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Carlos Thompson, Jr

@carlosrayt.bsky.social

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Retired from UCLA Healthcare Dept of Finance, father of 3, granddad of 12, Progressive. Fan of UK Wildcats, 49ers, Lakers, USC & Dodgers, NO DM's,CancerSurvivor #Woke #BLM #HealthCareForAll #NoKing #WomensRights #VoteBlue #Equality #Resist #LGBTQally

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · May 26

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 21h

'You Cease, I Fire': Israel Kills at Least 9 in Gaza, Says It Will Break Truce Aid Terms #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine www.commondreams.org/news/israel-...

'You Cease, I Fire': Israel Kills at Least 9 in Gaza, Says It Will Break Truce Aid Terms | Common Dreams

"Israel is working extremely hard to blow up this ceasefire," said one observer after IDF troops shot dead Palestinians trying to return to their homes in the largely flattened strip.

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 21h

As SCOTUS Enters a New Term, These Cases May Grant Trump Unbridled Authority #NoKingInAmerica #StopTheFascist truthout.org/articles/as-...

As SCOTUS Enters a New Term, These Cases May Grant Trump Unbridled Authority

Rulings on the Supreme Court’s “emergency docket” foreshadow its abiding deference to Trump.

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 2d

Source: U.S. Democratic Socialists
#DueProcessFoaAll
~The 5th Amendment says, "No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process." 👀 It doesn't say "citizen" - it says PERSON. Even in 1791, the Founders knew: once you deny basic rights to some, no one's rights are safe.~

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 2d

Trump Administration Carries Out Mass Layoffs at CDC, Decimating the Agency truthout.org/articles/tru...

Trump Administration Carries Out Mass Layoffs at CDC, Decimating the Agency

Health officials and experts warn the layoffs leave the US dangerously unprepared to handle disease outbreaks.

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 3d

#StopTheFascists #ICEisGESTAPO

~STOP! calling them ICE "agents".
They are untrained vigilantes - tRump's BROWN SHIRTS.~

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 7d

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 7d

JMO, But I think that many far right fascist are not educated enough to know they are fascists! Just the like the German's in the 1930's, and when it was all over all they could say was "we didn't know!" #MAGAisFASCIST

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 8d

Trump May Invoke Insurrection Act to Override Courts That Block His National Guard Orders #NoKingsInAmerica #StopTheFascist truthout.org/articles/tru...

Trump May Invoke Insurrection Act to Override Courts That Block His National Guard Orders

“If I had to enact it, I’d do it,” Trump told reporters on Monday.

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 8d

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#NoKings

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 10d

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#DefundICE #NoGestapoInAmerica #StopTheFascism

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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 11d

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 11d

Trump to Slash Refugee Numbers to Record Low, With White South Africans Taking Most Spots #StopTheFascist www.commondreams.org/news/south-a...

Trump to Slash Refugee Numbers to Record Low, With White South Africans Taking Most Spots | Common Dreams

Reports of the Trump administration slashing refugee admissions to 7,500, with priority given to white South Africans, is a moral failure. While Afrikaners are fast-tracked, thousands of refugees are ...

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 14d

DHS Plans More State-Run Extrajudicial Black Sites Like “Alligator Alcatraz” #StopTheFascist truthout.org/articles/dhs...

DHS Plans More State-Run Extrajudicial Black Sites Like “Alligator Alcatraz”

Homeland Security’s Kristi Noem mentioned plans to build similar immigration jails in Arizona, Nebraska, and Louisiana.

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 16d

Know the truth! #StopTheFascist #SaveOurDempocracy

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you!

Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 16d

Source: Social Security Works
MAGA is destroying our Democracy! #Resist

~Republicans are causing chaos by trying to force a government shutdown.
Americans have a clear message for Congress:
CANCEL THE CUTS!
LOWER THE COSTS!
SAVE HEALTH CARE!~

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 17d

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#BanAssaultWeapons

~The man who shot up an LDS church with an AR-15 did NOT act alone. He was aided and abetted by 219 Republicans in the House, 53 Republicans in the Senate, a felon in the White House, and their overlord the NRA.~

Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 18d

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#NoKingInAmerica #StopTheFascism

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 19d

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#FreePalestine #StopTheGenocide

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 19d

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#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

~Congress is about to shut down the entire government just to hide the Epstein Files. What's in the files must be so insane, it implicates several of them personally. GOOD. Even more motivation. KEEP PUSHING.~

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 22d

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#Resist #ClimateChangeIsReal #SaveOurPlanet

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you! I will oppose the Fascist as long as I have a voice, until we rid them from destroying our democracy!

Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 22d

Trump Administration Threatens Housing for Millions in “War on the Poor” truthout.org/articles/tru...

Trump Administration Threatens Housing for Millions in “War on the Poor”

Proposed cuts to Section 8 put 3.3 million people at risk of eviction and homelessness.

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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 24d

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Carlos Thompson, Jr @carlosrayt.bsky.social · 23d

Source: Social Security Works
#ExpandSocialSecurity #TaxTheRich

~Let’s be clear: Every year the retirement age is raised is a 7% benefit cut.
Instead of cuts, Social Security can afford to INCREASE benefits if millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share!~

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