C.S.Staples
@char2day.bsky.social
Democrat, progressive. Wisconsin retired Union AFSCME
PROUD Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
PROUD Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
The only "good" thing I can say about his speech was he didn't declare WAR, yet
December 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The only "good" thing I can say about his speech was he didn't declare WAR, yet
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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
December 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's son was pulled over by ICE and forced to prove he is an American.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
Two options:
1) ICE deliberately targeted him.
2) ICE is stopping all non-White people without any probable cause and forcing them to prove they are citizens.
Hard to say which option is scarier.
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If Democrats ever want to take America back from Trump and his cronies, here are eight things they must do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzc5...
What Democrats SHOULD Be Doing
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If Democrats ever want to take America back from Trump and his cronies, here are eight things they must do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzc5...
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I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
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Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
October 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Everything Trump is doing now is a preamble for his regime's real goal: to invoke the Insurrection Act.
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
I don’t want to unduly alarm you, but you need to be aware of this imminent danger. It’s unfolding very rapidly. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-plan
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If you heard the leader of another nation threatening to unleash the military against his perceived political enemies, what would you call it?
September 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
If you heard the leader of another nation threatening to unleash the military against his perceived political enemies, what would you call it?
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OPINION by @stevebenen.com:
“It’s one of the many ways Trump is breaking new ground, and not in a good way.”
READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
“It’s one of the many ways Trump is breaking new ground, and not in a good way.”
READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Trump revokes Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection, adding to outlandish list
There is no modern precedent for an American president effectively wielding security details as a political tool — until now.
www.msnbc.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
OPINION by @stevebenen.com:
“It’s one of the many ways Trump is breaking new ground, and not in a good way.”
READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
“It’s one of the many ways Trump is breaking new ground, and not in a good way.”
READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Trump doesn’t give one shit if our children are gunned down.
He is not human.
He is not human.
August 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Trump doesn’t give one shit if our children are gunned down.
He is not human.
He is not human.
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Sending troops into US cities against their will.
Strong-arming corporations and extracting gifts in exchange for tariff exemptions.
Calling on state governments to gerrymander in his favor.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare conservatives have always warned us about.
Strong-arming corporations and extracting gifts in exchange for tariff exemptions.
Calling on state governments to gerrymander in his favor.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare conservatives have always warned us about.
August 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Sending troops into US cities against their will.
Strong-arming corporations and extracting gifts in exchange for tariff exemptions.
Calling on state governments to gerrymander in his favor.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare conservatives have always warned us about.
Strong-arming corporations and extracting gifts in exchange for tariff exemptions.
Calling on state governments to gerrymander in his favor.
Trump is the "big government" nightmare conservatives have always warned us about.
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OPINION:
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on how “nothing has separated Donald Trump from his voters” more than the Epstein files, as House Dems question if DOJ committed crimes speaking to Ghislaine Maxwell
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df3p...
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on how “nothing has separated Donald Trump from his voters” more than the Epstein files, as House Dems question if DOJ committed crimes speaking to Ghislaine Maxwell
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df3p...
Lawrence: Rep. Raskin wants to know if Trump's DOJ committed crimes speaking to Ghislaine Maxwell
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
OPINION:
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on how “nothing has separated Donald Trump from his voters” more than the Epstein files, as House Dems question if DOJ committed crimes speaking to Ghislaine Maxwell
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df3p...
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com on how “nothing has separated Donald Trump from his voters” more than the Epstein files, as House Dems question if DOJ committed crimes speaking to Ghislaine Maxwell
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df3p...
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Doesn’t deploy federal troops to stop a Capitol invasion or save children from a Texas flood or clean up debris from a StL tornado.
Deployed federal troops to disperse people in sleeping bags.
Got it.
Deployed federal troops to disperse people in sleeping bags.
Got it.
August 11, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Doesn’t deploy federal troops to stop a Capitol invasion or save children from a Texas flood or clean up debris from a StL tornado.
Deployed federal troops to disperse people in sleeping bags.
Got it.
Deployed federal troops to disperse people in sleeping bags.
Got it.
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Everyone who cares about the fundamental freedoms of working people should be outraged by the VA terminating the union contracts of hundreds of thousands of workers. America’s unions aren’t going anywhere—and we’re calling on workers everywhere to join us. aflcio.org/press/releas...
August 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Everyone who cares about the fundamental freedoms of working people should be outraged by the VA terminating the union contracts of hundreds of thousands of workers. America’s unions aren’t going anywhere—and we’re calling on workers everywhere to join us. aflcio.org/press/releas...
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Parts of the Constitution were erased from the Library of Congress website, including the section featuring the foreign emoluments clause.
The removal was blamed on a "coding error."
Here's a reminder of what the clause says, just in case Congress ever decides to enforce it...
The removal was blamed on a "coding error."
Here's a reminder of what the clause says, just in case Congress ever decides to enforce it...
August 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Parts of the Constitution were erased from the Library of Congress website, including the section featuring the foreign emoluments clause.
The removal was blamed on a "coding error."
Here's a reminder of what the clause says, just in case Congress ever decides to enforce it...
The removal was blamed on a "coding error."
Here's a reminder of what the clause says, just in case Congress ever decides to enforce it...
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Gov. JB Pritzker Pledges That Illinois Will Do "Whatever It Takes To Preserve Democracy". www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJAX...
Gov. JB Pritzker Pledges That Illinois Will Do "Whatever It Takes To Preserve Democracy"
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Gov. JB Pritzker Pledges That Illinois Will Do "Whatever It Takes To Preserve Democracy". www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJAX...
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OPINION:
Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader
@maddow.msnbc.com points out that the thing most Americans were dreading has come to pass, and the U.S. has changed profoundly in only six months of authoritarian rule.
Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader
@maddow.msnbc.com points out that the thing most Americans were dreading has come to pass, and the U.S. has changed profoundly in only six months of authoritarian rule.
Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader; 'We're beyond waiting and seeing now'
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
OPINION:
Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader
@maddow.msnbc.com points out that the thing most Americans were dreading has come to pass, and the U.S. has changed profoundly in only six months of authoritarian rule.
Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader
@maddow.msnbc.com points out that the thing most Americans were dreading has come to pass, and the U.S. has changed profoundly in only six months of authoritarian rule.
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If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me.
#pediatriccancer #cancermom
#pediatriccancer #cancermom
August 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me.
#pediatriccancer #cancermom
#pediatriccancer #cancermom
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Three people own more wealth than the entire bottom half of America combined. And the Big Ugly Bill passed by Republicans in Congress will make this great inequity even worse.
Nobody should live in poverty and billionaires should pay their damn taxes!
Nobody should live in poverty and billionaires should pay their damn taxes!
August 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Three people own more wealth than the entire bottom half of America combined. And the Big Ugly Bill passed by Republicans in Congress will make this great inequity even worse.
Nobody should live in poverty and billionaires should pay their damn taxes!
Nobody should live in poverty and billionaires should pay their damn taxes!
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
August 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Donald Trump is now
firing economic experts because he can’t swallow the truth: the Trump economy isn’t living up to his promises.
firing economic experts because he can’t swallow the truth: the Trump economy isn’t living up to his promises.
Breaking: Trump says he ordered the firing of Erika McEntarfer, accusing the labor statistics commissioner of manipulating jobs data.
Trump Says He’ll Fire Labor Statistics Head After Weak Jobs Data
President Donald Trump said he was directing officials to fire Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after a report showed US job growth cooling sharply over the last three months.
bloom.bg
August 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Donald Trump is now
firing economic experts because he can’t swallow the truth: the Trump economy isn’t living up to his promises.
firing economic experts because he can’t swallow the truth: the Trump economy isn’t living up to his promises.
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“The legal term for that is ‘waste.'" 🔥 A federal judge just called out the Administration for sitting on taxpayer money and ignoring a court order to restore the @VOANews.
The Admin has until Aug. 13 to submit a real restoration plan. The clock is ticking — & we're watching.
The Admin has until Aug. 13 to submit a real restoration plan. The clock is ticking — & we're watching.
July 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“The legal term for that is ‘waste.'" 🔥 A federal judge just called out the Administration for sitting on taxpayer money and ignoring a court order to restore the @VOANews.
The Admin has until Aug. 13 to submit a real restoration plan. The clock is ticking — & we're watching.
The Admin has until Aug. 13 to submit a real restoration plan. The clock is ticking — & we're watching.
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This dude gonna offer Maxwell a pardon for her to speak favorably (lie) about him and try to clear his name.
July 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This dude gonna offer Maxwell a pardon for her to speak favorably (lie) about him and try to clear his name.