Tom ✦ Veteran & Advocate 🔵

People at a protest sitting and standing at a monument. Some are wearing animal and frog suits.

Protestors at No Kings rally standing in front of a monument on a lawn in the city

A person in a chicken suit stands next to a protestor holding a sign "No Kings, No Dictators" with 2 flags on it, one upside down, and in the middle is a picture of a cartoon frog with an anti-fascist slogan. The top of the sign has a drawing of a crown with a red X over it.

A man stands in front of a stone building on a courthouse lawn. He's playing an acoustic guitar and people are around him. On the left side, one is holding a green sign urging the release of the Epstein files and asking what is Trump trying to hide. There are several flags being held and a few other signs.

#NoKingsScranton #NoKingsDay

Trump told Hegseth to use American cities where he has deployed troops as “training grounds” for the military.

As a veteran, this makes me sick to my stomach. I hope the generals realize this is unlawful and agree to resist this criminal abuse of OUR military!

Gun violence needs to be addressed. It looks like most of these shooters are conservative right lunatics. The silence is deafening.

Yes and how does this lead to releasing the Epstein Files? Thank you for your attention to this matter.

“Designed to Break You:” Two Incarcerated Writers on the Heavy Toll of Solitary Confinement The authors of a new book on solitary answer your questions about their experiences with isolation and the movement to end the tortuous practice.

Incarcerated writer Christopher Blackwell says the damage of solitary confinement isn’t always clear at first. “It is something that just chips away at your core spirit, sometimes leaving a shell of a person when they are released from its grasp.”

Still canceling

Trump caught ordering Bondi to prosecute Adam Schiff, Tish James, Comey -- anyone who successfully and/or forcefully exposed and acted on his crimes. This is an IMPEACHABLE offense.

Trump looks over his shoulder at the ghost of Epstein, who puts his hand on Trumps shoulder

Release the files!

a vampire is standing next to a man in a dark room Alt: a vampire is standing next to a man in a dark room

Sean Hannity interviewed Stephen Miller.

Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u... Intimidation as ICE takes a turn toward becoming the regime’s secret police accountable to nobody but the Supreme Leader. My father fought in WWII against Fascists and I served 20 years in the USAF opposing North Korea. I will never accept this in the USA.

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The nation's capital waits for Trump's next move as a federal takeover threat looms President Donald Trump's promised law enforcement surge in the nation's capital didn't appear to happen as scheduled on its first night.

Just a thought. What could be behind Trump wanting to take over the city of DC? Is he planning something so brazen for 2026 that he needs extra protection for the White House? Remember in his first term how he hid in the basement during protests in June 2020. apnews.com/article/wash...

We need Democrats to fight back! Thanks and keep it up!

Back when I started, a large percentage of new followers were obviously fake accounts, but a few were questionable. Maybe it’s settled down now.

I stopped following most people back because I didn’t have time to screen the fake accounts, unless they interact with me and seem to be okay. I probably should be more careful.

I don’t usually click any links, I just thought it was funny and shared it to their official account. 😆 On Substack the worst that could happen is I see content, realize I followed the wrong one, and unfollow.

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😂 Right? this other “John Oliver” should have a disclaimer “not the famous one on HBO”.

@lastweektonight.com I almost followed this guy on Substack. Good thing I was paying attention!

Man in red Make America Great Again hat looks nervous and asks “Are we the Pedos?”

Wait, you mean you need people with actual expertise to write and define trade agreements? Who knew?

Wouldn’t the Supreme Court ruling on Presidential immunity apply to Presidents besides Trump? I’m gagging over the hypocrisy here.

Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian asset. Deport to Putin!

Don’t be giving that “peaceful transfer of power” after 1/6/2021. Send Tulsi to Russia permanently!

if they pulled that stuff once, you know that they pulled it over and over again. it would be highly unlikely for some of it not to end up in the Epstein files. yet, Donny campaigned on releasing the files — and he kept on promising to release them, right up until Pam Bondi pulled him aside and said ’hey fucknut, your name is all over this shit.’ that’s the moment Donny changed his tune. now, the Epstein Files are a hoax — a hoax that’s quite conveniently been cooked up by every person Donny holds a grudge against: Obama. Hillary. Comey. Biden. what an amazing rogue’s gallery. how long before Donny adds Stephen Colbert to the mix? and now, the Mad King is freaking out because the press won’t stop talking about the story he pushed for years — because it’s too fucking lurid for the press to ignore. sex sells, baby.

from today’s post, on Donny being told that his name is ALL OVER the Epstein Files, and what happened next —
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4kYAcRr
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)

If you think it’s a coincidence that this weird post portraying manifest destiny and Native Americans being chased away has 14 words and the two H’s are randomly capitalized I’ve got a bridge to sell you. The bridge is covered in Nazis.

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Nobody has ever proven widespread voter fraud in the United States, yet the Grand Old Party puts a lot of thought, effort, and money into “fixing” it. Almost like they have some kind of “strategy” centered in former Confederate states. 🧐