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Trauma Surgeon. Basic Scientist. UVA/UMD/UPenn. Now WashU/STL. Blocking is curating.

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MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · Nov 12

So I decided to contribute.

People here are skeptical thinkers from a variety of fields not just medicine - including law, journalism and academia.

Let me know who I missed. go.bsky.app/P8Vnf7M

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MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

What’s the current over under on a war with Norway?

MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

Don’t worry that’s our kink.

MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

This is top tier trolling by the Nobel Committee. A latina antifascist from…Venezuela.

Chef’s kiss.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

I had to read that like 5 times. So, he believes in reparations? Reread it. Again. Again.

My. Brain can’t actually process that shit it’s so fucked up.

MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

Where is FIRE cofounder, and author of “3 Felonies a Day” Silverglate on this? Oh yeah. Defending John Eastman.

Fucking hypocrites. This is such an indictment of phony rights organizations led by conservatives. When the Govt does exactly what they they complain about to dems? Silence.

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MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

What’s Silverglate up to lately? Oh yeah. Defending John Eastman.

These guys are such obvious lying hypocrites it’s amazing they can keep a straight face. They’ve *never* cared about rights. They only care about conservatives having power.

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MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

And sure enough, every accusation being a confession, they’re just describing what they woukd do with these tools.

I like that this administration has fully discredited the fake civil rights organizations like FIRE which are now proven to just be astroturf for fascists.

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MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

I can’t wait for FIRE, which was co-founded by Harvey Silverglate, who notably wrote “Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent”, to stick up for Letitia James for this obvious abuse of federal prosecution. It’s
Conservatives who claimed federal law could be weaponized just like this.

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MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

So James maybe broke one federal law in her life? That’s practically an argument for sainthood!

MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

There’s even books on this stuff. People have pointed out how federal law is so complex and expansive we probably violate it daily. This has long been a conservative complaint!

www.amazon.com/Three-Feloni...

Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent [Harvey Silverglate, Alan M. Dershowitz] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent

www.amazon.com

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MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

It’s actually a testament to how honest she is. They went through every public legal document this woman has filed in her whole life and the best they could do was “error on a mortgage application”.

Most of us would be far more screwed! They couldn’t even get anything on tax stuff!

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MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

The idea the full weight of the federal government should be brought to bear on this level of error is silly and I’m sure the courts will agree. It’s not clear the bank that provided rhe loan even cares she violated this term.

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MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

This is the absolute weakest sauce. Comical even.

James’ great crime? She may not have filled out a mortgage application accurately on a 100k loan. Illegal? Maybe. Or maybe a mistake.

Basically she might have said she was going to reside in a property she ended up renting out.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

Read the indictment returned against New York AG Letitia James, via @lawfaremedia.org:

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

And it was stand up comedians, and one in particular - Lenny Bruce - who made this possible. And I’m not saying Bruce was a genius comic but he was a genius at annoying authorities, in particular cops.

It was in living memory that we did arrest comedians at their shows and it can go away quick.

MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

I think he is a smart witty guy who raises excellent points but, while he has incredible, first hand experience living in authoritarian govts amd was literally born illegal, I don’t know if he realizes the history of stand up and free speech in this country. The free speech he lauds is *new*.

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MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 1d

Trevor on Riyadh, Kirk and censorship.

www.reddit.com/r/StandUpCom...

From the StandUpComedy community on Reddit: Trevor Noah had the best take of anyone about the comedy festival and Western superiority

Explore this post and more from the StandUpComedy community

www.reddit.com

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MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 2d

Healthy democracies jail presidents

MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 3d

Seperate but equal would be more enlightened than this. This is some antebellum Dred Scot shit and until lawyers start framing things in those terms I think they will conrinue to operate without shame or fear for their legacy.

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MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 3d

Uh huh.

MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 4d

So we should stop reporting on the kids fetting murdered in their schools because it’s rare?

MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 4d

Gonna wait a long time…

With his track record we’re gonna get GTA6 first.

MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 4d

Yeah not going to worry to much about the opinions of “fuckotheinsane” with his banner a pic of aiming a gun at his own dick. Ha!

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MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 4d

Think I already did.

MarkH @markhoofnagle.medsky.social · 4d

The media *should* report more on homicide. This is preventable death. This is the leading killer of *children*. Gun violence is beating auto accidents for deaths now in our country. We should absolutely prioritize discussion of preventable death in you g people over inevitable mortality!