He/him. Newspaper editor, baseball lover, TV watcher, thinker of fine thoughts. Tweets and retweets are my own.
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Mike Thompson retweeted
It’s very telling that restricting the ability of eligible voters to vote is seen as a win for Republicans.
BREAKING: Supreme Court rules student IDs can’t be used to vote in New Hampshire, a win for the GOP in a Senate battleground. nbcnews.com/politics/supreme…
Mike Thompson retweeted
Vance retakes the lead in the highly competitive contest for most nauseating Trump administration official. Hegseth, Rubio, and Blanche look on jealously as Vance shows them how truly repulsive smarmy demagoguery is done.
Mike Thompson retweeted
This is insane. The level of overt, proud racism, hatred and bigotry in today's Republican Party is a stain on every leader in it and it will never ever wash away.
Mike Thompson retweeted
If you don’t know this joke, Trump thinks it cool to refuse to put Biden’s photo up, and instead hang a picture of an auto pen. It’s unfunny 3rd grade humor and every foreign leader who sees it knows they are dealing with an unserious old man and a nation to avoid dealing with.
Mike Thompson retweeted
We really shouldve known this season would be a disaster when this happened on Opening Day
Mike Thompson retweeted
The cumulative COVID-19 death rate was lower in Democratic states than it was in Republican states, and it was substantially lower in Canada than it was in the states. And that is the fault of people who did not want to participate in life saving public policy, not the fault of Anthony Fauci.
Mike Thompson retweeted
This Fauci hearing is the biggest explosion of right wing brainworms I've ever seen. Years of debunked and absurd antivax and "gain of function" conspiracy theories expressed as incoherent screaming at an 85 year old man. It's absolutely demented and embarrassing to watch.
Mike Thompson retweeted
Reporter: Isn’t there concern that this slippery slope to socialism inevitably ends up as full-blown communism?
AOC: I mean, no. I think that’s very silly. We can’t even raise the minimum wage. Do they really think communism is going to happen? No. They’re trying to scare people because they don’t want us talking about the fact that we all have a right to health care.
So they want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here, they’re going to realize they deserve better and that health care as a right isn’t crazy. They want to call this stuff communist because they don’t want us to realize that the rest of the developed world has guaranteed health care. They want to call it communist because they don’t want you to know that Germany, Italy, the UK, Canada—everybody else—has it better than us, and we spend the most money for the worst care in the developed world.
Mike Thompson retweeted
The “Have a good life” goodbye into Sam's fantasy of growing old with Diane is perfectly directed, possibly the best television ever, and certainly as beautiful as a sitcom has ever been, or ever will be
R.I.P. James Burrows
James Burrows, the co-creator of "Cheers" who reigned as television’s preeminent sitcom director for more than 30 years, died on Friday. He was 85. variety.com/2026/tv/news/jam…
Mike Thompson retweeted
Today is a day of reckoning for the Mets:
June 12, 2024:
- Grimace throws the first pitch, Mets go 61-36 afterwards and make the NLCS
June 12, 2025:
- Pete Alonso makes a bad throw to 1st and injures Koda Senga, Mets go 39-55 afterwards and miss the playoffs
June 12, 2026: ???
Mike Thompson retweeted
It seems there is an entirely different set of rules for Republicans and Democrats.
Mike Thompson retweeted
Donald Trump: " One of the worst deals ever made by Barack Hussein Obama. Remember when they sent Boeing 757s over there loaded with cash, hundreds of millions... Sent it to Iran almost as ransom. That's not gonna happen with Trump…Can you imagine if I did that?”
Mike Thompson retweeted
The pilot picked the funniest possible time to pause the movie with an announcement
Mike Thompson retweeted
Never stop saying "dozen" and "half dozen". Never stop using the word you read in an old novella. Never stop using your regional jargon. Don't succumb to an internationalized English stripped of its whimsy and romanticism in the name of streamlining global commerce.
Mike Thompson retweeted
In addition to big changes including healthcare, Stylebook Editor Anna Jo Bratton shared some smaller AP style updates at the ACES conference:
* “Couple of” always means two.
* It's kerfuffle, not kerfluffle.
* RSVP is acceptable in all references.
* Use “petted” not “pet” for past tense.
