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Christopher Hooks @hooks.bsky.social · 1d

There’s something missing in Greg Abbott. Over the last decade, he seems to have learned to fill it by moving troops around, a hobby which is having a stranger and stranger effect on his country as time goes by: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

What the Texas National Guard Deployment Tells Us About Greg Abbott

Our governor can be a maddeningly inscrutable figure. His latest exercise in ordering troops around can help us understand him.

www.texasmonthly.com

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · Sep 11

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Sep 2

one of the most gripping films i've ever seen. feels far shorter than its runtime.

Elisa Serling Davis @elisa515.bsky.social · Sep 2

Criterion Channel just added CARLOS. It's in 3 parts, but the parts are longer than the original mini-series parts, making it the longer full-length film version (340 minutes total).

Want to watch with me?

www.criterionchannel.com/carlos

Carlos - The Criterion Channel

CARLOS, directed by Olivier Assayas, is an epic, intensely detailed account of the life of the infamous international terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez—also known as Carlos the Jackal. One of the twenti...

www.criterionchannel.com

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Tim Fernholz @timfernholz.com · Aug 4

Love this @hooks.bsky.social story about how Texas Republicans are embracing everything they once hated about California: Health food, trial lawyers and film industry slush funds.

www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

Right-Wing Lawmakers Are Trying to California Your Texas

The right wing used to hate lawsuits, the nanny state, and the film industry. It’s learned to embrace them as a means of cultural influence.

www.texasmonthly.com

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Lynne Kelly 🐘🐳🐣🐙 @lynnekelly.bsky.social · May 29

Full article (still an unsolved mystery!) by @hooks.bsky.social

www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the...

Amphibious Assault

The case of the missing salamanders.

www.texasmonthly.com

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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · May 28

As with anything to do with this Musk vanity project, @hooks.bsky.social’s piece on its real human and environmental costs is a must-read. Gift link - www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/o...

Opinion | Try Living in Elon Musk’s Company Town (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

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Jason Cohen @cohenesque.bsky.social · May 21

"...as a freelance magazine journalist, I am a blue-collar manufacturing worker in a collapsing industry that no amount of tariffs can fix. My day-to-day has become a Rust Belt of the mind, and there is nothing left for me in the West. Off I go." - @hooks.bsky.social

David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · May 17

This is excellent. newrepublic.com/article/1947...

Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession

An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.

newrepublic.com

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · May 17

This is excellent. newrepublic.com/article/1947...

Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession

An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.

newrepublic.com

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Christopher Hooks @hooks.bsky.social · May 20

I went to Greenland to try to think through one of the strangest aspects of Trump's second term: His love of the 19th century newrepublic.com/article/1947...

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Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom.bsky.social · May 17

This by @hooks.bsky.social, about Trump's Greenland fixation, is a thoughtful musing on his second term and this moment of frenetic ferment in American politics. "Why are the Americans doing this? My worry is that the answer is simple: We're bored." newrepublic.com/article/1947...

Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession

An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.

newrepublic.com

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Christopher Hooks @hooks.bsky.social · May 17

check the definition!

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · May 16

Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession

An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.

Words by @hooks.bsky.social
Illustrations by @coldwarsteve.bsky.social

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Christopher Hooks @hooks.bsky.social · May 16

oops yeah that was supposed to be “the americas,” missed that it had changed

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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · May 15

We sent @hooks.bsky.social to Greenland and he came back with a story about imperial folly, the return of the 19th century, and just what Donald Trump and his cronies are really up to there. It's the best thing I've read about Trump's second term newrepublic.com/article/1947...

Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession

An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.

newrepublic.com

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Christopher Hooks @hooks.bsky.social · May 15

It was a real pleasure to do this: newrepublic.com/article/1947...

Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession

An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.

newrepublic.com

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Christopher Hooks @hooks.bsky.social · May 15

For the June issue of The New Republic, I went to Greenland and Denmark to think through Trump’s annexation obsession, Trumpworld’s love of the 19th century, why my country keeps hitting itself in the head with a hammer, and the world‘s best bar (Daddy’s, in Nuuk)

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Michael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · May 15

This from @hooks.bsky.social is a rip-roaring piece of magazine journalism like from the old days. And yes, the @newrepublic.com sent him to Greenland! And he did reporting while there! newrepublic.com/article/1947... via @newrepublic.com

Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession

An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.

newrepublic.com

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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · May 5

"So many Americans live in a demon-haunted world, with unreal dangers in every corner." @hooks.bsky.social
You're not getting dumber because of fluoride, but maybe Texas officials are. The war on oral health continues. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

Ken Paxton Thinks He’s Found the Cause of Our Growing Stupidity: Fluoridated Pokémon Toothpaste

The attorney general alleges Crest and Colgate are “encourag kids to ingest fluoride toothpaste” with their marketing. It’s the latest in the Texas GOP’s war on nonexistent threats.

www.texasmonthly.com

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Christopher Hooks @hooks.bsky.social · May 5

On Pulitzer announcement today, remember that journalism still matters. It will always matter. For example, I just found out I’m cited on the German Wikipedia page for the Philly cheesesteak