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Joe Tomczak

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Image of "Mr. Burns" from "The Simpsons" TV show, in his scheming pose. Caption: "Release The Files".

November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM

Joe Tomczak

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Photo of Bovino and the ICE/Border Patrol Brownshirts at a "Bean" Photo op in Millennium Park, Chicago. Caption: Fck ICE!

November 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM

Joe Tomczak

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#Halloween #StephenMiller

Image of "Michael Meyers" stalking from a hedge, from HALLOWEEN (1978), with a close-up detail circle of Stephen Miller's face as the mask. Caption quotes from the movie ending: "It was the boogeyman. "As a matter of fact, it was."

October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM

Joe Tomczak

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Dual-image of photo of World Trade Center wreckage on 9/11 and Trump demolition of the White House East Wing, with Caption: "Terrorism."

October 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM

Joe Tomczak

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#NoKings

Parody of Trump's Nov 2025 TIME Magazine cover. THIN Magazine, with "His Combover by Mayle Paternbaldnes." "The Epstein Files America Needs by 218 House Votes," and "How the Family Steals by Grifting The MAGA Suckers."

October 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM

Joe Tomczak

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#Bluejays #MLB

Photo of Aaron Judge shaking Trump's hand in the Yankees' locker room. Caption: "Everything he touches dies... Like the Yankees' season tonight. Go, Jays!"

October 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM

Joe Tomczak

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#AbolishICE

Photo of a masked ICE agent spraying David Black, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, directly in the face during protests outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, Illinois. Photo by Ashlee Rezin - Chicago Sun-Times.

September 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM

Joe Tomczak

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#WhiteTrashHouse

September 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM

Joe Tomczak

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Vintage photo of Robert F. Kennedy with caption: Resign, son.

September 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM

Joe Tomczak

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Mug shot photo of Jeffrey Epstein with caption: Release All My Files

September 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM

Joe Tomczak

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Image of melting Nazi from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Caption: "Never Felt Better in My Life" – Donald J. Trump, 8/31/25

September 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM

Joe Tomczak

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Hey, Screenwriters! Take your Rom-Com concept or script to the next level when writer/consultant Anna Siri at Girls In Trouble Stories offers a 1-Day workshop - "The Romantic Comedy" - on September 13th. Anna knows her stuff. Sign up now! #scriptsky girlintroublestories.substack.com/p/troublesho...

August 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM

Joe Tomczak

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Famous photo of Albert Einstein sticking out his tongue. Caption: Sorry, you have the wrong guy. I think you mean Epstein, as in files... which should be released.

August 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM

Joe Tomczak

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Photograph of Trump's bruised right hand with make-up concealer not concealing very well. Cation: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark – William Shakespeare.

August 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM

Joe Tomczak

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No thoughts or prayers for you, Jimbo.

Photo of James Dobson in Hell, with The Devil smiling in the background amid the flames. Caption: "Rest in Piss."

August 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM

Joe Tomczak

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#EpsteinFiles

July 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM

Joe Tomczak

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Image of The Crypt Keeper as Sen. Mitch McConnell with his quote: "I know a lot of us are hearing from people back home about Medicaid. But they'll get over it." –Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Crypt)

June 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM

Joe Tomczak

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June 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM

Joe Tomczak

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Photo of squirrel "splooting" (stretched out to cool itself) on a sidewalk, with "It's Splootin' Time" text.

June 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM

Joe Tomczak

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June 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM

Joe Tomczak

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While this White Sox post is more or less burning my North Side-centric Timeline like holy water on a vampire, it IS pretty effin' Chicago awesome! (Photo: Chicago White Sox)