Thomas Ray
@ranger65.bsky.social
US politics, energy security, data and information policies. Dual national.
I'm reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. So many great lines. They stop me dead in my tracks!
December 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. So many great lines. They stop me dead in my tracks!
Regardless of the politics, we are all on the clock. We don't know when the end will come, so must strive for and cherish all we can. ❤️
Former Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse says he doesn’t have much time left.
Sasse is just 53 years old.
Sasse is just 53 years old.
December 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Regardless of the politics, we are all on the clock. We don't know when the end will come, so must strive for and cherish all we can. ❤️
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Julie has been covering this longer than most. The DOJ is not following the law. #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
December 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Julie has been covering this longer than most. The DOJ is not following the law. #TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
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Donald Trump has just begun seizing the wages of Americans who don’t pay their student loans.
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Donald Trump has just begun seizing the wages of Americans who don’t pay their student loans.
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The DOJ identified at least 10 co-conspirators who worked with Epstein and Maxwell. It’s obvious to anyone with two eyes that Epstein and Maxwell were engaged in organized crime, yet NO ONE ELSE involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring has faced criminal charges. Why?
December 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The DOJ identified at least 10 co-conspirators who worked with Epstein and Maxwell. It’s obvious to anyone with two eyes that Epstein and Maxwell were engaged in organized crime, yet NO ONE ELSE involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring has faced criminal charges. Why?
I know there is so much bad news breaking. But I refuse to give up on America. I know brighter days are ahead. Together we can resist those who refuse to let the light in. We will succeed. I know it deep in my bones.
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I know there is so much bad news breaking. But I refuse to give up on America. I know brighter days are ahead. Together we can resist those who refuse to let the light in. We will succeed. I know it deep in my bones.
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He’s gilded the entire White House, slapped his name on both the Kennedy Center and Institute for Peace, installed a new Trump Gold Card, and now proposing a new “Trump class” of naval vessels.
I know we keep saying this is insane but this is seriously fucking insane.
I know we keep saying this is insane but this is seriously fucking insane.
oh my god its literally Long Beach's wario
December 22, 2025 at 10:20 PM
He’s gilded the entire White House, slapped his name on both the Kennedy Center and Institute for Peace, installed a new Trump Gold Card, and now proposing a new “Trump class” of naval vessels.
I know we keep saying this is insane but this is seriously fucking insane.
I know we keep saying this is insane but this is seriously fucking insane.
That's so messed up. Epstein is saying he and Trump were into abusing girls, and one of them became president while the other went to prison.
Then a few days later he kills himself.
Then a few days later he kills himself.
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 9:14 AM
That's so messed up. Epstein is saying he and Trump were into abusing girls, and one of them became president while the other went to prison.
Then a few days later he kills himself.
Then a few days later he kills himself.
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They are so, so, so incompetent
So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
They are so, so, so incompetent
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If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
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One of the things that needs to become clear in 2026 is that big changes are possible if you pitch them. Talk positively. Explain the pros and cons like an adult. Be enthusiastic. Repeat the idea. Answer questions about it. Sell the notion that we can make things better. People want to buy in.
December 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
One of the things that needs to become clear in 2026 is that big changes are possible if you pitch them. Talk positively. Explain the pros and cons like an adult. Be enthusiastic. Repeat the idea. Answer questions about it. Sell the notion that we can make things better. People want to buy in.
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bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
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We really could have a different country. Even now, it’s not too late to turn the corner on so much that is happening.
December 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
We really could have a different country. Even now, it’s not too late to turn the corner on so much that is happening.
There is a non-stop drip drip drip of bots following my account.
Makes me wonder if Supreme Court justices have been buried under an avalanche of nation-state sock puppet accounts. I'd be shocked if they haven't.
Does FBI counter-intelligence include unfollowing and blocking accounts?
Makes me wonder if Supreme Court justices have been buried under an avalanche of nation-state sock puppet accounts. I'd be shocked if they haven't.
Does FBI counter-intelligence include unfollowing and blocking accounts?
December 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
There is a non-stop drip drip drip of bots following my account.
Makes me wonder if Supreme Court justices have been buried under an avalanche of nation-state sock puppet accounts. I'd be shocked if they haven't.
Does FBI counter-intelligence include unfollowing and blocking accounts?
Makes me wonder if Supreme Court justices have been buried under an avalanche of nation-state sock puppet accounts. I'd be shocked if they haven't.
Does FBI counter-intelligence include unfollowing and blocking accounts?
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sending love, light, and warmth as the sun sets on the Longest Night
December 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
sending love, light, and warmth as the sun sets on the Longest Night
Ransone was able to tap into a visceral insecurity that is familiar to so many Americans. Wanting to be more. Always on the brink of ruin. Also feeling a deep connection to community.
Rest in peace, James. You made a big impact on this guy, and I'm very greatful. 🙏🏼
Rest in peace, James. You made a big impact on this guy, and I'm very greatful. 🙏🏼
oh my god awful. RIP James Ransone, Ziggy in The Wire, Eddie in It Chapter 2, Deputy So and So in the Sinister movies
variety.com/2025/tv/obit...
variety.com/2025/tv/obit...
James Ransone, Who Played Ziggy Sobotka on ‘The Wire,’ Dies at 46
James Ransone, an American actor best known for playing Ziggy Sobotka in 'The Wire' died on Friday in an apparent suicide. He was 46.
variety.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Ransone was able to tap into a visceral insecurity that is familiar to so many Americans. Wanting to be more. Always on the brink of ruin. Also feeling a deep connection to community.
Rest in peace, James. You made a big impact on this guy, and I'm very greatful. 🙏🏼
Rest in peace, James. You made a big impact on this guy, and I'm very greatful. 🙏🏼
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Honestly, it’s the perfect role for a VP. They’re usually the more partisan one and they usually need something to do.
Imagine the joy of Tim Walz in a hard hat, behind the wheel of a wrecking ball
Imagine the joy of Tim Walz in a hard hat, behind the wheel of a wrecking ball
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
December 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Honestly, it’s the perfect role for a VP. They’re usually the more partisan one and they usually need something to do.
Imagine the joy of Tim Walz in a hard hat, behind the wheel of a wrecking ball
Imagine the joy of Tim Walz in a hard hat, behind the wheel of a wrecking ball
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Munson: In Oklahoma, Republicans have been in charge of state government for two decades, and nothing has improved. In fact, everything has gotten worse. On every good list, we’re at the bottom, and on every bad list, we’re at the very top.
December 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Munson: In Oklahoma, Republicans have been in charge of state government for two decades, and nothing has improved. In fact, everything has gotten worse. On every good list, we’re at the bottom, and on every bad list, we’re at the very top.
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"We should take over the oil fields. It's very easy to do."
Donald Trump promised to be a peacetime president. So why is he preparing for a regime change war in Venezuela?
Donald Trump promised to be a peacetime president. So why is he preparing for a regime change war in Venezuela?
December 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"We should take over the oil fields. It's very easy to do."
Donald Trump promised to be a peacetime president. So why is he preparing for a regime change war in Venezuela?
Donald Trump promised to be a peacetime president. So why is he preparing for a regime change war in Venezuela?
💔 I'll never given up on America. Never.
December 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
💔 I'll never given up on America. Never.
Incredible article. Even more so considering it is 84 years old and could have been written yesterday.
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Incredible article. Even more so considering it is 84 years old and could have been written yesterday.
What a devastating fact. 💔
Something that what happened in Australia and the ensuing discourse has brought back in to my mind is that there are still fewer Jews in the world today than there were in 1939
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
What a devastating fact. 💔
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
I'm very proud of the response to the horrific shooting we had yeaterday at Bondi beach. 🇦🇺
Bystanders helping each other shelter. Disarming a shooter. Police confront the shooters. Supporting the Jewish comminity today.
Excellent work. Let's continue caring for one another. ❤️❤️❤️
Bystanders helping each other shelter. Disarming a shooter. Police confront the shooters. Supporting the Jewish comminity today.
Excellent work. Let's continue caring for one another. ❤️❤️❤️
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I'm very proud of the response to the horrific shooting we had yeaterday at Bondi beach. 🇦🇺
Bystanders helping each other shelter. Disarming a shooter. Police confront the shooters. Supporting the Jewish comminity today.
Excellent work. Let's continue caring for one another. ❤️❤️❤️
Bystanders helping each other shelter. Disarming a shooter. Police confront the shooters. Supporting the Jewish comminity today.
Excellent work. Let's continue caring for one another. ❤️❤️❤️
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.