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Thomas Wells
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Poet, writer, and democratic socialist, with a Doctor of Arts in the humanities.
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Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · Jun 18
The official release date for my next poetry book, "The Memory Caves," will be June 28, 2026. It will be sold by Amazon and other online booksellers. PREORDER IT HERE: booksoup.com/book/9782488...
#poems #poetry #poetrybook
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#democraticsocialism #socialism #SocialistMajority
“What is Democratic Socialism?” - Socialist Majority
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August 26, 2026 at 5:25 AM
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Demystifying DSA with Cori Bush and Oliver Larkin · Mobilize
Socialism has gone mainstream! Our movement is growing because we're running on popular ideas - Medicare for All, higher minimum wages, abolishing ICE, and ending forever wars. But...fearmongering f...
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July 29, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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thoughtboy2.bsky.social Thomas Wells @thoughtboy2.bsky.social · Jun 18
The official release date for my next poetry book, "The Memory Caves," will be June 28, 2026. It will be sold by Amazon and other online booksellers. PREORDER IT HERE: booksoup.com/book/9782488...
#poems #poetry #poetrybook
June 21, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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The official release date for my next poetry book, "The Memory Caves," will be June 28, 2026. It will be sold by Amazon and other online booksellers. PREORDER IT HERE: booksoup.com/book/9782488...
#poems #poetry #poetrybook
June 18, 2026 at 5:33 AM
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Both major parties pander to this powerful lobby. It is why we continue to send our tax dollars and weapons to Israel. This makes us complicit in the #gazagenoci̇de and the war crimes committed by Israel. #AIPAC #warcrimes
www.salon.com/2026/04/20/b...
Big winners at the Democrats’ national meeting: Israel and AIPAC - Salon.com
Democratic leaders side with Israel again, over the wishes of their own voters
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April 20, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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April 12, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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The case against two Venezuelan men in Minneapolis is the latest to fall apart. Now agents could face repercussions, but questions linger over whether it signals a real shift

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#ICE #ImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement
Video of an ICE shooting shattered the agency’s story. Will it usher in accountability?
The case against two Venezuelan men in Minneapolis is the latest to fall apart. Now agents could face repercussions, but questions linger over whether it signals a real shift
www.theguardian.com
April 12, 2026 at 1:26 AM
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Salah Sarsour: A Pillar Taken, A Community That Will Not Yield
Dr. Hatem Bazian on ICE's abduction of a beloved community member who played a major role in the local Palestine movement—and how he may have been wrongly targeted because of it.
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April 12, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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Capitalists have succeeded in arranging the future as a calculable source of extraordinary wealth, enriching a few in the present by imposing debts on the vast majority — and undermining the environmental conditions for a better tomorrow.

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Capitalist Profits Depend on Stealing Our Future
Capitalists have succeeded in arranging the future as a calculable source of extraordinary wealth, enriching a few in the present by imposing debts on the vast majority — and undermining the environme...
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April 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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We must never underestimate how far #Trump is willing to go, or what he is capable of doing. Nevertheless, he is clearly prepared to place any of his sycophants on the chopping block when their corrupt fealty does not yield what he expects. #PamBondi #KristiNoem

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The Trump Dictatorship Is Cracking Up
In the president’s warped world, his increasingly deranged demands are never the problem—only his underlings’ failures to meet them.
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April 4, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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March 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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For many Palestinians in Gaza, Eid has become a day of mixed emotions — faith and grief existing side by side.

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Eid in Gaza After the Genocide
A Celebration That Now Lives in Memory
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March 25, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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The death toll is now in the thousands across #Iran and Lebanon. Energy prices are soaring. But at the heart of it is the simple logic that #Israel is occupying the #Palestinians.

#Iranwar #WarwithIran #Palestine #Palestinians #Israelgenocide #Israelwarcrimes
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War in Iran, chaos in the Gulf, repression in the west: and the thread that binds them all is Palestine | Nesrine Malik
In the Middle East, the occupation is the original sin. And those who banked on this US-backed ‘stability’ now find it giving way beneath them, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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March 16, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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We must take a moment to reflect on all the great accomplishments of women that have made our lives better.
March 9, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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Many Americans may have the impression that we lack any socialist history and that socialism has always been viewed as a bad word. You should read about the sewer socialists in Milwaukee. They are models of municipal government, and Mamdani could learn from them.

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What Zohran Can Learn From the Sewer Socialists
From Milwaukee’s sewer socialists to La Guardia’s New Deal metropolis, urban reformers changed their cities by forging alliances beyond local power.
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March 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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The Trump admin. is using smoke and mirrors to hide the fact that it has no clear objective in this Iran war. But the hidden agenda of pandering to #Israel is far more sinister. #Netanyahu has never seen a war he didn't like. It assures he remains in power.

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The Axis of Chaos
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is sowing the seeds for state collapse and unending violence across the region.
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March 7, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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Somebody is getting rich by gambling on the war strategies of the Trump Administration. If someone had firsthand knowledge, it would not be difficult for them to wager with a simple #anonymous wallet and access to cryptocurrency.

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Anonymous Polymarket Accounts Won $1.2 Million on Trump's Iran Strikes in Suspicious Bets
Just six Polymarket accounts made around $1.2 million in profit after successfully betting on the US striking Iran by the end of February.
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March 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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The Trump Administration has launched an illegal, immoral war against Iran. The Democratic Socialists of America is gearing up to demand that Congress invoke the War Powers Resolution. Learn more tonight on this Zoom call.
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No War with Iran Mass Call
The Trump Administration has started another illegal war against Iran. Join us for a mass call to discuss how Democratic Socialists of America is responding and what you can do to resist this illegal ...
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March 4, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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[T]his resolution is the battle plan to turn Gaza into the playground for the wealthy that Jared Kushner presented to the World Economic Forum at Davos last week. It’s a Gaza where the only Palestinians remaining are those chosen to be the servants in the new regime.

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The U.S. Occupation Of Gaza Has Begun
This week, Drop Site News revealed a draft resolution from Trump’s newly christened “Board of Peace.” The resolution outlines what is, in
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February 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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January 31, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Right-wing influencers give #Nazi salutes in limousines and peddle conspiracy theories about Jews to audiences of millions, while “moderate” #Republicans dog-whistle about “authentic” American heritage. The GOP’s #antisemitism problem is no longer fringe.

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The Right’s Antisemitism Is Too Flagrant to Ignore
Right-wing influencers give Nazi salutes in limousines and peddle conspiracy theories about Jews to audiences of millions, while “moderate” Republicans dog-whistle about “authentic” American heritage....
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January 26, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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#Trumplies #KristiNoemlies #StevenMillerlies

#ICEoutofMinnesota #DefundICE

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Video contradicts Trump’s claim man killed in Minneapolis was a ‘gunman’
Video evidence reviewed by Guardian shows Alex Pretti, killed by agents in Minneapolis, held a phone, not a gun
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January 25, 2026 at 5:37 AM
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#ICEOutofMinnesota #GeneralStrike #January23
"We Will Be Closed: ICE Out of Minnesota"
All the ingredients for a general strike are present in Minnesota.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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While Trump fires off bellicose threats against #Greenland and #Iran, Latin America is the main focus of his imperial retrenchment. #imperialism #MonroeDoctrine

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Latin America Is the Prime Target for Trump’s Warmongering
While Donald Trump fires off threats of military action against countries from Greenland to Iran, Latin America is the main focus for his strategy of imperial retrenchment. The Latin American left wil...
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January 22, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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Trump crowed about a “framework of a future deal” — reminiscent of his “concept of a plan” to solve the health care crisis — as sufficient to end a weekslong crisis of his own creation.

#Greenland #imperialism #Trumpbacksdown

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After Creating A Crisis Over Greenland, Trump Declares Victory And Ends It
Trump boasted of a “framework of a future deal” regarding U.S. access to Greenland for military purposes — access it already has under an existing agreement.
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January 22, 2026 at 6:44 AM