John JT Thompson

Piano Player, Vocalist, Songwriter, Recording Artist

[John JT Thompson @jtblues]

Some AFM660 members and myself are playing music at the State College Labor Day Tailgate at Sid Friedman Park Noon-2:30 on Monday; you are welcome to join us

@7mountainsAFL State College Labor Day Tailgate. RSVP here: https://t.co/NXxikmDEuc

[Fintwit Capital @fan_fintwit]

Trump's Iran Downfall

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET to honor the life of Rep. Melissa Hortman! 💙

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians.

I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor.

My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California.

That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people.

Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.

It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand.

I want to tune out.

But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious.

And I will always be an American before I am a Republican.

That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious.

For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing.

The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better.

It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed!

But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems.

It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful.

We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger.

That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz.

Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us.

And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. https://t.co/eHFZ723I4H

[Onward State @OnwardState]

It's just routine at this point.

Aaron Brooks is a four-time Big Ten Champion at 197 pounds!

[Penn State Wrestling @PennStateWREST]

RECAP: Penn State Sends School Record 7 Wrestlers to B1G Finals!
Nittany Lions lead the team race!
Action resumes tomorrow at 12 p.m.!
#PSUwr https://t.co/9znPuKFIZz

[John JT Thompson @jtblues]

James Clear:
You shouldn't want maximum effectiveness. For example, the most effective way to make money likely requires a lifestyle you don't want to live. So find the most effective path that fits your desired lifestyle.

OK, my preferred lifestyle hardly makes me any money...

[John JT Thompson @jtblues]

"You won't always get what you strive for, but you will definitely get what you settle for. You won't magically outperform your standards."
-@JamesClear
"You can't always get what you want, but you get what you need"
- Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

[John JT Thompson @jtblues]

Greetings Human. I am rising to the Canopy to sing the Song of my Family. Please enjoy our rapturous cacophony this evening!

[John JT Thompson @jtblues]

"Highly focused people do not leave their options open. They select their priorities and are comfortable ignoring the rest. If you commit to nothing, you’ll be distracted by everything."

-@JamesClear

[John JT Thompson @jtblues]

"Small things matter when they accumulate. This is one of the main lessons of my work—and one of the principles I try to follow in my life. The details, when finely polished and carefully combined, add up to something remarkable."
- @JamesClear
Little things matter, then, OK

[John JT Thompson @jtblues]

Charlotte Shane:
The Right to Not Be Pregnant is a concept of autonomy that goes beyond the reactive and reparative. It lays claim to a state of being, not an action, and in doing so obviates arguments about what abortion is and who is entitled to influence a pregnancy's course

[John JT Thompson @jtblues]

Brenda Hillman:
You can make art through the exceptions...
...Had you lived otherwise you would have missed the great thing, more perhaps. Your fate would have written something else--

[thebandjunkies @thebandjunkies]

@jtblues

[John JT Thompson @jtblues]

@mtp5 "Biocity" had a nice ring to it

[John JT Thompson @jtblues]

"When you need to learn quickly, learn from others.
When you need to learn deeply, learn from experience."
– @JamesClear
Dig it

[John JT Thompson @jtblues]

"Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity."
@JamesClear

[John JT Thompson @jtblues]

FESTIVUS! @ The Bar https://t.co/HMzH2LxzQS

[John JT Thompson @jtblues]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/wrQeTpnvE2