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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 5d

📌White, toxic masculinity is ruining America, and it’s about time white guys started speaking out about it.

📌This is a piece that has needed writing for years now, but I was finally spurred to action by a run-in with one of these dudes early this morning.

📌Man, I am sick and tired of these guys.

AMERICA'S PLAGUE: WHITE, TOXIC MASCULINITY

Since the rise of Trump, these grotesque, so-called 'men' are proliferating, and only they are better for it ...

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 46m

📌“The fact that I am American means, among other things, people can’t say, like they did about Francis, ‘he doesn’t understand the United States, he just doesn’t see what’s going on.’
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”

-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you for sharing those words, and for your activism.

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One Sassy Liberal @onesassyliberal.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you @dearlstephens.bsky.social

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😘

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Shelby Kent-Stewart @shelbykstewart.bsky.social · 5h

Genital fetishist Nancy Mace (R-SC01) and her Republican colleagues can shove their thoughts and prayers up their NRA-loving asses.

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4 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says

4 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says

A mass shooting at a crowded bar on the idyllic South Carolina island of St. Helena left four people dead and at least 20 injured.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 3h

Highly recommend your Substack, Chris.

Just placing this here because it goes to your clarion call about the dangers of white, toxic masculinity.

AMERICA'S PLAGUE: WHITE, TOXIC MASCULINITY

Since the rise of Trump, these grotesque, so-called 'men' are proliferating, and only they are better for it ...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

I’m Gen X. So as a kid, my summers meant getting shoved out of the house. Playing outside until dark. We swam, scraped our knees, fought, made up, and met girls. You had to make friends in the flesh. No choice.

I have a lot more to say, so check my video write-up.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 4h

I really appreciate that, Shelby.
Have a great Sunday.

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Shelby Kent-Stewart @shelbykstewart.bsky.social · 4h

This all day with heartfelt thanks to @dearlstephens.bsky.social for always telling it like it is.

TRUE STRENGTH
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TRUE STRENGTH

A tribute to the woke ...

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 7h

-Strength has nothing to do with bulging muscles, and everything to do with proud, beating hearts.
-Strength is not measured in tough talk, but in raging compassion.
-Strength is not measured by how many people you step on, but by how many you lift up.

THEY are weak. WE are woke.

NEVER forget it.

TRUE STRENGTH

A tribute to the woke ...

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 8h

The death of America has coincided with the death of its newspapers.

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Karen Dalton Beninato 🐦 @kbeninato.bsky.social · 1d

Lived through this at a small paper. Every consultant pitch seemed like what someone would recommend if they didn't want any more newspapers.

Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 1d

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 22h

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 22h

Republicans 👇🏼

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23h

Republicans declare themselves patriots, then turn around and block the paychecks of the men and women who defend America.

And what’s really wild, some of those same troops keep voting red while getting screwed over again and again.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 23h

😅 What a great memory ...

D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 1d

📌The lovable Diane Keaton has died at 79, while the revolting 79-year-old Donald Trump lives ...

Man, I am sick of this world right now.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Did people actually believe Trump during his campaign, or did they just love the permission he gave them to be racist?

Trump on loop: “They’re stealing your jobs.”

If that were true, why aren’t Americans lining up to take those so-called “stolen” jobs?

Every Trump voter needs to see this.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

The prosecution of Tish James is the product of a broken system that allows lawless billionaires to rule alongside corrupt politicians.

It’s as much a story of New York City as Washington, D.C.

But it's here in New York where a new era of politics will be born.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 1d

-Neil Young is trending because he is a legend, who has filled the world with iconic, soul-clutching music infused with urgency that stands against corporate greed.

-Kid Rock is trending because he is a lowbrow hack, who has enriched himself by standing on a chair, and kissing Trump's ample ass.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 1d

*This was never about lowering prices. It was about locking up brown people.

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 1d

1) WHY isn't this a bigger story? High food prices were cited time and again as a major 2024 campaign issue?

2) Democrats said said over and over again this was going to happen.

3) Why didn't the MSM take it more seriously, when trump LIED over and over again about bringing food prices down???

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 2d

Trump is trying to deploy the National Guard to Oregon, claiming that the state is a battlefield and troops are needed to protect federal agents who are attempting to enforce immigration laws

Meanwhile, at the ICE facility in Portland, it’s

Cry “havoc” and let slip the axolotls of war

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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 1d

dang

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Not today, Satan‼️

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