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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 18h

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Trump isn't the real cause of why America lost its respect in the world and why our allies are distrustful of our elected officials; it's more than that, there's a significant number of misguided, uncaring, faithless citizens who glorify and worship bigotry and racism.

Why is America so full of hatred?what has it become?

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 19h

American voters elevated "Hate" when they elected a known bigot and racist president, a person with a long history of disparaging and dividing people based on their ethnicity, color of their skin rather than judging people on their character; America is a Nation founded and settled by immigrants.

A Dark Reminder of What American Society Has Been and Could Be Again

How an obsessive hatred of immigrants and people of color and deep-seated fears about the empowerment of women led to the Klan’s rule in Indiana.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 19h

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The real reason Republicans don't care about the government shutdown is that it plays a role in their efforts to do away with federal agencies that provide Americans with benefits and services paid for by their taxpayer dollars. Trump doesn't like helping ordinary Americans.

Embattled federal workers not fooled by Trump's shutdown excuse

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 20h

"NEW YORK CITY — A man was arrested after carrying a loaded gun into an office building near Union Square and threatening to kill himself on Friday, according to police and reports. The incident happened at 124 East 14th Street around 10:30 a.m., police said."

Man With Loaded Gun Arrested At Conference Inside NYC Office Building

The incident happened at 124 East 14th Street.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 20h

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NEW YORK CITY — A pardoned Capitol rioter has been arraigned on charges after he allegedly threatened to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, according to prosecutors and reports. Christopher Moynihan faces a felony charge of making a terroristic threat.

Pardoned Capitol Rioter Charged After Threatening To Kill Hakeem Jeffries In NYC

The suspect is accused of making threats in text messages.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 20h

"A man convicted for storming the U.S. Capitol, whose conviction was erased by Trump's mass pardons, has been arrested on a charge that he threatened to kill Hakeem Jeffries. Christopher P. Moynihan is accused of sending a text message to Jeffries, who's making a speech in NYC this week."

Hakeem Jeffries death threat leads to arrest of Jan. 6 rioter

A man whose convictions for storming the U.S. Capitol were erased by President Donald Trump’s mass pardons has been arrested on a charge he threatened to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 21h

"A baby girl was found abandoned on a train platform in Manhattan on Monday morning. Police said the baby was discovered before 10 a.m. on the southbound platform of the 34th Street-Penn Station stop. The baby was conscious and alert, police said, but was taken to Bellevue Hospital to be evaluated."

Baby found abandoned on NYC subway platform

A baby was found alone and abandoned on a train platform in the middle of Manhattan on Monday morning.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 21h

"The staggering total, which includes students who lived in shelters along with those doubled up with family or friends, is larger than the entire Dallas school system. During the 2023-2024 school year, roughly 146,000 city students were homeless."

154,000 NYC Students Were Homeless Last School Year, Another Record High

The staggering total, which includes students who lived in shelters along with those doubled up with family or friends, is larger than the entire Dallas school system.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 21h

New York State Sen. Gounardes introduced a bill that would prohibit other states and territories from sending their National Guard troops to New York State without approval from the Governor. The bill makes clear that only the Governor can approve another state's National Guard in the Empire State.

New York bill would restrict outside National Guard from entering state

The bill prohibits other states, territories or districts from sending their National Guard troops to New York without approval from the governor.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 21h

NYS Senator Gounardes introduced legislation that would require other states to obtain permission from New York’s Governor before deploying their National Guard troops in the state. The bill will protect NYS from Trump’s invasion of other States' National Guard troops in his mass deportation agenda.

Sen. Gounardes Introduces Bill to Protect New York from Invasion by Other States’ National Guards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OCTOBER 20, 2025New York, NY — New York State Senator Andrew Gounardes introduced new legislation today that would proactively require other states to obtain permission from New...

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 1d

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"It never ceases to amaze me how conservative Christians love to hate, and love to use the word hate as if their Christianity allows them to be hateful. Speak about hate, then condemn hate, then use the word hate to spread hate, and then speak about hate again."

The person leading an actual ‘Hate America' rally every day is you, Mike Johnson

Opinion: Instead of kindness, he performs random acts of hate. Each time he invokes hate, he infects others with the same malice, writes John Casey.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 1d

This orange-faced buffoon shows his real reason for wanting to be president; he's now seeking from the DOJ roughly $230 million to compensate himself for being investigated and indicted; it's a modern-day in-the-taxpayers' face shakedown; tell this sick demented circus carnival barker to flake off.

Trump wants DOJ to pay him $230 million for previous investigations: Sources

President Trump is pressing the DOJ to pay him roughly $230 million as a settlement for probes he faced during the Biden administration and his first term, sources say.

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Tim Hannan @timhannan.bsky.social · 1d

Trump just going to straight up take $230M from the American people.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 1d

"According to screenshots published by Lawfare and reviewed by CNN, Halligan initiated contact with Bower through the encrypted messaging platform Signal on October 11. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” she wrote. “You are reporting things that are simply not true. Thought you should have a heads up.”

Trump-picked attorney Lindsey Halligan faces further scrutiny over texts

A Trump-chosen U.S. attorney is under fire after texting a journalist about a live case — a move experts call highly improper.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 1d

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Lindsey Halligan, the Trump-appointed prosecutor who's prosecuting former FBI Director James Comey, in what appears to be during a conversation with Anna Bower, an effort by Ms. Halligan to have Anna Bower change her reporting without presenting a reason.

Lawfare Live, The Now: Anna Bower's Signal Exchange with Lindsey Halligan

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 1d

If you can't see why the government shutdown has lasted so long it's because you're not paying attention, Trump’s not bringing people together because that's not who he is, he's a 'divider' and he's doing what he does best, he targets and divides groups of people, which leads to chaos and disaster.

Trump says some 'Democrat programs' to be cut during shutdown may never come back

Johnson said he didn't have a strategy to negotiate with Democrats.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 1d

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It's not a coincidence that when Republicans control both Houses of Congress and the White House, there's a "Government Shutdown." The voters don't realize Republicans don't like people voting they want a government of one with unchecked and unlimited power to do anything.

Don't know or don't care? Trump comprehension of shutdown damage difficult to discern

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 1d

"According to video footage and eyewitness accounts, federal agents from the FBI and other agencies, dressed in flak jackets, swarmed the sidewalk at 44th Street, around the corner from the Row’s main entrance, at around 4 p.m. Thursday – a busy time when many families are coming home for the day."

Federal Raid Outside Row Hotel Migrant Shelter Rattles Residents

In what appears to be a first under the current Trump administration, federal agents targeted migrants just outside a shelter.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 1d

"The third and fourth cars on the southbound 4 train decoupled near the 149th Street–Grand Concourse station before 6 PM, officials said. They didn't immediately say how many people were aboard the train or how long it took for them to be rescued."The MTA is investigating the cause of the uncoupling

Subway train comes apart in Bronx tunnel, no injuries reported. MTA calls incident 'unusual.'

Two cars on a 4 train decoupled near the 149th Street–Grand Concourse station.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 1d

"WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James Comey filed motions seeking the dismissal of the criminal charges brought against him, arguing that the lawyer President Donald Trump named to prosecute him, Lindsey Halligan, wasn't properly appointed and that the case was politically motivated."

James Comey wants 'vindictive' case dropped and Trump's prosecutor disqualified

The Constitution "forbids the government from retaliating against individuals for their protected speech," the former FBI director's team argued in a court filing.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 2d

History shows that when 3.5 percent of a population—about 12 million Americans engage in peaceful protest, their demands become nearly impossible to ignore. This is particularly relevant today, as Americans continue to defend due process and health care rights amid a rise in authoritarian policies.

How Peaceful Protest by Just 3.5 Percent of Americans Could Force Major Policy Changes From the Trump Administration

History shows that when just 3.5 percent of a population—about 12 million Americans—engage in peaceful protest, their demands become nearly impossible to ignore. This is particularly relevant today, a...

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 2d

Must Read: Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change. In each case, civil resistance by ordinary members of the public trumped the political elite to achieve radical change.

The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world

Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 2d

Trump's White House and Secret Service lack good sense; what they described as a hunting stand is just a tree post used for the purpose of observing birds and other park wildlife. Trump uses federal agencies as a shield to distract from his criminal activities and from releasing the Epstein files.

Secret Service discovered hunting stand with direct view of Air Force One at Florida airport

The U.S. Secret Service and FBI are investigating a mysterious hunting stand found on Thursday near the West Palm Beach airport facing where the exit to Air Force One would be. The Secret Service says...

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 2d

Trump's media is licking his old tired ass again by wasting resources covering a tree platform used by bird watchers; the mainstream media is the true enemy of the First Amendment, they're destroying journalism by sucking up to an ingrate, the poorest example of mankind, a demented, sick psychopath.

Secret Service discovers hunting stand with direct sight line to Trump's Air Force One exit in Florida

The FBI is leading an investigation after the discovery near Palm Beach International Airport.

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TomBrown @thomasebrown3.bsky.social · 2d

Platforms in trees are common; they're used in public parks to observe birds and living organisms and if it was in sight of this Morons Plane, it doesn't pose a threat to anyone. The media engages in fear-mongering to influence how people think and respond to their politically harmful conspiracies.

Secret Service investigating possible sniper’s nest with sight line to Trump Air Force One arrival near Palm Beach airport

Authorities do not know yet whether it is a hunting stand or merely junk in a tree — or has a more nefarious purpose, sources said.

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