Valerie Thompson

Love this.

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

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Your periodic reminder that the estimated cost to end hunger in the U.S. is $25 billion.

The cost to end homelessness in the U.S. is also only $10 billion a year with a housing-first approach.

Billionaires are directly stealing from all of us.

Yes, it is insane.

Psycho Pete's Living Guide to Boycotting the Big Orange Machine. Broadcasting from the future but updating in real time ...

🚨 Boycott Roll Call 🚨
Pinning this to track who's in. Full freeze or just cutting back. It all counts.

📝 Drop a comment:
• What you're avoiding
• Any workarounds or wins
• Tips for spreading the word

📖 Full guide:
psychopete1.substack.com/p/psycho-pet...

Loud is leverage. Let’s be seen.

This is a winning messsge in rural America. Ground beef is $9/lb at Walmart…

Thanks, Trump.

Love this PSA from 1950.

Superman has always been woke.

Meiselas: First off—people who are alpha don’t go around calling themselves alpha.

Look, where I grew up, my dad would say: Being a man means standing by your word.

Being a man means you push back against the bully, and you uplift people. You don’t punch down at marginalized communities.

I’m out Paramount+
F*ck you.

Great pack by
@hopeful66.bsky.social
#StrongerTogether

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The LGBTQ+ Youth Crisis line was officially shut down as of yesterday.

Please repost for those who may need the number.

Today, any donation will be quadruple because of matching funds.
Here is the Trevor Project donation page:
give.thetrevorproject.org/campaign/703...

go.bsky.app/FtaacZd

My wife pointed out how Epstein is always referred to as "disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein" on first reference and never "convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein."

And once you notice it, you can't stop.

Writers Guild Demands Investigation Into Stephen Colbert ‘Late Show’ Cancellation, Has ‘Significant Concerns’ About Bribery at Paramount The WGA has issued a statement calling for a bribery investigation following CBS' cancellation of 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.'

Writers Guild Demands Investigation Into Stephen Colbert ‘Late Show’ Cancellation, Has ‘Significant Concerns’ About Bribery at Paramount

Yes!! Fight back ‼️

variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Sort of curious to know why EVERY Republican in the House thought it necessary to block the release of files that their Attorney General assured them do not even exist.

BARRASSO: We have over 5 million people sitting at home who are able to work who are on Medicaid and choose not to work

WELKER: 92 percent of people who are on Medicaid are either working or would qualify for an exemption

Here's how Vladimir Putin stole a Super Bowl ring from the Patriots' Robert Kraft The Patriots owner only has three of his four Super Bowl rings. Putin has the other one

He learned from someone he admires.

www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/her... Here's how Vladimir Putin stole a Super Bowl ring from the Patriots' Robert Kraft - CBSSports.com

The problem? I know an RN. She graduated from college in 1980. Her classes were $30/credit hour and she paid for her Associate’s degree with her part-time job.

She now wonders why kids are so lazy and can’t pay for their own education and why they would ever need help with student loans.

The both-sides coverage of the Epstein files is dangerous and should not be sanitized. I started Democracy Docket for times like these when you need accurate news, information and analysis about what’s happening to democracy without any compromises.

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Here’s a joke about trickle down economics 99% of you won’t get it.

We hear that immigrants are "freeloaders," yet they're being arrested at their workplaces and LA's economy is floundering without them.

Hello?

Associate Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will end up being one of the heroes of this era if ever there are historians in the future who write about the fall of the United States

She will almost never be in the majority on a major ruling, but she will have been the conscience of America

When your neighbor on the left is being dragged away by masked men and your neighbor on the right can't get an X-ray for their child, be sure to quickly explain that "both parties are the same" and whatnot.

A corrupt system is when you need 60 Senate votes to protect voting rights, universal healthcare, reproductive rights, climate justice, lgbtq rights, immigration justice, and a living wage—but only 51 votes to strip them all away. #BigScamBill

1/3

If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?

Where the hell do we live?!

Americans in wheelchairs are being ARRESTED at the Capitol—for daring to demand healthcare and fight for Medicaid.

This is what a dying democracy looks like: cruelty for the poor, handcuffs for the disabled. Shame on every damn one of them. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid

In the time you spend watching this video, Jeff Bezos will earn more than what the majority of full-time American workers earn in a year.

Say it with me: Tax the rich.

If Democrats want to regain working people, they must disavow Big Money.

They must hammer economic populism — and have a laser focus on the cost of living crisis in America.

There’s no way the party can speak for or represent the working class in America if it's beholden to corporate interests.

Democrats, learn from Zohran and AOC on how to win over the masses. Look at the messaging. Look at the issues. Look at how they communicate.