@stephforreal.bsky.social
SPEAK UP, STAND UP, decency, LGBTQ+Women's rights/health/freedom, dogs rock, cats are ok too; preserve/protect the environment; travel far. Read, learn, listen. Mom to ASD's. OCD is no joke. Be a decent human. Spread Kindness. Oh, and don't be a dick.
Lives at risk? In danger of rape? Murder? Crime? Or perhaps they are simply white and their past privileges have been equalized?
The latter would pull at DJT's heartstrings. Hence the Executive Order to fly in White South African Refugees.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/features...
The latter would pull at DJT's heartstrings. Hence the Executive Order to fly in White South African Refugees.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/features...
‘I am quite privileged,’ say white Afrikaners not wanting asylum in the US
As Trump offers to take in Afrikaner refugees, many say right-wing lobbyists have spread misinformation and fear.
www.aljazeera.com
May 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Lives at risk? In danger of rape? Murder? Crime? Or perhaps they are simply white and their past privileges have been equalized?
The latter would pull at DJT's heartstrings. Hence the Executive Order to fly in White South African Refugees.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/features...
The latter would pull at DJT's heartstrings. Hence the Executive Order to fly in White South African Refugees.
www.aljazeera.com/amp/features...
MAGA and DJT acolytes fumed at the choice of Leo Prevost, who has taken the title Pope Leo XIV.
The Conclave must've done something right.
#trumphatesjesus
#magahypocrites
#notmyjesus
The Conclave must've done something right.
#trumphatesjesus
#magahypocrites
#notmyjesus
May 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
MAGA and DJT acolytes fumed at the choice of Leo Prevost, who has taken the title Pope Leo XIV.
The Conclave must've done something right.
#trumphatesjesus
#magahypocrites
#notmyjesus
The Conclave must've done something right.
#trumphatesjesus
#magahypocrites
#notmyjesus
DJT obsessively lobs variants of his idea of insults: "an extraordinarily low IQ person” is a favorite.
Seems obvious his impaired cognitive abilities can't come up with much else.
Also obvious: racism and misogyny are forms of stupidity.
It's science, stupid.
#trumpisracist
#ttrumpmisogyny
Seems obvious his impaired cognitive abilities can't come up with much else.
Also obvious: racism and misogyny are forms of stupidity.
It's science, stupid.
#trumpisracist
#ttrumpmisogyny
May 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
DJT obsessively lobs variants of his idea of insults: "an extraordinarily low IQ person” is a favorite.
Seems obvious his impaired cognitive abilities can't come up with much else.
Also obvious: racism and misogyny are forms of stupidity.
It's science, stupid.
#trumpisracist
#ttrumpmisogyny
Seems obvious his impaired cognitive abilities can't come up with much else.
Also obvious: racism and misogyny are forms of stupidity.
It's science, stupid.
#trumpisracist
#ttrumpmisogyny
"It would really be a wonderful marriage" says Trump of Canada becoming the 51st state.
He would know.
He would know.
May 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"It would really be a wonderful marriage" says Trump of Canada becoming the 51st state.
He would know.
He would know.
Other Democracies INTACT bc of DJT.
Trump-esque rhetoric drove Australian voters back to the Center-Left Albanese, highlighting yet another country concerned about a new, tumultuous world order.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#trumpeffectondemocracies
#CanadaTrump
#AustraliaTrump
Trump-esque rhetoric drove Australian voters back to the Center-Left Albanese, highlighting yet another country concerned about a new, tumultuous world order.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#trumpeffectondemocracies
#CanadaTrump
#AustraliaTrump
Australia federal election: Anthony Albanese wins in landslide - BBC News
Donald Trump loomed large over the election, with comparisons drawn between the US president and defeated opposition leader Peter Dutton.
www.bbc.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Other Democracies INTACT bc of DJT.
Trump-esque rhetoric drove Australian voters back to the Center-Left Albanese, highlighting yet another country concerned about a new, tumultuous world order.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#trumpeffectondemocracies
#CanadaTrump
#AustraliaTrump
Trump-esque rhetoric drove Australian voters back to the Center-Left Albanese, highlighting yet another country concerned about a new, tumultuous world order.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#trumpeffectondemocracies
#CanadaTrump
#AustraliaTrump
World Press Freedom Day.
Press Freedom: A fundamentally Democratic principal DJT is eroding.
Freedom of the press is the right to publish and disseminate information, thoughts, and opinions WITHOUT GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS OR CENSORSHIP. #fightcensorship #defenddemocracy
Press Freedom: A fundamentally Democratic principal DJT is eroding.
Freedom of the press is the right to publish and disseminate information, thoughts, and opinions WITHOUT GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS OR CENSORSHIP. #fightcensorship #defenddemocracy
a cartoon character is sitting at a desk with a sign that says fox censorship
ALT: a cartoon character is sitting at a desk with a sign that says fox censorship
media.tenor.com
May 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
World Press Freedom Day.
Press Freedom: A fundamentally Democratic principal DJT is eroding.
Freedom of the press is the right to publish and disseminate information, thoughts, and opinions WITHOUT GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS OR CENSORSHIP. #fightcensorship #defenddemocracy
Press Freedom: A fundamentally Democratic principal DJT is eroding.
Freedom of the press is the right to publish and disseminate information, thoughts, and opinions WITHOUT GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS OR CENSORSHIP. #fightcensorship #defenddemocracy
Rep. Mike Collins compares Steak n Shakes replacement by Cha Street Food to a hostile takeover "equivalent to the Muslim Conquest of Jerusalem"
1. Pakistan is thousands of miles away from Jerusalem. 2. Cha Street Food is based out of Virginia 3. Steak n Shake is owned by an Iranian American #idiot
1. Pakistan is thousands of miles away from Jerusalem. 2. Cha Street Food is based out of Virginia 3. Steak n Shake is owned by an Iranian American #idiot
May 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Rep. Mike Collins compares Steak n Shakes replacement by Cha Street Food to a hostile takeover "equivalent to the Muslim Conquest of Jerusalem"
1. Pakistan is thousands of miles away from Jerusalem. 2. Cha Street Food is based out of Virginia 3. Steak n Shake is owned by an Iranian American #idiot
1. Pakistan is thousands of miles away from Jerusalem. 2. Cha Street Food is based out of Virginia 3. Steak n Shake is owned by an Iranian American #idiot
DJT is the match that set fire to falsehoods and outright lies, burning much more than bridges. His name-calling and bad-mouthing inflame, enrage and encourage hatred of others’ differences of opinion and culture.
His supporters are simply pawns of a desperate despot attempting a coup.
#truth
His supporters are simply pawns of a desperate despot attempting a coup.
#truth
May 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
DJT is the match that set fire to falsehoods and outright lies, burning much more than bridges. His name-calling and bad-mouthing inflame, enrage and encourage hatred of others’ differences of opinion and culture.
His supporters are simply pawns of a desperate despot attempting a coup.
#truth
His supporters are simply pawns of a desperate despot attempting a coup.
#truth
I call Bulls**t. But of course that's what DJT is all about.
And he's found his flock.
#religiouscult
#cultoftrump
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
And he's found his flock.
#religiouscult
#cultoftrump
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
They Claim God Talks to Them About Politics. Donald Trump Is Listening.
Cindy Jacobs and other New Apostolic Reformation leaders have battle plans for “spiritual warfare” during the president’s second term.
www.texasmonthly.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I call Bulls**t. But of course that's what DJT is all about.
And he's found his flock.
#religiouscult
#cultoftrump
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
And he's found his flock.
#religiouscult
#cultoftrump
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
So...DJT orders the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to not pay NPR or PBS...
So...this isn't targeting political enemies?
#chuckgrassleyhypocrit
So...this isn't targeting political enemies?
#chuckgrassleyhypocrit
May 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
So...DJT orders the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to not pay NPR or PBS...
So...this isn't targeting political enemies?
#chuckgrassleyhypocrit
So...this isn't targeting political enemies?
#chuckgrassleyhypocrit
Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a corporation authorized by Congress. It is independent of the federal government and not subject to presidential authority. Congress established CPB in 1967 to act as the steward of federal funding for public broadcasting.
CPB provides funding to NPR & PBS.
CPB provides funding to NPR & PBS.
May 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a corporation authorized by Congress. It is independent of the federal government and not subject to presidential authority. Congress established CPB in 1967 to act as the steward of federal funding for public broadcasting.
CPB provides funding to NPR & PBS.
CPB provides funding to NPR & PBS.
An executive order cannot end a congressionally chartered corporation. EO's cannot override or amend legislation passed by Congress. Congressionally chartered corporations are created through federal law, and only another act of Congress can modify or dissolve them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...
Trump Signs Executive Order to End Federal Funding for NPR and PBS
The Trump administration has accused the two broadcasters of using public funds to produce biased coverage and “left-wing propaganda.”
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
An executive order cannot end a congressionally chartered corporation. EO's cannot override or amend legislation passed by Congress. Congressionally chartered corporations are created through federal law, and only another act of Congress can modify or dissolve them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...
2025: The original AMERICA 250 B-Day celebration has been highjacked.
Now it amounts to a Seig Heil to Trump after it morphed into a military parade timed to his birthday.
2018: Similar proposals were scrapped over cost estimates nearing $92 million.
#USAnottrumped
#nomorehitler
america250.org
Now it amounts to a Seig Heil to Trump after it morphed into a military parade timed to his birthday.
2018: Similar proposals were scrapped over cost estimates nearing $92 million.
#USAnottrumped
#nomorehitler
america250.org
America250
America250 is a nonpartisan initiative working to engage every American in the 250th anniversary of the United States.
america250.org
May 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
2025: The original AMERICA 250 B-Day celebration has been highjacked.
Now it amounts to a Seig Heil to Trump after it morphed into a military parade timed to his birthday.
2018: Similar proposals were scrapped over cost estimates nearing $92 million.
#USAnottrumped
#nomorehitler
america250.org
Now it amounts to a Seig Heil to Trump after it morphed into a military parade timed to his birthday.
2018: Similar proposals were scrapped over cost estimates nearing $92 million.
#USAnottrumped
#nomorehitler
america250.org
Not hyperbole. Checks and Balances are collapsing. Oversight and Judicial committees are weighted with sympathizers. The president is Crafty. He is Scheming. Executive Orders are not laws and DJT is NOT the Legislative Branch.
So what do we do?
#indivisable
#fiftyfiftyone
#ACLU
#VOTENOHR22
So what do we do?
#indivisable
#fiftyfiftyone
#ACLU
#VOTENOHR22
May 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Not hyperbole. Checks and Balances are collapsing. Oversight and Judicial committees are weighted with sympathizers. The president is Crafty. He is Scheming. Executive Orders are not laws and DJT is NOT the Legislative Branch.
So what do we do?
#indivisable
#fiftyfiftyone
#ACLU
#VOTENOHR22
So what do we do?
#indivisable
#fiftyfiftyone
#ACLU
#VOTENOHR22
“I am not close with him,” Martin told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Ed Martin, DJT's nominee for U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, continued to praise Hale-Cusanelli as an “amazing guy” and “great friend,” and they appeared at multiple events together.
apple.news/AJcUqWVQaRK6...
Ed Martin, DJT's nominee for U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, continued to praise Hale-Cusanelli as an “amazing guy” and “great friend,” and they appeared at multiple events together.
apple.news/AJcUqWVQaRK6...
Trump nominee gives misleading testimony about ties to alleged ‘Nazi sympathizer’ — NPR
Ed Martin, President Trump’s pick for U.S. attorney for D.C., is distancing himself from a Jan. 6 rioter known for antisemitic views. NPR’s reporting raises questions about his ties to the rioter.
apple.news
May 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“I am not close with him,” Martin told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Ed Martin, DJT's nominee for U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, continued to praise Hale-Cusanelli as an “amazing guy” and “great friend,” and they appeared at multiple events together.
apple.news/AJcUqWVQaRK6...
Ed Martin, DJT's nominee for U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, continued to praise Hale-Cusanelli as an “amazing guy” and “great friend,” and they appeared at multiple events together.
apple.news/AJcUqWVQaRK6...
Chick Grassley, Chair of Senate Judiciary Committee, oversees THE DOJ.
Meanwhile SLAMS Biden for going after Trump White House official Peter Navarro (convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol).
Meanwhile SLAMS Biden for going after Trump White House official Peter Navarro (convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol).
May 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Chick Grassley, Chair of Senate Judiciary Committee, oversees THE DOJ.
Meanwhile SLAMS Biden for going after Trump White House official Peter Navarro (convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol).
Meanwhile SLAMS Biden for going after Trump White House official Peter Navarro (convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol).
The Senate Judiciary Committee oversees the DOJ
These "law & order" guys, responsible for approving DJT's pick for U.S. Attorney for DC, encouraged DJT jr to ignore a Senate Intelligence Committee subpoena, give DJT an A grade & supported efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election #crooked
These "law & order" guys, responsible for approving DJT's pick for U.S. Attorney for DC, encouraged DJT jr to ignore a Senate Intelligence Committee subpoena, give DJT an A grade & supported efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election #crooked
May 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Senate Judiciary Committee oversees the DOJ
These "law & order" guys, responsible for approving DJT's pick for U.S. Attorney for DC, encouraged DJT jr to ignore a Senate Intelligence Committee subpoena, give DJT an A grade & supported efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election #crooked
These "law & order" guys, responsible for approving DJT's pick for U.S. Attorney for DC, encouraged DJT jr to ignore a Senate Intelligence Committee subpoena, give DJT an A grade & supported efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election #crooked
New law in Oklahoma requires schools to teach that the 2020 election was tainted by fraud.
Dumbing down American kids goes full speed ahead.
(Not to mention the $33m in much needed funding to pay to teach kids' lies)
All good though for Making America Great.
Dumbing down American kids goes full speed ahead.
(Not to mention the $33m in much needed funding to pay to teach kids' lies)
All good though for Making America Great.
New Oklahoma curriculum includes pro-Trump conspiracy theories
Beginning in the 2025-26 school year, thousands of high school students in Oklahoma will be required to learn about President Trump's debunked claims that the 2020 election was tainted by fraud.
popular.info
May 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New law in Oklahoma requires schools to teach that the 2020 election was tainted by fraud.
Dumbing down American kids goes full speed ahead.
(Not to mention the $33m in much needed funding to pay to teach kids' lies)
All good though for Making America Great.
Dumbing down American kids goes full speed ahead.
(Not to mention the $33m in much needed funding to pay to teach kids' lies)
All good though for Making America Great.
DJT et al...
Y'all will be responsible for the impending stagflation.
Worse, perhaps, than inflation or recession.
Let's recap shall we: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 increased import tariffs by ~ 20%, kicking off a global trade war that contributed to the Great Depression.
#DJTTARIFFS
Y'all will be responsible for the impending stagflation.
Worse, perhaps, than inflation or recession.
Let's recap shall we: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 increased import tariffs by ~ 20%, kicking off a global trade war that contributed to the Great Depression.
#DJTTARIFFS
May 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
DJT et al...
Y'all will be responsible for the impending stagflation.
Worse, perhaps, than inflation or recession.
Let's recap shall we: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 increased import tariffs by ~ 20%, kicking off a global trade war that contributed to the Great Depression.
#DJTTARIFFS
Y'all will be responsible for the impending stagflation.
Worse, perhaps, than inflation or recession.
Let's recap shall we: The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 increased import tariffs by ~ 20%, kicking off a global trade war that contributed to the Great Depression.
#DJTTARIFFS
PROJECT 2025 MASTER PLAN
"A systemic, ruthless plan to undermine the quality of life of millions of Americans, remove critical protections, dismantle programs for communities across the nation and prioritize special interests and ideological extremism over people."
"A systemic, ruthless plan to undermine the quality of life of millions of Americans, remove critical protections, dismantle programs for communities across the nation and prioritize special interests and ideological extremism over people."
THE HENCHMEN STRATEGY:
My latest in-depth report for HuffPost looks at how the Trump administration has appointed numerous interim U.S. Attorneys — and it's all part of his quest to twist law enforcement agencies into his personal legal task force.
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-he...
My latest in-depth report for HuffPost looks at how the Trump administration has appointed numerous interim U.S. Attorneys — and it's all part of his quest to twist law enforcement agencies into his personal legal task force.
www.huffpost.com/entry/the-he...
Trump Is Appointing Friends And Allies To A Powerful Position Using A Loophole
The Trump administration has appointed numerous interim U.S. Attorneys — and it's all part of his quest to twist law enforcement agencies into his personal legal task force.
www.huffpost.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
PROJECT 2025 MASTER PLAN
"A systemic, ruthless plan to undermine the quality of life of millions of Americans, remove critical protections, dismantle programs for communities across the nation and prioritize special interests and ideological extremism over people."
"A systemic, ruthless plan to undermine the quality of life of millions of Americans, remove critical protections, dismantle programs for communities across the nation and prioritize special interests and ideological extremism over people."
Reposted
WATCH This Dr. call out the GOP: "You are telling me that a single cell has the same rights as my children at home?"
April 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
WATCH This Dr. call out the GOP: "You are telling me that a single cell has the same rights as my children at home?"
Where has all the $$$ gone?
For one, taxes are used to fund deportation operations, including flights.
DHS & ICE use government funding, which includes tax revenue, to pay for these operations.
Also, detention & legal proceedings are paid for by taxes.
#taxfraud
#wedidntagreetothis
For one, taxes are used to fund deportation operations, including flights.
DHS & ICE use government funding, which includes tax revenue, to pay for these operations.
Also, detention & legal proceedings are paid for by taxes.
#taxfraud
#wedidntagreetothis
April 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Where has all the $$$ gone?
For one, taxes are used to fund deportation operations, including flights.
DHS & ICE use government funding, which includes tax revenue, to pay for these operations.
Also, detention & legal proceedings are paid for by taxes.
#taxfraud
#wedidntagreetothis
For one, taxes are used to fund deportation operations, including flights.
DHS & ICE use government funding, which includes tax revenue, to pay for these operations.
Also, detention & legal proceedings are paid for by taxes.
#taxfraud
#wedidntagreetothis
To become a Naturalized US citizen one needs:
1.Good Moral Character
2.Read, Write & Speak English
3.Pass Civics Test
4.Take an Oath of Allegiance to US
5.Willing to Serve in the U.S. military
No wonder DJT wants to deport them. They're smarter & not draft dodgers. Definitely not his peeps.
1.Good Moral Character
2.Read, Write & Speak English
3.Pass Civics Test
4.Take an Oath of Allegiance to US
5.Willing to Serve in the U.S. military
No wonder DJT wants to deport them. They're smarter & not draft dodgers. Definitely not his peeps.
April 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
To become a Naturalized US citizen one needs:
1.Good Moral Character
2.Read, Write & Speak English
3.Pass Civics Test
4.Take an Oath of Allegiance to US
5.Willing to Serve in the U.S. military
No wonder DJT wants to deport them. They're smarter & not draft dodgers. Definitely not his peeps.
1.Good Moral Character
2.Read, Write & Speak English
3.Pass Civics Test
4.Take an Oath of Allegiance to US
5.Willing to Serve in the U.S. military
No wonder DJT wants to deport them. They're smarter & not draft dodgers. Definitely not his peeps.
Project 2025, not conjecture. It's real & it's happening.
Extremely well funded, 100+organizations & The Heritage Foundation are carrying out their vendetta through an anti-democratic president and political loyalists he has appointed. He/they claim this can happen without congressional approval.
Extremely well funded, 100+organizations & The Heritage Foundation are carrying out their vendetta through an anti-democratic president and political loyalists he has appointed. He/they claim this can happen without congressional approval.
April 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Project 2025, not conjecture. It's real & it's happening.
Extremely well funded, 100+organizations & The Heritage Foundation are carrying out their vendetta through an anti-democratic president and political loyalists he has appointed. He/they claim this can happen without congressional approval.
Extremely well funded, 100+organizations & The Heritage Foundation are carrying out their vendetta through an anti-democratic president and political loyalists he has appointed. He/they claim this can happen without congressional approval.