Bart Thompson
@bart524.bsky.social
WV United Methodist Elder and Poppy. Baseball Fan. I do random tasks. Appalachian Guy. ✊🇬🇧🕊️🇮🇪🇨🇦 🖖
“Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for." S. Heaney 🇮🇪.
“Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for." S. Heaney 🇮🇪.
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Mockler: It’s like Marjorie Taylor Greene is realizing for the first time what it’s like to be on the opposition side of Trump. She has cheered him on for years as he used this same vile rhetoric against Democrats and even other Republicans.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Mockler: It’s like Marjorie Taylor Greene is realizing for the first time what it’s like to be on the opposition side of Trump. She has cheered him on for years as he used this same vile rhetoric against Democrats and even other Republicans.
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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from Congress. Her last day in office will be January 5, 2026.
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Loyola will hold a public wake, funeral service and celebration for Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt on Wednesday and Thursday.
Loyola to hold wake and funeral services for Sister Jean on Wednesday and Thursday
Sister Jean, Loyola University’s beloved nun who died Thursday at 106, had requested that her services be open to the public.
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October 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Loyola will hold a public wake, funeral service and celebration for Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.
YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.
Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.
While you still can.
@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.
Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.
While you still can.
@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now.
YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.
Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.
While you still can.
@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday.
Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms.
While you still can.
@ofthebraveusa.bsky.social
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"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Authoritarianism, it's a cancer. The symptoms are here, today... We thought it couldn't happen here... and now the disease is growing, metastasizing in America. But there is a cure—it requires you. On October 18, Americans will stand up, peacefully, for what makes America, America." nokings.org
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In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.
September 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In a moment like this, when tensions are high, part of the job of the president is to remind us of the ties that bind us together.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro to NBC:
"Without question, they're trying to stifle dissent."
"Whether you agree with Jimmy Kimmel or not, whether you found him funny or not, to fire someone because he told a joke about the president repeatedly, and the president didn’t like it ... that is dangerous."
"Without question, they're trying to stifle dissent."
"Whether you agree with Jimmy Kimmel or not, whether you found him funny or not, to fire someone because he told a joke about the president repeatedly, and the president didn’t like it ... that is dangerous."
September 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Gov. Josh Shapiro to NBC:
"Without question, they're trying to stifle dissent."
"Whether you agree with Jimmy Kimmel or not, whether you found him funny or not, to fire someone because he told a joke about the president repeatedly, and the president didn’t like it ... that is dangerous."
"Without question, they're trying to stifle dissent."
"Whether you agree with Jimmy Kimmel or not, whether you found him funny or not, to fire someone because he told a joke about the president repeatedly, and the president didn’t like it ... that is dangerous."
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Important PSA for parents of white boys. If you don’t want you sons radicalized do these 5 things.
September 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Important PSA for parents of white boys. If you don’t want you sons radicalized do these 5 things.
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Yes, release the Epstein files!!!
September 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Yes, release the Epstein files!!!
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This is appalling. Civilized countries look at us and are rightly horrified that this idiocy and cruelty is sanctioned by--encouraged by--our government.
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is appalling. Civilized countries look at us and are rightly horrified that this idiocy and cruelty is sanctioned by--encouraged by--our government.
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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How Stanley Kubrick’s film “Dr. Strangelove” exposed dangers inherent in nuclear command-and-control systems.
Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True
How Stanley Kubrick’s film “Dr. Strangelove” exposed dangers inherent in nuclear command-and-control systems.
www.newyorker.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
How Stanley Kubrick’s film “Dr. Strangelove” exposed dangers inherent in nuclear command-and-control systems.
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Why can’t we just have trains?! 😭
August 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Why can’t we just have trains?! 😭
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BREAKING: Drug cartels are feared to be among those that obtained sensitive court data due to a sweeping breach of the federal judiciary’s case filing system.
Cartels may be able to target witnesses after major court hack
There is growing concern that cartels and foreign actors could use the stolen data to identify informants and foil criminal probes.
www.politico.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
BREAKING: Drug cartels are feared to be among those that obtained sensitive court data due to a sweeping breach of the federal judiciary’s case filing system.
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Seems Mike Johnson has been using campaign funds to pay his rent in DC, which is a major legal no no.
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
Mike Johnson hit with new accusation showing ‘clear-cut violation’ of federal law
House Speaker Mike Johnson has been accused of using campaign money to pay his rent in what the government watchdog group Campaign Legal Center described as a “clear-cut violation of federal campaign ...
www.rawstory.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Seems Mike Johnson has been using campaign funds to pay his rent in DC, which is a major legal no no.
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
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Far-right protesters clash with police in Nuneaton after rally outside town hall
Far-right protesters clash with police in Nuneaton after rally outside town hall
Hundreds gather after alleged rape of girl for demonstration that also featured tense exchanges with anti-racism counter-protesters
Far-right protesters clashed with police on Saturday after hundreds of people gathered outside the town hall in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, for a planned protest.
The event was organised in response to two men, reportedly Afghan asylum seekers, who were charged over the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl in the town. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Far-right protesters clash with police in Nuneaton after rally outside town hall
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Unfortunately, this is where we are headed... shameful...🥺
August 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Unfortunately, this is where we are headed... shameful...🥺
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weird how the guy born into obscene wealth, bailed out repeatedly, allowed to fail upwards forever until he fell ass-backwards into the presidency, and then was declared by the Supreme Court to be a Very Special Boy Who Can Crime Forever never stops whining about how everything is rigged against him
August 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
weird how the guy born into obscene wealth, bailed out repeatedly, allowed to fail upwards forever until he fell ass-backwards into the presidency, and then was declared by the Supreme Court to be a Very Special Boy Who Can Crime Forever never stops whining about how everything is rigged against him
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Gentle souls,
This movie is LITERALLY shown in the Defense Nuclear Weapons School’s course on Nuclear Policy.
But considering how many tropes from post-apocalyptic movies we’re all now living through, I’ll forgive you if you don’t have it in you to imagine this nightmare too.
This movie is LITERALLY shown in the Defense Nuclear Weapons School’s course on Nuclear Policy.
But considering how many tropes from post-apocalyptic movies we’re all now living through, I’ll forgive you if you don’t have it in you to imagine this nightmare too.
How Stanley Kubrick’s film “Dr. Strangelove” exposed dangers inherent in nuclear command-and-control systems.
Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was True
How Stanley Kubrick’s film “Dr. Strangelove” exposed dangers inherent in nuclear command-and-control systems.
www.newyorker.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Gentle souls,
This movie is LITERALLY shown in the Defense Nuclear Weapons School’s course on Nuclear Policy.
But considering how many tropes from post-apocalyptic movies we’re all now living through, I’ll forgive you if you don’t have it in you to imagine this nightmare too.
This movie is LITERALLY shown in the Defense Nuclear Weapons School’s course on Nuclear Policy.
But considering how many tropes from post-apocalyptic movies we’re all now living through, I’ll forgive you if you don’t have it in you to imagine this nightmare too.