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Thomas Avant

@tcavant.bsky.social

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Writer, Progressive Southerner, Liberal Democracy Proponent Book: https://www.amazon.com/Damaged-People-Narcissism-Foundation-Dysfunctional/dp/0578821664 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/damaged-people-thomas-avant/1138874224 Substack: tcavant.substack.com

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Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · Feb 16

My book is available at Barnes & Noble also.

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Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 2h

I’m still trying to fathom how a judicial body (SCOTUS) could possibly rule, in good faith, that the Biden Administration engaged in presidential overreach with its student loan forgiveness plan; yet there’s been no intervention to stop this gangster regime from any of its unlawful acts.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h

Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.

It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.

It corrupts our political system every day.

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Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 12h

Unfortunately, rightwing extremism has cells across the globe.

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Forbestonow @forbestonow.bsky.social · Jun 3

Thank you, @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
The people who are dying as a result of Trump and Musk's cruelty should not be voiceless. All who speak up for them are doing humanity's basic work - seeing even humans who are not directly connected to them.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 3

wow -- @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com chokes up while talking about how the Trump administration is killing kids who relied on USAID to get life-saving medicine

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Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 1d

…the party who’s the friend of law enforcement, eh. He wasn’t convicted in the second impeachment and banned from ever holding office again; nor was he convicted for his role in facilitating a violent coup attempt to overthrow a duly-elected government. Only in a dysfunctional society…

Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly! Malignant narcissists such as Trump destroy everyone/everything around them. What’s good for their fragile ego, isn’t good for society. For any willing to extend blind loyalty, they are the thief of souls and dignity. Anyone who associates with them forfeits their identity/independence.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

He did everything he possibly could to overturn the election & stay in power - threatening his VP, Govs & Secs of States, organizing a mob to storm the Capitol. He knew if he ordered a military coup they would’ve refused & he would’ve been tried for treason. That’s why he left.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 2d

Mamdani hasn’t been elected yet and he’s already driving criminals out of New York.

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Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 2d

Good riddance; one less narcissistic psychopath in NYC. The rightwing haters will continue to hate. They and the corporate Dems fear democratic socialism, because once people get a sniff of it, it will be popular; and will signal the end of servicing donors above people. It’s time for change.

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Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks!

Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 3d

I followed and subscribed on Substack. Thanks!

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Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 3d

That article was actually written by Morgan Freeman on Substack. I’ve written some similar pieces. Feel free to share anything I’ve written on Substack. Here is my profile link and a link to a mental health piece I wrote as well:

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Thomas Avant/Cultural Musings | Substack

Writer, Self-published Author, Progressive Southerner, Proponent of Liberal Democracy

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 3d

Every dollar for Trump’s ego is a dollar stolen from working families.
#TrumpHatesOurHealthCare

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Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 3d

“Trump’s public life reads like…textbook case of grandiose narcissism reinforced by power. Praise operates as oxygen; contradiction as suffocation…relationships are mirrors, not bridges. When admiration wanes, he must create new spectacle…to reflect himself again.”

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The Company He Keeps: Donald Trump’s Friends, Fixers, and False Gods

An exposé on power, loyalty, and the illusion of friendship.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely outrageous!! 😡

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Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 3d

It’s all about the pathological grift for Trump and Project 2025…pure evil.

Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 3d

France is a functional democracy, where educated voters hold their elected officials accountable. We are an anti-intellectual fascist/oligarchical/plutocratic/authoritarian kleptocracy, and 40% of our voters, the Supreme Court, and the legislative body support handing our democracy over to fascism.

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Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 4d

We’re in a kleptocratic oligarchy, which is what happens when the voters willingly give power back to a convicted felon, career criminal, and narcissistic psychopath.

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · 4d

The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.

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Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 5d

We constantly hear political pundits and politicians argue against universal healthcare, with lies and propaganda to convince the American public that it shouldn’t demand what every other advanced nation provides its citizens as a basic fundamental right.

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The Case for a Wealth Tax

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Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 5d

According to a recent YouGov poll, 69% of Americans think partisan gerrymandering should be illegal and only 9% think it should be legal.

This shows how far out of step John Roberts and the other 5 SCOTUS radicals are with the values and views of justice of the majority of Americans.

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Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 5d

Julius Ames:

“Is it not sufficient for man to absorb the useful labors and lives of…” animals “without superadding excessive anguish, want and misery?…of the…animals, generations…suffer and expire without any chance of relief or redress, unless it be granted by the generosity and justice of man.”

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 6d

Donald,

We are not afraid of you, because even with the greatest seat of power, you are a spectacularly small man.

We are not afraid of you because you are not worthy of our fear; because that would mean respecting you—and we do not.

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We The People Are Not Afraid of You, Donald.

A Declaration of Decent Americans

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Thomas Avant @tcavant.bsky.social · 6d

Joseph Wood Krutch in The Modern Temper:

“Killing ‘for sport’ is the perfect type of that pure evil for which metaphysicians have sometimes sought…the killer…prefers death to life, darkness to light. He gets nothing except the satisfaction of saying, ‘Something that wanted to live is dead.’”

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

Make it make sense. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

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