Tom Towell
@tomtowell.bsky.social
Husband of Sarah. Dad. McSweeney’s. StarWipe (RIP).
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Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
February 16, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
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Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
February 13, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.
Getting big money out of politics.
Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.
If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.
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Pretty much the most important thing happening in the world right now.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
February 12, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Pretty much the most important thing happening in the world right now.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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The Pride Flag flies again at Stonewall.
The Trump administration tried to erase our vibrant LGBTQ+ history by literally tearing down our flag. This isn’t their first attempt to spew hate and erase our history, and it won’t be the last.
The Trump administration tried to erase our vibrant LGBTQ+ history by literally tearing down our flag. This isn’t their first attempt to spew hate and erase our history, and it won’t be the last.
February 13, 2026 at 1:29 AM
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[pulls up in a convertible outside the Olympics]
Get in, luger- we're going shopping.
Get in, luger- we're going shopping.
February 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
[pulls up in a convertible outside the Olympics]
Get in, luger- we're going shopping.
Get in, luger- we're going shopping.
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You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.
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Big Bird! (Caroll Spinney)
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Big Bird! (Caroll Spinney)
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No voter in a democracy should have to walk past federal immigration agents to cast a ballot. Banning ICE enforcement at polling places is not negotiable. It’s a necessary safeguard for free and fair elections.
February 5, 2026 at 2:40 PM
No voter in a democracy should have to walk past federal immigration agents to cast a ballot. Banning ICE enforcement at polling places is not negotiable. It’s a necessary safeguard for free and fair elections.
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The world factbook was an invaluable resource in asylum petitions—a place where the federal government acknowledged in writing that, for example, Tibetans face systematic repression in China. I don’t like to have it vanish.
Add the CIA World Factbook to the long and growing list of disappearing government datasets: www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
February 5, 2026 at 2:42 PM
The world factbook was an invaluable resource in asylum petitions—a place where the federal government acknowledged in writing that, for example, Tibetans face systematic repression in China. I don’t like to have it vanish.
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A day after Israel accused Hamas of truce violations, Israeli strikes on an apartment building and tent camp in Gaza killed at least 30 Palestinians, including several children, in one of the highest death tolls since the October ceasefire took effect.
Israel violates ceasefire, striking Gaza tent camp and killing 30 Palestinians, including children
Israeli strikes on an apartment building in Gaza City and a tent camp in Khan Younis have killed at least 30 Palestinians, including several children.
trib.al
January 31, 2026 at 8:30 PM
A day after Israel accused Hamas of truce violations, Israeli strikes on an apartment building and tent camp in Gaza killed at least 30 Palestinians, including several children, in one of the highest death tolls since the October ceasefire took effect.
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When anyone from SCTV dies it’s like 30 people have died. Every character they created was as alive as anyone else you’ve ever met.
January 31, 2026 at 5:58 PM
When anyone from SCTV dies it’s like 30 people have died. Every character they created was as alive as anyone else you’ve ever met.
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Here’s the list of demands Dems are seeming to agree on to fund the govt. Dems don’t have the power to defund ICE b/c it’s funded by the Big Ugly Bill. I agree ICE can’t be reformed & must be abolished, but restrictions are all we have until we get the majority. Senator Chris Murphy explains below.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Here’s the list of demands Dems are seeming to agree on to fund the govt. Dems don’t have the power to defund ICE b/c it’s funded by the Big Ugly Bill. I agree ICE can’t be reformed & must be abolished, but restrictions are all we have until we get the majority. Senator Chris Murphy explains below.
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The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
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So much this. The Dems dont make the big demands up front and work from there. They go in with less than they really want and retreat from that. Ridiculous.
January 30, 2026 at 5:14 PM
So much this. The Dems dont make the big demands up front and work from there. They go in with less than they really want and retreat from that. Ridiculous.
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NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 PM
NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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If I were the mayor or council of Los Angeles, I would simply fire the police chief and hire someone willing to enforce the law
LAPD Chief announces they will not be enforcing the mask ban on ICE goons (1/29/26)
January 30, 2026 at 2:03 AM
If I were the mayor or council of Los Angeles, I would simply fire the police chief and hire someone willing to enforce the law
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"A.i." trash. Do not support; do not watch.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 6:10 PM
"A.i." trash. Do not support; do not watch.
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*MARTHA’S VINEYARD WIND PROJECT TRUMP HALTED IS REVIVED BY JUDGE
January 27, 2026 at 8:29 PM
*MARTHA’S VINEYARD WIND PROJECT TRUMP HALTED IS REVIVED BY JUDGE
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more money for training will not fix this
"You raise your voice, I erase your voice."
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
ICE in Minneapolis are erasing your rights.
Please share our new video of what's happening in our city. youtu.be/W1dyNcRGRXY
January 27, 2026 at 8:33 PM
more money for training will not fix this
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At the very least, Congress must disarm ICE, prohibit it from using racial or ethnic profiling, end arrest quotas, remove agents’ immunity from criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits, and slash its funding. The Senate has the chance to rein in ICE this week.
Keep calling: (202) 224-3121
Keep calling: (202) 224-3121
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
At the very least, Congress must disarm ICE, prohibit it from using racial or ethnic profiling, end arrest quotas, remove agents’ immunity from criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits, and slash its funding. The Senate has the chance to rein in ICE this week.
Keep calling: (202) 224-3121
Keep calling: (202) 224-3121
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"CBP stays at the border" might sound like a win, but keep in mind that this is what "the border" means to them www.aclumaine.org/know-your-ri...
January 27, 2026 at 3:03 PM
"CBP stays at the border" might sound like a win, but keep in mind that this is what "the border" means to them www.aclumaine.org/know-your-ri...
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if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:07 AM
if bovino is out and conservatives are turning on noem then there is a real opportunity to demand that miller resign too.