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T.J. Payne

@thomaspayne.bsky.social

West Coast life, News junkie, sports enthusiast, dog lover, Pisces, and GenX Military Veteran of Iraq & Afghanistan #resist 'Democray Dies In Dumbness'

created December 1, 2023

2,728 followers 1,090 following 3,676 posts

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Profile picture Michael D (@saltymichael.bsky.social) reposted

The vets they should be arresting are named, Flynn, Bannon, and North. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

2/9/2025, 11:48:34 AM | 11 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Here comes a lot of pomp over changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

2/9/2025, 12:27:12 PM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social) reply parent

I won't be surprised if Trump had a stroke. They rushed him to a car and reporters noticed he was unable to speak. His hand looks a lot worse, too.

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2/9/2025, 3:24:05 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Carrie (@carriescubby.bsky.social) reposted

Do I have to be awake? This morning’s Sunrise off the back if the boat at work.

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1/9/2025, 2:31:24 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Rumbling in Washington D.C. that Donald Trump is dead. No confirmation but he hasn't been seen in public for several days and looked deathly ill. Speculation increased after the White House released a video of Trump from June 28th and said it was today. www.youtube.com/shorts/E1rh9...

30/8/2025, 10:30:47 PM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Conservatives and their stupid blue law outrage. You think that’s scandalous? I saw a woman PAY with a credit card and her husband was NOT AROUND!!!!

29/8/2025, 2:34:36 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Phil Yabut (@philliefan99.bsky.social) reposted

National Guardsmen checking out the foot traffic in a mostly empty Union Station retail concourse. #DC #FreeDC #HandsOffDC #DCStatehood

National Guardsmen in combat fatigues watching over a balcony at Washington's Union Station
29/8/2025, 2:26:30 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ahmad Childress (@ahmadchildress.bsky.social) reposted

Excellent response.

28/8/2025, 8:15:53 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social) reply parent

I think he has a sick agenda 🤢

28/8/2025, 5:57:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Conservatives view facts as a bias as they look to take down Wikipedia

28/8/2025, 5:44:12 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social) reply parent

I know spiritual atheists, so yes.

28/8/2025, 5:06:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social) reply parent

Being Trans and hating Donald Trump is not exclusive to the left or right.

28/8/2025, 5:04:20 PM | 22 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

This is what happens when people with no morals or self awareness elect someone just to punish the smart people they hate for making them feel stupid.

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28/8/2025, 4:54:32 PM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Only in America do we have veterans getting arrested for exercising their First Amendment rights. While other veterans are getting honored for their participation in a coup attempt against the government, they swore an oath too.

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28/8/2025, 3:07:02 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Why are we honoring terrorists?

28/8/2025, 2:51:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Just Jack (@just-jack-1.bsky.social) reposted

Saying you need an AR-15 to hunt is like saying you need dynamite to fish. Stop the nonsense.

28/8/2025, 2:01:37 PM | 3624 768 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Absolutely adorable

28/8/2025, 2:48:01 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Typical Trump, taking credit for Biden era improvements

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28/8/2025, 12:41:52 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted

Ashley Babbit dishonored her service by committing insurrection against her country. While her death is absolutely tragic and I wish it hadn’t happened, the Air Force giving her honors is in itself a dishonor.

28/8/2025, 12:02:27 PM | 30944 7180 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Carrie (@carriescubby.bsky.social) reposted

US FIREARMS ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH OF AMERICAN CHILDREN.

28/8/2025, 12:35:08 PM | 9 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social) reply parent

Once you realize Kirk just pretends to be Eric Cartmen from South Parks, it all makes a lot more sense.

28/8/2025, 12:35:01 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Clay Ranck (@clayranck.bsky.social) reposted

wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them? This is an insane person.

Acyn @Acyn X.com RFK JR: I'm looking at kids as I walk through the airports today...and I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, inflammation-you can tell from their faces, movements, and lack of social connection TEXAS
27/8/2025, 10:56:45 PM | 20753 4871 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Paul Eric Scannell (@pauleric70.bsky.social) reposted

Lucas sanders Remember Ed “Big Balls” Coristine—the teenager who worked tech ops for Elon Musk’s DOGE project? He is now under FBI investigation for data theft. He was the same 19-year-old who was linked to a cybercrime ring earlier this year. Now he’s accused of stealing federal data.

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28/8/2025, 12:02:29 AM | 108 69 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Phillip Reid (@pwreid.bsky.social) reposted

Trump administration says CDC chief ousted, but her lawyer says she hasn’t resigned or been fired www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trum...

28/8/2025, 4:50:21 AM | 1 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Starr County officials violated Lizelle Gonzalez’s constitutional rights by investigating, indicting, and arresting her for an abortion despite Texas’ ban on such prosecutions #abortion #rights

28/8/2025, 12:03:45 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

American hero stops terrorists during violent insurrection. Jan 6, 2021.

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28/8/2025, 11:22:54 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Corey Frayer (@csfrayer.bsky.social) reposted

Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.

27/8/2025, 8:22:22 PM | 5349 2631 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

4chan and Kiwi Farms have filed a legal case against the UK Online Safety Act enforcer, Ofcom. Probably because their target demo are dumb morons and edgy teenagers #tech

27/8/2025, 8:52:29 PM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 👣COCA👣 🇺🇦 (@nortygirl.bsky.social) reposted

Photo of the day.....

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27/8/2025, 7:34:47 PM | 113 24 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

H.R.5054 - To amend section 1951 of title 18, United States Code (commonly known as the Hobbs Act), and for other purposes. This is about legalizing the ability to mess with interstate commerce, take property by force, and legally accept bribes. Sounds about right for unethical conservatives.

27/8/2025, 7:14:51 PM | 3 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Trump orders FEMA to immediately fire employee that criticized him with cited sources.

27/8/2025, 7:04:16 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Whose laughing now, Jeanine, Whose laughing now? 🤣🤣🤣

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27/8/2025, 6:59:47 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

OCPs and High Visibility Vests while picking up trash. I guess crime can wait. #WashingtonDC

27/8/2025, 6:52:26 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

So the sandwich guy beat the wrap.

27/8/2025, 6:48:59 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

End Gun Violence Now!

27/8/2025, 6:47:24 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) reposted

Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.

27/8/2025, 3:59:49 PM | 24881 7760 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

It’s a massive waste of their time, but if Trump wants to deploy the National Guard to every major city in order to pick up trash, I could get behind that.

27/8/2025, 5:45:22 PM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

National Guard are being used for trash removal and landscaping at the White House, not to "fight crime". #DCOCCUPATION

27/8/2025, 5:40:00 PM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

The American people demanded science, safety, and common sense, so RFK Jr. bans covid vaccine based on zero scientific research, making us less safe, and completely lacking common sense. #health

27/8/2025, 5:18:37 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

At least two children were killed in a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis. The shooter shot through the windows then turned the gun on themselves. 17 other students were injured. No motive is known. #Minnesota #gunviolence

27/8/2025, 4:28:11 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

They had to lettuce him go! Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent #justice

27/8/2025, 4:01:04 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

I question why anyone related to science was still using Twitter. The days of social media influence are long gone, regardless of the service. The real trend is rejecting digital media entirely and going back to analog. #tech #bluesky

27/8/2025, 3:51:56 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Bullwark (@bullwark.bsky.social) reposted

I can not for the life of me imagine trying to teach 30 kids glued to Mr. Beast and Jake Paul videos for 30k a year, I would burn the building down

25/8/2025, 3:28:28 PM | 504 39 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Being on bluesky since the early days, it's been fun watching the service grow. Although it doesn't yet have an easy method to track trends, you can use Blue Facts to see the top posters, hot topics, and track your own stats. #bluesky #stats

27/8/2025, 3:33:11 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

All the blame for our current government problems is because the press put profit before truth #media #politics

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27/8/2025, 1:46:39 PM | 1 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

There is no hate like Christian love, as a Minnesota woman who was charged for using a racial slur against a Black child sees her fundraising campaign pass $800,000 to her goal of one million. #Racism

27/8/2025, 11:36:38 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Trump's favorite son, Big Balls, aka Edward Coristine, when not trying to harass children sexually, has been busy copying millions of Social Security numbers to sell on the black market. #SocialSecurity #Crime #DOGE

27/8/2025, 11:33:47 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

U.S. orange juice shipments plummet as Canadians find Florida OJ hard to swallow. Due to tariffs placed by Trump, the beverage is currently averaging $4.50 in middle America, resulting in a limited number of buyers who can afford such a luxury purchase. #Business #tariffs

27/8/2025, 11:27:51 AM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Democrats flip Iowa state Senate seat with a 20% swing, breaking GOP supermajority. The core issue was the Republicans' policies hurting the farming industry. #Iowa #politics

27/8/2025, 11:24:20 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Graham Platner for Senate (@grahamformaine.bsky.social) reposted

Nothing pisses me off more than getting a fundraising text from Democrats talking about how they’re fighting fascism… Because it’s such bullshit. We’re not idiots. Everyone knows most of them aren’t doing jack shit right now to fight back.

20/8/2025, 9:17:09 PM | 727 166 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Graham Platner for Senate (@grahamformaine.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

People are being kidnapped into unmarked vans by masked police. There is a genocide happening in Palestine. Literal billionaires have taken over our government. And all Democratic leadership can do is send us another fundraising text?

20/8/2025, 9:17:09 PM | 682 144 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ahmad Childress (@ahmadchildress.bsky.social) reposted

I can't believe some of you voted for these morons.

27/8/2025, 3:12:03 AM | 11 4 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

How to ruin your career instantly, Chris Prat On Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - "I love him"

26/8/2025, 8:33:52 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis took to social media on Tuesday to congratulate pop icon Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce on their engagement – and not-so-subtly hint at his credentials as a wedding officiant.

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26/8/2025, 8:32:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) reposted

My current favorite bit of right-wing Christian hypocrisy is Ken Paxton, a man whose wife is divorcing him for adultery, forcing Texas schools to unconstitutionally post "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

26/8/2025, 4:14:01 PM | 19312 7167 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted

Attempting to rig elections on his behalf. Turning the military on citizens. Toying with the idea of declaring martial law. Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

26/8/2025, 6:31:06 PM | 18094 5526 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

I'm not a jewelry expert at all, but that big ass ring Taylor Swift is wearing looks to be worth more than my house. As a Broncos fan, anything that distracts the Chiefs from winning is good for me!

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26/8/2025, 5:55:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social) reply parent

people.com/taylor-swift...

26/8/2025, 5:33:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

In the least surprising news of the year, Travis Kelce proposed to Taylor Swift and she said yes.

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26/8/2025, 5:33:31 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Critics warn of top sports becoming a ‘second-by-second gambling opportunity’ as new study shared with the Guardian reveals scale of marketing blitz #sports #gambling

26/8/2025, 4:52:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's horrific, the living conditions and the abusive environment.

26/8/2025, 12:33:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That kitten is adorable.

26/8/2025, 11:28:12 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oklahoma man arrested after 11-year-old stepdaughter gives birth, mother charged with enabling abuse Dustin Walker was charged with sexual abuse of a child under 12, while the girl's mother, Cherie Walker, was charged with enabling child sexual abuse, according to court documents. #oklahoma

26/8/2025, 11:27:38 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) reposted

This is replacing a previous post: A Veteran was detained outside of the White House by Secret Service after burning an American flag.

26/8/2025, 12:34:08 AM | 862 289 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Just dictator things, Trump hangs giant banner on Department of Labor building

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26/8/2025, 12:35:47 AM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted

Trump says immigrants must prove ‘good moral character’ — this from the guy who paid hush money to a porn star, stole from his own charity, and tried to overturn an election.

25/8/2025, 5:45:25 PM | 4194 1077 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tuck The Frumpers (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) reposted

US Citizen Detained by ICE During Raid on CA Farm Is Suing Trump Administration

25/8/2025, 5:59:38 PM | 86 25 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) reposted

he literally thinks he is a king. i mean, this entire media blitz for when he signs executive orders is meant to create the impression that they are royal decrees

25/8/2025, 3:35:54 PM | 7300 1568 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) reposted

Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."

25/8/2025, 4:24:33 PM | 48351 12122 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

This 👇

25/8/2025, 4:48:47 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Republicans are crying as usual as they try and fail to hurt the State of Colorado as much as possible.

25/8/2025, 4:16:10 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

The Trump administration has eliminated a Biden-era program that would have pumped $125 million into Alaska to deploy solar power onto urban rooftops and into rural communities.

25/8/2025, 4:12:00 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

JFC, over 735,000 Alabamians are participating in SNAP, and receive on average under $200 per person per month in benefits.

25/8/2025, 4:10:51 PM | 4 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture ScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 (@susanmcgraw88.bsky.social) reposted

THIS! 👇🏻👇🏻❗❗ #FEMA was established to help people in times of disaster. It should not surprise anyone at this juncture that #47 is dismantling #FEMA but it should raise extreme concern and a legal fight back! #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #Pinks #BlueEarth @walkerbragman.bsky.social

25/8/2025, 3:03:04 PM | 141 95 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Phil Yabut (@philliefan99.bsky.social) reposted

Stephen Miller is an idiot, a racist, and an asshole (not in any particular order).

25/8/2025, 3:28:08 PM | 7 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Now Trump wants to collect more stocks from major companies #business

25/8/2025, 3:31:46 PM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social) reposted

Let’s be clear about what is happening: This man is being punished — and disappeared — because he embarrassed our pretender king. They trumped up a criminal case against him because he was embarrassing.

25/8/2025, 1:07:27 PM | 5088 1834 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matthew Gertz (@mattgertz.bsky.social) reposted

1) ABC/NBC should lose license or pay hefty fees because their reporting is mean to him. 2) MD should maybe lose bridge repair funds because Wes Moore was mean to him. 3) The feds should investigate Chris Christie for Bridgegate because he was mean to him.

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25/8/2025, 1:24:35 PM | 10178 3450 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Phil Yabut (@philliefan99.bsky.social) reposted

Hitler took his own life after Berlin was surrounded. Japan was bombed into submission. Mussolini was strung up. None of that was negotiated.

24/8/2025, 4:46:24 PM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) reposted

The Second Amendment wasn’t written for executive orders and barbed wire around the Capitol—it was written to ensure a well-regulated militia that answers to the people and their states. Today, that balance is being pulled apart. My latest: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/who-really...

25/8/2025, 2:14:50 PM | 7504 2656 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Burning a flag is the proper method of disposing of it.

25/8/2025, 2:38:31 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

MAGA loves this so-called crackdown, but not because it’s making D.C. safe. It's that they love that it’s making D.C. miserable. They appear to know the victims of this charade aren’t criminals, but ordinary people just trying to live their lives and celebrate it.

25/8/2025, 2:34:57 PM | 2 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

The check-in with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Baltimore was part of the conditions of his Friday release from federal custody on parole. This is pure cruelty at this point.

25/8/2025, 2:31:56 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@cajunblue.bsky.social) reposted

🚨 San Diego sends ICE packing! Power to the People! ✊🏼 Love seeing white people standing up. 1/2

24/8/2025, 8:50:26 PM | 7980 2760 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Standing up is hard to do, but it must be done. Staying silent is not an option. #resist

25/8/2025, 1:42:25 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) reposted

I have no children and therefore no grandchildren, but I need to be able to look at myself in the mirror and sleep at night.

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Profile picture Mother Jones (@motherjones.com) reposted

Starting in September, Gov. Greg Abbott and GOP lawmakers will make it even harder in Texas to prevent school shootings, suicides, and murders by domestic abusers www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

25/8/2025, 12:20:17 AM | 8324 3787 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Racists gonna racist. Republicans ban grants to non-white colleges to hurt people of color.

25/8/2025, 1:33:10 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

I saw so many great signs that were similar to this over the week.

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25/8/2025, 12:48:01 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) reposted

This is what autocrats say and do. Some threats he intends to carry out, others are just meant to intimidate to produce a change in behavior caused by fear. Every day we move closer to autocracy. Who will be fearless & fight, who will ignore it and hide, & who will bend the knee?

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25/8/2025, 10:44:45 AM | 6805 2354 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture T.J. Payne (@thomaspayne.bsky.social)

Major win for Ultra Right Wing Colleges who now can now ban students who don't follow their ever changing unethical codes. #LGBTQ

25/8/2025, 12:34:24 PM | 1 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Waymore (@supinejennings.bsky.social) reposted

Tonight, 7:30pm EST.

Marcus Haworth (Reuters) photo credit CNN- ‘Orange balls of light streak across the sky over Turks and Caicos Islands, the result of debris from a SpaceX Starship spacecraft that exploded after launching from Texas on Thursday (01/16/2025)”.
25/8/2025, 10:11:13 AM | 7 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Ahmad Childress (@ahmadchildress.bsky.social) reposted

The guest book from the Anne Frank house.

25/8/2025, 7:15:37 AM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jeff Cox (@jeffcox.bsky.social) reposted

Florida bans "The Diary of Anne Frank" in school libraries. Whoever made this decision should have to eat every page of that amazing book, page by page.

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Profile picture Michelle 🪷🇲🇽🇺🇸🌵 (@chicana74.bsky.social) reposted

The paint on the Mexico side of the wall is so much prettier

25/8/2025, 3:35:48 AM | 8273 1740 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) reposted

Tech oligarchs oppose the idea of any supposedly undeserving person getting financial help from the government in 2025. But they want you to believe they’ll give *everyone* free money in the future. It doesn’t make any sense, but it’s the techno-utopian lie they will keep selling.

Elon Musk &X @elonmusk • 12h Your estimates are about right. .... However, intelligent robots in humanoid form will far exceed the population of humans, as every person will want their own personal R2-D2 and C-3РО. And then there will be many robots in industry for every human to provide products & services. Özden Duran @ @zdenDuran14-11h When robots replace working people, how will those who become unemployed sustain their lives? 16. 1719 贝 企 Elon Musk & X @elonmusk X.com There will be universal high income (not merely basic income). Everyone will have the best medical care, food, home, transport and everything else. Sustainable abundance. 2:02 PM • 8/24/25 • 268K Views
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Profile picture Micah (@rincewind.run) reposted

the thing I love about Zohran’s campaign is that instead of “this place fucking sucks and I alone can fix it” his message is “being a New Yorker rules, we live in the best city in the world, let’s make it even better together” show some damn pride in the places you want to govern

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Profile picture Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) reposted

This hits right on time… My wife and I had the great privilege of visiting the African-American Museum in DC, and let me just tell you if you have not been…It is a masterpiece—go.

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Nate Cavanaugh, DOGE-installed president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, told Fox News in May that DOGE couldn’t figure out why Halimi was being paid. But ProPublica found that Cavanaugh had already been sent detailed records outlining Halimi’s work at USIP.

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Profile picture LorennaCleary.bsky.social (@lorennacleary.bsky.social) reposted

Trade deals and child hostages of war are totally the same thing if um you’re a child sex trafficker.

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