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James Thompson

@jasthompson2.bsky.social
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Cat aficionado, husband, father, grandfather, uncle. OH 26, MA 33, IL 19. McGovern Dem. Breast cancers. Pace/defib wearer. New pastimes: Google Photos & Ancestry. Boris above. Loonie swimming.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h
"Yeah, sorry your kid died or whatever. What do you think about my chandeliers?"
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h
Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over two decades The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Trump administration refuses international election monitors for first time in over 2 decades
The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 6h
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 23h
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Leah-Bug @leah-bug.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How does Russia take out 20% of the United States’ most senior military leadership without firing a shot? By turning to the same man who is responsible for the destruction dozens of bases in the Middle East, the depletion of our arsenal, and hiding it all from the American people, Petrov Hegseth.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Trump Ten Years, Have Been Some Of The Darkest Years.......
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Math problem: A firm buys a ranch next to Yosemite for $4 million. Its CEO donates to Trump. Trump's Interior Department weighs giving it a road through the park. What did the donation buy? Send Congress your answer: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Sometimes Washington is debating one economy while Americans are living in another.⁣ ⁣ We keep hearing about manufacturing and AI, but almost all recent job growth has been in healthcare youtu.be/XttGlE71UJs
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Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This was Special Counsel Jack Smith yesterday at the ‘Power to the People’ concert and wearing a Springsteen/No Kings shirt with people wanting to shake his hand. American hero. 💙👊
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Meanwhile in Indiana… @robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
From the end of the Great Depression until the late 1970s, wages went up with productivity. The working and middle classes had real purchasing power. Then the “Reagan Revolution” happened. It wasn’t a revolution. It was America’s devolution.
"THE RAND CORPORATION DID THE MATH AND FOUND THAT THE RESULT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR UNIONS AND FREEZING OF OUR MINIMUM WAGE, COMBINED WITH MASSIVE TAX CUTS FOR BILLIONAIRES FROM REAGAN, BUSH, AND TRUMP, HAVE TRANSFERRED A MIND-BOGGLING $79 TRILLION FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS INTO THE MONEY BINS OF THE MORBIDLY RICH SINCE THE REAGAN ERA."

THOM HARTMANNBernie Sanders @BernieSanders

Total Wealth of Bottom 50% of U.S. households
1989: $317.8 billion
2026: $313 billion

Total Wealth of Top 0.00001% (20 households)
1989: $88.6 billion
2026: $4 trillion

This is insane!NEVER FORGET THAT RONALD REAGAN TRIPLED THE NATIONAL DEBT FROM $738 BILLION TO $2.1 TRILLION, DROPPED THE INCOME TAX RATE ON THE TOP 1% FROM 70% TO 28%, SOLD 500 MISSILES TO IRAN, LET 90,000 AMERICANS DIE OF AIDS, AND SET INTO MOTION THE END OF MENTAL INSTITUTIONS, CREATING A MASSIVE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS THAT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY.
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James Thompson @jasthompson2.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
substack.com/@letitiajame...
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AG Tish James (@letitiajames)
The Trump administration is pushing for catastrophic rollbacks of federal limits on greenhouse gas pollution. I’m suing to stop this administration from giving the nation’s biggest polluters a free p...
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Here'sEmmaBrody @emmabrody.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is absolutely a stunning piece of investigative work. The height of corruption and the people of Ukraine are dying because of the morally indecent Trump family. We're seeing a complete U.S. realignment with Russia for their friends' and family's profit. Grateful for what you've uncovered.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
The pending oil deal involves Russian Lukoil international assets (now sanctioned by the US) that would be acquired at a big discount by a Trump campaign donor, a UAE-based investor in Trump/Witkoff family crypto company, and Kushner/Ivanka's Qatari-based real estate partners.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“.. The department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the famed Watergate break-in committed misconduct ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump has always had a certain level of disgust with the disabled, and he thinks the public should be spared from having to confront their existence or let them live normal lives alongside the rest of us.
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James Thompson @jasthompson2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Lauren Underwood (@laurenaunderwood)
Trump has now refunded $128 billion dollars from his tariffs to corporations. Tariffs he created, made Americans pay for, and then returned right back to his donors. We paid, and his friends ...
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blueanimallover.bsky.social @blueanimallover.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Never forget.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister: "In 2015, we had a deal, we remained committed to that deal, it was the US that withdrew with zero justification"
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Herr Carroll Elmer-Henry-David Reimer-Schmidt-Hildebrand-Goertz @vaygar-el1954.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2013: $380,000 Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2026: $14,600,000 He cashed in and sold out Michiganders.
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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
We don't need crypto bros, they're grifters. We need @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social in the Senate. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u... #dv1 #usDemocracy #voices4Victory
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The Crypto Industry Targets Sherrod Brown of Ohio, a Top Democratic Senate Candidate (Gift Article)
Angry after the defeat of a major crypto bill last week, the industry is planning to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So the US is “working on a deal” to buy Potash from a dictator allied with Putin instead of Canada.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The labor share of economic output hit its lowest point on record in Q2 2026.
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James Thompson @jasthompson2.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He was after oil. He saw the wealth of the Saudis and after the VZ cakewalk, thought he could grab the Iraqi's oil too.
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The Sgt Joker @thesgtjoker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The U.S. military shouldn’t take a political position on anything, and never has until Trump filled it with inadequate white men like Hegseth.
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
At this point, Donald Trump is more likely to have a degenerative disease named after him than a performing arts center.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 24/06/2026
Police have released a sketch of the main suspect accused of defacing the reflecting pool.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The site had operated as a school for nearly ten years, was on Google Maps, and had its own website. A UN report said the failures "went beyond negligence" and may constitute war crimes. The Pentagon investigation has been complete for months but hasn’t been released.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
RFK Jr. wants people to get sick. He wants them to get sick and he thinks it is a good thing if they die, since those who live will have "natural immunity" and emerge stronger and fitter.
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Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Rep. Thomas Massie and I have defied history a second time, securing commitments for 218 signatures on Epstein 2.0, including Reps. Norman, Fitzpatrick, Mace, and every Democrat. Two Democrats were sick and will sign when Johnson calls us back. We will not rest until there is justice.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Mister Trump, there are still some MAGA voters who are stubbornly standing by you. Can you say something to alienate them too?"
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
RFK Jr. says he's gonna look into the chemtrails and the “electromagnetic fields."
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 17/09/2026
🚨NEWS: Vivek Ramaswamy states he would vote to "significantly constrain and attach work requirements to most of the welfare state," explicitly highlighting Social Security and Medicaid.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Straight-up extortion seems like a losing political strategy
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Badseed14 @badseed14.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@ossoff.senate.gov knows the assignment and is delivering the message.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
US Justice Dept and Reform donor Ben Delo. Pled guilty to violating the Bank Secrecy Act. Built a company designed to flout US law; willfully failed to implement and maintain even basic anti-money laundering policies. $10 million criminal fine. 30 months of probation, waived by Trump.
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#DonaldTrump pressure on development banks to scrap climate finance goals - The UN agreement to provide $1.3tn in climate finance is under threat, as multilateral lenders are expected to follow the World Bank in dumping green targets after intense US pressure. www.ft.com/content/7181... via @FT
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US pressure on development banks to scrap climate finance goals
Multilateral lenders expected to follow the World Bank in ditching lending targets
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Barb: Bring Back Democracy! 💙 @bboptop.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Trump hypocritically pardoned Ross Ulbricht. 'The $1.2 billion in drug transactions was a benefit to society, your honor.’ Arresting Ulbricht got urgent after he ordered 6 murders of ppl he thought were blackmailing him. www.wonkette.com/p/trumps-par...
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Trump's Pardoned Favorite Drug Dealer Ross Ulbricht, Wonksplained
Whatever happened to Donald Trump calling for the death penalty for drug dealers?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/09/2026
🚨 JUST IN: Iran-backed Houthis just SEIZED U.S.-made M-ATVs and MRAP armored vehicles after overrunning Mokha port on Yemen’s Red Sea coast
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Fair Q Answer: laws don’t apply to the rich/Trump’s donors — for them he has literally abolished prisons
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here’s that disgraceful criminal at the Pentagon’s 25th 9/11 memorial service.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/09/2026
Things are going to get considerably worse with Bab al-Mandab combined with the destruction of the Saudi pipeline. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/w...
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Houthis Seize a Key Red Sea Island, Threatening Yet Another Global Oil Route
The Iran-backed militia’s ground offensive has reached the Bab al-Mandab, a Red Sea strait that is a choke point for global trade.
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Abdul Baset Safi @abdulbasets324.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
According to Axios, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke with Donald Trump twice by phone and asked him to take action against the Houthis. The report says Trump rejected the Saudi Crown Prince’s request for military action against the Houthis.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 11/09/2026
Reports of excessive drinking. Unexplained absences. Complaining about posts online. FBI Director Kash Patel seems to be very bad at his job.
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What Does FBI Director Kash Patel Actually Do?
He spends his time complaining about online posts.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Sure seems like we should revisit that whole "lying president tried to have his goons put an Olympic athlete in prison for his own incompetence" thing
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's disgraceful enough of Donald Trump to skip the 9/11 Memorial in New York City, but to go golfing in Ireland instead—just to promote one of his properties—shows Trump's contempt not just for this solemn anniversary, but also for decency itself.
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