Thom Stromer
@thomstromer.bsky.social
Documentary & Experimental Filmmaker | Animal Advocate | Environmentalist | Vegan | Sober | Buddhist | Anti- Rump Cult | thomstromer.com
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DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter reut.rs/4abeTdx
Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
The Department of Government Efficiency claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
DOGE did not fail in any way to accomplish its goals.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
Its goals were never efficiency or saving money.
Its goals were to destroy as much of government as possible forever, and to steal data for the Space Nazi.
DOGE is fading away like bank robbery gangs fade away after the robberies are done.
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If you’re wondering why MTG is waiting for January 5 to resign….it’s always about the money
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
If you’re wondering why MTG is waiting for January 5 to resign….it’s always about the money
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
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Sean Duffy: "You all saw with the DCA air crash -- the last administration didn't see the 85 near misses" (Trump was in office when that happened)
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sean Duffy: "You all saw with the DCA air crash -- the last administration didn't see the 85 near misses" (Trump was in office when that happened)
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This is exactly correct.
Assume all the yes and no votes from Dem senators are strategic and not sincere votes. The party caucus made a decision. No way to know how many were in favor. Then the caucus decided who would vote yes and no based on what would protect each of them politically the most. That’s how this works.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is exactly correct.
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A deal suggests both sides get something. This was not a deal, it was a complete surrender.
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A deal suggests both sides get something. This was not a deal, it was a complete surrender.
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Altman has been quite clear about his strategy.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Altman has been quite clear about his strategy.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
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They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess...”
Per Danny Kemp via press pool
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
November 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess...”
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Man picks up the paper but never buys it.
One day the newspaper vendor asks him, "what are you looking for?"
"I'm checking the obituaries."
The newspaper vendor says, "but they're not on the front page."
The man says, "this one is."
One day the newspaper vendor asks him, "what are you looking for?"
"I'm checking the obituaries."
The newspaper vendor says, "but they're not on the front page."
The man says, "this one is."
March 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Man picks up the paper but never buys it.
One day the newspaper vendor asks him, "what are you looking for?"
"I'm checking the obituaries."
The newspaper vendor says, "but they're not on the front page."
The man says, "this one is."
One day the newspaper vendor asks him, "what are you looking for?"
"I'm checking the obituaries."
The newspaper vendor says, "but they're not on the front page."
The man says, "this one is."
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Bari Weiss doing exactly what she was hired to do
Across all the major outlets — NYT, WSJ, WaPo, LAT, CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox News, NBC, CNBC, NPR, Bloomberg — the only outlet without a No Kings story on its home page is CBS News.
For every other outlet, it's near the top. Even Fox News is running with "Nationwide unrest looms as thousands mobilize"
For every other outlet, it's near the top. Even Fox News is running with "Nationwide unrest looms as thousands mobilize"
October 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Bari Weiss doing exactly what she was hired to do
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consider it captured and cut your losses
Across all the major outlets — NYT, WSJ, WaPo, LAT, CNN, ABC, CBS, Fox News, NBC, CNBC, NPR, Bloomberg — the only outlet without a No Kings story on its home page is CBS News.
For every other outlet, it's near the top. Even Fox News is running with "Nationwide unrest looms as thousands mobilize"
For every other outlet, it's near the top. Even Fox News is running with "Nationwide unrest looms as thousands mobilize"
October 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
consider it captured and cut your losses
No Kings
Bethany Beach, DE
Bethany Beach, DE
October 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
No Kings
Bethany Beach, DE
Bethany Beach, DE
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Jane Goodall on Donald Trump: “I see the same sort of behavior as a male chimpanzee will show when he’s competing for dominance with another
October 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Jane Goodall on Donald Trump: “I see the same sort of behavior as a male chimpanzee will show when he’s competing for dominance with another
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Meditate today, even for just five minutes.
Basic goodness does not mean everything is supposed to feel pleasant and well-aligned (said motioning toward dumpster fire).
It means we take the attitude that whatever arises is workable, and we can find the resources we need to be present with it.
Basic goodness does not mean everything is supposed to feel pleasant and well-aligned (said motioning toward dumpster fire).
It means we take the attitude that whatever arises is workable, and we can find the resources we need to be present with it.
September 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Meditate today, even for just five minutes.
Basic goodness does not mean everything is supposed to feel pleasant and well-aligned (said motioning toward dumpster fire).
It means we take the attitude that whatever arises is workable, and we can find the resources we need to be present with it.
Basic goodness does not mean everything is supposed to feel pleasant and well-aligned (said motioning toward dumpster fire).
It means we take the attitude that whatever arises is workable, and we can find the resources we need to be present with it.
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The UK just signed a deal with Palantir, and wants digital ID cards so the goverment can track their own citizens.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The UK just signed a deal with Palantir, and wants digital ID cards so the goverment can track their own citizens.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Microsoft says it has barred the Israeli military from using the company’s services to spy on millions of Palestinian phone calls in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
After Protests, Microsoft Cuts Off Israel’s Access to Cloud Services Used to Spy on Palestinians
Microsoft says it has barred the Israeli military from using technology it used to spy on millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the occupied West Bank and stored in Mi...
www.democracynow.org
September 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Microsoft says it has barred the Israeli military from using the company’s services to spy on millions of Palestinian phone calls in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
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"Starmer has tasked a Conservative peer with writing a new planning bill to remove ability for environmental groups to delay projects such as Heathrow’s third runway with judicial reviews"
Starmer's war on nature and democracy continues
Indefensible
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer's war on nature and democracy continues
Indefensible
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer asks Conservative peer to write planning bill to block judicial reviews
Exclusive: One option could be to leave treaty that allows legal claims against projects such as Heathrow expansion
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
"Starmer has tasked a Conservative peer with writing a new planning bill to remove ability for environmental groups to delay projects such as Heathrow’s third runway with judicial reviews"
Starmer's war on nature and democracy continues
Indefensible
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer's war on nature and democracy continues
Indefensible
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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You can be mad at Jim Comey for what he did to HRC in 2016 and also decry any potential indictment as bullshit. You can do both.
September 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
You can be mad at Jim Comey for what he did to HRC in 2016 and also decry any potential indictment as bullshit. You can do both.
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"whatever else the Kimmel suspension does, it provides that moment of awareness. it provides a wake-up call that we need to lay the foundation to bypass oligarch-owned media" @emptywheel.bsky.social 🎯
indeed, a "great re-ordering" if you will.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/18/s...
indeed, a "great re-ordering" if you will.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/18/s...
Speech - emptywheel
Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and the little-noticed continued effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil for his speech demonstrates the urgency of setting up alternative media outlets to bypass the oligarch-owned ...
www.emptywheel.net
September 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"whatever else the Kimmel suspension does, it provides that moment of awareness. it provides a wake-up call that we need to lay the foundation to bypass oligarch-owned media" @emptywheel.bsky.social 🎯
indeed, a "great re-ordering" if you will.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/18/s...
indeed, a "great re-ordering" if you will.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/18/s...
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He would have been informed about protocol this time and the last time.
He’s not clueless- he’s choosing to make a statement and will plead ignorance when asked.
He’s not clueless- he’s choosing to make a statement and will plead ignorance when asked.
Genuine q: is the King supposed to walk behind?
September 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
He would have been informed about protocol this time and the last time.
He’s not clueless- he’s choosing to make a statement and will plead ignorance when asked.
He’s not clueless- he’s choosing to make a statement and will plead ignorance when asked.
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What. The. Actual. Fu*k.
They are inventing their own weird fascist religion now.
September 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
What. The. Actual. Fu*k.
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Truth
September 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Truth