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@tompaine44.bsky.social

Husband,father,learner,teacher,writer,original Internet developer (ArpaNet), critical thinker. Kindness and Honesty are my swordsπŸ’™!

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As the Supreme Court allows revocation of legal status for 532,000 immigrants, we remember Dr. King's words: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Our faith calls us to welcome strangers and defend the vulnerable. May American citizens stand with their immigrant neighbors.

01.06.2025 03:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#BookSky

13.06.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 17969    πŸ” 3098    πŸ’¬ 282    πŸ“Œ 139

A pregnant mother of four in California was shocked to see around a half-dozen vehicles carrying heavily armed, masked ICE agents outside her home Thursday morning and even more concerned when she spotted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem along for the raid.

13.06.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1824    πŸ” 677    πŸ’¬ 117    πŸ“Œ 38

This’ll be just like when the trump
Admin 1.0 publicly broke up with Sidney Powell but they kept working together anyhow.

29.05.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1918    πŸ” 412    πŸ’¬ 208    πŸ“Œ 35
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"Why attack universities? Why attack journalism? Because ignorance works for power ... With that done, power can rewrite history with grotesque, false narratives. They can make criminals heroes and heroes criminals."
trib.al/oyBvPkF

28.05.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8182    πŸ” 2728    πŸ’¬ 168    πŸ“Œ 97
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Trump ends diversity programming at the State DepartmentΒ  President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order eliminating diversity programming at the State Department, wiping out the Biden administration’s initiative to remove barriers to employment for underrepresented groups.Β  Trump’s order directs the State…

Trump ends diversity programming at the State DepartmentΒ 

18.03.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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These 15 MAGA Republicans will sell out their own constituents to fund tax breaks to the rich.

They are willing to let their constituents DIE and cut Medicaid to do this.

Light up those phones! #SaveMedicaid

18.03.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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MAGA Melts Down After Chief Justice Roberts Rebukes Trump for Impeachment Demand Enraged pro-Trumpers went as far as to suggest the Supreme Court be done away with.

I think the only people who did NOT see this coming are the conservative Justices on SCOTUS. One of the first things dictators do is disembowel the courts. They gave Trump this power last summer. Threw out our Constitution costing themselves, and us, everything. www.thedailybeast.com/maga-melts-d...

18.03.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Cutting $880 billion from Medicaid is going to have a lot of devastating consequences for a lot of people

26.02.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 31006    πŸ” 6905    πŸ’¬ 2023    πŸ“Œ 510
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Hero

26.02.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 69467    πŸ” 13976    πŸ’¬ 1238    πŸ“Œ 615

The markets understand that the Europeans know they’re now going to have to make their own stuff, and not rely on their strategic adversary, the United States.

25.02.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2374    πŸ” 551    πŸ’¬ 120    πŸ“Œ 25

@rbreich.bsky.social:

β€œFor every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 1%, it can collect $13.

For every $1 the IRS spends auditing the top 0.1%, it can collect $26.

Laying off 7,000 IRS employees (during tax season) isn't about efficiency.

It's about making it easier for the rich to evade taxes.”

25.02.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 14989    πŸ” 5192    πŸ’¬ 312    πŸ“Œ 175

Anyone want to bet that no one looks at the email responses that Musk asked for ?

It requires too much manpower and organization. Even w/AI

He will hold them in the event he has an interaction with someone.

If so, he can look up their response or lack of, and use it as cause for action.

26.02.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 45865    πŸ” 5496    πŸ’¬ 2795    πŸ“Œ 311
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US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

25.02.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 62753    πŸ” 14229    πŸ’¬ 3636    πŸ“Œ 1356
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Listen to Senator Chris Murphy spitting facts about the greedy Republicans trying to rip away our healthcare to fatten their wallets.

25.02.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 723    πŸ” 320    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 15

Solid messaging.

25.02.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6736    πŸ” 1072    πŸ’¬ 183    πŸ“Œ 68
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This is the way.

25.02.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 76446    πŸ” 12413    πŸ’¬ 2362    πŸ“Œ 877
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They Are a Minority Get your mind right.

This x10000000000

β€œIn other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”

www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...

21.02.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 40269    πŸ” 9253    πŸ’¬ 1160    πŸ“Œ 557

This is how it’s done.

21.02.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 77373    πŸ” 10960    πŸ’¬ 2774    πŸ“Œ 554

Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.

21.02.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 42843    πŸ” 8615    πŸ’¬ 1286    πŸ“Œ 432
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Top Social Security official exits after clash with Musk’s DOGE over data Yet another top career staffer is leaving the administration amid a disagreement over a request by Elon Musk’s team for sensitive government information.
18.02.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
"If Ukraine still had nukes, Russia would NEVER have invaded. Yet in 1994, the west convinced Ukraine to give up its nukes – in return for security and sovereignty. Now, Trump is siding with Putin. This is the WORST betrayal in recent geopolitical history!"

@CAOLANROB

OCCUPY DEMOCRATS

"If Ukraine still had nukes, Russia would NEVER have invaded. Yet in 1994, the west convinced Ukraine to give up its nukes – in return for security and sovereignty. Now, Trump is siding with Putin. This is the WORST betrayal in recent geopolitical history!" @CAOLANROB OCCUPY DEMOCRATS

#BuildTheResistance #Resist

18.02.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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In rural West Texas, a measles outbreak grows with no end in sight At least 49 cases have been confirmed. Health officials β€” who are scrambling to get a handle on the vaccine-preventable outbreak β€” suspect 200 to 300 people may be infected.

"Most cases are in school-age kids, and 13 have been hospitalized..."
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

17.02.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8043    πŸ” 2796    πŸ’¬ 848    πŸ“Œ 229

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

17.02.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 82286    πŸ” 20372    πŸ’¬ 2299    πŸ“Œ 929
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A Delta flight carrying ~80 passengers from Minnesota appears to have crash landed at Toronto Pearson Airport. No casualties reported as of this time. Numerous photos and videos have been released showing passengers safely exiting the plane, which flipped upside down. At least 8 people injured.

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Tomorrow in the NYT: Nothing emphasizes the elderly and out-of-touch character of Democratic Party leadership than their reluctance to allow a new generation of white nationalist 19-year-olds to have access to everyone's tax records

17.02.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 9496    πŸ” 1349    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 36
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We must not move on from this. What he said here is utterly un-American. You either condemn it, laugh it off, or embrace it. History will remember your response.

17.02.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3089    πŸ” 740    πŸ’¬ 251    πŸ“Œ 40

As @petebuttigieg.bsky.social wrote on another platform: β€œThe flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?”

17.02.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9434    πŸ” 2519    πŸ’¬ 235    πŸ“Œ 69

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