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Russ Thomson

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Retired Sr IT Manager for major automotive manufacturer. Happy to be back in Minnesota! Oh yeah, fuck Trump and his MAGAts!

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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 7h
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This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 473.
… NYT: “One month until Election Day, voter dissatisfaction with the economy, concerns about political extremism and frustration with Trump have Democrats within reach of flipping 4 Republican-held go...
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 8h
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Major Deep Dive: Trump Is Defying Congress' Power of the Purse. Here’s a Roadmap for Investigating His Misuse of Taxpayer Funds
He was once forced to pay $2 million for misusing his own charity's money for politics. Now it's the federal Treasury. Here's the roadmap Congress needs.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 8h
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Sunday Message by MeidasTouch
Hey everyone, it’s Ben Meiselas, co-founder of MeidasTouch, here with my Sunday message.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 14h
Important Sunday Update!! Major Good News!! aaronparnas.substack.com/p/important-...
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Important Sunday Update!! Major Good News!!
Good morning, everyone.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 19h
Taking back the House and Senate is not a given, people need to get out and vote. Trump and his MAGAts need to go! Sunday thought: What’s Up With Kansas? robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...
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Sunday thought: What’s Up With Kansas?
The power of kitchen-table economics
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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NEWS: Trump Enters ‘Desperation Mode,’ Texas is a ‘Five-Alarm Fire,’ Administration Clears Way to Institutionalize Disabled Americans
Good evening.
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Veterans Against Trump @vetsat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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NEWS: Trump Took Money Meant for Fallen Officers' Memorials to Air Ads Worshipping Himself, Rushes Out Checks as GOP Worries
Good morning.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Diesel Don is tanking the GOP open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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Diesel Don is tanking the GOP
Record high prices are one of Trump’s defining political failures.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Important Friday Night Update
32 days out, the GOP map is collapsing into red states, while Trump's tariffs threaten free chips and salsa and Benny Johnson gets sued for calling protesters "terrorists."
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 472. 10/2/26
… Trump’s economy continues to fail miserably for most Americans except for the uber-rich and people in the AI industry, as more bad economic numbers were reported today by the Bureau of Labor Statist...
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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BREAKING: Trump Won't Rule Out Troops at the Polls, DOJ Reopens Watergate Investigation, Trump Regrets His SCOTUS Picks, and more...
Top Stories for October 2, 2026.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hegseth is a fucking embarrassment and is dismantling the military for Trump’s master, Putin. jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/full-metal...
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Full Metal Jackass
The Pentagon Is Not Your Goddamn Megachurch, You Temu Patton Prick
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEWS: Trump Tries to Buy Votes With $500 Checks, GOP Senator Tells Trump "I Don't Take This Bullsh*t," Final Jobs Report Tanks, and More aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump...
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NEWS: Trump Tries to Buy Votes With $500 Checks, GOP Senator Tells Trump "I Don't Take This Bullsh*t," Final Jobs Report Tanks, and More
Good morning.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Fuck Trump and his MAGAt sycophants that do his bidding! open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Trump’s Administration Is Investigating Me
The most corrupt administration in American history is coming after me for my legal actions as a private citizen.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judges open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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The mendaciousness of the latest DOJ attack on judges
Blanche created a new rule out of thin air and is mad it’s not being followed.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cornell, Rape, and Misogyny in the Age of Trump robertreich.substack.com/p/cornell-ra...
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Cornell, Rape, and Misogyny in the Age of Trump
Friends,
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
SAVE was built to verify federal benefits. Trump’s administration scanned at least 67 million voter registrations through it-in one Texas county up to 21% of flagged voters were citizens.Voting shouldn’t hinge on a system that can’t tell who you are. #PayToPlayPresident #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Danielle ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Did you sign off on this Trump ad featuring his and Hegseth’s voice threatening Iranians and glorifying their catastrophic Iran war? You’re footing the bill for it on Fox. We all are. Families struggle with gas prices while paying to prop up Trump’s fragile ego. #PayToPlayPresident
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Jade Moon ❌👑 @deadlynightjade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm not alone in feeling rage over this horror. It just gets worse. #Women seem to have no support. The systems, ALL of the systems, protect the rapists and blame the victims. Right now I want to burn the world down. But let's start by castrating the rapists. jessica.substack.com/p/carrying-t...
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Carrying That Weight—Again
I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New reporting reveals three more instances where Ken Paxton offered plea deals to people accused of sexual assault or trafficking.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
The American Bar Association laid out the receipts. Big donors get appointments. Big money flows in, investigations disappear, pardons follow, regulations loosen and foreign governments get favorable treatment. The article calls it an “unprecedented pay-to-play culture.” #PayToPlayPresident
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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Renee Nicole Good was a mother, a daughter, a wife, a neighbor, and a Minnesotan. Nine months ago, an ICE agent shot her, then allegedly refused a physician's offer of medical aid. Her family deserves accountability and justice. It's long past time.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEWS: Democratic Turnout Surges, Trump Snaps at Reporters, Hegseth Purges Military, Renee Good’s Family Sues Trump, Botched Execution aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-democ...
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NEWS: Democratic Turnout Surges, Trump Snaps at Reporters, Hegseth Purges Military, Renee Good’s Family Sues Trump, Botched Execution
Good morning.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Deportation Roulette, Brought To You By Monsters. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/deportatio...
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Deportation Roulette, Brought To You By Monsters.
Your ticket’s one-way, your destination’s a secret, and your opportunity to object has been downgraded to standby.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump + AI = Blue Tsunami open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Trump + AI = Blue Tsunami
It doesn’t take super intelligence to realize the GOP is screwed.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Scenes from a personality cult open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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Scenes from a personality cult
Trump’s taxpayer-funded agitprop is clearly illegal — and that’s the point.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Rot at the Top robertreich.substack.com/p/the-heart-...
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The Rot at the Top
The real reason Americans are paying more under Trump Republicans
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Paxton Caught on Tape Trashing Trump, Hispanic Voters Bolt From GOP, White House Censors Its Own Chatbot, and more... open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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BREAKING: Paxton Caught on Tape Trashing Trump, Hispanic Voters Bolt From GOP, White House Censors Its Own Chatbot, and more...
Top Stories for September 30, 2026.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Major Exclusive: Trump DOJ Buries Secret Epstein Interview, Trump Hit With Large Court Losses, Scrambles to Muzzle His Own AI aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-excl...
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Major Exclusive: Trump DOJ Buries Secret Epstein Interview, Trump Hit With Large Court Losses, Scrambles to Muzzle His Own AI
Good evening.
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Rep. Salud Carbajal @carbajal.house.gov · 30/09/2026
An incompetent move by an incompetent Secretary of Defense. In what world does cutting experienced leaders from the Pentagon benefit our military preparedness, national security, or the chain of command? www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...
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Hegseth to announce a 20% cut to generals and admirals
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to call for a 20% cut in the number of generals and admirals across the U.S. military on Wednesday, a Pentagon official told CBS News.
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Miss Kitty 🌈🌈🌈 @misskitty.art · 30/09/2026
This is part of payout for payments and election manipulations. This is squeezing you dry & making you powerless cuz you keep believing lie you have to earn your right to have a #home. You bought a bill of goods before you thought you bought a bill of goods. Wrong #assumptions lead to bad decisions.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That expression you have while witnessing spectacular incompetence.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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𝐃𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐆 🇨🇦 🇺🇦🌻🦋 @dougieg633.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
👀 👇 😆 👏 👏 👏 🇨🇦 Donald Trump... Creating opportunity, one fuck up at a time!!! "In late August, President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America, prompting Canadian businesses to quickly create merchandise celebrating the original name."
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From chocolate to coin purses, Lake Ontario merchandise proves a hit with consumers
TORONTO - After Tareq Hadhad and his family moved to Antigonish, N.S., as Syrian refugees in 2016, they built a business on the premise that chocolate was so uniting it could create peace.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It ain't Biden's fault.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These are the architects of the fall of Democracy. They want to replace everything and break everything to line their pockets fixing everything they just broke. SMH.
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HockeyBroad @hockeybroad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don't think anybody ever thought our military was weak until 🦆🍊💩 gutted literally decades of seasoned experience from the top brass & replaced it with yes-men loyalist flunkies like Kegsbreath who are more concerned about performative masculinity than whether about people can do the job well. 🪡
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Wednesday Updates: Record Diesel, Rigged Inflation Math, and Meta's AI Tax Scheme – 9/30/26
Important news. Paywall free.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BOOTLICKERS, BROWNOSING and BULLSHIT jojofromjerz.substack.com/p/bootlicker...
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BOOTLICKERS, BROWNOSING and BULLSHIT
Jack Smith brought the truth. Senate Republicans brought fairy tales, show tunes, fake gotchas, bird-brained buffoonery and professionally printed humiliation.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEWS: Paxton Caught on Hot Mic Trashing Trump’s Convention, Trump Scrambles to Silence AI That Fact-Checks Him, Jack Smith Fallout Grows aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-paxto...
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NEWS: Paxton Caught on Hot Mic Trashing Trump’s Convention, Trump Scrambles to Silence AI That Fact-Checks Him, Jack Smith Fallout Grows
Good morning.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Schmitt happens all over effort to perjury trap Jack Smith open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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Schmitt happens all over effort to perjury trap Jack Smith
When gotchas go disastrously wrong.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 470. 9/29/26
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Grandpa @grandpaws.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's the two-tier legal system that protects pedophiles and corrupt politicians. We actually have a two-tier legal system.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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NEWS: Jack Smith Hearing Blows Up in GOP's Face, Trump Adviser Braces for "F**king Rough" Midterms, Survivor Speaks Out, and More
Good evening.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Courage Can't Wait open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Courage Can't Wait
The people who built Trump's movement are finally finding their nerve. Funny how it showed up right when it got cheap.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump’s Kiss of Death Tour open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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Trump’s Kiss of Death Tour
It’s like accepting a dinner invite from Hannibal Lecter
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEWS: Trump's 'Grand Conspiracy' Case is Collapsing, Jack Smith Outlines Trump’s Crimes, Kids Face Immigration Court Alone aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump...
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NEWS: Trump's 'Grand Conspiracy' Case is Collapsing, Jack Smith Outlines Trump’s Crimes, Kids Face Immigration Court Alone
Good morning.
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Russ Thomson @russthomson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Will Democrats offer Americans a New New Deal? open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...
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Will Democrats offer Americans a New New Deal?
A new social pact will be needed in the wake of Trump’s trail of ruin.
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