Tom Recane
@trecane.bsky.social
Retired SW Engineer and oh so happy about it. Carpenter/woodworker, recorder player and volunteer.
“If you can convince the lowest white man that he’s better than the best black man, he won’t notice when you’re picking his pockets”
— President LBJ
“If you can convince the lowest white man that he’s better than the best black man, he won’t notice when you’re picking his pockets”
— President LBJ
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Tom Recane
@trecane.bsky.social
· Sep 20
Look at this hiring ad for ICE. Imagine what kind of goons this will appeal to.
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It’s funny, but also not funny at the same time.
September 16, 2026 at 11:18 PM
It’s funny, but also not funny at the same time.
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Thank you, Mr. Trump!
—A Grateful China
—A Grateful China
September 13, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Thank you, Mr. Trump!
—A Grateful China
—A Grateful China
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Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
September 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
September 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Fourteen years ago, HBO's 'The Newsroom' laid out the truth about voter ID in this segment.
It’s striking how little the arguments — or the tactics — have changed. Still a solution in search of a problem.
History doesn’t repeat itself — it gets rerun.
It’s striking how little the arguments — or the tactics — have changed. Still a solution in search of a problem.
History doesn’t repeat itself — it gets rerun.
August 26, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Fourteen years ago, HBO's 'The Newsroom' laid out the truth about voter ID in this segment.
It’s striking how little the arguments — or the tactics — have changed. Still a solution in search of a problem.
History doesn’t repeat itself — it gets rerun.
It’s striking how little the arguments — or the tactics — have changed. Still a solution in search of a problem.
History doesn’t repeat itself — it gets rerun.
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Alex Pretti's Father: "That's how we found out — watching it on TV. Watching our son be shot 10 times on TV, in the back, trying to help somebody…with a camera in one hand, and his left hand empty in the air."
August 25, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Alex Pretti's Father: "That's how we found out — watching it on TV. Watching our son be shot 10 times on TV, in the back, trying to help somebody…with a camera in one hand, and his left hand empty in the air."
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This is the same person who shamed Kamala Harris for supposedly sleeping her way to success. She can take a seat and STFU.
August 19, 2026 at 3:07 PM
This is the same person who shamed Kamala Harris for supposedly sleeping her way to success. She can take a seat and STFU.
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Welcome To Chumplandia.......
August 15, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Welcome To Chumplandia.......
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He didn’t change. They did.
August 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
He didn’t change. They did.
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The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter.
August 14, 2026 at 8:03 PM
The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter.
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You have not seen the last of these cases, and because universities did not bother to track them down, right-wing trolls will.
"Oh, Bates is just TAH complaininga about some weird stuff in a small place," say the people who seem unaware of Jason Arday
www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...
Icarus in the Faculty Lounge
The Cambridge professor Jason Arday’s unlikely ascent has come to a tragic end.
www.theatlantic.com
August 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
You have not seen the last of these cases, and because universities did not bother to track them down, right-wing trolls will.
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The Democratic Party needs to get comfortable with a certain kind of ruthlessness.
August 8, 2026 at 3:43 AM
The Democratic Party needs to get comfortable with a certain kind of ruthlessness.
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Trump doesn’t own patriotism.
MAGA doesn’t own the flag, the military, or the word “America.”
Three veterans running for Congress in Colorado offer a reminder of what patriotism is supposed to mean: the Constitution before party, country before any one man.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
MAGA doesn’t own the flag, the military, or the word “America.”
Three veterans running for Congress in Colorado offer a reminder of what patriotism is supposed to mean: the Constitution before party, country before any one man.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Patriotism Is Not MAGA’s Property
Three Colorado veterans running for Congress are reminding Americans that duty to country comes before loyalty to party.
open.substack.com
August 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Trump doesn’t own patriotism.
MAGA doesn’t own the flag, the military, or the word “America.”
Three veterans running for Congress in Colorado offer a reminder of what patriotism is supposed to mean: the Constitution before party, country before any one man.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
MAGA doesn’t own the flag, the military, or the word “America.”
Three veterans running for Congress in Colorado offer a reminder of what patriotism is supposed to mean: the Constitution before party, country before any one man.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICE Seized Drawings from Children in Detention. I Sued, and Today I Got Them.
Five months ago, I filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for papers seized from children at the Dilley ICE Detention Center. Today, I got a heartbreaking response.
www.muellershewrote.com
August 3, 2026 at 7:58 PM
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
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I mean this in all seriousness, this is a severely mentally ill & delusional person who not only should be removed from office under the 25th amendment, but he should be in a psych ward. This is pure insanity on so many levels. He lives in a fantasy world. He is unwell & has lost touch with reality.
August 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I mean this in all seriousness, this is a severely mentally ill & delusional person who not only should be removed from office under the 25th amendment, but he should be in a psych ward. This is pure insanity on so many levels. He lives in a fantasy world. He is unwell & has lost touch with reality.
To whom it may concern:
Do not have any expectation of privacy when using someone else’s computer, network or website unless you obtain it in writing in advance.
Do not have any expectation of privacy when using someone else’s computer, network or website unless you obtain it in writing in advance.
July 30, 2026 at 1:33 PM
To whom it may concern:
Do not have any expectation of privacy when using someone else’s computer, network or website unless you obtain it in writing in advance.
Do not have any expectation of privacy when using someone else’s computer, network or website unless you obtain it in writing in advance.
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When Justice is blind, bad guys take the fifth. When justice is corrupt, good guys take the fifth.
Feel free to share.
Feel free to share.
July 30, 2026 at 3:57 AM
When Justice is blind, bad guys take the fifth. When justice is corrupt, good guys take the fifth.
Feel free to share.
Feel free to share.
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This is a long post, but the prosecution of Jim Comey—for the second time—poses a real risk to the First Amendment. Love him or hate him, it’s important for us to understand the argument the defense is making to dismiss the indictment.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
86 the "86 47" Prosecution of Jim Comey
Stick with me tonight.
open.substack.com
July 28, 2026 at 4:04 AM
This is a long post, but the prosecution of Jim Comey—for the second time—poses a real risk to the First Amendment. Love him or hate him, it’s important for us to understand the argument the defense is making to dismiss the indictment.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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