Mike W. Thomas
@mikewthomas.bsky.social
Former journalist, communications professional, life-long Texan, progressive/pragmatic Democrat, liberal Christian, Texas A&M graduate, San Antonio Spurs fan.
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Some edits are improvements...case in point 👇
May 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Some edits are improvements...case in point 👇
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Children get only two dolls and five pencils.
Trump gets a free luxury jet.
Trump gets a free luxury jet.
May 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Children get only two dolls and five pencils.
Trump gets a free luxury jet.
Trump gets a free luxury jet.
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If the Biden administration had done this, it would be deemed proof of the Democrats' hostility to religion. But Trump is doing it, so his Christian allies turn against Christian ministries and gut their ability to serve the poorest of the poor. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump’s foreign aid demolition hits major Christian charities
In a closed-door meeting, U.S. officials touted their success in “zeroing out” foreign assistance, but the downsizing has clipped religious allies, too.
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March 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If the Biden administration had done this, it would be deemed proof of the Democrats' hostility to religion. But Trump is doing it, so his Christian allies turn against Christian ministries and gut their ability to serve the poorest of the poor. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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February 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Trump compared to mobster Tony Soprano by former envoy to Panama
Trump compared to mobster Tony Soprano by former envoy to Panama
John Feeley launches stinging critique of US president’s bully-boy approach to Latin America
The former US ambassador to Panama has launched a stinging critique of Donald Trump’s approach towards Latin America, comparing his conduct to that of the…
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February 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Trump compared to mobster Tony Soprano by former envoy to Panama
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The KGB cultivated Donald Trump as an asset for 40 years, and he proved a highly valuable asset in repeating anti-Western Russian propaganda in the United States, a former KGB operative told The Guardian.
www.businessinsider.com/russia-culti...
www.businessinsider.com/russia-culti...
Russia has been cultivating Trump as an asset for 40 years, former KGB spy says
Yuri Shvets told The Guardian that the KGB had identified Trump as a potential asset as far back as the 1980s.
www.businessinsider.com
February 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The KGB cultivated Donald Trump as an asset for 40 years, and he proved a highly valuable asset in repeating anti-Western Russian propaganda in the United States, a former KGB operative told The Guardian.
www.businessinsider.com/russia-culti...
www.businessinsider.com/russia-culti...
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The waste is coming from the White House. 👇
February 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The waste is coming from the White House. 👇
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Just had a fun flashback to early 2009, when Obama hired some advisers (normal) without any formal decision-making authority (also normal) and Republicans pretended to be furious about a proliferation of “tsars.” Good times.
February 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Just had a fun flashback to early 2009, when Obama hired some advisers (normal) without any formal decision-making authority (also normal) and Republicans pretended to be furious about a proliferation of “tsars.” Good times.
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This is like a bank robber getting to fire the cops and disable the alarms just before he strolls into the bank lobby.
February 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is like a bank robber getting to fire the cops and disable the alarms just before he strolls into the bank lobby.
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Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.
February 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.
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So, Mexico has agreed to do what it is already doing?
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
February 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
So, Mexico has agreed to do what it is already doing?
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
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A two-fer post today! Happy Saturday!
February 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A two-fer post today! Happy Saturday!
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If the FAA director got fired over a business beef AND there was an air traffic controller hiring freeze despite huge shortages AND a chaotic blitz to hollow out federal bureaucracy, and then within a week the first American airliner crashes in 16 years, you would be insane not to talk about it all.
January 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If the FAA director got fired over a business beef AND there was an air traffic controller hiring freeze despite huge shortages AND a chaotic blitz to hollow out federal bureaucracy, and then within a week the first American airliner crashes in 16 years, you would be insane not to talk about it all.
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
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DEI exists to help right the historic wrong of unqualified white dudes always getting the gig.
January 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
DEI exists to help right the historic wrong of unqualified white dudes always getting the gig.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
January 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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The entire NYT op-ed page would have invoked the Saturday Night Massacre and called for his immediate impeachment
On today’s episode of “if Obama”
If Obama fired over a dozen inspectors general in the middle of the night, the media would have (appropriately) excoriated him over the illegality and absolutely tanked his approval ratings
Trump does it, and CNN calls it a “shakeup”
Shameful.
If Obama fired over a dozen inspectors general in the middle of the night, the media would have (appropriately) excoriated him over the illegality and absolutely tanked his approval ratings
Trump does it, and CNN calls it a “shakeup”
Shameful.
January 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The entire NYT op-ed page would have invoked the Saturday Night Massacre and called for his immediate impeachment
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January 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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The attack on our Capitol was an act of domestic terrorism—an unforgivable assault on America.
Trump and his MAGA extremists betrayed us all, spitting on the sacred oath our Troops swore to defend and dishonoring the Constitution and the sacrifices of countless Americans.
Trump and his MAGA extremists betrayed us all, spitting on the sacred oath our Troops swore to defend and dishonoring the Constitution and the sacrifices of countless Americans.
January 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The attack on our Capitol was an act of domestic terrorism—an unforgivable assault on America.
Trump and his MAGA extremists betrayed us all, spitting on the sacred oath our Troops swore to defend and dishonoring the Constitution and the sacrifices of countless Americans.
Trump and his MAGA extremists betrayed us all, spitting on the sacred oath our Troops swore to defend and dishonoring the Constitution and the sacrifices of countless Americans.
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The dance group Shen Yun Performing Arts has accumulated enormous wealth, in large part by getting followers of the Falun Gong religious movement to work for free and pay its bills, while exploiting young, low-paid performers, a New York Times investigation found. nyti.ms/40erBD9
December 29, 2024 at 7:38 PM
The dance group Shen Yun Performing Arts has accumulated enormous wealth, in large part by getting followers of the Falun Gong religious movement to work for free and pay its bills, while exploiting young, low-paid performers, a New York Times investigation found. nyti.ms/40erBD9
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“A Shot in the Arm” is a must-watch exposé on vaccine denial and RFK Jr.’s deadly role in the Samoan measles outbreak.
Now streaming FREE on PBS.org and the PBS App. This documentary includes damning evidence and footage of RFK Jr.
Call your senators—urge them to watch and take action!
Now streaming FREE on PBS.org and the PBS App. This documentary includes damning evidence and footage of RFK Jr.
Call your senators—urge them to watch and take action!
December 27, 2024 at 2:09 AM
“A Shot in the Arm” is a must-watch exposé on vaccine denial and RFK Jr.’s deadly role in the Samoan measles outbreak.
Now streaming FREE on PBS.org and the PBS App. This documentary includes damning evidence and footage of RFK Jr.
Call your senators—urge them to watch and take action!
Now streaming FREE on PBS.org and the PBS App. This documentary includes damning evidence and footage of RFK Jr.
Call your senators—urge them to watch and take action!
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Brief thread on how we got here: Since the GOP won control of the House 2 years ago they have not passed a single appropriations package into law. Government has operated at funding levels set by Dems 2 years ago via continuing resolutions every few months. This is not normal.
December 19, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Brief thread on how we got here: Since the GOP won control of the House 2 years ago they have not passed a single appropriations package into law. Government has operated at funding levels set by Dems 2 years ago via continuing resolutions every few months. This is not normal.
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On Dec. 18, 2019, U.S. House impeached Donald Trump on two charges. The impeachment accused him of abusing the power of the presidency to investigate Joe Biden and then obstructing Congress’ investigation. The trials concluded with a Senate acquittal.
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December 18, 2024 at 2:17 PM
On Dec. 18, 2019, U.S. House impeached Donald Trump on two charges. The impeachment accused him of abusing the power of the presidency to investigate Joe Biden and then obstructing Congress’ investigation. The trials concluded with a Senate acquittal.
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