Fictionista
@ttthomas.bsky.social
Writer. Mainly fiction, mostly Historical—latest: Number 5 Babyn Yar Street, A World War II novel-Ukraine. Also, some mad AF political commentary.
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The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
July 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
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Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base.
This man has no citizenship now.
This man has no citizenship now.
Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported
He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case
www.austinchronicle.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base.
This man has no citizenship now.
This man has no citizenship now.
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“I had a press ID round my neck, a large camera, a video camera … I was making a point of making myself visible as media,” he tells The Times
British photographer, 60, shot by police at LA riots
www.thetimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“I had a press ID round my neck, a large camera, a video camera … I was making a point of making myself visible as media,” he tells The Times
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The Trump administration admitted in court filings on Monday that it mistakenly deported a Maryland father with protected legal status to an El Salvadorian prison due to an "administrative error," according to new reporting from The Atlantic.
Trump administration deports father to El Salvador in 'administrative error'
www.irishstar.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The Trump administration admitted in court filings on Monday that it mistakenly deported a Maryland father with protected legal status to an El Salvadorian prison due to an "administrative error," according to new reporting from The Atlantic.
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“Moving fast and breaking things may work in some sectors,” but DOGE’s disruptions to a key food store for plant genetics “threaten irreversible losses of crop genetic diversity,” write Iago Hale and Michael Kantar, two agriculture professors.
Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds?
Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“Moving fast and breaking things may work in some sectors,” but DOGE’s disruptions to a key food store for plant genetics “threaten irreversible losses of crop genetic diversity,” write Iago Hale and Michael Kantar, two agriculture professors.
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If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
March 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If you let the executive deport people to a foreign gulag just by pronouncing the word “terrorism,” then expect to be called a “terrorist” soon yourself.
Dr Timothy Snyder idenifies the concept of “charismatic violence” of deportations without due process—once it happens “to them”it could happen to you. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
open.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Dr Timothy Snyder idenifies the concept of “charismatic violence” of deportations without due process—once it happens “to them”it could happen to you. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Can’t know specifically why this happened. But the DOGE boys were leafing thru the files and canceling some individual accounts that didn’t look right to them and there have been daily computer crashes at SSA after DOGErs canceled a number of the computer servicing/maintenance contracts
Oklahoma man says Social Security benefits terminated without warning or explanation www.wkrn.com/news/nationa...
Oklahoma man says Social Security benefits terminated without warning or explanation
An Oklahoma City retiree said his Social Security benefits were suspended without warning — and with no explanation given when he reached out. He worries it may have to do with the place he was bor…
www.wkrn.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Can’t know specifically why this happened. But the DOGE boys were leafing thru the files and canceling some individual accounts that didn’t look right to them and there have been daily computer crashes at SSA after DOGErs canceled a number of the computer servicing/maintenance contracts
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Musk claimed this 82 year old was dead, and clawed back $5,200 from his bank account 😡
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
I found a ‘dead’ person on Social Security in Seattle
“Dead” Ned Johnson turns out to be very much alive. It took him weeks to convince the system he was breathing and to start clawing his benefits back.
www.seattletimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Musk claimed this 82 year old was dead, and clawed back $5,200 from his bank account 😡
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
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This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
March 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position.
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."
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Always good when the authoritarian leader decrees who is and is not Jewish.
Donald Trump: "Schumer is a Palestinian as far as I am concerned. He has become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He is not Jewish anymore. He is a Palestinian."
March 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Always good when the authoritarian leader decrees who is and is not Jewish.
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DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America.
Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
March 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America.
Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
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These people are so fucking weird and this will make great Dem TV ads
DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America.
Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
March 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
These people are so fucking weird and this will make great Dem TV ads
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"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism."
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
March 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism."
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt
Two words Mr. Bera: Al Green
It was great joining KCRA 3 this morning to discuss how Dems are standing up against the Trump administration’s harmful policies.
We need to show the American people that Dems have a plan to govern—from protecting vital services & lowering costs to delivering real results for hardworking families.
We need to show the American people that Dems have a plan to govern—from protecting vital services & lowering costs to delivering real results for hardworking families.
March 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Two words Mr. Bera: Al Green
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As a professor & a Jew I’m sick to my heart about the attack on Columbia—which is a) escalation of the war on all of higher ed; b) Jew-washing fascism, with the intention of inciting more antisemitism, which in turn will be used as cover for more fascism.
March 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
As a professor & a Jew I’m sick to my heart about the attack on Columbia—which is a) escalation of the war on all of higher ed; b) Jew-washing fascism, with the intention of inciting more antisemitism, which in turn will be used as cover for more fascism.
“Delays tariffs on Mexico and some on Canada.” Two words: market m.
March 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“Delays tariffs on Mexico and some on Canada.” Two words: market m.
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This was a disgusting display by the soft, uninformed VP Vance trying to school Zelensky, the man who has led his country through the most surprisingly resilient and effective fight for sovereignty against a global superpower.
Every negative stereotype about America is confirmed in this exchange.
Every negative stereotype about America is confirmed in this exchange.
ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
February 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This was a disgusting display by the soft, uninformed VP Vance trying to school Zelensky, the man who has led his country through the most surprisingly resilient and effective fight for sovereignty against a global superpower.
Every negative stereotype about America is confirmed in this exchange.
Every negative stereotype about America is confirmed in this exchange.
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worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1
Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.
wapo.st
February 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
worth saying again that this was a bait and switch. if trump had openly announced he was running on allowing companies to discriminate against women and minorities he would not have won wapo.st/43aVQg1
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"Threatening criminal proceedings for exercising the First Amendment is itself a violation of the First Amendment" is absolutely correct. Good letter from @aoc.bsky.social. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
AOC-letter-Bondi-Homan-ICE
www.documentcloud.org
February 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"Threatening criminal proceedings for exercising the First Amendment is itself a violation of the First Amendment" is absolutely correct. Good letter from @aoc.bsky.social. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Pretty good analysis by Ronald Brownstein of where we’re at. www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
Analysis: Trump tries to impose the red-state social agenda onto blue states that have rejected it | CNN Politics
Across a wide range of issues, President Donald Trump is seeking to impose the restrictive social agenda that has spread throughout red states onto blue states that have almost uniformly rejected it.
www.cnn.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Pretty good analysis by Ronald Brownstein of where we’re at. www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...