Lmthorn
@lmthorn.bsky.social
concerned citizen, interested in everything, left-leaning for life, conflict-avoidant, committed introvert. Likes/follows are mine alone and not endorsements. I don’t answer DMs unless I know you. Even then it’s iffy
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Trump, Miller, Noem, et al, continue to lie that their mass deportations are focused on criminals. That’s not true, a big percentage of people — particularly in blue areas — have no criminal charges.
This isn’t a public safety campaign. It’s a xenophobic, racial profiling campaign.
This isn’t a public safety campaign. It’s a xenophobic, racial profiling campaign.
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Trump, Miller, Noem, et al, continue to lie that their mass deportations are focused on criminals. That’s not true, a big percentage of people — particularly in blue areas — have no criminal charges.
This isn’t a public safety campaign. It’s a xenophobic, racial profiling campaign.
This isn’t a public safety campaign. It’s a xenophobic, racial profiling campaign.
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NEW: "The Government Accountability Office, an independent and nonpartisan investigative watchdog for Congress, says it has opened an investigation into Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte."
www.nbcnews.com/business/rea...
www.nbcnews.com/business/rea...
Government Accountability Office opens investigation into FHFA chief Bill Pulte
Senate Democrats wrote to the agency in November asking it to review Pulte's referrals to the Justice Department alleging mortgage fraud.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
NEW: "The Government Accountability Office, an independent and nonpartisan investigative watchdog for Congress, says it has opened an investigation into Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte."
www.nbcnews.com/business/rea...
www.nbcnews.com/business/rea...
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Political scientists: Uh, who’s going to tell him?
January 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Political scientists: Uh, who’s going to tell him?
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Apologies for yelling, but—
ERIC TRUMP'S NET WORTH HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT $360 MILLION IN THE PAST YEAR.
ERIC TRUMP'S NET WORTH HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT $360 MILLION IN THE PAST YEAR.
New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Here’s How Much Eric Trump Is Worth
Crypto took the real estate heir’s fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president’s second-oldest son a billionaire in early September.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Apologies for yelling, but—
ERIC TRUMP'S NET WORTH HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT $360 MILLION IN THE PAST YEAR.
ERIC TRUMP'S NET WORTH HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT $360 MILLION IN THE PAST YEAR.
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even in this batshit timeline this stands out as particularly unhinged and sick
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
even in this batshit timeline this stands out as particularly unhinged and sick
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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Around 90% of Somalis in Minnesota are US citizens. Republicans call them "illegals" because they aren't white.
December 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Around 90% of Somalis in Minnesota are US citizens. Republicans call them "illegals" because they aren't white.
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How many times is Donald Trump going to doze off during a cabinet meeting before the media starts questioning his mental and physical health?
December 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
How many times is Donald Trump going to doze off during a cabinet meeting before the media starts questioning his mental and physical health?
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When gave the more than 800 senior officers a “long and pointless harangue, it was not only disrespectful; it was cringe-inducing, like watching the angriest kid in your high school come back 20 years later as the principal and unload his adolescent gripes on all the teachers in the staff lounge.”
Posting stupid memes after being accused of murder is the response of a sneering, spoiled punk who has been caught doing wrong and is now daring the local fuzz to take him in and risk the anger of his rich dad—a role fulfilled by Donald Trump, in this case.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Pete Hegseth Needs to Go—Now
A man with such contempt for the military should not run the Pentagon.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
When gave the more than 800 senior officers a “long and pointless harangue, it was not only disrespectful; it was cringe-inducing, like watching the angriest kid in your high school come back 20 years later as the principal and unload his adolescent gripes on all the teachers in the staff lounge.”
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
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The only reliable data we are going to get on this stuff now comes from the private sector. bsky.app/profile/atru...
🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"
December 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The only reliable data we are going to get on this stuff now comes from the private sector. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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R+6 or 7 is a great result for Dems here regardless but with 93% of 2022 turnout this is terrifying for Rs
they cannot rely on "oh this is just special election turnout differential"
almost everyone showed up and a lot of them voted the other way
they cannot rely on "oh this is just special election turnout differential"
almost everyone showed up and a lot of them voted the other way
14% swing from 2024 when all is said and done? Pretty good considering just how high-profile the race became in the last week
Turnout is currently *93%* of 2022, and it's also a 14% swing from 2022 despite similar turnout levels
Turnout is currently *93%* of 2022, and it's also a 14% swing from 2022 despite similar turnout levels
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
R+6 or 7 is a great result for Dems here regardless but with 93% of 2022 turnout this is terrifying for Rs
they cannot rely on "oh this is just special election turnout differential"
almost everyone showed up and a lot of them voted the other way
they cannot rely on "oh this is just special election turnout differential"
almost everyone showed up and a lot of them voted the other way
Hey, pssst, Members of the Press, stop breaking my news-junkie heart.
When you report the latest official statements, please, for the love of god, take a second to reprint recent, completely contradictory official statements on the same subject. Thank you for your attention to this matter
When you report the latest official statements, please, for the love of god, take a second to reprint recent, completely contradictory official statements on the same subject. Thank you for your attention to this matter
December 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hey, pssst, Members of the Press, stop breaking my news-junkie heart.
When you report the latest official statements, please, for the love of god, take a second to reprint recent, completely contradictory official statements on the same subject. Thank you for your attention to this matter
When you report the latest official statements, please, for the love of god, take a second to reprint recent, completely contradictory official statements on the same subject. Thank you for your attention to this matter
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
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We don't need to humanize immigrants! We need to show the full dimension of humanity of immigrants everywhere--as we fight like hell to abolish ICE--video courtesy of Women's March. #MomSky
December 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
We don't need to humanize immigrants! We need to show the full dimension of humanity of immigrants everywhere--as we fight like hell to abolish ICE--video courtesy of Women's March. #MomSky
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With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
With DC shooter now identified as an Afghan national not the antifa secret agent White House hoped for a good time to remember the Trump admin has gutted domestic anti-terrorism capacity and reassigned many to finding grandmothers to arrest at immigration hearings.
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Congressional Republicans let Trump put an alcoholic rapist in charge of the Pentagon, an anti-science kook in charge of our health, and a 22 year old intern in charge of counterterrorism.
These people do not act as if they actually care about Americans or the constitution.
These people do not act as if they actually care about Americans or the constitution.
November 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Congressional Republicans let Trump put an alcoholic rapist in charge of the Pentagon, an anti-science kook in charge of our health, and a 22 year old intern in charge of counterterrorism.
These people do not act as if they actually care about Americans or the constitution.
These people do not act as if they actually care about Americans or the constitution.
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"David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments."
I’m thankful for this expose, but FFS, these aren’t “ethical complexities.”
This man is helping himself and a few friends to all the riches in the vault and leaving bombs in there to blow us all up once it‘s empty.
#GiftArticle #GiftLink
This man is helping himself and a few friends to all the riches in the vault and leaving bombs in there to blow us all up once it‘s empty.
#GiftArticle #GiftLink
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
"David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments."
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Even though the descendants have garnered a few incremental wins, they may face challenges from a federal administration that has opposed reparations for Black Americans and racial equity efforts. “With the election of Trump..."
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
A Black Georgia community uprooted in 1942 still fights to go home
US descendants of Harris Neck’s Gullah Geechee families seek the return of ancestral land seized for a wartime airfield
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Even though the descendants have garnered a few incremental wins, they may face challenges from a federal administration that has opposed reparations for Black Americans and racial equity efforts. “With the election of Trump..."
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/no...
Diplomacy is dead. National security is dead. Only corporations and capital and profit remain, and they know no borders and their only enemy is missing a chance to make money. Our only remaining American ideal is greed
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
on.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Diplomacy is dead. National security is dead. Only corporations and capital and profit remain, and they know no borders and their only enemy is missing a chance to make money. Our only remaining American ideal is greed