Thankful Thinker
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Optimistic realist. Humanity gets twisted into evil shapes by trauma, but we can recover, be better, & extend our recovery to others & the planet.
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From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot - a very apt quote for today's political landscape!:
"It is a common sentence that Knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of Ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down."
"It is a common sentence that Knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of Ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down."
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I will not vote for any candidate who runs with "we need to move forward" and refuses to prosecute this administration for every single one of their crimes. Accountability is all.
February 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I will not vote for any candidate who runs with "we need to move forward" and refuses to prosecute this administration for every single one of their crimes. Accountability is all.
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State violence against Black Americans laid the groundwork for fascism | Jason Stanley
->The Guardian | More on "State violence and American fascism" at BigEarthData.ai | #fascism
->The Guardian | More on "State violence and American fascism" at BigEarthData.ai | #fascism
State violence against Black Americans laid the groundwork for fascism | Jason Stanley
In a recent Saturday Night Live episode, when asked about Minneapolis, one of the white hosts intones: “Well, the first word that comes to mind is unprecedented. You’ve got federal officers roaming the streets just pulling people out of their cars based on how they look. This just doesn’t happen in America.” The joke is, of course, that “this” has been happening forever, but to Black people in America. Now that it is happening to others, and particularly now that white protesters are being killed in the streets, it is suddenly a national emergency. In his 1955 work Discourse on Colonialism, Aimé Césaire, the French poet and politician, argues that fascism was the result of bringing to bear on domestic populations the tactics European countries used on their colonial subjects in Africa. This is what has been called in the literature the “imperial boomerang thesis”. As many have been pointing out on social media and elsewhere, if we think of the US Black American population as an internally colonized population, then you can see what is happening on the streets of Minneapolis as a manifestation of the imperial boomerang thesis. It is an old point in the literature on fascism...
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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February 7, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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JD Vance is the definition of a sellout.
Owned by Peter Thiel, he shifts his name, faith, and politics on command. He even stays silent when his allies insult his wife.
If a man is willing to sell out his own family for political clout, imagine what he will do to the country
Owned by Peter Thiel, he shifts his name, faith, and politics on command. He even stays silent when his allies insult his wife.
If a man is willing to sell out his own family for political clout, imagine what he will do to the country
February 8, 2026 at 8:55 AM
JD Vance is the definition of a sellout.
Owned by Peter Thiel, he shifts his name, faith, and politics on command. He even stays silent when his allies insult his wife.
If a man is willing to sell out his own family for political clout, imagine what he will do to the country
Owned by Peter Thiel, he shifts his name, faith, and politics on command. He even stays silent when his allies insult his wife.
If a man is willing to sell out his own family for political clout, imagine what he will do to the country
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This is 18 U.S.C. 648 Custodians, generally, misuse of public funds
18 U.S.C. 2385 Advocating overthrow of government
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18 U.S.C. 2385 Advocating overthrow of government
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February 8, 2026 at 2:28 AM
This is 18 U.S.C. 648 Custodians, generally, misuse of public funds
18 U.S.C. 2385 Advocating overthrow of government
open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...
18 U.S.C. 2385 Advocating overthrow of government
open.substack.com/pub/michaelp...
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Memo to Katie Miller: Olympics is for serious professional athletes that've made their way to the top of their profession. They don't survive by "saying" stuff. Such as yourself. Your rights to speech don't cancel theirs. They aren't political groupies. Stay in your lane. Olympics is not about you.
February 8, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Memo to Katie Miller: Olympics is for serious professional athletes that've made their way to the top of their profession. They don't survive by "saying" stuff. Such as yourself. Your rights to speech don't cancel theirs. They aren't political groupies. Stay in your lane. Olympics is not about you.
Is ICE going to attack these high school kids.
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Is ICE going to attack these high school kids.
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nbcphiladelphia.app.link/tDIEuzg1z0b The kids are alright ✊
Students walked out of Pa. and NJ high schools to protest ICE
Students at several school in Pennsylvania and New Jersey staged a walkout on Friday to protest ICE and recent immigration enforcement activity.
nbcphiladelphia.app.link
February 8, 2026 at 2:41 AM
nbcphiladelphia.app.link/tDIEuzg1z0b The kids are alright ✊
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If you were curious, I would say I've seen about 500 Seahawks fans, 300 Patriots fans, and 16.3 million Bad Bunny fans. They're everywhere and it's awesome.
February 7, 2026 at 8:28 PM
If you were curious, I would say I've seen about 500 Seahawks fans, 300 Patriots fans, and 16.3 million Bad Bunny fans. They're everywhere and it's awesome.
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Trump is also holding up over 11,000 construction jobs for the working class of New York. Trump has full regard for himself, and Sadistic Disregard for everyone else. The #CriminalMind
February 8, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Trump is also holding up over 11,000 construction jobs for the working class of New York. Trump has full regard for himself, and Sadistic Disregard for everyone else. The #CriminalMind
February 8, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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Kamala Harris was right
Hillary Clinton was right
Michelle Obama was right
Anita Hill was right
E. Jean Carroll was right
PLEASE START LISTENING TO WOMEN
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Hillary Clinton was right
Michelle Obama was right
Anita Hill was right
E. Jean Carroll was right
PLEASE START LISTENING TO WOMEN
ᵛⁱᵃ ᵂᵒᵐᵉⁿ ᶠᵒʳʷᵃʳᵈ
February 8, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Kamala Harris was right
Hillary Clinton was right
Michelle Obama was right
Anita Hill was right
E. Jean Carroll was right
PLEASE START LISTENING TO WOMEN
ᵛⁱᵃ ᵂᵒᵐᵉⁿ ᶠᵒʳʷᵃʳᵈ
Hillary Clinton was right
Michelle Obama was right
Anita Hill was right
E. Jean Carroll was right
PLEASE START LISTENING TO WOMEN
ᵛⁱᵃ ᵂᵒᵐᵉⁿ ᶠᵒʳʷᵃʳᵈ
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We The People need to repeatedly declare this government ILLEGITIMATE on these grounds:
1. It violates the Constitution and Our Inalienable rights daily, and
2. We do not consent and all governments derive their just powers from consent of the governed.
1. It violates the Constitution and Our Inalienable rights daily, and
2. We do not consent and all governments derive their just powers from consent of the governed.
February 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
We The People need to repeatedly declare this government ILLEGITIMATE on these grounds:
1. It violates the Constitution and Our Inalienable rights daily, and
2. We do not consent and all governments derive their just powers from consent of the governed.
1. It violates the Constitution and Our Inalienable rights daily, and
2. We do not consent and all governments derive their just powers from consent of the governed.
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Is it any wonder that the GOP is trying to remove the rights of women to vote at the same time they fill the White House, Cabinet, & GOP Congress with the Epstein pedophiles.
February 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Is it any wonder that the GOP is trying to remove the rights of women to vote at the same time they fill the White House, Cabinet, & GOP Congress with the Epstein pedophiles.
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No list of offenders. And only one arrest, the woman involved. All of this happened while Donald Trump was president. You don’t have to believe in conspiracies to believe the public still hasn’t gotten straight answers. 3/3
February 8, 2026 at 5:38 AM
No list of offenders. And only one arrest, the woman involved. All of this happened while Donald Trump was president. You don’t have to believe in conspiracies to believe the public still hasn’t gotten straight answers. 3/3
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Reports of the government using boxes to mimic a body. A missing minute from jail camera footage. Cameras that “weren’t working.” A delay in releasing documents. Millions of pages that still haven’t been made public. 2/3
February 8, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Reports of the government using boxes to mimic a body. A missing minute from jail camera footage. Cameras that “weren’t working.” A delay in releasing documents. Millions of pages that still haven’t been made public. 2/3
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I’m not a conspiracy theorist. But when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein, there are a lot of things that remain objectively strange. A DOJ draft press release dated the day before his death, with the final version adding the phrase “of an apparent suicide.” 1/3
February 8, 2026 at 5:38 AM
I’m not a conspiracy theorist. But when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein, there are a lot of things that remain objectively strange. A DOJ draft press release dated the day before his death, with the final version adding the phrase “of an apparent suicide.” 1/3
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His stage name is BAD BUNNY... a bad-ass artist and honey-of-a-Bunny. His given name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. He is a handsome 31-year-old American citizen. Make no mistake. 1917: The Jones Act grants U.S. citizenship to all Puerto Ricans. I'll be watching... I'm a huge fan!
February 8, 2026 at 3:46 AM
His stage name is BAD BUNNY... a bad-ass artist and honey-of-a-Bunny. His given name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. He is a handsome 31-year-old American citizen. Make no mistake. 1917: The Jones Act grants U.S. citizenship to all Puerto Ricans. I'll be watching... I'm a huge fan!
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Topol: The same thing occurs with all these wellness influencers—the latest being Peter Attia. There are hundreds and hundreds of these so-called longevity hackers. One cardinal rule I have is this: if somebody is selling something, they have no credibility. Zero.
February 8, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Topol: The same thing occurs with all these wellness influencers—the latest being Peter Attia. There are hundreds and hundreds of these so-called longevity hackers. One cardinal rule I have is this: if somebody is selling something, they have no credibility. Zero.
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You want to know why Trump put up that racist tweet of the Obamas? It’s simple. Melania’s movie is tanking. That’s connected to Trump’s ego.
February 7, 2026 at 4:36 PM
You want to know why Trump put up that racist tweet of the Obamas? It’s simple. Melania’s movie is tanking. That’s connected to Trump’s ego.
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I wonder how many Americans have really got it in their head, that we are at war with our own government.
Has it really sunk in yet?
No one is safe when you are at War with your own government.
This includes stripping all civil rights and constitutional rights.
We are at war with our government.
Has it really sunk in yet?
No one is safe when you are at War with your own government.
This includes stripping all civil rights and constitutional rights.
We are at war with our government.
February 8, 2026 at 3:16 AM
I wonder how many Americans have really got it in their head, that we are at war with our own government.
Has it really sunk in yet?
No one is safe when you are at War with your own government.
This includes stripping all civil rights and constitutional rights.
We are at war with our government.
Has it really sunk in yet?
No one is safe when you are at War with your own government.
This includes stripping all civil rights and constitutional rights.
We are at war with our government.
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Stelson: Scott Perry is the most vulnerable extremist in the country. If we don’t win here in Pennsylvania’s 10th, we are not going to win the U.S. House—and we must flip the House.
February 8, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Stelson: Scott Perry is the most vulnerable extremist in the country. If we don’t win here in Pennsylvania’s 10th, we are not going to win the U.S. House—and we must flip the House.
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“.. This is a 37 point shift left.”
February 8, 2026 at 3:55 AM
“.. This is a 37 point shift left.”
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every special election result right now is like, not a single person in this district cast a vote for kamala harris in 2024 and the dem in the special election wins 77-20 or something.
February 8, 2026 at 4:36 AM
every special election result right now is like, not a single person in this district cast a vote for kamala harris in 2024 and the dem in the special election wins 77-20 or something.