Ian Thomas
@ianmthomas.bsky.social
Drummer: @appaloossaseattle
Driver: @getridwell (teamsters 117)
Barista: C & P coffee
LGBTQ+ advocate and supporter
Staunch anti-MAGA Dissenter
Driver: @getridwell (teamsters 117)
Barista: C & P coffee
LGBTQ+ advocate and supporter
Staunch anti-MAGA Dissenter
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Not all heroes wear capes.
May 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Not all heroes wear capes.
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When elected officials see mass protests and then immediately adjust their behavior in response, that is a good thing. That's how this should work!
Celebrate Blumenthal for this. And then ask your own Dem senator what they're doing. And what Schumer is doing.
Celebrate Blumenthal for this. And then ask your own Dem senator what they're doing. And what Schumer is doing.
Breaking: Sen. Richard Blumenthal says he plans to place a hold on ALL Trump nominees going forward.
This will force Republicans to hold individual votes to override each hold, which will severely slow down their agenda.
🔗: www.axios.com/newsletters/...
This will force Republicans to hold individual votes to override each hold, which will severely slow down their agenda.
🔗: www.axios.com/newsletters/...
April 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
When elected officials see mass protests and then immediately adjust their behavior in response, that is a good thing. That's how this should work!
Celebrate Blumenthal for this. And then ask your own Dem senator what they're doing. And what Schumer is doing.
Celebrate Blumenthal for this. And then ask your own Dem senator what they're doing. And what Schumer is doing.
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Elon Musk, whose businesses operate on taxpayer cash like a billionaire welfare scheme, wants you to believe federal workers are the REAL freeloaders.
Sure, Elon. 🙄
Bold words coming from a guy whose entire empire is basically a government-sponsored side hustle. 1/4
Sure, Elon. 🙄
Bold words coming from a guy whose entire empire is basically a government-sponsored side hustle. 1/4
Some federal workers are ‘getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,’ says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government
Musk’s DOGE wants to cut tens of thousands of federal workers, and now it’s aiming at people he thinks are too rich.
fortune.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Elon Musk, whose businesses operate on taxpayer cash like a billionaire welfare scheme, wants you to believe federal workers are the REAL freeloaders.
Sure, Elon. 🙄
Bold words coming from a guy whose entire empire is basically a government-sponsored side hustle. 1/4
Sure, Elon. 🙄
Bold words coming from a guy whose entire empire is basically a government-sponsored side hustle. 1/4
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NEW: "Here’s Who’s Paid Homage To Trump At Mar-A-Lago Since His Election"
More than 125 foreign officials, Cabinet picks, governors, and lawmakers have flocked to Palm Beach since Trump's re-election.
More than 125 foreign officials, Cabinet picks, governors, and lawmakers have flocked to Palm Beach since Trump's re-election.
Here’s Who’s Paid Homage To Trump At Mar-A-Lago Since His Election
Billionaires, foreign leaders, Cabinet picks, governors and lawmakers have converged on the president-elect’s Palm Beach estate.
www.forbes.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW: "Here’s Who’s Paid Homage To Trump At Mar-A-Lago Since His Election"
More than 125 foreign officials, Cabinet picks, governors, and lawmakers have flocked to Palm Beach since Trump's re-election.
More than 125 foreign officials, Cabinet picks, governors, and lawmakers have flocked to Palm Beach since Trump's re-election.
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FFS!
Huntington Beach CA City Atty Michael Gates, a white christian nationalist & election denier, is headed to DC to work with Harmeet Dhillon at DOJ Civil Rights
He has a history attacking local elections/voting
You can be sure former Rep Michelle Steel's husband Shawn helped him get the gig
Huntington Beach CA City Atty Michael Gates, a white christian nationalist & election denier, is headed to DC to work with Harmeet Dhillon at DOJ Civil Rights
He has a history attacking local elections/voting
You can be sure former Rep Michelle Steel's husband Shawn helped him get the gig
February 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
FFS!
Huntington Beach CA City Atty Michael Gates, a white christian nationalist & election denier, is headed to DC to work with Harmeet Dhillon at DOJ Civil Rights
He has a history attacking local elections/voting
You can be sure former Rep Michelle Steel's husband Shawn helped him get the gig
Huntington Beach CA City Atty Michael Gates, a white christian nationalist & election denier, is headed to DC to work with Harmeet Dhillon at DOJ Civil Rights
He has a history attacking local elections/voting
You can be sure former Rep Michelle Steel's husband Shawn helped him get the gig
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James Madison, a fellow epilepsy sufferer, must be rolling in his grave.
February 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
James Madison, a fellow epilepsy sufferer, must be rolling in his grave.
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We are more powerful than they are. NEVER forget it.
February 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
We are more powerful than they are. NEVER forget it.
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An unelected, erratic, ketamine-addled billionaire with far right/white nationalist views has taken control of the personnel and payment systems of the United States government. Not an exaggeration, not hyperbole.
January 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
An unelected, erratic, ketamine-addled billionaire with far right/white nationalist views has taken control of the personnel and payment systems of the United States government. Not an exaggeration, not hyperbole.
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It’s coming hard, fast, and mostly, illegal…
Elon and clowns have locked Office of Personnel Management government employees out of their computers. Some senior career OPM employees have had their access revoked to some data systems.
#WTAF
#SheShed
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Elon and clowns have locked Office of Personnel Management government employees out of their computers. Some senior career OPM employees have had their access revoked to some data systems.
#WTAF
#SheShed
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
It’s coming hard, fast, and mostly, illegal…
Elon and clowns have locked Office of Personnel Management government employees out of their computers. Some senior career OPM employees have had their access revoked to some data systems.
#WTAF
#SheShed
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Elon and clowns have locked Office of Personnel Management government employees out of their computers. Some senior career OPM employees have had their access revoked to some data systems.
#WTAF
#SheShed
www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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Democracy Docket is not built on Substack. It has no corporate overlords, no venture capital investors. It will not back down. It will never obey.
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Substack comes out in favor of Elon. read.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
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January 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Kash Patel raised money for January 6 insurrectionists who attacked law enforcement.
I asked him to look those officers in the eye and tell them he was proud of what he did.
He couldn't.
I asked him to look those officers in the eye and tell them he was proud of what he did.
He couldn't.
January 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Kash Patel raised money for January 6 insurrectionists who attacked law enforcement.
I asked him to look those officers in the eye and tell them he was proud of what he did.
He couldn't.
I asked him to look those officers in the eye and tell them he was proud of what he did.
He couldn't.
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PLEASE NOTE: Bribes are now called "settlements."
January 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
PLEASE NOTE: Bribes are now called "settlements."
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We can learn from this. Lets push back on every awfulness everyone !
NEWS: Pushback forces Trump administration to end freeze on HIV medication.
January 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We can learn from this. Lets push back on every awfulness everyone !
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This Hannah Arendt quote feels appropriate right now
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
January 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This Hannah Arendt quote feels appropriate right now
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
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One of my fourth graders asked a friend if he and his family wanted to live at his house since they are scared of the cold men coming to their house.
The cold men are ICE.
Kids may not understand it all right now, but they are listening.
The cold men are ICE.
Kids may not understand it all right now, but they are listening.
January 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of my fourth graders asked a friend if he and his family wanted to live at his house since they are scared of the cold men coming to their house.
The cold men are ICE.
Kids may not understand it all right now, but they are listening.
The cold men are ICE.
Kids may not understand it all right now, but they are listening.
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January 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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BREAKING: ICE just announced it is pausing the hotline where people can call to report undocumented immigrants because 90% of the calls are from people reporting Elon Musk.
January 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
BREAKING: ICE just announced it is pausing the hotline where people can call to report undocumented immigrants because 90% of the calls are from people reporting Elon Musk.
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BREAKING:
Attorneys General from CA, NY, AZ, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, NV, NC, NJ, NM, OR, RI, VT, WA, WI, and D.C. have filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump over his budget freeze on critical health services.
Attorneys General from CA, NY, AZ, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, NV, NC, NJ, NM, OR, RI, VT, WA, WI, and D.C. have filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump over his budget freeze on critical health services.
January 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
BREAKING:
Attorneys General from CA, NY, AZ, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, NV, NC, NJ, NM, OR, RI, VT, WA, WI, and D.C. have filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump over his budget freeze on critical health services.
Attorneys General from CA, NY, AZ, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, NV, NC, NJ, NM, OR, RI, VT, WA, WI, and D.C. have filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump over his budget freeze on critical health services.