Anthony Hemstad
@anthonyhemstad.bsky.social
Father, husband, entrepreneur, policy-wonk, former expat, traveler, doer. And (new) Port Commission Candidate - Port of Olympia 2025 election
First electric plane to land @ Boeing Field.
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
First electric plane to land @ Boeing Field.
Thank you Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland for endorsing Anthony Hemstad and Bob Iyall for Port of Olympia Commission!
November 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Thank you Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland for endorsing Anthony Hemstad and Bob Iyall for Port of Olympia Commission!
Great Sounders victory tonight in League's Cup final over Messi's Miami.
September 1, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Great Sounders victory tonight in League's Cup final over Messi's Miami.
A friend & I regularly go out and paint over graffiti. I'm saddened how often it is anti-Jewish or anti-Israeli slogans/symbols. Words have an impact, and people shouldn't incite hate & violence in a democracy. If we don't take this seriously, tragedy can/does happen. 1/2
A woman injured in the Boulder antisemitic attack has died, prosecutors say | CNN
A victim of the antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colorado, earlier this month has died and additional victims have been identified, the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement Mond...
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July 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
A friend & I regularly go out and paint over graffiti. I'm saddened how often it is anti-Jewish or anti-Israeli slogans/symbols. Words have an impact, and people shouldn't incite hate & violence in a democracy. If we don't take this seriously, tragedy can/does happen. 1/2
I've been highly involved in getting the Port of Olympia included in the discussion about the return of the Mosquito Fleet (passenger ferries) around Puget Sound.
Could the Electric Hydrofoil Ferry Change the Way We Commute?
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I've been highly involved in getting the Port of Olympia included in the discussion about the return of the Mosquito Fleet (passenger ferries) around Puget Sound.
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What happens when we stop funding the #science that built our booming economy?
🇨🇳 China invests $52B.
🇪🇺 Europe recruits our scientists.
We gift our competitors the next generation of talent, discovery, and industry.
That’s not savings. It’s surrender.
This is the End of American Dominance. #uspol
🇨🇳 China invests $52B.
🇪🇺 Europe recruits our scientists.
We gift our competitors the next generation of talent, discovery, and industry.
That’s not savings. It’s surrender.
This is the End of American Dominance. #uspol
The End of American Dominance
This Is How We Will Lose.
sheril.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Where to go for a PhD? Change of interest from non-US students.
Source: Economist, 2025 www.economist.com/science-and-...
Source: Economist, 2025 www.economist.com/science-and-...
May 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Where to go for a PhD? Change of interest from non-US students.
Source: Economist, 2025 www.economist.com/science-and-...
Source: Economist, 2025 www.economist.com/science-and-...
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Happy Independence Day. A good time to remember that 249 years ago, 56 men and their families pledged their life, liberty, and property to create and preserve the republic they'd created. m.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...
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Happy Independence Day. A good time to remember that 249 years ago, 56 men and their families pledged their life, liberty, and property to create and preserve the republic they'd created. m.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...
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The Trump admin just figured out why Voice of America, who they want to eliminate, has served us well for many decades.
June 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The Trump admin just figured out why Voice of America, who they want to eliminate, has served us well for many decades.
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"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." - John Burroughs
April 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." - John Burroughs
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⚡️US shuts down office combating Russian disinformation, Rubio says.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on April 16 the closure of the State Department’s office responsible for countering foreign disinformation, citing concerns about free speech and the rights of American citizens.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on April 16 the closure of the State Department’s office responsible for countering foreign disinformation, citing concerns about free speech and the rights of American citizens.
US shuts down office combating Russian disinformation, Rubio says
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on April 16 the closure of the State Department’s office responsible for countering foreign disinformation, citing concerns about free speech and the rights of...
kyivindependent.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
⚡️US shuts down office combating Russian disinformation, Rubio says.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on April 16 the closure of the State Department’s office responsible for countering foreign disinformation, citing concerns about free speech and the rights of American citizens.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on April 16 the closure of the State Department’s office responsible for countering foreign disinformation, citing concerns about free speech and the rights of American citizens.
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Wall Street titans are pushing back on Trump’s trade war.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that the global conflict could threaten economic alliances that have made the U.S. the world’s most powerful country.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that the global conflict could threaten economic alliances that have made the U.S. the world’s most powerful country.
Wall Street titans push back on Trump's trade war
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that the global conflict could threaten economic alliances that have made the U.S. the world’s most powerful country.
www.politico.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Wall Street titans are pushing back on Trump’s trade war.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that the global conflict could threaten economic alliances that have made the U.S. the world’s most powerful country.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that the global conflict could threaten economic alliances that have made the U.S. the world’s most powerful country.
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The formula used by the Trump administration to levy reciprocal tariffs contains a serious math error that over-inflates the impact by about a factor of four, per economists at the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute.
Trump tariffs based on massive error, conservative think tank says
The error over-inflates tariff rates by about a factor of four, AEI's economists say.
www.axios.com
April 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The formula used by the Trump administration to levy reciprocal tariffs contains a serious math error that over-inflates the impact by about a factor of four, per economists at the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute.
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Europeans should take over Radio Free Europe if Trump cuts it - because Europe will need more than just weapons to defend itself, writes @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social
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Radio Free Europe, Trump and the fight for ‘sharp power’
Stepping in to save the media outlet after US cuts could help European democracies combat Russian disinformation, writes Peter Pomerantsev
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March 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Europeans should take over Radio Free Europe if Trump cuts it - because Europe will need more than just weapons to defend itself, writes @peterpomerantsev.bsky.social
on.ft.com/42hSOEO
on.ft.com/42hSOEO
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The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board:
“We can understand the need to tone down hostile rhetoric amid negotiations, but the Administration’s propensity to fall for Russian propaganda is something else. Certainly no one would accuse them of following in Churchill’s footsteps.”
“We can understand the need to tone down hostile rhetoric amid negotiations, but the Administration’s propensity to fall for Russian propaganda is something else. Certainly no one would accuse them of following in Churchill’s footsteps.”
March 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board:
“We can understand the need to tone down hostile rhetoric amid negotiations, but the Administration’s propensity to fall for Russian propaganda is something else. Certainly no one would accuse them of following in Churchill’s footsteps.”
“We can understand the need to tone down hostile rhetoric amid negotiations, but the Administration’s propensity to fall for Russian propaganda is something else. Certainly no one would accuse them of following in Churchill’s footsteps.”
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Russia and China have e
been waging a propaganda war against democracy. Trump just surrendered www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
been waging a propaganda war against democracy. Trump just surrendered www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
March 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Russia and China have e
been waging a propaganda war against democracy. Trump just surrendered www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
been waging a propaganda war against democracy. Trump just surrendered www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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"Let’s start with security guarantees. Putin has never agreed to them for Ukraine—in any form"
Read Bob Kagan on the Trump capitulation to Russia
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Read Bob Kagan on the Trump capitulation to Russia
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trump Is Offering Putin Another Munich
Hitler didn’t want a peace deal, and neither does Putin.
www.theatlantic.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"Let’s start with security guarantees. Putin has never agreed to them for Ukraine—in any form"
Read Bob Kagan on the Trump capitulation to Russia
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Read Bob Kagan on the Trump capitulation to Russia
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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If the US had continued to support Ukraine, we may have been months away from the end of the war. The Russians would not have been able to continue to fight for much longer. They were making almost no progress, taking huge casualties.
March 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If the US had continued to support Ukraine, we may have been months away from the end of the war. The Russians would not have been able to continue to fight for much longer. They were making almost no progress, taking huge casualties.
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After the onset of Russia’s full-scale war in 2022, negative and misleading narratives about Ukraine have gained momentum in right-leaning U.S. alternative media. As traditional news consumption reaches historic lows, a new frontier of media consumption has taken the lead.
How US right-wing podcasters shape pro-Russia, anti-Ukraine sentiments
Listening to right-leaning alternative media in the U.S., one might come away with the impression — albeit without evidence — that Ukraine is irredeemably corrupt, President Volodymyr Zelensky is a di...
kyivindependent.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
After the onset of Russia’s full-scale war in 2022, negative and misleading narratives about Ukraine have gained momentum in right-leaning U.S. alternative media. As traditional news consumption reaches historic lows, a new frontier of media consumption has taken the lead.
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In grim contrast to the red carpet, Soheila Golestani faces 74 lashes for her Oscar-nominated film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Watch this film to understand the repression of Iran’s theocratic regime &why the #WomenLifeFreedom movement is so important: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
The actress facing 74 lashes in Iran for her Oscar-nominated film
Instead of attending the glitzy Hollywood ceremony, Soheila Golestani is on trial by the Revolutionary Court for her part in The Seed of the Sacred Fig
www.thetimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In grim contrast to the red carpet, Soheila Golestani faces 74 lashes for her Oscar-nominated film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Watch this film to understand the repression of Iran’s theocratic regime &why the #WomenLifeFreedom movement is so important: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
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Chamberlain appeased Hitler in 1938, when he didn't know for certain that there would be a larger war - and not three years later, when hundreds of thousands of people had already died
The Situation, March 3, 2025
Stop defaming Neville Chamberlain by comparing Trump to him:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Stop defaming Neville Chamberlain by comparing Trump to him:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
March 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Chamberlain appeased Hitler in 1938, when he didn't know for certain that there would be a larger war - and not three years later, when hundreds of thousands of people had already died
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