John Hardy
@johnhardy.bsky.social
Liberal. Democrat. Tall. Celt. Husband. Wonk. On-My-Way-To-Oaktown! French Harp. Cancer/Cancer, now in remission! Passion. East Bay. Change. Show Up.
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Elon Musk is a superspreader of conspiratorial nonsense about voting in America.
Just today, Musk reposted a stupid claim about mail-in ballots during the 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania. That claim was easily debunked years ago. Debunking:
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
Just today, Musk reposted a stupid claim about mail-in ballots during the 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania. That claim was easily debunked years ago. Debunking:
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
February 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Elon Musk is a superspreader of conspiratorial nonsense about voting in America.
Just today, Musk reposted a stupid claim about mail-in ballots during the 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania. That claim was easily debunked years ago. Debunking:
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
Just today, Musk reposted a stupid claim about mail-in ballots during the 2020 presidential election in Pennsylvania. That claim was easily debunked years ago. Debunking:
www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...
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Secretary Howard Lutnick lied to the country about his ties to Epstein.
Now we learned that they were in business together.
He has no business being our Commerce Secretary.
He should resign.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Now we learned that they were in business together.
He has no business being our Commerce Secretary.
He should resign.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Howard Lutnick faces bipartisan calls to resign over latest Epstein revelations
Recently disclosed records suggest a closer relationship than the Commerce secretary previously indicated.
www.politico.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Secretary Howard Lutnick lied to the country about his ties to Epstein.
Now we learned that they were in business together.
He has no business being our Commerce Secretary.
He should resign.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Now we learned that they were in business together.
He has no business being our Commerce Secretary.
He should resign.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Okay, the New York Times has a very dumb op-ed about the US’s “marijuana problem”. You are completely valid in just dismissing it as fear shit, but I will make a Lil’ Thread of some of the dumb stuff in particular, for the Sickos and Curious. Keep your cool, remember: it’s bad on purpose. Andiamo:
February 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Okay, the New York Times has a very dumb op-ed about the US’s “marijuana problem”. You are completely valid in just dismissing it as fear shit, but I will make a Lil’ Thread of some of the dumb stuff in particular, for the Sickos and Curious. Keep your cool, remember: it’s bad on purpose. Andiamo:
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It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
She’s a psycho.
This woman is in charge of the US Agency for Global Media, which is supposed to serve and represent the best American values
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
She’s a psycho.
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Bad Bunny understood the assignment…
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Bad Bunny understood the assignment…
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I sobbed when I saw the sugar cane field. My grandfather was a sugar cane farmer in Puerto Rico. Incredible to see this. 🇵🇷❤️
February 9, 2026 at 2:25 AM
I sobbed when I saw the sugar cane field. My grandfather was a sugar cane farmer in Puerto Rico. Incredible to see this. 🇵🇷❤️
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You know Stephen Miller is losing his fucking mind right now. 🤣
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 AM
You know Stephen Miller is losing his fucking mind right now. 🤣
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One of the best Super Bowl Halftime Shows in recent memory
10/10. No notes.
10/10. No notes.
February 9, 2026 at 1:31 AM
One of the best Super Bowl Halftime Shows in recent memory
10/10. No notes.
10/10. No notes.
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BBC reports that the Trump administration has effectively paused economic pressure on the Kremlin. Analysts argue that without active US participation, the collective West cannot maximize pressure on the Russian economy.
theukrainianreview.info/trump-fails-...
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Trump fails to implement effective sanctions against Russia during second term
Donald Trump has not introduced any impactful sanctions against Russia for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine during his first year back in office. The US Presi
theukrainianreview.info
February 8, 2026 at 5:36 PM
BBC reports that the Trump administration has effectively paused economic pressure on the Kremlin. Analysts argue that without active US participation, the collective West cannot maximize pressure on the Russian economy.
theukrainianreview.info/trump-fails-...
theukrainianreview.info/trump-fails-...
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Paxton launches probe of Houston-based anti-fascist group he says encouraged terrorism www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston... #ProudBlue #USDemocracy Ken Paxton wants to make opposition to fascism a crime in Texas. No word on if Paxton will investigate and arrest any WW2 Vets who fought fascist
Paxton launches investigation of Houston antifa group
Paxton calls the Screwston Anti-Fascist Committee a group of "deranged traitors."
www.houstonchronicle.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Paxton launches probe of Houston-based anti-fascist group he says encouraged terrorism www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston... #ProudBlue #USDemocracy Ken Paxton wants to make opposition to fascism a crime in Texas. No word on if Paxton will investigate and arrest any WW2 Vets who fought fascist
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#ResistanceRoots
“People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. ... No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do.”
— Dorothy Day
“People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. ... No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do.”
— Dorothy Day
February 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
#ResistanceRoots
“People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. ... No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do.”
— Dorothy Day
“People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. ... No one has a right to sit down and feel hopeless. There is too much work to do.”
— Dorothy Day
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Not a moment. Not a trend. A constant. Evergreen.
February 8, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Not a moment. Not a trend. A constant. Evergreen.
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Epstein survivors released this powerful PSA ahead of the Super Bowl to demand answers from the Justice Department
February 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Epstein survivors released this powerful PSA ahead of the Super Bowl to demand answers from the Justice Department
We can do something about this.
This is like something out of a horror movie, my god
We are in a small community outside Minneapolis and a child arrived to an empty house on Friday. No parents, ice kidnapped them and just leave children to wander alone after school
February 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM
We can do something about this.
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More corrupt than all other administrations combined
This is the most corrupt administration of all time, and everybody knows it.
Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.
February 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
More corrupt than all other administrations combined
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Once again, I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats do not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn
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February 8, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Once again, I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats do not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn
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In Ukraine, when a funeral procession with a fallen soldier goes by, everyone stops whatever they are doing to stand silently. Traffic stops. Public transportation stops. Conversation stops.
In Lviv, people take this tradition a step further. Most people the procession passes take a knee.
In Lviv, people take this tradition a step further. Most people the procession passes take a knee.
February 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM
In Ukraine, when a funeral procession with a fallen soldier goes by, everyone stops whatever they are doing to stand silently. Traffic stops. Public transportation stops. Conversation stops.
In Lviv, people take this tradition a step further. Most people the procession passes take a knee.
In Lviv, people take this tradition a step further. Most people the procession passes take a knee.
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“BRB, Mr. President. I’m off to mock people’s appearances on the internet.”
— Steven Cheung
“Good thinking, Oddjob.”
— Senile Satan
— Steven Cheung
“Good thinking, Oddjob.”
— Senile Satan
February 7, 2026 at 2:33 AM
“BRB, Mr. President. I’m off to mock people’s appearances on the internet.”
— Steven Cheung
“Good thinking, Oddjob.”
— Senile Satan
— Steven Cheung
“Good thinking, Oddjob.”
— Senile Satan
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It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
It really pays to remind ourselves frequently that this whole immigration "crisis" is made up out of whole cloth. There was no emergency,danger or problem, only a demagogue stirring up racist grievances for political advantage.
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People like Donald get worse if they’re allowed to. His disgusting racism is increasingly blatant and dangerous because the Republicans, with their silence, encourage it. They are complicit in every awful thing they allow their hideous leader to do.
February 6, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People like Donald get worse if they’re allowed to. His disgusting racism is increasingly blatant and dangerous because the Republicans, with their silence, encourage it. They are complicit in every awful thing they allow their hideous leader to do.
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The behavior is not new, he has demonstrated over and over again who he is both through rhetoric and through policy. But there remains, I think, a cost in the ceaselessness of it all. To constantly have to tell your children that the president is wrong, is lying, is malicious, and is hateful.
February 6, 2026 at 5:55 PM
The behavior is not new, he has demonstrated over and over again who he is both through rhetoric and through policy. But there remains, I think, a cost in the ceaselessness of it all. To constantly have to tell your children that the president is wrong, is lying, is malicious, and is hateful.
WORD.
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
WORD.
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