Tom Olin
@tomolin.net
Retired IT guy, MMT convert, progressive.
What's so radical about wanting everyone to have food, housing, healthcare, education, security? In those terms, moderation is cruelty.
What's so radical about wanting everyone to have food, housing, healthcare, education, security? In those terms, moderation is cruelty.
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Friendly reminder; anyone not treating climate collapse as an immediate threat of unimaginable scale and violence should be ignored, fired and/or voted out.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Friendly reminder; anyone not treating climate collapse as an immediate threat of unimaginable scale and violence should be ignored, fired and/or voted out.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
The creeps and duds who occupy our government, corp news media and boardrooms need to go FAST.
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TRUMP: This is the greatest economy of all time
ALSO TRUMP: If the Fed doesn't juice the economy right now I am going to fire everyone's asses
ALSO TRUMP: If the Fed doesn't juice the economy right now I am going to fire everyone's asses
Trump on Jerome Powell: "I'd love to fire his ass. He should be fired. The only thing Scott [Bessent] is blowing it on is the Fed. The rates are too high, Scott. And if you don't get it fixed fast, I'm going to fire your ass."
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
TRUMP: This is the greatest economy of all time
ALSO TRUMP: If the Fed doesn't juice the economy right now I am going to fire everyone's asses
ALSO TRUMP: If the Fed doesn't juice the economy right now I am going to fire everyone's asses
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Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
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After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After yesterday’s surrender, we’re launching the largest Democratic primary program that we’ve ever run.
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
We will not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.
If you’re as pissed as we are, join this campaign to rebuild the Democratic Party. 👇
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This is the Surrender Caucus:
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is the Surrender Caucus:
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"At every step along the way, I rationalized, compartmentalized, and found excuses to stay tethered to the party, even as I grew to believe it was undermining the foundations of our constitutional republic." Enough is enough: www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"At every step along the way, I rationalized, compartmentalized, and found excuses to stay tethered to the party, even as I grew to believe it was undermining the foundations of our constitutional republic." Enough is enough: www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...
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Btw, there isn’t a ceasefire when there is fire.
October 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Btw, there isn’t a ceasefire when there is fire.
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Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.
October 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.
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oh one really fun idea i have is that the Supreme Court should resolve the issue before they go around making the whole country do what they say
Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."
October 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
oh one really fun idea i have is that the Supreme Court should resolve the issue before they go around making the whole country do what they say
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Go to hud.gov and use the website feedback button to tell them the website is for all Americans and to take down this partisan propaganda.
#ThisIsTrumpsShutdown
#ThisIsTrumpsShutdown
October 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Go to hud.gov and use the website feedback button to tell them the website is for all Americans and to take down this partisan propaganda.
#ThisIsTrumpsShutdown
#ThisIsTrumpsShutdown
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New research shows that ocean acidification has now crossed the planetary boundary. That's 7 of 9 boundaries crossed. Capitalism is driving ecological catastrophe and will continue to do so until we align production to a new law of value.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Scientists announce that 7 of 9 key 'planetary boundaries' have been crossed
A team of global scientists issued a new report on Wednesday, noting that seven out of nine of key "planetary boundaries" have been crossed. Carbon dioxide emissions have increased ocean acidification...
www.france24.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
New research shows that ocean acidification has now crossed the planetary boundary. That's 7 of 9 boundaries crossed. Capitalism is driving ecological catastrophe and will continue to do so until we align production to a new law of value.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again.
These two gotta go.
These two gotta go.
September 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
So far today, Chuck Schumer has said his strategy for preventing Trump sending troops into blue cities is to win over Republican senators (!) while Hakeem Jeffries praised Eric Adams's courage and authenticity (!!) while refusing to endorse Mamdani. Again.
These two gotta go.
These two gotta go.
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This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
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Just another reminder that Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625% which is FAR lower than private sector retirement programs.
September 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Just another reminder that Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625% which is FAR lower than private sector retirement programs.
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There should be better options in American politics than just neoliberal corporatism on one side, and authoritarian nihilism on the other side.
September 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
There should be better options in American politics than just neoliberal corporatism on one side, and authoritarian nihilism on the other side.
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The Titanic just snapped in half and the hull is pointing upward at an almost 90 degree angle, but Sen. Schumer still has some stern words for the iceberg which just refuses to negotiate.
Schumer: "We need to have a bipartisan bill ... we are asking them to sit down with us and negotiate."
September 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The Titanic just snapped in half and the hull is pointing upward at an almost 90 degree angle, but Sen. Schumer still has some stern words for the iceberg which just refuses to negotiate.
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DNC Chair @kenmartin.bsky.social killed the resolution stop arms to Israel claiming, "The party is deeply divided, we need dialogue."
The party is not deeply divided & there's nothing left to debate.
92% of Democratic voters want to stop arming Israel. Party leadership should listen or step aside.
The party is not deeply divided & there's nothing left to debate.
92% of Democratic voters want to stop arming Israel. Party leadership should listen or step aside.
August 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
DNC Chair @kenmartin.bsky.social killed the resolution stop arms to Israel claiming, "The party is deeply divided, we need dialogue."
The party is not deeply divided & there's nothing left to debate.
92% of Democratic voters want to stop arming Israel. Party leadership should listen or step aside.
The party is not deeply divided & there's nothing left to debate.
92% of Democratic voters want to stop arming Israel. Party leadership should listen or step aside.
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They don't feel shame, but they care deeply about status.
Wanting to be liked--or at least envied--is their Achilles heel. We can use that against them:it's cheap, non-violent & effective.
Social shunning of elites supporting Pinochet helped bring down the Chilean dictator: it can work here too.
Wanting to be liked--or at least envied--is their Achilles heel. We can use that against them:it's cheap, non-violent & effective.
Social shunning of elites supporting Pinochet helped bring down the Chilean dictator: it can work here too.
Sean Hannity says he left New York City because he got too many mean looks from people at restaurants
Sean Hannity says he left NYC because of mean looks from people at restaurants
www.independent.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
They don't feel shame, but they care deeply about status.
Wanting to be liked--or at least envied--is their Achilles heel. We can use that against them:it's cheap, non-violent & effective.
Social shunning of elites supporting Pinochet helped bring down the Chilean dictator: it can work here too.
Wanting to be liked--or at least envied--is their Achilles heel. We can use that against them:it's cheap, non-violent & effective.
Social shunning of elites supporting Pinochet helped bring down the Chilean dictator: it can work here too.
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If you had told me 30 years ago that Michael Luttig and Bill Kristol would have a clearer understanding about what's going on than a lot of Democratic leaders, I'd have wondered whether you tried the brown acid.
Luttig is communicating vastly more clearly and honestly about Roberts and Scotus than most Democratic officials are. It’s absolutely flabbergasting.
August 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If you had told me 30 years ago that Michael Luttig and Bill Kristol would have a clearer understanding about what's going on than a lot of Democratic leaders, I'd have wondered whether you tried the brown acid.