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Tom Whalen

@tom513.bsky.social
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feeling combination of sleepy john estes. jayne mansfield. humphry bogart/mortimer snerd. murph the surf and so forth

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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 21h
Trump is literally on tape pressuring Georgia election officials to steal the 2020 election. So my question is: Why would anyone vote for a Republican party that's OK with that?
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 23h
Republicans have plenty of money to try to buy elections, but they'll vote to take healthcare and food assistance away from poor people because "we can't afford it"
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Congress already has too many Trump sycophants who enable his stupid tariffs and wars. We don't need another one like Conroy. VOTE GREG LANDSMAN 🇺🇸
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Mitch McConnell Close-Up
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
No. Rock's best year was 1969. I will die on this hill.
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trump is on tape pressuring Georgia election officials to "find" Trump votes, and Republicans act as if any investigation into that is a partisan witch hunt, so... 🤷
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I've always voted Democrat but Bush's attempt to enshrine anti-LGBTQ bigotry into the constitution is what drove me to start contributing & volunteering for Democrats
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The fact that Republicans STILL won't impeach him is all you need to know to vote them all out
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 01/10/2026
The people profiting from war should not be the people making the policy decisions about the war. We're looking at you, Jared Kushner.
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Jared Kushner’s company has large stake in firm with Israeli military links | CNN
At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When I was a teen in the '80s I remember the thrill of finally tracking down some hard-to-find album. It's kinda sad that today's kids don't experience that. They can search for practically any song online and immediately find it
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh great, the world needs more large-scale data breaches 🙄
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Can't wait to see the "trans people are banned from performing abortions on undocumented immigrants" bill or whatever culture war bullshit they think will rile up their knuckle dragging base
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Awfully assertive for a bunch of jerks who insist on saying "Democrat party"
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's late September and Republicans are STILL trying to change the rules for November's election
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Congress needs to address online privacy. Corporations already have way too much of our information and it keeps getting worse
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's bringing concern to everyone with a lick of common sense
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Draining the swamp," my ass. This is the most corrupt president of all time. Worse than even Nixon.
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Andy's a good Democrat for a red state but not someone I want leading the national party. He's shown weakness on key issues like guns and the environment
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I know you folks outside the Cincinnati area probably don't know what a huge a-hole Eric Deters is, but trust me when I say that adds a delicious additional layer to this story
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When I first started going to concerts in the '80s, tickets were generally about $16. Now they're about $150 for nosebleed seats. It's insane.
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m sure farmers paying $7 per gallon for diesel during harvest time will be delighted to know their tax dollars will be used to pay the lawyers who will try and fail to defend this in court.
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
For Christ's sake, can he face accountability for once in his goddam life?
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Strikes me as ridiculous that Trump says the United States MUST be a global leader in AI, yet will dismiss any idea of making investments in renewable energy
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Trump Trump Epstein
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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I feel like we are so used to living in a time of madness that we can't grasp just how insane the Kennedy Center dispute is. Trump took something that was running just fine and destroyed it because he couldn't put his name next to the murdered president whose memorial it is. That's completely nuts.
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026
We really can't let ourselves get accustomed to this. He's telling the people of NC that he's going to let them die if they don't vote how he wants.
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Billionaires are wasting obscene amounts of money trying to make space colonization happen, when it would be more useful to work on sustainability practices here on earth
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
Enten: "Trump is breaking records. Yesterday the Marquette Law School poll came out -- Trump's worst net approval rating on inflation. Minus 61! That's the worst Trump has ever polled on inflation, & not only that, it's the worst any president EVER has polled on inflation. Worse than Jimmy Carter!"
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Gee, it's gettin to where a fella can't even say racist stuff without being accused of racism 🙄
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Oh man, combining America's two great loves -- subscriptions, and A.I. 🙄
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
LEVINE: “.. It is a little strange that an industry is overwhelmingly saying ‘regulate us, otherwise in our pursuit of mammoth profits we will kill everyone,’ and the US government is like ‘nah we’d rather you have the profits.’” @matt-levine.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
(Fast forward 10 years, when the far-right Supreme Court has declared LGBTQ folks have no right to exist) "Democrats are to blame for not stopping this"
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I feel like we don't talk enough about how dumb it was for Trump to overturn Obama's deal to stop Iran's nuclear program
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Me, trying to diagram that sentence
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Man's Hilarious Confused Look
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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The entire presentation of conservative masculinity is elaborate fantasies about how you would do Taken if an immigrant/hip-hop thug/antifa sicko touched your daughter and when it actually happens they're like "it's very sad, he should go to the doctor :("
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Horrific though unsurprising report from @propublica.org: Ectopic pregnancy deaths have basically doubled since the end of Roe
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Greatest conman of all time, maybe
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Amy Acton's campaign better start running some attack ads before it's too late. Amy's getting dragged daily with lies but no ads explain why Vivek would be a bad choice
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Alexis Rose: I Won't Be Doing Any Of That
ALT: Alexis Rose: I Won't Be Doing Any Of That
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Yes, by all means let's remind voters what Republicans do when they're in power
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It gets worse when you remember that the Strait of Hormuz was open before the war started. So we’re spending $40B and people are dying on both sides to return to the status quo from January. Everything is socialism unless it’s money for killing people in pointless forever wars.
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Tom Whalen @tom513.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
THIS needs to be the response to any questions about a debate. "He's a compulsive liar. We don't see the benefit of giving him a platform to spread his lies"
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