🇺🇸 United States: 5,427 🇨🇳 China: 449 We’re already ahead by more than 12 to 1
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🌊 That nor'easter has already swallowed the beaches here at the OBX this evening ...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/09/2026
🔵Democrats are unified and ready to get work done for the American people. 🔴Republicans are distancing themselves from Trump and doing damage control. #BlueWaveIn40Days
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📌BREAKING: Mortgage rates just shot past 7%. This so-called presidency has been an epic failure on every level possible.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/09/2026
Trump is apparently fine with his gaudy ballroom being a deathtrap. Of course, he is. An architect warned him about inadequate emergency exits, fire containment, and noncompliance with building safety code. Trump’s response: “I am the code.”
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📌That JD Vance is leaking against Trump is actually the least surprising thing I have heard in two years. I love the smell of backstabbing in the morning ...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/09/2026
There’s no way in hell Trump should be allowed to slap his name on anything else, let alone Ford’s Theatre. But I have to admit, there’s something darkly hilarious about him adding his name to the place where an American president was assassinated. The irony practically writes itself.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/09/2026
Republicans everywhere are abandoning Donald Trump. I’m just going to say what you’re thinking: TOO LATE. They kissed his ass, defended the indefensible, and helped build this monster. Now they can choke on the consequences.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📌So eight sailors we know of attempted suicide in the USS Lincoln Strike Group. This is beyond disgusting. It is a tragedy, and heads need to roll starting with Pete Hegseth, who is an unqualified bum. I can't even imagine how bad the morale must be on these ships. This is NOT the Navy I served in.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📌“If the environment is this bad in my home state, where Trump has been the most popular political figure over the last decade, I can’t imagine where it is everywhere else.” -Steve Deace, a conservative talk show host based in Iowa (How to kill a cult? Raised their gas prices.)
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📌It could have been worse for Jaxson Dart, because everything Trump touches generally dies ...
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📌Thanks to all this wokeness people are suddenly apologizing for, Harvey Weinstein was just sentenced to another 15 years in jail.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/09/2026
Paxton won’t agree to debate Talarico, and we all know why. He doesn’t want to answer these questions: “Why did you give an Epstein-style sweetheart deal to an admitted child predator? Why were you impeached… by your own party? Why do you own 15 homes on a government salary?” James Talarico
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Conservative Freedom Fest with Kid Rock canceled after only 6 VIP tickets sell
Patriots Day Freedom Fest was canceled days before it was set to take place in northern Kentucky due to low VIP ticket sales.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📌NEW CNN Poll: Trump approve 33%, disapprove 67% He is negative-71% with Independents since 2024. Read that again.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/09/2026
Nolan Wells’ death does not sit right. Grand jury or not. Hakeem Jeffries is asking the questions that still haven’t been answered. And this: Justice delayed will not be justice denied.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📌I like AP, but my God, WHEN are we going to stop with the “false and misleading claims” crap, and start calling the projectile vomit that comes out of Trump’s dirty mouth: LIES? New Headline: Trump Lied Repeatedly in Front of UN General Assembly
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📌That Donalds is running away from Trump (another Florida man), who won Florida by +13, is mind-blowing and the latest sign that Republicans are in deep, deep trouble EVERYWHERE.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22/09/2026
Holding this maternal healthcare event alongside Harris was a smart move by El-Sayed, and a necessary one. He needs to strengthen Black support in Michigan. The divisions of the 2024 uncommitted movement were real, and Black voters haven’t forgotten how ugly that election became. #HealthcareForAll
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare.
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