Thom Propson
@coachpropson.bsky.social
Outkicked my coverage in marriage. Father to 2 good people who are big in the “A” gap. Att’y, veteran (82nd ABN), HS 🏈 coach. I can grill, write, and teach a kid to dent the snot out of pullers. All views my own. Stand with 🇺🇦
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Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections
“It’s very concerning that ICE is targeting people who actually put their lives on the line for U.S. service members," Zakaria said.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
“It’s very concerning that ICE is targeting people who actually put their lives on the line for U.S. service members," Zakaria said.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections, attorney says | Houston Public Media
The soldier is one of at least 20,000 Afghans seeking asylum nationwide, having fled Afghanistan after aiding the U.S. military during the two-decades-long war there.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
June 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Former Afghan soldier arrested at Houston-area home by ICE, stripped of asylum protections
“It’s very concerning that ICE is targeting people who actually put their lives on the line for U.S. service members," Zakaria said.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
“It’s very concerning that ICE is targeting people who actually put their lives on the line for U.S. service members," Zakaria said.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
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Fake emergencies to justify crackdowns-not very original
June 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Fake emergencies to justify crackdowns-not very original
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Tucked inside the House GOP tax bill? A massive national voucher program. $5B/year in tax credits to subsidize private & religious schools—$20B over 4 years. Public money, zero oversight.
A backdoor defund of public education masked as “choice.”
Hands Off Public Schools
A backdoor defund of public education masked as “choice.”
Hands Off Public Schools
May 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Tucked inside the House GOP tax bill? A massive national voucher program. $5B/year in tax credits to subsidize private & religious schools—$20B over 4 years. Public money, zero oversight.
A backdoor defund of public education masked as “choice.”
Hands Off Public Schools
A backdoor defund of public education masked as “choice.”
Hands Off Public Schools
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75% of American researchers & scientists are considering leaving the US
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
April 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
75% of American researchers & scientists are considering leaving the US
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
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Trump, Musk and DOGE have touted the short-term savings from their cuts.
What they don’t mention: the long-term consequences of shrinking food inspections, disaster response and other federal safety efforts.
Me + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social on Trump’s big shift of risk to everyday Americans.
What they don’t mention: the long-term consequences of shrinking food inspections, disaster response and other federal safety efforts.
Me + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social on Trump’s big shift of risk to everyday Americans.
Worries grow over risks to Americans as Trump cuts health, safety agencies
The chorus of experts issuing warnings include Republican lawmakers, former Trump officials and civil servants who worked under GOP and Democratic presidents.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump, Musk and DOGE have touted the short-term savings from their cuts.
What they don’t mention: the long-term consequences of shrinking food inspections, disaster response and other federal safety efforts.
Me + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social on Trump’s big shift of risk to everyday Americans.
What they don’t mention: the long-term consequences of shrinking food inspections, disaster response and other federal safety efforts.
Me + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social on Trump’s big shift of risk to everyday Americans.
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Reminder: as the Dow is tanking faster than 2008, and four dead servicemen arrive at Dover, Trump is golfing: with the saudis
April 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Reminder: as the Dow is tanking faster than 2008, and four dead servicemen arrive at Dover, Trump is golfing: with the saudis
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Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
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Science, research, and services aren't just a spigot you can turn on and off. It could take years, even decades to undo this damage depending on how long it continues for.
I've created a shareable document with a list of the HHS offices gutted today that I'll be updating as often as possible. Have something to add? Message marisakabas.04 on Signal or email MKwrites4000@proton.me
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
April 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Science, research, and services aren't just a spigot you can turn on and off. It could take years, even decades to undo this damage depending on how long it continues for.
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The Trump regime and DOGE are rolling out this playbook to attack Social Security — one of the most popular and effective government programs.
They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services.
Why? Because they don't want it to work.
They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services.
Why? Because they don't want it to work.
March 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Trump regime and DOGE are rolling out this playbook to attack Social Security — one of the most popular and effective government programs.
They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services.
Why? Because they don't want it to work.
They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services.
Why? Because they don't want it to work.
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“The Trump administration is deleting taxpayer-funded data — information that Americans use to make sense of the world. In its absence, the president can paint the world as he pleases.” The war on truth is every dictator’s dream.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | How Trump is reshaping reality by hiding data
Sweeping statistical purges are part of a broader attempt to reinvent “truth.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“The Trump administration is deleting taxpayer-funded data — information that Americans use to make sense of the world. In its absence, the president can paint the world as he pleases.” The war on truth is every dictator’s dream.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
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Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.
March 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.
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Keep sharing this because it is vital to understanding this moment.
The timing of his entry into politics after this trip, the one position he’s held firm on (at odds with past presidents of both political parties) and the unraveling of the post-WW II world order.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
The timing of his entry into politics after this trip, the one position he’s held firm on (at odds with past presidents of both political parties) and the unraveling of the post-WW II world order.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow
In 1987, a young real estate developer traveled to the Soviet Union. The KGB almost certainly made the trip happen.
www.politico.com
March 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Keep sharing this because it is vital to understanding this moment.
The timing of his entry into politics after this trip, the one position he’s held firm on (at odds with past presidents of both political parties) and the unraveling of the post-WW II world order.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
The timing of his entry into politics after this trip, the one position he’s held firm on (at odds with past presidents of both political parties) and the unraveling of the post-WW II world order.
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
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Imagine you're the president of Taiwan or the Australian PM. Would you accept an invitation to Washington? Probably the last thing you'd want to expose yourself to.
Remember: the televised punishment & humiliation meted out to Zelensky just now could be done to any NATO ally facing similar aggression. The sense of sneering hostility & contempt by Trump & Vance isn’t specific to Ukraine.
March 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Imagine you're the president of Taiwan or the Australian PM. Would you accept an invitation to Washington? Probably the last thing you'd want to expose yourself to.
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Macron to TV reporters last night: “If there is one person, whose nuclear threats we have all heard, who is playing at world war three, don’t look for him in Kyiv; look rather in Moscow”
www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...
www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...
«Il faut respecter ceux qui depuis le début se battent» : Macron réagit à l’affrontement verbal entre Trump et Zelensky
Donald Trump a accusé vendredi Volodymyr Zelensky de ne «pas être prêt pour la paix» avec la Russie tant que les États-Unis étaient impliqués, lui reprochant également d’avoir «manqué de respect» à so...
www.lefigaro.fr
March 1, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Macron to TV reporters last night: “If there is one person, whose nuclear threats we have all heard, who is playing at world war three, don’t look for him in Kyiv; look rather in Moscow”
www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...
www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...
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Democracies stand with Ukraine.
March 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Democracies stand with Ukraine.
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Russia’s greatest military asset is not any bomb, tank, plane or ship. It is the Republican Party.
Heroes
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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February 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Russia’s greatest military asset is not any bomb, tank, plane or ship. It is the Republican Party.
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Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
February 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stands up to big corporations to put $$$ back in the pockets of American consumers by taking on scams and predatory lending. I joined @warren.senate.gov to highlight why this Administration must allow this crucial work to continue.
Watch:
Watch:
February 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stands up to big corporations to put $$$ back in the pockets of American consumers by taking on scams and predatory lending. I joined @warren.senate.gov to highlight why this Administration must allow this crucial work to continue.
Watch:
Watch:
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The proposed budget from Republicans will take away health care and raise costs for millions in order to give tax cuts to billionaires.
The GOP budget resolution will clear the way to pass massive tax giveaways for Trump’s billionaire buddies.
From the moment Trump was sworn in—everything Republicans have done has been to help Trump's billionaire buddies.
Democrats won't stop fighting for American families.
From the moment Trump was sworn in—everything Republicans have done has been to help Trump's billionaire buddies.
Democrats won't stop fighting for American families.
February 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The proposed budget from Republicans will take away health care and raise costs for millions in order to give tax cuts to billionaires.
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I served the people, not the president as US Attorney. That's the oath. That's the job. That's why you don't put people who haven't worked at the Justice Department in charge of the Department, or people who haven't worked at the FBI in charge of the FBI.
February 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I served the people, not the president as US Attorney. That's the oath. That's the job. That's why you don't put people who haven't worked at the Justice Department in charge of the Department, or people who haven't worked at the FBI in charge of the FBI.
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Friedrich Merz, Germany's new chancellor, pledged support for Ukraine will be a top priority for his government and that it must "win the war".
"Victory means restoring territorial integrity" and "we are not neutral, we are not standing aside. We are on the side of Ukraine.” #GermanElection #CDU
"Victory means restoring territorial integrity" and "we are not neutral, we are not standing aside. We are on the side of Ukraine.” #GermanElection #CDU
February 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Friedrich Merz, Germany's new chancellor, pledged support for Ukraine will be a top priority for his government and that it must "win the war".
"Victory means restoring territorial integrity" and "we are not neutral, we are not standing aside. We are on the side of Ukraine.” #GermanElection #CDU
"Victory means restoring territorial integrity" and "we are not neutral, we are not standing aside. We are on the side of Ukraine.” #GermanElection #CDU