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Thomas Paine Writes Again

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Proud liberal patriot, activist and political philosopher. #PNW #liberalpatriot #NoKings #Indivisible #abolishICE

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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Another one bites the dust! But don’t worry, dear Bondage Bondi, we will remember you when it’s time for the tribunals.
A headshot photo of Pam Bondi, with headline that she is ousted as Attorney General
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Spirit of 2026! Take our streets!
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Spirit of 2026! Everybody on the streets for #NoKings 3, this coming Saturday, March 28th
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Values? Team Pedo says “Fuck that!"
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
We can pay attention to more than one thing at a time, Mr. #Trumpstein. We haven’t forgotten.
A photo showing a younger Trump standing and smiling with Melania Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghilane Maxwell. The graphic has a “TEAM PEDO” text tag above it, and a “Convict Trumpstein” below it.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Yeah, but he can still claim to be a successful (unpunished) child rapist. Let’s change that.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Nor shalt thou rape them.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
She’s going to love the cosplay inside El Salvador’s CECOT prison!
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Return to CECOT — Inside perspective!
Image showing shirtless, heavily tattooed men with shaved heads in a prison cell, from Kristi Noem’s obscene 2025 visit to the CECOT prison in El Salvador.  Except this time she is behind the bars with them!
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
“But it’s a shame, really, because I like little girls. I like them a lot, actually.”
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Trump: “I had to do it. They refused to pay $10 Billion in protection money into my Qatar offshore account where I put the money I stole from Venezuela. Nobody talks about that anymore, right? So I had to do it. Also, maybe now you’ll stop talking about #Epstein.”
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Trump: “Iran could have easily avoided this simply by depositing $10 Billion into my Qatar offshore account, but they didn’t do that. Now everyone is going to be talking about Iran instead of #Epstein.”
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Trump: “That’s a shame, really, because I like little girls. I like them a lot, actually, which is why I had to start this unprovoked war.”
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Trump: “I really had no choice. I need to make sure the money I stole from Venezuela stays safe in my personal offshore account in Qatar. Also, you know, to make America safe for pedophiles.”
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Trump: “I had to do it to make America safe for pedophiles”
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Trump’s response: “That’s a shame, really, because I like little girls. I like them a lot.”
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
#Trump Attacks #Iran to Make America Safe for Pedophiles.
Photo of Donald Trump standing close to Jeffrey #Epstein, a convicted pedophile.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Who’s up for protests in front of Cantwell’s offices?
Seattle
915 Second Avenue, Suite 3206
Seattle, WA 98174
Phone: (206) 220-6400
Fax: (206) 220-6404

Spokane
920 W. Riverside Avenue, Suite 697
Spokane, WA 99201
Phone: (509) 353-2507
Fax: (509) 353-2547

Tacoma
950 Pacific Avenue, Suite 615
Tacoma, WA 98402
Phone: (253) 572-2281
Fax: (253) 572-5879

Everett
2930 Wetmore Avenue, Suite 9B
Everett, WA 98201
Phone: (425) 303-0114
Fax: (425) 303-8351

Vancouver
1313 Officers Row
Vancouver, WA 98661
Phone: (360) 696-7838
Fax: (360) 696-7844

Richland
825 Jadwin Avenue, Suite 206
Richland, WA 99352
Phone: (509) 946-8106
Fax: (509) 946-6937

Washington, DC
511 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-3441
Fax: (202) 228-0514
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
#ICE (Internal Control Extremists) is no longer a legitimate Federal agency. ICE for Trump what the SS (Schutzstaffel) was for Hitler; a paramilitary organization focused on intimidation of dissent by persecution of minorities, assaults and extrajudicial murders without legal accountability.
photo of SS Officer arresting citizen who has hands up. source: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/D725/production/_116877055_mediaitem116877051.jpgMasked ICE agent pointing pepper ball gun point blank at protester
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I am, indeed, a resident in King County, WA. This is the statement on Sen Cantwell’s website, linked to from her splash page. There is nothing in her statement actually condemning the invasion.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Disturbing but appropriate graphic from @coldeye.earth @gregor.us.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
1) Contact your Congressional representatives, and say no to imperialistic takeovers of other countries and territories 2) Call Republican representatives, out of your district 3) Join Indivisible, make a sign and/or a bucket drum and get out on the streetcorners. It DOES make a difference!
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Handmaids in Seattle protest, with signs and Women’s Constitution, Sunday Dec 28th.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
About 5 years ago, I found myself looking at a “wealth pyramid” chart, dissatisfied with its lack of *visual* representation of the proportional relationship between population and wealth distribution. So I created one. I just updated it to include the even greated inequality in 2025. Here it is.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
What is it that shape reminds me of? Oh yeah, the showgirl in the martini glass at Trump’s Great Gatsby themed party on the night before SNAP benefits were cut.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
And the Trump family wealth is higher. By a lot. moneynation.com/donald-trump...
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
And wealth inequality continues to increase. It is the best of times, it is the worst of times. Just depends who you are and who you know.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
About 5 yrs ago I was looking at one of those “wealth pyramid” charts, and realized it was visually very misleading. So I made a new infographic that visually shows population vs wealth. I just updated it with the latest from the Federal Reserve, and it is even more extreme than before.
An infographic which contrasts population distribution with respect to wealth distribution. Population distribution has a distribution similar to a point-up thumbtack, although the base is rounded and the spike tapers to a point at the top.  Wealth distribution has a similar shape, but point down. The infographic illustrates that the vast majority of the population owns only a tiny fraction of total US wealth, while a very few people own the vast majority of wealth.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
There were 400 Vashonites in Seattle, organized by @indivisible-vashon.bsky.social. We filled the Water Taxi to capacity (a record), and led a march to the Seattle Center rally, gathering 1500+ people behind us. So in total, over 10% of Vashon turned out for Oct 18th protests!
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I finished my @indivisible-vashon.bsky.social and #NoKings #JackOLantern last night. I encourage everyone to do one of these for this Halloween, because what is happening to our country is scarier than anything else, and it’s real.
A large round Jack-o-lantern is carved with the No Kings logoA large round pumpkin has carvings on two sides: one side shows the No Kings logo, while an adjacent side has the Indivisible Vashon logo
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
The actual context is equally inspiring, I shall paste it into the alt text of this image of Camus
“But in order to keep justice from shriveling up like a beautiful orange fruit containing nothing but a bitter, dry pulp, I discovered once more at Tipasa that one must keep intact in oneself a freshness, a cool wellspring of joy, love the day that escapes injustice, and return to combat having won that light.

Here I recaptured the former beauty, a young sky, and I measured my luck, realizing at last that in the worst years of our madness the memory of that sky had never left me. This was what in the end had kept me from despairing. I had always known that the ruins of Tipasa were younger than our new constructions or our bomb damage. There the world began over again every day in an ever new light. O light! This is the cry of all the characters of ancient drama brought face to face with their fate. This last resort was ours, too, and I knew it now. In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.”
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Inspiration from Albert Camus courtesy of @annelamott.bsky.social Substack:
He said, "In the midst of hate, 1 found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. I realized, through it all, that in the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger-
something better, pushing right back."
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Constitution banner made by @backbonecampaign.bsky.social on the mystic Isle of #Vashon! Indivisible Vashon was on the scene, with our Bucket Drum Brigade (pictured) marching in front of the banner. It was a blast!
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
My AWESOME Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov giving an emotional, inspiring address to the massive #NOKINGS rally at #Seattle Center today, October 18, 2025. Thank you to her and everyone who showed up!
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
#NoKings rally at #Seattle Center Oct 18, 2025! I’m about midway in the crowd, on the Space Needle side!
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
The @indivisible-vashon.bsky.social Bucket Drum Brigade and friends making a ruckus at the #NoKings march in #Seattle today.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Join Captain America, Vashon Island, Bainbridge Island, and others from around the Seattle Area as we march, drum, chant, and sing our way from the ferry terminal to Seattle Center for the big event! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Dear President Trump, I know you are getting confused more easily these days, so I thought this visual might help you. You might want to have someone print it out and put it in a frame (gold, of course) on your wall, just to remind yourself. #TrumpDementia #War-ravaged #Portland #Gaza
Two side-by-side images. The first is of Jabalia, Gaza, taken in January of this year, showing demolished buildings, including some apartment buildings with nothing but their iron beam skeletons standing. The sky is hazy with smoke and dust. A crowd of people, seen from a distance, are walking through the destruction.  The second image, taken recently, is of an Abolish ICE protest in Portland, OR.  It shows a crowd of peaceful protesters on a large green lawn, with pristine steel and glass skyscrapers behind them, beneath a sky filled with white clouds.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
econ.st/4gHyCTm True, all of which received due process hearings and the majority of whom had serious criminal convictions. Untrained contractors wearing masks, without badges, without warrants, knocking people around and stuffing them in unmarked vans, and sending to overseas PRISONS? Criminal.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Here’s a clear photo of the heavily armed, violent antifa terrorists threatening innocent ICE agents in war-ravaged Portland. Thank Trump these people were arrested that day, but next time will require full-force military action! 🤢
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
I took a vacation from the madness of humans last week and went backpacking. There is still beauty in the world. I took this photo of one of the lakes I camped at, just to remind myself.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Political persecution
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
You know that “wealth pyramid” you’ve heard about? It’s really more like a martini glass. Cheers.
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”  — Abraham Lincoln
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
These billboards by Indivisible linking GOP Reps to Trump-Epstein are a great wedge strategy. I just donated. Please consider. indivisible.org/statements/i...
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
In stunning new development, AG “Bondange" Bondi found the LIST that had accidentally fallen behind her desk!
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Hooray! Pammy Jo “Bondage” Bondi has found Epstein’s list!
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Bondi found the list!
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Thomas Paine Writes Again @physicshappens.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
At last! Bondi found the list!
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