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Tom Gallagher
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TomGallagherwrites.com, Socialist, Dodger fan, Admirer of cats, Co-conspirator of Beards
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 5d
Trump earlier this year and Trump today.
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 6d
No mind could make Trump up. No one's that sick.
Trump posts AI video of him dumping poop on us. I can't believe I wrote that. | Opinion
President Donald Trump responded to the 'No Kings' protests like a mad king, posting a grotesque AI video showing him dumping poop on protesters.
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 6d
Useful
A Timeline of US Attacks in the Caribbean and What Congress Has Had to Say
In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed 32 people in strikes against drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea.
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 7d
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A Boston Restaurant Displayed Whitey Bulger’s Mug Shot. An Uproar Ensued.
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 7d
"Ms. Orduna says she has gained a new respect for sea otters.

She is also looking forward to surfing again, “but maybe not at Steamer Lane.”
Sea Otters Are Stealing Surfboards in California. Again.
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 7d
"The top 10 percent of U.S. households now account for nearly half of all spending, Moody’s Analytics recently estimated, the highest share since the late 1980s. Consumer sentiment has climbed among high earners but steadily fallen for other groups."
Wealthy Americans Are Spending. People With Less Are Struggling.
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 7d
And this clown claims to be an opponent of the "Deep State?"
CIA playing ‘most important part’ in US strikes in the Caribbean, sources say
Exclusive: Sources say the agency is providing real-time intelligence collected by satellites and signal intercepts
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 7d
"What is more important, though: the differences between how humans and other animals understand death, or the similarities? To me it is the latter. The common essence of life’s preciousness and the finality of its loss."
How Animals Understand Death
Intimations of mortality are not ours alone
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 8d
This year's Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archive talk. Speaks of her continuing efforts to seek justice for the Pinochet government's murder of her husband Charles, the subject of Costa Gavras's film "Missing." Compares measures taken by Pinochet government and Trump administration.
Susman Lecture 2025 : Joyce Horman
YouTube video by Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 9d
In posting this I just learned that there are actually 8 panels to the Sunday Doonesbury, but the SF Chronicle doesn't print the first 2.
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 10d
"at least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN!” Mr. Trump wrote."
Santos Is Released After Trump Commutes His Sentence
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 10d
I gather this one may actually have merit. If so, couldn't happen to a nicer -- in the first Trump administration he was the only one I regarded as possibly worse then Trump himself. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bolton pleads not guilty to charges of sharing classified information
Donald Trump's former national security adviser is accused of using personal messaging apps and email to share sensitive information.
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 11d
Perhaps a cabinet position?
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11d
Breaking News: President Trump commuted the prison sentence of George Santos, the New York Republican who was expelled from Congress. Santos had reported to prison in July after he was sentenced to serve more than 7 years for financial fraud. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
George Santos, wearing sunglasses, a gray suit jacket, and a navy sweater vest over a patterned tie, stands outdoors. A headline reads: "Trump Says He Is Commuting George Santos’s Fraud Sentence." Photo by Adam Gray for The New York Times.
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 11d
When will they ever learn?
Poison Cigars, Propaganda and Coups Litter C.I.A. History in Latin America
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 12d
In case you didn't think CA Prop 50 was necessary.
What the justices signaled in a Supreme Court case that could reshape electoral maps
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority signaled it could upend a central pillar of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The question at the heart of arguments is whether lawmakers can use race as a factor w...
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 13d
"Mr. Trump addressed the issue again, saying Hamas had “taken out a couple of gangs that were very bad ... That didn’t bother me very much, to be honest.” No doubt jealous that Hamas is a couple of steps ahead of him.
With Truce in Place, Hamas Pursues Bloody Crackdown on Rivals in Gaza
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 13d
Mamdani Delivers a Direct Message to Trump During Contentious Fox News Interview
Mamdani Delivers a Direct Message to Trump During Contentious Fox News Interview
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani delivers a direct message to Trump and Cuomo on Fox News.
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 13d
Everything, everywhere, all at once!
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13d
Trump confirms that he authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela
Trump confirms that he authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela
Move by US marks sharp escalation in efforts to pressure Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro’s regime Donald Trump confirmed reports on Wednesday that he authorized the CIA to conduct covert operations in Venezuela, marking a sharp escalation in US efforts to pressure President Nicolás Maduro’s regime. The New York Times first reported the classified directive, citing US officials familiar with the decision. Continue reading...
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · 17d
What a surprise, eh?
Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout
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The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · 22d
Read Newsweek’s coverage of the report here. [END] www.newsweek.com/war-gaza-cos...
The war in Gaza cost the US over $30B—Most of it sent to Israel: Report
"In a normal year, Israel would get $3.8 billion in U.S. military aid," William Hartung told Newsweek.
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The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · 22d
BREAKING: The post-10/7 wars have killed or injured at least 236,505 people in Gaza alone. The U.S. has spent over $31 billion and counting in the wider region since Oct. 7, 2023, where millions have been displaced, according to new Costs of War research. [THREAD]

Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025
Photo by Heidi Levine (July 30, 2025) showing an aerial view of Gaza destruction, taken during a Royal Jordanian military flight for a humanitarian aid mission.
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · Sep 24
Podcast with a host I know from the 1969 November Action Coalition: "MIT, world scab; Shut down the I Lab!" The rhymes came easy in those days.
Ep 355 Tom Gallagher DSA, Mamdani, and Us | RevolutionZ
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · Sep 24
You're been more generous than I'm inclined to be in quoting her at face value. She has opted to show nothing on the question, either during the campaign or since.
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Tom Gallagher @tgtgtgtgtg5.bsky.social · Sep 22
Who here thinks this man plans to allow normal elections next year?
davidcorn.bsky.social David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · Sep 21
Donald Trump: Charlie Kirk "did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them. That's where I disagree with Charlie. I hate my opponent, and I don't want the best for them."

In 2023, Kirk called for the execution of Joe Biden.