Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Greater Peoria Area Call to Action - NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY RALLY on 10/17! 002
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlPeoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 27/09/2026NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY RALLY in PEORIA! Join Peoria 50501 & community allies for a peaceful rally, as we urge passersby with signs, banners, & voices to register, VOTE EARLY, & save our democracy. Sat 10/17/2026, from 11AM-to-1PM at Main St and University in Peoria. www.mobilize.us/nokings/even... 034
Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Very concerning...to Sen Collins' re-election chances. Huzzah. 000
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This warning from David Letterman to the media from just a year ago feels sadly too relevant today. He is right: You can't appease a tyrant. 260164475561
Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Reason #2,750,951,863 for why we must rid ourselves of this malicious, toxic, fascist regime. 000
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlIan Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses 227131693349
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlPeoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 08/09/2026No Kings Coalition has announced their next national effort: "No Kings: Vote Early", set for 10/17. We're also looking at other dates due to scheduling conflicts. This will NOT be a mass protest, but a voter mobilization effort. We expect to have definitive ideas on actions by later in September.share.googleNo KingsFor more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're abo... 022
Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Our sick, twisted, sadistic fascist regime knows no bounds. It's past time to rid ourselves of this pestilence. 010
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlChris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 22/08/2026💥 ICE drag mom & teen daughter out of hospital room—in middle of being treated after car accident. Still wearing hospital gowns. Both victims of car collusion, with asylum case pending in good standing & valid work permit. Grace Calero 39, & Giulianna Carriel 19, from Ecuador. 55932682125
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Mamdani is succeeding in part by projecting joy Ossoff is succeeding in part by projecting steely ferocity We’re in a moment when attitude is nearly as powerful as ideology, because we all need courage. And these are two ways of summoning it 10271191249
Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Fucking liars and the lying facist liars they lie for 011
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026no agreement with trump is binding, it's impossible that anyone at this point fails to understand that. All that's happening here is spineless toadies folding as anticipated bsky.app/profile/matt... 481420353
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The smell of death surrounds you, Donald Trump Deportees slain in Guatemala. A Haitian woman abandoned at a PGH bus stop. The bomb striking a family in Iran. Detainees in the ICE gulag. Lorenzo Salgado. Renee Good. USAID Dehumanization, then death. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...inquirer.comThe smell of death surrounds Donald Trump’s regime from Guatemala to Pittsburgh | Will BunchIn just a year and a half, Donald Trump’s warped agenda is killing innocent people at home and around the world. 19788325
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/07/2026And the other 1/3 are lying because they already do 44247701335
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlAdam Sawyer @adamjst.bsky.social · 27/07/2026“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...stlpr.orgOverland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportationsThe couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media. 571701863
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Elon Musk in Memphis, now Zuckerberg in rural Louisiana Why is Silicon Valley doing an environmental racism in the Deep South? 1419789
Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026"somewhere i have never travelled" but very gladly beyondyoutu.beJim Haptonstahl - "somewhere i have never travelled"YouTube video by Jim Haptonstahl 010
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 22/07/2026America got scammed. And like all victims of scam, America *chose* to be scammed. 1218772
Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026in this summer of discontent we receive a brief reprieve - a sprinkling of summer rain: "pépites d'été"youtu.beJim Haptonstahl - "pépites d'été"YouTube video by Jim Haptonstahl 020
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlPeoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 14/07/2026CENTRAL ILLINOIS VOTERS: Sick of members of Congress complicit in the destruction of democracy wreaked upon us by the wannabe king & his authoritarian regime? Here's a chance to meet Paul Nolley, candidate for Illinois' 16th Congressional District - Tues 7/21, 5:30-7:30pm. RSVP for the address. 133
Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026The ICE goons continue their onslaught on humanity. ABOLISH ICE! 010
Reposted by Jim Haptonstahl𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 07/07/2026Before anyone drafts a sympathy card, roll the tape. There's McConnell on Hannity, beaming like a man showing off vacation photos and taking a victory lap for the judicial vacancies he created by blockading a sitting president's nominees. 41130911150
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlPeoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Peoria 50501 & Allies Declare Independence from Wannabe King! At the recent All of U.S. 250 March & Rally many folks signed an 8' x 6' replica of the Declaration of Independence. We resist the authoritarian regime & its "long train of abuses & usurpations", & promote democracy for ALL of us! 041
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 01/07/2026This is an extremely vile but important new quote from Stephen Miller, highlighted below by @larryglickman.bsky.social. It's an expression of Miller's overt ideology of civilizational supremacy, which we tried to dissect at some length recently: newrepublic.com/article/2041... 25248109
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/07/2026They want to convince their followers that we are un-American, in the wrong country. But it’s them. THEY are in the wrong country. Their goals, plans, ideology are no less than an insurrection against the Second Founding - the constitutional framework for our country created after the Civil War. 1713573942
Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Way too close a call. Racism among our highest court is a cancer. Let's hope this doesn't get revisited...but somehow the devious scum in this nation will find other paths to kill Constitutional order. 000
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The Trump administration inked a $1.6 billion deal for a U.S. company to mine tungsten in Kazakhstan. The company is linked to Trump’s sons & Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s sons, who will be personally enriched by their fathers’ policy decisions. The corruption is breathtaking.nytimes.com 10624271066
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlPeoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 28/06/2026WE THE PEOPLE MEANS EVERYONE! On Saturday Central Illinoians of all shapes and stripes showed up strong at Saturday's Peoria 50501 All of U.S. 250 March & Rally! Here are a few pics that captured the many memorable moments. 032
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlPeoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 26/06/2026March for Freedom for ALL of US Rally for Democracy for ALL of US Saturday in Peoria - BE THERE! 022
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026These are the actions of an authoritarian regime, where their agents come to intimidate you if you share public information about how they have killed American citizens 281643531
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlPeoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 24/06/2026LET'S MAKE PEORIA 50501's ALL OF U.S. 250 MARCH & RALLY ONE FOR THE AGES...ALL AGES! --March for Freedom and Equality for ALL --Sign the Declaration of Independence --Mobilize to get out the VOTE in the fall --Rejuvenate your spirits and bask in the community vibe. We the People have the POWER! 063
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlPeoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 21/06/2026On Sat 6/27 the Greater Peoria democracy-loving community gathers to: --celebrate our nation’s birth --stand strong for liberty for ALL of US, demand equality over erasure, & resolve to take charge of the next 250 years starting NOW. We the People have the power. actionnetwork.org/events/all-o... 043
Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026An omen? Storm clouds over U.S. Post Office, Peoria IL 010
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlPeoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 17/06/2026On Tues Peoria 50501’s Banner Brigade displayed banners with powerful messages of our Resistance on the Nebraska Ave Bridge over I-74! Team members waved at rush hour drivers honking their support. Our effort aims to promote All of U.S. 250 March & Rally set for 6/27. Kudos to the Banner Brigade! 063
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlPeoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Join Peoria 50501 & our many allies in the Greater Peoria area for the “All of U.S. 250 March & Rally”, set for Saturday, June 27, 2026, from 2:30pm to 4:00pm, at Peoria Stadium, 315 E War Memorial Dr, Peoria, IL 61614. Reclaim our nation & democracy. THE NEXT 250 STARTS WITH ALL OF US. 021
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlPeoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Sunday evening is prime time with primo weather for a Watch Party! Celebrate Flag Day. Catch live streaming music. Make signs for our big event on 6/27: All of U.S. 250 March & Rally While Bradley Park's Shelter has picnic table seating, feel free to bring lawn chairs. NOT HIS SPOTLIGHT. OUR 250. 041
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlPeoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 09/06/2026RISE UP, SING OUT PEORIA WATCH PARTY In solidarity with the No Kings Coalition, Peoria 50501 invites you to join our Community of Resistance on 6/14 for Rise Up, Sing Out-A Concert for the 1st Amendment, an uplifting evening of music, community, & action. It’s not “his” spotlight. It’s our 250. 412275
Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Another sonic exploration from the Elandorf Music Festival, Memorial Day Weekend, 1987: "Sexual Politics", with me on 12-string/slide guitar and Mark Smith accompanying on drums.youtu.beJim Haptonstahl - "Sexual Politics Live at Elandorf 87"YouTube video by Jim Haptonstahl 010
Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 22/05/2026From the Elandorf Music Festival, Memorial Day weekend, 1987 - "The Universal Hand". With me on guitar/vocals, Robin Akins on bass, Mark Smith on drums, Joel Batty on violin, & Steve Jackson on cello. Big thanks to Robin for the recording & Mark for sharing the memorable photo!youtu.beJim Haptonstahl - "The Universal Hand" Live at Elandorf '87YouTube video by Jim Haptonstahl 010
Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Seems time for emptying jars of data center- contaminated drinking water into the (forced) open mouths of tech bros - streamed for public viewing. 000
Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026"Lament for Lost Souls" - Pity those lacking any sense of belonging in their misbegotten lives...maybe, just maybe, something better will emerge, sometime yet to be determined.youtu.beJim Haptonstahl - "Lament for Lost Souls"YouTube video by Jim Haptonstahl 020
Reposted by Jim HaptonstahlChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 20/05/2026An American leader who believes in science. 308131871994