Jon Thomason
@jonthomason.bsky.social
Software tech exec, cyclist, guitarist, foreign language enthusiast, history buff, Latter-day Saint, short attention span! Can we get back to valuing intelligence and competence in political leaders? Eisenhower and FDR fan.
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Jon Thomason
@jonthomason.bsky.social
· Mar 10
March 7, 2025
Black Americans outnumbered white Americans among the 29,500 people who lived in Selma, Alabama, in the 1960s, but the city’s voting rolls were 99% white.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
@hcrichardson.bsky.social is an American treasure. If you aren’t following her substack at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com, you really must. She is also in podcast format daily. Please make a point of listening/reading her March 7th posting. Please spread the word.
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When the D.C. Bureau Chief of the Independent drops a truth bomb.
August 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
When the D.C. Bureau Chief of the Independent drops a truth bomb.
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One of the most dangerous myths in American politics today is that authoritarianism is something that happens “over there.”
It doesn’t.
Not anymore.
Not in 2025.
Because the fight for democracy — and against it — is now global.
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
It doesn’t.
Not anymore.
Not in 2025.
Because the fight for democracy — and against it — is now global.
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
The Anti-Democracy Alliance: What We’re Actually Up Against
What if the fight we’re in isn’t just domestic? What if the other side is already coordinating?
open.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
One of the most dangerous myths in American politics today is that authoritarianism is something that happens “over there.”
It doesn’t.
Not anymore.
Not in 2025.
Because the fight for democracy — and against it — is now global.
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
It doesn’t.
Not anymore.
Not in 2025.
Because the fight for democracy — and against it — is now global.
open.substack.com/pub/trygveol...
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Note to Kristi Noem:
It is far better to be mocked in a cartoon for how you look than to be shoved into the back of a U-Haul and kidnapped for how you look.
It is far better to be mocked in a cartoon for how you look than to be shoved into the back of a U-Haul and kidnapped for how you look.
August 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Note to Kristi Noem:
It is far better to be mocked in a cartoon for how you look than to be shoved into the back of a U-Haul and kidnapped for how you look.
It is far better to be mocked in a cartoon for how you look than to be shoved into the back of a U-Haul and kidnapped for how you look.
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Everyone should shun Nazi collaborators
August 8, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Everyone should shun Nazi collaborators
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She really is sick in the head.
Kristi Noem Ripped After Offering Groanworthy Nickname For New Migrant Detention Center
This woman is sick in the head.
www.comicsands.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
She really is sick in the head.
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What if Pam Bondi did decide to open an investigation into why I stopped posting on Twitter? Would the legacy media treat it with outrage or with skeptical bemusement?
Or would everyone just look away and hope it doesn’t happen to them next? www.democracydocket.com/opinion/im-n...
Or would everyone just look away and hope it doesn’t happen to them next? www.democracydocket.com/opinion/im-n...
I’m Not Panicking. I’m Outraged.
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
What if Pam Bondi did decide to open an investigation into why I stopped posting on Twitter? Would the legacy media treat it with outrage or with skeptical bemusement?
Or would everyone just look away and hope it doesn’t happen to them next? www.democracydocket.com/opinion/im-n...
Or would everyone just look away and hope it doesn’t happen to them next? www.democracydocket.com/opinion/im-n...
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The agreement "WAS NOT PUT IN WRITING"
This is not a serious government, but a mad king making arbitrary decisions with local politicians and foreign governments saying whatever crap they hope will pacify his current obsessions.
No business can make long term investments in such an environment.
This is not a serious government, but a mad king making arbitrary decisions with local politicians and foreign governments saying whatever crap they hope will pacify his current obsessions.
No business can make long term investments in such an environment.
This is one of the ongoing plot lines of last week's reciprocal tariff announcement. Japan thought it had secured the same treatment as EU ... but US doesn't seem to agree.
www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...
www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...
August 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The agreement "WAS NOT PUT IN WRITING"
This is not a serious government, but a mad king making arbitrary decisions with local politicians and foreign governments saying whatever crap they hope will pacify his current obsessions.
No business can make long term investments in such an environment.
This is not a serious government, but a mad king making arbitrary decisions with local politicians and foreign governments saying whatever crap they hope will pacify his current obsessions.
No business can make long term investments in such an environment.
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JUST IN: Federal judge orders a temporary stop to construction of Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp in Florida amid environmental lawsuit
August 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
JUST IN: Federal judge orders a temporary stop to construction of Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp in Florida amid environmental lawsuit
Good indeed. This could have been what pushed Trump over the edge to win (if he really did legitimately win, something that’s looking more questionable now). Go Bernie!
August 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Good indeed. This could have been what pushed Trump over the edge to win (if he really did legitimately win, something that’s looking more questionable now). Go Bernie!
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Imagine this in Russian on Russian state TV
The word for what Jesse Watters is describing here is un-American. A shredding of the constitution.
There nothing funny about it.
The word for what Jesse Watters is describing here is un-American. A shredding of the constitution.
There nothing funny about it.
August 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Imagine this in Russian on Russian state TV
The word for what Jesse Watters is describing here is un-American. A shredding of the constitution.
There nothing funny about it.
The word for what Jesse Watters is describing here is un-American. A shredding of the constitution.
There nothing funny about it.
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This is absolutely horrendous.
GOP Utah Senate President Slammed After Changing Law To Help Relative Who Raped 13-Year-Old
Absolutely horrendous.
www.comicsands.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This is absolutely horrendous.
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August 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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NEW: Police bodycam footage introduced at the trial of Jared Wise showed him berating police officers on Jan. 6, 2021, and yelling "kill 'em" as rioters attacked law enforcement. He’s now working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice.
Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
www.npr.org
August 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
NEW: Police bodycam footage introduced at the trial of Jared Wise showed him berating police officers on Jan. 6, 2021, and yelling "kill 'em" as rioters attacked law enforcement. He’s now working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice.
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We are going to end up with something like the Waffle House Index to measure distress in the economy
August 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We are going to end up with something like the Waffle House Index to measure distress in the economy
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Release ALL the Epstein files. Let the shit fly!
August 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Release ALL the Epstein files. Let the shit fly!
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I just fired my car because the odometer differed from my hunch.
August 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I just fired my car because the odometer differed from my hunch.
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The cruelty is always the point with this administration.
White House Slammed After Using Popular TikTok Meme To Mock Deported Immigrants
The cruelty is the point.
www.comicsands.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The cruelty is always the point with this administration.
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "We can, in essence, likely neuter the total number of districts that Trump is looking to get with Abbott in rigging those [Texas] maps, here in the state of California. Hope other governors consider doing similar things. You've got to fight fire with fire."
July 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "We can, in essence, likely neuter the total number of districts that Trump is looking to get with Abbott in rigging those [Texas] maps, here in the state of California. Hope other governors consider doing similar things. You've got to fight fire with fire."
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“The 2020 Senate committee investigation, which interviewed more than 200 witnesses and reviewed a million documents over three years, came to the same conclusion. ...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
July 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“The 2020 Senate committee investigation, which interviewed more than 200 witnesses and reviewed a million documents over three years, came to the same conclusion. ...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...