The Ghost of Thomas Paine
@thomaspained.bsky.social
Author of “Common Sense” - something you should have read in high school and which MIGHT be relevant today. Parody account obviously since I died in 1809.
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Tell me you’re telling your corporate overlords to go to hell without telling me you’re telling your corporate overlords to go to hell
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
April 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Tell me you’re telling your corporate overlords to go to hell without telling me you’re telling your corporate overlords to go to hell
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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
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AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.
April 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
AOC: I saw on Fox, Jeanine Pirro says that they found so many babies and two year olds and four year olds receiving social security. I got a notice for you Jeanine Pirro: those babies receive social security because their parents died. That’s not a waste. That’s humanity. That’s America.
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Re-upping for the late-night crowd:
"Everyone who is not part of the authoritarian regime is a member of the dissident movement now. The sooner they realize it, the better."
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Bring. Him. Home.
Our cause is here; our time is now.
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April 16, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Re-upping for the late-night crowd:
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Spoiler: Without the support of the US military, the Constitution is worthless.
If the government can pay a foreign state to imprison you and, in so doing, remove you from the protection of US law, the Constitution is worthless.
April 13, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Spoiler: Without the support of the US military, the Constitution is worthless.
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When David Brooks joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won, Brooks writes.
I Should Have Seen This Coming
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April 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
When David Brooks joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won, Brooks writes.
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Absolutely.
April 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Absolutely.
After a week like this, I am glad that I died in 1809 and don’t have to witness the decline of the nation I proudly set on a path of freedom some 250 years ago.
April 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
After a week like this, I am glad that I died in 1809 and don’t have to witness the decline of the nation I proudly set on a path of freedom some 250 years ago.