Thomas Paine Writes Again
@physicshappens.bsky.social
aka Bryan Long. Proud liberal patriot, activist and political philosopher. #PNW #liberalpatriot #NoKings #Indivisible
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About 5 yrs ago I was looking at one of those “wealth pyramid” charts, and realized it was visually very misleading. So I made a new infographic that visually shows population vs wealth. I just updated it with the latest from the Federal Reserve, and it is even more extreme than before.
“Quiet, little piggy, I’m taking a nap.”
Aaron Rupar (@aaronrupar)
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
“Quiet, little piggy, I’m taking a nap.”
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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Apply to ICE, get that $50k bonus, and when you deploy and they order you to violate people's 4th, 5th, and 14th, simply refuse...
Flood the ranks. Sue for wrongful termination, sue your direct report. Qualified Immunity won't protect them against illegal acts.
THIS IS WHAT HE ACTUALLY FEARS
Flood the ranks. Sue for wrongful termination, sue your direct report. Qualified Immunity won't protect them against illegal acts.
THIS IS WHAT HE ACTUALLY FEARS
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Apply to ICE, get that $50k bonus, and when you deploy and they order you to violate people's 4th, 5th, and 14th, simply refuse...
Flood the ranks. Sue for wrongful termination, sue your direct report. Qualified Immunity won't protect them against illegal acts.
THIS IS WHAT HE ACTUALLY FEARS
Flood the ranks. Sue for wrongful termination, sue your direct report. Qualified Immunity won't protect them against illegal acts.
THIS IS WHAT HE ACTUALLY FEARS
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REPUBLICAN Senator Rand Paul: “Republicans are frightened to cross Trump. They’re just afraid.”
Rand calls out Trump’s murderous boat bombings + cowardly GOP silence on that, the military build-up in Venezuela, etc.
Rand calls out Trump’s murderous boat bombings + cowardly GOP silence on that, the military build-up in Venezuela, etc.
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
REPUBLICAN Senator Rand Paul: “Republicans are frightened to cross Trump. They’re just afraid.”
Rand calls out Trump’s murderous boat bombings + cowardly GOP silence on that, the military build-up in Venezuela, etc.
Rand calls out Trump’s murderous boat bombings + cowardly GOP silence on that, the military build-up in Venezuela, etc.
About 5 yrs ago I was looking at one of those “wealth pyramid” charts, and realized it was visually very misleading. So I made a new infographic that visually shows population vs wealth. I just updated it with the latest from the Federal Reserve, and it is even more extreme than before.
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
About 5 yrs ago I was looking at one of those “wealth pyramid” charts, and realized it was visually very misleading. So I made a new infographic that visually shows population vs wealth. I just updated it with the latest from the Federal Reserve, and it is even more extreme than before.
I’m hereby adding @crow.house.gov to my list of patriot leaders willing to stand up and stand out in the fight to turn back fascism in America. Thank you, Rep. Crow
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I’m hereby adding @crow.house.gov to my list of patriot leaders willing to stand up and stand out in the fight to turn back fascism in America. Thank you, Rep. Crow
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1. Public utility commissions rubber stamping rate increases
2. Households being taxed to pay for infrastructure used by industry
3. Electric grid not designed for climate change, extreme weather driving rebuilding costs up
Solutions:
1. VPPs & efficiency
2. Build clean energy
3. Accountable PUCs
2. Households being taxed to pay for infrastructure used by industry
3. Electric grid not designed for climate change, extreme weather driving rebuilding costs up
Solutions:
1. VPPs & efficiency
2. Build clean energy
3. Accountable PUCs
You are a random Dem running in 2026 -- say, for some House seat in some swing state. You're on local media. You're asked: "what are three reasons that energy prices are rising & what are three things you'd like to do to bring them down?" What's your answer?
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
1. Public utility commissions rubber stamping rate increases
2. Households being taxed to pay for infrastructure used by industry
3. Electric grid not designed for climate change, extreme weather driving rebuilding costs up
Solutions:
1. VPPs & efficiency
2. Build clean energy
3. Accountable PUCs
2. Households being taxed to pay for infrastructure used by industry
3. Electric grid not designed for climate change, extreme weather driving rebuilding costs up
Solutions:
1. VPPs & efficiency
2. Build clean energy
3. Accountable PUCs
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Nothing says ‘fit to lead’ like napping through your own medical endorsement. Get Grandpa Don to bed. 🤦🏽♂️
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Nothing says ‘fit to lead’ like napping through your own medical endorsement. Get Grandpa Don to bed. 🤦🏽♂️
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Thank you to Rep. Yassamin Ansari for this act of total badassery—showing what real leadership looks like when others stay silent. Keep bringing the fire, the facts, and the fight. #GOPHealthCareShutdown
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Thank you to Rep. Yassamin Ansari for this act of total badassery—showing what real leadership looks like when others stay silent. Keep bringing the fire, the facts, and the fight. #GOPHealthCareShutdown
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Keep canceling those Spotify subscriptions, folks!
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Keep canceling those Spotify subscriptions, folks!
So sad. Tanzania is such a beautiful country, filled with wonderful people.
They shut down the internet. They killed protesters. They called it an election.
Tanzania was a democracy. Now it’s a warning for us all—especially the U.S.
Please share so the world can see.
open.substack.com/pub/jeffober...
#Tanzania #Freedom #StopTheSilence
Tanzania was a democracy. Now it’s a warning for us all—especially the U.S.
Please share so the world can see.
open.substack.com/pub/jeffober...
#Tanzania #Freedom #StopTheSilence
“We Are Dying in Silence”: Tanzania’s Lost Election
The inside story of Tanzania’s rigged election, mass killings, and the people fighting to be heard.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
So sad. Tanzania is such a beautiful country, filled with wonderful people.
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The rock in the middle looks like a Wringwraith from LOTR in this picture. I have been taking pictures of this beach since 1975 and this evening was one of two sessions that really stand out.
September 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The rock in the middle looks like a Wringwraith from LOTR in this picture. I have been taking pictures of this beach since 1975 and this evening was one of two sessions that really stand out.
Trump family motto: “We do not serve, we demand to be served."
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Trump family motto: “We do not serve, we demand to be served."
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Indivisible Vashon Bucket Brigade!
Want more fun energy at your events/protests? Form a Bucket Brigade! You need NO talent & only 5-gallon buckets, rope, & dowels. Instructions on our website - & - we will travel within Western WA to come & show you how to get started. Easy and FUN!
Want more fun energy at your events/protests? Form a Bucket Brigade! You need NO talent & only 5-gallon buckets, rope, & dowels. Instructions on our website - & - we will travel within Western WA to come & show you how to get started. Easy and FUN!
October 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Indivisible Vashon Bucket Brigade!
Want more fun energy at your events/protests? Form a Bucket Brigade! You need NO talent & only 5-gallon buckets, rope, & dowels. Instructions on our website - & - we will travel within Western WA to come & show you how to get started. Easy and FUN!
Want more fun energy at your events/protests? Form a Bucket Brigade! You need NO talent & only 5-gallon buckets, rope, & dowels. Instructions on our website - & - we will travel within Western WA to come & show you how to get started. Easy and FUN!
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Thank goodness SOME of the courts are holding strong. Up to US — the people — to continue to apply pressure. It is working! They are getting more and more desperate.
"The judge then ordered Mr. Bovino to appear at the federal courthouse at the end of every weekday to personally provide her with a report on the day’s arrests and incidents..."
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Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Thank goodness SOME of the courts are holding strong. Up to US — the people — to continue to apply pressure. It is working! They are getting more and more desperate.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I finished my @indivisible-vashon.bsky.social and #NoKings #JackOLantern last night. I encourage everyone to do one of these for this Halloween, because what is happening to our country is scarier than anything else, and it’s real.
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I finished my @indivisible-vashon.bsky.social and #NoKings #JackOLantern last night. I encourage everyone to do one of these for this Halloween, because what is happening to our country is scarier than anything else, and it’s real.
WSJ doing truth
Not the WSJ having the only even moderately acceptable push alert here.
NYT and NBC with basic journalism fails here.
NYT and NBC with basic journalism fails here.
October 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
WSJ doing truth
This would make a good poster and billboard!
Watching the White House’s beautiful East Wing being leveled by bulldozers and seeing decades of our nation’s rich history crumbling in a few senseless seconds, it’s impossible not to see it as a microcosm of what has been happening for the last ten months.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/stopping-t...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/stopping-t...
Stopping The Demolition of America
This is painful to witness.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This would make a good poster and billboard!
Inspiration from Albert Camus courtesy of @annelamott.bsky.social Substack:
October 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Inspiration from Albert Camus courtesy of @annelamott.bsky.social Substack:
Way to go @indivisibleemf.bsky.social ! Love from @indivisible-vashon.bsky.social !
Proud of #IndivisibleEMF for bringing out 400 to protest #NoKings in America. #Indivisible #IndivisibleTeam
October 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Way to go @indivisibleemf.bsky.social ! Love from @indivisible-vashon.bsky.social !
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HMM…ALL THE DISTRACTIONS, THE SLEEPFARTICUS, EPSTEIN SHUTDOWN WON’T STOP US FROM DEMANDING THE RELEASE OF THE FILES!!
October 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
HMM…ALL THE DISTRACTIONS, THE SLEEPFARTICUS, EPSTEIN SHUTDOWN WON’T STOP US FROM DEMANDING THE RELEASE OF THE FILES!!
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When Trump announced 4 days ago randomly that India agreed to stop buying Russia oil, I was surprised because Russia is their largest supplier, we are still in a trade war with India, and their govt has said nothing about it. Turns out he just lied and made it up. Shocker.
October 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
When Trump announced 4 days ago randomly that India agreed to stop buying Russia oil, I was surprised because Russia is their largest supplier, we are still in a trade war with India, and their govt has said nothing about it. Turns out he just lied and made it up. Shocker.
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What Trump has to say to American farmers is that they have to understand it is more important to save his friend Milei who has a big election coming up. Peasants. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Q: What do you have to say to farmers who feel that the deal is benefitting Argentina more than it is them?
TRUMP: Look, Argentina is fighting for its life, young lady. You don't know anything about it. You understand what that means? They are dying
TRUMP: Look, Argentina is fighting for its life, young lady. You don't know anything about it. You understand what that means? They are dying
October 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
What Trump has to say to American farmers is that they have to understand it is more important to save his friend Milei who has a big election coming up. Peasants. bsky.app/profile/atru...