Steve Howell
@stethohow.bsky.social
Pro-Democracy Reader, Writer, Freelance Editor, IG & Threads: : stethohow
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All that tactical equipment, like it’s 2004 Iraq. Why are they geared up for war? Because they’re making war on US.
January 10, 2026 at 2:54 PM
All that tactical equipment, like it’s 2004 Iraq. Why are they geared up for war? Because they’re making war on US.
This has been my go-to news program for years.
PBS News notes this Sunday will be “PBS News Weekend’s” last due to federal budget cuts
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
This has been my go-to news program for years.
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Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
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To anyone who needs it right now:
If a woman gets shot in the face and your first reaction is to say: "yes, but did she provoke it?" you need to give yourself a shake.
If a woman gets shot in the face and your first reaction is to say: "yes, but did she provoke it?" you need to give yourself a shake.
January 10, 2026 at 11:38 AM
To anyone who needs it right now:
If a woman gets shot in the face and your first reaction is to say: "yes, but did she provoke it?" you need to give yourself a shake.
If a woman gets shot in the face and your first reaction is to say: "yes, but did she provoke it?" you need to give yourself a shake.
NYT, Normalizing Dictatorship
January 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
NYT, Normalizing Dictatorship
Certain prominent Americans in 1776 referred to this as "tyranny."
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Certain prominent Americans in 1776 referred to this as "tyranny."
"What the government can do to the most vulnerable among us, it can also do to you."
January 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM
"What the government can do to the most vulnerable among us, it can also do to you."
Many Americans who were children in the 1970s grew up hearing this on TV every Saturday morning. Many of us can sing along.
This morning, it brings tears to my eyes.
This morning, it brings tears to my eyes.
Schoolhouse Rock! "The Preamble" to the Constitution, music by Lynn Ahrens
YouTube video by NationTalk.us
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Many Americans who were children in the 1970s grew up hearing this on TV every Saturday morning. Many of us can sing along.
This morning, it brings tears to my eyes.
This morning, it brings tears to my eyes.
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Rep. Wesley Hunt (TX-R): "The bottom line is this: when a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep you life"
The Right went from Don't Tread on Me to Comply or Die in 12 months.
The Right went from Don't Tread on Me to Comply or Die in 12 months.
January 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Rep. Wesley Hunt (TX-R): "The bottom line is this: when a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep you life"
The Right went from Don't Tread on Me to Comply or Die in 12 months.
The Right went from Don't Tread on Me to Comply or Die in 12 months.
The Secret Police are former high school bullies who can't hold real jobs. They get fired for sexual harassment and racial slurs. "Alpha males" who can't qualify for military enlistment.
Angry INCELs.
We know these thugs.
It's time to remove their masks.
CONGRESS, stop the tyranny.
Angry INCELs.
We know these thugs.
It's time to remove their masks.
CONGRESS, stop the tyranny.
“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:14 PM
The Secret Police are former high school bullies who can't hold real jobs. They get fired for sexual harassment and racial slurs. "Alpha males" who can't qualify for military enlistment.
Angry INCELs.
We know these thugs.
It's time to remove their masks.
CONGRESS, stop the tyranny.
Angry INCELs.
We know these thugs.
It's time to remove their masks.
CONGRESS, stop the tyranny.
Extrajudicial Murder.
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 8, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Extrajudicial Murder.
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This is the only energy a democratic candidate with an interest in being elected to office better bring in any future elections.
Swalwell: You better believe that accountability is coming. Immunity is going to be stripped. And to Kristi Noem, Tom “Cashbag” Homan, Greg Bovino—your asses are going to be in these witness chairs.
January 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
This is the only energy a democratic candidate with an interest in being elected to office better bring in any future elections.
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Moskowitz on Noem: "Is she hiding her face like her ICE agents now? By the way - is this what the $800b went to? Every day we see her after some new tragedy, she's wearing a different outfit with a different hat. She looks ridiculous. She deserves to be removed from her job, & if not impeached."
January 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Moskowitz on Noem: "Is she hiding her face like her ICE agents now? By the way - is this what the $800b went to? Every day we see her after some new tragedy, she's wearing a different outfit with a different hat. She looks ridiculous. She deserves to be removed from her job, & if not impeached."
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An American citizen was point-blank executed with three shots to the head in a video clip that is publicly available for everyone to see. If you're not willing to talk about reining in ICE now, you simply never will be.
Jeffries dodged when multiple reporter, myself included, ask about using appropriations to rein in ICE
January 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
An American citizen was point-blank executed with three shots to the head in a video clip that is publicly available for everyone to see. If you're not willing to talk about reining in ICE now, you simply never will be.
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The world feels rough right now
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The world feels rough right now
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
I want to grab every member of Congress by the lapels, shake them vigorously, look into their eyes, and say,
"DO SOMETHING NOW."
"DO SOMETHING NOW."
Breaking: The White House is planning to make Trump's new ballroom as tall as the main mansion.
“The heights will match exactly,” architect Shalom Baranes just told planning commission.
Trump officials previously said ballroom would be shorter.
More with @jonathanreports.bsky.social
“The heights will match exactly,” architect Shalom Baranes just told planning commission.
Trump officials previously said ballroom would be shorter.
More with @jonathanreports.bsky.social
Trump plans to make White House ballroom as tall as White House itself
The president’s architect disclosed the change as federal oversight bodies begin a fast-track review of the $400 million project.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I want to grab every member of Congress by the lapels, shake them vigorously, look into their eyes, and say,
"DO SOMETHING NOW."
"DO SOMETHING NOW."
This is the tyranny they warned us about.
January 8, 2026 at 2:06 AM
This is the tyranny they warned us about.
Perhaps
January 7, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Perhaps
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Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
January 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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Well, this is great.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Well, this is great.
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