Hooper
@hooperhooper.bsky.social
UNC History PhD candidate. Historian of gay rights activism and lesbian-feminism, student activism in the gay liberation era, and the 1970s South. NC born/raised/now. he/him ⚣
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You can get a 'light' case of measles with minor symptoms, and then 7 to 11 years later, your brain can swell up for no reason and you will die because there's no cure. OR! You can develop a Parkinsons-like neurological disorder and die slower over 1-3 years while your brain just.. fails.
Because I'm talking about measles. It is also A VERY VERY VERY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. If someone is in a room and has measles and then leaves that room and you enter that room within TWO HOURS (depending on humidity) you can get measles.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
::taps mic::
beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
February 1, 2026 at 3:25 AM
You can get a 'light' case of measles with minor symptoms, and then 7 to 11 years later, your brain can swell up for no reason and you will die because there's no cure. OR! You can develop a Parkinsons-like neurological disorder and die slower over 1-3 years while your brain just.. fails.
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I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
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A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
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The Trump administration approves new arms sales to Israel worth $6.67 billion as tensions heat up in the Middle East over Iran.
Trump administration approves new arms sales to Israel worth $6.67 billion
The Trump administration has approved a massive new series of arms sales to Israel totaling $6.67 billion, including 30 Apache attack helicopters and related equipment and weapons as well as 3,250 light tactical vehicles.
bit.ly
January 31, 2026 at 1:00 AM
The Trump administration approves new arms sales to Israel worth $6.67 billion as tensions heat up in the Middle East over Iran.
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ICE isn’t just brutal. It’s also big business. From 2008 to 2021 ICE spent *$1.2 billion* on geolocation tracking, $561M on data analysis, $252M on government databases, and $97M on data brokers. Most of that went to companies who will lobby for this system to stay in place.
January 28, 2026 at 9:17 PM
ICE isn’t just brutal. It’s also big business. From 2008 to 2021 ICE spent *$1.2 billion* on geolocation tracking, $561M on data analysis, $252M on government databases, and $97M on data brokers. Most of that went to companies who will lobby for this system to stay in place.
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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MARTY BARON, just last week:
“.. I think we’re in for a very rough patch, because I do think that Trump does want to imprison journalists ..”
@postbaron.bsky.social @cnn.com @camanpour.bsky.social
“.. I think we’re in for a very rough patch, because I do think that Trump does want to imprison journalists ..”
@postbaron.bsky.social @cnn.com @camanpour.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 9:12 PM
MARTY BARON, just last week:
“.. I think we’re in for a very rough patch, because I do think that Trump does want to imprison journalists ..”
@postbaron.bsky.social @cnn.com @camanpour.bsky.social
“.. I think we’re in for a very rough patch, because I do think that Trump does want to imprison journalists ..”
@postbaron.bsky.social @cnn.com @camanpour.bsky.social
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
January 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
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the answer is that jennings performance of smug dishonesty reliably generates viral clips, so they continue to have him on even though he is a shameless liar
CNN employees can’t understand why Scott Jennings isn't required to adhere to the network’s editorial and ethics standards which are b binding on them and other opinion journalists. CNN can't explain why. www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-boss-con...
CNN Boss Confronted by Staff Over MAGA Pundit’s On-Air Behavior
Network employees can’t understand why Scott Jennings is not required to abide by the network’s editorial standards.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
the answer is that jennings performance of smug dishonesty reliably generates viral clips, so they continue to have him on even though he is a shameless liar
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The Department of Justice just pulled this document of allegations against Donald Trump down off their website. Why? End the Coverup.
DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:
January 30, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The Department of Justice just pulled this document of allegations against Donald Trump down off their website. Why? End the Coverup.
The copy edit process at @tandfresearch.bsky.social seems like it was outsourced and then outsourced again. A mess of automated emails, terrible proof system, and weirdly unresponsive production editors (who don’t seem to understand Chicago style). Worst publishing process of my life.
January 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The copy edit process at @tandfresearch.bsky.social seems like it was outsourced and then outsourced again. A mess of automated emails, terrible proof system, and weirdly unresponsive production editors (who don’t seem to understand Chicago style). Worst publishing process of my life.
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January 30, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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* TRUMP: AM NOMINATING KEVIN WARSH TO BE CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:50 AM
* TRUMP: AM NOMINATING KEVIN WARSH TO BE CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
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First gained noteriety in 2020 with false report "that a Starbucks employee had placed a tampon into a Los Angeles police officer’s coffee cup"
yeah, he's that guy. so don't believe a fucking word he utters
yeah, he's that guy. so don't believe a fucking word he utters
Just a little background on Bill Melugin, the Fox News reporter who posted a photo of a gun supplied to him by DHS.
www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/bil...
www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/bil...
Bill Melugin is Fox News’ top anti-migrant reporter
www.mediamatters.org
January 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
First gained noteriety in 2020 with false report "that a Starbucks employee had placed a tampon into a Los Angeles police officer’s coffee cup"
yeah, he's that guy. so don't believe a fucking word he utters
yeah, he's that guy. so don't believe a fucking word he utters
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DOJ lies.
DHS lies.
ICE lies.
That has been established. Do not repeat their claims as fact. Their claims are arguments or, often, misleading propaganda — when not outright lies.
They are seeking to make a case for their lawlessness (and to please Trump), not seeking to inform.
DHS lies.
ICE lies.
That has been established. Do not repeat their claims as fact. Their claims are arguments or, often, misleading propaganda — when not outright lies.
They are seeking to make a case for their lawlessness (and to please Trump), not seeking to inform.
January 24, 2026 at 5:28 PM
DOJ lies.
DHS lies.
ICE lies.
That has been established. Do not repeat their claims as fact. Their claims are arguments or, often, misleading propaganda — when not outright lies.
They are seeking to make a case for their lawlessness (and to please Trump), not seeking to inform.
DHS lies.
ICE lies.
That has been established. Do not repeat their claims as fact. Their claims are arguments or, often, misleading propaganda — when not outright lies.
They are seeking to make a case for their lawlessness (and to please Trump), not seeking to inform.
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You are paying more for electricity so the White House can post tons of inaccurate AI slop memes praising Trump
January 24, 2026 at 3:29 PM
You are paying more for electricity so the White House can post tons of inaccurate AI slop memes praising Trump
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I am a 60-something mother of three college-educated, Sunday School-raised children. On Monday I will start a new “cubicle job” **just to have health insurance.**
I lost my affordable insurance entirely because of JD Vance’s political party.
The Vice President can fuck alllll the way off.
I lost my affordable insurance entirely because of JD Vance’s political party.
The Vice President can fuck alllll the way off.
JD Vance: "To our fellow Americans we say, you're never gonna find great meaning in a cubicle or in front of a computer screen. But you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation and sustenance of human life."
January 24, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I am a 60-something mother of three college-educated, Sunday School-raised children. On Monday I will start a new “cubicle job” **just to have health insurance.**
I lost my affordable insurance entirely because of JD Vance’s political party.
The Vice President can fuck alllll the way off.
I lost my affordable insurance entirely because of JD Vance’s political party.
The Vice President can fuck alllll the way off.
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We’ve covered lots of losing local teams on the back page of this paper.
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
January 23, 2026 at 8:23 PM
We’ve covered lots of losing local teams on the back page of this paper.
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
But none with a record as bad as the Chicago DOJ during Operation Midway Blitz:
0 convictions
11 charges dropped
3 no-billed cases
1 jury acquittal
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"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
-James Baldwin, from Notes on the House of Bondage (The Nation, 1980)
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
-James Baldwin, from Notes on the House of Bondage (The Nation, 1980)
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
January 24, 2026 at 1:26 AM
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
-James Baldwin, from Notes on the House of Bondage (The Nation, 1980)
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
-James Baldwin, from Notes on the House of Bondage (The Nation, 1980)
#everynightapoem #ofsorts
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this guy is a terrible liar who genuinely believes he is great at lying
CNN put together a clip of JD Vance claiming ICE agents have "absolute immunity" followed by him two weeks later claiming "I didn't say that officers who engage in wrongdoing would enjoy immunity"
January 24, 2026 at 3:20 AM
this guy is a terrible liar who genuinely believes he is great at lying
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This is so fucking haunting.
January 24, 2026 at 3:11 AM
This is so fucking haunting.
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As we finally start realizing Republicans are not patriotic, strong, law abiding, moral driven citizens, we are now seeing they also are not Christians.
I was at the interfaith protest in Minneapolis today. Here are some of the shots I took.
Something deeply wrong about loading up zip tied faith leaders onto a bus for their ‘crime’ of peacefully protesting the violent abduction of their neighbors.
My full story: www.qasimrashid.com/p/live-from-...
Something deeply wrong about loading up zip tied faith leaders onto a bus for their ‘crime’ of peacefully protesting the violent abduction of their neighbors.
My full story: www.qasimrashid.com/p/live-from-...
January 24, 2026 at 2:31 AM
As we finally start realizing Republicans are not patriotic, strong, law abiding, moral driven citizens, we are now seeing they also are not Christians.
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Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026
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If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine
January 24, 2026 at 2:45 AM
If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine