BrowsingTheStacks

Having a bit of fun with Valentine's Day, James Madison, and the Bill of Rights.

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You know I love a good bodice ripper.
#BeStillMyHeart #ByThePeople #ForThePeople #Democracy
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Easy to figure this one out. Ignorance and isolation are their goals.

TrumpRx Coupons, Credit, and No Accountability

RetailMeNot for drugs.

TrumpRx isn’t drug price reform. It’s a promo dressed up as policy, built on leverage, branding, and short-term optics.

A closer look at what’s really going on.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Justice Department weighs rollback of gun regulations The Justice Department is considering loosening a slate of gun regulations as it seeks to bolster support from ardent Second Amendment advocates.

Meanwhile, the orange dude is saying only criminals carry guns in the street.

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Our Rights Are Safe No So Much Our Communities Recently I came across a story that y’all may have missed or scrolled past because it seemed innocuous in our new American reality.

When community is weakened, rights become fragile. A look at libraries, passport access, and why authoritarianism targets the spaces where people gather.

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2025 Formatted in part by both ICE and color Frozen in the past Freedoms out of reach Feelings overwhelming Fraught with chaos Facts turned upside down False narratives everywhere Fundamentally unAmerican Fractures are inevitable

My thoughts on 2025.

Thirty seconds of Claims A closer look at Bruce Blakeman’s numbers, claims, and context

You looked at why Republicans were putting Blakeman up over Stefanik but did you look at his claims. They are easily disproven. substack.com/@browsingthe...

Metal tomato plant frame twisted and iced over

An appropriate ending for 2025. I am titling this one

Twisted and Iced by Trump

A ceasefire is not peace especially when most of Trump’s “deals” expire faster than a Truth Social post. #TrumpLies #PressReleasePeace #We'veSeenThisBefore

Thirty seconds of Claims A closer look at Bruce Blakeman’s numbers, claims, and context

I’m a day late with this week’s Sundays With Stefanik — but when thirty seconds of claims take a week to verify, the timing makes sense.

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Bards, Storytellers, and Living History Stories are lived and lasting, power is assumed and fleeting

I almost didn’t post today’s column. Timing matters — but so do patterns.

This piece looks at storytelling, power, and what history remembers after the chairs are empty.

Bards, Storytellers and Memory.
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Disconnected by Design Trapped in an Echo Chamber of Her Own Making

There’s a difference between proximity to power and actually belonging.
This piece explores how #EliseStefanik’s politics became louder, meaner, and more disconnected from New York — and why that matters. #SaveUsFromStefanik

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Public Domain image of Speaker Mike Johns with the text "I was unaware" followed by Third in line to the presidency followed by Seriously Mike.

Reduced to claiming ignorance, so sad. Watch out #speakerjohnson, looks like #Rep.EliseStefanik may be gunning for your job. At the very least, she is calling your power into question.

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Sundays With Stefanik Putting her Mouth Where the Money Is

This week’s Sundays With Stefanik digs into the money — where it comes from, why it matters, and what it reveals about her real endgame. Spoiler: it isn’t the governor’s mansion.
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#Stefanik #EliseStefanik

The anti Christ movement in the extreme conservative Christian population is overwhelming and disturbing on so many levels. Seeing churches acknowledge this is heartening.

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Curated to Win, Unprepared to Lead Who knew that one request I made of AI would send me down a rabbit hole — not the fun, quirky, slightly unnerving one that Alice stumbled into.

Curated to Win, Unprepared to Lead
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#SaveUsFromStefanik #EliseStefanik #NY21

#EliseStefanik lives in a bubble she has curated into a tiny ecosystem in which she cannot fail. This feedback loop will be her downfall. She cannot operate in a world without control.
#SaveUsFromStefanik

At last, a story/quote attached to a famous person that is actually true. Thank you.

Sundays With Stefanik Accusations or Confessions? Stefanik Owns Them All

Today’s Sundays With Stefanik looks at what her endorsements and mudslinging say about her. I’d love your feedback — and if the column resonates, please follow and restack.

Until next time, keep the pages turning and the light on.

#SundaysWithStefanik #SaveUsFromStefanik #NY21

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Sundays With Stefanik From the North Country To Albany: Ambition Without Roots - Stefanik's Hollow Legacy

Stefanik wants the Governor’s Mansion, but won’t answer for the district she already has. That’s not leadership. That’s ladder-climbing.
#SaveUsFromStefanik

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The true darkness of this person is becoming clearer to me as I write about her each Sunday. This week I looked at her Social Media strategy and how she not only spreads divisiveness and hatred, but she blatantly breaks House ethics rules as well. #SaveUsFromStefanik

I write a weekly Sundays With Stefanik column. Every week it gets harder to spend time reading her divisive, hateful rhetorik and learning more about her slimy political tactics. #SaveUsFromStefanik

Sharon Stone (@browsingthestacks) Each Saturday when I sit down to write about Elise Stefanik I know I am in for a tough day. This one was tough, going over her divisive, hateful rhetoric and slimy way of practicing politics required...

Each Saturday when I sit down to write about Elise Stefanik I know I am in for a tough day. This one was tough, going over her divisive, hateful rhetoric and slimy way of practicing politics required many breaks.

#EliseStefanik #NYSPolitics #SaveNYFromEliseStefanik

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Sundays With Stefanik From the North Country To Albany: Ambition Without Roots - Stefanik's Hollow Legacy

This week’s Sundays With Stefanik takes a closer look at her governor run — the image, the narrative, and the gaps she hopes voters won’t notice.

#EliseStefanik #NY21 #SundaysWithStefanik #BrowsingTheStacks

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From tax breaks for billionaires to detention camps for legal residents, to slashing schools & health care, to creating corruption & a constitutional crisis—Elise Stefanik’s MAGA agenda is tearing NY apart.

NYers see the truth. She won’t get away with it
#EmptyElise

A haunting image shows a bright full moon partially obscured by silhouetted branches. On the right side, ICE agents detain a pregnant woman against a white pickup truck. A red arrow points to a sign that reads “Live Scan Customers.” Overlaid text reads: “ICE ‘live scanning’ customers—getting a two-for-one bargain in a country where humanity is currency and fear is the exchange rate

Appreciate you being here. This entry in Letters from Within hit different—Sometimes the camera sees what the heart’s still catching up to.
Feel free to share or leave a thought. These pieces aren’t meant to sit quiet.
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