Blair Hodges
@blairhodges.bsky.social
Journalist. Host of the Relationscapes podcast. Lover of books, Bon Iver, and basketball.
The quietest important story
The National Enquirer tried to catch and kill the Katie Johnson story. Then they got ahead of it in an attempt to discredit her. And many of us bought it—hook, line, and sinker katemanne.substack.com/p/they-tried...
They Tried to Bury the Katie Johnson Story
And we, the public, let them convince us it was bogus.
katemanne.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The quietest important story
A couple who met on 9/11 and always gets asked how they met
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
A couple who met on 9/11 and always gets asked how they met
And Trump likes to charge at 14-year-olds like they're adults
November 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
And Trump likes to charge at 14-year-olds like they're adults
tfw women ruined ur workplace
I don't understand why people have to concoct wild conspiracy theories in order to critique the NYT. I say this as someone who writes for them: there is plenty to critique without making up wild scenarios and insisting they're true!
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
tfw women ruined ur workplace
You can smell the stink of reputation desperation all over the NYT. So sad!
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
You can smell the stink of reputation desperation all over the NYT. So sad!
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social new TCW just dropped where you at bitch
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social new TCW just dropped where you at bitch
Omg
November 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Omg
Uh actually science is about testing and proving stuff. It's not like being a lawyer.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Uh actually science is about testing and proving stuff. It's not like being a lawyer.
Weak. I stopped twelve wars
Trump: "I stopped 8 wars in the last 9 months. I don't want to be in wars. If I am in a war, we're gonna win the thing fast and it'll be violent."
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Weak. I stopped twelve wars
Oh sorry, he actually said DOLL HAIRS you guys
“A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone”
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Oh sorry, he actually said DOLL HAIRS you guys
Also: Conversations that approvingly talk about "differences between men and women" universally downplay if not outright ignore the differences between women and women, between men and men, the overlap between them all, and the gender binary nonconformity in general.
Sargeant gets her chance to speak, about what's wrong with liberal feminism, and again her first example is something she doesn't think matters very much! This is what you came prepared to talk about??
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Also: Conversations that approvingly talk about "differences between men and women" universally downplay if not outright ignore the differences between women and women, between men and men, the overlap between them all, and the gender binary nonconformity in general.
The second anyone unironically uses the term "wokeness" you can safely dismiss them as being entirely shit-filled. See: Andrews and Douthat's recent fartfest.
Literally the first thing Andrews does is admit that her project is entirely vacuous and derived backwards. Incredible stuff.
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The second anyone unironically uses the term "wokeness" you can safely dismiss them as being entirely shit-filled. See: Andrews and Douthat's recent fartfest.
Marty McFly's high school band was called THE PINHEADS.
Name a film with a fake band/songs.
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Marty McFly's high school band was called THE PINHEADS.
He's annoyed. This is a man who fundamentally cares only about himself. And cares for other people only insofar as they make him the center of their lives.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
He's annoyed. This is a man who fundamentally cares only about himself. And cares for other people only insofar as they make him the center of their lives.
YEP
I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.
November 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
YEP
Few people's fame pisses me off more than this complete dullard. He's not only dumb as a brick, he's also BORING AS HELL. White mediocrity rises. How the hell did he ever get a job at NYT?
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Few people's fame pisses me off more than this complete dullard. He's not only dumb as a brick, he's also BORING AS HELL. White mediocrity rises. How the hell did he ever get a job at NYT?
abolish ICE and prosecute these assailants
"Tear gas us a serious chemical, would you agree?"
"No"
"you don't believe that something that interferes with people's breathing is serious?"
"No"
"No"
"you don't believe that something that interferes with people's breathing is serious?"
"No"
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
abolish ICE and prosecute these assailants
Yep.
Despite having different ideologies, all three major candidates—Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherrill, and Zohran Mamdani—were laser-focused on how Donald Trump has damaged Americans' lives and how they'd fix things.
And all 3 also rejected establishment Democrats' advice to abandon trans people.
And all 3 also rejected establishment Democrats' advice to abandon trans people.
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Yep.
One of the most difficult parts of being a parent right now
November 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
One of the most difficult parts of being a parent right now
Reposted by Blair Hodges
drag their pee and poopy asses
Scott: Her whole race is about policing bathrooms. They’re the pee-and-poop caucus. That’s all they do—they police where kids are going to the bathroom. They’re not worried about where kids are learning or what they’re getting out of school.
October 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
drag their pee and poopy asses
🚨 BREAKING: Trump announces groundbreaking for new ballroom addition to Seattle Space Needle.
October 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Trump announces groundbreaking for new ballroom addition to Seattle Space Needle.
I want truth and reconciliation hearings with actual consequences
ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
October 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I want truth and reconciliation hearings with actual consequences
THIS.
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
THIS.
If I could get all the egghead Democrat politico pundit advisory class to understand one thing, it would be this thing.
Right, and @anatosaurus.bsky.social, whom everyone should follow, has a great essay recently that covers that topic.
Democratic Party strategists treat public opinion as if it is calcified, whereas Republican Party strategists understand that it is SHAPED.
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
Democratic Party strategists treat public opinion as if it is calcified, whereas Republican Party strategists understand that it is SHAPED.
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.
www.weekendreading.net
October 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If I could get all the egghead Democrat politico pundit advisory class to understand one thing, it would be this thing.
Reposted by Blair Hodges
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.