D. Earl Stephens
@dearlstephens.bsky.social
Won journalism awards at ancient places called "newspapers" | Author | Columnist Raw Story, Alternet, Elsewhere | Navy Vet | Retired Managing Editor Stars & Stripes | Troublemaker | Animal-lover | https://dearlstephens.substack.com for my latest ...
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STATEMENT ON STARS AND STRIPES
The newspaper's congressionally mandated editorial independence must be protected
dearlstephens.substack.com
🇺🇸 I was the Managing Editor of Stars and Stripes for a decade.
Please see my statement on Trump and Hegseth’s anti-American attack on the paper’s congressionally mandated editorial freedoms, and what that could mean for us and its readers.
-Earl
Please see my statement on Trump and Hegseth’s anti-American attack on the paper’s congressionally mandated editorial freedoms, and what that could mean for us and its readers.
-Earl
📌My contempt for the stupid, racist, misogynistic motherfuckers who couldn't vote for Kamala Harris knows no bounds right now.
January 24, 2026 at 5:56 PM
📌My contempt for the stupid, racist, misogynistic motherfuckers who couldn't vote for Kamala Harris knows no bounds right now.
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Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"
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SEE IT FOR YOURSELF: Another ICE shooting in Minneapolis:
🚨 Video shows multiple ICE thugs wrestling someone near Nicollet and East 26th before the victim is shot. He appears lifeless.
Details are still coming in.
🚨 Video shows multiple ICE thugs wrestling someone near Nicollet and East 26th before the victim is shot. He appears lifeless.
Details are still coming in.
January 24, 2026 at 4:29 PM
SEE IT FOR YOURSELF: Another ICE shooting in Minneapolis:
🚨 Video shows multiple ICE thugs wrestling someone near Nicollet and East 26th before the victim is shot. He appears lifeless.
Details are still coming in.
🚨 Video shows multiple ICE thugs wrestling someone near Nicollet and East 26th before the victim is shot. He appears lifeless.
Details are still coming in.
📌BREAKING:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said federal agents shot another person in Minnesota Saturday morning.
"Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now."
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said federal agents shot another person in Minnesota Saturday morning.
"Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now."
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
📌BREAKING:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said federal agents shot another person in Minnesota Saturday morning.
"Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now."
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said federal agents shot another person in Minnesota Saturday morning.
"Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now."
🇺🇸 I was the Managing Editor of Stars and Stripes for a decade.
Please see my statement on Trump and Hegseth’s anti-American attack on the paper’s congressionally mandated editorial freedoms, and what that could mean for us and its readers.
-Earl
Please see my statement on Trump and Hegseth’s anti-American attack on the paper’s congressionally mandated editorial freedoms, and what that could mean for us and its readers.
-Earl
STATEMENT ON STARS AND STRIPES
The newspaper's congressionally mandated editorial independence must be protected
dearlstephens.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 4:11 PM
🇺🇸 I was the Managing Editor of Stars and Stripes for a decade.
Please see my statement on Trump and Hegseth’s anti-American attack on the paper’s congressionally mandated editorial freedoms, and what that could mean for us and its readers.
-Earl
Please see my statement on Trump and Hegseth’s anti-American attack on the paper’s congressionally mandated editorial freedoms, and what that could mean for us and its readers.
-Earl
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We’ve got another government shutdown opportunity at the end of this month. Here’s what we should be demanding: permanent ACA tax subsidies and no more ICE funding.
🖊️ Dear Democrats, never give up leverage to people who negotiate in bad faith.
@democrats.senate.gov
🖊️ Dear Democrats, never give up leverage to people who negotiate in bad faith.
@democrats.senate.gov
January 24, 2026 at 3:30 AM
We’ve got another government shutdown opportunity at the end of this month. Here’s what we should be demanding: permanent ACA tax subsidies and no more ICE funding.
🖊️ Dear Democrats, never give up leverage to people who negotiate in bad faith.
@democrats.senate.gov
🖊️ Dear Democrats, never give up leverage to people who negotiate in bad faith.
@democrats.senate.gov
🇺🇸 Temperatures in the upper-midwest were well below zero today, but the people in Minnesota braved the frigid cold, and showed up to fight for ALL OF US.
🇺🇸 I hear a lot of people saying we aren't doing enough to fight Trump's fascism. Well, go tell that to the patriots in Minnesota.
(NYT photo)
🇺🇸 I hear a lot of people saying we aren't doing enough to fight Trump's fascism. Well, go tell that to the patriots in Minnesota.
(NYT photo)
January 24, 2026 at 1:16 AM
🇺🇸 Temperatures in the upper-midwest were well below zero today, but the people in Minnesota braved the frigid cold, and showed up to fight for ALL OF US.
🇺🇸 I hear a lot of people saying we aren't doing enough to fight Trump's fascism. Well, go tell that to the patriots in Minnesota.
(NYT photo)
🇺🇸 I hear a lot of people saying we aren't doing enough to fight Trump's fascism. Well, go tell that to the patriots in Minnesota.
(NYT photo)
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My morning commute energy, public truth 🔥
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
January 23, 2026 at 10:33 PM
My morning commute energy, public truth 🔥
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
📌“As I type this from the battleground of Madison, Wisconsin, America and our allies are under steady attack by a 79-year-old, deranged felon with mommy issues, a nuclear arsenal at his disposal, and a gutless Republican Party which is leading from the vicinity of his fat behind …”
SPECIAL REPORT: INSPIRATION POINT
A look at where we've been in 2025, and where we can go in 2026 if people, not parties, continue to lead the way ...
dearlstephens.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:13 PM
📌“As I type this from the battleground of Madison, Wisconsin, America and our allies are under steady attack by a 79-year-old, deranged felon with mommy issues, a nuclear arsenal at his disposal, and a gutless Republican Party which is leading from the vicinity of his fat behind …”
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Tim Kaine is a NO on the funding bill 💥
Every Democrat should be a NO on funding ICE’s cruelty, family separation, abuse, and disappearances.
SHUT IT DOWN.
NOT ONE MORE DIME.
Every Democrat should be a NO on funding ICE’s cruelty, family separation, abuse, and disappearances.
SHUT IT DOWN.
NOT ONE MORE DIME.
January 23, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Tim Kaine is a NO on the funding bill 💥
Every Democrat should be a NO on funding ICE’s cruelty, family separation, abuse, and disappearances.
SHUT IT DOWN.
NOT ONE MORE DIME.
Every Democrat should be a NO on funding ICE’s cruelty, family separation, abuse, and disappearances.
SHUT IT DOWN.
NOT ONE MORE DIME.
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TRUMP TO AMERICANS: “Here’s $1000 to buy healthcare that costs you $3,000/month.”
That’s $36,000/year.
Awesome plan 🙄
#RepublicanHealthcareDisaster
That’s $36,000/year.
Awesome plan 🙄
#RepublicanHealthcareDisaster
January 23, 2026 at 6:04 PM
TRUMP TO AMERICANS: “Here’s $1000 to buy healthcare that costs you $3,000/month.”
That’s $36,000/year.
Awesome plan 🙄
#RepublicanHealthcareDisaster
That’s $36,000/year.
Awesome plan 🙄
#RepublicanHealthcareDisaster
📌How come the DOJ's illegal refusal to release the Epstein Files isn't being accurately referred to as a "cover-up?"
January 23, 2026 at 4:48 PM
📌How come the DOJ's illegal refusal to release the Epstein Files isn't being accurately referred to as a "cover-up?"
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It boils down to this: They want the founding without the violence that made it possible.
January 23, 2026 at 5:55 AM
It boils down to this: They want the founding without the violence that made it possible.
📌The thing about Jack Smith's testimony today is that it is easily corroborated because we all watched the attack on TV, including the guy behind it, who did nothing about it for three hours.
January 23, 2026 at 1:25 AM
📌The thing about Jack Smith's testimony today is that it is easily corroborated because we all watched the attack on TV, including the guy behind it, who did nothing about it for three hours.
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ICE is a taxpayer funded agency built on family separation, racial profiling, abuse, and lies. Cruelty is carried out in our name.
Democrats who still voted to fund it:
•Davis (NC-01)
•Cuellar (TX-28)
•Gillen (NY-04)
•Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
•Gonzalez (TX-34)
•Golden (ME-02)
•Suozzi (NY-03)
1/2
Democrats who still voted to fund it:
•Davis (NC-01)
•Cuellar (TX-28)
•Gillen (NY-04)
•Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
•Gonzalez (TX-34)
•Golden (ME-02)
•Suozzi (NY-03)
1/2
January 23, 2026 at 12:40 AM
ICE is a taxpayer funded agency built on family separation, racial profiling, abuse, and lies. Cruelty is carried out in our name.
Democrats who still voted to fund it:
•Davis (NC-01)
•Cuellar (TX-28)
•Gillen (NY-04)
•Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
•Gonzalez (TX-34)
•Golden (ME-02)
•Suozzi (NY-03)
1/2
Democrats who still voted to fund it:
•Davis (NC-01)
•Cuellar (TX-28)
•Gillen (NY-04)
•Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
•Gonzalez (TX-34)
•Golden (ME-02)
•Suozzi (NY-03)
1/2
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Republicans stripped healthcare from millions of us so they could hand billionaires tax cuts and shovel obscene amounts of money into the ICE budget.
I’m outraged over this. Aren’t you? NOT ONE MORE DIME‼️
#FundHealthcareNotICE
I’m outraged over this. Aren’t you? NOT ONE MORE DIME‼️
#FundHealthcareNotICE
January 22, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Republicans stripped healthcare from millions of us so they could hand billionaires tax cuts and shovel obscene amounts of money into the ICE budget.
I’m outraged over this. Aren’t you? NOT ONE MORE DIME‼️
#FundHealthcareNotICE
I’m outraged over this. Aren’t you? NOT ONE MORE DIME‼️
#FundHealthcareNotICE
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Dear Mr. Smith,
I’m going to ask you a bunch of nonsensical questions, but you are not allowed to answer any of them because I’m going to keep answering them myself with lies.
Not so sincerely,
Crazy lady Representative
I’m going to ask you a bunch of nonsensical questions, but you are not allowed to answer any of them because I’m going to keep answering them myself with lies.
Not so sincerely,
Crazy lady Representative
January 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Dear Mr. Smith,
I’m going to ask you a bunch of nonsensical questions, but you are not allowed to answer any of them because I’m going to keep answering them myself with lies.
Not so sincerely,
Crazy lady Representative
I’m going to ask you a bunch of nonsensical questions, but you are not allowed to answer any of them because I’m going to keep answering them myself with lies.
Not so sincerely,
Crazy lady Representative
📌"Murdering a mother in cold blood in the middle of the street, and watching millions of our fellow citizens celebrate it isn’t something decent people can properly process.
Lynchings like these were supposed to be a thing of the past in America. Now the GOP holds them up as a return to “greatness.”
Lynchings like these were supposed to be a thing of the past in America. Now the GOP holds them up as a return to “greatness.”
SPECIAL REPORT: INSPIRATION POINT
A look at where we've been in 2025, and where we can go in 2026 if people, not parties, continue to lead the way ...
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January 22, 2026 at 6:58 PM
📌"Murdering a mother in cold blood in the middle of the street, and watching millions of our fellow citizens celebrate it isn’t something decent people can properly process.
Lynchings like these were supposed to be a thing of the past in America. Now the GOP holds them up as a return to “greatness.”
Lynchings like these were supposed to be a thing of the past in America. Now the GOP holds them up as a return to “greatness.”
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Blue states are donor states.
If they want to review our funding, start by cutting us a refund check!
If they want to review our funding, start by cutting us a refund check!
January 22, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Blue states are donor states.
If they want to review our funding, start by cutting us a refund check!
If they want to review our funding, start by cutting us a refund check!
📌If Jack Smith isn't our Attorney General after the 2028 election, the hell with it all ...
January 22, 2026 at 5:45 PM
📌If Jack Smith isn't our Attorney General after the 2028 election, the hell with it all ...
📌It just seems like a prosecutor testifying publicly he had an abundance of evidence that could have jailed our sitting president for life, should get wall-to-wall coverage.
Is our legacy media really that bought-off and/or incompetent that an historic occasion like this is treated so casually?
Is our legacy media really that bought-off and/or incompetent that an historic occasion like this is treated so casually?
January 22, 2026 at 3:51 PM
📌It just seems like a prosecutor testifying publicly he had an abundance of evidence that could have jailed our sitting president for life, should get wall-to-wall coverage.
Is our legacy media really that bought-off and/or incompetent that an historic occasion like this is treated so casually?
Is our legacy media really that bought-off and/or incompetent that an historic occasion like this is treated so casually?
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The truth has been sworn in to testify —-
January 22, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The truth has been sworn in to testify —-
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Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
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Sure, there may be fractures, but not enough to turn Iowa blue.
This is why it never made sense to start the presidential contest in Iowa and knock out a potentially strong Dem candidate based on primary votes in a deeply red, non-diverse state before they even get started.
Listen to these folks.
This is why it never made sense to start the presidential contest in Iowa and knock out a potentially strong Dem candidate based on primary votes in a deeply red, non-diverse state before they even get started.
Listen to these folks.
January 21, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Sure, there may be fractures, but not enough to turn Iowa blue.
This is why it never made sense to start the presidential contest in Iowa and knock out a potentially strong Dem candidate based on primary votes in a deeply red, non-diverse state before they even get started.
Listen to these folks.
This is why it never made sense to start the presidential contest in Iowa and knock out a potentially strong Dem candidate based on primary votes in a deeply red, non-diverse state before they even get started.
Listen to these folks.