Reposted by Chris ThompsonKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 23hJust a reminder that the Secretary of Defense is a dangerous idiot 1685750869
Reposted by Chris ThompsonJoe Perticone @cheetah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Asked the new Trump admin's AI chatbot a question. Uh oh. www.thebulwark.com/p/an-evangel... 0173
Reposted by Chris ThompsonPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The nearly decade-long case of Crystal Mason, who was sentenced to 5 yrs in prison over a voting error, will end with an acquittal The wife of the current district attorney, who fought to keep her conviction in place, asked Crystal if she would consider voting for himtheguardian.comTexas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error caseCrystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted 9533951072
Reposted by Chris Thompsonderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie 1275207233993
Reposted by Chris ThompsonMapQuest @mapquest.com · 30/08/2026Hey, Questies. #GulfofMexico and #LakeOntario are available here. iPhone: apps.apple.com/us/app/mapqu... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d... No printer required.apps.apple.comMapQuest GPS Navigation & Maps App - App StoreDownload MapQuest GPS Navigation & Maps by MapQuest Holdings LLC on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like MapQuest… 911356431
Reposted by Chris ThompsonCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...stlpr.orgOverland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportationsThe couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media. 33721437
Reposted by Chris ThompsonAdrian Carrasquillo @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Johan’s Sebastian Guerrero’s wife’s post is gutting; I love you my handsome, my life I love you, I don’t have words for this pain my life you’re my everything love take care of me help me have the strength I love you my life accompany me everywhere always don’t leave me alone I ask you my love 411227
Reposted by Chris ThompsonCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/07/2026UEFA: “.. Football, like any other sports, relies on rules .. We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision.” www.uefa.com/news-media/n... 51863214
Reposted by Chris Thompsonjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/06/2026here is what i think: we're not consumers or spectators, we are participants with agency. you should not hope that democrats will do anything. you must work to force them to do the right thing. the odds are long, but we are far from the first americans to face long odds. we will win. 11563301503
Reposted by Chris ThompsonElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 29/06/2026And he got FOUR VOTES for this shit. Thomas, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh were all like "yeah, we also don't understand the concept of people making a choice unless that choice is approved by the government." 1457576
Reposted by Chris Thompsonmaia arson crimew 🏴 @crimew.gay · 16/06/2026SCOOP: So remember Dialog, Peter Thiel's private society that doesn't have a public website and no public list of members? I (along with a number of other journalists) have just been tipped off that embedded in the code of their closed off website there IS what seems to be a list of some members. 356155445442
Reposted by Chris ThompsonAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 01/06/2026The US military is being run by a gutter racist whose obsession with what he calls merit belies his own total lack of competence or qualifications 141137216
Reposted by Chris ThompsonAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 27/05/2026This is what happens when a toddler takes over the white house 94487402151
Reposted by Chris ThompsonIsaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act. 290292288271
Reposted by Chris ThompsonVermont Public @vermontpublic.org · 14/05/2026Demonstrators this morning blocked the entrances to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s surveillance facility in Williston, keeping workers from entering the office. State police arrested four people who were blocking interior doors. 1113
Reposted by Chris Thompsonsinglecatlady23.bsky.social @singlecatlady23.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents. 26267082574
Reposted by Chris ThompsonCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 05/05/2026VA conducted internal investigations into employees who attended vigil for Alex Pretti www.cnn.com/2026/05/05/p...cnn.comVA conducted internal investigations into employees who attended vigil for Alex Pretti | CNN PoliticsBecky Halioua, who was investigated after attending a vigil for Pretti shortly after his death, feels the VA probe is a “scare tactic” and an attempt to silence those “with the loudest voices.” 561488723
Reposted by Chris ThompsonSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Two things can be true: Congress should pass uniform, national legislation reining in partisan gerrymandering; and Until that happens, or every state adopts an independent redistricting commission, neither party is going to (or, frankly, should) unilaterally disarm. 693547622
Reposted by Chris ThompsonMike Masnick @masnick.com · 31/03/2026It was just 24 days between when Zuck went on Rogan and talked about how "never again" would he suppress info based on gov't demands (misrepresenting those demands) and when he texted top gov't employee Elon Musk to say "we're all set up to take down info you want removed." I wrote about it here. 1433231087
Reposted by Chris ThompsonCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 26/03/2026People died for this. He wore his stupid hat when they were wheeling those dead Americans past him. The fuck are we doing here man 402536406
Reposted by Chris ThompsonThe Onion @theonion.com · 24/03/2026Dad Suggests Arriving At Airport 14 Hours Early theonion.com/dad-suggests-arriving-… 572548307
Reposted by Chris ThompsonDurrell @durrell.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Airport bound? ICE is assisting TSA, and border checks are up. Don't wipe your phone—it's a red flag 🚩 1️⃣ Android: Power off, boot up, don't unlock, switch to Guest Mode. 2️⃣ iOS: Disable Face ID to force Passcode (5th Amdt protected). Step-by-step guides attached 👇🏾 2524761779
Reposted by Chris ThompsonIt's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of Hormuz: 3787601537
Reposted by Chris ThompsonBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 15/03/2026He wasn't just an asylum seeker. Paktyawal was an Afghan special forces soldier who worked with the U.S. Army's 3rd Special Forces Group. He was evacuated on August 30, 2021, entered the U.S. legally and had a pending case with a work permit and social security number. Killed by ICE maggots.reuters.comAfghan asylum-seeker dies in ICE custody, US advocacy group saysMohommad Nazeer Paktyawal is at least the 12th person to die in ICE detention this year. 19561673350
Reposted by Chris ThompsonAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Behold, the genetic superiority of the master race. bsky.app/profile/chri... 46998167
Reposted by Chris ThompsonTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 11/02/2026One of my soulmates, wartime consigliere @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... 7155588
Reposted by Chris ThompsonChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 11/02/2026For the CEOs and university presidents and other responsible leaders who have been biding their time and waiting for him to cross the magic red line before speaking up, maybe when he starts arresting Senators is a good time to get off the fucking sidelines. 512332619
Reposted by Chris ThompsonDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars 13942540011981
Reposted by Chris ThompsonAkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Also: you CANNOT fucking pull a gun on someone while filming on your fucking cell phone. If as a LEO your judgment is the situation has reached the point where deadly force may be warranted & you need your gun out, not having your full attention on it is at BEST depraved indifference to human life 542700476
Reposted by Chris ThompsonDemocrats @democrats.org · 07/01/2026ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video. The Trump administration is lying. 43969342088
Reposted by Chris ThompsonRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/11/2025They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies. 7582322924
Reposted by Chris ThompsonAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/11/2025incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty 45734299212297
Reposted by Chris ThompsonMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The president had a MRI but won't say why. He had bruises on his hands but wouldn't say why. He just had an 'annual medical' even though he already had his annual medical. He got shot in the ear but has never released the medical records relating to it. How is any of this ok? 1852322167547
Reposted by Chris ThompsonTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 25/10/2025In 1987, I almost got arrested - for taking a picture. Look in the middle of this group of officers and you'll see a general pointing at me. "Stop that guy." I pulled the film from my cam, told my Mom to put it in her bra, and to keep walking, and if I didn't catch up, to call the consulate. 3245257
Reposted by Chris ThompsonKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 10/10/2025The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works 28365391338
Reposted by Chris ThompsonPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later. harpers.org/archive/1941...harpers.orgWho Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson 26391143508
Reposted by Chris ThompsonPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 30/09/2025The moment where Hegseth ends his speech and not a single officer claps is the most hopeful thing I have seen in a long time. 22098841570
Reposted by Chris ThompsonThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2025“Show us your warrant!” “Ma’am, you’ve been watching too many movies. We’ll show you the warrant after we’re done.” 🤔 *busts in the door with babies crying* 1850144988667
Reposted by Chris Thompsondbarkhuff.bsky.social @dbarkhuff.bsky.social · 23/09/2025open.substack.com/pub/dbarkhuf...open.substack.comTylenolI guess we're doing this or whatever 2208
Reposted by Chris ThompsonEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Former counselor to RFK Jr’s predecessor: 5688872360
Reposted by Chris ThompsonEllen Hopkins @ellenhopkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2025If you're not totally aware of how bots try to sway minds, here's a good example. 6233391125
Chris Thompson @cthomp888.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Yeah that’s not how you measure what’s covered by the first amendment. 020
Reposted by Chris ThompsonGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment. 12544758615085
