Jim Thompson
@jimthompson.bsky.social
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I am just a pollster, standing in front of a bunch of elected Dems, asking them to lead on public opinion rather than hedge and tiptoe and moderate for fear an imaginary future backlash that will probably be manufactured by the right wing ecosystem anyway, regardless of what Dems do or don’t say.
January 15, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I am just a pollster, standing in front of a bunch of elected Dems, asking them to lead on public opinion rather than hedge and tiptoe and moderate for fear an imaginary future backlash that will probably be manufactured by the right wing ecosystem anyway, regardless of what Dems do or don’t say.
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Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.
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1/ Ciji Graham was the mother of 2-year-old SJ, a sister to 9 younger siblings, a beloved friend.
She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care.
This is her story.
She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care.
This is her story.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
1/ Ciji Graham was the mother of 2-year-old SJ, a sister to 9 younger siblings, a beloved friend.
She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care.
This is her story.
She's also the 7th case we’ve found of a pregnant woman in a state restricting abortion who died after being unable to access standard care.
This is her story.
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People need to stop pretending the U.S. government isn’t actively rebranding as a white supremacist movement.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 AM
People need to stop pretending the U.S. government isn’t actively rebranding as a white supremacist movement.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
🚨 The Trump administration has rolled out a coordinated campaign across departments, using imagery and messaging straight from right-wing and white nationalist circles.
This isn’t subtle.
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🚨BREAKING: ICE unleashes ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. Several protesters struck. Our reporter @zdroberts.bsky.social struck in the head.
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 AM
🚨BREAKING: ICE unleashes ONSLAUGHT of flash bang grenades and chemical ammunition at unarmed Minneapolis protesters in WAR-LIKE attack. Several protesters struck. Our reporter @zdroberts.bsky.social struck in the head.
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I got hit in the head really bad." LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Instant analysis: Pitt snaps three-game losing streak with comfortable win at Georgia Tech
Instant analysis: Pitt snaps three-game losing streak with comfortable win at Georgia Tech
Three games into ACC play, Pitt basketball was still searching for its first conference win. That search ended Wednesday night in Atlanta.
The Panthers...
www.post-gazette.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Instant analysis: Pitt snaps three-game losing streak with comfortable win at Georgia Tech
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The Hmong are here because they fought for the US in a war we lost.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The Hmong are here because they fought for the US in a war we lost.
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From 1/14/2026
ICE showed up at Aquila Elementary School in St. Louis Park, MN right at pickup time
Community members chased them off with whistles and words
A note: the KKK attempted similar intimidation tactics outside schools during the Civil Rights Era
ICE showed up at Aquila Elementary School in St. Louis Park, MN right at pickup time
Community members chased them off with whistles and words
A note: the KKK attempted similar intimidation tactics outside schools during the Civil Rights Era
January 14, 2026 at 10:12 PM
From 1/14/2026
ICE showed up at Aquila Elementary School in St. Louis Park, MN right at pickup time
Community members chased them off with whistles and words
A note: the KKK attempted similar intimidation tactics outside schools during the Civil Rights Era
ICE showed up at Aquila Elementary School in St. Louis Park, MN right at pickup time
Community members chased them off with whistles and words
A note: the KKK attempted similar intimidation tactics outside schools during the Civil Rights Era
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Duke beat this Georgia Tech team by 6 at home. Pitt beat it by 23 on the road.
Go figure.
Go figure.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Duke beat this Georgia Tech team by 6 at home. Pitt beat it by 23 on the road.
Go figure.
Go figure.
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the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 AM
the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
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Nojus Indrusaitis has now tied a career-high in points with 16. It took him 11 shots to reach that mark against Binghamton, but he's done it on only 8 shots tonight. He's got 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals too.
January 15, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Nojus Indrusaitis has now tied a career-high in points with 16. It took him 11 shots to reach that mark against Binghamton, but he's done it on only 8 shots tonight. He's got 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals too.
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Jeff Capel on Monday: “Nojus is a good player that's struggling and that happens, especially when you haven't played as much. This is really like a freshman season, his first season of playing. ... But we believe in him, we need him and we have confidence that he's going to get through this patch.”
January 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Jeff Capel on Monday: “Nojus is a good player that's struggling and that happens, especially when you haven't played as much. This is really like a freshman season, his first season of playing. ... But we believe in him, we need him and we have confidence that he's going to get through this patch.”
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Los Lobos + Jerry Garcia + Bob Weir playing “This Land Is Your Land”
Apropos of all that’s happening.
youtu.be/YECF0wUNqVQ?...
Apropos of all that’s happening.
youtu.be/YECF0wUNqVQ?...
Los Lobos, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir - This Land Is Your Land
YouTube video by Los Lobos
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January 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Los Lobos + Jerry Garcia + Bob Weir playing “This Land Is Your Land”
Apropos of all that’s happening.
youtu.be/YECF0wUNqVQ?...
Apropos of all that’s happening.
youtu.be/YECF0wUNqVQ?...
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Maybe this should be bigger news.
theintercept.com/2026/01/13/d...
theintercept.com/2026/01/13/d...
DHS Used Neo-Nazi Anthem for Recruitment After Fatal Minneapolis ICE Shooting
The federal government is openly embracing white nationalist online content — including in a recent recruitment post.
theintercept.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Maybe this should be bigger news.
theintercept.com/2026/01/13/d...
theintercept.com/2026/01/13/d...
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I had to look up Lizardman's Constant: the 4% of people who will tell a pollster lizard people are taking over the world, ie the minimum answer you will get for even the most absurd question.
"Do you think it would be a good idea or a bad idea for the U.S. to use military force to take possession of Greenland from Denmark?"
Good idea: 4%
Bad idea: 71%
(Ipsos)
4%. He did it. He finally hit Lizardman's Constant.
Good idea: 4%
Bad idea: 71%
(Ipsos)
4%. He did it. He finally hit Lizardman's Constant.
January 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I had to look up Lizardman's Constant: the 4% of people who will tell a pollster lizard people are taking over the world, ie the minimum answer you will get for even the most absurd question.
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Ted Cruz in 2016, "We're liable to wake up one morning and Donald Trump if he was President would have nuked Denmark"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
January 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Ted Cruz in 2016, "We're liable to wake up one morning and Donald Trump if he was President would have nuked Denmark"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
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I think the disconnect between Atlantic elites is that Americans think Donald Trump is a kid getting to drive a monster truck for Make A Wish and Europeans and Canadians think Donald Trump is the president of the United States.
January 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM
I think the disconnect between Atlantic elites is that Americans think Donald Trump is a kid getting to drive a monster truck for Make A Wish and Europeans and Canadians think Donald Trump is the president of the United States.
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This is too on the nose
This is straight out of Succession:
Larry Ellison named a giant yacht "Izanami" after a Shinto deity, but quickly renamed it after it was pointed out that the name spelled "I'm a Nazi" backwards!!!
Larry Ellison named a giant yacht "Izanami" after a Shinto deity, but quickly renamed it after it was pointed out that the name spelled "I'm a Nazi" backwards!!!
January 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM
This is too on the nose
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Why did he put the money into a Qatari bank account instead of the US Treasury?
January 14, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Why did he put the money into a Qatari bank account instead of the US Treasury?
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This is all Ron Cook's fault.
BREAKING: Miami has been retroactively awarded 67 Heisman trophies
January 14, 2026 at 11:07 PM
This is all Ron Cook's fault.
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We really don't talk about the sunk costs Trump squandered. Billions and billions and billions of both public and private dollars wasted bc he's still humiliated he got beaten by Joe Biden.
"The vindictive, oil-loving Mr. T**, who equates green with woke and views climate change as heresy, has worked assiduously to undo it, working to cancel consumer tax incentives and billions in funds for E.V. charging and battery manufacturing projects." Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/o...
Opinion | $25 Billion. That’s What Trump Cost Detroit.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
We really don't talk about the sunk costs Trump squandered. Billions and billions and billions of both public and private dollars wasted bc he's still humiliated he got beaten by Joe Biden.
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Mike Johnson compellingly making the case for abolishing ICE ...
Mike Johnson: "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do"
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Mike Johnson compellingly making the case for abolishing ICE ...
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Aaron Donald has been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, it was announced today. He is the 26th individual associated with University of Pittsburgh football to earn induction.
January 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Aaron Donald has been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, it was announced today. He is the 26th individual associated with University of Pittsburgh football to earn induction.
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Homan: "Are we arresting illegal aliens with no criminal history? We absolutely are."
January 14, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Homan: "Are we arresting illegal aliens with no criminal history? We absolutely are."
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From @josephinelee.bsky.social: 92% of private schools already enrolled in Texas’ voucher programs serving kids beyond kindergarten are religious. Our investigation found many of these exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids.
Texas Taxpayers Will Fund Dozens of Private Schools that Openly Discriminate
The state has signed off on voucher funds for schools that exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
From @josephinelee.bsky.social: 92% of private schools already enrolled in Texas’ voucher programs serving kids beyond kindergarten are religious. Our investigation found many of these exclude non-Christian and LGBTQ+ kids.