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Tom Votes Blue

🦋 Joined the BlueSky migration. 😎 True Blue Democrat. 💙 Vietnam Era Veteran. 🇺🇸 And if you DM me, I'm probably gonna block you. Any day you see the sunrise and the sunset on the same day is a good day…

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"Tonk" is a Border Patrol slur that refers to the sound a metal flashlight makes when used to beat a migrant in the head. And that's the word that Border Patrol agents under the direct command of Greg Bovino were using when bragging about their arrests in Los Angeles last year.

Los Angeles Times

Immigration agents used racial slurs referring to Latinos in text messages, video obtained by ACLU

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🧵 This piece is really important, because it gets to something that is a prerequisite for and recurring feature of atrocities worldwide: selective empathy. Most people assume that when atrocities happen, it’s bc everyone involved is a sociopath. Some are. But not all. 1/

Greg Sargent

When Elon Musk says "zero" children died in Africa from his DOGE cuts, he really means zero children died who are *worthy of any concern.* It's vile coded signaling to his global fascist audience. From me and @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into Musk's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2135...

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