John Thompson
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Developer Trump's largest and most consequential building project ever is the erection of an unprecedented network of concentration camps across America. If any buildings bear his name, it should be these. Trump Concentration Camps. An indelible stain on our society.
February 10, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Developer Trump's largest and most consequential building project ever is the erection of an unprecedented network of concentration camps across America. If any buildings bear his name, it should be these. Trump Concentration Camps. An indelible stain on our society.
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Hey, Propaganda Barbie:
We aren’t moving on from people trafficking 10-year-old children and this administration covering it up.
Ever.
We aren’t moving on from people trafficking 10-year-old children and this administration covering it up.
Ever.
February 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Hey, Propaganda Barbie:
We aren’t moving on from people trafficking 10-year-old children and this administration covering it up.
Ever.
We aren’t moving on from people trafficking 10-year-old children and this administration covering it up.
Ever.
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The choice to frame this rhetorically as a negotiation *with ICE and DHS* rather than, you know, a decision about their future made by their rightful superiors in the popularly elected legislature is, to me, incredibly grating.
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 4:55 AM
The choice to frame this rhetorically as a negotiation *with ICE and DHS* rather than, you know, a decision about their future made by their rightful superiors in the popularly elected legislature is, to me, incredibly grating.
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That is correct. Since Republicans pre-funded ICE with a massive slush fund, they have given Dems no other choice but to leverage the rest of the DHS budget to get badly needed changes that a big majority of Americans want and will never get unless they take a stand now.
February 10, 2026 at 1:20 AM
That is correct. Since Republicans pre-funded ICE with a massive slush fund, they have given Dems no other choice but to leverage the rest of the DHS budget to get badly needed changes that a big majority of Americans want and will never get unless they take a stand now.
Trump is extorting Canada over new Gordie Howe Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.
Canada paid the entire cost of construction, and used American steel on the American side. But Trump won't let it open unless Canada pays the US billions.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canada paid the entire cost of construction, and used American steel on the American side. But Trump won't let it open unless Canada pays the US billions.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Trump threatens to block opening of new bridge between Ontario and Michigan | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge, poised to become the newest border crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Trump is extorting Canada over new Gordie Howe Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.
Canada paid the entire cost of construction, and used American steel on the American side. But Trump won't let it open unless Canada pays the US billions.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Canada paid the entire cost of construction, and used American steel on the American side. But Trump won't let it open unless Canada pays the US billions.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
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The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
“We cannot just abolish ICE!”
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
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WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
February 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
Shakespeare's take on immigration is still fresh, urgent, and moving. I was caught by surprise by it.
youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?...
youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?...
"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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February 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Shakespeare's take on immigration is still fresh, urgent, and moving. I was caught by surprise by it.
youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?...
youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?...
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OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥
February 7, 2026 at 4:23 AM
OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥
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Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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One of the antagonists in my book on John Doar is a segregationist judge in Mississippi named Harold Cox.
In 1964, Cox called black plaintiffs in his courtroom "a bunch of chimpanzees," a public comment which generated national outrage and a congressional effort to impeach him.
Today? Meh.
In 1964, Cox called black plaintiffs in his courtroom "a bunch of chimpanzees," a public comment which generated national outrage and a congressional effort to impeach him.
Today? Meh.
February 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
One of the antagonists in my book on John Doar is a segregationist judge in Mississippi named Harold Cox.
In 1964, Cox called black plaintiffs in his courtroom "a bunch of chimpanzees," a public comment which generated national outrage and a congressional effort to impeach him.
Today? Meh.
In 1964, Cox called black plaintiffs in his courtroom "a bunch of chimpanzees," a public comment which generated national outrage and a congressional effort to impeach him.
Today? Meh.
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Important thread on the Republicans latest attempt to rig the midterms.
February 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Important thread on the Republicans latest attempt to rig the midterms.
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I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
February 6, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I hope lawyers, secretaries of state, and state attorneys general are preparing for what’s coming.
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How it started: "America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions." [George Washington]
How it's going: "flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.... WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE." [Kristi Noem]
How it's going: "flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.... WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE." [Kristi Noem]
Secretary Noem Takes it On The Chin
From Judge Ana Reyes' opinion in Miot et al. v. Trump et al. (D.D.C.), a case challenging DHS' suspension of…
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February 6, 2026 at 2:17 AM
How it started: "America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions." [George Washington]
How it's going: "flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.... WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE." [Kristi Noem]
How it's going: "flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies.... WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE." [Kristi Noem]
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NEW: Trump's plan to steal the Midterms. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/trumps-pla...
Trump’s Plan to Nationalize Elections Using Fabricated Claims of Foreign Interference
A recent history of Donald's attempts to conjure up foreign election interference in an effort to seize voting machines and control elections in the name of national security.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:43 PM
NEW: Trump's plan to steal the Midterms. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/trumps-pla...
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Judge Reyes: Plaintiffs “are not, it emerges, ‘killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies.’ They are ... a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer's disease ... a software engineer at a national bank ... a lab assistant in a toxicology department ... a college economics major ... & a registered nurse."
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Judge Reyes: Plaintiffs “are not, it emerges, ‘killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies.’ They are ... a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer's disease ... a software engineer at a national bank ... a lab assistant in a toxicology department ... a college economics major ... & a registered nurse."
This eloquent, furious valedictory for the Washington Post Sports section is the best thing I've read all week.
Gift link from the Atlantic.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Gift link from the Atlantic.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
You Can’t Kill Swagger
My old corner of The Washington Post raised some of the best journalists in the business.
www.theatlantic.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
This eloquent, furious valedictory for the Washington Post Sports section is the best thing I've read all week.
Gift link from the Atlantic.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Gift link from the Atlantic.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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Another cool things about introverts - they're unlikely to join a cabal.
February 3, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Another cool things about introverts - they're unlikely to join a cabal.
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In secret deal, 4 days before inauguration, Abu Dhabi sheik’s entity invested $500M to get 49% of Trump family’s crypto company. $187M went to Trump family; $31M to Witkoff’s. In May Trump Adm gave 500K ultra-advanced AI chips to Abu Dhabi. (Gift article).
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:19 PM
In secret deal, 4 days before inauguration, Abu Dhabi sheik’s entity invested $500M to get 49% of Trump family’s crypto company. $187M went to Trump family; $31M to Witkoff’s. In May Trump Adm gave 500K ultra-advanced AI chips to Abu Dhabi. (Gift article).
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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The Department of Justice is not supposed to be a tool for the president to exact retribution on his perceived enemies.
The fact that we have to say that is outrageous.
The fact that we have to say that is outrageous.
February 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The Department of Justice is not supposed to be a tool for the president to exact retribution on his perceived enemies.
The fact that we have to say that is outrageous.
The fact that we have to say that is outrageous.
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The Kennedy Center has been in continuous operation for 55 years.
Trump and Ric Grenell destroyed it in one year by making it so toxic that nobody will perform there.
Now they have to shut it down like a Trump casino.
Trump and Ric Grenell destroyed it in one year by making it so toxic that nobody will perform there.
Now they have to shut it down like a Trump casino.
February 1, 2026 at 11:52 PM
The Kennedy Center has been in continuous operation for 55 years.
Trump and Ric Grenell destroyed it in one year by making it so toxic that nobody will perform there.
Now they have to shut it down like a Trump casino.
Trump and Ric Grenell destroyed it in one year by making it so toxic that nobody will perform there.
Now they have to shut it down like a Trump casino.
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Perfect depiction of life under authoritarian regime by Yulia.Gazui on Instagram.
New Years message in 2003 ➡️ 2026 in Russia.
New Years message in 2003 ➡️ 2026 in Russia.
January 31, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Perfect depiction of life under authoritarian regime by Yulia.Gazui on Instagram.
New Years message in 2003 ➡️ 2026 in Russia.
New Years message in 2003 ➡️ 2026 in Russia.