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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 23m

A genuinely loathsome man.

I suspect we will not be rid of him until arterial plaques have their way with him.

Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 31m

I'm the friend who supplied Clayton with his copy of Saving Democracy, which I'm enjoying a lot.

"Resistance Book Reviews:
Saving Democracy by David Pepper"
By Clayton Callahan, Washington County Democrats Communications Committee Member

washcodems.org/2025/10/13/r...

Resistance Book Review: Saving Democracy

Feeling powerless about politics? Discover David Pepper’s Saving Democracy—a powerful guide showing how everyday citizens can fight back and protect democracy.

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 55m

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Protest is essential. It builds solidarity. It gets people off of their fucking asses. It gives them a chance to network.

And it lets the authoritarians know we are not on their side, not being push-overs, and not shutting up.

#NoKings

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1h

I have blocked this person, but I keep seeing people say things like this, and I’m begging people to understand two things.

(1) Just because peaceful protest may not be sufficient to win this moment does not mean that it is not necessary.

It is.

From: Olde Stuffe @annalsofwarren.bsky.social

i appreciate your words very often
Germans were very angry at their own government for not being truthful about the fierce nature of their enemy in WWI
this betrayal by leaders and mouthpieces led directly to Hitler and NSDAP
we're telling Americans peaceful protest will solve this
it won't

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1h

Gawd, how long is that loser going to stretch this case out?

Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1h

Mixed feelings on this.

On one hand, an awful lot of people in "red states" did NOT "vote for this" but are suffering anyway.

On the other . . . yeah, schadenfreude pie is very tasty.

www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCrin...

I don't care

www.reddit.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 12h

I frequently say you don't need to protest. You don't! There are a thousand other ways to push back on fascism if protesting doesn't feel comfortable or safe for you!

But if you CAN go, this 10/18 #NoKings thing is really a key protest to participate in. Be part of it, friends.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

NO KINGS, y'all! October 18! Find a rally near you and GO!

nokings.org

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 2h

Haven't walked 70 miles in a week for a while.

Graphic showing various exercise goals, as recorded by a Fitbit fitness tracker.

Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 2h

"Wait. They can FLY now?"

"Yes, Survey Master."

"Mark the planet quarantine. We'll try again in another million years. Maybe they'll have eaten each other by then."

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Weremuskrat John @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 17h

It's a Great British Baked DORK TOWER MONDAY! Paul Hollywood Handshake of a strip up now, at the Mothership!

www.dorktower.com/2025/10/13/h...

Reblog/Repost but don't reheat, please and thank you!

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 2h

All this fear and suffering just so Stephen Miller can get a hard-on.

NPR @npr.org · 5h

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent

Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 13h

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 14h

Followed by:

Photo of Donald Trump with terrible makeup and a strange expression, and Elon Musk gesturing with his glasses and hand.

Caption:

"The animating purpose of representational democracy is to protect the rest of us from the whims of insane rich people.

Everything else is wainscoting." -- John Rogers

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 23h

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 23h

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

Musk demands US troops be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs

www.independent.co.uk

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 17h

I can't wait for comedians and cartoonists to lay into President Vance with a vengeance.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 18h

Mike Johnson really doesn’t want you to go to the largest peaceful protest in American history: NoKings.org

NO KINGS
For the love of America

OCTOBER 18
www.NoKings.org

Picture of Statue of Liberty with American flag in the background

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DH_Austin @dhaustin.bsky.social · 18h

I just wanna draw space ships on graph paper, play D&D and Traveller, and make friends.

Is that wrong?

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 1d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Joel Chaim Holtzman @joelchaimholtzman.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to share the new wraparound bottle design for Glen Scotia Whisky’s third edition of Icons of Campbeltown: The Legend of the Scottish Wulver!
It’s been a real pleasure collaborating with the Loch Lomond Group on these releases, and I can’t wait to try this latest edition!

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1d

I like this kind of wolf person far more than the hungry angry werewolf.

Just a helpful shaggy guy. Might put on a trench coat and large hat and visit a pub now and then. Quietly pick up everyone's tab. Pee on the door sill on the way out.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1d

Every Republican state house incumbent and candidate needs opponents. Democratic, DSA, whatever.

This is the job of county and state level parties. They need volunteers and funding to support those candidates. And they need actual candidates.

If you want to change things, get involved.

Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 1d

New study finds Democrats represent public opinion better than Republicans: "the quality of statehouse democracy, here meaning the dynamic relationship between opinion and policy, is substantially weakened by Republican Party control of state government."

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1d

Listen:

We are not trapped in a historical analogy.

Quit filling out your Autocracy Bingo Card and mournfully quoting Hannah Arendt. Find some friends, stand up, get out there, speak out.

Flood our public spaces with citizens who love democracy and diversity, and thus smother out the hate & fear.

(Social media post from September 22; the user's name has been deleted.)

A bright spot from a friend in Philly:

"The Proud Boys - a white supremacist group with a
stupid name - planned a rally a block from my house
today. The "belly of the beast" rally. Because apparently
that's where | live - the belly of the antifa beast. Whatever
the fuck that means.

2 hours before it was supposed to start, the park starts
filling up with my neighbors. A drum line shows up. A
brass band plays. The anarchists are giving away
vegetables and nachos and some artists are selling
jewelry. Black leaders give speeches. We chant Breonna
Taylor's name. And all the other names.

No right-wing rally every coalesces. There was never
room for a critical mass to congregate. A lost-looking
man or two walks to the park, doesn't see their people,
turns around. A right-wing vlogger trying to debate people
is surrounded and walked to the edge of the park.
Someone spotted with a handgun is chased through the
park, to their car, by over 100 people. The ice cream truck
music plays the whole time.

The usual guys sets their chess tables and start playing,
the crowd of neighbors start to break up.

Nazis, we will replace you. We will displace you. We will
louder and more numerous. We anti-fascists are full of
music and love and nachos. We will always replace you."

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · Feb 24

The WokeGiant tumblr has LOTS of great art along these lines:

www.tumblr.com/wokegiant-blog

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1d

My Kindergarten class actually saw the Mr. Bungle short! Circa 1966.

We laughed like crazy when Mr. Bungle knocked down the bowling-pin people.

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Stefan E. Jones @stefanejones.bsky.social · 1d

3/3) Our local event includes a march on the sidewalks along a busy thoroughfare.

I'm making pedestrian stop/go signs for marshals to employ at intersections. We don't want any eager marchers crossing in front of traffic.

Work table with materials for STOP and GO pedestrian signs.

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