Maria Markham Thompson
@WriterCPA
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mariathompson307 on Threads CPA, CFA, CGFM w 30+ yrs Govt Finance BLERD. Social & eco justice is NOT a Fantasy! Sci Fi lover Writer. Gardener. NaNoWriMo. #VOTE!
Baltimore, MD
Joined January 2009
MAKE DEMOCRACY WORK! Become an Election Judge. @md_sbe for information in Maryland! https://t.co/6cek7RqFMq Maryland pays! Anyone age 16+ is eligible! 14 &15 page jobs! Yes, it is a long day, 5:30 AM to about 9 PM, but it will be the most meaningful 19 hours of your life!
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The maximum an individual can legally donate to a candidate in an election is $3300. Elon donated $277M to Trump in 2024 because of loopholes rich people use to buy elections. If you care about election integrity — overturn Citizens United so our elections aren’t auctions.
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Frontotemporal dementia. Bad for him. Worse for us. The spineless cabinet needs to use the 25th Amendment. Trump Gets Distracted By His New Ballroom In The Middle Of Speech About Iran War In Surreal Video
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Stable genius.
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“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.” - Maya Angelou
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Speed with which some jurisdictions bend knees to The Regime suggests much about their real support of LGBTQ people and minorities. Maryland's Eastern Shore does not have the best track record in these matters. 30 yrs ago, as a state employee, a diner silenced when I walked in.
Salisbury will pave over its PRIDE crosswalks as part of a downtown improvement project, a move the city mayor says is necessary to comply with state and federal transportation standards
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One of many authors read in the @Balticon Banned Book Read-a-thon now streaming from the Baltimore Science Fiction Society Facebook page. Stop by and give us a like!
I am now the most banned author in the United States--87 books. May I suggest you pick up one of them and see what all the pissing & moaning is about? Self-righteous book banners don't always get to have their way. This is still America, dammit.
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Probably won't make it past our new cultural censors, but this needs to be said. And it's no joking matter. The Regime grabs another page from one of tjhe most deadly authoritarian regimes. No longer Facist-like, just straight up Facist.
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The reality of @coursera, at least where all feedback is from AI and peers is mostly hype. This could work with some content management to weed out dead responses, folks who gave up & fled?, real assistance in connecting would-be writers in groups, & making real class cohorts.
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Taking the @michiganstateu "Write Your First Novel" on @coursera is a definite flop. Posts suggested for feedback are 3 yrs old. Instructions for creating a writing group are too vague for people to form them, & again, filled with old posts, new people you know can't be found!
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My very best wishes to Chief Manger. May he have a long and well earned retirement. Thanks to every officer of the @CapitolPolice. I appreciate all you do to protect us on The Hill. I wish all of law enforcement operated with your efficiency and courtesy https://t.co/tdTgrp81e8
cbsnews.com
Capitol police chief Thomas Manger has led — and then rebuilt — the department since the Jan. 6 riot. He speaks to CBS News ahead of his retirement on Friday.
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They just noticed we've been listening to a madman raving about whatever pops into his mind? The few credentialed people in psychiatry and psychology, including his cousin @MaryTrumpL have told us the man is unwell and dangerous!
He is not well. We need to discuss his confusion https://t.co/WwZIOU3Fqp
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Some days our opponents are right. In this case, @SenRandPaul is spot on in opposing The Regime's abuses of executive power & the timidity of Congress in doing the job demanded by the Constitution. He's so articulate. I wish he was right more often. https://t.co/zsg7B0oGHa
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Pure acts of erasure. Now what do they tell their gated community, home-schooled children? That Black and brown people are made of chocolate? And swam all the way from Africa to do what? Since none of them have ever been part of American greatness?
It was, is, and always will be, at bottom, racism. Reporters can scour every fucking diner from Altoona to Albuquerque, make every excuse for why white people feel left behind, and ridicule DEI, but underneath it all is pure, unadulterated racism.
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Where was all of this passion against tyranny in 2024? @RandPaul wanted, and wants, power so badly that he still starts off by praising The Regime before demanding that it not be the authoritarian pox that it is. We can not have it both ways.
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STRAIGHT UP INSIDER TRADING!! But he "owns" DOJ and SEC, so no worries for him on that front. And the law firms who specialize in these kinds of suits are all genuflecting to kiss his ring. How does this fall within even the broadest immunity? We no longer are a nation of laws.
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This is a serious story and I posted about it earlier but I’m worried the wig is going to distract people.
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Your Guide to the 2025 Cherry Blossom Festival https://t.co/MO0QpmWAsQ Your Guide to the 2025 Cherry Blossom Festival
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The National Cherry Blossom Festival, one of the world’s greatest celebrations of spring, will make its mark on the Nation’s Capital between March 20 and April 13, with an exciting lineup of events...
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@catcrazy73 @HellBentVet VOTE. Drag everyone you know out to vote. Scream, yell, petition, march.
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Of course the President-elect can't figure this out & he listens to @elonmusk - God help us! Elon Musk’s AI turns on him, labels him ‘one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X’
fortune.com
His posts, it added, “can have real-world consequences."
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Why a lady keeps her clothes on --so the leader of Russia can't humiliate her show her newly elected husband whose in charge. We'll all be crying in our vidka before this mess is over. https://t.co/H81NllOIe9
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No Senate confirmation hearings? Thank you, @elonmusk for eviserating the one thing required of the US Senate - no advice and consent. Nada. We'll know nothing about the people appointed w/o review or challenge. Watch @MTLegalAF - keep an eye on this Gov't https://t.co/UXb7qAg38o
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