Mark Thompson
@sonofathomp.bsky.social
A Cartoonerer. The New Yorker..er. My posts are unreliably narrated. Native Upper Midwesterner now in Colorado.
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Mark Thompson
@sonofathomp.bsky.social
· Nov 20
My Bluesky posts are artisanal, handcrafted and scented with lavender.
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That Trump has gotten away so far tells you how corrupt our society is. He would have to pay off law enforcement, the judiciary, politicians, bankers, the press … and who knows who else.
December 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
That Trump has gotten away so far tells you how corrupt our society is. He would have to pay off law enforcement, the judiciary, politicians, bankers, the press … and who knows who else.
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I’m an expert witness in immigration court and I can tell you that the majority of crimes that lead to deportation are not violent and certainly far less dangerous than the crimes our lawmakers have been committing for generations.
December 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I’m an expert witness in immigration court and I can tell you that the majority of crimes that lead to deportation are not violent and certainly far less dangerous than the crimes our lawmakers have been committing for generations.
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Remember when Fox News settled a defamation suit for $800m because it lied about the 2020 election and then all the Fox News watchers kept watching it?
December 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Remember when Fox News settled a defamation suit for $800m because it lied about the 2020 election and then all the Fox News watchers kept watching it?
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You have to admit it is extremely funny that Trump is going to start garnishing wages for student loans at the same time he is offering $60K in loan forgiveness for the secret police kidnapping innocent families off of the street and by extremely funny what I mean is total national humiliation
December 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
You have to admit it is extremely funny that Trump is going to start garnishing wages for student loans at the same time he is offering $60K in loan forgiveness for the secret police kidnapping innocent families off of the street and by extremely funny what I mean is total national humiliation
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The economic disruption/sabotage of deporting millions of workers at time of near full employment is only just beginning to be felt.
“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas builders say ICE arrests have upended industry
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas builders say ICE arrests have upended industry
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work
More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.
www.texastribune.org
December 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The economic disruption/sabotage of deporting millions of workers at time of near full employment is only just beginning to be felt.
“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas builders say ICE arrests have upended industry
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
“Construction can’t continue”: South Texas builders say ICE arrests have upended industry
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/24/s...
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The Republicans don’t just halt the march of progress, they actively engage against it UNLESS it’s an industry they can corrupt and destroy
December 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The Republicans don’t just halt the march of progress, they actively engage against it UNLESS it’s an industry they can corrupt and destroy
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The original king of circular deals is showing how it’s done
SpaceX Buys Over 1,000 Cybertrucks as Tesla Struggles With Weak Demand
Musk's cross-company purchase raises concerns amid declining sales and excess inventory.
finance.yahoo.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The original king of circular deals is showing how it’s done
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Not to do the thing again, but hard to imagine how Obama would have made it to year two in office if he raked in billions in year one.
December 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Not to do the thing again, but hard to imagine how Obama would have made it to year two in office if he raked in billions in year one.
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A great view of the GOP and it’s voters.
They complain about everything.
Imagine being the most indulged voting bloc in the country and still centering your entire political identity on grievance.
That’s the modern GOP voter and congressman.
They complain about everything.
Imagine being the most indulged voting bloc in the country and still centering your entire political identity on grievance.
That’s the modern GOP voter and congressman.
December 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A great view of the GOP and it’s voters.
They complain about everything.
Imagine being the most indulged voting bloc in the country and still centering your entire political identity on grievance.
That’s the modern GOP voter and congressman.
They complain about everything.
Imagine being the most indulged voting bloc in the country and still centering your entire political identity on grievance.
That’s the modern GOP voter and congressman.
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The US invented the solar panel & wind turbine, notes @billmckibben.bsky.social:
"We could have owned these technologies, & instead we’ve just ceded them to our theoretical main rival... I don’t think there’s been an act of national self-sabotage quite like this." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"We could have owned these technologies, & instead we’ve just ceded them to our theoretical main rival... I don’t think there’s been an act of national self-sabotage quite like this." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables
The activist and author of Here Comes the Sun discusses rapid advances in solar and wind power and how the US ceded leadership in the sector to its main rival
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The US invented the solar panel & wind turbine, notes @billmckibben.bsky.social:
"We could have owned these technologies, & instead we’ve just ceded them to our theoretical main rival... I don’t think there’s been an act of national self-sabotage quite like this." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"We could have owned these technologies, & instead we’ve just ceded them to our theoretical main rival... I don’t think there’s been an act of national self-sabotage quite like this." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Watch @repmcgovern.bsky.social deliver receipts showing Trump/ Republican’s complete lack of a healthcare plan or concept of a plan. Millions of Americans are facing financial crisis trying to provide healthcare for themselves & their families. Republicans are 100% at fault. TY Congressman!
December 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Watch @repmcgovern.bsky.social deliver receipts showing Trump/ Republican’s complete lack of a healthcare plan or concept of a plan. Millions of Americans are facing financial crisis trying to provide healthcare for themselves & their families. Republicans are 100% at fault. TY Congressman!
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Ther insatiable greed is killing us. Literally.
December 28, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Ther insatiable greed is killing us. Literally.
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This is why corporate media is dying in this country and independent media is on the rise.
December 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This is why corporate media is dying in this country and independent media is on the rise.
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Foggy Frozen Mississippi River
December 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Foggy Frozen Mississippi River
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So I went overboard premaking the bûche de noel decorations, thinking I would have a leisurely time putting together the cake, artistically placing the perfect meringue mushroom here, the best sugared cranberry there, adding a light touch of moss. But instead I got drunk and dumped EVERYTHING on it.
December 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
So I went overboard premaking the bûche de noel decorations, thinking I would have a leisurely time putting together the cake, artistically placing the perfect meringue mushroom here, the best sugared cranberry there, adding a light touch of moss. But instead I got drunk and dumped EVERYTHING on it.
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Trump's net worth increased by $4 billion. All of the wealth was gained by manipulating his power as president. Nothing like this has ever happened before.
December 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Trump's net worth increased by $4 billion. All of the wealth was gained by manipulating his power as president. Nothing like this has ever happened before.
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Another Kentucky plant closes thanks to Dear Leader Trump. l.smartnews.com/p-6QHVkfh6/N...
Ford Pulls the Plug on Kentucky Battery Plant — Workers Left in Limbo (Guessing Headlights)
GLENDALE, Ky. —Ford Motor Co. has confirmed plans to close its BlueOval SK Battery Park faci...
l.smartnews.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Another Kentucky plant closes thanks to Dear Leader Trump. l.smartnews.com/p-6QHVkfh6/N...
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MOM SAYS YOU HAVE TO PLAY WITH ME
New at the Kennedy Center: declining to perform may now require a lawyer.
Trump’s Kennedy Center chief threatens jazz musician with $1M suit over canceled Christmas gig
Richard Grenell says they will seek damages for “this political stunt."
www.motherjones.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
MOM SAYS YOU HAVE TO PLAY WITH ME
Again, most of MAGA thought they could have Trump’s racism with Biden’s economy. Unfortunately the felon they elected thinks he’s an economic genius, the multiple bankruptcies notwithstanding.
December 28, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Again, most of MAGA thought they could have Trump’s racism with Biden’s economy. Unfortunately the felon they elected thinks he’s an economic genius, the multiple bankruptcies notwithstanding.
Golly David Brooks, why has public discourse become so coarse? It’s a stumper. Probably not the late, nightly racist social media meltdowns from the President of the United States. No, I bet it’s because of those liberals.
December 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Golly David Brooks, why has public discourse become so coarse? It’s a stumper. Probably not the late, nightly racist social media meltdowns from the President of the United States. No, I bet it’s because of those liberals.
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You mean the happy, nice America that you, Jeffrey Epstein, and Donald Trump grew up in? That America?
Why have Americans become so mean, sad, and alienated? The answer is simple, @nytdavidbrooks argues. People no longer grow up learning how to be decent to one another: bit.ly/4qskLny
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
You mean the happy, nice America that you, Jeffrey Epstein, and Donald Trump grew up in? That America?
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I guess even much of MAGA's unhappy...
December 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I guess even much of MAGA's unhappy...
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“it is illegal for you not to like me”
This is the logical and inevitable conclusion of the last decade of elite media "free speech" discourse.
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
“it is illegal for you not to like me”
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December 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM