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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 2h

This game is incredible!

Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 3h

Hmm, I don’t get it. Oh, wait, ah, yes, I see.

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 18h

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 3h

They’re all grifting crooks.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 5h

there's really just zero motivation for Ds to negotiate when they're saying things like this. if they're just going to rule by recissision anyway, might as well make them admit they're gutting the fillibuster in order to destroy healthcare.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 3h

The devil you say!

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5h

Not today, Satan‼️

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 17h

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 8h

Okay, I understand that my monthly ANTIFA donation is no longer a tax write-off, but I can keep the tote bag, right?

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“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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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 6h

So maybe you ought to add this shit to your shutdown demands and NOT just message about healthcare!

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 7h

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 10h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9h

Mamdani: I run against a disgraced former governor who, in this moment, has chosen to issue a statement in which he cannot even say the name Tish James, nor the name Donald Trump.

If you cannot say Trump’s name today—how will you stand up to him tomorrow?

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 9h

I have no confidence that Schumer or Jeffries are capable of such broad spectrum thinking, unfortunately.

Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 14h

Lol. Whatever, bot (or paid DNC shill).

Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

Reading it and thinking, Oh no...

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

Hakeem Jeffries: Donald Trump, I don't see how indicting Letitia James will lower the price of eggs.

(Yes, I know Jeffries made a better statement than this.)

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Avi Zollman @avi.zollman.com · 1d

Hear me out:

Tomorrow, the Nobel Committee should award the Peace Prize to Barack Hussein Obama.

Did he deserve it the first time? Probably not. Does he deserve it this time? Absolutely not.

Would it cause the current president's head to explode? Yes. Ipso facto: Give Barry the Nobel again!

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

Uncool? Johnny Cash?

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

Well, Pastor Wilson, if you insist Donald Trump should be stoned to death, I'm not schooled enough in the Bible to argue with you.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 1d

"...including while she was praying with her eyes closed and hands lifted, wearing a clerical collar and stole."

religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

You’re correct. So are you going to fucking put a demand to END THIS as a condition of ending the shutdown?

If not, you’re complicit with Trump.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

There will be those who will once again council empty reconciliation with Republicans, on the grounds that “we need to be better than them.”

But here’s the thing: we ARE better than them. Much better than them. Everyone is far far far better than them. That’s why they all need to go to prison.

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Everybody who pushed Democrats to be more aggressive after the insurrection was right. Listen to them next time (if there is a next time).

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Steinman @jonsteinman.bsky.social · 1d

Blue State AGs should open a multistate task force to investigate and prosecute every single assault and attempted murder. Haul them into court without their masks to face justice directly.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3d

According the victim's attorney, body camera footage captured the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good.”
trib.al/2RfPYXK

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Hank Hoffman @hankhoffmanct.bsky.social · 1d

They give him a warning?