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Thomas Wells

@thoughtboy2.bsky.social
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Poet, writer, and democratic socialist, with a Doctor of Arts in the humanities.

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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 13h
Brazil’s presidential election is on a knife-edge. Right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro has powerful interests on his side but is also counting on the Trump administration’s help to push him over the line. jacobin.com/2026/10/braz... #Bolsonaro #far-rightextremist #TrumpSupport
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US Meddling in Brazil May Decide Latin America’s Future
Brazil’s presidential election is on a knife-edge. Right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro has powerful interests on his side but is also counting on the Trump administration’s help to push him over the line.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 13h
Two organizers who helped build the tech worker movement ask why its victories proved so difficult to turn into lasting power. jacobin.com/2026/10/labo... #techworkers #labororganizing #techoligarchy
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Reckoning With the Failures of Tech Worker Organizing
Two organizers who helped build the tech worker movement ask why its victories proved so difficult to turn into lasting power.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 13h
Donald Trump’s street-level ICE surges and deportation obsession are wildly unpopular. That isn’t stopping the administration from continuing to target noncitizens over constitutionally protected free speech, including green card holders. jacobin.com/2026/10/poli... #deportations #Trumpdeportations
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Trump’s Politically Driven Deportations Are Quietly Rising
Donald Trump’s street-level ICE surges and deportation obsession are wildly unpopular. That isn’t stopping the administration from continuing to target noncitizens over constitutionally protected free...
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 13h
He tried really, really hard in 2020. With his souring presidency on the line, he’s intensifying his efforts again. You know what we’re talking about: Trump’s election meddling. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... #electionfraud #electionrigging #voterintimidation #seizingballots
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“Cheat like hell”: can Trump actually rig the 2026 midterms?
Trump is 0–25 in court on voter rolls. But the real danger may still be ahead. Ari Berman joins the debut episode of “Stress Test” to explain why.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 13h
The woman who has alleged that ⁠she was drugged ⁠and raped by Cornell University students has been the target of threats, her lawyer said on Sunday. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #JaneDoe #CornellUniversity #rapeallegations #threats
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Woman in Cornell rape allegations case targeted with threats, her lawyer says
Attorney says people have threatened to silence or harm ‘Jane Doe’ if she does not withdraw civil lawsuit
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 14h
This is a crucial election for the incumbent Lula in a high-stakes political race against the far-right Bolsonaro. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... #Brazil #election #Lula #Balonaro
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Polls close in first round of Brazil’s high-stakes presidential election
Leftwing incumbent Lula trying to fight off close rival Flávio Bolsonaro, far-right son of jailed ex-president
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
go.socmaj.org/demsoc #democraticsocialism #socialism #SocialistMajority
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“What is Democratic Socialism?” - Socialist Majority
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Demystifying DSA with Cori Bush and Oliver Larkin · Mobilize
Socialism has gone mainstream! Our movement is growing because we're running on popular ideas - Medicare for All, higher minimum wages, abolishing ICE, and ending forever wars. But...fearmongering f...
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
@poetrysociety.org.uk #poetry #poems #poetrybook bsky.app/profile/thou... PREORDER HERE: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-memory...
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The official release date for my next poetry book, "The Memory Caves," will be June 28, 2026. It will be sold by Amazon and other online booksellers. PREORDER IT HERE: booksoup.com/book/9782488... #poems #poetry #poetrybook
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Both major parties pander to this powerful lobby. It is why we continue to send our tax dollars and weapons to Israel. This makes us complicit in the #gazagenoci̇de and the war crimes committed by Israel. #AIPAC #warcrimes www.salon.com/2026/04/20/b...
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Big winners at the Democrats’ national meeting: Israel and AIPAC - Salon.com
Democratic leaders side with Israel again, over the wishes of their own voters
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The case against two Venezuelan men in Minneapolis is the latest to fall apart. Now agents could face repercussions, but questions linger over whether it signals a real shift www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... #ICE #ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement
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Video of an ICE shooting shattered the agency’s story. Will it usher in accountability?
The case against two Venezuelan men in Minneapolis is the latest to fall apart. Now agents could face repercussions, but questions linger over whether it signals a real shift
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
inthesetimes.com/article/sala...
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Salah Sarsour: A Pillar Taken, A Community That Will Not Yield
Dr. Hatem Bazian on ICE's abduction of a beloved community member who played a major role in the local Palestine movement—and how he may have been wrongly targeted because of it.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Capitalists have succeeded in arranging the future as a calculable source of extraordinary wealth, enriching a few in the present by imposing debts on the vast majority — and undermining the environmental conditions for a better tomorrow. jacobin.com/2026/04/capi... #capitalistprofits #capitalism
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Capitalist Profits Depend on Stealing Our Future
Capitalists have succeeded in arranging the future as a calculable source of extraordinary wealth, enriching a few in the present by imposing debts on the vast majority — and undermining the environme...
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
We must never underestimate how far #Trump is willing to go, or what he is capable of doing. Nevertheless, he is clearly prepared to place any of his sycophants on the chopping block when their corrupt fealty does not yield what he expects. #PamBondi #KristiNoem newrepublic.com/article/2086...
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The Trump Dictatorship Is Cracking Up
In the president’s warped world, his increasingly deranged demands are never the problem—only his underlings’ failures to meet them.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
For many Palestinians in Gaza, Eid has become a day of mixed emotions — faith and grief existing side by side. inthesetimes.com/article/eid-... #Ramadan #genocide #Gaza #Israeliwarcrimes
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Eid in Gaza After the Genocide
A Celebration That Now Lives in Memory
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The death toll is now in the thousands across #Iran and Lebanon. Energy prices are soaring. But at the heart of it is the simple logic that #Israel is occupying the #Palestinians. #Iranwar #WarwithIran #Palestine #Palestinians #Israelgenocide #Israelwarcrimes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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War in Iran, chaos in the Gulf, repression in the west: and the thread that binds them all is Palestine | Nesrine Malik
In the Middle East, the occupation is the original sin. And those who banked on this US-backed ‘stability’ now find it giving way beneath them, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
We must take a moment to reflect on all the great accomplishments of women that have made our lives better.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Many Americans may have the impression that we lack any socialist history and that socialism has always been viewed as a bad word. You should read about the sewer socialists in Milwaukee. They are models of municipal government, and Mamdani could learn from them. jacobin.com/2025/12/what...
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What Zohran Can Learn From the Sewer Socialists
From Milwaukee’s sewer socialists to La Guardia’s New Deal metropolis, urban reformers changed their cities by forging alliances beyond local power.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The Trump admin. is using smoke and mirrors to hide the fact that it has no clear objective in this Iran war. But the hidden agenda of pandering to #Israel is far more sinister. #Netanyahu has never seen a war he didn't like. It assures he remains in power. inthesetimes.com/article/axis...
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The Axis of Chaos
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is sowing the seeds for state collapse and unending violence across the region.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Somebody is getting rich by gambling on the war strategies of the Trump Administration. If someone had firsthand knowledge, it would not be difficult for them to wager with a simple #anonymous wallet and access to cryptocurrency. futurism.com/future-socie... #IranWar #Venezuela
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Anonymous Polymarket Accounts Won $1.2 Million on Trump's Iran Strikes in Suspicious Bets
Just six Polymarket accounts made around $1.2 million in profit after successfully betting on the US striking Iran by the end of February.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The Trump Administration has launched an illegal, immoral war against Iran. The Democratic Socialists of America is gearing up to demand that Congress invoke the War Powers Resolution. Learn more tonight on this Zoom call. actionnetwork.org/events/no-wa... #NoWar #DSA #NoWarWithIran
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No War with Iran Mass Call
The Trump Administration has started another illegal war against Iran. Join us for a mass call to discuss how Democratic Socialists of America is responding and what you can do to resist this illegal ...
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
[T]his resolution is the battle plan to turn Gaza into the playground for the wealthy that Jared Kushner presented to the World Economic Forum at Davos last week. It’s a Gaza where the only Palestinians remaining are those chosen to be the servants in the new regime. znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
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The U.S. Occupation Of Gaza Has Begun
This week, Drop Site News revealed a draft resolution from Trump’s newly christened “Board of Peace.” The resolution outlines what is, in
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Right-wing influencers give #Nazi salutes in limousines and peddle conspiracy theories about Jews to audiences of millions, while “moderate” #Republicans dog-whistle about “authentic” American heritage. The GOP’s #antisemitism problem is no longer fringe. jacobin.com/2026/01/righ...
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The Right’s Antisemitism Is Too Flagrant to Ignore
Right-wing influencers give Nazi salutes in limousines and peddle conspiracy theories about Jews to audiences of millions, while “moderate” Republicans dog-whistle about “authentic” American heritage....
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
#Trumplies #KristiNoemlies #StevenMillerlies #ICEoutofMinnesota #DefundICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Video contradicts Trump’s claim man killed in Minneapolis was a ‘gunman’
Video evidence reviewed by Guardian shows Alex Pretti, killed by agents in Minneapolis, held a phone, not a gun
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
inthesetimes.com/article/ce-o... #ICEOutofMinnesota #GeneralStrike #January23
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"We Will Be Closed: ICE Out of Minnesota"
All the ingredients for a general strike are present in Minnesota.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
While Trump fires off bellicose threats against #Greenland and #Iran, Latin America is the main focus of his imperial retrenchment. #imperialism #MonroeDoctrine jacobin.com/2026/01/lati...
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Latin America Is the Prime Target for Trump’s Warmongering
While Donald Trump fires off threats of military action against countries from Greenland to Iran, Latin America is the main focus for his strategy of imperial retrenchment. The Latin American left wil...
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Trump crowed about a “framework of a future deal” — reminiscent of his “concept of a plan” to solve the health care crisis — as sufficient to end a weekslong crisis of his own creation. #Greenland #imperialism #Trumpbacksdown www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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After Creating A Crisis Over Greenland, Trump Declares Victory And Ends It
Trump boasted of a “framework of a future deal” regarding U.S. access to Greenland for military purposes — access it already has under an existing agreement.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
What Reconstruction, the New Deal and the Rainbow Coalition can teach us about building the broadest possible front to fight the authoritarian Right. #FightFascism #DefundICE #civildisobedience #coalitionorganizing inthesetimes.com/article/broa...
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Want to Fight Fascism? Look to U.S. History
What Reconstruction, the New Deal and the Rainbow Coalition can teach us about building the broadest possible front to fight the authoritarian Right
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
All the ingredients for a general strike are present in Minnesota. #generalstrike #DefundICE #ICEoutofMinnesota #Shutdown inthesetimes.com/article/ce-o...
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"We Will Be Closed: ICE Out of Minnesota"
All the ingredients for a general strike are present in Minnesota.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Gov. Tim Walz said the federal government is waging “a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota.” This campaign could come to your city next. #Stateterrorism #DefundICE #InsurrectionAct www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A federal agent shot another person in Minneapolis. Then Trump threatened the Insurrection Act.
Gov. Tim Walz said the federal government is waging “a campaign of organized brutality against the people of Minnesota.”
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
One man targeted at home says agents took “trophy pictures” of him on their personal phones. #ICE #stateterrorism #Minnesota #crueltreatment #DefundICE www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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More immigrants detained by ICE recount harsh and cruel treatment
One man targeted at home says agents took "trophy pictures" of him on their personal phones.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
From community watch to mutual aid, grassroots networks in the Twin Cities build on efforts spurred during the 2020 George Floyd protests. #ReneeGood #GeorgeFloyd #grassroots #communityorganizing #network www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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‘2020 never ended’: how Black Lives Matter organizing taught Minneapolis to handle ICE surge
From community watch to mutual aid, grassroots networks in the Twin Cities build on efforts spurred during the 2020 George Floyd protests
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We must resist! #DefundICE Minnesota governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey among officials who received subpoenas. #ICE #TimWalz #JacobFrey #DOJ #subpoenas www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US justice department subpoenas Minnesota Democrats accused of impeding ICE efforts
Minnesota governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey among officials who received subpoenas
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ba... #Supertyphoon #thePhilippines #donate #GoFundMe
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Donate to Support Bay Bay Families Devastated by Typhoon, organized by Thomas Wells
The Super-typhoon Fung-Wong left destruction and devastation for hundreds … Thomas Wells needs your support for Support Bay Bay Families Devastated by Typhoon
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
“The Department of Homeland Security has become the department of state terror,” said Rep. Delia Ramirez. inthesetimes.com/article/ice-... #Gestapo #nodueprocess #DHS
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ICE Abducts Man Suing Off-Duty Police for Abusing Day Laborers
“The Department of Homeland Security has become the department of state terror,” said Rep. Delia Ramirez.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Does anyone who will read this article now doubt where Trump is headed? znetwork.org/znetarticle/... #fascism #dictatorship
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The Left’s Contribution? No Kings October 18 and Beyond
The time to laugh at a certified egomaniacal buffoon is gone. Confusion about his destination is gone. Doubt that he is on course to reach that
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
AI is supposed to revolutionize workforce #productivity, but so far that hasn’t been the case. One study from MIT found that a damning 95 percent of companies that gambled on integrating the tech saw no meaningful growth in revenue. #workslop #ai futurism.com/future-socie...
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Companies Are Being Torn Apart by AI "Workslop," Stanford Research Finds
Not only is AI hampering productivity, but it's also blowing up collaboration and souring employee dynamics.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Many states are moving to guarantee COVID vaccine access in defiance of restrictions from health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But big pharmacy chains like CVS and Walmart are still discouraging and barring people from booking these appointments online. #COVIDVaccines jacobin.com/2025/09/covi...
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Pharmacies Are Blocking Online COVID Vaccine Scheduling
Many states are moving to guarantee COVID vaccine access in defiance of restrictions from health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But big pharmacy chains like CVS and Walmart are still discouraging and...
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders. #leadership #democracy #tyranny www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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America’s leadership class is failing us. It’s up to you and me to defend democracy | Robert Reich
The disappearance of America’s leadership class at a time like this means that the rest of us have to be leaders
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Donald Trump’s administration is on Monday expected to tie pregnant women’s use of the popular medicine Tylenol – known as paracetamol elsewhere in the world – to a risk of autism, contrary to medical guidelines, the Washington Post has reported. #Tylenol #autism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump officials reportedly set to tie Tylenol to autism risk
Washington Post says announcement imminent despite guidelines showing drug – known as paracetamol elsewhere – is safe for pregnant women to take
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
MAGA world is swiftly channeling outrage over Kirk’s murder into efforts to attack nonprofits and discipline liberals and the Left. Democratic leadership seems uninterested in stopping them. #CharlieKirk #weaponization #liberals inthesetimes.com/article/trum...
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The Trump Admin Is Brazenly Exploiting Charlie Kirk’s Killing to Silence Dissent. Will Democrats Take Notice?
MAGA world is swiftly channeling outrage over Kirk’s murder into efforts to attack nonprofits and discipline liberals and the Left. Democratic leadership seems uninterested in stopping them.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Should historians now and in the future need to identify a moment illustrating President Donald Trump’s unabashed attempts to politicize the Justice Department, they could easily look to the events of the past few days. #DOJ #Trump'sLawFirm #publicenemies www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Justice Department is basically Trump's personal law firm now
From public demands to go after his political enemies to reportedly closing $50,000 bribery investigations into Tom Homan.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
It is easy to feel overwhelmed in the face of so much wrong. But the growing chorus of dissent over Disney censoring Jimmy Kimmel shows people are finding courage. #JimmyKimmel #Disney #censorship znetwork.org/znetarticle/...
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Feeling Powerless Doesn’t Mean You Are Powerless
The Trump administration and Project 2025 seek to rapidly shock the system and invoke a state of paralysis that could allow them to take permanent control
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Missouri is already a gerrymandered state. Donald Trump and his minions want to make it impossible for him to lose. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... #gerrymandering #Missouri #blackvoters #votingrights
motherjones.com
On Trump’s orders, Missouri Republicans plan to gerrymander a Black lawmaker out of office
“It’s minority rule on steroids."
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr... #Mamdani #Mamdaniformayor
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How Zohran Mamdani Achieved Escape Velocity from Politics as Usual
An optimistic, disciplined Left can draw centrists into the coalition—by rejecting their politics.
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