Thomas Stewart

ICE, Dawn Raids and Aotearoa The generational scapegoating of immigrants, an everlasting trauma, and why we can't seem to escape it.

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Cowritten with @citizenpalmetto.bsky.social
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The regression we've seen in the past two years is genuinely harrowing. What happened to land of the free? The land of opportunity?

It baffles me how maga wants to make us "great" again when they're actively destroying everything that made us great in the first place.

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4 days to sign ups! Can't wait to give dm hell

The Third Gulf War American obsession with the Middle East and Israel

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Haven't been too active as of late, sorry bout that. Hope y'all are making it okay.

Excited for the upcoming NoKings, can't wait to participate as a candidate this time around

Getting through all the paperwork to run is both easier and harder than I imagined. Like, I have the order of operations down, it's just DOING it that's giving me problems. Regardless, 11 days till registering to run is open, trying to stay on the ball.

Excited and a little daunted.

ALSO, reading is free, because paywalls are disgusting

Greater Nation Institute | Thomas Cantor | Substack Making a Greater Nation, One article at a time. Click to read Greater Nation Institute, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.

For folks interested in reading more about what I believe, I write articles on Substack.

Recently, it's mostly been current events, but I intend to write more policy pieces as the campaign goes on.
You can also enjoy the scuffed podcast my mate runs

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This will be the first time my dad votes democrat, so there's a chance. This is why more people need to try and run, familial connection can often bridge that gap

I'm sorry for what you and your family who aren't in the Cult have to go through. The sooner we can get Trump out and irrefutably prove his crimes to them the sooner things can be repaired

I know I'm one of the lucky ones, and not everyone in MAGA is willing or able to have any discussion at all on issues we face, but they do exist. We need to try to get them out of it.

Something many of us have to deal with is family members being in the MAGA Cult, my dad is one of these people. I love my dad to death, he's my hero. Our politics just don't align.

Today I told him I was running, and he was supportive.
I believe people like him can be saved from the cult

#SCPol

Gonna start using this, Trump is 100% #AmericaLast

Along with this, to ensure a representative delegation is sent to congress, switching off of First past the Post voting to Approval Vote or RCV can pull double duty and begin to break the two party system, as well as encourage less extreme candidates, since broad appeal would get more votes.

We all know how destructive Gerrymandering is to our democracy, and there's a simple solution that only takes one changed law.

Abolish districts and instead treat states like multi member districts. No districts to redraw means no Gerrymandering.

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I couldn't attend the pop-up protest in Greenville against Trump's new war, sadly, but I do have something to say.

This is more America Last coming from the white house. We attacked Iran for Israel, and now thousands have and will continue to die for another forever war unless we resist it.

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South carolina, this was in reference to my first post, sorry about the confusion

Madelyne has been heaps of help getting this off the ground! I really appreciate all the warm welcomes, I was not expecting this in the slightest

Trump has an America Last foreign policy, every single action he's taken on the world stage has isolated us and lost us friends for absolutely nothing. Blows my mind people think he's anything but America Last.

Checking him out now, thank you!

To preempt any questions

The flag is one I made myself. I love my home and I love my people, even if our history is an evil one we must confront.

We have no adequate symbols to represent ALL southerners, and I sure as hell am not going to fly the same flag the Klan does, so I made one.

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I was encouraged to post this here:

Last year, we ran a 1.8B surplus

We have roughly 5k homeless people

The average cost to build a house here is 350k

We could have used that surplus to build a home for all but one homeless person here.

Tax breaks are nice, but helping the struggling is better.

Given the numbers from the last decade, it's a long shot that I will win, but I plan to give em hell and continue the fight if I manage to win or not.

My district has been uncontested for nearly a decade, and that's a failing I wish to remedy. Activism can't reach the ballot box if its uncontested.

📢 Join us in cities and towns all across South Carolina on Saturday, March 28th!

Here are all of the #50501SC events being planned so far. Check out our website for more information!
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Why Running Matters, and why I'm Doing it A call to action

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Howdy! I finally got a Bluesky.

A little introduction! I'm Thomas, a Writer, Activist, and Director of the GNI Publication.

I'm an advocate for reviving our democracy, and I intend to run for SC House District 10 this coming midterm

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The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.