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Tom Joad™️
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OG OF THE #RESISTANCE
Active daily on social media since 2008.
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"Wherever there's a fight so hungry people can eat, I'll be there".
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5 books every #Resistance member should read.

1.1984 Geo.Orwell

2.The Femine Mystigue.Betty Friedan.

3.A Peoples History of the Uninted States. Howard Zinn

4.The New Jim Crow.Michelle Alexander.

5.The Grapes of Wrath.John Steinbeck.

Please add your own.
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Hanna Arendt, "The origins of Totalitarianism".
January 4, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Germinal, Emile Zola
January 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Cry The Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
The Origins Of Totalitarianism (Hannah Arendt)
Gulag Archipelago (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
January 4, 2026 at 11:01 AM
A little know fact:

Before yesterday’s fiasco Trump accidentally arrested Washington Commanders QB Marcus Mariota.
January 3, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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This is a must read!!!! Short story on following illegal order. Highly recommend.

bsky.app/profile/theo...
This piece took me over 2 months to write.
It’s about a man given illegal orders that is impossible not to obey.
Please read.

open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
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A Story About Illegal Orders
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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I’ve saved your story and sent it to many. It was so well-written and really stayed with me
January 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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Chanelle Gallant (@chanellegallant.bsky.social) is an abolitionist feminist organizer and co-author of Not Your Rescue Project

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January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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This is an excellent short story on following illegal orders. Highly recommend. Fictional but plausible.

bsky.app/profile/theo...
This piece took me over 2 months to write.
It’s about a man given illegal orders that is impossible not to obey.
Please read.

open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
0714
A Story About Illegal Orders
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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January 3, 2026 at 6:35 AM
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Tomさん✨
5 books every #Resistance member should read.

1.1984 Geo.Orwell

2.The Femine Mystigue.Betty Friedan.

3.A Peoples History of the Uninted States. Howard Zinn

4.The New Jim Crow.Michelle Alexander.

5.The Grapes of Wrath.John Steinbeck.

Please add your own.
January 3, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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Thanks Tom a good piece, been thinking there's a need to define that vibe of "establishment" politicians and the gatekeeping that stops getting things done or 'disappears' proposals. I think you've captured it beautifully, sadly and with the edge of justified cynicism it deserves.
January 3, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Great Starter Pack
January 3, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Great Starter Pack!!
💙
Follow these great Resisters!

👊Thank you for including me in this fabulous starter pack!✊💙🕊️

@bluestormcomin1.bsky.social

bsky.app/starter-pack...
January 3, 2026 at 3:53 AM
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January 3, 2026 at 2:50 AM
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Yuck. We really need to shake things up!
January 3, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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Unfortunately spot on.😕 Very good read, however.
Voters were offered a choice between maintaining a system that isn’t working and destroying a system that isn’t working.
They chose destruction.

Please check out my current article.

open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
The Receipts
What 148 Automated Responses Taught Me About Power
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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I have done the same. It is a file of responses from my senators and representatives.
January 2, 2026 at 11:35 PM
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Yeah....I wish my senator had time to do anything except post stupid remarks on x.🤔
I've saved 148 automated responses from my congressman over 12 years. He's never read one. But I keep documenting anyway,not because I think it will change anything, but because someone needs to have kept the receipts for a trial that will never happen.

open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
The Receipts
What 148 Automated Responses Taught Me About Power
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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I kind of love this man.

Not in a gay way.

In a "I have mad respect for what you're doing and understand your crazy scheme" sort of way.
I've saved 148 automated responses from my congressman over 12 years. He's never read one. But I keep documenting anyway,not because I think it will change anything, but because someone needs to have kept the receipts for a trial that will never happen.

open.substack.com/pub/joadt/p/...
The Receipts
What 148 Automated Responses Taught Me About Power
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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Great new Starter Pack!!!
January 2, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Great new Starter Pack!!!
January 2, 2026 at 11:26 PM