Thirsty Pete
@thirstypete.bsky.social
“All your buried corpses now begin to speak.”-James Baldwin
Purveyor of swill, still learning
Not serious people
Purveyor of swill, still learning
Not serious people
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NEW—Earlier this evening agents from ICE/other fed agencies were outside Rhode Island Ave metro in DC asking people exiting the station for their IDs, per someone who experienced it. When the person presented their Real ID license, an agent said that wasn't sufficient. Luckily they had secondary ID.
August 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
NEW—Earlier this evening agents from ICE/other fed agencies were outside Rhode Island Ave metro in DC asking people exiting the station for their IDs, per someone who experienced it. When the person presented their Real ID license, an agent said that wasn't sufficient. Luckily they had secondary ID.
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104 years ago today, one of the worst acts of racial violence in U.S. history unfolded in Tulsa.
We will never forget.
We will never forget.
June 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
104 years ago today, one of the worst acts of racial violence in U.S. history unfolded in Tulsa.
We will never forget.
We will never forget.
I wish I knew who to thank for this! If anyone knows please tag them and I will repost and tag them as well! #LoveIsLove🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I wish I knew who to thank for this! If anyone knows please tag them and I will repost and tag them as well! #LoveIsLove🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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I guess being hired by the federal government going forwars will be dependent upon your political preference and whether you support the felon's agenda.
It's a fukn loyalty test! 😡
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
It's a fukn loyalty test! 😡
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
Federal Job Applications Will Soon Have Essay Questions About Trump’s Executive Orders And Government Efficiency
A set of new essay questions will be added to federal job applications as part of an executive order from the president that seeks to reform the federal hiring process.
www.forbes.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I guess being hired by the federal government going forwars will be dependent upon your political preference and whether you support the felon's agenda.
It's a fukn loyalty test! 😡
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
It's a fukn loyalty test! 😡
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...
It’s that time again. These are my go to post donation snacks. #nybloodcenter❣️ #SaveALife🩸
May 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
It’s that time again. These are my go to post donation snacks. #nybloodcenter❣️ #SaveALife🩸
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One thing I'm deducing from the whole "eat like great-grandma did" discourse is that The Jungle fell off the high school syllabus at some point and we should put it back.
April 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
One thing I'm deducing from the whole "eat like great-grandma did" discourse is that The Jungle fell off the high school syllabus at some point and we should put it back.
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Not to state the obvious, but none of them were sent to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. They all had lawyers, indictment by grand jury, a trial or a guilty plea where a judge ensured it was knowing & voluntary & access to an appeals process. In other words, all the hallmarks of due process.
April 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Not to state the obvious, but none of them were sent to a terrorist prison in El Salvador. They all had lawyers, indictment by grand jury, a trial or a guilty plea where a judge ensured it was knowing & voluntary & access to an appeals process. In other words, all the hallmarks of due process.
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Today, on filing day, I will tell you, the Bluesky audience, the thing that I most wish the public knew, on this filing day, and it is this: No one cares that you extended. No one cares. Not me, not your mom, not your dad, not the IRS, not no one. Its not an audit black mark, its fine.
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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I love the argument that we have to hold students to strict deadlines because there are no extensions in the real world.
Actually, in the real world everything is negotiable. There are no deadlines.
Actually, in the real world everything is negotiable. There are no deadlines.
Today, on filing day, I will tell you, the Bluesky audience, the thing that I most wish the public knew, on this filing day, and it is this: No one cares that you extended. No one cares. Not me, not your mom, not your dad, not the IRS, not no one. Its not an audit black mark, its fine.
April 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I love the argument that we have to hold students to strict deadlines because there are no extensions in the real world.
Actually, in the real world everything is negotiable. There are no deadlines.
Actually, in the real world everything is negotiable. There are no deadlines.
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Today in a FREE The Mets Newsletter:
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- A Dedniel Nuñez update
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- A Dedniel Nuñez update
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- Minor league rundown
- Much more
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April 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today in a FREE The Mets Newsletter:
- Sweeeeeeeep
- Why, Brett Baty, why?
- What was Carlos Mendoza thinking?
- A Dedniel Nuñez update
- Why Bread Boy wasn't available
- Minor league rundown
- Much more
- Subscribe today!
themetsnewsletter.com/p/silent-birds
- Sweeeeeeeep
- Why, Brett Baty, why?
- What was Carlos Mendoza thinking?
- A Dedniel Nuñez update
- Why Bread Boy wasn't available
- Minor league rundown
- Much more
- Subscribe today!
themetsnewsletter.com/p/silent-birds
I hope he quotes “I, Too”
“Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—
I, too, am America.”
“Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—
I, too, am America.”
Sen. Booker just quoted the Langston Hughes poem "Let America Be America Again"
"America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!"
poets.org/poem/let-ame...
"America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath—
America will be!"
poets.org/poem/let-ame...
Let America Be America Again
Let America be America again.
poets.org
April 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I hope he quotes “I, Too”
“Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—
I, too, am America.”
“Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—
I, too, am America.”
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But I was sure they’d stop at Columbia!
March 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
But I was sure they’d stop at Columbia!
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A fun thing about reporting like this is when the White House doesn’t ever bother denying or quibbling with literally anything in the reporting and then sends an on the record comment, that also doesn’t deny anything or even hedge
The administration is explicitly telling agencies to just ignore the court's orders.
Trump Officials Are 'Pretending' a Judge Didn't Bar His Anti-Diversity Orders
A judge blocked the Trump administration from forcing organizations to accept his anti-DEI contract terms. Trump officials haven’t let them know.
www.rollingstone.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A fun thing about reporting like this is when the White House doesn’t ever bother denying or quibbling with literally anything in the reporting and then sends an on the record comment, that also doesn’t deny anything or even hedge
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just pointing out that when biden and obama were in office we didnt do dumb shit like this.
BREAKING: President Trump is threatening a 200% tariff on European alcohol as a trade war with the EU escalates
Trump threatens 200% tariff on European alcohol as trade war escalates | CNN Business
President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to impose a massive tariff on European alcohol in response to the European Union’s retaliation against his steel and aluminum tariffs – a tit-for-tat esca...
www.cnn.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
just pointing out that when biden and obama were in office we didnt do dumb shit like this.
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The U.S. government spent $710 billion in Trump’s first month, an increase from the same period a year prior. Cost-cutting efforts are ineffective, and job losses are occurring without clear justification.
March 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The U.S. government spent $710 billion in Trump’s first month, an increase from the same period a year prior. Cost-cutting efforts are ineffective, and job losses are occurring without clear justification.
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WaPo Columnist Ruth Marcus Quits Paper After 40 Years Over ‘Spiked’ Column on Jeff Bezos www.thewrap.com/washington-p...
WaPo Columnist Ruth Marcus Quits Paper After 40 Years Over 'Spiked' Column on Jeff Bezos
Veteran Washington Post columnist and associate editor Ruth Marcus quit the paper after she said publisher Will Lewis "spiked" a column
www.thewrap.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
WaPo Columnist Ruth Marcus Quits Paper After 40 Years Over ‘Spiked’ Column on Jeff Bezos www.thewrap.com/washington-p...
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the fact that people are being disappeared in the name of ""preventing antisemitism"" by a christian nationalist administration is making me nauseated and horrified in ways i cant even begin to explain
March 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
the fact that people are being disappeared in the name of ""preventing antisemitism"" by a christian nationalist administration is making me nauseated and horrified in ways i cant even begin to explain
Some people here wonder why we also stay on Twitter. I can say it’s to try to make a difference. We push back at these pricks, and hopefully change a mind or two. What else can we do?
March 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Some people here wonder why we also stay on Twitter. I can say it’s to try to make a difference. We push back at these pricks, and hopefully change a mind or two. What else can we do?
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Okay huge ask/question. Do I know anyone in the Baltimore area who could store a ~10ft shark sculpture for me? I was supposed to go pick it up this month but my schedule has gotten chaotic. I could pick it up later in the spring or early summer 👀
It should fit in a mini van or Suburban for transit
It should fit in a mini van or Suburban for transit
March 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Okay huge ask/question. Do I know anyone in the Baltimore area who could store a ~10ft shark sculpture for me? I was supposed to go pick it up this month but my schedule has gotten chaotic. I could pick it up later in the spring or early summer 👀
It should fit in a mini van or Suburban for transit
It should fit in a mini van or Suburban for transit
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Will they also be disposing of the memorial honoring the federal workers murdered by a far right anti-government terrorist?
March 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Will they also be disposing of the memorial honoring the federal workers murdered by a far right anti-government terrorist?
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The cancellation of the lifesaving assistance for starving kids abroad is really a galling one. This stuff was grown by American farmers and manufactured by American workers. This spreading of American bounty and good will long had bipartisan support.
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
March 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The cancellation of the lifesaving assistance for starving kids abroad is really a galling one. This stuff was grown by American farmers and manufactured by American workers. This spreading of American bounty and good will long had bipartisan support.
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
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Republicans have been out to gut Social Security for years because it’s one of the most popular and successful programs ever created.
Those who claim to care about the debt while pushing for trillions in tax cuts for the rich and corporations don't really care about the debt. Hello?
Those who claim to care about the debt while pushing for trillions in tax cuts for the rich and corporations don't really care about the debt. Hello?
Unelected billionaire Elon Musk attacks social security, which keeps millions of seniors out of poverty, as “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time”
The heartlessness is limitless
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGpEHMK...
The heartlessness is limitless
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGpEHMK...
March 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Republicans have been out to gut Social Security for years because it’s one of the most popular and successful programs ever created.
Those who claim to care about the debt while pushing for trillions in tax cuts for the rich and corporations don't really care about the debt. Hello?
Those who claim to care about the debt while pushing for trillions in tax cuts for the rich and corporations don't really care about the debt. Hello?
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In Project 2025 there is a plan to kill all of the wild horses in the U.S.. No Joke.
Angelo Carusone Media Matters @goangelo.bsky.social just said on MSNBC Nicole Wallace that one of the elements of Project 2025 is a plan to kill all the wild horses in the USA. I had to go look this up and this is what I found. They plan a horrific future for wild horses and burros. Call Congress.
What does Project 2025 say about wild horses? - Return to Freedom
The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 drafted a plan to overhaul the federal government, “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,” in order to “to lay the groundwork for a White House more ...
returntofreedom.org
March 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
In Project 2025 there is a plan to kill all of the wild horses in the U.S.. No Joke.
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Yes
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes