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Steve D
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Writer (political substack and WIP novels), musician, disabled 🦓, hEDS, long covid, 🏳️‍🌈 ally, nerd: Supernatural, Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, LOTR. 💙forever. 🇺🇦 Слава Україні! Will always push back on trolls and MAGA lies. I ignore all DMs.
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FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."

REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."

FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Confusing questions, cherry-picked testimony, & a politically appointed U.S. attorney

Comey’s case shows what happens when prosecutions serve politics instead of justice

Rep & Dem legal leaders agree that it's an assault on the system

Read here 👇 - TN
www.cbsnews.com/news/comey-s...
Comey seeks to have indictment tossed, arguing senator's questions were "confusing," "ambiguous"
Former FBI Director James Comey is arguing his testimony in response to Sen. Ted Cruz's questions was "literally true" and cannot support a conviction.
www.cbsnews.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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The US military should immediately halt these deadly strikes. Congress should remind the president that there is no war and that these strikes violate US and international law.

Read more from HRW:
US: Maritime Strikes Amount to Extrajudicial Killings
United States military strikes against two boats allegedly carrying drug traffickers, which the Trump administration said killed at least 14 people, were unlawful extrajudicial killings, Human Rights ...
www.hrw.org
October 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/w...

Don von Shitzinpants throws another tantrum
Trump Announces Tariff Increase on Canada Over Reagan Ad Spat
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Don't get distracted by his latest tantrum.

open.substack.com/pub/stevedou...
Canada Touched A Nerve With Trump - And He Went Full Toddler In Response
It’s such a common refrain at this point, it’s almost rote.
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.
This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com

Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
October 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Baron Von Shitzinpants strikes again as No Kings 2.0 was a rousing success

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No Kings 2.0 Was A Rousing Success
And MAGA is scared
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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October 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Looks like people showed up in DC
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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“You can’t shoot ‘em in the head (with pepper balls),” the judge said. “You can’t deploy tear gas. You can’t use flash-bang grenades. You can’t drive a car through a crowd.”

www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/u...
Federal judge demands answers from Trump admin on following order to avoid violent encounters with Chicago protesters | CNN
A judge in Illinois said she has “serious concerns” over whether federal law enforcement agents are following her order to avoid violent encounters with protesters and journalists in Chicago.
www.cnn.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It's the duty of all those with honor to resist this administration
282 Ex DOJ officials open letter: “We believe it’s our duty to sound the alarm about this administration’s degradation of DoJ’s vital work, and its assault on the public servants who do it”

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/e...
October 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Wow. These morons didn't even bother to remove the clear "Policia" on the first riot shield. Unless they somehow think all Portland's riot gear is bought second-hand from Mexico or something?
“.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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October 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Reported Trump plan to cut more than 750,000 older Americans off disability:

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Despite campaign promises, White House eyes new changes to Social Security and Medicare
“I will never do anything that will jeopardize or hurt Social Security or Medicare,” Trump vowed in 2024. I have bad news for voters who believed him.
www.msnbc.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Radicalized right wing terrorism is the greatest threat to this nation.

This story has not gotten enough attention in the national media. This white boy was radicalized by Charlie Kirk and killed two girls for disparaging his name.
October 7, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.
Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies
October 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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October 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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After Columbia canceled my course on race and media, and Washington Poat fired me for speaking about race and violence,

I’m teaching about race and media anyway!

@resistanceschool.bsky.social fall session on Race, Media and International Affairs starts tonight!

600+ signups.

We move!! ✊🏾
October 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This isn't a time to sit idly by or use equivocating language. We may well be at the brink.

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Trump is Right About an Invasion, But He's The Invader
And his "generals" are as dangerous as they are incompetent
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM