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Tom Shafer

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Cat-dad, former IT professional, actor, photographer. Enjoying retirement.

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Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · Nov 12

As I have been doing on all my new social accounts, my first post is dedicated to our fur-family. Say hello to littermates: Charlie, Claire and Toby.

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Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 37m

Remember when the Republicans lost their shizzle because Biden *asked* social media platforms to moderate anti-vaccine and quack cure posts during Covid?

Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1h

I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?

Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target @ICEgov agents in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.

Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 53m

"Witness for the Defense, John Durham," has a deliciously ironic ring to it.

Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 1h

Shared traits: Bad hair, bad politics, bad economies.

Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 1h

Trump *and* Netanyahu torpedoed after their meeting at Mar-a-Lago.
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Netanyahu meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, offering measured optimism on a Gaza cease-fire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked to mend ties with Donald Trump on Friday and offered measured optimism about progress toward a cease-fire deal for Gaza.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 4h

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Aptera @aptera.us · 3h

Aptera has entered into share purchase agreement providing up to $75 million of committed equity financing with New Circle Principal Investments LLC. → aptera.us/equity-line-...

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 4h

1. Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits from the Trump administration.

Quid Pro Presidency

Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits…

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Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 4h

We need to prosecute the DOGE gang for data theft they perpetrated, in addition to the illegal cuts to budgets and personnel.

Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 4h

Bwahahahaha! Cheetolini’s victory lap for the Gaza ceasefire (not yet a peace deal) is spoiled by a photo that he hates.

Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 15h

Assuming we save democracy, we need to #SoakTheRich with a new Revenue Act of 1935 as well as getting the corrupting money of oligarchs out of political campaigns.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue...

Revenue Act of 1935 - Wikipedia

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Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 17h

Felix reminds me of our Claire.

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 18h

Cartoon from 2020 with Trump quotes

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Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 19h

Schrödinger's legislator. Mike Johnson exists and doesn't exist simultaneously in Washington D.C.

Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 19h

Peggy and I got our seasonal flu and covid vaccines today. Suck it, Bobby Brainworm!

Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 19h

You can barely see a wisp of cotton candy covering his balding pate. Perfect!

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 19h

Just west of Fort Qu’Appelle in Saskatchewan, the Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation is working across the US border to revive centuries-old trade routes as part of a new Indigenous-governed trade corridor.

From our friends at @nationalobserver.com:

Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

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Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 20h

Never got my Soros check.

Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 21h

Kid Ketamine demands it!

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 21h

“I was afraid to go over there,” he said. “I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back. ... These are Americans who know what freedom is — we’re being invaded by strangers.”

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Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'

A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses say they didn't get any warning Sunday afterno...

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 21h

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Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 23h

As always, Donald has no problem with trash-talking our elected officials while representing our country in another land. He's a garbage person.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that the New York Times reporter who wrote the first fawning profile of Trump in 1976 also promoted the hoax about poisoned Halloween candy?
Misinformation is contagious. The media helped build the Trump myth, and we're all suffering now.
I wrote about it in my free newsletter.

The media’s kissing up to Trump started early

How lazy journalism helped us get to where we are today

www.stopthepresses.news

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Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Mike Johnson points to #NoKings having t-shirts as proof that it’s a hate rally. Then I guess he’s calling January 6, 2021 a hate rally, as well?

Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 1d

Watching billionaires push propaganda is just going to make us want to 'soak the rich' when we win back control of the government. We need another Revenue Act of 1935.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue...

Revenue Act of 1935 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Tom Shafer @tomshafshafer.bsky.social · 1d

Crime respects crime.

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