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hwliii @hwliii.bsky.social · 12h

Boy howdy, this has got it right.
newrepublic.com/article/2016...

MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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hwliii @hwliii.bsky.social · 14h

Let's try this one again...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22h

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Five Minute Macro @fiveminutemacro.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible work by the Dallas Fed.

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hwliii @hwliii.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating. A good read. I bet the book is, too.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Insurrection Problem

Violence has marred the American constitutional order since the founding. Is it inevitable?

www.theatlantic.com

hwliii @hwliii.bsky.social · 1d

It makes no sense to need EPA "approval" to develop a chemical test that would not itself be entering the environment. This is a cover story for developing a test to detect the presence of mifepristone in women's urine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills

www.nytimes.com

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Gary Schwall Sr. @glschwall.bsky.social · 2d

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hwliii @hwliii.bsky.social · 2d

Someone could probably make money on this. (If so, I get a cut!)

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

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

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hwliii @hwliii.bsky.social · 2d

These are not good drugs he’s on.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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hwliii @hwliii.bsky.social · 3d

A reminder that there is a history behind everything...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | It’s Not Government They Don’t Like

www.nytimes.com

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hwliii @hwliii.bsky.social · 4d

Read it. Remember it.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

hwliii @hwliii.bsky.social · 4d

What's next? A counselor's First Amendment right to counsel young girls to get clitorectomies?
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With One Damning Question, Ketanji Brown Jackson Defined the Supreme Court’s New Term

The justice stripped the veneer of constitutional principle from the court’s latest blatant culture war.

slate.com

hwliii @hwliii.bsky.social · 5d

This was fun.
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Snaps at Journos as Shutdown Polls Worsen

As Karoline Leavitt loses her temper under tough questioning about the government shutdown, a writer who closely tracks MAGA explains how all this reveals deepening cracks in Trump’s coalition.

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hwliii @hwliii.bsky.social · 6d

Whereafter, language died and was buried in an unmarked grave...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/u...

Trump Calls Deadly Strikes on Boats in Caribbean an ‘Act of Kindness’

www.nytimes.com

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hwliii @hwliii.bsky.social · 7d

Y’all orta read this.

Declining American Democracy: Trump is a Symptom, Not the Cause

The modern GOP is inherently authoritarian

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hwliii @hwliii.bsky.social · 9d

They will manage to kill us all, eventually.
www.kpbs.org/news/science...

AI designs for dangerous DNA can slip past biosecurity measures, study shows

Companies that make DNA for science labs screen out any requests for dangerous bits of genetic material. But a new study shows how AI could help malevolent actors get the stuff anyway.

www.kpbs.org

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 9d

Let me see if I can just make this simple for everyone and draw this one to a close quickly. Mamdani cannot arrest Netanyahu. No one is going to arrest him in NYC. No one is going to drag him out of the UN and hand them to a third party.
Please live on this planet.

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hwliii @hwliii.bsky.social · 9d

If you want to sue, get a lawyer. If you want surgery, get a doctor. If you want a picket line, get a union. If you want Democratic action in Congress, GET THEM A FUCKING MAJORITY!
www.vox.com/politics/463...

Democrats are doing more to resist Trump than their voters think

There’s only so much you can do without a majority.

www.vox.com

hwliii @hwliii.bsky.social · 9d

This, people, is the way you say it.

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10d

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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 10d

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 🔥✊

#GlobalSamudFlotilla is a 🌏 heroic effort of 500 activists, 44 ships, 44 countries -

22 Americans -

Volunteering to sail to Gaza & bring aid to starving Palestinians.

They arrived & have been picked off one by one by Israeli forces throughout the night. 🧵👇🏼