Thom Parker

Jon and Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed discuss the tensions between communities in his home state and his stance on Gaza. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social

988,000 people bought into Trump’s crypto scam. Maybe start there.

hi I’m your new press secretary and this is my first time reading words out loud www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Trump’s golf habit has cost at least $101.2 million, often at his own properties, and $20 million meant for border security and fallen officers’ memorials went to ads about him. Brazen grifting. Families stretching a paycheck should be furious. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption

Pete Hegseth says Americans will be able to watch a Trump-approved firing-squad execution. If he follows through, the U.S. could join a disturbing club of countries known for public executions—including Iran, Afghanistan, and North Korea.

Most people don't realize dumb is spelled with a B

Costs are way up for Michiganders thanks to Trump's reckless war. John James, Bill Huizenga, and Tom Barrett all voted for it over and over again. michiganindependent.com/politics/mic...

What is going on with our president? Calling people "THE ENEMY" for exercising their First Amendment rights is deeply disturbing. That's what autocratic leaders do, not American leaders. Doing so for such a trivial, vain matter is just nutty.

An article about West Michigan politics/voting. He’s Not Making Sense’: How Trump Has Alienated Voters for the G.O.P. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...

So, just to review. In roughly seven months the US has had to abandon all bases in the Middle East, flee from a British base, the petrodollar system that is the foundation for hegemony has collapsed, and we’re facing historical energy and food crises. Great work. www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/p...

Heartbreak in Springfield, Ohio. Please read this important reporting. It all begins with big lies and it ends with ethnic cleansing and deaths for which we must not only mourn but feel ashamed. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The Republican Party went from Abraham Lincoln to Donald Trump. No wonder they don't believe in evolution.

"Some were there because even though they had not known the young man personally, they 'are dedicated to standing in solidarity with his family and all of the other Haitian families who have come to Springfield seeking a place of safety,' the pastor said..." www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Trump's tax cuts and botched tariffs will add over a trillion to deficits over the next five years.

This is the GOP platform: let billionaires call the shots while the rest of us pay the price. www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...

NEW: In Congress, Mike Rogers repeatedly voted against expanding health coverage for tens of thousands of low-income children in Michigan. The expansion would have been paid for by Big Tobacco - an industry that supported Rogers' campaigns. www.metrotimes.com/news/mike-ro...

Flashback for Sept. 26, 2026 28 points 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

"The price of heating oil, a fuel that is very similar to diesel, is up roughly 60% since the start of the war in Iran on Feb. 28. "Many Americans are heading into a 'much more expensive' winter..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

Bobby McIlvaine was 26 when he died in the September 11 attacks. In 2021, Jennifer Senior wrote about grief, conspiracy theories, and one family’s search for meaning in the decades since 9/11. Revisit the Pulitzer Prize–winning story:

Mike Rogers is more than happy to fundraise with a racist former representative who said he couldn’t improve education outcomes in Michigan schools because “we can’t make an African American white.” #MISen

Trump called for a national boycott of a Canadian company that employs hundreds of Americans at plants in Kansas and Indiana, which pays their bills and feeds their families. Which would put them all out of work if successful. On Labor Day. Because he’s mad at Mark Carney.

Donald Trump once again shows his contempt for working-class Americans by taking a cheap shot at UAW President Shawn Fain. As a reminder, the UAW represents more than 300,000 active and retired workers in Michigan.

One in five community college students across the country are high school students because of the rapid growth of young people taking college classes before graduating high school — but not in Michigan. www.ottawanewsnetwork.org/dual-enrollm...

A tale of two Labor Day messages today

Let’s go Western Michigan University football! #theGOLDstandard 🐴🏈

Vote for Real Conservatives this November, vote for Democrats!! Check out the video if you don't get it, there is nothing Conservative about today's Republicans.

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Trump: "Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating. I call it mail-in cheating." Headline: "Trump Votes by Mail Again in Florida." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...

Trump pissed on the graves of a lot of Korean War vets today.

I hate what the criminal Republican Party does to good people. They’re proud to support a lying megalomaniacal crook and keep the lid on the Epstein files to protect him

Excited to see Six!

“the boss wants this money" from @wsj.com, a deep dive into the extortion operation run out of the White House gift link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Some more thoughts about the regime's attack on history, from yesterday's livestream, "History Matters." For the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKES...

The unnecessary years-long U.S. war on Iraq with a WMD pretext that a Republican POTUS declared won and done six weeks in. And now an unnecessary U.S. war on Iran with a WMD pretext the Republican president declared won and done for the 39th time fifteen weeks in, six weeks ago.

This is another step towards a one-party state: only give government grants to your political friends www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

I did a little somethin’ somethin’ today. 🗣️🗞️ #GoodTrouble Bill Huizenga accused of enriching himself, brother while in Congress www.metrotimes.com/news/politic...

AIPAC and other outside groups have spent nearly $50 million in support of Haley Stevens in the Michigan Senate primary. They're among the biggest dark money spenders this year. Watch.

Thanks to Republicans in Congress and Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill"... An Indiana 40-year old, making $65k per year, who last year was paying $316/month for health insurance, will next year be paying $546/month for that same plan: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

1/ On July 12, 1804—the day after his duel with Aaron Burr—Alexander Hamilton died, at 2:00 in the afternoon. It took several tries to get a clergyman to deliver last rites. Dueling was seen as a sin.

Guess who’s available and eligible to run for Lindsey Graham’s U.S. Senate seat? Your move, South Carolina.

"In nearly every state, the official humanities nonprofits created by a congress to help make history and literature accessible to all Americans had to give up their 250th anniversary planning when DOGE pulled their federal funding..." www.notus.org/agencies/dog...

Happy Independence Day from the Parker House. Fun Fact: Our home, built 1900, has stood for half of our nation’s history. #America250 📜✍️🗽🧨🎇🎆🇺🇸

So weird to watch the Trump administration trying so hard to dissuade Americans from rooting for their own World Cup team by crudely and opportunisticaly turning that team into mascots for fascism.

There is, literally, always a tweet.

Things usually go well after surrender treaties signed at Versailles