ShireSteve
shiresteve.bsky.social
ShireSteve
@shiresteve.bsky.social
ShireSteve is a misfit amongst humanity. Generous, used to hard work, he maintains an empathy for others. A farmer, IT coder, student of history & politics, Wrapping experience into tales for others. He has written three novels plus several short stories.
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Cover for new novel want to be a beta reader? Will It Require Pants- literary suspense in rural setting #writers #resist
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JD Vance: “her street girl persona is about as real as her nails”

Jasmine Crockett: “How about you stop worrying about me, until we are on the Senate floor together & work to stop your boss from bankrupting our country while engaging in the largest corruption scheme we’ve ever seen?!”
December 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Substack So This Is Christmas
December 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Want to better understand the jury verdict in Judge Hannah Dugan’s criminal trial? And how can Congress hold Pamela Jo Bondi in inherent contempt over the Epstein Files?

@joycevance.bsky.social and I do a deep dive, incl. how we help build a new and better democracy.

youtu.be/drCWwlU-pRg?...
GOP Congressman THREATENS to ARREST Trump DOJ over Epstein
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism.
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
CBS Pulled a “60 Minutes” Story Because the White House Refused to Comment — That’s a Veto on Journalism
Pulling a finished investigation because the administration refused to comment isn’t journalism. It’s submission.
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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"'If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient,' Ms. Alfonsi wrote."

{gift link} www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀

LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽‍♂️
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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BREAKING: Russia Is Buying Trump for $6 Billion — And It’s Happening in Plain Sight
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
BREAKING: Russia Is Buying Trump for $6 Billion — And It’s Happening in Plain Sight
A failing social media company. A Russian-backed fusion deal. AI panic. Presidential conflicts. And now, a dead American nuclear scientist. Tell me again this is “just a tech story.”
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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NEW: Here is the link to the DOJ's website where it has posted some of the Epstein Files so far.

www.justice.gov/epstein/doj-...
DOJ Disclosures
www.justice.gov
December 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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December 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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It’s ironic that the same people who applauded DOJ for indicting Jim Comey & Tish James are complaining there was a lack of evidence to search Mar-a-Lago.
December 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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incredible that the oldest scam in the book — “look away from the greed and poor leadership that destroy your chance to make a career, it is the [blanks] that stole your job!” — still works
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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I was devastated to hear about the loss of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer. Rob is a generational talent that used his voice to advocate for a better world. We live in a better country because of them. They will be missed.
December 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Bless the Muslim man who disarmed a terrorist shooter in Australia!
Bless The Muslim Man Who Disarmed a Terrorist Shooter in Australia
So shines a good deed in a weary world.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Trump has escalated his attacks on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar to a disturbing new level. Yesterday, federal immigration agents pulled over her son and demanded proof of his citizenship.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.
www.cbsnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Chancellor Merz is right: Europe can no longer depend on America.

But he's wrong to say that America is pursuing its own interests.

Trump is pursuing his deranged and corrupt interests, not ours.
December 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Ahmed Al Ahmed, is 43, a father of 2 and owner of a fruit shop in Sutherland, Australia.
Yesterday, he disarmed a terrorist targeting a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach where 12 humans were killed.

Ahmed was unarmed. He was shot twice and is expected to make a full recovery. Hero. 💔
December 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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This x 1,000,000
December 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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thanks brett kavanaugh!
Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.

So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
December 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Fuck ICE. Open blatant assault on an unarmed woman who was not commoding traffic in any way being openly brutalized and only ONE person inquires about her well being?!?! Fuck you. I hope she works for a law firm.
Another ICE agent assaults an unarmed citizen - a woman - for filming on a public street! He walks across the street, slaps her phone out of her hand and slams her head down onto pavement.

The incident occurred in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

This MUST end! #EndICE
December 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”

*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
December 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...

🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍
December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
New ShireSteve SubStack more chapters of Will It Require Pants & thoughts on ethos #author #writer #farm #agriculture #spiritual
December 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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"It doesn’t seem to have occurred to the administration that spending the last several months going scorched earth on the rest of the world might make other countries the tiniest bit disinclined to deal with us."
We're the baddies now. Our new Security Strategy shows it.
It's a gift to the Kremlin and a middle finger to our erstwhile allies.
www.publicnotice.co
December 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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I’m so proud of the talented Leo High School Choir and all they are doing to represent the South Side of Chicago!
December 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM