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Jim Haptonstahl

@jimhappy.bsky.social
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Intensity meets lyrical & edgy musical M.O., conscience catapulted into quotidian support of individuals w/disabilities & other marginalized people. www.jimhap.bandcamp.com

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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Greater Peoria Area Call to Action - NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY RALLY on 10/17!
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Peoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
NO 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...
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Muther trucking scheming lying fascists
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Very concerning...to Sen Collins' re-election chances. Huzzah.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This 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.
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Reason #2,750,951,863 for why we must rid ourselves of this malicious, toxic, fascist regime.
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026
Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses
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Peoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
No 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.
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No Kings
For 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...
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Eh? Aye-yi-yi!?#!
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Our sick, twisted, sadistic fascist regime knows no bounds. It's past time to rid ourselves of this pestilence.
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Delightful.
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Muthafucking ICE
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Chris⚖️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.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Mamdani 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
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Fucking liars and the lying facist liars they lie for
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
no 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...
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The 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...
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The smell of death surrounds Donald Trump’s regime from Guatemala to Pittsburgh | Will Bunch
In just a year and a half, Donald Trump’s warped agenda is killing innocent people at home and around the world.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/07/2026
And the other 1/3 are lying because they already do
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Adam 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...
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The 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.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Elon Musk in Memphis, now Zuckerberg in rural Louisiana Why is Silicon Valley doing an environmental racism in the Deep South?
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"somewhere i have never travelled" but very gladly beyond
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Jim Haptonstahl - "somewhere i have never travelled"
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
America got scammed. And like all victims of scam, America *chose* to be scammed.
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
in this summer of discontent we receive a brief reprieve - a sprinkling of summer rain: "pépites d'été"
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Jim Haptonstahl - "pépites d'été"
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
T-BONED!
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Peoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
CENTRAL 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.
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The ICE goons continue their onslaught on humanity. ABOLISH ICE!
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 07/07/2026
Before 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.
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Peoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Peoria 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!
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This 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...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
They 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.
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Way 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.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The 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.
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Peoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
WE 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.
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Peoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
March for Freedom for ALL of US Rally for Democracy for ALL of US Saturday in Peoria - BE THERE!
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Mass murderer
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
These 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
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Peoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
LET'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!
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Peoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
On 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...
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
An omen? Storm clouds over U.S. Post Office, Peoria IL
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Peoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
On 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!
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Peoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Join 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.
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Peoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Sunday 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.
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Post-storm Mamma...tus
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Peoria50501 @peoriail50501.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
RISE 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.
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Morning sky with fire rainbow - Peoria IL
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Another 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.
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Jim Haptonstahl - "Sexual Politics Live at Elandorf 87"
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
From 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!
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Jim Haptonstahl - "The Universal Hand" Live at Elandorf '87
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Jim Haptonstahl @jimhappy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Seems time for emptying jars of data center- contaminated drinking water into the (forced) open mouths of tech bros - streamed for public viewing.
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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.
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Jim Haptonstahl - "Lament for Lost Souls"
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
An American leader who believes in science.
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