steph barton
@sunsteph.bsky.social
Caregiver to a crazy dog. Editor. Fan of pretty things & snark.
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No kings, masters, overlords or any of that bullshit. Time to take the country back.
May 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
No kings, masters, overlords or any of that bullshit. Time to take the country back.
My latest blog for PPIC on cost of living. Everything's gotten more expensive and it's gonna get worse.
www.ppic.org/blog/five-fa...
www.ppic.org/blog/five-fa...
Five Fast Facts on the Cost of Living in California
Post-pandemic inflation boosted prices for everything from groceries to health care, and today, Californians face considerable economic uncertainty. What do we know about some of the key costs for the...
www.ppic.org
May 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My latest blog for PPIC on cost of living. Everything's gotten more expensive and it's gonna get worse.
www.ppic.org/blog/five-fa...
www.ppic.org/blog/five-fa...
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The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
April 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The head of our country’s government is in the early stages of consolidating total power. We must of course reject this, but that is not enough. We have to respond by creating a different and better kind of American politics than we have seen before.
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here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘
April 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘
I'd like to stretch the weekend out as long as possible.
April 7, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I'd like to stretch the weekend out as long as possible.
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Trump’s tariffs will cost American families $3,800 a year on average – the largest middle-class tax increase in a generation.
While this administration makes it harder and harder for working families to get by, President Trump “couldn’t care less.”
While this administration makes it harder and harder for working families to get by, President Trump “couldn’t care less.”
April 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Trump’s tariffs will cost American families $3,800 a year on average – the largest middle-class tax increase in a generation.
While this administration makes it harder and harder for working families to get by, President Trump “couldn’t care less.”
While this administration makes it harder and harder for working families to get by, President Trump “couldn’t care less.”
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I remember it being unpleasant & a lot less fudge-y.
March 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I remember it being unpleasant & a lot less fudge-y.
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Someone made a Wiley E. Coyote style painted wall to see if Tesla’s autopilot would detect it and well…
March 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Someone made a Wiley E. Coyote style painted wall to see if Tesla’s autopilot would detect it and well…
Looking as crazy as this week feels.
March 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Looking as crazy as this week feels.
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Healthy food from local farmers for kids being cut by Trump and Musk seems on brand www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.
www.politico.com
March 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Healthy food from local farmers for kids being cut by Trump and Musk seems on brand www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Fired by a Fox news personality, drunkard, that ran 2 veterans organizations into the ground...Hegseth hasn't done 1/100th of what this patriot has done. Merit my ass... www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration pushed out US military health agency head, officials say
U.S. Army Lieutenant General Telita Crosland, the head of the military's health agency and one of the most senior Black female officers in the Army, was forced to retire on Friday, two sources told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Fired by a Fox news personality, drunkard, that ran 2 veterans organizations into the ground...Hegseth hasn't done 1/100th of what this patriot has done. Merit my ass... www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Galileo giving side-eye to the nonsense he heard last night.
March 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Galileo giving side-eye to the nonsense he heard last night.
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A reminder for these times.
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A reminder for these times.
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What madness will the next week bring...?!
March 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What madness will the next week bring...?!
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I think everyone should apply for a DOGE job. Or at least, you know, fill out the form. Maybe even apply for other people. Fictional people, even. Inanimate objects. In this form right here. doge.gov/join
Join the U.S. Digital Service (DOGE) | DOGE: Department of Government Efficiency
Drive change that uplifts the American people.
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February 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has canceled Biden's ethics rules. Critics call it the opposite of 'drain the swamp'
Donald Trump took office eight years ago pledging to “drain the swamp” of the dominance of Washington influence peddlers.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Dear Dems. This is a reminder that Donald Trump rescinded the ethics rules preventing gifts to executive branch employees.
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Now would be a good time to propose legislation formalizing the prevention into a law
Time to do things that make him react to you.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Galileo continues to have many questions about what the fuck is happening with our country.
February 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Galileo continues to have many questions about what the fuck is happening with our country.
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Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.
February 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Maybe I wasn’t clear about this. I wanted more egg and no plane crash, not many plane crash and no egg.