Doug Thompson
@drdougthompson.bsky.social
Husband, dad x 3, profess for a living
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Dems should promise not only to prosecute the Trump family for enriching themselves at the expense of the country but also to use the tools of government to seize the wealth they’ve illegally accrued during his presidential terms.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal
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November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Dems should promise not only to prosecute the Trump family for enriching themselves at the expense of the country but also to use the tools of government to seize the wealth they’ve illegally accrued during his presidential terms.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/w...
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The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Reminder: current Chief Justice John Roberts was one of the WH lawyers in Bush II writing memoranda that authorized exercise of executive powers in war on terrorism. If any case makes it way to SCOTUS to challenge these claims, the chief justice has already signaled his vote for the WH
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
newrepublic.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Reminder: current Chief Justice John Roberts was one of the WH lawyers in Bush II writing memoranda that authorized exercise of executive powers in war on terrorism. If any case makes it way to SCOTUS to challenge these claims, the chief justice has already signaled his vote for the WH
Mercer University, Macon Campus, under a shelter-in-place order. No other details yet. Second one in a month and third in the past year.
We live in strange and violent times.
We live in strange and violent times.
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Mercer University, Macon Campus, under a shelter-in-place order. No other details yet. Second one in a month and third in the past year.
We live in strange and violent times.
We live in strange and violent times.
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@rickbell.bsky.social wrote this kickass new book about the American Revolution from a global perspective and it might be my favorite book of 2025. I sat down to talk with him about it.
open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
The American Revolution and the Fate of the World
November 11, 2025
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
@rickbell.bsky.social wrote this kickass new book about the American Revolution from a global perspective and it might be my favorite book of 2025. I sat down to talk with him about it.
open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...
Someone should point out to him it's poor manners to wear the hat indoors.
My grandma would have told him politely and snatched if off his head if he didn't remove it.
My grandma would have told him politely and snatched if off his head if he didn't remove it.
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Someone should point out to him it's poor manners to wear the hat indoors.
My grandma would have told him politely and snatched if off his head if he didn't remove it.
My grandma would have told him politely and snatched if off his head if he didn't remove it.
Maybe it’s time we stop paying attention to political pundits. And bring an end to the 24-hour *news* machine.
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Maybe it’s time we stop paying attention to political pundits. And bring an end to the 24-hour *news* machine.
Won‘t matter to CBS, but if this happens to CBS, I’ll stop watching the CBS Evening News. It is a nice way to move from our trusted local news to the national news, but we will go elsewhere.
Fox News' Bret Baier — who is reportedly under consideration to take over CBS Evening News — spent part of Thursday afternoon praising CBS News’ rightward shift and panning mainstream reporters for purportedly demonstrating “Trump derangement syndrome."
www.mediamatters.org/bret-baier/b...
www.mediamatters.org/bret-baier/b...
Bret Baier touts CBS News’ move toward “more balance” and “coverage that’s fair”
www.mediamatters.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Won‘t matter to CBS, but if this happens to CBS, I’ll stop watching the CBS Evening News. It is a nice way to move from our trusted local news to the national news, but we will go elsewhere.
MLK, and now championed by Rev. Barber, had economic justice at the center of civil rights work. Americans, sadly, think the poor are that way because of poor choices. God's vision of is clear: the wealthy will pay one way or another. MLK articulated that vision; most Americans hated him for it.
Notice how it’s always, “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to the +2,000 verses in the Bible that discuss the generous use of wealth and possessions in a way that prioritizes the needs of the poor, this sick, the stranger, the vulnerable, and the oppressed.
October 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
MLK, and now championed by Rev. Barber, had economic justice at the center of civil rights work. Americans, sadly, think the poor are that way because of poor choices. God's vision of is clear: the wealthy will pay one way or another. MLK articulated that vision; most Americans hated him for it.
Still here, which is what I expected . . . but so is everyone else. No rapture. I was hoping some folks would disappear
September 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Still here, which is what I expected . . . but so is everyone else. No rapture. I was hoping some folks would disappear
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just sharing this piece I wrote with @lollardfish.bsky.social because it's really fucking good and i want you all to understand the power of "caritas" - love
www.cnn.com/2021/10/09/o...
www.cnn.com/2021/10/09/o...
Opinion: ‘Ted Lasso’ is not about what you think | CNN
Although the main focus of “Ted Lasso” over the first two seasons has been on Ted as a “nice guy,” that’s not really what the show is about, write historians David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele. “Ted ...
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May 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
just sharing this piece I wrote with @lollardfish.bsky.social because it's really fucking good and i want you all to understand the power of "caritas" - love
www.cnn.com/2021/10/09/o...
www.cnn.com/2021/10/09/o...
Been saying this for fifteen years. The fixation of parents on employable degrees meant they cheated their children the ability to get good paying jobs. Need more administrators to say this out loud to parents at recruitment events.
May 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Been saying this for fifteen years. The fixation of parents on employable degrees meant they cheated their children the ability to get good paying jobs. Need more administrators to say this out loud to parents at recruitment events.
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"We need people who majored in history."
May 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"We need people who majored in history."
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This is at least the third time this week that top Trump officials have launched personal attacks on Senators while testifying (after RFK Jr. attacking Murray and Rubio attacking Van Hollen).
This is very unusual and likely a deliberate strategy rather than individuals just losing their cool.
This is very unusual and likely a deliberate strategy rather than individuals just losing their cool.
caught in a lie by Sen. Whitehouse, Lee Zeldin starts yelling at him and has a meltdown
May 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is at least the third time this week that top Trump officials have launched personal attacks on Senators while testifying (after RFK Jr. attacking Murray and Rubio attacking Van Hollen).
This is very unusual and likely a deliberate strategy rather than individuals just losing their cool.
This is very unusual and likely a deliberate strategy rather than individuals just losing their cool.
This post helps explain why I don’t post frequently. I write up to eight skeets a day. . . . Then discard without posting.
Just a reminder, if there's a topic out there that's super controversial, I am the only one who has both the correct take and is also caring about it the correct amount. Thank you for following.
May 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This post helps explain why I don’t post frequently. I write up to eight skeets a day. . . . Then discard without posting.
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I love Bruce Springsteen with my heart and osu and have seen him in concert and written essays about him. AND if you think I haven’t been thinking about how people have reacted to him versus the Chicks, ur incorrect.
May 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I love Bruce Springsteen with my heart and osu and have seen him in concert and written essays about him. AND if you think I haven’t been thinking about how people have reacted to him versus the Chicks, ur incorrect.
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We've reached the "criminal charges against congresspeople" stage of the proceedings.
My statement on the charges filed against me:
May 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
We've reached the "criminal charges against congresspeople" stage of the proceedings.
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WHEN is his mental acuity going to become a topic for mainstream media?
Trump on his Middle East trip: "They gave us a nice contribution of about $5 trillion."
(The entire GDP of the US is under $30 trillion ... )
(The entire GDP of the US is under $30 trillion ... )
May 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
WHEN is his mental acuity going to become a topic for mainstream media?
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
One of the dark secrets of the tenure process is that it locks non-“rockstar” academics to their place of tenure. Few will have that options and will suffer consequences those rockstars will not by just teaching content some students don’t like.
“I got a job in Canada because I’m scared of where this country is going” does not send the heroic, bold message these guys think it does, especially after they’ve let it just become a huge media blitz.
May 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
One of the dark secrets of the tenure process is that it locks non-“rockstar” academics to their place of tenure. Few will have that options and will suffer consequences those rockstars will not by just teaching content some students don’t like.
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i am fascinated by the editorial choice to give the last word to a disbarred charlatan pushing a discredited constitutional theory www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
At Supreme Court, a Once-Fringe Birthright Citizenship Theory Takes the Spotlight
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May 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
i am fascinated by the editorial choice to give the last word to a disbarred charlatan pushing a discredited constitutional theory www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
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A national school voucher program got a step closer to becoming law Wednesday. The proposal in the U.S. House would allocate $5 billion a year in tax credits for people donating to organizations that provide private and religious school scholarships.
Sweeping private school voucher program tucked inside U.S. House GOP tax bill • Ohio Capital Journal
A national school voucher program got a step closer to becoming law Wednesday. The proposal in the U.S. House would allocate $5 billion a year in tax credits for people donating to organizations that…
buff.ly
May 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A national school voucher program got a step closer to becoming law Wednesday. The proposal in the U.S. House would allocate $5 billion a year in tax credits for people donating to organizations that provide private and religious school scholarships.
Needs to appear to have more money so doofuses like Hawley say dumb things like this. Wealth is his language because it has bought him celebrity.
Hawley dismisses Trump lining his pockets with his memecoin: "Listen, I think nobody believes that Donald Trump can be bought. I mean, what does Donald Trump need more money for?"
May 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Needs to appear to have more money so doofuses like Hawley say dumb things like this. Wealth is his language because it has bought him celebrity.
Smart thread about social class and Americans inability to understand its dynamics.
Teach a course every fall where I get students to talk about class structures, and they struggle to see themselves as anything other than lower middle class . . . because their parents discuss money issues at home.
Teach a course every fall where I get students to talk about class structures, and they struggle to see themselves as anything other than lower middle class . . . because their parents discuss money issues at home.
We had a whole thing about this last night at my house.
It’s about the American facility with class? As in, we have none.
So weirdly project middle class…behaviors? Rationales? Onto extremely rich people. Forget being sophisticated enough to parse different kinds of wealth!
It’s about the American facility with class? As in, we have none.
So weirdly project middle class…behaviors? Rationales? Onto extremely rich people. Forget being sophisticated enough to parse different kinds of wealth!
Of all the ridiculous things people say with a straight face, the most ridiculous might be "you can't bribe him, he's rich."
You think rich people don't like money, and don't do things for people who give them a lot of money? Are... Are you serious?
You think rich people don't like money, and don't do things for people who give them a lot of money? Are... Are you serious?
May 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Smart thread about social class and Americans inability to understand its dynamics.
Teach a course every fall where I get students to talk about class structures, and they struggle to see themselves as anything other than lower middle class . . . because their parents discuss money issues at home.
Teach a course every fall where I get students to talk about class structures, and they struggle to see themselves as anything other than lower middle class . . . because their parents discuss money issues at home.