Maria Thompson

MEMORIZE THIS NUMBER: zero point 5 zeroes 8% of noncitizen votes in Presidential elections 1982 - 2025. Avg. 147 votes in each of 11 elections. Not moving the needle on results. Not worth having our rights & privacy trampled. REPEAT THE NUMBER. OFTEN. GIFT! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

I hope Canada makes a bundle and puts Starlink into the dust bin!

People are not safe with under-trained ICE agents roaming the streets. Grab first, ID later, injury at will, and always claim complaints are "LIES! FALSE!" In caps like Fearless Leader. A #bluewave is just a start in restoring law and order. Hold ICE accountable! www.noozhawk.com/santa-maria-...

I love seeing parents bring children to the polls. These lessons stick! My daughter and I will serve together as election judges next week. Bring your child! Pass on democracy!

Inappropriate does not begin to cover a single man and his corporations having control over the communications of nations. We broke up AT&T, Starlink is next. StarShield should be nationalized. This man(iac) cannot have control over Ukraine, the US, or NATO. thehill.com/policy/inter...

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I knew the name Benjamin O. Harris, Jr. & I knew of the Tuskegee Airmen, but I never heard the story told this way. Four years at West Point as an invisible man. Literally treated as a nonperson. Most people would break. www.facebook.com/share/v/1JNg...

ICE says it sent a notice to an address not used in 2 yrs. Someone whose been in regular contact in the same period? 1+1=5? Why don't I believe them? Canadian-born dentist taken into ICE custody at green card interview in Minneapolis, his wife says - CBS Minnesota share.google/mgCN87CY0trw...

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Now N. Korea sees how well the US has backed up Ukraine and Saudi Arabia, they have zero fear the US will show up to fight if they move on South Korea.ñ BTW folks, Isaias is why we have FEMA, so when some states are hurt, the rest of us show to help W a house fire, these guys won't pass a bucket.

You saw what The Regime did to the East Wing of the White House! Then knocked down a 200 year old tree for the so-called border wall. The Regime has zero respect for environmental laws from Nixon! Permits! We don' need no stinking permits! Do you need more reasons to #vote Blue on November 3?

We've become barbarians. And what little moral authority we had in condemning beheadings, given our own capital punishment practices is gone. This is just wrong from the imposition of a death sentence to this last insult of turning it into a Roman circus. robertreich.substack.com/p/public-sad...

Thank you @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social for helping is Let Books Be.

This #BannedBooksWeek, we're also celebrating National Voter Education Week! Voters count on America’s Libraries to prepare for elections and get #ReaderVoterReady. Learn more and find resources for your library: ala.org/readervoterready

How did Jane Eyre, the novel that inspired the Texas Bronte Club to form in 1855, get banned in 2026? A new Texas law — SB 13 law — inspired some school disctricts to place restrictions on anything written for adults, including classics: https://pen.org/jane-eyre-banned-in-texas/ #BannedBooksWeek

Today is Let Freedom Read Day. It's also the last day of Banned Books Week. We know books bans won't miraculously stop today. Whether you have 5 minutes or an hour, do one small thing today to fight book bans! bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay #BannedBooksWeek #LetBooksBe #LetFreedomReadDay

"Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear." In 6 months the GOP will tell you what you saw didn't happen. It was all a dream... Very tired trope in fiction - which is what they are selling.

Good on him. "Nicolas Cage Says He’s ‘Probably Not’ Working With Amazon Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for ‘Spider-Noir,’ Teases Joining ‘True Detective’" variety.com/2026/tv/news...

@balticon.bsky.social reads banned books! You can borrow them from our lending library 3310 E. Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21224 bsfs.org

Baltimore Science Fiction Society @balticon.bsky.social exists to promote the creation and appreciation of science fiction and fantasy cultural arts. Primarily through literary art forms.. vist our library w almost 19000 cataloged genre items Business meeting 10/9 8:30 pm For zoom link bsfs.org

"Here with us tonight is Bob, the first ever neutrino to travel across the universe and loop around." "It depends on how you count. In the first second of the universe-" "After nucleosynthesis. You bounced on atoms?" "Yes, I had a lucky break with a water molecule on a planet called Earth and..."

@repkweisimfume.bsky.social Time to fire up that pen and inquire why our tax dollars were sent down a political sewer a month before Election Day. If everyone sends a note to our Representatives, maybe we'll have enough heat to gets some action.

Too soon to call this an October surprise. The high cost of diesel on the middle of harvest season will be a diaster for everyone in 2027. We won't be fooled again.

The Regime is a Quisling by any measure of the word. "America First" just another grift in the nonstop line of get even richer schemes. No morals. No ethics. No principles! We knew Nixon wouldn't sell out America. The Regime just haggles over the price.

'You will tell us what your religious faith is, and if you don't tell us, we'll pick one for you.' That is not the way to treat our service members or citizens with respect. This is an outrageous violation of the First Amendment. Impeach Hegseth! www.military.com/air-force-is...

I guess they didn't have a merger hanging fire or rollover and offer up milions ala Paramount, 60 Minutes, Harvard, Paul Weiss and the rest of the cowards that lead the parade to this moment. It's only going to get worse for the next 26 months. There's nothing for The Regime to lose. Thank SCOTUS

Private equity. n. All for me. None for employees, communities, vendors; put a stake in the stakeholders. Buy the company using its own assets swapped for debt, bleed it dry, put lipstck on it, then shove it back on the street, where it collapses. The model gives the worst pimps a bad name.

My ballot came today. It will be in the hands of the Board of Elections, not by way of USPS, in days! We must restore the rule of law so that none shall be afraid of lawless agencies, politicized courts and blatant self-dealing corruption. This must stop! NOW! youtu.be/NdTQbX1DXHI?...

Another member of vote buying conspiracy. @oagmaryland.bsky.social are you paying attention? Maybe AGs in multiple states should start Grand Jury investigations. Unchecked election interference must stop. A few subpoenas would help. The Regime can pardon state crimes www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

How is saying, "Have blessed day," impinging on anyone's life or lack of faith? If a person wishes another well, it can be accepted or ignored. 10 seconds of good or nothing, take it or go. choice This is not posting the 10 Commandments at the gate or a classroom. www.notus.org/defense/air-...

I mostly ignore National Whatever Days, Weeks, and Months. But this is different: National Library Card Sign Up Month! This is a truly life changing event! Take anyone you know to the closest library and get them signed up!

Please join us! I'm attending Allies for Democracy's event, “Anxiety to Action with Senator Van Hollen” - sign up now to join me! #BaltimoreSignWaves www.mobilize.us/baltimoresig...

The Trump administration is pressuring the National Park Service to give a piece of Yosemite National Park to a private developer. This isn't Trump's first attack on our beautiful national parks. Here's what you need to know.

The Regime continues acting like a wrecking ball. State schools set lower tuition based on state residency. This crazed lawsuit goes after the entire concept of in-state tuition for anyone! How is that discriminating against US citizens from other states? Federalism!! abcnews.com/amp/US/doj-s...

It would be good to know if and when @bsky.app is receiving 1509 summonses and how it responds. Our community absolutely looks like the ones we know are being targeted by The Regime. Is @bsky.app pushing back or rolling over? Users have a right to know.

Seriously? How does one ever justify stealing from an employer? I don't think we were ever talking about pens, paperclips or occasional photo copies. Stealing? Real hand in the till stealing? A fish rots from the head down. The Regime says it's in charge of law enforcement; so new FBI standard

The Outer Rim Film Festival is at @balticon.bsky.social all weekend. 3310 E. Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21224 On major bus lines. #filmfestival #film

Seriously? How does one ever justify stealing from an employer? I don't think we were ever talking about pens, paperclips or occasional photo copies. Stealing? Real hand in the till stealing? A fish rots from the head down. The Regime says it's in charge of law enforcement; that's the new standard.

This story is everything that is wrong w education. American schools present the most uninspired, boring material imaginable, then wonder why children don't read. They wear out & fire effective teachers Children learn to read by finding things they want to read. www.themoth.org/stories/no-i...

Looksvlike a good book recommendation.