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Stephen Andrew Knight

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Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 18d

Ultimately, THIS is what I wish I could’ve gotten to in the @jubileemedia.bsky.social #Surrounded video w/ #AllieBethStuckey.

It’s not what she would’ve wanted. It’s not what they (the producers) would’ve wanted, but I wish I (or someone else) had been able to talk about what’s really going on!

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Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 23h

Elon Musk is out here making the best argument against capitalism that you might ever hear.

#MakeAmericaSocialist

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Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 1d

Back in the classroom today!

I had a great time speaking to the small business students at McDowell Tech this morning.

#McDowellTech #McDowellCounty #MarionNC #SmallBusiness #SmallBusinessCenter

Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 3d

Wow! 😮

Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 3d

The proverbial Chipotle in the coalmine.

#Chipotle #TrumpSlump #TrumpRecession #TrumpDownturn #TrumpEconomy

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Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 3d

If you’re in the #NationalGuard, no, you’re not anymore. Because you’re going to resign—immediately. Because this is bullsh*t, and you know it. We don’t serve fascist dictators here in the United States of America. Contentiously object today. Don’t do this sh*t.

Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 4d

This is Trump shitting on Americans. #NeverForget

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Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 5d

Trump’s government is now using #AI to spy on all of us on #socialmedia. That’s meant to intimidate us and chill #freespeech. F*** that sh*t.

#FuckICE #SocMed #SurveillanceState #FDT

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 5d

Big Pharma jacked up prices on 575 drugs in the first two fucking days of 2025 — then spent $227 million lobbying the government to protect their profits. While Americans skip doses and go broke, they’re buying silence in Washington.

Hold Big Pharma accountable. Read this: bit.ly/4ocbgsb

Big Pharma Can Tweak Drugs to Keep Generics Off the Market

Taking advantage of a broken patent system, Big Pharma is making minor tweaks to medications just to keep affordable generics off the market, a new report suggests. They’ve made billions of dollars in...

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Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 5d

Stop being a Trump supporter. 😂

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Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Mac Marquis was here at Bigfoot Books & Brews yesterday to talk to us about the #prisonbooksmovement. Here he is talking about the Asheville Prison Books project and how folks can support it and get involved! #AVL #WNC

Check out the wishlist & make a book donation: bookshop.org/wishlists/53...

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Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 10d

The face you make when the idiot you’re working with slips up & tells the world that you’ve been masterminding the plan to build luxury hotels on the #GazaStrip since BEFORE the #October7 Hamas terror attack (which it seems clear now Israel ALLOWED to happen to give them the pretense for #genocide).

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Flying Pace @flyingpace.bsky.social · 11d

Because even liberal politicians & press are so used to treating Trump as the Great White Exception, they’re missing the scale of the crisis here. If Congress doesn’t impeach and remove Trump for straight-up plundering the Treasury, it will break the tax system. Millions will not file, will not pay.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11d

Finally: If Trump is hinting or outright demanding that DOJ give him $230 million in claims, how can any official who might be needing a pardon later say no to him? Reinforces the picture of all this as a kind of criminal syndicate. Raskin is strong on this here:

newrepublic.com/article/2021...

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Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 10d

Today I climbed a tall pole and jumped off of it. And I lived to tell about it.

Thank you, @jlusa.org for the amazing staff retreat at #CampJoy in Ohio!

#PamperPole #TrustFall

Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 11d

“The East Wing was originally constructed in 1902 as an extension to the White House. It underwent a major expansion and renovation in 1942. … The building served as office space for the first lady and her staff, including the White House social secretary,” etc.

#RIPEastWing after 123 years

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Joshua B. Hoe @joshuabhoe.bsky.social · 11d

If Donald Trump were interested in stopping Venezuelan drug smuggling...He would arrest the people in the boats so he could QUESTION THEM about the cartels

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Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 11d

Trump lies about everything. Why does the media still insist on reporting on this as if this is just some “change in plans”? No, he lied. He’s just doing what he planned on doing all along. He just lied about it, until now. Next we’ll find out it’s not all being paid for by private donations.

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Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 11d

Wish I could’ve met @kevinjamesthornton.bsky.social !

#ShamalaHamala #Cincinnati #QueenCity

Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 13d

It should not have to be said that indiscriminately bombing & killing fishermen in the waters off South America / Caribbean is a crime & must be punished to the full extent of international law. Trump is a m*rderer. And no, we do not “trust you.” The real bad guys are the ones doing the killing.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 13d

When you’ve lost Epoch Times, Fox and Newsmax as a right-winger, maybe you are the problem.

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Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 13d

Happy “Look At Me, I’m Bigfoot” Day!

Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 13d

58 YEARS AGO TODAY! On October 20, 1967, Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin recorded a short 59.5 second film allegedly depicting a female Bigfoot, sometimes nicknamed “Patty.”

Get a Bigfoot Books & Brews gift card with “Patty” on it now: bigfootbooksnc.com/giftcards

Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 13d

UPDATE: Made it!

Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 13d

Trying to fly early this morning, and Amazon Web Services is down GLOBALLY. Which means Delta is down. I might not get off the ground here. We’ll see.

#AVL #Delta #DeltaAirlines #AWS #Amazon #AmazonOutage

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Bigfoot Books & Brews @bigfootbooksnc.bsky.social · 14d

This week is Prison Banned Books Week, and we are honored to be partnering with Asheville Prison Books to get books donated to incarcerated people in western North Carolina.

View the wishlist on our Bookshop store at bigfootbooksnc.com/prisonbannedbooks

#BannedBooks #PrisonBannedBooks #AVL #WNC

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Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 15d

I don’t know why editing this in iMovie on my phone glitched the audio so bad but bear with it if you can. The full video is up on YT. I wish #Bluesky allowed longer videos!!! @bsky.app

#Jubilee #Surrounded #AllieStuckey #Abortion #ProLife #ProChoice

Stephen Andrew Knight @knightopia.net · 15d

They say never read the comments—or comment yourself! Uh-oh. I did both. Here’s my recap of some of the “greatest hits.”

#Jubilee #Surrounded #AllieStuckey #Abortion #ProLife #ProChoice