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Mark Thompson

@sonofathomp.bsky.social

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A Cartoonerer. The New Yorker..er. My posts are unreliably narrated. Native Upper Midwesterner now in Colorado. https://condenaststore.com/collections/new+yorker+cartoons/mark+thompson

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · Nov 20

My Bluesky posts are artisanal, handcrafted and scented with lavender.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 9h

Chicago tonight.

This city shows up.

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 9h

Michigan Avenue right now.

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Bruce Feldman @brucerfeldman.bsky.social · 8h

Proving, as anyone who has had to deal with it knows, that there's very little justice, rectitude, or capable jurisprudence in Louisiana.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 11h

Pope Leo in new letter to Catholic Charities USA: Migrants are "living witnesses of hope" with an "intrinsic human dignity" who should be "invited to participate fully in community life."

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putawomanincharge.bsky.social @putawomanincharge.bsky.social · 12h

FYI ..
EPSTEIN used young boys too.
Yes. He. Did.
Another HUGE reason they are fighting this.

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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 5h

This:

thewakan.bsky.social @thewakan.bsky.social · 7h

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11h

Didn't Trump already have his annual check up in April?

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 12h

The 79-year-old former host of Celebrity Apprentice, whose brain can now be best described as a sourdough starter, is strongly considering invoking the Insurrection Act

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 13h

this is not to say that they’re going away any time soon or that things won’t get worse before they get better, but last week felt like the administration started coming unglued and this week feels like the unraveling is speeding up

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 9h

Hi. I’d like to report a deranged and delusional man in the White House who’s inciting violence and represents a danger to public safety. Can law enforcement please handle this matter?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 6h

The @washingtonpost.com is now no more than a tabloid. Absolute tripe from the editorial board here.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 9h

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

www.washingtonpost.com

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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 9h

Squeaker of the House Mike Johnson is a spineless, mealy-mouthed lapdog.

Seat Adelita, loser!
Do your job or lose your job!

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Bruce Feldman @brucerfeldman.bsky.social · 12h

"Only $50K? I got a $250K RV." – Clarence Thomas

Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 12h

Democrats push for probe of shady border czar’s alleged bribe scandal www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Democrats push for probe of shady border czar’s alleged bribe scandal

House Judiciary Committee Democrats are demanding a federal investigation into President Donald Trump’s decision to hire “border czar” Tom Homan, despite an ongoing FBI bribery probe. On ...

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𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎✩ @allmylovesteph.bsky.social · 4h

X is a propaganda machine.

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 9h

The next Supreme Court term is shaping up to be the most consequential since 1937. Depending on how it rules, it may cease to be accepted as a legitimate arbiter, and even nullify its own power as an independent judiciary.

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 8h

Look, we could all confuse our public Presidential social media account with our direct messages. We await the Orange Wonder to similarly reveal some vital National Security information the same way.

Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 9h

Remember this post? The Wall Street Journal just confirmed it was meant to be a DM to Pam Bondi.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 9h

Remember this post? The Wall Street Journal just confirmed it was meant to be a DM to Pam Bondi.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h

Yet another incident that would’ve gotten any other president immediately impeached that is only the 127th worst thing Trump has done in 2025.

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Mark Thompson @sonofathomp.bsky.social · 8h

Apparently, we needed to remake our entire democracy due to a threat from the border so severe, that a border state is sending it’s troops to…Chicago?

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 9h

Also fuck you Texas for doing this, invading another state with armed troops; lone star Republic my ass

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10h

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.

📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.