dickthompson.bsky.social
@dickthompson.bsky.social
Lucky husband 30-plus years. Former Time magazine science correspondent and bureau chief, former adviser to the director-general of the World Health Organization.
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Our kids are dreaming big and they're counting on us to do the same! We can build a future with affordable healthcare, accessible housing, good-paying jobs, and livable communities. I'm working in Congress to make this future real for the students at Meadows Elementary School.
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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This is not just a current political issue. Charging & punishing these particular perpetrators is vital to keeping the fight against the ongoing abuse & killing of women & children by men in the spotlight. "Me Too" was only a start.
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Remember when Trump said he’d go after the “worst of the worst?” ICE just targeted a U.S. citizen high school student. That is not public safety—it’s cruelty.
ICE detains 4 U.S. citizens in Oregon this week, advocacy group says
They included a 17-year-old high school student and two women filming ICE activity in Canby.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The aliens among us: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Unionized Starbucks workers have been trying to negotiate a contract with Starbucks since 2023—it should not take that long. Every union worker deserves an ethical and fair contract.
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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George W Bush’s administration found lawyers to justify torturing prisoners

Now Trump found lawyers to justify murdering fisherman they say are smuggling drugs

This is why Mark Kelly and his colleagues made the video telling troops to follow only legal orders

And why Trump threatened to kill them
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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In plain terms, the United States aligned itself with Russia against Ukraine and NATO. By transmitting Moscow’s surrender terms unedited and pressuring Kyiv to accept them, the Trump Regime effectively sided with Russia in the war and attempted to force Ukraine’s capitulation. It is betrayal.
Russia drafted a 28 point surrender plan, handed it to the Trump team, and the regime delivered it to Kyiv unedited, demanding Zelensky sign it by Thanksgiving or lose all US support. Trump and Vance then promoted the plan exactly as Russia wrote it, verbatim, on TV, online, and in person.
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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They didn't do anything remotely close to sedition, but I know someone who did
I guess “jail” is less harsh than execution. Should we call that progress?
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.

Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.

This is dangerous & disappointing.
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Vaccines don’t cause autism.
No matter what the 🧠🪱 says.
Penn and Teller on Vaccinations
YouTube video by UltraMiraculous
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
An ICE Agent was BUSTED by Bloomington Police in "Operation Creep" trying to solicit sex from a minor. When arrested, he said "I'm ICE, boys."

That #FuckICE Agent is toast.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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🩸🩸🩸 NEVER FORGET: Instead of honoring our Constitution's key principle of a Peaceful Transfer of Power, POS Donald Trump Abused his Power on Jan 6th by inciting this violent & deadly attack on our country's Capital and should be in prison for life 🩸🩸🩸
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.

Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.

Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.

It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Columbia Journalism Review recently interviewed Betsy Reed, editor of the Guardian's U.S. edition. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

She says: "If we regard it, for good reason, as being extreme and out of line with basic humane values, we won’t treat it as part of the normal discourse in America."
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Oregon leadership at work for all of us: Planned Parenthood is here to stay.
Oregon agrees to backfill lost Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon agrees to backfill $7.5 million in lost Planned Parenthood dollars after Congress approved a bill blocking access to Medicaid funds.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.

Four giants control 80% of meat processing.

A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.

The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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I’m not going to pretend it’s easy to say something in the moment when you witness the president do this and you’re aboard Air Force One with all the uniformed officers and secret service and fancy wood accents, but this is really an instance where you should. people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Nope. The headline should actually read “Astronomers using ML discover quasars acting as lenses”
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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I don't know why we still call them ICE and treat them as a legitimate organization. They are an armed Militia and should be designated as a terrorist group. No other legal force in America wears masks and strips people of due process. They are a terrorist organization
November 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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In a win for polluters, the Trump regime proposed a rule to limit the EPA’s authority to regulate pollution in wetlands and waterways. This would strip federal protections from 55 million acres of wetlands (85% of all wetlands nationwide!), threatening lots of people's drinking water.
E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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There has never been a clearer example of the fact that we do not have a legislature in the United States right now. Trump tells them to vote no, so they all vote no. Then Trump changes his mind and they all change their votes. That is autocracy. Vote them out!
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM