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Rick Thompson
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Johns Hopkins Department of Biostatistics. Interests include history, genealogy, travel, photography, politics, philosophy and theology. Urban Anabaptist looking for the 'Third Way.' https://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/704/richard-e-thompson
Don't waste time calling Dem Reps. Find friends and family who live in these 3 districts and help them draft letters:

NE-2 Rep Don Bacon (R)
NY-17 Rep Mike Lawler (R)
PA-1 Rep Brain Fitzpatrick (R)

These three seats are vulnerable since they represent Harris districts.
February 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Any chance we can all file a class action lawsuit against CNN? I feel very offended that CNN let that f-bomb drop on air and believe I'm entitled to monetary compensation.
Good. Thank you, Mike.
Michael Fanone live on CNN: "This is what I'd say to Stewart Rhodes: Go fuck yourself"
January 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Ludlow Falls, Ohio, Christmas lights. Mid 1970s.
December 15, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Gorge Overlook, Mohican State Park, Ohio.
November 25, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Dutch religious leader Dirk Willems from "Behalt". Willems was imprisoned for his Anabaptist beliefs in the Netherlands. Chased across a frozen moat after escaping, his pursuer fell through the ice. Willems returned to save the guard's life, only to be recaptured and burned alive in May 1569.
November 22, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Flying into Chicago.
November 19, 2024 at 3:14 AM
First Anabaptists receiving baptism by Conrad Grebel and George Blaurock in Zurich Switzerland, Jan 21, 1525 (left), drowning of Anabaptist leader Felix Manz in the Limmat River Jan 5, 1527 (right). From the "Behalt" cyclorama in Berlin, Ohio, and painted by Heinz Gaugel.
November 18, 2024 at 2:52 AM
I don't know about y'all, but instead of a boring Inauguration speech, I'm looking forward to a 45 minute sing-along with Trump on January 20th; swaying to the music of Lee Greenwood and jammin' to 'YMCA'.
November 18, 2024 at 12:06 AM
In the last few months of the campaign, Trump was routinely late for his rallies, in some cases up to 2 hours late. Biden's term officially ends at noon on Jan 20, 2025, according to the Twentieth Amendment. What happens if Trump doesn't show up to the Inauguration until like 2 pm on Jan 20th?
November 16, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Should we be concerned that the Democratic Party is now the party advocating for importation of cheap labor via undocumented workers? Shouldn't the Democrats be advocating for higher wagers for workers who are already here legally?
November 15, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Will Elon Musk be Trump's "Harry Hopkins"? (Remember that Hopkins lived in the White House for most of FDR's presidency).
November 15, 2024 at 7:12 AM