Thomas the Doubter
@thomk3.bsky.social
Woodstock hippie, democratic socialist, former anti-war protester, believer in the International Bill of Human Rights, feminist, humanist. Wondering what the hell has happened to us. “The answer my friend is blowing in the wind…” Still.
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The DOGE-triggered brain drain has destroyed government science, endangered research, and left America fading to black.
When it comes to Trump's brain drain, “the damage is already done”
How the DOGE-triggered attack on government research left America in the dark.
www.motherjones.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The DOGE-triggered brain drain has destroyed government science, endangered research, and left America fading to black.
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It's almost as if the Enlightenment figures who founded the US had learned the lessons of Europe's wars of religion and created a secular state that would both protect worshippers from political interference, AND protect the polity from becoming dominated by religious sectarians.
December 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It's almost as if the Enlightenment figures who founded the US had learned the lessons of Europe's wars of religion and created a secular state that would both protect worshippers from political interference, AND protect the polity from becoming dominated by religious sectarians.
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
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This does not sit well for the American people. Our gut is telling us something is wrong here.
The question comes up over and over again: if there’s nothing to hide, then why is the President engaged in such a clear cover up and pressure campaign of Members of Congress?
The question comes up over and over again: if there’s nothing to hide, then why is the President engaged in such a clear cover up and pressure campaign of Members of Congress?
November 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This does not sit well for the American people. Our gut is telling us something is wrong here.
The question comes up over and over again: if there’s nothing to hide, then why is the President engaged in such a clear cover up and pressure campaign of Members of Congress?
The question comes up over and over again: if there’s nothing to hide, then why is the President engaged in such a clear cover up and pressure campaign of Members of Congress?
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I stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers on strike.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I stand in solidarity with the Starbucks workers on strike.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
When a corporation can pay $96 million to its CEO for just four months of work, it can afford to pay its workers a living wage and decent benefits.
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American Exceptionalism is a lie that keeps a country's citizens complacent. There is nothing great about a country that has great wealth, yet so many go hungry. There is nothing great about a country that will jail the poor for minor offenses, yet elevate wealthy pedophiles to the Presidency.
November 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
American Exceptionalism is a lie that keeps a country's citizens complacent. There is nothing great about a country that has great wealth, yet so many go hungry. There is nothing great about a country that will jail the poor for minor offenses, yet elevate wealthy pedophiles to the Presidency.
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not so sure about this one www.noemamag.com/humanitys-en...
Humanity’s Endgame | NOEMA
A new history of societal collapse by an expert in existential risk argues that our globalized society is edging toward the precipice.
www.noemamag.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
not so sure about this one www.noemamag.com/humanitys-en...
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After their resounding victory in Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats had no choice but to surrender.
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
After their resounding victory in Tuesday’s elections, the Democrats had no choice but to surrender.
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History has taught us that this is precisely when Donald Trump is most dangerous — and when Republicans turn to voter suppression, election subversion and worse. With the 2026 midterm elections less than a year away, Trump is already plotting his next moves. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
History has taught us that this is precisely when Donald Trump is most dangerous — and when Republicans turn to voter suppression, election subversion and worse. With the 2026 midterm elections less than a year away, Trump is already plotting his next moves. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
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The playbook of demagogues like Trump is to protect the Oligarchs by dividing us up based on race, religion, place of birth or sexual orientation.
They want us to hate each other while they laugh all the way to the bank.
Don’t fall for it.
They want us to hate each other while they laugh all the way to the bank.
Don’t fall for it.
August 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The playbook of demagogues like Trump is to protect the Oligarchs by dividing us up based on race, religion, place of birth or sexual orientation.
They want us to hate each other while they laugh all the way to the bank.
Don’t fall for it.
They want us to hate each other while they laugh all the way to the bank.
Don’t fall for it.
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Unfortunately, this is where we are headed... shameful...🥺
August 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Unfortunately, this is where we are headed... shameful...🥺
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Only if they care about a just world.
The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Only if they care about a just world.
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I think a lot about how much a student protest movement nationwide could have done to save some of these colleges and universities, or at least to slow their capitulation, if administrators hadn't already put in overtime to expel the politically active kids and get them arrested.
July 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I think a lot about how much a student protest movement nationwide could have done to save some of these colleges and universities, or at least to slow their capitulation, if administrators hadn't already put in overtime to expel the politically active kids and get them arrested.
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Brazilian president: "I'd like to say something to the American people; If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil for violating the Constitution. He would be arrested if he had done that."
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July 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Brazilian president: "I'd like to say something to the American people; If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil for violating the Constitution. He would be arrested if he had done that."
(ht: @ronxyz.bsky.social)
(ht: @ronxyz.bsky.social)
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When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.
July 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.
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The Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case appears to constitute the rare controversy in which there are no innocuous explanations for what has unfolded. The possibilities range from bad to worse for everyone involved.
Let’s take them one by one.
Let’s take them one by one.
3 Scenarios That Explain the Epstein Debacle
All reflect poorly on the Department of Justice.
www.politico.com
July 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case appears to constitute the rare controversy in which there are no innocuous explanations for what has unfolded. The possibilities range from bad to worse for everyone involved.
Let’s take them one by one.
Let’s take them one by one.
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“They have betrayed the society that enriched them, and have put us at serious risk of authoritarianism, ethnic cleansing, lawlessness, and stagnation. They have betrayed the values that made that society great, values which they apparently only ever held superficially”
Marc Andreessen Is a Traitor
It is the tech oligarchs, not young radicals, who have turned against the system that made them.
www.liberalcurrents.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“They have betrayed the society that enriched them, and have put us at serious risk of authoritarianism, ethnic cleansing, lawlessness, and stagnation. They have betrayed the values that made that society great, values which they apparently only ever held superficially”
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Thank you, Sis!!
We ALL NEED TO post this every day. Multiple times a day. Hit your repost button!
We ALL NEED TO post this every day. Multiple times a day. Hit your repost button!
July 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Thank you, Sis!!
We ALL NEED TO post this every day. Multiple times a day. Hit your repost button!
We ALL NEED TO post this every day. Multiple times a day. Hit your repost button!
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McGovern: Listen to this quote from Murkowski who just caved and voted for this. "My hope is that the house is going to look at this and recognize we are not there yet."
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
July 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
McGovern: Listen to this quote from Murkowski who just caved and voted for this. "My hope is that the house is going to look at this and recognize we are not there yet."
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
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Josh Hawley never cared…
June 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Josh Hawley never cared…
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The differences between the “Abundance” and corporate power crowds are real enough. But this debate obscures the larger divide in Democratic politics: how to reconnect with an angry working class. From Harold Meyerson:
The Real Democratic Civil War
It’s not so much about ‘abundance’ as it is about how to reconnect with a justifiably angry working class.
trib.al
June 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The differences between the “Abundance” and corporate power crowds are real enough. But this debate obscures the larger divide in Democratic politics: how to reconnect with an angry working class. From Harold Meyerson:
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I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal."
That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
June 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal."
That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
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The gutless won't share
June 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The gutless won't share