Lance Stewart
@lanranstew.bsky.social
California lawyer. TV, movie and music dork. Trying to fight the powers that be, in a world gone mad.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
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Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
November 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Senate Dems, do not cave. Ensuring healthcare premiums don’t surge is an 80-20 issue. They want to gut the ACA because their disdain for Obama far outweighs their concern for anyone’s health.
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Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."
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Oh man…yesterday was a great day.
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Have A Great Day
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November 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Oh man…yesterday was a great day.
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) announces the creation of a redistricting commission to consider redrawing the state’s congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders. The move comes as Democrats have expressed reluctance to enter the fray given the risk. https://bit.ly/47U0EIx
Maryland Governor Pushes For Redistricting to Counter Trump Gerrymanders: ‘Come Next November, We Will Have Fair Maps’
Read more here.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) announces the creation of a redistricting commission to consider redrawing the state’s congressional map to counter GOP gerrymanders. The move comes as Democrats have expressed reluctance to enter the fray given the risk. https://bit.ly/47U0EIx
The U.S. “still has a mostly free press and independent judiciary, and millions of Americans recently attended the ‘No Kings’ protests. But it has started down an anti-democratic path, and many Americans — including people in positions of power — remain far too complacent about the threat.”
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article)
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The U.S. “still has a mostly free press and independent judiciary, and millions of Americans recently attended the ‘No Kings’ protests. But it has started down an anti-democratic path, and many Americans — including people in positions of power — remain far too complacent about the threat.”
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The U.S. has conducted 10 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing 43 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
October 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The U.S. has conducted 10 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing 43 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
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“Although I spent many of my formative years living in the White House, I always knew it wasn’t my house. It was my home, absolutely, but not my house. The White House belongs to the American people, and that’s why we call it the People’s House.” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Chelsea Clinton: Trump is wrecking the People's House | Exclusive
President Trump has authority over the White House and the right to turn the East Wing into a ballroom. But authority is not the same as stewardship.
www.usatoday.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“Although I spent many of my formative years living in the White House, I always knew it wasn’t my house. It was my home, absolutely, but not my house. The White House belongs to the American people, and that’s why we call it the People’s House.” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Another good one by Jamison Foser. @jamisonfoser.bsky.social
The New York Times is full of “brown liquid”
On Saturday, somewhere in the neighborhood of seven million Americans[1] participated in protests against their authoritarian government that were unprecedented in American history. By mid-day on Sund...
www.findinggravity.net
October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Another good one by Jamison Foser. @jamisonfoser.bsky.social
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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
October 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Viktor Orban’s ‘Propaganda State’ Is Starting to Show Cracks
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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The government is officially shut down. Make no mistake: Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. This is THEIR shutdown. They had every tool to govern and chose chaos instead. The American people are the ones paying the price.
October 1, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The government is officially shut down. Make no mistake: Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. This is THEIR shutdown. They had every tool to govern and chose chaos instead. The American people are the ones paying the price.
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yeah but you gotta understand. hegseth is insecure that the rest of the world doesn't think america is manly enough after spending all his time on twitter and seeing russian underwear models dress up for commercials bsky.app/profile/greg...
I don't remember the stats anymore, but saw a write-up back during Trump I that said something like ~85% of active duty military are non-combat roles
Doctors, mechanics, cooks, people processing payroll -- none of those folks are killing people for a living
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Doctors, mechanics, cooks, people processing payroll -- none of those folks are killing people for a living
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I wonder how many of the generals in the room oversee medical units
September 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
yeah but you gotta understand. hegseth is insecure that the rest of the world doesn't think america is manly enough after spending all his time on twitter and seeing russian underwear models dress up for commercials bsky.app/profile/greg...
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People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
“Free, law-based countries do not shoot or imprison people based on only the government’s accusation that they are breaking the law.”
Opinion | No President Should Have This Kind of Power
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“Free, law-based countries do not shoot or imprison people based on only the government’s accusation that they are breaking the law.”
I’ve been wanting someone to put this history together.
The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency.
Its roots trace back decades.
(Published Oct. 2024)
By @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social
Its roots trace back decades.
(Published Oct. 2024)
By @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social
Tracing the Roots of the Christian Nationalist Movement That’s Influencing Modern Politics
The Christian right has become an increasingly powerful force in American politics at every level, from school boards to the presidency. Its roots trace back decades.
projects.propublica.org
September 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I’ve been wanting someone to put this history together.