Rob Jelf
@robjelf.bsky.social
Upcoming thought leader on a New American Stewardship to save our country from itself.
Based out of Northern VA, about 20 miles from DC.
Based out of Northern VA, about 20 miles from DC.
Student debt exists because we have shifted the cost of workforce preparation onto individuals while the benefits flow outward to employers, industries, and the broader economy. It functions as a private tax imposed on people for producing public value.
Education Is Not a Luxury Good
Student debt exists because we have shifted the cost of workforce preparation onto individuals while the benefits flow outward to employers, industries, and the broader economy. It functions as a priv...
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December 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Student debt exists because we have shifted the cost of workforce preparation onto individuals while the benefits flow outward to employers, industries, and the broader economy. It functions as a private tax imposed on people for producing public value.
In today's article: Single-Payer makes more sense for everyone. Here's why.
The Steward’s Case for Single-Payer
A country cannot call itself advanced if its people have to navigate a maze simply to stay alive.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
In today's article: Single-Payer makes more sense for everyone. Here's why.
Fixing governance is not a partisan project. Everyone suffers from friction. Everyone benefits from functionality. In an age of polarization, improving the machinery of public service might be one of the rare places where consensus is possible.
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The Cost of Governance
Friction versus function – and why Americans deserve a government that works like it means it.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Fixing governance is not a partisan project. Everyone suffers from friction. Everyone benefits from functionality. In an age of polarization, improving the machinery of public service might be one of the rare places where consensus is possible.
open.substack.com/pub/thestewa...
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The American Dream was never about survival. It was about a chance to build a good life. That's why we need a new moral and political benchmark: The American Living Standard. A baseline of stability, access, and freedom that every citizen of this country can count on.
The American Living Standard
Why an excellent nation must raise the floor, not break the ceiling.
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November 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The American Dream was never about survival. It was about a chance to build a good life. That's why we need a new moral and political benchmark: The American Living Standard. A baseline of stability, access, and freedom that every citizen of this country can count on.
The Question Nobody in Power Wants to Touch
What is the minimum standard of life every American deserves—and why don’t we have it already?
New article looking at this.
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What is the minimum standard of life every American deserves—and why don’t we have it already?
New article looking at this.
thestewardscompass.substack.com/p/the-americ...
The American Living Standard
Why an excellent nation must raise the floor, not break the ceiling.
thestewardscompass.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The Question Nobody in Power Wants to Touch
What is the minimum standard of life every American deserves—and why don’t we have it already?
New article looking at this.
thestewardscompass.substack.com/p/the-americ...
What is the minimum standard of life every American deserves—and why don’t we have it already?
New article looking at this.
thestewardscompass.substack.com/p/the-americ...
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It is worth considering the strategic pressures, not just of Americans suffering, but the threat to political landscape of DJT pushing hard to end the filibuster. Moving this along relieves some that pressure and preserves one of few Dem obstruction tools. It's tactical. Nothing to do with content.
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It is worth considering the strategic pressures, not just of Americans suffering, but the threat to political landscape of DJT pushing hard to end the filibuster. Moving this along relieves some that pressure and preserves one of few Dem obstruction tools. It's tactical. Nothing to do with content.
This one is a little personal, but the call of Stewardship and Public Service should be. What is calling our politicians today?
The Drumbeat of Service
This time is different. The world has changed again, and my place in it seems complicated but fortuitous. The call is stronger than ever, and the demand for something more than what is on offer is und...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This one is a little personal, but the call of Stewardship and Public Service should be. What is calling our politicians today?
Communal Power: From Crowd to Community
The same desire that can drive us to fill the streets, must now drive us to fill the rooms: meeting halls, libraries, and community spaces where the long-term work begins.
#nokings #whatnext
The same desire that can drive us to fill the streets, must now drive us to fill the rooms: meeting halls, libraries, and community spaces where the long-term work begins.
#nokings #whatnext
Communal Power: From Crowd to Community
We filled the streets. Now we fill the rooms.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Well done, Congressman Walkinshaw. As the organizer for the Kamp Washington event in Fairfax City, thank you for showing the world the truth behind the outrageous claims of your colleagues. I look forward to meeting and talking with you one day if we get the opportunity.
Trump and his MAGA allies said No Kings Day rallies would be filled with violent ANTIFA members, Marxists, and people who hate America.
I decided to find out for myself.
I decided to find out for myself.
October 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Well done, Congressman Walkinshaw. As the organizer for the Kamp Washington event in Fairfax City, thank you for showing the world the truth behind the outrageous claims of your colleagues. I look forward to meeting and talking with you one day if we get the opportunity.
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No Kings, Northern Virginia 10/18/2025
October 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
No Kings, Northern Virginia 10/18/2025
No Kings in London hits a little different. Thank you for the support! We had Fish and Chips for lunch after out event, so, right back at you! 😄
October 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
No Kings in London hits a little different. Thank you for the support! We had Fish and Chips for lunch after out event, so, right back at you! 😄
Who will be protesting on Saturday?
Who are the No Kings protestors?
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October 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Who will be protesting on Saturday?
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“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
October 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings
I’m thrilled to announce that I've been accepted to @newpoliticsacad.bsky.social s Answering the Call course! Now more than ever, our democracy needs leaders who put community and country over self. This fall, I explore how I can turn my values into action in 2025 and beyond.
October 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I’m thrilled to announce that I've been accepted to @newpoliticsacad.bsky.social s Answering the Call course! Now more than ever, our democracy needs leaders who put community and country over self. This fall, I explore how I can turn my values into action in 2025 and beyond.
Today’s false declaration about “Antifa” is tomorrow’s precedent for labeling anyone who dissents. That is the pattern, and it must be broken. The lesson is plain. Beware of rulers who need enemies more than they need citizens. Stewardship stands opposed.
The Manufactured Enemy
When authoritarians fear the people, they invent enemies of the people.
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September 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Today’s false declaration about “Antifa” is tomorrow’s precedent for labeling anyone who dissents. That is the pattern, and it must be broken. The lesson is plain. Beware of rulers who need enemies more than they need citizens. Stewardship stands opposed.
Stewardship recognizes that free speech must be guarded as a national inheritance and a crucial function of a free and fair democracy.
The Steward’s Test of Free Speech
Guarding the Country by Protecting Its Critics
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September 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Stewardship recognizes that free speech must be guarded as a national inheritance and a crucial function of a free and fair democracy.
"Every time tragedy strikes, the loudest voices are often those with the most to gain. Political operators, influencers, and media empires see chaos as an opportunity. The hotter the outrage, the higher the ratings. The more division, the more leverage."
Stewardship as True Opposition
Guarding against decay, capture, and spectacle
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September 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
"Every time tragedy strikes, the loudest voices are often those with the most to gain. Political operators, influencers, and media empires see chaos as an opportunity. The hotter the outrage, the higher the ratings. The more division, the more leverage."
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The same group of people and organizations who previously organized #NoKings has scheduled another #NoKings peaceful protest for October 18, 2025!!
We are expecting protests in every state and territory!!
Mark your calendars now and get ready to protest by the millions!!
October 18, 2025!
We are expecting protests in every state and territory!!
Mark your calendars now and get ready to protest by the millions!!
October 18, 2025!
September 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
A society that allows its factual foundation to erode is building on sand. Stewardship, serving the people faithfully, demands something better.
Stewardship and Objective Science: Governing with Trusted Facts
Building Policy on Truth, Not Political Convenience
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September 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
A society that allows its factual foundation to erode is building on sand. Stewardship, serving the people faithfully, demands something better.
What we live under today is what I’ve termed Vacuum Economics: instead of wealth trickling down, it gets sucked upwards. The many work harder and fall behind, while the few accumulate fortunes beyond imagination.
Ending Vacuum Economics: Building an Economy That Works for All
Our economy sucks, but Stewardship can fix it.
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August 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What we live under today is what I’ve termed Vacuum Economics: instead of wealth trickling down, it gets sucked upwards. The many work harder and fall behind, while the few accumulate fortunes beyond imagination.