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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom

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Left of center Dem. Life member Academy of Political Science. Musician. Autism Dad, Grandfather, Feminist, Rule Of Law/Scientific Method. Cancer survivor, (so far) NO DMs! resist BlueCrew DemsConnect StopProject2025 SafePlace STRONGERTOGETHER

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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What AI debates have to do with alchemy- Henry Farrell The comparison is obvious. Every picture tells a story, don’t it? Still worth a read.
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What AI debates have to do with alchemy
A review of Adam Becker’s book
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cosplay Pete channeling George C. Scott's portrayal of Georgie Patton is peak theater of the absurd. If he wasn't undermining our nations security and the Constitution it would be hilarious. Unfortunately, that isn't the case.
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Testostero-Pete thinks he’s Patton in his button-popping skinny legs little boy suit. He needs to be impeached NOW.
Let’s get this out of the way right now: General George S.
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From J6 insurrection to Schmitt's humiliation, a straight line
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From J6 insurrection to Schmitt's humiliation, a straight line
The latter covered up the former to confuse understanding of Trump's treason.
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Did Farmers Vote for Trump Because of Racism? The H-2A guest-worker system is supposed to provide agricultural workers legally when there aren't enough available U.S. workers, but the system also ties those workers to their employers.
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Did Farmers Vote for Trump Because of Racism?
It’s actually even worse than that...
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Trump's October Starts With a Meltdown and a 17 Percent Approval Rating
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BREAKING: Trump's October Starts With a Meltdown and a 17 Percent Approval Rating
Good morning, and welcome back to Really American.
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Globalist Comeback?
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A Globalist Comeback?
Hints of a business break with MAGA
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Super Intelligence”: Last Gasp of the Punchcard
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“Super Intelligence”: Last Gasp of the Punchcard
How the Trump regime and the AI industry are driving us into a $10 trillion ditch.
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nice Patton cosplay. Though they did misspell State of the Farce
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump to Install Turd in White House Punchbowl!!! Trump said the turd would be created by a leading defecational artist selected by whichever crony contractor he picks for the job, most likely on the basis of the size of the proposed kickback.
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Trump to Install Turd in White House Punchbowl!!!
Calls It ‘‘Beautification Measure’
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
HOW DARE YOU " start comporting yourself like half-decent people who love our wildlife more than your guns. Knock it off with the bigotry and misogyny, and concentrate on fixing yourselves, because you are broken, and a lot to deal with."
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HOW DARE YOU
Do not lecture liberals about finding joy while Republicans starve children, wreck our Democracy, and poison our environment
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The 50 State Strategy. Implemented by Howard Dean. Paul Begala, a former Clinton White House strategist, sneered that Dean was hiring staff “to wander around Utah and Mississippi and pick their nose.” You can see Begala dining out on his Clinton glory days on TV. Obama became POTUS for 8 years.
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The Untold Story of How The Democrats Won Their Last Supermajority: The 50 State Strategy
How Howard Dean staffed all 50 states, and how that map produced the last filibuster-proof Senate
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Republicans are not only failing to meet the moment, they are also failing to anticipate the future. They have no platform, no values, no principles, and no vision, so they cling tightly to the culture wars they exploited for a decade.
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Republicans are not only failing to meet the moment, they are also failing to anticipate the future.
September 30, 2026
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Is Stephen Miller a Nazi? Ask his Jewish family. Miller's isn’t just evil; he’s the evil all evil aspires to be. He’s so dark he turns Satan green with envy.
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Is Stephen Miller a Nazi? Ask his Jewish family. Miller's isn’t just evil; he’s the evil all evil aspires to be. He’s so dark he turns Satan green with envy.
Vanity Fair called Stephen Miller “one of the most evil people to have worked for Donald Trump.”
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Where I ponder the news cycle of the day as midnight comes on the West Coast.
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The ineptitude dudes just keep on rolling. The thing that amazes me as I look at this picture, with Sen. John Kennedy sneering, is why I didn’t get a Rhodes Scholarship too. Maybe I got the letter and...
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Stupid is as stupid does. In the worst way. Transparently. The fish does rot from the head down, or so the story goes. Ooh ooh, that smell. Somebody light some sage. Everyone else? Vote like your life depends on it. It does.
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Before there was Mar a Lago Botox, there were Mar a Lago boxes
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith underwent several hours of stupidly aggressive and just plain stupid and just plain aggressive questioning from Republicans at a hearing of the Judiciary Committee on...
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Perhaps this gaffe will scare Missouri voters Schmittless.
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How the rightwing media can turn humiliation into victory. Schmitt is an opportunist climber and a Heritage acolyte.
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How the rightwing media can turn humiliation into victory
Eric Schmitt will never face the consequences of today's spectacular failure.
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
ICEbreaker News: Courts, Costs, and Detention Expansion | September 29, 2026 For the amount of money these imbecilic and racist grifters are spending on putting kids in cages, they could send them to college instead. But where's the Power and Profit in that? It wouldn't be cruel either.
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ICEbreaker News: Courts, Costs, and Detention Expansion | September 29, 2026
September 29, 2026: Courts scrutinize ICE detention as watchdogs flag costly expansion problems and lawmakers propose new limits on arrests and detention.
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jack Smith testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee
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Jack Smith testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee
Republicans still turn a blind eye to the Jan 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No One Asked, But...The Greatest Weapon Against Fascism: The Arts and Humanities
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No One Asked, But...The Greatest Weapon Against Fascism: The Arts and Humanities
Eli's Substack is a reader-supported publication.
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
With five weeks to go, Democrats have seized the momentum and control the narrative
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With five weeks to go, Democrats have seized the momentum and control the narrative
September 28, 2026
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The weakest strongman ever by John Stoehr @editorialboard.bsky.social I would go beyond flinch. Terms that come to mind are toadying, groveling, rolling over lick a subservient beta dog. Obsequious abasement
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The weakest strongman ever
When faced with a chance to confront the enemy, Donald Trump flinched.
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump’s Cheat-To-Win Strategy
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Trump’s Cheat-To-Win Strategy
Because he fears he can’t prevail any other way
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The only questions left with Donald Trump are who will he go to war with next, and how much will a gallon of gas cost on January 20, 2029. I’m sure there’s a betting line on Polymarket, so get your wagers down now."
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Wait a minute! Grovelmeister Donnie wants to sell what’s left of our dwindling military arsenal to China?
I’ve been wondering what was behind Chinese President Xi’s trip to see Trump at the White House, haven’t you?
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the way.
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s “Underwear on the Outside” Time I missed this in my email. It's been that kind of week. If you haven't read it, enjoy.
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It’s “Underwear on the Outside” Time
Trump’s continuing downward spiral into sundowning
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
China helps Iran kill Americans yet corporate media doesn’t call out Trump’s Treason of celebrating China’s leader?!
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China helps Iran kill Americans yet corporate media doesn’t call out Trump’s Treason of celebrating China’s leader?!
This is TREASON by Trump!
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"... the company is completely irresponsible, totally unqualified, and deliberately using anthropomorphic language to describe something that’s far easier to understand using standard terminology. OpenAI and Anthropic are creating the largest malware products ever built and calling it intelligence."
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“Swarms of Rogue Agents” Means MALWARE
Zoom today, Sunday, Noon PT / 3PM ET
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"There’s an old aphorism in military affairs to the effect that amateurs talk about strategy, but professionals talk about logistics. The financial version of this aphorism might be that cable TV touts talk about stocks, but serious economic analysts talk about bonds."
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Booms, Bombs and Bonds: Interest Rates, Part I
What’s driving interest rates higher?
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
DON DEMENTO IS AT THE WHEEL, AND DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE. “The number of times the president claims victory is inversely proportional to the actual extent of American military success”. All this messed up signalling weakens the credibility of the US as a security guarantor."
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“You Will Miss US When We’re Gone”
The weakening of the global US alliance structure is the most significant change in the international order since World War II.
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Meet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom Watson. Lord Tom Watson has become a senior vice president at US tech firm Palantir. Lord Watson was a Labour MP for more than 20 years. Watson gets his Golden Ticket.
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Meet the real AI “rogue agent”: Lord Tom Watson
A Labour leader is out of control. The world needs a containment strategy now
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
He deliberately doesn’t mention that spent his youth in Swakopmund, SW Africa, an apartheid town that was cosplaying as the Third Reich through the 1970s. The standard greeting was “Heil Hitler!” Father Klaus was building a uranium mine for apartheid South Africa’s illegal nuclear weapons program
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Thiel’s Antichrist Confession: “If you’re evil… maybe you’re actually kind of good”
How Peter Thiel became the Devil himself.
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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In 1930s, Soviet Russia brought Holodomor to Ukraine - to starve Ukrainians and stop the resistance. Now, a hundred years later , Russia is doing the same to Oleshky , starving people there, not letting food in and not letting people out . Please ask your politicians to urge access to Oleshky .
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"There’s nothing weak about kindness and compassion. There’s nothing weak about looking out for others. There’s nothing weak about being honorable. You’re not a sucker to have integrity and to treat others with respect." Obama. "But in the end, we all die anyway. So it doesn’t matter." Trump
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bootlicker of Bootlickers "He has been a particularly active chaos agent in causing distrust and pushing the lawless agenda that is being executed by the Trump regime. Then he has the nerve to go on air and talk about how Trump should be taken away in a straight jacket. Tucker, YOU did this."
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Bootlicker of Bootlickers
Tucker Carlson's feeble attempt to distance himself from the monster he helped create
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But how would Rick Scott pay his country club dues?
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'll just leave this here. Thank God for ethanol.
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One Mission, at Least, Is Accomplished Don’t forget Ukraine. Don’t forget Ukraine. Don’t forget Ukraine. Don’t forget Ukraine.
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One Mission, at Least, Is Accomplished
It took both of us
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nothing important here... CNN GOT BANNED FROM AIR FORCE ONE AND REPLACED WITH LINDELLTV TRUMP REJECTED IRAN’S DEAL AND PLANS TO BOMB AFTER THE ELECTION THE FBI AND THE PENTAGON BOTH GOT BREACHED OPENAI’S AGENTS WENT AFTER GOVERNMENT WEBSITES
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BREAKING: Trump Rejects Peace as His Agencies Get Hacked
Good morning, this is Really American.
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lest we forget.
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Abandoned Afghan Ally (@abandonedally)
America's foreign policy is not only about presidents, borders, weapons, or negotiations. It is also about the people who believed America's promises. I look at what is happening in the world today a...
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Robot Girl "There's something happening here and you don't know what it is but you don't what is, Do you, Mr. Jones?" Here's your meat puppet manual. Or, Attack of The Billionaire Babbitt Boys Club? 21st Century Schiziod Man? Mars Attacks? I dunno, just read it!
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Robot Girl
The tech coup d’etat is already here
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump Ballroom Sinks After Hitting Iceberg, Thousands Die!! "Insane US President Donald J. Trump did not go down with the ballroom, as is the custom. Instead, he scooted from the great hall assisted by his faithful caretaker, Natalie Harp, who shouted, “Presidents and presidential assistants first!”
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Trump Ballroom Sinks After Hitting Iceberg, Thousands Die!!!
New Feature: News of the Future!
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ALL GAS, NO BRAKES
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ALL GAS, NO BRAKES
Republicans are on the road to ruin in the midterms, and there’s no turning back ...
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today’s Supreme Court emergency docket ruling was issued without the presentation of arguments before the court. Trump doesn’t want to find ineligible voters. He wants to make it harder for eligible citizens to vote. BTW Donnie, Junta doesn't have an H in it. Bet ya didn't know that, Big Boy.
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The Supreme Court just sicced ICE on our voting rights
This by far the most dangerous thing that could possibly happen before the midterm elections.
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"The competition for the dumbest member of Congress has always been fierce. This week, however, it appears Sen. Tommy Tuberville took a commanding lead when he delivered what will likely be remembered as “The Furry Speech.”
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‘Meee-ow,’ said the pilot. ‘Woof woof,’ said air traffic control
Alabama’s Sen. Tommy Tuberville reveals that our skies are thick with furries
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Jules⚖️📨 @northjules.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A $150,000 illegal donation tied to Navatek, then a reported $32 million federal contract two months later: ProPublica’s reporting raises a serious question for Susan Collins, who denies wrongdoing. Senate seats belong to voters, not donors buying access. #TrumpsCorruptCongress
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New DOGE Grand Jury Petition Kit Just Dropped.
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New DOGE Grand Jury Petition Kit Just Dropped.
Free kits for six counties, built on the government’s own admissions in federal court
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The wheels are coming off yet Senate GOP can't quit Trump
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The wheels are coming off yet Senate GOP can't quit Trump
A week of panic as well as paralysis.
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The American Disease "In the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, there’s a topical new entry: Trump Fatigue Syndrome (TFS)..." I dunno if it's true, but it seems to explain a lot.
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The American Disease
Trump’s Last Rodeo
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Thomas C. Harris Just plain Tom @harrissocal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The American Disease "In the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, there’s a topical new entry: Trump Fatigue Syndrome (TFS)..." I dunno if it's true, but it seems to explain a lot.
journaloftheplagueyears.substack.com
The American Disease
Trump’s Last Rodeo
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