J. Thomas Son
@a4pipeproblem.bsky.social
English teacher in Northeast Florida | Happy member of the Petit Literati | Optimistic Cynic
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The story is insane. The acting head of cyber security, a Noem crony, repeatedly demanded to see highly classified information he didn’t need access to, and when staff set up a lie detector test as a condition to grant him access, he failed it. So DHS suspended the staffers.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
At least six career staff were placed on leave after DHS opened an investigation into whether they misled the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, into taking the test.
dlvr.it
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The story is insane. The acting head of cyber security, a Noem crony, repeatedly demanded to see highly classified information he didn’t need access to, and when staff set up a lie detector test as a condition to grant him access, he failed it. So DHS suspended the staffers.
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“Witkoff and Kushner … are using the tools of the American state in a manner that happens to benefit their friends and business partners, even while they do terrible damage to American allies, American alliances, and America’s reputation. This is a conflict of interest on a grand scale.”
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“Witkoff and Kushner … are using the tools of the American state in a manner that happens to benefit their friends and business partners, even while they do terrible damage to American allies, American alliances, and America’s reputation. This is a conflict of interest on a grand scale.”
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
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National healthcare’s time has come:
December 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
National healthcare’s time has come:
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This. Pay attention and demand Congress do the job they have been sent to do. They are counting on us moving on and normalizing the crimes. They care about power and elections, that’s it!
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This. Pay attention and demand Congress do the job they have been sent to do. They are counting on us moving on and normalizing the crimes. They care about power and elections, that’s it!
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Average folks kettled ICE
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Average folks kettled ICE
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Notably, Hegseth does not deny a single word of the story he calls “fake news”
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Notably, Hegseth does not deny a single word of the story he calls “fake news”
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ICE kidnapped a 17-year-old U.S. citizen named Christian Jimenez. Jimenez, a high school senior born in Newberg, Oregon, was driving on his school’s lunch break when ICE/CBP agents stopped his car, smashed his window, and abducted him on November 21, 2025.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
ICE kidnapped a 17-year-old U.S. citizen named Christian Jimenez. Jimenez, a high school senior born in Newberg, Oregon, was driving on his school’s lunch break when ICE/CBP agents stopped his car, smashed his window, and abducted him on November 21, 2025.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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Freelance photojournalist @davedeckerphoto.bsky.social was arrested while reporting on an immigration protest outside an ICE facility in Miami on Nov. 22.
He was held in custody for 30-plus hours and released with charges of trespassing and resisting an officer.
He was held in custody for 30-plus hours and released with charges of trespassing and resisting an officer.
Photojournalist arrested at Miami immigration protest, gear seized
Freelance photojournalist Dave Decker was arrested by Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputies while documenting anti-deportation protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
pressfreedomtracker.us
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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A nursing-home exec who defrauded the government of $38M paid MAGA lobbyists $1M to seek a Trump pardon—and Trump granted it.
While Americans struggle to afford their bills, Trump is focused on protecting his rich allies that have profited off the backs of everyday people.
While Americans struggle to afford their bills, Trump is focused on protecting his rich allies that have profited off the backs of everyday people.
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A nursing-home exec who defrauded the government of $38M paid MAGA lobbyists $1M to seek a Trump pardon—and Trump granted it.
While Americans struggle to afford their bills, Trump is focused on protecting his rich allies that have profited off the backs of everyday people.
While Americans struggle to afford their bills, Trump is focused on protecting his rich allies that have profited off the backs of everyday people.
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You've probably seen Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on the airwaves denouncing the "toxic politics" in the United States. Let's look at who helped make these politics so toxic.
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
You've probably seen Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on the airwaves denouncing the "toxic politics" in the United States. Let's look at who helped make these politics so toxic.
A little taste of I'm With Her's latest (second) album resulting from their sometime collaboration. Three folk stars aligned.
www.youtube.com/shorts/NgTNg...
www.youtube.com/shorts/NgTNg...
Our new song “Standing on the Fault Line” is out now! #newmusic #shorts #folk
YouTube video by I'm With Her
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November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A little taste of I'm With Her's latest (second) album resulting from their sometime collaboration. Three folk stars aligned.
www.youtube.com/shorts/NgTNg...
www.youtube.com/shorts/NgTNg...
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While everyone's paying attention to the Epstein files, a big story just broke about another alleged human trafficker with ties to Trump — Andrew Tate:
Trump official intervened in investigation on behalf of Andrew Tate, report says:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
All props to ProPublica on this:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
All props to ProPublica on this:
Trump official intervened in investigation on behalf of Andrew Tate, report says
An investigation from ProPublica claims a Trump administration official asked investigators to return electronics belonging to influencer Andrew Tate
www.usatoday.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
While everyone's paying attention to the Epstein files, a big story just broke about another alleged human trafficker with ties to Trump — Andrew Tate:
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Trump praised the Saudi Crown Prince for his “incredible human rights efforts” minutes after snapping at an ABC reporter for asking about Jamal Khashoggi, who was dismembered in a state-sanctioned hit for advocating for human rights. I don’t think he knows what the term means.
November 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Trump praised the Saudi Crown Prince for his “incredible human rights efforts” minutes after snapping at an ABC reporter for asking about Jamal Khashoggi, who was dismembered in a state-sanctioned hit for advocating for human rights. I don’t think he knows what the term means.
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WTF 🤬
Federal agents are using chemical aerosol spray on protesters in
St. Paul, Minnesota.
Federal agents are using chemical aerosol spray on protesters in
St. Paul, Minnesota.
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
WTF 🤬
Federal agents are using chemical aerosol spray on protesters in
St. Paul, Minnesota.
Federal agents are using chemical aerosol spray on protesters in
St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Dear Senator, how do you sleep at night knowing how many people--including young girls--you have harmed through your votes and your support of this person?
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Dear Senator, how do you sleep at night knowing how many people--including young girls--you have harmed through your votes and your support of this person?
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Or, for example, stolen over 65 million from the government in a Medicare fraud?
November 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Or, for example, stolen over 65 million from the government in a Medicare fraud?
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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November 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Folks, this is BAD...
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Folks, this is BAD...
I still don't trust them as far as I can spit.
November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I still don't trust them as far as I can spit.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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"When did pedophilia become a partisan issue?" - James Talarico (D-TX)
November 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"When did pedophilia become a partisan issue?" - James Talarico (D-TX)