Maria Thompson
@writercpa.bsky.social
Gov't employee (for another 24 months or 24 minutes, depends on what they say next), writer, gardener, CPA with a passion for books - why I serve as Treasurer for Baltimore Science Fiction and curate its Little Free Library charter 155682
Tru dat! The nights they are leaving DC it takes 3x as long to get into Union Station!
December 22, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Tru dat! The nights they are leaving DC it takes 3x as long to get into Union Station!
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Nobody should watch CBS until this airs. Which may be never after Trump threatened them again. He has the ownership and management he wanted who will now obviously do his bidding. Erika Kirk last week, now this. The MAGA News Network.
December 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Nobody should watch CBS until this airs. Which may be never after Trump threatened them again. He has the ownership and management he wanted who will now obviously do his bidding. Erika Kirk last week, now this. The MAGA News Network.
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Surprise Surprise!
@occupydemocrats.bsky.social
#riseup #standup #resist #revolt #respect #support #change #together #love #nomorehate #transgender #lgbtqiap2s
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December 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Surprise Surprise!
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#riseup #standup #resist #revolt #respect #support #change #together #love #nomorehate #transgender #lgbtqiap2s
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MAGA will find someone else to blame. Never Fearless Leader. It's a cult. I'll believe they get it when I see convoys of tractors and combines going from the Midwest to Washington.
December 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
MAGA will find someone else to blame. Never Fearless Leader. It's a cult. I'll believe they get it when I see convoys of tractors and combines going from the Midwest to Washington.
What happens when Mexico and Canada jointly seek redress before the UN and Hague? They have standing before SCOTUS, but why bother?
Wouldn't that be interesting if the US faced international sanctions until we do something to really stop the flow of guns into other nations?
Wouldn't that be interesting if the US faced international sanctions until we do something to really stop the flow of guns into other nations?
The proliferation of illegal firearms from the U.S. has fueled a spike in gun violence in Canada, where most guns used in crimes are smuggled across the border.
Guns from the United States are Pouring into Canada, Fueling a Spike in Gun Violence
The proliferation of illegal firearms from the United States has fueled a spike in gun violence in Canada, where most guns used in crimes are smuggled across the border.
nyti.ms
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
What happens when Mexico and Canada jointly seek redress before the UN and Hague? They have standing before SCOTUS, but why bother?
Wouldn't that be interesting if the US faced international sanctions until we do something to really stop the flow of guns into other nations?
Wouldn't that be interesting if the US faced international sanctions until we do something to really stop the flow of guns into other nations?
Vore problem is from Balfour, 1917:
"...it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine..." What to do w Palestinians living there who would not sell & go away?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour...
"...it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine..." What to do w Palestinians living there who would not sell & go away?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour...
December 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Vore problem is from Balfour, 1917:
"...it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine..." What to do w Palestinians living there who would not sell & go away?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour...
"...it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine..." What to do w Palestinians living there who would not sell & go away?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour...
Vance doubles down on racial divides by going for good old antisemitism. No bridge too low for this fellow.
Why does he think replacing the name Rothschild with Soros makes these old tropes less offensive?
B/c we wasted too much ink in social studies on names and dates, folks still fall for it.
Why does he think replacing the name Rothschild with Soros makes these old tropes less offensive?
B/c we wasted too much ink in social studies on names and dates, folks still fall for it.
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Vance doubles down on racial divides by going for good old antisemitism. No bridge too low for this fellow.
Why does he think replacing the name Rothschild with Soros makes these old tropes less offensive?
B/c we wasted too much ink in social studies on names and dates, folks still fall for it.
Why does he think replacing the name Rothschild with Soros makes these old tropes less offensive?
B/c we wasted too much ink in social studies on names and dates, folks still fall for it.
When, exactly, were all of these white apologies being given?
True apologies, the turning of the heart to changed conduct, teshuvah to Jews, has yet to happen, aside from a few vague apologies and a pittance of scholarships from a few elite schools. The rest of harm, even burning Greenwood, remains.
True apologies, the turning of the heart to changed conduct, teshuvah to Jews, has yet to happen, aside from a few vague apologies and a pittance of scholarships from a few elite schools. The rest of harm, even burning Greenwood, remains.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When, exactly, were all of these white apologies being given?
True apologies, the turning of the heart to changed conduct, teshuvah to Jews, has yet to happen, aside from a few vague apologies and a pittance of scholarships from a few elite schools. The rest of harm, even burning Greenwood, remains.
True apologies, the turning of the heart to changed conduct, teshuvah to Jews, has yet to happen, aside from a few vague apologies and a pittance of scholarships from a few elite schools. The rest of harm, even burning Greenwood, remains.
The Regime's minion, AG Bondi, fails to follow the most basic ethics rules for recusal based on her association w a party at interest. Bondi still gets profit sharing from Ballard Partners, lawyers for United Healthcare.
Again, the death penalty politics stink!
www.thebanner.com/national/lui...
Again, the death penalty politics stink!
www.thebanner.com/national/lui...
Luigi Mangione‘s lawyers say death penalty decision was tainted by conflict of interest
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers contend that Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty against him in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted.
www.thebanner.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Regime's minion, AG Bondi, fails to follow the most basic ethics rules for recusal based on her association w a party at interest. Bondi still gets profit sharing from Ballard Partners, lawyers for United Healthcare.
Again, the death penalty politics stink!
www.thebanner.com/national/lui...
Again, the death penalty politics stink!
www.thebanner.com/national/lui...
From @rbreich.bsky.social
Amazing that facists and autocrats don't even new scripts or playbooks.
They just count on everyone else to forget history.
www.facebook.com/share/v/17Wm...
Amazing that facists and autocrats don't even new scripts or playbooks.
They just count on everyone else to forget history.
www.facebook.com/share/v/17Wm...
Redirecting...
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December 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
From @rbreich.bsky.social
Amazing that facists and autocrats don't even new scripts or playbooks.
They just count on everyone else to forget history.
www.facebook.com/share/v/17Wm...
Amazing that facists and autocrats don't even new scripts or playbooks.
They just count on everyone else to forget history.
www.facebook.com/share/v/17Wm...
Cheating starts ar the top and gets worse at each rung on the way to the cesspit The Regime is making of tjis nation. Cheating people who are "going about it the right way" of due process stinks even more than most of their abuses.
www.govexec.com/oversight/20...
www.govexec.com/oversight/20...
USCIS’ arbitrarily strict FOIA policy is keeping some migrants from receiving their immigration records, whistleblower alleges
In a protected disclosure to Congress, an agency employee claims that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services since 2024 has been finding ways to reject Freedom of Information Act requests from migr...
www.govexec.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Cheating starts ar the top and gets worse at each rung on the way to the cesspit The Regime is making of tjis nation. Cheating people who are "going about it the right way" of due process stinks even more than most of their abuses.
www.govexec.com/oversight/20...
www.govexec.com/oversight/20...
Aside from 4th Amendment rights what else was denied to coerce giving access to private electronics?
Bathroom? Water?
You do have rights at the border!
liveandletsfly.com/cbp-fourth-a...
Bathroom? Water?
You do have rights at the border!
liveandletsfly.com/cbp-fourth-a...
CBP Detained U.S. Citizen For Hours At Houston Airport, Claimed Fourth Amendment Does Not Apply - Live and Let's Fly
CBP detained a U.S. citizen for hours at Houston airport and claimed the Fourth Amendment doesn’t apply to Americans at the border.
liveandletsfly.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Aside from 4th Amendment rights what else was denied to coerce giving access to private electronics?
Bathroom? Water?
You do have rights at the border!
liveandletsfly.com/cbp-fourth-a...
Bathroom? Water?
You do have rights at the border!
liveandletsfly.com/cbp-fourth-a...
Capturing the worstof what?
The Regime is going after productive.people for theater and statistics. Nothing that improves anyone's life or safety.
It's just tragic, sad, and wasteful.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
The Regime is going after productive.people for theater and statistics. Nothing that improves anyone's life or safety.
It's just tragic, sad, and wasteful.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Green card applicants married to U.S. citizens face new uncertainty amid arrests
The Trump administration says they were detained because they had overstayed their visas, but longtime attorneys say that has never been an issue previously for spouses of U.S. citizens.
www.nbcnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Capturing the worstof what?
The Regime is going after productive.people for theater and statistics. Nothing that improves anyone's life or safety.
It's just tragic, sad, and wasteful.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
The Regime is going after productive.people for theater and statistics. Nothing that improves anyone's life or safety.
It's just tragic, sad, and wasteful.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
I'm willing to give this theory credibility.
It's not about drugs, just more Benjamins than most of us could imagine, and none could use up in ten life times!
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
It's not about drugs, just more Benjamins than most of us could imagine, and none could use up in ten life times!
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
thehill.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I'm willing to give this theory credibility.
It's not about drugs, just more Benjamins than most of us could imagine, and none could use up in ten life times!
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
It's not about drugs, just more Benjamins than most of us could imagine, and none could use up in ten life times!
thehill.com/opinion/inte...
Why do people believe they won't get caught in an industry that makes its money catching other people's errors?
After the first #attorney sanctioned for phony AI stuff in a filing, you'd think the rest would stop, but NO!
New Rule: immediate disbarment
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
After the first #attorney sanctioned for phony AI stuff in a filing, you'd think the rest would stop, but NO!
New Rule: immediate disbarment
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
Annapolis city attorney departs suddenly, amid AI questions
New Annapolis Mayor Jared Littmann on Wednesday said the city attorney was dismissed from his job with immediate effect.
www.thebanner.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Why do people believe they won't get caught in an industry that makes its money catching other people's errors?
After the first #attorney sanctioned for phony AI stuff in a filing, you'd think the rest would stop, but NO!
New Rule: immediate disbarment
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
After the first #attorney sanctioned for phony AI stuff in a filing, you'd think the rest would stop, but NO!
New Rule: immediate disbarment
www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Reposted by Maria Thompson
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
Next step. Social media reviews for all federal job applicants. Any history on BlueSky will be disqualifying. This is not a joke.
How an accounting technician is registered to vote, what they read, where they have social media accounts is irrelevant in getting the job done.
But The Regime cares...
How an accounting technician is registered to vote, what they read, where they have social media accounts is irrelevant in getting the job done.
But The Regime cares...
December 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Next step. Social media reviews for all federal job applicants. Any history on BlueSky will be disqualifying. This is not a joke.
How an accounting technician is registered to vote, what they read, where they have social media accounts is irrelevant in getting the job done.
But The Regime cares...
How an accounting technician is registered to vote, what they read, where they have social media accounts is irrelevant in getting the job done.
But The Regime cares...
Tell me something that anyone who passed Econ 101 didn't expect (except The Regime.)
The so-called business press let this con job happen by not stating clearly how tariffs are collected in summer 2024. But pointing out lies is not good #journalism. It isn't "fair & balanced."
Or stenography.
The so-called business press let this con job happen by not stating clearly how tariffs are collected in summer 2024. But pointing out lies is not good #journalism. It isn't "fair & balanced."
Or stenography.
Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
December 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Tell me something that anyone who passed Econ 101 didn't expect (except The Regime.)
The so-called business press let this con job happen by not stating clearly how tariffs are collected in summer 2024. But pointing out lies is not good #journalism. It isn't "fair & balanced."
Or stenography.
The so-called business press let this con job happen by not stating clearly how tariffs are collected in summer 2024. But pointing out lies is not good #journalism. It isn't "fair & balanced."
Or stenography.
I get that running for office takes a lot of money. It shouldn't, but that's reality.
What sucks is ordinary folks having to disclose name & employer & phone number while fat cats w dark money can hide. We grassroots get trampled with repeated appeals (from both sides!) You start feeling slimy.
What sucks is ordinary folks having to disclose name & employer & phone number while fat cats w dark money can hide. We grassroots get trampled with repeated appeals (from both sides!) You start feeling slimy.
December 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I get that running for office takes a lot of money. It shouldn't, but that's reality.
What sucks is ordinary folks having to disclose name & employer & phone number while fat cats w dark money can hide. We grassroots get trampled with repeated appeals (from both sides!) You start feeling slimy.
What sucks is ordinary folks having to disclose name & employer & phone number while fat cats w dark money can hide. We grassroots get trampled with repeated appeals (from both sides!) You start feeling slimy.
Choosing science and life over ignorance and hysteria.
I hope more states will step up. If ever we needed our federal system. Like everything else, State's rights can be used for good or ill.
www.thebanner.com/community/pu...
I hope more states will step up. If ever we needed our federal system. Like everything else, State's rights can be used for good or ill.
www.thebanner.com/community/pu...
Maryland to continue newborn hepatitis B shots as federal guidance shifts
A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born.
www.thebanner.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Choosing science and life over ignorance and hysteria.
I hope more states will step up. If ever we needed our federal system. Like everything else, State's rights can be used for good or ill.
www.thebanner.com/community/pu...
I hope more states will step up. If ever we needed our federal system. Like everything else, State's rights can be used for good or ill.
www.thebanner.com/community/pu...
Germany had the good sense to ban Nazi symbols after WWII. I really can't think of another war where the losers were allowed to carry on like this. Tories left the US after the revolution or shut up.
Now all the old, ugly racism is on full display. SHAME!!
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Now all the old, ugly racism is on full display. SHAME!!
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Display of Confederate flags at North East Christmas parade called ‘inexcusable’
The flaunting of Confederate flags in a small Cecil County town’s holiday parade over the weekend has riled up community members and left some wondering how they were permitted to participate.
www.thebanner.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Germany had the good sense to ban Nazi symbols after WWII. I really can't think of another war where the losers were allowed to carry on like this. Tories left the US after the revolution or shut up.
Now all the old, ugly racism is on full display. SHAME!!
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
Now all the old, ugly racism is on full display. SHAME!!
www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
A story of the many actions by so many people to create a small amount of justice in Montgomery, AL
A reminder, and beacon of hope, of what it will take to get through the 2026 elections and set America back to right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A reminder, and beacon of hope, of what it will take to get through the 2026 elections and set America back to right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it | Jeanne Theoharis
The movement’s success was never a given. It took much longer and required tremendous sacrifice without certainty it would work
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A story of the many actions by so many people to create a small amount of justice in Montgomery, AL
A reminder, and beacon of hope, of what it will take to get through the 2026 elections and set America back to right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A reminder, and beacon of hope, of what it will take to get through the 2026 elections and set America back to right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The covered up is always worse.
We need honesty and transparency to have even the semblance of rule of law.
Bad news "I was just following orders" won't protect the guy who took the shot, while Hegseth and an admiral all point down the line to "someone ekse."
Big talk and no back bones!
We need honesty and transparency to have even the semblance of rule of law.
Bad news "I was just following orders" won't protect the guy who took the shot, while Hegseth and an admiral all point down the line to "someone ekse."
Big talk and no back bones!
Publishing all the other boat murder videos but refusing to release the one of the two survivors being killed is an admission they know exactly how bad it looks. There's no other distinction to draw there, no reason to publish the others while withholding that one.
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The covered up is always worse.
We need honesty and transparency to have even the semblance of rule of law.
Bad news "I was just following orders" won't protect the guy who took the shot, while Hegseth and an admiral all point down the line to "someone ekse."
Big talk and no back bones!
We need honesty and transparency to have even the semblance of rule of law.
Bad news "I was just following orders" won't protect the guy who took the shot, while Hegseth and an admiral all point down the line to "someone ekse."
Big talk and no back bones!
This why I subscribe to @democracydocket.com
@marcelias.bsky.social is doing the work to preserve democracy!
God bless him!
@marcelias.bsky.social is doing the work to preserve democracy!
God bless him!
I am taking the next few days off from writing to prepare for a Supreme Court argument. If you want to support Democracy Docket during my pause, here is there link. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
December 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This why I subscribe to @democracydocket.com
@marcelias.bsky.social is doing the work to preserve democracy!
God bless him!
@marcelias.bsky.social is doing the work to preserve democracy!
God bless him!