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Tod Jones

@tfosteroaks.bsky.social

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Layabout. Lump. Occupier of space. Consumer of oxygen. Founder of Antifa. PNW denizen (where the mysterious water spigot is!) Introvert. Cyclist. Runner. Hack writer. Avid devourer of books. Happily married to a talented artist. No DM please.

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Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 21m

We are so quickly moving in the wrong direction.

Liberal Veteran @liberal-veteran.bsky.social · 40m

Republicans see this as progress. For them, white supremacy is the goal.

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Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 23m

Nothing makes ICE agents look more foolish than countering them with inflatable animals.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 25m

Are we reclaiming Pepe? :)

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 26m

Particularly when coupled with the emotional maturity of five-year-olds.

Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 1d

Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 27m

Certainly, an endorsement from Putin should count for something!

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1h

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 29m

And how that perspective has been challenged, changed, altered, mutated, distorted by those rewriting history.

Jim Robert @mollygrub.bsky.social · 40m

Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 30m

Exercising free speech = Antifa = troop invasion and "riot" control.

'Someone' will break a window, 'someone' will throw a rock, and all bets are off. Martial Law.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 40m

You can draw a line from Trump's evidence-free claims about the need for troops in Portland to top Republicans insisting today that the upcoming "No Kings" rally is the work of antifa agitators. www.pbump.net/o/the-presid...

The president’s pretend enemy

There is no crisis of unrest in Portland, Oregon. One way I know this to be true is that President Trump — who is insistent that Portland faces just such a crisis — doesn't offer any evidence of it. A...

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 2h

Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.

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Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 33m

Apparently, their training dictates that these abductions take place in no other manner than violently and cruelly.

Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 1h

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 34m

Pondering life's mysteries. :)

Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 23h

Little boy in Salford enjoying a quiet moment, 1957, photo by Neil Libbert, Salford-born photographer.

Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 34m

When they are losing the looniest, hope emerges.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1h

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3h

Yes, so embarrassing.

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Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 36m

"We'll be inviting other potential enemies to build military bases in our country as well. I don't anticipate any kind of security issues. It's not like any planes involving the middle east have ever attacked us or flown into buildings or anything like that."

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 1h

Nothing like inconsistent rulings to add confusion to the chaos.

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Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 1h

From the NYT newsletter, regarding Israel/Hamas ceasefire:
"Trump claims victory. He craves the Nobel Prize Prize. He did not win today, but this agreement boosts his chances in the future."

Seriously? Boosts his chances? "Hitler apologizes for Holocaust, boosting chances for Peace Prize."

Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 1h

If anybody can be lumped in, everyone can. No one is safe from their cruelty.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h

THIS!! 👇👇

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Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 4h

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 7h

Roberts Is Just As Responsible For Chump As Chump Is ! Both Have
Failed This Country.......

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Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 1h

"Hey, those are 'Peacemaker Pepper Balls'™!"

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 3h

Guy who is zip-tying American children and shooting pastors on the head with pepper balls wants Peace Prize.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Fed Governor Christopher Waller: "Job growth has probably been negative the last few months. it doesn't look like it's doing much better. I don't hear anybody with big hiring plans."

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Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 1h

It felt much calmer then. Let's bring back tepid.

Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com · 19h

I want to make America mediocre again.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

Mr. Secretary, the president is on the phone. He sounds very angry and he keeps calling you Lil Marco.

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Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 1h

Great system: Forcibly and violently remove people who want to be here; strand people here who want to leave.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...

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Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 1h

Those are called "Nobel Peace Prize Peacemaker Pepper Balls."™

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

Tod Jones @tfosteroaks.bsky.social · 1h

The Resistance Takes On Trump: A Nobel Snub, Chicago Invasion Blocked, His Propaganda Machine Exposed, and Mike Johnson Gets Wrecked On C-SPAN
open.substack.com/pub/dworkin/...

The Resistance Takes On Trump: A Nobel Snub, Chicago Invasion Blocked, His Propaganda Machine Exposed, and Mike Johnson Gets Wrecked On C-SPAN

No Nobel Prize for Trump. GOOD!

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