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Mark Thompson

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A Cartoonerer. The New Yorker..er. My posts are unreliably narrated. Native Upper Midwesterner now in Colorado. condenaststore.com/collections/new+…

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 1h
Busy Monday. Not much time today. Uhm…Trump is a stupid head and the elite must be stopped. That’s going to have to hold you over.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6h
Translation: Sociopath elitist tech fascists who think they’re creating God and believe democracy is the enemy want us to finance our own demise to let them take over the world. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 2h
I wonder if they miss the days when they had diesel so cheap they could run massive trucker caravans against democrats.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4h
Wasn’t there something else that he did which was really, really evil?
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 3h
I love when White House reporters assure us that Karoline Leavitt was an entirely different person off the record as if that's not key to the whole Trump regime's press manipulation strategy.
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TonyHQ @tonyhq1985.bsky.social · 9h
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 17h
Why are we not allowed to judge the character of the voters who want this?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22h
“The ultimate goal was to create chaos and doubt in the vote-by-mail process,” said the American Postal Workers Union president. “You’re creating a rule to solve a problem that doesn’t exist.”
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The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 21h
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16h
All this is obvious, true and but for a couple of very brave pieces in WSJ, not reported or discussed in US corporate media, which are afraid of him.
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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h
The self-deception of this man is breathtaking. bsky.app/profile/mart...
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#BlueStormComin1🌪️🦋🇺🇸 #Resistance 🦋🙌🏻 #Blues @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ohio needs to wise up #Blues
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FanOfWalt @fanofwalt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is pretty freaking amazing, just six years or so from the start of #Covid to this breakthrough. Not a vaccine but a decoy that delivers up to 99% protection against Covid infection! May this make it to US shores unscathed by our “helpful health secretary.” www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...
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Lab-made sugar-coated particle blocks Covid-19 infection — Possible new treatment on the horizon
Groundbreaking research led by a Swansea University academic has revealed a synthetic glycosystem — a sugar-coated polymer nanoparticle — that can block Covid-19 from infecting human cells, reducing i...
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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 16h
He has received a bill for accrued charges.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h
On Rupert Murdoch TV, the steady stream of fraudsters and charlatans keeps getting weirder bsky.app/profile/chri...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
1. She's president's human binky & controls his social media 2. Foreign govts use her a conduit for Trump 3. She's lied about much of her background 4. She wouldn't or couldn't get security clearance (see 3) 5. She has an obsession w/ Trump giving their relationship a vaguely inappropriate dynamic
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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 16h
Oh dear. Are folks upset about a Chief Justice ignoring the Constitution for a convicted felon?
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You can’t drive to John Roberts’ Maine retreat, but they can’t stop protesting kayakers. Holding signs: “Roberts Benched the Constitution,” a local columnist is urging residents to openly shun him, writing, “May you never feel welcome here again.” Gift link. 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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Otis Redfoot @otisredfoot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
TN-9 candidate Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social : “Gas is too high. Groceries are too high. Wages are too low… and blaming immigrants is part of the problem. The reality is people are struggling because the billionaire class is greedy.”
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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 16h
One of the GOP Senators who was in on the faceplant attempt to charge Jack Smith with perjury, says he’s running for President.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 16h
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 22h
Calling bullsh*t on every word of this.
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, writing today at his "Wide World of News" site: "The media has gotten more diverse...but the bias of the Dominant Media has actually gotten worse, fueled by Trump Derangement Syndrome and an often apparently open decision to choose sides."
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The facts are shocking enough, but the bigger reason that the Cornell gang-rape case has broken through is that everyday Americans are sick of the rich and powerful and their sons getting away with it And everyone knows this fish stinks from the head My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/corn...
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For a fed-up America, the elite impunity of the Cornell rape case is the last straw | Will Bunch
A nation’s frustration with rich and powerful men boils over after a stunning rape allegation at an Ivy League college.
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Rebba.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social · 17h
No Kings! 🗳💙
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h
This is now a standard part of Trump's campaign stump, a direct threat to voters: if you elect Democrats, I won't send you FEMA money, and I may take away your Medicare and Medicaid, too. These transcripts will be useful for litigation to follow.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When Trump says it’s the greatest economy ever, he means for himself and his family — and the tech kleptocrats that want to dismantle our democracy to seize power for themselves
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2026
For years, Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has set out to erode our system of checks and balances of power and to concentrate power in the hands of one person: President Trump. Now he’s quietly making it all happen. 🔊 Listen to this episode: propub.li/3TzIyaA
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” - Russell Vought, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget
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Freethinkers United For Change @freethinkersunite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.
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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'
J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22h
NEW: I have obtained descriptions of NINE FBI training videos showing agents were instructed to flag Trump's name in the Epstein files for supervisory review. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
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EXCLUSIVE: MSW Media has Obtained Descriptions of NINE Epstein Files Redaction Training Videos in FOIA Lawsuit
Sources confirm that two videos instructed agents to flag documents including Trump’s name for supervisory review.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 19h
Spirit Halloween finally found something scarier than the prices.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h
“.. Whatever the reasons were for going in, from an economic point of view the war in the Middle East has been a disaster. .. It’s been disastrous from a cost-of-living point of view, for Australians and indeed for people right around the world.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
💔🕯️💔🕯️💔
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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 23h
You have to let him riff.
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Okay another day another stream of consciousness reverie
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One can only assume Pete removed the laurel and the olive branch to intentionally look more fascist.
Congress established the War Department at the cabinet level, Aug. 7, 1789. In 1947, the Navy and War departments and the newly independent Air Force merged to become the National Military Establishment. Two years later, in 1949, the name was changed to Department of Defense and then-Defense Secretary Louis Johnson authorized the first design and use of a seal for the department. The seal was updated in September 2025 to reflect the use of a secondary title, Department of War, as directed in Executive Order 14347.

The design of the original seal and its symbolism is described in Appendix VI Joint Army and Air Force Bulletin No. 23:

"An American eagle is displayed facing to the right. Wings are horizontal. The eagle grasps three crossed arrows and bears on its breast a shield whose lower two-thirds carries alternating white and red stripes and whose upper third is blue. Above the eagle is an arc of thirteen stars with alternating rays. Below the eagle is a wreath of laurel extending to the eagle's right and wreath of olive extending to the eagle's left. On an encircling band is the inscription 'Department of Defense' and 'United States of America.'

The American bald eagle, long associated with symbolism representing the United States of America and its military establishment, has been selected as an emblem of strength. In facing to the right, the field of honor is indicated. The eagle is defending the United States, represented by the Shield of thirteen pieces. The thirteen pieces are joined together by the blue chief, representing the Congress. The rays and stars above the eagle signify glory, while the three arrows are collectively symbolic of the three component parts of the Department of War. The laurel stands for honors received in combat defending the peace represented by the olive branch.

When the seal is displayed in color, the background is to be of medium blue with the eagle and wreath in natural colors and the arrows, stars, and rays of gold.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Joe Biden was too old to be president. Trump is the same age as Biden was when he was president. And it’s obvious that Trump is less mentally healthy than Biden was. So when will the media report that the president’s brain is broken? If the answer is “never,” that means the media are broken too.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23h
"It's important for you all to stay on the same team as Ken Paxton," says the woman who filed for divorce and ended their marriage
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 23h
I hope she has donor support for divorcing her “well endowed” husband.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Every day more instances of disgusting & blatant corruption revealed as our money is being plundered by the Trump Crime Family & their cronies. Do American voters care anymore about corruption? I guess we’ll find out soon because it’s just staggering with this crew of criminals.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
APOLLO: “.. When rates are high, builders build less, and when fewer homes and apartments get built, rents go up ..” @mikezaccardi.bsky.social #CPI www.apollo.com/insights-new...
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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 23h
Turns out if you don’t open BlueSky right away in the morning, you can fool yourself into thinking the day isn’t half bad.
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Jim Snowden @snowdenwriter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Everybody has a credit rating.”
Jim Rockford on the phone
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That Snarky Autistic Chick @ladysnark.bsky.social · 23h
This. They have so much money invested that they won't miss the pittance dems are asking for in a wealth tax.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I haven't seen a whole lot of the zero part.
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