Thom
@tojam30.bsky.social
I speak Texlish, Sarcasm and some English. Unapologetic dog lover. History lover. Progressed from horrific guitar player to terrible guitar player. Climate strike marcher. Able to control my anti-authoritarian tendencies just enough to remain employable.
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“Pity the nation whose people are sheep,
and whose shepherds mislead them.
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced,
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
Pity the nation that raises not its voice,
except to...acclaim the bully as hero”
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1958
#poetry
and whose shepherds mislead them.
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced,
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
Pity the nation that raises not its voice,
except to...acclaim the bully as hero”
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1958
#poetry
June 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“Pity the nation whose people are sheep,
and whose shepherds mislead them.
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced,
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
Pity the nation that raises not its voice,
except to...acclaim the bully as hero”
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1958
#poetry
and whose shepherds mislead them.
Pity the nation whose leaders are liars, whose sages are silenced,
and whose bigots haunt the airwaves.
Pity the nation that raises not its voice,
except to...acclaim the bully as hero”
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1958
#poetry
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In McKinney, TX, we had about 2 to 3 times the protesters than we did for the Hands Off protest. It was beautiful! This was at one end, about 1/4 to 1/2 mile from the intersection. The other end was around the corner about the same distance
June 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
In McKinney, TX, we had about 2 to 3 times the protesters than we did for the Hands Off protest. It was beautiful! This was at one end, about 1/4 to 1/2 mile from the intersection. The other end was around the corner about the same distance
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Can you say the SAME?! 🤚
Show. Of. Hands. 😎✨
Show. Of. Hands. 😎✨
May 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Can you say the SAME?! 🤚
Show. Of. Hands. 😎✨
Show. Of. Hands. 😎✨
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It was a great day to protest in McKinney Texas.
April 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
It was a great day to protest in McKinney Texas.
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I called this opinion a gimmick: A way to strip Boasberg of review while still giving the illusion of due process. @kovarsky.bsky.social lays out a bunch of legal evidence that's what's going on.
April 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I called this opinion a gimmick: A way to strip Boasberg of review while still giving the illusion of due process. @kovarsky.bsky.social lays out a bunch of legal evidence that's what's going on.
This court aggressively bends over backwards to err on the side of Trump. Shameful.
This is a gimmick order.
It was issued the day before a PI hearing--that is, it took the most aggressive intervention in a TRO yet--so as to prevent a huge black eye for Trump and take the review out of Boasberg's hands.
The boys on SCOTUS might as well be taking orders from Elon Musk.
It was issued the day before a PI hearing--that is, it took the most aggressive intervention in a TRO yet--so as to prevent a huge black eye for Trump and take the review out of Boasberg's hands.
The boys on SCOTUS might as well be taking orders from Elon Musk.
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
April 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This court aggressively bends over backwards to err on the side of Trump. Shameful.
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I keep thinking about the fact that the sole "proof" DOJ could offer that the Institute of Peace is Federal was that it is subject to FOIA.
Meanwhile, it was shut down by DOGE boys, even as DOGE says it is not subject to FOIA.
Meanwhile, it was shut down by DOGE boys, even as DOGE says it is not subject to FOIA.
March 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I keep thinking about the fact that the sole "proof" DOJ could offer that the Institute of Peace is Federal was that it is subject to FOIA.
Meanwhile, it was shut down by DOGE boys, even as DOGE says it is not subject to FOIA.
Meanwhile, it was shut down by DOGE boys, even as DOGE says it is not subject to FOIA.
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John Bates: NO, you cannot seal a declaration in which alleged DOGE Administrator Amy Gleason describes her role in DOGE.
cc: @annabower.bsky.social
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![Long screen cap in which John Bates lays out how three DOGE officials have already been publicly IDed, which ends this way:
Finally, reports and records show the three affiants are not just DOGE employees, but senior
DOGE members. See, e.g., supra, n.2; HHS Employee Details, supra. In fact, the Trump
Administration has acknowledged that Amy Gleason is the Acting Administrator of USDS. See
Citizens for Resp. & Ethics in Wa. v. U.S. Doge Serv., Civ. A. No. 25-511 (CRC), 2025 WL
752367, at *2 (D.D.C. Mar. 10, 2025). “[P]rivacy interest diminishes . . . as an official’s rank
increases.” Wa. Post, Co. v. Special Inspector Gen. for Afg. Reconstruction, Civ. A. No. 18-2622
(ABJ), 2021 WL 4502106, at *13 (D.D.C. Sept. 30, 2021).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreih5h5on7l2gzm7jeyqaktxstr5wkkwqn7xjyxsgy5lk4jcdrvc7ua@jpeg)
March 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
John Bates: NO, you cannot seal a declaration in which alleged DOGE Administrator Amy Gleason describes her role in DOGE.
cc: @annabower.bsky.social
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
cc: @annabower.bsky.social
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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CATO's Missing DOGE Model: DOGE Is a Pro-Russian Intelligence Operation
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/c...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/c...
CATO's Missing DOGE Model: DOGE Is a Pro-Russian Intelligence Operation - emptywheel
As an attempt by CATO to model what DOGE is doing reveals, no one really understands what it is doing. It's long past time that people at least tried to rule out that it is an intelligence operation.
www.emptywheel.net
March 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
CATO's Missing DOGE Model: DOGE Is a Pro-Russian Intelligence Operation
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/c...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/c...
He still spits venom at authoritarians!
March 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
He still spits venom at authoritarians!
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Pretty sure the residents of Gander, Newfoundland 🇨🇦 did not ask for their money back, or a fee for service, when they took care of close to 7,000 stranded passengers on 9/11. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
March 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Pretty sure the residents of Gander, Newfoundland 🇨🇦 did not ask for their money back, or a fee for service, when they took care of close to 7,000 stranded passengers on 9/11. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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If you’re siding with Vladimir Putin, you’re wrong.
February 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If you’re siding with Vladimir Putin, you’re wrong.
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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
February 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
You actually can find insightful content on LinkedIn.... if you can navigate through all the self promoting bullshit and know who to follow! www.linkedin.com/pulse/realit...
Reality Check
Copyright 2025 Kurt Cagle / The Cagle Report What are we seeing here? Let me see if I can break it down: 👉 Cloud automation (more than GenAI, yet), is finally having the effect of reducing most busine...
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February 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
You actually can find insightful content on LinkedIn.... if you can navigate through all the self promoting bullshit and know who to follow! www.linkedin.com/pulse/realit...
A true status symbol!
February 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A true status symbol!
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Dear Leaders of the Free World,
We're not with these maniacs.
Sincerely,
Decent Americans
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
We're not with these maniacs.
Sincerely,
Decent Americans
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
Dear World, (An Apology From Decent Americans)
Dear World,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Dear Leaders of the Free World,
We're not with these maniacs.
Sincerely,
Decent Americans
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
We're not with these maniacs.
Sincerely,
Decent Americans
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
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He’s right again.
February 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM
He’s right again.
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Over 400,000 requests from military personnel, veterans, and families since CFPB was founded. They just nuked it because it hurt the bankers and lenders. They aren’t saving money. They are making it. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
This Watchdog Agency Shielded Troops and Veterans from Fraud. Musk and Trump Just Gutted It.
The Trump administration's shuttering of a federal agency created to protect consumers will open the floodgates for opportunistic companies, according to lawmakers and military organizations.
www.military.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Over 400,000 requests from military personnel, veterans, and families since CFPB was founded. They just nuked it because it hurt the bankers and lenders. They aren’t saving money. They are making it. www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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The American Medical Association (AMA) now has a YouTube channel that will provide this information, since the CDC has been forbidden to do so .... PASS IT ON.
February 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The American Medical Association (AMA) now has a YouTube channel that will provide this information, since the CDC has been forbidden to do so .... PASS IT ON.
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