Thom Bray
@thombray.bsky.social
Actor, Writer, Teacher, Artist, Borsalino Hat & Lego Lover. Happy Grandpappy. Fun fact: In almost every movie I've been in, I died a horrible death. Good times. Since 1954...
So: judge will order the funds released. The Government will appeal. SCOTUS will issue a stay of the order. And then the Administration will have the delightful optics of appealing a court order to feed hungry kids--in America.
Judge Skeptical Over Trump Administration Decision to Suspend Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So: judge will order the funds released. The Government will appeal. SCOTUS will issue a stay of the order. And then the Administration will have the delightful optics of appealing a court order to feed hungry kids--in America.
October is my time of year. Did I ever tell you about the time Alice ran me through with half a bicycle? #princeofdarkness
October 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
October is my time of year. Did I ever tell you about the time Alice ran me through with half a bicycle? #princeofdarkness
Are they yelling in Portland?" Yes.
#handsoff @maddow.msnbc.com @aoc.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov @cbsnews.com
#handsoff @maddow.msnbc.com @aoc.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov @cbsnews.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Are they yelling in Portland?" Yes.
#handsoff @maddow.msnbc.com @aoc.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov @cbsnews.com
#handsoff @maddow.msnbc.com @aoc.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov @cbsnews.com
Massive rally in Portland, Oregon today. Has to be in the thousands, exactly what democracy looks like.
April 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Massive rally in Portland, Oregon today. Has to be in the thousands, exactly what democracy looks like.
@schumer.senate.gov This is happening and you are voting for cloture? You are NOT LISTENING TO US. Time for new leadership. What good is the only power you have if you are afraid to use it? There will be NO MIDTERMS--don't you get that?
Trump to invoke wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out deportations to Guantanamo
President Trump is planning to invoke a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as soon as Friday to authorize the summary deportation of some migrants.
www.cbsnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
@schumer.senate.gov This is happening and you are voting for cloture? You are NOT LISTENING TO US. Time for new leadership. What good is the only power you have if you are afraid to use it? There will be NO MIDTERMS--don't you get that?
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A federal judge has just ordered Musk to get out of Treasury’s computers. We are fortunate there are good lawyers representing democracy. Normally that would end the matter, but in this era there are legit questions about compliance & enforcement. We live on the edge of a constitutional crisis.
February 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A federal judge has just ordered Musk to get out of Treasury’s computers. We are fortunate there are good lawyers representing democracy. Normally that would end the matter, but in this era there are legit questions about compliance & enforcement. We live on the edge of a constitutional crisis.
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This is so horrible.
Transgender vet discharged from VA psychiatric hospital in Syracuse the day after inauguration killed themselves in the hospital parking lot, wrapped in a trans rights flag. Just horrifying. www.syracuse.com/news/2025/01...
VA patient died by suicide at top of hospital’s garage in Syracuse
The veteran, a VA mental health patient, was wearing a transgender flag, a witness said.
www.syracuse.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This is so horrible.
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NY Times, Oct. 28, 1935.
January 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NY Times, Oct. 28, 1935.
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Possibly the best clap back against ignorant antivaxxers.
January 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Possibly the best clap back against ignorant antivaxxers.
Oh boy, look what’s back! Manifest Destiny! Just another futile bs journey in the Trump Time Machine.
Trump is teasing US expansion into Panama, Greenland and Canada | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump appears to be entertaining an American territorial expansion that, if he’s serious, would rival the Louisiana Purchase or the deal that netted Alaska from Russia.
www.cnn.com
December 24, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Oh boy, look what’s back! Manifest Destiny! Just another futile bs journey in the Trump Time Machine.
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I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
December 20, 2024 at 11:25 AM
I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
Preparing 20th year playing Dickens recreating his readings of Christmas Carol. The country I live in is less recognizable to me, but it would not be unrecognizable to him. Our society, with its wide disparity between rich and poor, would be very familiar to his Victorian eyes. pdxchristmas.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Preparing 20th year playing Dickens recreating his readings of Christmas Carol. The country I live in is less recognizable to me, but it would not be unrecognizable to him. Our society, with its wide disparity between rich and poor, would be very familiar to his Victorian eyes. pdxchristmas.com
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We’re all going to die
Rick Scott describes RFK Jr as "very impressive" and claims "he's pro-vaccine"
December 17, 2024 at 9:04 PM
We’re all going to die
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Republicans have launched a propaganda campaign to pretend that Trump was "exonerated" and that the FBI are the bad guys.
It's a lie. His record is 34 convictions in one case, 4 guilty pleas from co-defendants in another, two unfinished prosecutions, and zero acquittals. lnk.thebulwark.com/41vcqGn
It's a lie. His record is 34 convictions in one case, 4 guilty pleas from co-defendants in another, two unfinished prosecutions, and zero acquittals. lnk.thebulwark.com/41vcqGn
Don’t Let Trump Fool You, He Was Never Exonerated
His re-election doesn’t change the damning evidence of his crimes.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Republicans have launched a propaganda campaign to pretend that Trump was "exonerated" and that the FBI are the bad guys.
It's a lie. His record is 34 convictions in one case, 4 guilty pleas from co-defendants in another, two unfinished prosecutions, and zero acquittals. lnk.thebulwark.com/41vcqGn
It's a lie. His record is 34 convictions in one case, 4 guilty pleas from co-defendants in another, two unfinished prosecutions, and zero acquittals. lnk.thebulwark.com/41vcqGn
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RFK Jr. was caught on a hot mic saying that vaccines in schools should be voluntary.
He is completely unfit to serve as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
He is completely unfit to serve as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
December 3, 2024 at 3:03 PM
RFK Jr. was caught on a hot mic saying that vaccines in schools should be voluntary.
He is completely unfit to serve as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
He is completely unfit to serve as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Everyone should read this in its entirety.
I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know
Last updated December 3, 10:09 AM South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know Heesoo Jang Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics Journalism Department, University of...
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December 3, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Everyone should read this in its entirety.
Might be good to remember, with all this teeth gnashing about Biden pardoning his son, that Lincoln pardoned his wife’s half sister. archive.nytimes.com/opinionator....
All in the Family
What happened when Lincoln’s pro-Confederate half sister came to visit.
archive.nytimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Might be good to remember, with all this teeth gnashing about Biden pardoning his son, that Lincoln pardoned his wife’s half sister. archive.nytimes.com/opinionator....
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You decide whose description of Kash Patel is most accurate:
NYT: "firebrand loyalist."
WSJ: "loyalist."
WaPo: "staunch defender."
AP: "steadfast Trump ally."
Me: "Trump henchman."
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NYT: "firebrand loyalist."
WSJ: "loyalist."
WaPo: "staunch defender."
AP: "steadfast Trump ally."
Me: "Trump henchman."
Democracy Docket is fiercely independent. It will never obey. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
December 1, 2024 at 5:42 PM
You decide whose description of Kash Patel is most accurate:
NYT: "firebrand loyalist."
WSJ: "loyalist."
WaPo: "staunch defender."
AP: "steadfast Trump ally."
Me: "Trump henchman."
Democracy Docket is fiercely independent. It will never obey. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
NYT: "firebrand loyalist."
WSJ: "loyalist."
WaPo: "staunch defender."
AP: "steadfast Trump ally."
Me: "Trump henchman."
Democracy Docket is fiercely independent. It will never obey. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
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My pitch to the rich: If you can't abide Trump or his plans for dangerous nominees, groundless firings, revenge prosecutions and the rest, and you want people to take him on, help them with money to hire personal security and good lawyers. @thebulwark.bsky.social
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Advice to Funders: Protect Democracy Defenders Who Stand Up to Trump
Trump threatens all who dare to challenge him. Help them stay safe and hire lawyers.
www.thebulwark.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:20 PM
My pitch to the rich: If you can't abide Trump or his plans for dangerous nominees, groundless firings, revenge prosecutions and the rest, and you want people to take him on, help them with money to hire personal security and good lawyers. @thebulwark.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/funders-sh...
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Trump doesn’t care about most of the government. What he wants is control of the centers of real power: Defense, Intelligence and Justice. That’s how Russian autocracy began. Senate GOP: This is a road you do not want to head down. Reject the Trump nominees.
December 2, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Trump doesn’t care about most of the government. What he wants is control of the centers of real power: Defense, Intelligence and Justice. That’s how Russian autocracy began. Senate GOP: This is a road you do not want to head down. Reject the Trump nominees.
Article Two Section Two gives the President pardon power. Remember all of this outrage when on day one Trump pardons J6 criminals— and himself.
December 2, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Article Two Section Two gives the President pardon power. Remember all of this outrage when on day one Trump pardons J6 criminals— and himself.
Perhaps Trump is planning on fixing Medicare and Social Security by letting RFK squash new Covid vaccines, thereby killing all the seniors.
November 28, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Perhaps Trump is planning on fixing Medicare and Social Security by letting RFK squash new Covid vaccines, thereby killing all the seniors.
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Steve Bannon’s War Room CFO Grace Chong ripped JD Vance for missing the vote on the 11th Circuit judge. Vance responded that Chong is “a mouth breathing imbecile who attacks those of us in the fight rather than make herself useful.” Trump unity! And that's not all you missed today...👇
Resistance HQ Bulletin 8, 11/19/24
… The updated popular vote count is Trump (49.93%) - Harris (48.25%), with Trump now leading by just 2,579,736 votes.
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November 20, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Steve Bannon’s War Room CFO Grace Chong ripped JD Vance for missing the vote on the 11th Circuit judge. Vance responded that Chong is “a mouth breathing imbecile who attacks those of us in the fight rather than make herself useful.” Trump unity! And that's not all you missed today...👇
@nytimes.com The incoming Administration is claiming a mandate for revolutionary change. When will the Times report the actual popular vote count, which appears to be much less than election night?
November 19, 2024 at 4:29 PM
@nytimes.com The incoming Administration is claiming a mandate for revolutionary change. When will the Times report the actual popular vote count, which appears to be much less than election night?