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Stephen Maaske

@stephenmaaske.bsky.social
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Artist,cartoonist,musician,deadhead. ▪︎80s-90s KC art/underground music scene.🎨🎸 ▪︎Senior graphic design/director~retired/corp.burnout.🔥 ▪︎Making art & music,road tripping,up all night,need coffee,what day is it?✌️❤️☕️ "What a long strange trip it's been!"

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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
It's clear that Susie Wiles sees what's going on, but I dont see the guidance or tenacity a Chief of Staff should have. Observing from the corner like a kind grandmother instead of acting as a strategic advisor and organizing operational efficiency of the staff. She's as unqualified as the others.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This reads like his brain is desperately screaming for help because it's wants to throttle him for gaslighting himself into a deteriorating state of narsassistic psychosis!
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I've never expected this inept administration to go away. However, Democrats swept the field this November in special elections, and the prediction markets, holding at a 69% to 76% percent chance of Democrats taking the House in 2026, we will be able to contain and hobble the rest of Trumps term.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Yep. Well said. The blame does fall on the electorate. He showed us who he was in his first term. Those who voted for him again are complicit in the destruction of our government. Project 2025 was right there. It's been instituted from day one of Trumps second term.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Since Trump's second term, there have been unprecedented mass firings of top military officials, chiefs of staff, joint chiefs, judge advocate generals, and multiple high-level military resignations. This is due to politzation demand for "loyalty" to the president. So, explain this away, Mr. Miller!
List of a historically unprecedented number of the top military officials fired by the Trump administration.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
It's time to ignore the fallacy that socialism is some evil plot. capitalism and "trickle down economics" have failed due to greed. American families are struggling. Democrats like Shumer are complacent. We've been drained dry. Demand higher wages, affordable healthcare, and housing. Tax the rich.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I hope Trump is pacing the halls of the Whitehouse, obsessed about this morning to night, and feeling the walls closing in. I hope every powerful man who damaged the lives of these young girls is in abject fear that their names will be released. If justice is served, they should be in prison.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Yeah! Our biological sexual urges shall not be infringed upon by some Reddit internet group! I'm not beholden to a bunch of repressed NoFap(NoFun) anti-mastrabatory warriors who created this pointlessly frustrating November challenge. I'm taking my laptop and heading to my bedroom. Freedom!!!
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Well, Mike, that's the first time you've ever been right. When we get the majority back in the house, we will absolutely undo the damage you've created, and as your party has abdicated any oversight over this president, we will.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I've still got a box of figurines, trolls, skeletons, orcs, even a dragon... and my bag of dice. I'm in!😊
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
It's doubtful he could point on a map the countries he's talking about. Just because your people talk to their people over some conflict is not stopping a war. None of these 8 conflicts have been resolved. I'm pretty sure the evidence he provided wouldn't pull weight with my 3rd grade teacher.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I've had a skunk family on my property for about 4 years. Those little buggers walk right past us on the back patio. So far, we have some kind of understanding. A truce if you will. Sorry, your dog got sprayed. I'm guessing he got a good bath.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Agreed. He's will try everything. It will be up to our judiciary to hold him to our laws as Congress is complacent in any oversight of this president.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
We can see clearly. It's not hard to spot a liar, Mikey.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Voters are sick of negative, threatening, fear mongering campaigning. Tell us who you are, your experience. Answer all of our questions on policy and how you will address our concerns. That's it. If you're smearing your opponent, you're giving me no real reason to vote for you.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
So, You're tough enough to grab people off our streets, slam them to the ground, put your knee on their neck, zip-tie them, all while being in full tactical gear, and backed up by other ICE officers using brutal force. Don't complain about a sandwich bring thrown at you.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
The president does not constitutionally have any power to change elections. States have the ability to run or change their election process. Vote-in mailing is highly popular. Elections are well run at the state level, and Trump's conspiracy theories on voting and rigging are tired and debunked.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
It would be cool to see a slide show of your favorites. I did one for my dad's army pictures. It was about 300 or so. It took about 40 minutes to watch, so maybe fewer slides and quicker? Oh, I used PowerPoint.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Congratulations on your 365-day "Never Ending Halloween!!" Best holiday of the year! Had our annual "Outdoor firepit & movies Halloween party. First movies are always "Young Frankenstein" and "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" just for fun. Then it's pick your "real" scare time. Happy Halloween! 🎃🎈
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Scare adds are so over the top ridiculous and demean the intelligence of voters. Tell us what you're going to do and how you're going to do it. Leave it at that. We'll decide based on your policy proposals, not how bad your campaign paints the other guy.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
The House&Senate Armed Services Committees, House&Senate Intelligence Committees, and House and Senate leaders from both parties are to be informed of major military/security actions. Their main job is "oversight." Providing information to select Republicans is a red flag. What are they hiding?
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Well, Ketimine is one hell of a drug, so Elon isn't the best source on this. Trump continues to claim that half the US citizens are "The Enemy Within" to his top military generals and is sending the military into our cities to help out his Gestapo tactic ICE thugs, I'd say the problem is here.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Today is October 25th, and my Lilac bushes which dropped all of their leaves in September have buds that are blooming full and beautiful Lilac flowers. I've lived here for 12 years and have never seen anything like this. 2 weeks ago, it was 80° in Nebraska. Our trees are still green. Global warming.
Full blooming Lilac buds... in October? Beautiful but not normal.October 25th. Lilac bushes dropped their leaves in September, but the flowers are blooming. Never seen this before.One of my two Lilac bushes. Dropped their leaves in September. Now budding and blooming in late October. Trees are still green as well. I've lived here 12 years. 2 weeks ago 80°. Global warming in Nebraska.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Awesome playlist. Here's one we used to play at our Halloween parties. youtu.be/Yy9h2q_dr9k?...
youtu.be
Bela Lugosi's Dead (Official Version)
YouTube video by Bauhaus - Topic
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Hope you feel better soon.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Well, he can have his opinion, which he will yell at us. However, I'm fairly sure that our justices are able to interpret our laws legally and without bias. Our judiciary is all we have left to stop this corrupt, lawless administration.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Saying you're sorry doesn't cut it! Now that you feel it's affecting you and you're scared, you're sorry? Well, it's too late. You knew who he was the first go around, and even after Jan, 6th, you voted for him a third time? No. You brought this fascist regime to power. This is your fault.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
On behalf of most of the American people. Our sincerest apologies to the members of the U.N. We pay taxes to keep Donald down in Florida or golfing somewhere... sometimes, he manages to get away. If you find yourself having to sit and listen to him, you have the right to go out for a smoke.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
There needs to be another one. My neighbor is still here.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
So, an escalator not working, and a teleprompter having an issue... is an "insurrection"? An insurrection. Worthy of leaving, boming, or demolishing the UN building. It's ok for FOX to "talk this way" every night, yet they want late night comedians off air? At least their funny.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Yes! I just had knee surgery. Two weeks of insane pain. They slice your leg open, cut your bones to fit the replacement, and sew you up. For two weeks, they give you a regiment of Tramadol (a mild opioid as needed) and two extra strength Tylenol. Icing also helps with pain around the stitched area.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I'm 59 years old. This is not the country I grew up in. Our history is steeped in violence, slavery, racism, but always eying hope and progress. Trump rose to power on the hate we had fought so hard against. Now, gorged on hate, we are tearing each other apart to the cheers of those in power.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
I don't recognize the country I grew up in anymore. I used to feel deep pride singing our national anthem. Not blind nationalism, but the weight of a historical experiment that many before me had fought for. Now, it's just the darkness that my daughter has grown up in. She never saw my country.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Thanks. If the multi-player community is peaceful and the Fallout vibes are there, I'd love to jump back into 76' and start my adventure.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I love the whole Fallout series. Apocalyptic while being humorous at the same time. I tried Fallout 76 in 2019, and it was bad. No NPC's, boring missions, a vacant landscape of nothingness. Have the developers finally put some meat on its bones? I'm playing Cyberpunk2077 now, but I miss Fallout.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Tonight, the president. The greatest divider and peddler of hatred gave a speech. Not more than one sentence after condemning politically divisive rhetoric... he went into a full-blown rant blaming "radical leftist politicians and news media" and threatened to come after them all. Look in a mirror!!
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
This is just as discusting as his 3 hour 17 minute televised cabinet meeting where his hand picked idiots clamered to heap more praise on him than the last. 🤮
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Martin Luther King, Jr., A great American minister, activist, political philosopher, and leader of the civil rights movement warned us about the danger of leaders like Trump. "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
No, Mr. President, your relationship with them is NOT good. This is why they are gathered together in a clear formation of a dangerous "New World Order." Due to your isolationist foreign policies, your praise for these authoritarian leaders, your disrespect of our allies, you have weakened the US.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
In the United States over 200 books have been banned in our schools. This is against our First Amendment rights which protect against government censorship of books, by school officials & library boards because of the ideas they express, violating a students' right to receive information and ideas.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
I miss living out there. I've traveled and lived in many places, but living in Olympia, WA, for 6 years was paradise. I loved the fog, the rain, the ferns, plants, trees, Mt. Rainier, and spending the day on the shoreline of the Puget Sound playing fetch with my dog Ringo. Beautiful photo❤️
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
You're a very courageous B movie viewer. I usually stay in the safe "old fashioned" 1950's-80's B movies. Another Ice Cube B movie that's actually kinda good is "Ghosts of Mars." It's from 2001... way past my safe zone. I love and own all of the original 1968-73 "Planet of the Apes" movies.😊
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I do believe that we can change this world. In America, we need to get rid of Trump. He's stopped all clean energy programs out of spite. There are many young scientists and environmentalists with brilliant solutions. They will need government funding. The rest of us need to change how we live.✌️❤️
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I bought a 1926 farmhouse in Omaha, Nebraska, 14 years ago, fixing it up while keeping its original look. My backyard I've left mostly wild, shaded by giant 100 year old trees. I've noticed my trees looking more parched and leaves yellowing and dropping much earlier. We're in a 10-year drought. 🥺
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I loved your mission statement, "A Beautiful Calm," a perfect description of the feeling of your work. It was nice to get to know you through your biography. Seeing the breadth of your work and opening your studio door to welcome us in. I work designing websites for clients. Cheers, I loved it!
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
I looked into it, and apparently, the Gestapo and SS were obsessively meticulous with their record keeping. Basically, they were far more competent than Trumps administration. Allied forces recovered tons of these documents and records, which were vital evidence at the Nuremberg trials.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Agreed. I live in Red State, Nebraska, and I don't even see any more giant pickups with Trump/American flags. His first term, they were everywhere. Not anymore. Perhaps we're seeing a new form of (TDS) Trump Detatchment Syndrome.
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Trump is turning Americans against him. We don't want this shit in our cities, and we will fight back. This is fascist terrrorism. Not in America!
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Oh man. That's the truth. I was a graphic designer for a large corporation. I needed three screens to do all my work. I gave them 25 years of my life just to buy a small home. This is spot on!✌️
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Stephen Maaske @stephenmaaske.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
If he continues this push to militarize our cities, it's going to backfire on Republicans in the midterms and his administration. People don't want the military in their streets. It's a horrible look, and these fascists don't realize it because their not listening to the people.
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