Thomas Paine Writes Again

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Proud liberal patriot, activist and political philosopher. #PNW #liberalpatriot #NoKings #Indivisible #abolishICE

A headshot photo of Pam Bondi, with headline that she is ousted as Attorney General
A photo showing a younger Trump standing and smiling with Melania Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghilane Maxwell. The graphic has a “TEAM PEDO” text tag above it, and a “Convict Trumpstein” below it.
Image showing shirtless, heavily tattooed men with shaved heads in a prison cell, from Kristi Noem’s obscene 2025 visit to the CECOT prison in El Salvador. Except this time she is behind the bars with them!
Photo of Donald Trump standing close to Jeffrey #Epstein, a convicted pedophile.
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photo of SS Officer arresting citizen who has hands up. source: https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/D725/production/_116877055_mediaitem116877051.jpg
An infographic which contrasts population distribution with respect to wealth distribution. Population distribution has a distribution similar to a point-up thumbtack, although the base is rounded and the spike tapers to a point at the top. Wealth distribution has a similar shape, but point down. The infographic illustrates that the vast majority of the population owns only a tiny fraction of total US wealth, while a very few people own the vast majority of wealth.
A large round Jack-o-lantern is carved with the No Kings logo
“But in order to keep justice from shriveling up like a beautiful orange fruit containing nothing but a bitter, dry pulp, I discovered once more at Tipasa that one must keep intact in oneself a freshness, a cool wellspring of joy, love the day that escapes injustice, and return to combat having won that light. Here I recaptured the former beauty, a young sky, and I measured my luck, realizing at last that in the worst years of our madness the memory of that sky had never left me. This was what in the end had kept me from despairing. I had always known that the ruins of Tipasa were younger than our new constructions or our bomb damage. There the world began over again every day in an ever new light. O light! This is the cry of all the characters of ancient drama brought face to face with their fate. This last resort was ours, too, and I knew it now. In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer.”
He said, "In the midst of hate, 1 found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. I realized, through it all, that in the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger- something better, pushing right back."
Two side-by-side images. The first is of Jabalia, Gaza, taken in January of this year, showing demolished buildings, including some apartment buildings with nothing but their iron beam skeletons standing. The sky is hazy with smoke and dust. A crowd of people, seen from a distance, are walking through the destruction. The second image, taken recently, is of an Abolish ICE protest in Portland, OR. It shows a crowd of peaceful protesters on a large green lawn, with pristine steel and glass skyscrapers behind them, beneath a sky filled with white clouds.
“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” — Abraham Lincoln
The GPS.gov support page, which is supposed to let us know about gps service disruptions, bears a banner saying: NOTE: The contents of this website have not been updated since February 2025 due to staffing shortages. Please bear with us as we work on a solution.
Independence Day is about the fight for freedom. The American Revolution was a stand against tyranny and kings. That same spirit has lived on—from the Boston Tea Party to the Underground Railroad, from Stonewall to the Civil Rights Movement. America is in crisis. Real democracy feels out of reach. Freedom is in trouble. This July 4th, while the U.S. marks Independence Day, we’ll gather across the country—on porches, in town squares, backyards, and streets—to stand for real freedom and build a vision of a Free America brick by brick. Free America is wherever we are. Free America is whatever we make it. THIS IS YOUR INVITATION TO TAKE IT BACK.
A painting of a Revolutionary War soldier standing in a field against a cloudy sky, holding the American Flag in one hand and a sword in the other.
An angry looking Bald Eagle screams in front of an American flag and fireworks