Tom ✦ Veteran & Advocate 🔵
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Statewide Movement Politics Team Meeting | PA Stands Up · Pennsylvania Stands Up
Monthly meeting for Statewide Movement Politics Team
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November 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Protect Our Queer and Unhoused Neighbors-- Codify Non-Discrimination in Lackawanna County · Mobilize
Whether you are housed or unhoused, part of the LGBTQ+ community or not, we all deserve equal opportunities to thrive in our communities. Through the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, Lackawanna Count...
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October 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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October 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
As a veteran, this makes me sick to my stomach. I hope the generals realize this is unlawful and agree to resist this criminal abuse of OUR military!
September 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
As a veteran, this makes me sick to my stomach. I hope the generals realize this is unlawful and agree to resist this criminal abuse of OUR military!
Gun violence needs to be addressed. It looks like most of these shooters are conservative right lunatics. The silence is deafening.
September 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Gun violence needs to be addressed. It looks like most of these shooters are conservative right lunatics. The silence is deafening.
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Incarcerated writer Christopher Blackwell says the damage of solitary confinement isn’t always clear at first. “It is something that just chips away at your core spirit, sometimes leaving a shell of a person when they are released from its grasp.”
“Designed to Break You:” Two Incarcerated Writers on the Heavy Toll of Solitary Confinement
The authors of a new book on solitary answer your questions about their experiences with isolation and the movement to end the tortuous practice.
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September 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Incarcerated writer Christopher Blackwell says the damage of solitary confinement isn’t always clear at first. “It is something that just chips away at your core spirit, sometimes leaving a shell of a person when they are released from its grasp.”
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Trump caught ordering Bondi to prosecute Adam Schiff, Tish James, Comey -- anyone who successfully and/or forcefully exposed and acted on his crimes. This is an IMPEACHABLE offense.
September 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Trump caught ordering Bondi to prosecute Adam Schiff, Tish James, Comey -- anyone who successfully and/or forcefully exposed and acted on his crimes. This is an IMPEACHABLE offense.
Release the files!
September 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Release the files!
Sean Hannity interviewed Stephen Miller.
a vampire is standing next to a man in a dark room
Alt: a vampire is standing next to a man in a dark room
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September 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Sean Hannity interviewed Stephen Miller.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u... Intimidation as ICE takes a turn toward becoming the regime’s secret police accountable to nobody but the Supreme Leader. My father fought in WWII against Fascists and I served 20 years in the USAF opposing North Korea. I will never accept this in the USA.
Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally
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August 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u... Intimidation as ICE takes a turn toward becoming the regime’s secret police accountable to nobody but the Supreme Leader. My father fought in WWII against Fascists and I served 20 years in the USAF opposing North Korea. I will never accept this in the USA.
🚨 No president should use the White House for revenge. Join over 200 bipartisan leaders standing with whistleblowers like Miles Taylor. Support the legal defense fund at 👉 ENDPRESIDENTIALREVENGE.org #EndPresidentialRevenge #Whistleblower #MilesTaylor
End Presidential Revenge: Support Miles Taylor's Legal Defense
Join over 200 bipartisan leaders in defending democracy. Support the legal fund opposing presidential retaliation against whistleblowers like Miles Taylor. Stand up for constitutional rights today.
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August 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
🚨 No president should use the White House for revenge. Join over 200 bipartisan leaders standing with whistleblowers like Miles Taylor. Support the legal defense fund at 👉 ENDPRESIDENTIALREVENGE.org #EndPresidentialRevenge #Whistleblower #MilesTaylor
Just a thought. What could be behind Trump wanting to take over the city of DC? Is he planning something so brazen for 2026 that he needs extra protection for the White House? Remember in his first term how he hid in the basement during protests in June 2020. apnews.com/article/wash...
The nation's capital waits for Trump's next move as a federal takeover threat looms
President Donald Trump's promised law enforcement surge in the nation's capital didn't appear to happen as scheduled on its first night.
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August 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Just a thought. What could be behind Trump wanting to take over the city of DC? Is he planning something so brazen for 2026 that he needs extra protection for the White House? Remember in his first term how he hid in the basement during protests in June 2020. apnews.com/article/wash...
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PA COURTS 101 | Hope in Action July Monthly Zoom Huddle · Action Together NEPA
**JULY HOPE IN ACTION INFO: COURTS 101**
We'll be joined by some engaging experts to talk about the importance of the judicial elections this year in Pennsylvania, and how we can spread the word abou...
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July 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I'm attending Action Together NEPA's event, “PA COURTS 101 | Hope in Action July Monthly Zoom Huddle” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/atnepa/event...
@lastweektonight.com I almost followed this guy on Substack. Good thing I was paying attention!
July 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
@lastweektonight.com I almost followed this guy on Substack. Good thing I was paying attention!
Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian asset. Deport to Putin!
July 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian asset. Deport to Putin!
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from today’s post, on Donny being told that his name is ALL OVER the Epstein Files, and what happened next —
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4kYAcRr
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4kYAcRr
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
July 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
from today’s post, on Donny being told that his name is ALL OVER the Epstein Files, and what happened next —
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4kYAcRr
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/4kYAcRr
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)
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If you think it’s a coincidence that this weird post portraying manifest destiny and Native Americans being chased away has 14 words and the two H’s are randomly capitalized I’ve got a bridge to sell you. The bridge is covered in Nazis.
July 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If you think it’s a coincidence that this weird post portraying manifest destiny and Native Americans being chased away has 14 words and the two H’s are randomly capitalized I’ve got a bridge to sell you. The bridge is covered in Nazis.
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Transit for All PA! - State Transit Funding, Updates From Harrisburg, and HOW WE'LL WIN · PPT & T4APA!
# Join us for a statewide all-hands call to learn what's happening with the PA budget, and how we can win Transit for All PA!
We know that public transit is a lifeline for *everyone* in Pennsylvania,...
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July 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I'm attending PPT & T4APA!'s event, “Transit for All PA! - State Transit Funding, Updates From Harrisburg, and HOW WE'LL WIN” - sign up now to join me! #Bu www.mobilize.us/ppt/event/80...
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Support public transportation in Pennsylvania!
April 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Support public transportation in Pennsylvania!
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Google DeepMind pledged to be transparent about how they're working with external bodies to keep their models safe. In March of this year, they released Gemini 2.5 for public use without providing any such information.
Three months later, still nothing.
Three months later, still nothing.
June 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Google DeepMind pledged to be transparent about how they're working with external bodies to keep their models safe. In March of this year, they released Gemini 2.5 for public use without providing any such information.
Three months later, still nothing.
Three months later, still nothing.
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When you make a promise to the public, you should keep it.
June 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
When you make a promise to the public, you should keep it.
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Anti-autocracy Handbook:
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June 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Anti-autocracy Handbook:
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