Mark Thompson
@sonofathomp.bsky.social
A Cartoonerer. The New Yorker..er. My posts are unreliably narrated. Native Upper Midwesterner now in Colorado.
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Mark Thompson
@sonofathomp.bsky.social
· Nov 20
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“We should also call what happened to Alex Pretti an execution because, as we learned in the hours that followed, the monstrous Trump regime essentially sanctioned this killing in the rush to exonerate the perpetrators and blame the victim.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/the-execut...
www.americaamerica.news/p/the-execut...
The Execution of Alex Pretti
ICE is committing extra-judicial killings with the Trump regime's support
www.americaamerica.news
January 25, 2026 at 7:04 PM
“We should also call what happened to Alex Pretti an execution because, as we learned in the hours that followed, the monstrous Trump regime essentially sanctioned this killing in the rush to exonerate the perpetrators and blame the victim.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/the-execut...
www.americaamerica.news/p/the-execut...
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The bravery and restraint of the people has been remarkable.
Violence can only be met with non-violence for so long. Whatever the people choose to do now we must be with them and against the fascists. They are coming for all of us, anyway.
Violence can only be met with non-violence for so long. Whatever the people choose to do now we must be with them and against the fascists. They are coming for all of us, anyway.
January 24, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The bravery and restraint of the people has been remarkable.
Violence can only be met with non-violence for so long. Whatever the people choose to do now we must be with them and against the fascists. They are coming for all of us, anyway.
Violence can only be met with non-violence for so long. Whatever the people choose to do now we must be with them and against the fascists. They are coming for all of us, anyway.
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These ICE agents are, clearly, lawless sociopaths—being enabled by a phalanx of congenital liars in the Trump administration.
January 25, 2026 at 6:43 PM
These ICE agents are, clearly, lawless sociopaths—being enabled by a phalanx of congenital liars in the Trump administration.
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OpenAI exec James Dyett calling out the cowardice
January 25, 2026 at 7:11 PM
OpenAI exec James Dyett calling out the cowardice
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Genickschuss (German for "neck shot") refers to a method of execution, particularly the systematic killing of Soviet prisoners of war and other victims at Nazi concentration camps like Buchenwald, where prisoners were shot in the back of the neck.
January 25, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Genickschuss (German for "neck shot") refers to a method of execution, particularly the systematic killing of Soviet prisoners of war and other victims at Nazi concentration camps like Buchenwald, where prisoners were shot in the back of the neck.
Why yes, most law enforcement training says officers should error on the side of shooting a citizen several times in the head. Then read them their rights.
January 25, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Why yes, most law enforcement training says officers should error on the side of shooting a citizen several times in the head. Then read them their rights.
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AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
January 25, 2026 at 3:59 PM
AND IMPEACH AND REMOVE.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
We need to clamor for that even if the votes aren't there—yet.
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January 25, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I hope all Americans realize our national threat assessments are now being completed without foreign intelligence help, since allies realized Trump’s crew of chodes couldn’t wait to rush their vital intelligence to Putin.
January 25, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I hope all Americans realize our national threat assessments are now being completed without foreign intelligence help, since allies realized Trump’s crew of chodes couldn’t wait to rush their vital intelligence to Putin.
I expect Trump’s next move will be to outlaw cameras on cell phones.
January 25, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I expect Trump’s next move will be to outlaw cameras on cell phones.
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From NYT frame-by-frame analysis. They fired 6 more rounds after these initial shots.
January 25, 2026 at 6:56 PM
From NYT frame-by-frame analysis. They fired 6 more rounds after these initial shots.
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I need my first cup of coffee to be awake enough to enjoy my second cup of coffee.
January 25, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I need my first cup of coffee to be awake enough to enjoy my second cup of coffee.
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Klobuchar: "Somehow 50,000 peaceful protesters in 10 below weather were able to march without any problems, and then the next day half a dozen ICE and CBP agents couldn't handle a guy with a cell phone taking video of them and shot him. I think it's pretty obvious what's going on here."
January 25, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Klobuchar: "Somehow 50,000 peaceful protesters in 10 below weather were able to march without any problems, and then the next day half a dozen ICE and CBP agents couldn't handle a guy with a cell phone taking video of them and shot him. I think it's pretty obvious what's going on here."
Minnesotans suddenly feeling like Kristi Noem’s pet puppy. If they do anything she doesn’t approve of, it’s a one way trip to the gravel yard.
January 25, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Minnesotans suddenly feeling like Kristi Noem’s pet puppy. If they do anything she doesn’t approve of, it’s a one way trip to the gravel yard.
Trump is saying he is justified in shooting as many Minnesotans as possible to grant him access to Minnesota’s voter rolls.
January 25, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Trump is saying he is justified in shooting as many Minnesotans as possible to grant him access to Minnesota’s voter rolls.
Once your “law enforcement” agency decides deadly force is justified no matter what a citizen does to comply, if they’re even given a chance to comply, they become a terrorist cell.
January 25, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Once your “law enforcement” agency decides deadly force is justified no matter what a citizen does to comply, if they’re even given a chance to comply, they become a terrorist cell.
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ICE: he hurt our feelings because he wouldn’t let us hit the lady.
In other news, fuck ICE.
In other news, fuck ICE.
January 25, 2026 at 7:09 PM
ICE: he hurt our feelings because he wouldn’t let us hit the lady.
In other news, fuck ICE.
In other news, fuck ICE.
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Longtime #Dinkytown shop owner Greg Ketter is the 70yo you may have seen in a TV interview speaking his mind and walking away into a gas cloud. The September 1985 Southeast (Minneapolis) neighborhood newspaper noted his shop's move from above Gray's Drug to a street level entrance around the corner.
January 25, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Longtime #Dinkytown shop owner Greg Ketter is the 70yo you may have seen in a TV interview speaking his mind and walking away into a gas cloud. The September 1985 Southeast (Minneapolis) neighborhood newspaper noted his shop's move from above Gray's Drug to a street level entrance around the corner.
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The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
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If Trump is willing to remove ICE from Minnesota if they hand over their voter rolls, then there really isn't an "emergency" need for them to be there. www.cbsnews.com/news/bondi-m...
Bondi seeks Minnesota voter rolls, welfare data to "help bring back law and order" in wake of shootings
Attorney General Pam Bondi is pushing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to let the federal government access state voter rolls and welfare data, as tensions flare in Minneapolis after a man was shot and killed ...
www.cbsnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:58 PM
If Trump is willing to remove ICE from Minnesota if they hand over their voter rolls, then there really isn't an "emergency" need for them to be there. www.cbsnews.com/news/bondi-m...
The NRA continues to be suspiciously silent.
January 25, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The NRA continues to be suspiciously silent.
Wait until ICE starts shooting local law enforcement. Fox News hosts may get nosebleeds justifying shooting cops.
January 25, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Wait until ICE starts shooting local law enforcement. Fox News hosts may get nosebleeds justifying shooting cops.
Republicans: the party of law only applied to Democrats and the non-elite and the resulting disorder.
January 25, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Republicans: the party of law only applied to Democrats and the non-elite and the resulting disorder.