JThomasAlbert
Call me Tommy.
Graphic designer stuck in the Florida panhandle, Tabletop gaming enthusiast, he/him, the good kind of weird
If you quote-repost me to get a dogpile going, I will just mute the thread.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertTrump wants to take over voting in at least 15 places FBI raid in Fulton County GA now fueling MAGA calls for election takeover there That would allow them to purge voters, cut polling places, limit early voting & challenge election results. Very scary for 2026 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertBefore recent political shifts, U.S. universities were making modest gains in hiring more diverse faculty through targeted recruiting and DEI efforts — but most of those initiatives have now been paused or reversed amid federal pressure and legal risk, raising questions about the future of diversity
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertRoger Ailes? The man who sexually harassed her multiple times in his office? k
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertSir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertHistorian here President Abraham Lincoln opposed the Mexican War as a land grab for slavery when he was a first term Congressman from Illinois.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbert“It’s chilling for us to see history repeating itself. The more confusion that sets in from the start, the harder it becomes to change minds that are already made up.” The lessons of Kent State
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertGood morning perverts and crooks (complimentary), here's a thread of free fiction from me, because why not;
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertY’all, I’m losing my mind over here. I need everyone to read this article. I can’t go it alone!!! “Epstein argues that teaching children to write may be harmful because writing forces “linear” and “narrow” patterns of thinking, whereas the greatest thinkers never wrote.”
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertyou personally have the ability to secure elections for yourself and your neighbors.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertCNN: "New data shows January was the lowest months for job cuts since the 2009 Great Recession...layoffs way up, hiring ways down. During the month of January, US-based employers announced just over 108,000 layoffs. That's roughly double January 2025. In fact, this is the highest since January 2009"
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertI just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertOh,look. The mail order bride from Eastern Europe came in a "pick your favorite" package. I wonder which one Trump chose.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertJust sayin’.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertWhen investigations go global and prosecutors don’t redact names, power stops protecting people. That’s not fear of politics — that’s fear of daylight and jurisdictions you can’t control.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertThe UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has just launched a fresh US $400 million appeal for 2026 to meet rising global human rights needs — funding that supports monitoring abuses, protecting victims, investigating violations and helping countries uphold human rights law at a time when donor-
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertThe career of Lord Peter Mandelson — one of Labour’s longest-serving and most influential political strategists — is finally finished after his controversial appointment to the UK’s House of Lords collapsed under intense backlash, underscoring deep tensions within the party and broader doubts about-
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertSchmitt: "Your words that don’t mean anything aren't going to stop what’s coming, and I want you to take that back to Soros and all these ridiculous funders you have. Because justice is coming. And by the way, if I have it my way, we will be denaturalize all these fraudsters and send them home."
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertObviously it’s only fascism if it’s from the Fasci region of Italy. Otherwise it’s just sparkling authoritarianism
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertIf you ever wonder why Israel has nice things* and we don't, Chuck Schumer is one of the reasons why Israel has nice things and we don't * Universal health care, women's bodily autonomy, stipends for families with kids under 18, social safety net, high life expectancy, etc.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertDonald Trump tells NBC News he would never back Kevin Warsh for Fed chair if he planned to raise rates, making the message blunt: loyalty to lower interest rates comes before Federal Reserve independence.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertTrump’s border czar announced Wednesday that the Trump administration will remove 700 federal immigration officers from Minneapolis. The decision, effective immediately, still leaves over 2,000 agents in the area, nearly four times the number of officers in the Minneapolis Police Department.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertTHE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB is a cinematic testament to the courage of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and the emergency responders who tried to reach her.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertBetween Jeff Bezos' evisceration of The Washington Post, Bill Gates' appearance in the Epstein Files, and, you know, every single thing Elon Musk has done, at least we'll see the end of the Myth of the Benevolent Billionaires.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertWe just passed $3 million raised, powered by 57,000+ grassroots donors with an average gift of $31. This campaign is built by people, not the ultra rich or special interests like AIPAC. You decide who Congress answers to.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertThis is a deeply important piece. "A tool meant to make D.M.V. data sharing frictionless for law enforcement agencies also acts like a privacy Trojan horse, because agencies don’t need just cause or a warrant to look at it."
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertAn invitation to the official Broadway opening of 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' was found within the latest batch of Epstein files.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertBillionaires don't buy newspapers or tech companies because they care about journalism or free speech. They do it because they care about which speech is the freest
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- Reposted by JThomasAlbertagain we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are his net worth is $253.2 billion. so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire and then do it again tomorrow and again the day after that and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertUpdate: their PR manager wrote me back and said that my position on AI was wrong and called me unprofessional for commenting on the game development credentials (or lack thereof) of their board and CEO
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertMarty Baron suspended Felicia Somnez for telling the truth about the allegations against Kobe Bryant. He was part of this long slide into fascist-enabling. He can have all the seats.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbert"The pretext for this war has always been a bogus premise. Yet federal agents treat it with the dogma of settled fact: They dress for the war they want. Agents march into town in the costume of a foreign invasion."
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertThe Post’s underrated book section, one of the world’s best. Gone. Just like that.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertThe big tech founder whose 417-foot, $500 million superyacht needs a 256-foot, $75 million superyacht to "shadow" it -- because the bigger yacht lacks a helipad -- had to cut his paper's newsroom almost in half, for reasons
- NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning. Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertIndependent journalists also desperately need universal healthcare alongside, well, everyone. The powers that be don't want folks to have it because of healthcare lobby and also since it would allow more people to leave exploitative employers...like the Washington Post
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertDisabled people continue to face challenges from extreme weather long after conditions improve for everyone else. It’s inequitable and dangerous. Cities can do better when it comes to accessibility. motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/wi…
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertJeff Bezos' net worth is estimated to grow by $8 million per hour.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertAfter ICE killed Renée Good and Alex Pretti, the Trump administration tried to tell us we didn’t see what we saw with our own eyes. Shane Snow’s essay breaks down how governments manipulate media to rewrite reality—and how to spot it before it can take root.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbert“The property owner, Trinity Flood, a Wisconsin-based real estate investor, and the management company at the time of the raid, Strength in Management” didn’t comment. Multimillionaire investments companies are eating up real estate all over the US and working with the feds to unhouse people
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertRemember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
- Reposted by JThomasAlbert“It’s magic-wand policymaking, where you need a crisis for something to happen.” From our friends at @grist.org:
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertYou may not have heard, but it’s important. Dems are holding shadow hearings on ICE crimes. Witnesses provided harrowing and explosive accounts yesterday. I provide some highlights from the day, and I urge everyone to watch and amplify them. Link in the replies.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertThe Washington Post, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, announced that they're shutting down their books section. We'd say "ironic," but... Keep supporting indie bookstores and public libraries over the mega retailer, aka the institutions that actually care about storytelling 💓
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertI think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.
- “If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertAnother batch of Trump's judicial nominees refused in their confirmation hearings today to publicly acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, which annoyed Sen. Richard Blumenthal enough for him to call them "monkeys" and "puppets"
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertUnbelievable
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- Reposted by JThomasAlbertOpenAI's CFO suggested that the government could be a "backstop" if they can’t pay their bills. YOUR tax dollars as their "backstop." Meanwhile, OpenAI pays its employees an average of $1.5 MILLION dollars a year in stock compensation. Wow. That's just wrong.
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertSome good news: A little girl from the same Minneapolis-area school district as Liam Conejo Ramos was released from a Texas ICE detention facility late Tuesday. Elizabeth Zuna Caisaguano, a 4th grader, had been locked up there with her mom since Jan. 6. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
- Reposted by JThomasAlbertTotally forgot to add this but someone mentioned how eerie it is that a train track is running near the area and it actually runs directly behind the proposed concentration camp. This video is from the parking lot:
