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Tom Thurston

@tomofbaja.bsky.social

Semi retired. Who imagined I would end up selling wind turbines? Gay/queer. Forever blue. Studying jazz piano.

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Trump cut cut $8 billion from USAID which would have saved thousands of children from dying of preventable diseases and starvation. He have $50 billion to Argentina to…

Somebody remind me what that money is for….

17.10.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Admiral in charge of military strikes in the Caribbean resigns as US forces are being built up in the region for possible attacks on Venezuela, at the same time Hegseth forces the Pentagon press out of the building with onerous censorship rules.

Nothing to see here.

17.10.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1736    πŸ” 566    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 19
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Cuomo had better learn how to say β€œMayor Mamdani” correctly, because he got smoked last night.πŸ”₯

17.10.2025 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 12353    πŸ” 2864    πŸ’¬ 387    πŸ“Œ 196

Note to Pete Hegseth and others. Owning a big hat doesn’t make you a cowboy.

17.10.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump ANNOUNCED COVERT actions in Venezuela.

Not covert anymore.

17.10.2025 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

B-52 bombers approaching Venezuela.

WTAF?

17.10.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The deeper you go with ChatGPT the less sense it makes.

17.10.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hegseth, Vance, and Trump think you have to bully the weak to show you are a man. This is small d*ck machismo.

A real man commands respect while still respecting others, even if they’re different, even if they’re weak.

17.10.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chief Justice Roberts must be impeached

16.10.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2995    πŸ” 1120    πŸ’¬ 164    πŸ“Œ 71
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I support Chicago Pastor David Black who was brutally shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE while peacefully protesting!

15.10.2025 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 469    πŸ” 120    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3

Pointless cruelty

16.10.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This needs addressed NOW!!

16.10.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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Portland has fallen!

16.10.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 14074    πŸ” 4111    πŸ’¬ 426    πŸ“Œ 249

A much needed message of hope

15.10.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

15.10.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 18263    πŸ” 4045    πŸ’¬ 1378    πŸ“Œ 439
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🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐

15.10.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE GOONS terrorizing US citizens shopping at Walgreens.

14.10.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 196    πŸ” 152    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 24

The three most outspoken countries against climate change, the US, Russia, and Saudi Arabia, are also the world’s three largest petroleum producers.

14.10.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Join CNN for the NATIONAL TOWN HALL tomorrow with Sen Sanders & Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez AND JOIN OUR PROUD AMERICAN PATRIOTS to PEACEFULLY declare NO KINGS EVER in a FREE & DEMOCRATIC USA on Saturday 10/18/2025 REMEMBER, antifa means ANTI-FASCIST & WE EXERCISE FREE SPEECH RIGHTS NOW!

14.10.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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A father mourns his son, killed by the russians. Ukrainians are paying the highest price for their freedom. The free world must stand with Ukraine β€” and provide everything needed to defeat russian evil.

26.09.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5

We’ve paid into a system our entire lives so that very minimal societal needs can be met and at this point all of our tax money is going towards KKKristian Nationalism.

We gotta SHUT THIS SHIT DOWN.

14.10.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 509    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5
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Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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Fun fact: the Posse Comitatus Act marked the end of Reconstruction. By denying Federal troops the power to protect the rights of Freedmen, it set the stage for the reemergence of white supremacy in the post Civil War South.

13.10.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s said that no news is good news. The reverse is also true. Good news is no(t) news. The little successes that happen that happen throughout the week won’t draw many clicks. They rarely make it into the news cycle.

The world is seldom as bleak as it seems.

13.10.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

Finally a politician stands up unequivocally for trans rights.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

13.10.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or takes children hostage

13.10.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Checking out my war-ravaged neighborhood here in SE Portland this morning. Everyone stay safe out there.

12.10.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 9079    πŸ” 2170    πŸ’¬ 254    πŸ“Œ 89

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