Jacob Thomas
@jacobthomasmpls
Comms Director for @commondefense.bsky.social | #Gay southerner living in the frozen north. Organizer | Multimedia Artist | #LGBTQ #Veteran
Repping my #VeteransForPeggy shirt from @commondefense.bsky.social for the final push to make sure our neighbors have a plan to vote for the @dfl.org endorsed candidate, @peggyflanagan.bsky.social! #Vote #MNVotes
Tomorrow (Tuesday, August 11) is Primary Day, Minnesota! Let’s send @peggyflanagan.bsky.social to the Senate! Polls are open 7am to 8pm and if you live in Hennepin County vote @cedrickfrazier.bsky.social for attorney as well!
Veterans like me (and @commondefense.bsky.social) are supporting @peggyflanagan.bsky.social because she is a proven fighter for the people and she’s ready to hold the Trump regime accountable on his illegal and unjustified wars and so much more. Vote on or before August 11! #VeteransForPeggy
16 years of being unapologetically out and proud for this little gay boy from rural Georgia and I wouldn’t change a thing. 🥰🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ #pride #pridemonth #gay #gayveteran
Pride season has started! Rochester showed its Pride LOUD today! So great being there with @hrc.org to get people involved in the fight for queer and trans justice! ❤️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊
This is what stealing elections looks like. An illegitimate Supreme Court handed republicans yet another way to neuter the fundamental right to vote and they are moving post haste to do it. They care nothing for democracy.
Pulled double duty last week in DC fighting for our democracy with @commondefense.bsky.social + @hrc.org. Half of the week I was running around with veterans demanding an end to Trump’s unjust war and cuts to the VA and then spent the last half with a limp wrist advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. ✊🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
This is not good governance. You’re wasting resources the same way these cities are wasting resources for something petty and this would hurt people in these cities who we are supposed to care about as democrats.
Packed light rail train to the Twin Cities No Kings rally!!! @commondefense.bsky.social / @indivisible.org
North Loop Minneapolis neighborhood vigil for Alex Pretti tonight.
Not reform. Not more training. Abolish ICE and prosecute these murderers!
50,000 Minnesotans marched in below zero weather because we know that we all do better when we all do better. The fascists have already lost, they just don’t realize it yet. ✊ #VetsAgainstTrump #AbolishICE #Minneapolis
The Speaker of the House said “ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do.” Abolishing is the floor. We also need prosecutions and impeachments.
This is what patriotism looks like: protecting our neighbors and fighting fascism. Veterans and military family members are calling out for justice and an end to Trump’s war on our communities. Get involved at @commondefense.bsky.social
The Trump regime murdered Renee Nicole Good. Minneapolis came together last night to demand justice and show that we will not be intimidated into silence by fascists. Rest in Power Renee. ❤️✊
Trump and his gestapo goons will find they will get no help Minnesotans. Ice belongs on our wintery lakes and rivers not terrorizing our communities and neighbors.
All across the country veterans are fighting back for our democracy today and everyday! Thank a veteran by joining with us to fight authoritarianism, demand VA healthcare not be gutted, and abolish ICE! #NoCutsNoOccupations #VetsSayNo #VetsAgainstTrump
In a time where LGBTQ+ lives and rights are under attack I am so grateful for a weekend of dreaming about our collective futures with @hrc.org. Here’s to continuing to help bend the arc of the moral universe. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Not only are Trump and Hegseth disrespecting the years of service and sacrifice with firings like these, they are also actively harming our national defense. They’re f*cking babies who hate when facts and accurate reports disagree with their fantasy worlds. #VetsAgainstTrump
Delayed flights are much better with some bourbon and orange juice. 😌🥃🍊
Summer chop! (It was getting too hot out here for all that hair)
Wearing The Blackest Co.’s Double Victory shirt in honor of D-Day. Fighting fascists is what Americans do. Don’t let us stop now! Democracy at home and abroad! #VetsAgainstTrump
Pride shows us what joyful resistance can look like. Let’s continue the legacy of the first Pride & fight back against oppression with everything we have within us! 13 years of celebration & resistance for me & I wouldn’t trade any of it away to be back in a closet! ✊🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🥳
This is despicable but par for the course for a lawless wannabe dictator like Trump. But let’s remember Trump does not get to dictate how we improve our own community safety while reforming MPD and holding officers accountable. It’s up to us to move forward.
Here’s to 100 days of fighting fascists. Still here and still queer. ✊🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇺🇸