Mark Hughes
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Screenwriter "Court of the Dead." Wrote for "In View" w/Larry King. Film reviewer & box office analyst. He/Him
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Besides being a contributing writer at Forbes, I'm also a screenwriter. I write mostly horror/fantasy/sci-fi, as well as comedy, for live-action & animation.
Lived in Hollywood more than a decade, bought a house in Michigan & moved here last year. Hope to meet other MI screenwriters & film folks!
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Portland, you magnificent weirdos
timdickinson.bsky.social
Live from the Emergency Naked Bike Ride 🚲 where the crowd hase just erupted in cheers with the arrival of the Unipipier
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katmabu.bsky.social
I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.

There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.
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maddow.msnbc.com
tell me more about republicans being the pro-business party.

www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
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motherjones.com
First it was Los Angeles. Then, Washington, DC. Then, Memphis. Now, Portland, Oregon, is in President Donald Trump’s sights—just the latest Democratic city facing increased militarization.

But the picture that Trump paints of a “war-ravaged” city literally just doesn't exist.
The “war-ravaged” Portland only exists in Trump’s head.
My video report paints a very Portland scene of defiance—and dance.
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misoshnik.bsky.social
Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?
A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”
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joshuaerlich.bsky.social
the thing is, cops don’t quit. it’s too cushy of a job.

they wildcat strike, but it’s not like cops make things worse when they quit working.
misoshnik.bsky.social
Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?
A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”
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pamkeithdc.bsky.social
That asshole fired all the people who help kids with disabilities in education.

Fuck him. Fuck everyone who enabled him
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sifill.bsky.social
She probably should have impressed this upon Kavanaugh before he issued an opinion endorsing what are now known as “Kavanaugh stops.”
atrupar.com
Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."
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timothysnyder.bsky.social
Once they understand that it is an unelected bureaucrat carrying out a coup, who knows.
newrepublic.com
His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/AoXcgAq

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”
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forevernever.bsky.social
It's really great that we have a mad-king who thinks he's going to hell no matter what he does and is in charge of a humanity-ending nuclear arsenal.
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atrupar.com
Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."
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garygifford.bsky.social
It is clear to anyone with a brain that someone in an inflatable frog costume cannot pose the requisite threat required for an official to deploy a chemical agent into the costume's air intake fan. This is excessive force and fascism.
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
Gov. JB Pritzker on ABC: "He certainly has the power of the presidency. He does not have the power to overcome the Constitution. And so am I afraid? I am not afraid. Do I think that he could do it? He might. But as I've said before, come and get me I mean. You're dead wrong, Mr. President."
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nullifie.bsky.social
Hundreds of people who were once detained at "Alligator Alcatraz" have disappeared.

Lawyers and family members have been unable to reach them.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀.

It’s as if they never existed.

What did the government do to them?

youtu.be/NwPbnsZ_XqU?...
Where Are The Detainees? Hundreds of "Alligator Alcatraz" Prisoners Disappear from ICE Database
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Between June and October 2025, there have been at least 14 verified cases of US citizens detained or arrested by Trump's ICE regime forces & Border Patrol in Los Angeles, Hollywood, Montebello, Long Beach, Downey, San Pedro, Compton, Portland, Birmingham, Chicago, and Cicero.
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youranoncentral.bsky.social
Border Patrol & ICE operating under Trump regime directives have repeatedly attacked and detained US citizens violating their civil rights and human rights. Regime agents have also been caught falsifying reports, destroying evidence to cover up their actions. #3E 🧵
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thomaszimmer.bsky.social
The Daily’s credulous/willfully ignorant/deliberately misleading portrait of Vought matters because it is indicative of a much broader tendency to normalize the assault on the constitutional order - to sanitize those who are responsible for it and the extremist ideas that are animating them.
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thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Vought is not interested in “normal” democratic politics: He seeks to “traumatize” civil servants, use the military to suppress protests, and sees Trump as an agent of God’s will. He is convinced to be fighting a noble war to defend his “real America” of white Christian patriarchal rule.
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thomaszimmer.bsky.social
What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.