Tom Thurston
@tomofbaja.bsky.social
Semi retired. Who imagined I would end up selling wind turbines? Gay/queer. Forever blue. Studying jazz piano.
Trump and the pardon powers:
Pardon me, Don.
He’s gonna pardon my corruption
‘Cause I paid the bucks
And I know who he likes.
Pardon me, Don.
He’s gonna pardon my corruption
‘Cause I paid the bucks
And I know who he likes.
December 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Trump and the pardon powers:
Pardon me, Don.
He’s gonna pardon my corruption
‘Cause I paid the bucks
And I know who he likes.
Pardon me, Don.
He’s gonna pardon my corruption
‘Cause I paid the bucks
And I know who he likes.
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Reposted by Tom Thurston
Trump's rapid deterioration of his treatment of reporters is indicative of a broader cognitive decline. We know that Republicans will never draw the line and say he's no longer capable of executing the office.
The only question is how much the nation can suffer and will it endure.
The only question is how much the nation can suffer and will it endure.
December 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trump's rapid deterioration of his treatment of reporters is indicative of a broader cognitive decline. We know that Republicans will never draw the line and say he's no longer capable of executing the office.
The only question is how much the nation can suffer and will it endure.
The only question is how much the nation can suffer and will it endure.
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Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
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Reposted by Tom Thurston
Immigrants are not one heterogeneous group but a large diamond faceted with different cultures, languages, religions or ethnicity. Each immigrant has a unique identity and story. It’s not a slur, it’s a fact. Together we are stronger.
Video shot in 2017.
Video shot in 2017.
December 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Immigrants are not one heterogeneous group but a large diamond faceted with different cultures, languages, religions or ethnicity. Each immigrant has a unique identity and story. It’s not a slur, it’s a fact. Together we are stronger.
Video shot in 2017.
Video shot in 2017.
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In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In South Minneapolis, Minnesota, nearly two dozen neighbors confronted and surrounded ICE goons after rapid-response alerts were issued. The goons were questioning an East African man when the situation escalated, and they eventually left the area without making any arrests.
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Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Mockler: It's honestly humiliating that other countries are treating our president like a child, like a baby. It's like if I created a peace prize and I gave it to myself. I'm like, I'm just going to keep this medal on all night. Our president is an actual child
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New in PN: A war criminal without a war
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
A war criminal without a war
It's just murder.
www.publicnotice.co
December 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
New in PN: A war criminal without a war
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
"We’re watching the flimsy justifications fall apart in real time. They can try to shift the blame. They can try to say that people clinging to wreckage for dear life are somehow an active threat. But in the end, it’s just murder."
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Abbe Lowell, the attorney who is representing Letitia James: “I can't tell you a time in the federal system...where a federal prosecutor thought a case was strong enough to bring to a grand jury, and the grand jury said no.” @kaitlancollins.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Abbe Lowell, the attorney who is representing Letitia James: “I can't tell you a time in the federal system...where a federal prosecutor thought a case was strong enough to bring to a grand jury, and the grand jury said no.” @kaitlancollins.bsky.social
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Magaziner: "This is not about the drugs. This is about oil."
December 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Magaziner: "This is not about the drugs. This is about oil."
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Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Koh: This is not about justice. This is about power. This is about a Secretary of Defense so drunk off alpha male bullshit that he's willing to take lives to get off on that power.
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Speaking from his experience in the military
The Second Strike and the Soul of America
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Second Strike and the Soul of America
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Second Strike and the Soul of America
America’s moral authority depends on our willingness to condemn wrongdoing—even our own.
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Speaking from his experience in the military
The Second Strike and the Soul of America
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Second Strike and the Soul of America
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Without The Rule of Law, There Is No Law Enforcement
open.substack.com/pub/resistan...
open.substack.com/pub/resistan...
Without The Rule of Law, There Is No Law Enforcement
Anti-law enforcement rhetoric and violence against law enforcement rise as the rule of law collapses
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Without The Rule of Law, There Is No Law Enforcement
open.substack.com/pub/resistan...
open.substack.com/pub/resistan...
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Reposted by Tom Thurston
Reposted by Tom Thurston
Reposted by Tom Thurston
Some perspective
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Some perspective
trump.sleeping at DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo. Privacy, Simplified.
duckduckgo.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Fentanyl. Drug Overdoses, including Fentanyl, are not even in the top 20 causes of death in the USA. Cancer, Diabetes, Covid, Heart Disease all in the top 10, and all have had their research funding cut. They aren't murdering just Venezuelans. However they are killing us much slower.
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Fentanyl. Drug Overdoses, including Fentanyl, are not even in the top 20 causes of death in the USA. Cancer, Diabetes, Covid, Heart Disease all in the top 10, and all have had their research funding cut. They aren't murdering just Venezuelans. However they are killing us much slower.
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That’s what’s up!! FDT maga GFY
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
That’s what’s up!! FDT maga GFY
The lesson from Vice Admiral Bradley is that if you get caught obeying an unlawful order, the administration will betray you in a heartbeat.
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The lesson from Vice Admiral Bradley is that if you get caught obeying an unlawful order, the administration will betray you in a heartbeat.