Thomas Turner
@t2urner.bsky.social
That black guy you know. No, the other one. B-loved Menace. Negro with an aptitude. Michigan Law. He/Him. Bourbon, baby. Bourbon. 七転び八起き.
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“Vote for me and you’ll never have to vote again.” Less than 2 weeks into his presidency, how do you now interpret this statement?
February 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“Vote for me and you’ll never have to vote again.” Less than 2 weeks into his presidency, how do you now interpret this statement?
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For a photo op & a bragging media post, Trump minions at the USACoE have thrown away millions of gals of #water farmers were relying on for later this year. This water will not be captured, will not be useful for cities or farms or firefighting. It is now lost.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials.
www.latimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
For a photo op & a bragging media post, Trump minions at the USACoE have thrown away millions of gals of #water farmers were relying on for later this year. This water will not be captured, will not be useful for cities or farms or firefighting. It is now lost.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Your daughter has died serving her country, and now you have to hide her identity because the President and his supporters will predictably scapegoat her for the accident.
"A U.S. military official told NPR on Friday that at the request of the family the Army is not going to release the name of the female member of the three-person helicopter crew." www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
Army withholds name of Black Hawk helicopter crew in D.C. crash, 2 others identified
A U.S. military official told NPR on Friday that at the request of the family the Army is not going to release the name of the female crew member. The withholding of the name is a highly unusual move.
www.npr.org
February 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Your daughter has died serving her country, and now you have to hide her identity because the President and his supporters will predictably scapegoat her for the accident.
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A woman who was pardoned by President Trump for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison for driving drunk and killing a passenger in another car, nearly a year after the riot.
Woman Pardoned in Jan. 6 Case Gets 10-Year Sentence in Drunken-Driving Death
Prosecutors said the woman was intoxicated when she crashed into another car in Missouri, killing a passenger, on Jan. 5, 2022, a year after she joined the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A woman who was pardoned by President Trump for her role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison for driving drunk and killing a passenger in another car, nearly a year after the riot.
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It would be nice to see mainstream media acknowledge that every alarmist in their ranks about Trump and his henchmen has been correct, and every single "Let's all calm down" guy--a posture of blasé detachment that is consistently over-rewarded in legacy media--has called it wrong from day one.
February 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
It would be nice to see mainstream media acknowledge that every alarmist in their ranks about Trump and his henchmen has been correct, and every single "Let's all calm down" guy--a posture of blasé detachment that is consistently over-rewarded in legacy media--has called it wrong from day one.
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On the left, CDC’s page of vaccine-specific recommendations from its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
On the right, that page tonight
On the right, that page tonight
February 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
On the left, CDC’s page of vaccine-specific recommendations from its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
On the right, that page tonight
On the right, that page tonight
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Very smart piece.
February 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Very smart piece.
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I feel like Obama looked at attacks on debt/deficit and thought that Republicans were presenting him with a puzzle he could solve when what they were actually doing was punching him in the face. You can't craft a clever policy proposal to beat a fist, you have to punch back.
January 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I feel like Obama looked at attacks on debt/deficit and thought that Republicans were presenting him with a puzzle he could solve when what they were actually doing was punching him in the face. You can't craft a clever policy proposal to beat a fist, you have to punch back.
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One consistent pattern: independent sources of information must be brought under partisan control, through delegitimation or intimidation. So you have the people who brought you Project 2025, Libs of TikTok and Musk going after Wikipedia www.citationneeded.news/elon-musk-an...
Elon Musk and the right’s war on Wikipedia
The world's richest man has joined a growing chorus of right-wing voices attacking Wikipedia as part of an intensifying campaign against free and open access information.
www.citationneeded.news
January 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
One consistent pattern: independent sources of information must be brought under partisan control, through delegitimation or intimidation. So you have the people who brought you Project 2025, Libs of TikTok and Musk going after Wikipedia www.citationneeded.news/elon-musk-an...
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The Fox News economy
Fox & Friends credits November jobs gains to "Donald Trump's victory"
www.mediamatters.org
December 6, 2024 at 7:11 PM
The Fox News economy
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Why didn't they just put the photos inside a glass case that only the manager can open
BREAKING: CVS removes photos of executives from its website in wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s assassination
December 6, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Why didn't they just put the photos inside a glass case that only the manager can open
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Time to do a little reporting on Chip Roy
Chip Roy dismisses the Pete Hegseth rape allegation: "We've all had some indiscretions in our past and things like that."
December 6, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Time to do a little reporting on Chip Roy
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Tl;dr on Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for the Department of Defense:
- Accused of raping a woman. Forced her silence with an NDA.
- Preyed on female staff and attended work events drunk.
- Ran a veterans nonprofit so far into debt they nearly went bankrupt.
This is disqualifying.
- Accused of raping a woman. Forced her silence with an NDA.
- Preyed on female staff and attended work events drunk.
- Ran a veterans nonprofit so far into debt they nearly went bankrupt.
This is disqualifying.
December 6, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Tl;dr on Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for the Department of Defense:
- Accused of raping a woman. Forced her silence with an NDA.
- Preyed on female staff and attended work events drunk.
- Ran a veterans nonprofit so far into debt they nearly went bankrupt.
This is disqualifying.
- Accused of raping a woman. Forced her silence with an NDA.
- Preyed on female staff and attended work events drunk.
- Ran a veterans nonprofit so far into debt they nearly went bankrupt.
This is disqualifying.
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40 YEARS AGO
Sugar Walls (1984) • Sheena Easton
Sugar Walls (1984) • Sheena Easton
December 6, 2024 at 5:28 PM
40 YEARS AGO
Sugar Walls (1984) • Sheena Easton
Sugar Walls (1984) • Sheena Easton
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This feels like an audition for the Trump cabinet
So Nick Fuentes has been arrested for battery. He maced a 57 year old woman and shoved her to the ground for ringing his doorbell. He claims he has been living in fear for his your body my choice comments.
December 6, 2024 at 11:48 PM
This feels like an audition for the Trump cabinet
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
March 22, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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YES. @aoc.bsky.social telling the truth about these scumbags. The folks who fund churches full of child predators want to be able to look in your kid's pants, and they deserve to be destroyed for it.
"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
November 21, 2024 at 2:52 AM
YES. @aoc.bsky.social telling the truth about these scumbags. The folks who fund churches full of child predators want to be able to look in your kid's pants, and they deserve to be destroyed for it.
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Why we can't allow BS "he said/ she said" hand waving to substitute for an actual investigation. It's contagious.
It was my honor to get to work in this piece with my brilliant friends @mimirocah1.bsky.social & @dahlialithwick.bsky.social slate.com/news-and-pol...
What Happens to Sexual Assault Survivors if Matt Gaetz Runs the DOJ
If you’re experiencing alarming levels of déjà vu this week with the debate over Matt Gaetz’s fitness to run the DOJ, it’s not just you.
slate.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Why we can't allow BS "he said/ she said" hand waving to substitute for an actual investigation. It's contagious.
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In kindergarten, I murdered 8 of my classmates.
Fortunately, I got voted "citizen of the month" by popular election in my 1st grade class.
The principal had no choice but to let me kill again.
#Satire
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...
Fortunately, I got voted "citizen of the month" by popular election in my 1st grade class.
The principal had no choice but to let me kill again.
#Satire
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...
Opinion | End the Criminal Cases Against Trump
Democracy’s ultimate verdict has been delivered.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:07 AM
In kindergarten, I murdered 8 of my classmates.
Fortunately, I got voted "citizen of the month" by popular election in my 1st grade class.
The principal had no choice but to let me kill again.
#Satire
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...
Fortunately, I got voted "citizen of the month" by popular election in my 1st grade class.
The principal had no choice but to let me kill again.
#Satire
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...
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Nice, @theo.io made exactly what I was looking for. It works perfectly, found a ton of Bluesky people I didn't know were here!
Bluesky Network Analyzer
Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
November 15, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Nice, @theo.io made exactly what I was looking for. It works perfectly, found a ton of Bluesky people I didn't know were here!
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“Sex with a minor” is rape.
She saw Matt Gaetz rape a minor.
She saw Matt Gaetz rape a minor.
NBC News confirms:
A woman told the House Ethics Committee earlier this year that she once saw Matt Gaetz have sex with a minor.
The woman's lawyer says she testified "that she witnessed Rep. Gaetz having sex with a minor at a house party in Orlando in 2017." www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
A woman told the House Ethics Committee earlier this year that she once saw Matt Gaetz have sex with a minor.
The woman's lawyer says she testified "that she witnessed Rep. Gaetz having sex with a minor at a house party in Orlando in 2017." www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Woman told House Ethics Committee she saw Gaetz have sex with minor, her lawyer says
Matt Gaetz is president-elect Donald Trump's choice to become U.S. attorney general.
www.nbcnews.com
November 16, 2024 at 4:28 PM
“Sex with a minor” is rape.
She saw Matt Gaetz rape a minor.
She saw Matt Gaetz rape a minor.
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“In total, undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion, or roughly $9,000 per person, in taxes in 2022, the report shows. While their incomes are usually lower, they’re less likely to claim refunds or earn tax-preferred income”
Undocumented Immigrants in US Pay Nearly $100 Billion in Taxes
Undocumented immigrants paid almost $100 billion of taxes, underscoring the importance of border policies on the country’s tax collections, according to a new report.
www.bloomberg.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:40 AM
“In total, undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion, or roughly $9,000 per person, in taxes in 2022, the report shows. While their incomes are usually lower, they’re less likely to claim refunds or earn tax-preferred income”
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wait why does the dept of government efficiency have two co-chairs
November 13, 2024 at 2:15 AM
wait why does the dept of government efficiency have two co-chairs
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reparations for any failson forced to endure the indignity of competing for a job with a black person thegrio.com/2024/11/12/t...
Trump doubles down on eliminating Education Department, vows to give ‘restitution’ to ‘victims’ of DEI
Trump intends to fulfill his promise to eliminate the Education Department, which would have impacts on public education and students.
thegrio.com
November 13, 2024 at 3:38 AM
reparations for any failson forced to endure the indignity of competing for a job with a black person thegrio.com/2024/11/12/t...