James Thompson

James Thompson

@jasthompson2.bsky.social

Cat aficionado, husband, father, grandfather, uncle. OH 26, MA 33, IL 19. McGovern Dem. Breast cancers. Pace/defib wearer. New pastimes: Google Photos & Ancestry. Boris above. Loonie swimming.

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As a former teacher, I never scrubbed in for a gender reassignment surgery, but I did instruct the kids on how to get the window screens off in case of an active shooter…

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El-Sayed on Trump's cognitive tests: "I went to medical school...In my neurology unit, I would have to give that MoCA exam...The only people that you give a MoCA test to are people who you worry may have cognitive deficits. By definition, if you're taking one of those tests, something's wrong."

#CatsofBluesky #Caturday We drove to central Michigan yesterday to close down the catio until spring. This morning, 40° and very foggy at 8am. By 11, the sun is breaking through, but Boris is unenthused

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Hundreds of lawyers are spending election week in war rooms & courthouses, ready to file at a moment's notice More than a dozen national firms are in it w/ @democracydefendersaction.org & our complaints are already written Bring it on More @financialtimes.com👇 -TN

ft.comArmies of lawyers prepare to stop interference in US midtermsHundreds of attorneys to work with election integrity groups owing to fears of meddling in next month’s vote

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Slavecatchers then, ICE today! Today is the 167th anniversary of the raid on Harper's Ferry. John Brown led a 22 man group to seize the federal armory hoping to spark an armed revolt against the racist slavocracy. The raid wasn't a success, but a flashpoint in the larger abolitionist movement.

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You either believe, as many Republicans claim, that Trump wants to do what’s right on Russia-Ukraine but keeps making bad decisions that helps Russia & hurts Ukraine. Or you believe that Trump has always been on Putin’s side. The former just proves you are a fool or dishonest.

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But Trump says this isn’t happening because his good friend President Xi told him that it wasn’t and Trump said Xi would never lie to him because he respects him too much.

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WELKER: Do you believe Democrats should impeach President Trump should they take back the House? WARNOCK: Listen, Donald Trump is a crook. And he's gotta go. And the people who are enabling him, they all have to be held accountable.

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In other words: “You brown people should be grateful to live in a country where the vice-president calls you weasels in public”

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JD Vance calls El-Sayed "a little weasel who should shut his mouth and show a little gratitude"

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Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian olive harvesters in Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah, injuring several people, including American journalist Heidi Levine, and setting fire to cars and olive trees. Israeli army on the scene shot one Palestinian in the leg. Oren Ziv reports @mekomit.bsky.social

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“It looks dangerously like the construction of an internal spying agency...” "It’s also a weapon that the government will likely use against not only undocumented immigrants, but everyone else, too. That includes political enemies, intelligence experts said... prospect.org/2026/10/14/i...

prospect.orgICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program - The American ProspectUnder ERO ONE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 142 intelligence contractors with top secret clearances and deploy them in cities across the country.

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“Today I was brutally attacked by … at least 50 masked men and slingshots …. “I was attacked, pushed to the ground. … Luckily I had my flak jacket and helmet; otherwise I probably wouldn't even be here because they kept kicking me and kicking me, probably like 50 times.”

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Heidi Levine in the hospital recounts the settler attack this morning (Video: West Bank Activist Andrey X)

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Republican politicians are *obsessed* with schoolchildren coming home a different gender because of pro-trans teachers, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS. But they are completely indifferent to schoolchildren not coming home *at all* because of guns, WHICH HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!

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Pretty clear that Trump/Hegseth are doing everything they can to force Ukraine to surrender to Putin by withholding all US assistance while actively helping fund the Russian war machine to kill as many civilians as possible including kids. What a dark, evil chapter in US history.

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Trump, Witkoff, Kushner, musk, are doing everything to help terrorist Russia murder Ukrainians. Siding with terrorists, restricting Starlink on top of funding genocide. This is beyond outrageous

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Billions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate...then were told to lay off. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

bloomberg.comCFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil TradesChairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.

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Mind you, if Ukraine keeps bombing Russian data centres and thus disrupts Russian digital campaigns aiming to boost MAGA in the run-up to the midterms, Trump will soon say that Ukraine is interfering in the US politics. Because how else to describe the disruption of Russian pro-Trump info ops?

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To be clear, the orange felon has always been a criminal, he’s always been a fascist, he’s always been a racist, he’s always been a rapist, he’s always been in bed with Russia, he’s always been a traitor and the American state media have always normalized him. Wake TF up before it’s too late.