thomas.burked.com - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

Pope Francis was a visionary leader who dedicated his life to service and justice. He encouraged us to protect our planet, championed a more inclusive church, and cared for all of God’s children — especially the most vulnerable among us. Doug and I join the world in mourning his loss.

submitted 12 hours ago • 216 comments

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

submitted 4 days ago • 8525 comments

Roger Parloff on the "evidence" that Abrego Garcia is a gang member: "It's double hearsay stemming from a document written by somebody indicted for misconduct."

submitted 4 days ago • 328 comments

The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump admin must facilitate the return of SMART Union Local 100 apprentice Kilmar Abrego Garcia. They need to quit wasting time and bring our union brother home NOW!

submitted 5 days ago • 100 comments

Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

submitted 5 days ago • 1870 comments

Mr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Admin and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family. I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.

submitted 6 days ago • 1597 comments

When Trump and Musk tout how much money they're saving by gutting cancer research and Social Security services, know this: Their IRS cuts will cost $500 billion in tax revenue just this year. That's more than half the Defense budget. None of their destruction is actually about saving money.

submitted 6 days ago • 219 comments

🚨 BREAKING: In his first speech since leaving office, President Biden will address the ACRD Conference Tuesday in Chicago—warning of GOP efforts to dismantle Social Security. In January, Biden signed a law boosting payments for 3M retired public workers. Now he’s back to protect the program.

submitted 7 days ago • 9 comments

The so-called "lab leak theory" is neither a scientific theory nor a conspiracy theory. It is an emotional narrative - a myth - heavily soaked with handwaving ignorance, conspiratorial ideation, magical thinking, allegations, speculations and silly ideas.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

No one should be above the law, most especially the President. Ignoring a Supreme Court ruling to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return isn't just cruel; it's unconstitutional. They're saying the quiet part aloud — if they get away with it now, they'll do it to anyone.

submitted 7 days ago • 362 comments

Someone didn't do the reading.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Fear has a way of being contagious. But courage is also contagious.

submitted 14 days ago • 3992 comments

Bates: He inherited an economy that was the best-performing in the world. But in just two months, he’s crashing that economy with the biggest tax increase on middle-class families in 50 years—raising the prices he promised he would lower, and breaking his number one promise to them.

submitted 16 days ago • 402 comments

Kamala Harris warned the American people that this would happen . . .

submitted 18 days ago • 134 comments

As Trump tanks the economy, he knows he and his billionaire buddies will be fine no matter what. If you and your family have more to lose, make sure your member of Congress hears from you. www.huffpost.com/entry/financ...

submitted 17 days ago • 234 comments

Keynesianism is like Ozempic in that it's something that works but makes people mad because they want moral hazard to be involved

submitted 18 days ago • 49 comments

Why would a leader tank his own country's economy? It's a key part of the aspiring autocrat's playbook. Tariffs & chaos mean more power & control for Trump. But America has no king. The Republican-led Congress can stop this at any time. Let your reps hear from you. 5calls.org/issue/trump-...

submitted 18 days ago • 435 comments

Crockett: To have the sitting AG go on Faux News and decide that she wanted to send a threat to me was wrong.. I don’t like Elon Musk. I’m going to say it 50,000 times.

submitted 19 days ago • 462 comments

Strom Thurmond set a record when he filibustered the Civil Rights Act in 1957. Senator Cory Booker just broke that record. And he did it fighting for every single American. I would dare say, in so many ways, he is our ancestors' wildest dream.

submitted 20 days ago • 30 comments

Wisconsin! Judge Susan Crawford will work to protect your rights and freedoms. So get out there and vote today by 8pm. You can find your polling place at wisdems.org/vote. If you have any questions about voting, call or text the Voter Assistance Hotline at 608-336-3232.

submitted 20 days ago • 488 comments

Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary. I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.

submitted 21 days ago • 7408 comments

This is so blindingly obvious. But I'm still glad people within the world of Trumpism are willing to say it. And not just national security but economic/dynamism and prosperity which of course is the sine qua non, the necessary condition of national power.

submitted 22 days ago • 51 comments

Letting unelected bureaucrats like Elon Musk gut critical programs that Marylanders rely on, like Social Security and Medicaid, puts our most vulernable at risk. Here in Maryland, we are showing there is a better way. www.youtube.com/shorts/cP-hK...

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

If online leftists actually cared about antifascism they would take stock of the fact that we have a decade's-worth of evidence that their online behavior--including the bullying--has been manipulated by foreign powers in order to elect Trump, who is a fascist. They'd then change their behavior.

submitted 25 days ago • 32 comments

Musk begins to experience traditional American empathy, does not like it.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Pinning down the limits of LLMs is very useful. My analogy is that LLMs are a partial index of Borges' Library of Babel. They can wander into some interesting connections, but also into hallucinations.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments