D. Earl Stephens
@dearlstephens.bsky.social
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This holiday season finds us at war with evil, and I won't be grateful until we've won ...
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🦃 This Thanksgiving, I will not be inviting anybody into my home who I know supports the grotesque, anti-American Donald Trump, nor will I accept any invitation to be anyplace where I might find people who do.
🦃 I will not surround myself with sickening people who excuse bigotry and stand for hate.
🦃 I will not surround myself with sickening people who excuse bigotry and stand for hate.
One in three Americans approve of this monster, who is quickly rotting from the inside out. That 36% have already been dead inside for quite some time.
Trump’s approval rating has fallen among multiple polls as he nears the end of his second term’s first year.
Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Slips 5% To New Second-Term Low After End Of Historic Government Shutdown
Trump’s approval rating has fallen among multiple polls as he nears the end of his second term’s first year.
www.forbes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
One in three Americans approve of this monster, who is quickly rotting from the inside out. That 36% have already been dead inside for quite some time.
📌Pete Hegseth ordered our military to "kill everybody" on a damn boat carrying 11 people. The tiny vessel was repeatedly struck by our military, who have leaked Hegseth's barbaric order to the WaPo.
📌Related: Six politicians reminded our military not to follow grotesque, illegal orders like these.
📌Related: Six politicians reminded our military not to follow grotesque, illegal orders like these.
November 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
📌Pete Hegseth ordered our military to "kill everybody" on a damn boat carrying 11 people. The tiny vessel was repeatedly struck by our military, who have leaked Hegseth's barbaric order to the WaPo.
📌Related: Six politicians reminded our military not to follow grotesque, illegal orders like these.
📌Related: Six politicians reminded our military not to follow grotesque, illegal orders like these.
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Knowing what we know now, the creep factor is high on this one.
Epstein’s Lolita Express took its last flight in 2016 and sat abandoned at Georgia’s Brunswick Airport when photographed in 2020. This is the same jet that’s believed to have carried his trafficking victims & long list of secret VIPs.
Epstein’s Lolita Express took its last flight in 2016 and sat abandoned at Georgia’s Brunswick Airport when photographed in 2020. This is the same jet that’s believed to have carried his trafficking victims & long list of secret VIPs.
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Knowing what we know now, the creep factor is high on this one.
Epstein’s Lolita Express took its last flight in 2016 and sat abandoned at Georgia’s Brunswick Airport when photographed in 2020. This is the same jet that’s believed to have carried his trafficking victims & long list of secret VIPs.
Epstein’s Lolita Express took its last flight in 2016 and sat abandoned at Georgia’s Brunswick Airport when photographed in 2020. This is the same jet that’s believed to have carried his trafficking victims & long list of secret VIPs.
📌The National Guard should have never been in DC., and neither should have the demented Trump, whose failure to deploy the Guard Jan., 6, 2021, while law enforcement was being beaten, our Capitol battered, and lawmakers threatened with death was treason.
Trump later said he loved the attackers.
Trump later said he loved the attackers.
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
📌The National Guard should have never been in DC., and neither should have the demented Trump, whose failure to deploy the Guard Jan., 6, 2021, while law enforcement was being beaten, our Capitol battered, and lawmakers threatened with death was treason.
Trump later said he loved the attackers.
Trump later said he loved the attackers.
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Reporters who fact-check Trump to his face are not “stupid”, they are not “piggies”, and they are not “ugly”. They are doing their jobs, and doing it under pressure most of us will never experience.
We should be grateful for their service. I appreciate their courage now more than ever.
We should be grateful for their service. I appreciate their courage now more than ever.
November 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Reporters who fact-check Trump to his face are not “stupid”, they are not “piggies”, and they are not “ugly”. They are doing their jobs, and doing it under pressure most of us will never experience.
We should be grateful for their service. I appreciate their courage now more than ever.
We should be grateful for their service. I appreciate their courage now more than ever.
📌Trump announced that South Africa would not be invited to next year’s Group of 20 summit in the U.S.
He is doing this for one reason -- and one reason only -- he is a bigot, and so is the majority of his grotesque core support, who are fueled by racism.
This is sickening, and must be called out.
He is doing this for one reason -- and one reason only -- he is a bigot, and so is the majority of his grotesque core support, who are fueled by racism.
This is sickening, and must be called out.
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
📌Trump announced that South Africa would not be invited to next year’s Group of 20 summit in the U.S.
He is doing this for one reason -- and one reason only -- he is a bigot, and so is the majority of his grotesque core support, who are fueled by racism.
This is sickening, and must be called out.
He is doing this for one reason -- and one reason only -- he is a bigot, and so is the majority of his grotesque core support, who are fueled by racism.
This is sickening, and must be called out.
📌We are a country at war against fascism, and its racist residue. We are at war against dark, lawless, centralized forces that do not believe all men and women are created equal, and do the bidding of soulless billionaires who fund all this hell to pad their absurd fortunes.
Thankful?
I'm furious.
Thankful?
I'm furious.
NO THANKS
This holiday season finds us at war with evil, and I won't be grateful until we've won ...
dearlstephens.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
📌We are a country at war against fascism, and its racist residue. We are at war against dark, lawless, centralized forces that do not believe all men and women are created equal, and do the bidding of soulless billionaires who fund all this hell to pad their absurd fortunes.
Thankful?
I'm furious.
Thankful?
I'm furious.
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‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
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“Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting—and conflict.” Proverbs 17:1
#HappyThanksgiving
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#HappyThanksgiving
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🦃 This Thanksgiving, I will not be inviting anybody into my home who I know supports the grotesque, anti-American Donald Trump, nor will I accept any invitation to be anyplace where I might find people who do.
🦃 I will not surround myself with sickening people who excuse bigotry and stand for hate.
🦃 I will not surround myself with sickening people who excuse bigotry and stand for hate.
NO THANKS
This holiday season finds us at war with evil, and I won't be grateful until we've won ...
dearlstephens.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting—and conflict.” Proverbs 17:1
#HappyThanksgiving
🕊️
#HappyThanksgiving
🕊️
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Oh no 😱
Is the media finally treating Trump, who is clearly in rapid decline, the way they treated Biden?
It’s about fucking time! Who’s with me?
Is the media finally treating Trump, who is clearly in rapid decline, the way they treated Biden?
It’s about fucking time! Who’s with me?
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Oh no 😱
Is the media finally treating Trump, who is clearly in rapid decline, the way they treated Biden?
It’s about fucking time! Who’s with me?
Is the media finally treating Trump, who is clearly in rapid decline, the way they treated Biden?
It’s about fucking time! Who’s with me?
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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES 🎶
DAY 26 NOVEMBER 2026
🍂🍁 THANKSGIVING EVE🍂
My message to all of you
Thank you all for your kindness, activism, your inspiration, & driving force
to make our Country better
To Help your fellow man
WHOEVER READS THIS YOU
ARE AMAZING
Each of you make a difference
DAY 26 NOVEMBER 2026
🍂🍁 THANKSGIVING EVE🍂
My message to all of you
Thank you all for your kindness, activism, your inspiration, & driving force
to make our Country better
To Help your fellow man
WHOEVER READS THIS YOU
ARE AMAZING
Each of you make a difference
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES 🎶
DAY 26 NOVEMBER 2026
🍂🍁 THANKSGIVING EVE🍂
My message to all of you
Thank you all for your kindness, activism, your inspiration, & driving force
to make our Country better
To Help your fellow man
WHOEVER READS THIS YOU
ARE AMAZING
Each of you make a difference
DAY 26 NOVEMBER 2026
🍂🍁 THANKSGIVING EVE🍂
My message to all of you
Thank you all for your kindness, activism, your inspiration, & driving force
to make our Country better
To Help your fellow man
WHOEVER READS THIS YOU
ARE AMAZING
Each of you make a difference
GUN
CONTROL
NOW
CONTROL
NOW
My heart is with the National Guard members shot and killed near the White House today and their families who are left to grieve — the day before Thanksgiving.
These shootings are senseless and frequent. They impact everyone. We have to do more.
These shootings are senseless and frequent. They impact everyone. We have to do more.
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
GUN
CONTROL
NOW
CONTROL
NOW
📌I see there is yet more senseless blood on the hands of the America-attacking Trump in Washington, D.C., today.
I swear he is the devil on the Earth.
I swear he is the devil on the Earth.
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
📌I see there is yet more senseless blood on the hands of the America-attacking Trump in Washington, D.C., today.
I swear he is the devil on the Earth.
I swear he is the devil on the Earth.
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TPUBLICAN is perfect if the "T" stands for TRAITOR.
November 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
TPUBLICAN is perfect if the "T" stands for TRAITOR.
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Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
🦃 This Thanksgiving, I will not be inviting anybody into my home who I know supports the grotesque, anti-American Donald Trump, nor will I accept any invitation to be anyplace where I might find people who do.
🦃 I will not surround myself with sickening people who excuse bigotry and stand for hate.
🦃 I will not surround myself with sickening people who excuse bigotry and stand for hate.
NO THANKS
This holiday season finds us at war with evil, and I won't be grateful until we've won ...
dearlstephens.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🦃 This Thanksgiving, I will not be inviting anybody into my home who I know supports the grotesque, anti-American Donald Trump, nor will I accept any invitation to be anyplace where I might find people who do.
🦃 I will not surround myself with sickening people who excuse bigotry and stand for hate.
🦃 I will not surround myself with sickening people who excuse bigotry and stand for hate.
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More Republicans eyeing the exits amid threats and internal warfare.
Who saw this coming? They pour gasoline everywhere, then freak when the flames reach their doorstep.
Who saw this coming? They pour gasoline everywhere, then freak when the flames reach their doorstep.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
More Republicans eyeing the exits amid threats and internal warfare.
Who saw this coming? They pour gasoline everywhere, then freak when the flames reach their doorstep.
Who saw this coming? They pour gasoline everywhere, then freak when the flames reach their doorstep.
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Commander Bonespurs
wants to court martial Senator Mark Kelly who has received several medals of valor
Remember trump also disrespected another great Arizonan Senator John McCain ...Purple Heart
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Stop insulting Arizona distinguished Military Heroes
wants to court martial Senator Mark Kelly who has received several medals of valor
Remember trump also disrespected another great Arizonan Senator John McCain ...Purple Heart
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Stop insulting Arizona distinguished Military Heroes
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Commander Bonespurs
wants to court martial Senator Mark Kelly who has received several medals of valor
Remember trump also disrespected another great Arizonan Senator John McCain ...Purple Heart
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Stop insulting Arizona distinguished Military Heroes
wants to court martial Senator Mark Kelly who has received several medals of valor
Remember trump also disrespected another great Arizonan Senator John McCain ...Purple Heart
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Stop insulting Arizona distinguished Military Heroes
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This epic takedown of Trump’s entire cabinet by Jen Psaki would be funny if millions of lives weren’t hanging in the balance because of his no good, incompetent, unqualified, reckless, corrupt, unserious, and flat out dangerous picks.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
This epic takedown of Trump’s entire cabinet by Jen Psaki would be funny if millions of lives weren’t hanging in the balance because of his no good, incompetent, unqualified, reckless, corrupt, unserious, and flat out dangerous picks.
1/2
1/2
📌Pete Hegseth arriving at the Pentagon this morning to do battle with Mark Kelly ...
a man in a blue shirt and white shorts is walking down a street .
ALT: a man in a blue shirt and white shorts is walking down a street .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
📌Pete Hegseth arriving at the Pentagon this morning to do battle with Mark Kelly ...
📌Yet another attack on Americans ...
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
📌Yet another attack on Americans ...
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“Fight Club”?
Nice to see Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, and Warren pushing back on Schumer’s weak AF midterm strategy, but talk is not enough because he ain’t changing.
One of them needs to step up and challenge him for the leadership slot. Right now!
Nice to see Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, and Warren pushing back on Schumer’s weak AF midterm strategy, but talk is not enough because he ain’t changing.
One of them needs to step up and challenge him for the leadership slot. Right now!
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“Fight Club”?
Nice to see Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, and Warren pushing back on Schumer’s weak AF midterm strategy, but talk is not enough because he ain’t changing.
One of them needs to step up and challenge him for the leadership slot. Right now!
Nice to see Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, and Warren pushing back on Schumer’s weak AF midterm strategy, but talk is not enough because he ain’t changing.
One of them needs to step up and challenge him for the leadership slot. Right now!
📌If these anti-American fascists will come after a patriot like Mark Kelly, they'll damn sure come after you.
They are desperate, have no ideas for improving America, and stand with a woman-abusing, draft-dodging, America-attacking goon, who is rotting from the inside out.
They must be stopped.
They are desperate, have no ideas for improving America, and stand with a woman-abusing, draft-dodging, America-attacking goon, who is rotting from the inside out.
They must be stopped.
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
📌If these anti-American fascists will come after a patriot like Mark Kelly, they'll damn sure come after you.
They are desperate, have no ideas for improving America, and stand with a woman-abusing, draft-dodging, America-attacking goon, who is rotting from the inside out.
They must be stopped.
They are desperate, have no ideas for improving America, and stand with a woman-abusing, draft-dodging, America-attacking goon, who is rotting from the inside out.
They must be stopped.
📌"This madman doesn’t belong in our White House. He belongs in a straitjacket."
My latest @rawstory.com
My latest @rawstory.com
Trump's vicious response proves he's cornered — and dangerous
This was always going to be one of the most dangerous junctures of Donald Trump’s godawful second term, though I admit it arrived a bit earlier than expected.How would the dangerous, ill-bred lout, wh...
www.rawstory.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
📌"This madman doesn’t belong in our White House. He belongs in a straitjacket."
My latest @rawstory.com
My latest @rawstory.com