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Tom Smith

@ts1890.bsky.social
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Drummer, veteran elections official (retired), author of The Crescent City Lynchings. Elections matter, damn it.

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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
At least you don’t hear bitching about the price of eggs anymore.
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Alicia @aliciablackgirl.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
One day we will find out what Putin has on Trump. I believe it's loaned Russian laundered money through Deutsche Bank that saved Trump's businesses after six bankruptcies in the '90s. It could be something more sinister but in any case Putin has Trump under his thumb, it's beyond obvious.
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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Anyone smear their feces on the Capitol walls today? Beat up any cops with flag poles? Use mace or bear spray on them? At least tell me someone constructed makeshift gallows and threatened to hang the vice president? No? I hate to be the bearer of bad news. Y’all suck at political discourse.
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The last time the government shut down was because Congress wouldn't pay for Trump's wall - you know, the one he said Mexico was going to pay for.
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Snowflake President- Tougher On Kimmel Than Putin
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Nidula_B @nidula.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Worth a read. "Trump is the clearest proof you’ll ever find of someone born into crime. Not “self-made,” not “successful,” but the spoiled spawn of a pimp, a Klansman landlord, and a family tree fertilized with fraud. He didn’t learn crime on the streets of Baltimore..." newsone.com/6451585/trum...
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Trump Is The 'Born Criminal' He Claims Baltimore Children Are
In this op-ed, Dr. Stacey Patton outlines the hypocrisy of Trump saying Baltimore children are "born to be criminals" as he ignores his family history.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Worth a watch here…
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Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
I wrote about the groypers and the Fuentes-Kirk fight years ago, in Hate in the Homeland. Cautioning here that there is still a lot to know about the shooter’s motivation, I’m sharing these two paragraphs here to set the history of this fight in context:
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
How about Russia "gets" the hell out of Ukraine?
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Shannon, Mistress of Shenanigans @shay3322.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Harris received more vitriol for purchasing expensive cookery than Vance being on his 8th vacation in 7 months.
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
“We must do what they fear—tell the truth, spread the truth. This is the most powerful weapon against this regime of liars, thieves, and hypocrites" - Alexei Navalny
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 16/08/2025
Nothing says “tough on Russia” like giving Putin a red carpet, an air show, and a bro hug.
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
"Hold my Diet Coke," said Trump.
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
So he punted again, while Ukrainians are dying.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
The party of small government is now the party of big brother.
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
New official portrait of Trump and Vance readied for planned ballroom.
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Bill @williamjc13.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Trump had been helping Putin since he returned. Arms to Ukraine were stopped. Voice of America was shutdown. USAID was terminated. US Anti Hacking and Counter Hacking operations against Russia were shutdown. Trump publicly attacked Zelensky at the White House. … Trump works for Putin!
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
The monetary equivalent of Trump Steaks.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 28/07/2025
Melania got her Einstein visa by claiming she was an anthropological expert in dating fossils, especially rich ones.
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
About that golf course in Scotland... dorseteye.com/the-frail-sc...
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The Frail Scottish Widow Who Defeated Donald Trump's Bullying And Abuse - Dorset Eye
As Donald Trump prepares yet another self-congratulatory visit to Scotland—no doubt to ramble about his imaginary Scottish roots and the supposed success of his golf developments—it’s time we remember...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/07/2025
Gabbard cannot answer a question about how she can explain why Marco Rubio when he was a senator exonerated Obama of the very things she’s now accusing him of
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Hannity 2019: I have zero doubt that Russia meddled in the 2016 election…I’m certain they did. Devin Nunes was warning Obama in 2014 Hannity 2025: They all lied. I’m proud that this show got it right. The rest of the media went along with the lie.
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
As Donald wrote to Jeffrey on his birthday, a pal is a wonderful thing.
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Because everything he touches dies.
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
How long until Trump pardons Maxwell, now that he's fired the prosecutor who put her behind bars where she belongs?
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
40 Years After Live Aid, It’s Still Personal for Bob Geldof www.nytimes.com/2025/07/13/a...
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40 Years After Live Aid, It’s Still Personal for Bob Geldof
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
"ICE targets aliens BECAUSE OF THEIR CRIMINAL AND IMMIGRATION HISTORIES — not their skin color," ICE claims. Yeah? When's the last time they raided South Boston? www.cbsnews.com/news/irish-i...
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Irish, undocumented, and unsure of their future in Trump's America
They run businesses. They tend bars. They pay taxes. But still they live in fear. There are thousands of undocumented Irish immigrants in America today, and some of them shared their stories.
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Larry @ahbseen.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
How did we get here 😐
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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
“A threat to humanity”? *Rosie O’Donnell* is a “threat to humanity”?? Who’s next, Rikki Lake? Joey Fatone?? Urkel???
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Luckily for Justin's right-wing political aspirations, felony convictions don't prevent mentally unstable people from being successful candidates.
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Deal: an agreement entered into by two or more parties for their mutual benefit, especially in a business or political context. Two or more. Not one.
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
For those celebrating.
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
If it took 8 days to build a massive concentration camp in Florida then it means they could build and house the homeless at any point but choose not to
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/07/2025
McGovern: "A family making less than $50,000 a year? They get less than $1 a day in tax cuts. You can't buy a damn cup of coffee with that. But those making a million dollars or more? They'll get more than $250 a day in tax breaks ... that's how rigged this bill is to benefit the wealthy."
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Who knew there were so many billionaires in Alaska?
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
"My family came here legally." Insert your ancestry here. This breaks things down for Italian Americans. And don't even start with the Irish. www.italianita.blog/blog/italian...
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The Italian Immigrant Myth — Italianità
If you are Italian American, you have probably seen the meme of Italian immigrant children circa 1900 in homespun clothes waving American flags. The image is captioned; Legal Italian Immigrants did no...
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I obtained this from a community member minutes after arriving on scene following a raid at the Cypress Park Home Depot this morning. they detained day laborers.
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
And this makes our country better or safer?
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Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported
He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/a...
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Restored Anti-Fascism Mural by Philip Guston Unveiled in Mexico
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
The last time the US used “instincts” as a basis for war:
Composite photo of George W. Bush using tiny portraits of service members killed in Iraq while searching for imaginary WMDs.
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Rainmaker says white's black and black's white - Bruce Springsteen
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
That was the shortest two weeks in history.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Tariffs. Stock market down. Medicaid slashed Secret police throwing anyone who looks Latino in unmarked vans. National guard and marines deployed in LA. No end to the wars in Gaza or Ukraine Bombing Iran This is the worst first six months of any presidential term in my lifetime.
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Memento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
We could've had healthcare or like vaccines
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Tom Smith @ts1890.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Sad that it falls to a clown like Carlson to push back while the mainstream talking heads seldom bother.
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Garrett Merz @garrettmerz.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
My partner & I were trying to ID a bird we heard while walking and the guy who had stopped his car to let us pass got out and was like "it's a frog, actually. Cope's Gray. I do frog surveys... Sorry" And then got in his car without a word and drove off. Absolute king
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