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The Ghost of Tom Joad

@gaean.bsky.social
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Lifelong liberal. Oddball sci-fi author and devout atheist. I love nature and am a radical environmentalist. Practice rock climbing, yoga, mountain biking and ocean swimming. I’m sick of politics but can’t stand by and watch. No DMs please.

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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 2h
I'm so damn sick of the GOP. They run roughshod over the rule of law, try to steal elections, and nominate the most idiotic candidates possible. And then have corporations and billionaires give them insane amounts of money. We need to cast out the demons of the GOP! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Victor Marx, Colorado Governor Nominee With Sensational Past, Splinters the G.O.P. (Gift Article)
Some Republicans in the state fear that the sensational biography of Victor Marx, their party’s candidate for governor, could drag down the rest of the ticket.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 14h
STARTING THE STEAL FOR REAL: This is how the real steal begins. To provide cyber security you need full access to all systems across the network. If you control a system, SpaceX AI can easily hack the election returns. I'm suddenly very worried how the vote goes! apnews.com/article/nsa-...
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Hegseth says national security, military cyber forces will guard US election systems during midterms
The U.S. National Security Agency and military intelligence forces are set to guard election systems during the November midterms.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 21h
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 23h
An American hero fighting against corruption.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 23h
The fact that the richest man in the world finances republicans and promotes racism is enough to make me demand a wealth tax. It would be much better than a $1,800,000,000 budget deficit. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Musk showers GOP with cash while defending racism in court
Multibillionaire Elon Musk’s political action committee is increasing its spending on House and Senate races as part of his attempt to help Republicans hold on to their majorities in the House and…
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
DAMN! They are getting serious about stealing the mid terms. I'm hoping this is just hot air, but it seems much more sinister than that. With the AI hacking ability, having these guys on the inside gives them an open field to attack the systems and change results. apnews.com/article/nsa-...
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Hegseth says national security, military cyber forces will guard US election systems during midterms
The U.S. National Security Agency and military intelligence forces are set to guard election systems during the November midterms.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Rick Paisano @sicilianrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Xi Jinping constructively met Biden three times and then had to listen to Trump brag about replacing his portrait. I’m sure he was thinking “what a weak, pathetic man he is.” www.newsweek.com/trump-photo-...
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Trump shows Xi Biden autopen portrait during White House tour
Chinese press clashes added to tensions at Xi's White House visit as U.S. media access remains under scrutiny.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the most fucked up thing I’ve ever seen on TV.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mark Kelly is on my short list for 2028.
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The Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing." ~ George Orwell @mluckovich.bsky.social
Mike Luckovich
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In case you were wondering, our star, Sol, is a standard Low Mass Star.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We can make more jobs and drop the price of electricity while solving the climate crisis, too.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Way to go Mexico! For all their problems they are moving to a nation healthcare system. If only the people in the US could know that level of financial security. www.msn.com/en-us/health...
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Truth 💥
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
While Krasnov bows down to a country that supports Putin's war in Ukraine, the EU steps up to help them. Krasnov's treason is in clear view. Everyone knows it, at least the EU is doing something about it. www.euronews.com/2026/09/25/e...
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EU countries agree to release long-stalled €6.6bn in Ukraine aid
The decision to release €6.6 billion through the European Peace Facility comes at a critical juncture for Ukraine, which is grappling with a significant shortfall in its Ministry of Defence budget tha...
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Should be reposted every month....
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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's easy to confuse China's rise with America's fall. apnews.com/article/trum...
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In China, the Xi-Trump summit is seen as projecting image of the country’s rise
U.S. President Donald Trump’s elaborate reception of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington, D.C., has impressed the Chinese public.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If we had actual journalists in this country, this would have been reported as a story.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Fucking Fetterman saves Trump’s war in Iran.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They really don't care if you're a citizen or not. Being white is your only hope when the country is run by racists. apnews.com/article/chic...
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US citizen injured in Illinois after ICE agents mistook him for fugitive, tried to arrest him
A man was left bloodied and injured in an encounter with immigration enforcement agents in a Chicago suburb.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Make no mistake about it, the GOP are already making moves to steal the election. I'm sure we'll see more of these "mistakes" in red states. The chaos in Missouri is another example. They will discredit the election every chance they get. apnews.com/article/texa...
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State error in Texas creates huge backlog in voter registration applications as midterm voting nears
County election offices throughout Texas are scrambling to process a massive backlog of voter registration applications stemming from an error at the state level.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Crazy stuff! If we can't keep AI from hacking into secure sites now, just wait for more intelligent agents getting ideas of their own. Either take the things offline now, or hold their CEOs accountable for any damage done by their AI. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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News live: Marles says ‘legal situation’ of OpenAI breach under investigation; Victoria to allow dogs in pubs under election promise
Follow the day’s news live
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984
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Boredmonkey @boredmonkey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If only they had quit covering him after he announced his run for the presidency and rode down the escalator in 2015. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump inaugurates new White House helipad, but networks skip coverage during First Amendment fight
President Trump has unveiled a new White House helicopter landing pad while trying to downplay a First Amendment firestorm.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Another victim in the war on drugs. apnews.com/article/hayd...
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Hayden Panettiere died from accidental overdose involving fentanyl, coroner says
A coroner has determined that actor Hayden Panettiere died from an accidental overdose of several drugs including fentanyl.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sometimes Paul Krugman has bitter advice that I don't want to hear, but he's almost always right. Without campaign finance reform, we will remain an oligarchy. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-crypt...
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Will Crypto Crash the Blue Wave?
AI gets the attention, but the Big Scam is still spending big
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
👇🏽 #AbolishICE
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
TRUMP TV takes flight!
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
reposting for the evening crowd, because despite its deceptive simplicity, I worked a lot harder on this one than usual
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just remember that none of this would be happening if Trump hadn't convinced the GOP to redo all the districts. The blame lies squarely on the GOP for making our elections a farce. The voter suppression must be addressed and integrity restored. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Missouri again ordered to use gerrymandered map for midterms — Supreme Court likely to decide
The circuit court ruling injects even more confusion into a year-long battle over which map the state will use for the general election.
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Ferg Turduson @turdferguson101.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I fucking hate it here. Years later we will be horrified when we find out what they’ve done. It feels complicit to be paying taxes into this and also having no real power.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In case you're wondering just how much Trump is raking in being president, Aaron has laid it out nicely: aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-deep...
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Major Deep Dive: Exposing the Trump Family's Unprecedented White House Cash Machine
A look inside the crypto deals, foreign money, and government contracts fueling the Trump family's historic wealth surge.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The US is trying to do to the ICC what they did to the DOJ. Avoiding justice at all costs is the narrative of Trump's presidency. apnews.com/article/icc-...
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The Netherlands is bracing for potentially devastating US sanctions against the ICC
The Netherlands is making preparations for the United States to sanction the International Criminal Court, in the last escalation of the Trump Administration’s attacks on the global tribunal.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
All the news that's fit to repost!
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Why are Evangelicals so willing to stay in a cult? (sorry, it's a rhetorical question :)
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Let's be clear about one thing: The US had a huge military presence in Thule and Pituffik with a treaty that allowed us to build any bases we wanted in the area. The new treaty assigns us a role in protecting the island, which we would have done before anyway. 1/
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RedStateBlues @coolsprings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
letsdiscusssomething @letsdiscusssome.bsky.social linktr.ee/letsdiscusss
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I have a trade deficit with woman who used to own my house. I paid her thousands of dollars for her home and she paid me nothing. Now, all I have is a house worth thousand of dollars. I could have saved those thousands of dollars if I lived on a bench in the park. It's just simple Economics.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So Krasnov, you gotta keep the Epstein files secret. Good thing you got Blanche in...
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
HCR ommits the obvious. If Scott Bessent calls Venzuelan oil "one of the largest assets on the US balance sheet" but also says he has no knowledge of where the money was going, then MAYBE HE SHOULD LOSE HIS JOB. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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September 16, 2026
Yesterday U.S.
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is what a real leader sounds like. Fuck the GOP and the Krasnov synchophants. We think that tearing down the ballroom and arch will wipe clean this administration, but we're wrong. Even if Trump is jailed, his legacy will be a diminshed country, forever weakened. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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PM Mark Carney addresses European Parliament – September 17, 2026
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The Ghost of Tom Joad @gaean.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Every day is Christmas for Putin! apnews.com/article/cana...
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