tomswan.bsky.social
@tomswan.bsky.social
Seasoned organizer dedicated to bending the arc. Still hopeful we can build a more just society.
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Oh my. Warning - this made me ugly cry this morning.

What a performance.
February 17, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Petrifying
This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:56 AM
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Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Apartheid Lein proves ince again we need to outlaw billionaires

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Trump really has made it ok for these racist assholes to take their hoods off
Rep Mark Alford (R-MO) says House Rs are "investigating" Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show & talking with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr. Alford says he didn't watch the whole thing & also doesn't know Spanish but suspects it might have been "much worse than the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction"
February 10, 2026 at 7:30 PM
I fear this is very bad news for Iran even if potentially very important for transparency and for holding these scumbag pedophiles accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 10:19 PM
@ctcag.bsky.social opens door for CT to become more aggressive
Huge. Laws like this were designed to punish investors for taking basic steps to address climate risk.

@sierraclub.org statement: www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...

(Also worth noting: the firms targeted were never actually “boycotting” fossil fuels—that was political misinformation all along.)
A federal district judge on Wednesday declared Senate Bill 13 — a 2021 law restricting state investments in companies boycotting the fossil fuel industry — unconstitutional, calling it “facially overbroad” and citing First and Fourteenth Amendment concerns.
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Fuck

Be scared. He’s getting very desperate
🚨🚨🚨US Embassy Issues Stark ‘Leave Iran Immediately’ Warning Amid Rising Tensions

The Indian Express 2/6/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayHn...
#USA #Iran #usirantension #usiranconflict #iranusnucleardeal

US Iran Tension: The virtual US Embassy in Iran has urged American citizens to leave the country
US Embassy Issues Stark ‘Leave Iran Immediately’ Warning Amid Rising Tensions
YouTube video by The Indian Express
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Haven’t we made clear?

NO KINGS
Oh, glad she cleared that up for us.
February 6, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Silence is complicity. How can anyone who ever supported him look any child in the eyes? Racism is unacceptable and needs to be challenged regardless of how overt it is. His supporters you own this along with anyone who remains silent
Last night, Trump posted a video to his social media platform that contained a racist clip showing Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys. It's still up:
February 6, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Also glad to hear the Governor call for universal affordable healthcare. We still need to help LOI’s with more than just primary care and need to see if the CT option really moves the needle on this front
Very good to hear the Governor emphasize efficiency, to call out Eversource and UI’s lobbying while calling for PURA to not be bullied
It was good the governor lifted up CT’s response to HR1 and called for the extension of the fund. We disagree that CT can’t fill the holes, especially if we reclaim the Trump tax cuts for the wealthiest amongst us. We can do better.
February 4, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Very good to hear the Governor emphasize efficiency, to call out Eversource and UI’s lobbying while calling for PURA to not be bullied
It was good the governor lifted up CT’s response to HR1 and called for the extension of the fund. We disagree that CT can’t fill the holes, especially if we reclaim the Trump tax cuts for the wealthiest amongst us. We can do better.
@ctcag.bsky.social Governor Lamont opening his speech talking about about Minnesota and concluding contrasting it to CT while exclaiming ICE OUT was powerful and appropriate for these timed.
February 4, 2026 at 6:33 PM
It was good the governor lifted up CT’s response to HR1 and called for the extension of the fund. We disagree that CT can’t fill the holes, especially if we reclaim the Trump tax cuts for the wealthiest amongst us. We can do better.
@ctcag.bsky.social Governor Lamont opening his speech talking about about Minnesota and concluding contrasting it to CT while exclaiming ICE OUT was powerful and appropriate for these timed.
February 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM
@ctcag.bsky.social Governor Lamont opening his speech talking about about Minnesota and concluding contrasting it to CT while exclaiming ICE OUT was powerful and appropriate for these timed.
February 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
They know they can’t win without new levels if cheating and suppression
February 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM
It really is sickening when you think about it
I do not know how to live in a world where (mostly) men who sit at the very highest levels of power and prestige select, rape and dispose of countless girls not merely without consequences but with social and financial rewards.
February 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Seriously every man identified in the document has been white from what I’ve seen. The Epstien files are revealing white male privilege in the most glaring and revolting way possible.
From what I've seen this is true
Damn fuckin' straight!
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
From what I've seen this is true
Damn fuckin' straight!
February 2, 2026 at 3:04 AM
The fact that we have devolved to the point where arguably the most powerful aid to the president can publish this racist diatribe and every member of congress isn’t demanding he be fired is appalling
Translated "it's fine if they're slaves or indentured servants"
January 31, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Think about it
it takes a special kind of evil to look at the western hemisphere and say “you know who deserves to get tormented…people from haiti”
January 31, 2026 at 2:15 AM
This is what accountability looks like
Well, that went about as well as could be expected.
January 29, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Thank you Bruce
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
JFC
Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump.

Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.
January 25, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Yep
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
January 25, 2026 at 12:55 AM