Phil Steck
@philsteck.bsky.social
Member of NYS Assembly - 110th AD, representing Colonie, Niskayuna, Guilderland, and Schenectady. Follows, replies ≠ endorsement.
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@ellensartandpets.bsky.social Maybe nobody told you but Republicans control all three branches of government.
December 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@ellensartandpets.bsky.social Maybe nobody told you but Republicans control all three branches of government.
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Chuck Schumer won't say if he opposes regime change in Venezuela.
JAKE TAPPER: Do you disagree with President Trump's ultimate goal of regime change in Venezuela?
CHUCK SCHUMER: President Trump throws out so many different things in so many different ways, you don't even know what the heck ...
JAKE TAPPER: Do you disagree with President Trump's ultimate goal of regime change in Venezuela?
CHUCK SCHUMER: President Trump throws out so many different things in so many different ways, you don't even know what the heck ...
December 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Chuck Schumer won't say if he opposes regime change in Venezuela.
JAKE TAPPER: Do you disagree with President Trump's ultimate goal of regime change in Venezuela?
CHUCK SCHUMER: President Trump throws out so many different things in so many different ways, you don't even know what the heck ...
JAKE TAPPER: Do you disagree with President Trump's ultimate goal of regime change in Venezuela?
CHUCK SCHUMER: President Trump throws out so many different things in so many different ways, you don't even know what the heck ...
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After seeing Morgan Stanley's new $TSLA analyst awarding a $210bn ($60/share) valuation for Tesla's (non-existent) Optimus program, I've been gathering a list of Musk's "fails".
Interesting to find that, since his "homerun" with the Model Y, Musk's been on a non-stop downward spiral of innovation.
Interesting to find that, since his "homerun" with the Model Y, Musk's been on a non-stop downward spiral of innovation.
December 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
After seeing Morgan Stanley's new $TSLA analyst awarding a $210bn ($60/share) valuation for Tesla's (non-existent) Optimus program, I've been gathering a list of Musk's "fails".
Interesting to find that, since his "homerun" with the Model Y, Musk's been on a non-stop downward spiral of innovation.
Interesting to find that, since his "homerun" with the Model Y, Musk's been on a non-stop downward spiral of innovation.
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There is no question about it: Alito, Thomas, Roberts, and the three Trump Supreme Court appointees are all GOP partisan hacks.
Pass term limits. Expand the court. Enact an enforceable code of ethics.
We must keep pushing Democrats to enact court reform.
Pass term limits. Expand the court. Enact an enforceable code of ethics.
We must keep pushing Democrats to enact court reform.
How to Fix a Broken Supreme Court | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
There is no question about it: Alito, Thomas, Roberts, and the three Trump Supreme Court appointees are all GOP partisan hacks.
Pass term limits. Expand the court. Enact an enforceable code of ethics.
We must keep pushing Democrats to enact court reform.
Pass term limits. Expand the court. Enact an enforceable code of ethics.
We must keep pushing Democrats to enact court reform.
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Jesus Christ, public opinion is not some static thing that has to be “respected” by politicians.
Politicians should work to shape it, to make the case for their priorities and positions, to win over voters to *their* ideas not convince voters that they agree with them.
Politicians should work to shape it, to make the case for their priorities and positions, to win over voters to *their* ideas not convince voters that they agree with them.
This exchange drives me nuts. Neither the interviewer nor Bazelon acknowledges that 1) abortion rights are really popular! and 2) what ICE is doing is hugely unpopular!
December 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Jesus Christ, public opinion is not some static thing that has to be “respected” by politicians.
Politicians should work to shape it, to make the case for their priorities and positions, to win over voters to *their* ideas not convince voters that they agree with them.
Politicians should work to shape it, to make the case for their priorities and positions, to win over voters to *their* ideas not convince voters that they agree with them.
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Elon Musk is furious that people who were not born in America are able to cast a vote in American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Elon Musk is furious that people who were not born in America are able to cast a vote in American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
I wonder what his attitude is about people who were not born in America but spend billions of dollars influencing American elections.
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TikTok didn’t block food and medical aid in Gaza.
Snapchat didn’t approve thousands of settlement units.
Twitter didn’t give Netanyahu a blank check.
Israel doesn’t have a PR problem; it has a policy problem, which the US has enabled. 1/7 🧵
Snapchat didn’t approve thousands of settlement units.
Twitter didn’t give Netanyahu a blank check.
Israel doesn’t have a PR problem; it has a policy problem, which the US has enabled. 1/7 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
TikTok didn’t block food and medical aid in Gaza.
Snapchat didn’t approve thousands of settlement units.
Twitter didn’t give Netanyahu a blank check.
Israel doesn’t have a PR problem; it has a policy problem, which the US has enabled. 1/7 🧵
Snapchat didn’t approve thousands of settlement units.
Twitter didn’t give Netanyahu a blank check.
Israel doesn’t have a PR problem; it has a policy problem, which the US has enabled. 1/7 🧵
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Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
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I can’t understand a politician watching Trumps speech and your takeaway attack message is that he “didn’t say anything.” The Democrats are fundamentally broken on this front. They’re winning by default but are set up to lose the long fight.
December 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I can’t understand a politician watching Trumps speech and your takeaway attack message is that he “didn’t say anything.” The Democrats are fundamentally broken on this front. They’re winning by default but are set up to lose the long fight.
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Look at this chart.
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Look at this chart.
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
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Shocking ahistorical error on NPR's Morning Edition, which stated as fact that America had "record" inflation under Biden, a frequent fact-free Trump claim.
Biden topped 9%, then brought it down to under 3%.
The record? 23.7% in 1920, but also 14.4% in 1947, and 14.8% as the '70s became the '80s.
Biden topped 9%, then brought it down to under 3%.
The record? 23.7% in 1920, but also 14.4% in 1947, and 14.8% as the '70s became the '80s.
December 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Shocking ahistorical error on NPR's Morning Edition, which stated as fact that America had "record" inflation under Biden, a frequent fact-free Trump claim.
Biden topped 9%, then brought it down to under 3%.
The record? 23.7% in 1920, but also 14.4% in 1947, and 14.8% as the '70s became the '80s.
Biden topped 9%, then brought it down to under 3%.
The record? 23.7% in 1920, but also 14.4% in 1947, and 14.8% as the '70s became the '80s.
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Trump’s game plan when caught by a reporter:
1. I know nothing about that
2. I never said that
3. Deny everything
4. Call them piggy, stupid, fat or
Fake news.
1. I know nothing about that
2. I never said that
3. Deny everything
4. Call them piggy, stupid, fat or
Fake news.
December 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Trump’s game plan when caught by a reporter:
1. I know nothing about that
2. I never said that
3. Deny everything
4. Call them piggy, stupid, fat or
Fake news.
1. I know nothing about that
2. I never said that
3. Deny everything
4. Call them piggy, stupid, fat or
Fake news.
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A Democratic Party not having an explicit platform of reforming the Judicial Branch after today is not a party I want to vote for.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A Democratic Party not having an explicit platform of reforming the Judicial Branch after today is not a party I want to vote for.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.
The strongly worded letters have to stop someday.
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New column from @jeremybenami.bsky.social:
If we want the next generation of American Jews to stay connected to Israel, we owe them honesty – not mythology.
Real love is built on truth, responsibility and the work of building a more just future.
🔗 jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/how-can-i-...
If we want the next generation of American Jews to stay connected to Israel, we owe them honesty – not mythology.
Real love is built on truth, responsibility and the work of building a more just future.
🔗 jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/how-can-i-...
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
New column from @jeremybenami.bsky.social:
If we want the next generation of American Jews to stay connected to Israel, we owe them honesty – not mythology.
Real love is built on truth, responsibility and the work of building a more just future.
🔗 jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/how-can-i-...
If we want the next generation of American Jews to stay connected to Israel, we owe them honesty – not mythology.
Real love is built on truth, responsibility and the work of building a more just future.
🔗 jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/how-can-i-...
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If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and moral, then it’s not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power. - Dwight Eisenhower
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Universal healthcare is a moral imperative. It unleashes creativity. It unleashes small business.
I often think about what Maine would look like if all of my friends who work incredibly hard didn't have to worry about healthcare.
I often think about what Maine would look like if all of my friends who work incredibly hard didn't have to worry about healthcare.
December 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Universal healthcare is a moral imperative. It unleashes creativity. It unleashes small business.
I often think about what Maine would look like if all of my friends who work incredibly hard didn't have to worry about healthcare.
I often think about what Maine would look like if all of my friends who work incredibly hard didn't have to worry about healthcare.
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“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
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Sudthisak Rinthalak was a Thai farmworker. He came to Israel to earn a living, and never came home.
His body has now been returned, more than two years after he was taken and killed on Oct. 7. May his family finally have the dignity of laying him to rest.
His body has now been returned, more than two years after he was taken and killed on Oct. 7. May his family finally have the dignity of laying him to rest.
Hamas Returns Body of Last Thai Hostage in Gaza
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Sudthisak Rinthalak was a Thai farmworker. He came to Israel to earn a living, and never came home.
His body has now been returned, more than two years after he was taken and killed on Oct. 7. May his family finally have the dignity of laying him to rest.
His body has now been returned, more than two years after he was taken and killed on Oct. 7. May his family finally have the dignity of laying him to rest.
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The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
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rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
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🎧: Trump and Netanyahu have shown disregard for democracy – and it’s hardly a surprise that Trump emboldened Netanyahu to seek a pardon.
Americans and Israelis deserve leaders committed to a democracy aligned with our Jewish and democratic values.
Americans and Israelis deserve leaders committed to a democracy aligned with our Jewish and democratic values.
How Trump 'emboldened' Netanyahu to seek a pardon
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www.haaretz.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🎧: Trump and Netanyahu have shown disregard for democracy – and it’s hardly a surprise that Trump emboldened Netanyahu to seek a pardon.
Americans and Israelis deserve leaders committed to a democracy aligned with our Jewish and democratic values.
Americans and Israelis deserve leaders committed to a democracy aligned with our Jewish and democratic values.
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A corrupt president pardons a corrupt member of Congress for corrupt reasons. With multiple guilty pleas establishing a bribery-laundering scheme, Hakeem Jeffries still called the case “thin” and sought cover in a bribery-plagued Supreme Court.
A lesson in squandering potential inroads with voters.
A lesson in squandering potential inroads with voters.
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A corrupt president pardons a corrupt member of Congress for corrupt reasons. With multiple guilty pleas establishing a bribery-laundering scheme, Hakeem Jeffries still called the case “thin” and sought cover in a bribery-plagued Supreme Court.
A lesson in squandering potential inroads with voters.
A lesson in squandering potential inroads with voters.
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Today's sidewalk chalk message
Kavanaugh Stops
What if ICE was stopping cars and
busting out windows with rifle butts because
the people inside
"looked Jewish"
Kavanaugh Stops
What if ICE was stopping cars and
busting out windows with rifle butts because
the people inside
"looked Jewish"
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Today's sidewalk chalk message
Kavanaugh Stops
What if ICE was stopping cars and
busting out windows with rifle butts because
the people inside
"looked Jewish"
Kavanaugh Stops
What if ICE was stopping cars and
busting out windows with rifle butts because
the people inside
"looked Jewish"
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Progressive @CornelWest,bsky.social points to #DonaldTrump as an example of our "gangsterized" moment in history.
"What I mean is the eclipse of integrity, honesty, decency," he says.
But he adds, "Gangsterism is not just a right-wing thing."
Follow on Spotify: tinyurl.com/48thv562
"What I mean is the eclipse of integrity, honesty, decency," he says.
But he adds, "Gangsterism is not just a right-wing thing."
Follow on Spotify: tinyurl.com/48thv562
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Progressive @CornelWest,bsky.social points to #DonaldTrump as an example of our "gangsterized" moment in history.
"What I mean is the eclipse of integrity, honesty, decency," he says.
But he adds, "Gangsterism is not just a right-wing thing."
Follow on Spotify: tinyurl.com/48thv562
"What I mean is the eclipse of integrity, honesty, decency," he says.
But he adds, "Gangsterism is not just a right-wing thing."
Follow on Spotify: tinyurl.com/48thv562