Joe Thomas
@joethomas2024.bsky.social
“It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out.”
Carl Sagan
My substack newsletter. I write about politics, media and culture:
https://joethomascrespo.substack.com
Carl Sagan
My substack newsletter. I write about politics, media and culture:
https://joethomascrespo.substack.com
Laura Loomer: "The IRS is basically being controlled by a Radical Left Gay Mafia.”
In retaliation Scott Bessent should tax Botox fillers, etc., at an extraordinary level.
In retaliation Scott Bessent should tax Botox fillers, etc., at an extraordinary level.
November 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Laura Loomer: "The IRS is basically being controlled by a Radical Left Gay Mafia.”
In retaliation Scott Bessent should tax Botox fillers, etc., at an extraordinary level.
In retaliation Scott Bessent should tax Botox fillers, etc., at an extraordinary level.
So good to see Tucker Carlson talking about going back to Russia to do another propaganda show. I never felt satisfied with his last take on Russian shopping trolleys. Yes, he showed us the wheels lock on the escalators & that they “radicalized” him, but how do they perform off the escalator?
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
So good to see Tucker Carlson talking about going back to Russia to do another propaganda show. I never felt satisfied with his last take on Russian shopping trolleys. Yes, he showed us the wheels lock on the escalators & that they “radicalized” him, but how do they perform off the escalator?
Whatever the release of the Epstein files revealed, it doesn't change the fact that Trump moved Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex trafficker, into a cushy prison with no walls and cute puppies to pet.
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Whatever the release of the Epstein files revealed, it doesn't change the fact that Trump moved Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex trafficker, into a cushy prison with no walls and cute puppies to pet.
One of my favorite parts of the MAGA civil war is hearing some of the MAGA supporters saying, "This infighting has to stop; you are starting to make us look crazy."
"Starting"? Oh dear, that is adorable.
"Starting"? Oh dear, that is adorable.
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
One of my favorite parts of the MAGA civil war is hearing some of the MAGA supporters saying, "This infighting has to stop; you are starting to make us look crazy."
"Starting"? Oh dear, that is adorable.
"Starting"? Oh dear, that is adorable.
Trump just posted a rant about how he no longer supports MTG and the lists his “achievements.”:
"…being RESPECTED by every country in the world (as opposed to being the laughingstock that we were just 12 months ago!)…"
As an Aussie, I can 100% confirm that Donald Trump is a laughingstock here.
"…being RESPECTED by every country in the world (as opposed to being the laughingstock that we were just 12 months ago!)…"
As an Aussie, I can 100% confirm that Donald Trump is a laughingstock here.
November 15, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Trump just posted a rant about how he no longer supports MTG and the lists his “achievements.”:
"…being RESPECTED by every country in the world (as opposed to being the laughingstock that we were just 12 months ago!)…"
As an Aussie, I can 100% confirm that Donald Trump is a laughingstock here.
"…being RESPECTED by every country in the world (as opposed to being the laughingstock that we were just 12 months ago!)…"
As an Aussie, I can 100% confirm that Donald Trump is a laughingstock here.
Ben Shapiro is calling out Republicans in Congress for supporting the release of the Epstein files; Shapiro is complaining they want to destroy Trump.
I have never heard someone unintentionally incriminate the person he was trying to save like Shapiro just did.
I have never heard someone unintentionally incriminate the person he was trying to save like Shapiro just did.
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Ben Shapiro is calling out Republicans in Congress for supporting the release of the Epstein files; Shapiro is complaining they want to destroy Trump.
I have never heard someone unintentionally incriminate the person he was trying to save like Shapiro just did.
I have never heard someone unintentionally incriminate the person he was trying to save like Shapiro just did.
Pete Hegseth: "President Trump ordered action—and the Department of War is delivering.
Today, I’m announcing Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR" (Venezuela).
Wag the perro.
Today, I’m announcing Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR" (Venezuela).
Wag the perro.
November 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Pete Hegseth: "President Trump ordered action—and the Department of War is delivering.
Today, I’m announcing Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR" (Venezuela).
Wag the perro.
Today, I’m announcing Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR" (Venezuela).
Wag the perro.
Megyn Kelly: "I do know somebody very, very close to this case who is in a position to know virtually everything. And this person has told me that Jeffrey Epstein was not a pedophile."
MAGA media will rehabilitate Trump by rehabilitating Epstein and Maxwell.
MAGA media will rehabilitate Trump by rehabilitating Epstein and Maxwell.
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Megyn Kelly: "I do know somebody very, very close to this case who is in a position to know virtually everything. And this person has told me that Jeffrey Epstein was not a pedophile."
MAGA media will rehabilitate Trump by rehabilitating Epstein and Maxwell.
MAGA media will rehabilitate Trump by rehabilitating Epstein and Maxwell.
At this stage the only people who believe Trump isn't in the Epstein files and that it's a "Democrats hoax" are the same people who voted for him based on releasing the Epstein files to "expose all the Democrats as pedophiles."
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
At this stage the only people who believe Trump isn't in the Epstein files and that it's a "Democrats hoax" are the same people who voted for him based on releasing the Epstein files to "expose all the Democrats as pedophiles."
MAGA claim to be the "America first" political party. The same people who are ok with Trump going to the Supreme Court to stop poor Americans from receiving food stamps. The same president who excused giving billions of dollars to Argentina because, in his words, "they are fighting for their lives."
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
MAGA claim to be the "America first" political party. The same people who are ok with Trump going to the Supreme Court to stop poor Americans from receiving food stamps. The same president who excused giving billions of dollars to Argentina because, in his words, "they are fighting for their lives."
Mike Johnson talking about a new Republican health care plan: "We've got notebooks full of ideas."
Since 2016 it's moved from "concepts of a plan" to "notebooks full of ideas."
Since 2016 it's moved from "concepts of a plan" to "notebooks full of ideas."
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Mike Johnson talking about a new Republican health care plan: "We've got notebooks full of ideas."
Since 2016 it's moved from "concepts of a plan" to "notebooks full of ideas."
Since 2016 it's moved from "concepts of a plan" to "notebooks full of ideas."
It's ironic that it was Chuck Schumer who thought Zohran Mamdani was going to be the one that makes Democrats look bad.
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
It's ironic that it was Chuck Schumer who thought Zohran Mamdani was going to be the one that makes Democrats look bad.
The presidential candidate from 2024 who won the majority of working-class voters is desperately trying to stop poor people from getting food stamps. While the party that lost is trying to help the American citizens that didn't vote for them to keep their food stamp aid.
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The presidential candidate from 2024 who won the majority of working-class voters is desperately trying to stop poor people from getting food stamps. While the party that lost is trying to help the American citizens that didn't vote for them to keep their food stamp aid.
George Santos has posted that he is now leaving NY because it will not be safe anymore after Zohran won.
Just to recap, a convicted criminal is leaving NY because he is worried about crime going up. No one has encapsulated the comical absurdity and hypocrisy of the MAGA movement like Santos.
Just to recap, a convicted criminal is leaving NY because he is worried about crime going up. No one has encapsulated the comical absurdity and hypocrisy of the MAGA movement like Santos.
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
George Santos has posted that he is now leaving NY because it will not be safe anymore after Zohran won.
Just to recap, a convicted criminal is leaving NY because he is worried about crime going up. No one has encapsulated the comical absurdity and hypocrisy of the MAGA movement like Santos.
Just to recap, a convicted criminal is leaving NY because he is worried about crime going up. No one has encapsulated the comical absurdity and hypocrisy of the MAGA movement like Santos.
Looks like New York preferred a democratic socialist mayor over an undemocratic fascist president.
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Looks like New York preferred a democratic socialist mayor over an undemocratic fascist president.
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The conservative movement openly invites Nick Fuentes into their mainstream movement.
The conservative movement openly invites Nick Fuentes into their mainstream movement.
MAGA/Identity Politics/White Supremacy
For years MAGA hated identity politics
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November 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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The conservative movement openly invites Nick Fuentes into their mainstream movement.
The conservative movement openly invites Nick Fuentes into their mainstream movement.
If Trump's aim was to go to Asia and embarrass himself in front of the world, he overachieved, bigly.
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
If Trump's aim was to go to Asia and embarrass himself in front of the world, he overachieved, bigly.
The people most afraid of Trump are not the average Americans who oppose him. They are the Republican congresspeople, billionaires, and media. The people with the least amount of power and wealth are the ones standing up to Trump, while the most powerful are terrified of him. They are spineless.
October 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The people most afraid of Trump are not the average Americans who oppose him. They are the Republican congresspeople, billionaires, and media. The people with the least amount of power and wealth are the ones standing up to Trump, while the most powerful are terrified of him. They are spineless.
Fun Fact: the same MAGA people who were saying in 2024 that Dems were trying to stop Trump from running are now trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from running by saying they want him deported before the election.
October 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Fun Fact: the same MAGA people who were saying in 2024 that Dems were trying to stop Trump from running are now trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from running by saying they want him deported before the election.
Trump has a meltdown over a Canadian ad showing Reagan wasn't a fan of tariffs. Called it "fake."
24 hours later.
Trump: "I’m a huge fan of Ronald Reagan, but he was bad on trade. Very bad on trade."
No past American president despised their fellow citizens like Trump.
24 hours later.
Trump: "I’m a huge fan of Ronald Reagan, but he was bad on trade. Very bad on trade."
No past American president despised their fellow citizens like Trump.
October 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Trump has a meltdown over a Canadian ad showing Reagan wasn't a fan of tariffs. Called it "fake."
24 hours later.
Trump: "I’m a huge fan of Ronald Reagan, but he was bad on trade. Very bad on trade."
No past American president despised their fellow citizens like Trump.
24 hours later.
Trump: "I’m a huge fan of Ronald Reagan, but he was bad on trade. Very bad on trade."
No past American president despised their fellow citizens like Trump.
Trump: “We were a laughing stock, an absolute laughing stock, but we're not a laughing stock any longer. And, as I said, I was talking to President Putin for two and a half hours. That was being very seriously listened to.”
As an Aussie, I can confirm he is a laughing stock here.
As an Aussie, I can confirm he is a laughing stock here.
October 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Trump: “We were a laughing stock, an absolute laughing stock, but we're not a laughing stock any longer. And, as I said, I was talking to President Putin for two and a half hours. That was being very seriously listened to.”
As an Aussie, I can confirm he is a laughing stock here.
As an Aussie, I can confirm he is a laughing stock here.
Trump: "The new ballroom will cost $300M."
But apparently Kamala Harris was the candidate who didn't appeal to working-class people enough.
But apparently Kamala Harris was the candidate who didn't appeal to working-class people enough.
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Trump: "The new ballroom will cost $300M."
But apparently Kamala Harris was the candidate who didn't appeal to working-class people enough.
But apparently Kamala Harris was the candidate who didn't appeal to working-class people enough.
Greg Gutfeld, Fox News: "If you can measure authoritarianism as Jesse points out—shutting down schools, parks, and speech—that would make Joe Biden the king of kings."
Trump was president in 2020.
Trump was president in 2020.
October 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Greg Gutfeld, Fox News: "If you can measure authoritarianism as Jesse points out—shutting down schools, parks, and speech—that would make Joe Biden the king of kings."
Trump was president in 2020.
Trump was president in 2020.
You know Trump and MAGA are winning the propaganda war when he can simultaneously say he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize while murdering dozens of people on boats without due process and boast about it and he gets away with it.
October 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
You know Trump and MAGA are winning the propaganda war when he can simultaneously say he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize while murdering dozens of people on boats without due process and boast about it and he gets away with it.
MAGA spent years calling liberals pedophiles and perverts.
Also,
The Tate brothers are MAGA.
Matt Gaetz is MAGA.
Roy Moore is MAGA.
Epstein and Trump were "best friends."
Trump was found liable for sexual assault.
Etc., etc.
Every accusation is a confe…
Also,
The Tate brothers are MAGA.
Matt Gaetz is MAGA.
Roy Moore is MAGA.
Epstein and Trump were "best friends."
Trump was found liable for sexual assault.
Etc., etc.
Every accusation is a confe…
October 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
MAGA spent years calling liberals pedophiles and perverts.
Also,
The Tate brothers are MAGA.
Matt Gaetz is MAGA.
Roy Moore is MAGA.
Epstein and Trump were "best friends."
Trump was found liable for sexual assault.
Etc., etc.
Every accusation is a confe…
Also,
The Tate brothers are MAGA.
Matt Gaetz is MAGA.
Roy Moore is MAGA.
Epstein and Trump were "best friends."
Trump was found liable for sexual assault.
Etc., etc.
Every accusation is a confe…