DoubtingTom
@doubtingtom.bsky.social
Research scientist focusing on therapeutic drugs and drug safety. Long-time political observer.
Cartoon that says it all
December 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Cartoon that says it all
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December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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The basic problem stated well.
When the U.S. commits war crimes, acts of war, and meddles in the internal affairs of other countries, it jeopardizes our national security because it invites retaliation and sets precedence for others to follow suit.
December 5, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The basic problem stated well.
The basic Trump Facts Clearly Stated
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The basic Trump Facts Clearly Stated
I stand with Mark Kelly.
I stand with Mark Kelly. I support the immediate removal from office of Pete Hegseth.
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I stand with Mark Kelly.
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Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
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A lot of disinformation is circulating about what Senators/Representatives Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, Goodlander, and Houlahan actually said. Here is the transcript. It contains no accusation that the President issued unlawful orders, no call to disobey lawful orders, and no advocacy of mutiny.
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A lot of disinformation is circulating about what Senators/Representatives Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, Goodlander, and Houlahan actually said. Here is the transcript. It contains no accusation that the President issued unlawful orders, no call to disobey lawful orders, and no advocacy of mutiny.
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Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
November 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Stunning development: Senators now confirm the Trump admin’s 28-point “peace plan” for Ukraine wasn’t a U.S. plan at all. It was a Russian wish list. Follow along. This is crazy. 1/
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A snap poll shows that David Rothkopf speaks for 80% of all Democrats, including me. This humiliating about-face was clearly not just an action taken by eight isolated Senators. One of those Senators, Durbin, is the number two member of the party in that chamber of our legislature.
Why These Vichy Dems and Their Spineless Boss Need to Go Now
We need courage and clarity from our leaders. Schumer and these eight in the Senate have shown they have failed that test. Time to turn the page.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A snap poll shows that David Rothkopf speaks for 80% of all Democrats, including me. This humiliating about-face was clearly not just an action taken by eight isolated Senators. One of those Senators, Durbin, is the number two member of the party in that chamber of our legislature.
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This capitulation will only embolden Trump to target other universities and institutions. This helps no one and only feeds the beast.
We must continue to stand with those who resist Trump’s lawlessness and call out those who don’t. Shame on Cornell.
We must continue to stand with those who resist Trump’s lawlessness and call out those who don’t. Shame on Cornell.
Cornell University to pay $60M in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy Leagu...
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This capitulation will only embolden Trump to target other universities and institutions. This helps no one and only feeds the beast.
We must continue to stand with those who resist Trump’s lawlessness and call out those who don’t. Shame on Cornell.
We must continue to stand with those who resist Trump’s lawlessness and call out those who don’t. Shame on Cornell.
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An immigration enforcement officer who shot a US citizen in Chicago last month bragged about the incident in texts afterwards, according to court documents filed in federal court.
A Border Patrol agent bragged about shooting someone, texts show
"Sweet. My fifteen mins of fame. Lmao."
www.motherjones.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
An immigration enforcement officer who shot a US citizen in Chicago last month bragged about the incident in texts afterwards, according to court documents filed in federal court.
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The shattering of faith in America’s goodness is the hardest part to watch.
A photographer’s view of ICE’s relentless courthouse arrests
The shattering of faith in America's goodness is the hardest part to watch.
www.motherjones.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The shattering of faith in America’s goodness is the hardest part to watch.
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Spanberger’s GOP foe spent 57% of her ad budget on anti-trans attacks. Spanberger focused on the economy. You see what won. Polling shows that Americans are exhausted by the hysteria about trans women in high school sports—all eight of them from coast to coast—being the only issue.
The GOP Went Big on Anti-Trans Ads This Year. And Guess What Happened?
Abigail Spanberger’s GOP foe spent 57 percent of her ad budget on anti-trans attacks. Spanberger focused on the economy. You see what won.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Spanberger’s GOP foe spent 57% of her ad budget on anti-trans attacks. Spanberger focused on the economy. You see what won. Polling shows that Americans are exhausted by the hysteria about trans women in high school sports—all eight of them from coast to coast—being the only issue.
Hail to Sandwich Man!
His prosecution was a disaster for Trump's Department of Justice from the highly publicized and ridiculous arrest, failed grand jury indictment. And then proceeding with obviously false testimony in a misdemeanor trial. And losing.
What is wrong with these people's brains?
His prosecution was a disaster for Trump's Department of Justice from the highly publicized and ridiculous arrest, failed grand jury indictment. And then proceeding with obviously false testimony in a misdemeanor trial. And losing.
What is wrong with these people's brains?
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Hail to Sandwich Man!
His prosecution was a disaster for Trump's Department of Justice from the highly publicized and ridiculous arrest, failed grand jury indictment. And then proceeding with obviously false testimony in a misdemeanor trial. And losing.
What is wrong with these people's brains?
His prosecution was a disaster for Trump's Department of Justice from the highly publicized and ridiculous arrest, failed grand jury indictment. And then proceeding with obviously false testimony in a misdemeanor trial. And losing.
What is wrong with these people's brains?
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Trump’s ingenious plan to make things more affordable for us is to slap tariffs on a large percentage of things we buy each month, while deporting a big chunk of the labor pool that produces our food supply.
We really don’t appreciate this man enough.
We really don’t appreciate this man enough.
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Trump’s ingenious plan to make things more affordable for us is to slap tariffs on a large percentage of things we buy each month, while deporting a big chunk of the labor pool that produces our food supply.
We really don’t appreciate this man enough.
We really don’t appreciate this man enough.
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In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.
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In September, the administration gave Congress notice of the first strikes on boats in the Caribbean “consistent with the War Powers Resolution.”
Now, after 60 days, it says the Resolution does not apply, claiming that these strikes do not constitute hostilities.
Now, after 60 days, it says the Resolution does not apply, claiming that these strikes do not constitute hostilities.
Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes
The Office of Legal Counsel told select lawmakers that the executive branch is not bound by the War Powers Resolution, which requires congressional approval for any military action that exceeds 60 day...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In September, the administration gave Congress notice of the first strikes on boats in the Caribbean “consistent with the War Powers Resolution.”
Now, after 60 days, it says the Resolution does not apply, claiming that these strikes do not constitute hostilities.
Now, after 60 days, it says the Resolution does not apply, claiming that these strikes do not constitute hostilities.
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Kristi Noem claims that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. We're calling BS.
More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents
ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.
www.motherjones.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Kristi Noem claims that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. We're calling BS.
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Bezos removed books from Amazon on Ghislane Maxwell's trial and Kevin Spacey's trial.
Inner City Press is a nonprofit in NYC.
They do fantastic work.
Fuck Bezos.
@innercitypress.bsky.social
Inner City Press is a nonprofit in NYC.
They do fantastic work.
Fuck Bezos.
@innercitypress.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Bezos removed books from Amazon on Ghislane Maxwell's trial and Kevin Spacey's trial.
Inner City Press is a nonprofit in NYC.
They do fantastic work.
Fuck Bezos.
@innercitypress.bsky.social
Inner City Press is a nonprofit in NYC.
They do fantastic work.
Fuck Bezos.
@innercitypress.bsky.social
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An embarrassingly obvious point, but...
This. Is. Illegal.
If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed.
In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
This. Is. Illegal.
If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed.
In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
Trump says he’s increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario’s Reagan ad | CNN Business
President Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-...
www.cnn.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
An embarrassingly obvious point, but...
This. Is. Illegal.
If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed.
In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
This. Is. Illegal.
If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed.
In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
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I don’t really think the framers intended for a president to have the power to slap a tariff on products from a particular country because he didn’t like a TV commercial they ran about him, but I suppose it is presently up to the Supreme Ct to decide how far the Mad King can go.
October 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I don’t really think the framers intended for a president to have the power to slap a tariff on products from a particular country because he didn’t like a TV commercial they ran about him, but I suppose it is presently up to the Supreme Ct to decide how far the Mad King can go.
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...