Samuel Thompson
@jarriesam.bsky.social
Occasional writer, blogger and historian, enjoys travel and the good things in life
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Suella Braverman’s parents emigrated (those horrible economic migrants not from a war zone she hates).
She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger.
She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked.
Horrible.
She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger.
She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked.
Horrible.
December 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Suella Braverman’s parents emigrated (those horrible economic migrants not from a war zone she hates).
She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger.
She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked.
Horrible.
She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger.
She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked.
Horrible.
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The evidence that Trump frequently rapes children is almost conclusive. The evidence that Trump is orchestrating a cover up is conclusive! And likely being done to avoid releasing conclusive evidence that Trump frequently rapes children.
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The evidence that Trump frequently rapes children is almost conclusive. The evidence that Trump is orchestrating a cover up is conclusive! And likely being done to avoid releasing conclusive evidence that Trump frequently rapes children.
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Russian general killed by car bomb in Moscow, investigators say
Russian general killed by car bomb in Moscow, investigators say
Investigative Committee says it is looking into whether Ukraine intelligence services were behind the attack
A Russian general was killed on Monday morning after an explosive device detonated underneath his car in southern Moscow, investigators said.
Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov, the head of the operational training directorate of the Russian armed forces’ general Staff, died from his injuries, said Svetlana Petrenko, official spokesperson for Russia’s Investigative Committee. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Russian general killed by car bomb in Moscow, investigators say
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If you’re fluent in large dark rectangle, these files are pretty damning stuff
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
If you’re fluent in large dark rectangle, these files are pretty damning stuff
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Was not sure of DCL but finding great form at the moment.
December 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Was not sure of DCL but finding great form at the moment.
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The FBI put a thousand agents (their own words) on trying to hide all the links between Trump and Epstein. They failed. When people found some additional photos of Trump in the release, the DOJ promptly DELETED THEM FROM THE DOCUMENT RELEASE.
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
Available to download Friday, some Epstein files no longer there Saturday afternoon
An NPR analysis of the Epstein files shows some documents, originally available on Friday, are no longer on the Department of Justice's "Epstein Library" website as the DOJ releases more files.
www.npr.org
December 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The FBI put a thousand agents (their own words) on trying to hide all the links between Trump and Epstein. They failed. When people found some additional photos of Trump in the release, the DOJ promptly DELETED THEM FROM THE DOCUMENT RELEASE.
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/20/n...
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Colonization: Invade an inhabited land, round up the indigenous
ppl, coral them, treat them subhuman & when a few break out
with acts of horror, call them savages, slaughter them.
Sound familiar ?
ppl, coral them, treat them subhuman & when a few break out
with acts of horror, call them savages, slaughter them.
Sound familiar ?
December 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Colonization: Invade an inhabited land, round up the indigenous
ppl, coral them, treat them subhuman & when a few break out
with acts of horror, call them savages, slaughter them.
Sound familiar ?
ppl, coral them, treat them subhuman & when a few break out
with acts of horror, call them savages, slaughter them.
Sound familiar ?
Chilling by the lake
December 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Chilling by the lake
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"They're eating the free speech!"
The notion that Europeans live in a repressive anti-free-speech hellscape because Twitter got fined is so funny to me.
I feel like all those LA residents who kept being told by dumb fucks in states halfway across the country that their city was a lawless flaming apocalypse that needed liberation.
I feel like all those LA residents who kept being told by dumb fucks in states halfway across the country that their city was a lawless flaming apocalypse that needed liberation.
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"They're eating the free speech!"
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“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”
— Bertrand Russell
— Bertrand Russell
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”
— Bertrand Russell
— Bertrand Russell
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Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Only 3 weeks until the days start getting longer again ⛅
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
Hang in there, SAD people ❤️
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People think they want 'unbiased news.' What they actually want is a news source that shares their exact priors but has a slightly more neutral vibe so they feel intellectual while reading it
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
People think they want 'unbiased news.' What they actually want is a news source that shares their exact priors but has a slightly more neutral vibe so they feel intellectual while reading it
Can anyone see the twist?
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Can anyone see the twist?
Can anyone see the twist?
November 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Can anyone see the twist?
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To those of us working at the ground level in 2016 it was clear our Republican counterparts, the young 19-25 year old field organizers, were all Nazis, like literally Nazis. 10 years on they've made it past the ground floor, the rot is far advanced
“The GOP kids are not alright. For a significant and growing faction of the early-career operatives entering the party ranks, irony-drenched, nihilistic transgressiveness and theatrical bigotry aren’t just considered acceptable—they’re at the heart of politics.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
The Conservative Old Guard Wakes Up and Smells the Groypers
Older Republicans and professional right-wingers are suddenly recognizing the GOP’s young-Nazi problem.
www.thebulwark.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
To those of us working at the ground level in 2016 it was clear our Republican counterparts, the young 19-25 year old field organizers, were all Nazis, like literally Nazis. 10 years on they've made it past the ground floor, the rot is far advanced
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New York Fucking Times, forever and always, copyright @proleftpodcast.bsky.social
The New York Times **HAD EMAILS IN ITS POSSESSION** tying Donald Trump directly to Jeffrey Epstein's global elite pedophile cabal conspiracy –– in the middle of a 2016 election where a global elite pedophile cabal conspiracy was a HUGE topic –– and they didn't publish one word it for a decade.
Congrats again, everyone
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New York Fucking Times, forever and always, copyright @proleftpodcast.bsky.social
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“When I was [at the BBC], at the height of Boris Johnson’s strength, that fear was ubiquitous. Scripts were sometimes written with a view not solely to their impartiality or truth, but the management of perception of impartiality from one side of the spectrum.“ @lewisgoodall.com
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“When I was [at the BBC], at the height of Boris Johnson’s strength, that fear was ubiquitous. Scripts were sometimes written with a view not solely to their impartiality or truth, but the management of perception of impartiality from one side of the spectrum.“ @lewisgoodall.com
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New: Pablo Moreno González and Felipe Agustin Zamacona, two men formerly held at the Broadview, IL ICE facility, and now the named plaintiffs in a federal class action alleging inhumane treatment at the facility, are being released from federal custody per a successful habeas petition.
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
New: Pablo Moreno González and Felipe Agustin Zamacona, two men formerly held at the Broadview, IL ICE facility, and now the named plaintiffs in a federal class action alleging inhumane treatment at the facility, are being released from federal custody per a successful habeas petition.
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Trump says, End the filibuster, pass all these voting restrictions, and we will lock in Republican power forever.
“You’re not supposed to admit openly that you want to do these voting restrictions in order to rig the elections in your favor and create one-party rule.”
“You’re not supposed to admit openly that you want to do these voting restrictions in order to rig the elections in your favor and create one-party rule.”
Crucial thing to watch: The Dem blowout wins suggest it'll be way more risky for GOPers to gerrymander, because the GOP safer seats may become more vulnerable than expected. Rs in those seats will now be very nervous.
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Exchange on this w/Dem operative Jessica Post:
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Trump says, End the filibuster, pass all these voting restrictions, and we will lock in Republican power forever.
“You’re not supposed to admit openly that you want to do these voting restrictions in order to rig the elections in your favor and create one-party rule.”
“You’re not supposed to admit openly that you want to do these voting restrictions in order to rig the elections in your favor and create one-party rule.”
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TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ABANDONS APPEAL: Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown -- @fischler.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/full...
Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown
The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states Friday it was releasing full November funding for the nation’s major food assistance program that helps 42 million people afford groceries, complying wit...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ABANDONS APPEAL: Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown -- @fischler.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/full...
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Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Tesla’s profit fell 37% in the third quarter. It's been in the process of laying off 14,000 workers. It had more cars impacted by recalls than any other brand in 2024.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
Yet Elon Musk just got a pay package worth $1 trillion.
American capitalism is off the rails.
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One thing about the whole Andrew Windsor shitshow that hasn't been broached in the UK at all is that his protection only lasted as long as his mother was alive. Would be interesting to see the implications of that sinking in to the British nation as a whole.
November 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
One thing about the whole Andrew Windsor shitshow that hasn't been broached in the UK at all is that his protection only lasted as long as his mother was alive. Would be interesting to see the implications of that sinking in to the British nation as a whole.