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Tom Paine

@tpaine1774.bsky.social

Humanist, anti-fascist. I’m for democracy, reason, truth, science, equal rights and justice for all. 🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🗽🌎

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Lexstar@reallexstar.bsky.social · 15h ago

“…[M]ore than 800 trips [Paxton took] lack a documented business purpose” including Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, and Taiwan. www.rawstory.com/ken-paxton-2...

Ken Paxton took at least 17 trips while suspended — and taxpayers paid for his security

In the summer of 2023, after he was impeached on charges of abusing his office for personal gain, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was suspended and barred from conducting any official business for m...

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Tom Paine@tpaine1774.bsky.social · 19h ago

“Central to Israel's effort in justifying its genocide is the suggestion that the events of October 7, 2023, interrupted peace in the region and took place without provocation. For readers that refuse to settle for such fictions…” www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/5...

History did not begin on October 7th | Reading List

Books on the history of settler violence, global resistance, and Palestinian art and identity including Gaza: The Story of a Genocide.

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Tom Paine@tpaine1774.bsky.social · 2d ago

Trump and Hegseth want to emphasize the Republican-MAGA regime’s complete disregard for civility by televising an execution. This administration must be stopped beginning November 3rd.

Tom Paine@tpaine1774.bsky.social · 2d ago

The U.S. remains a barbaric country, along with Russia, China, most of the Middle East and Africa. All EU countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and most of South America have abolished the death penalty. deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issue...

Tom Paine@tpaine1774.bsky.social · 2d ago

The U.S. remains a barbaric country, along with Russia, China, most of the Middle East and Africa. All EU countries, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and most of South America have abolished the death penalty. deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issue...

Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries | Death Penalty Information Center

Information accurate as of December 31, 2025, courtesy of Amnesty International. Abolitionist for All Crimes Countries whose laws do not provide for the…

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Lexstar@reallexstar.bsky.social · last wk.

“If they win, the Democrats would push to expand Medicare coverage to include dental, vision and hearing benefits as well as lower the Medicare eligibility age.” Or, Americans can vote R (or stay home) as giant tax breaks go to a handful of rich oligarchs. #VoteBlue www.newsweek.com/medicare-upd...

Medicare update: Major changes proposed by Democrats if they win midterms

If they win, the Democrats would push to expand Medicare coverage to include dental, vision and hearing benefits.

newsweek.com

Tom Paine@tpaine1774.bsky.social · last wk.

The gruesome details of the attempted tax dollar-supported murder of inmate Christa Pike, which turned into a torture session (cruel and unusual punishment). www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Christa Pike is in critical condition after failed execution in Tennessee, her lawyers say

At least seven needles were used to administer the lethal injection doses into Pike’s arm over the course of an hour, said one of her lawyers, who witnessed the failed execution attempt.

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Tom Paine@tpaine1774.bsky.social · last wk.

Another botched execution. Another case of “cruel and unusual punishment.” A civilized society shouldn’t be murdering people as punishment. Nations of the European Union understand this. www.cnn.com/2026/09/29/u...

Tennessee governor halts executions after Christa Pike survives lethal injection attempt | CNN

Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. A death penalty expert said it was an unprecedented failur...

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Tom Paine@tpaine1774.bsky.social · last wk.

Reposting. I’m tired of seeing & hearing people say what’s happening in Gaza isn’t genocide. “In his new book, Omer Bartov tracks how a liberatory strand of Zionism transformed into an extremist ideology that he sees as responsible for genocide in Gaza.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

What went wrong in Israel? A genocide scholar examines ‘what Zionism became’

In his new book, Omer Bartov tracks how a liberatory strand of Zionism transformed into an extremist ideology that he sees as responsible for genocide in Gaza

theguardian.com

Tom Paine@tpaine1774.bsky.social · 2w ago

Trump never wants to be outdone, so he wants to outdo Israel’s genocide by committing greater genocide in Iran. “This genocide will be huge. No one can do genocide bettet that me. This genocide will be beautiful.” thehill.com/opinion/lind...

Trump threatens to ‘annihilate’ Iran in UN speech

Instead of providing a real solution to end this war, during a speech at the United Nations yesterday, Donald Trump described himself as a “peacemaker,” but at the same time spoke about annihilatin…

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