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Robert Hernandez

@webjournalist.bsky.social

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USCAnnenberg Digital Profe, #JOVRNALISM creator, NAHJ Hall of Famer/Program Manager, CalMatters & InquireFirst board member. Chicas Poderosas #wjchat #HorizontalLoyalty he/him 🇸🇻 // I live sweat but I dream light years.

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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · Dec 19

I wish we were living in a different timeline, but in this one we have to have the courage to speak up and, as they say, "meet the moment." And I predict you will. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/well...

We’ll draw the lines we will not cross

"This year, I predict that you — yes, <em>you</em> — will stand up, speak up, and do the right thing for the communities we aim to serve."

www.niemanlab.org

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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 1h

A Biden appointed judge.

Coincidence?!?! 🤔

Yes. The case was stupid. 🤡

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1h

NEW: Federal judge dismisses Drake's defamation case against Kendrick Lamar storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The issue in this case is whether "Not Like Us" can reasonably be understood to convey as a factual matter that Drake is a pedophile or that he has engaged in sexual relations with minors. In light of the overall context in which the statements in the Recording were made, the Court holds that it cannot.

Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 1h

Lord. We are fuct.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1h

fucking WOOF

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

www.axios.com

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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 2h

I recently heard someone say if they were “god” they would make being stupid hurt.

Meaning, you can choose to be ignorant while there are undeniable facts, but that choice has to hurt you.

Stupidity already hurts us.

But if you CHOOSE to be stupid, you should feel some pain. I agree.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4h

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 2h

I know the answer.

As does my friend.

And you do too.

Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 2h

Question: Which of these states are run by the GOP and ones run by Dems?

Asking for a friend.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h

MOODY’S: Twenty-two states are either in a recession or on the precipice of a downturn. 👀

@axios.com 🇺🇸
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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 2h

::Your friend sends you a link to a post on Threads::

a man in a suit and hat is standing with his hands in his pockets in a black and white photo .

ALT: a man in a suit and hat is standing with his hands in his pockets in a black and white photo .

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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 6h

I think I even heard them say it was a French rap video. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 7h

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 6h

If your evidence against an accused arsonist is that they watched a rap video in which it shows a trash can fire…. I think you have some issues with your case.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 7h

This is why I think the next Democratic president needs to use the EXACT tools that SCOTUS has handed Trump. Don't leave room for any distinctions.

Impound funds for deportation. Give ICE the USAID treatment. Refuse to collect government-backed debt. Purge MAGA loyalists from the executive branch.

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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 16h

Sensei!

Illustration from: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMSycBbx/

Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 20h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 21h

an elderly woman in a green shirt says it 's been 84 years ...

ALT: an elderly woman in a green shirt says it 's been 84 years ...

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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 21h

Hahahahaha! Totally missed that!

Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 23h

I thought this was a joke until I saw the second, closeup photo.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 1d

I am told that this Anti-Antifa is also at the roundtable talking about his assault at the hands of a liberal professor.

Dr. Jones is woke and violent!

Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 1d

Is Richard Spencer at the roundtable talking about being punched in the face in January 2017? Punching a Nazi is very Antifa.

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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, yes. I remember. truthout.org/articles/rig...

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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 1d

When you openly say that anti-fascists were fighting against the Nazis, as if that makes them the bad guys.

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 1d

"If you come for my people, you come through me."

That quote doesn't sound right to me... maybe it should be "you got to get through" or "you gotta fight me first."

But "come through me" sounds like he's the exclusive facilitator.

Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 1d

Are people talking about how RFK Jr is the inspiration for Col. Lockjaw’s look in One Battler After Another… or nah?

Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 1d

We won’t comply after we’ve complied. But it was OUR choice to comply.

youtu.be/eHmbO6s1DmU?...

Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 1d

I am told “Mama Mia!” prefix was edited out from the original headline.

(I am joking. Comedy is hard.)

Robert Hernandez @webjournalist.bsky.social · 1d

Literally in the first sentence/lede: “his hometown of San Pedro”

San Pedro, CA.

Why frame him as Sicilian?

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1d

Sicilian man said to work for Mexican Mafia charged with racketeering in L.A. gang bust

Authorities in Los Angeles announced charges Tuesday against suspected members of a San Pedro gang, including a state prisoner who allegedly used contraband cellphones to carry out the bidding of the Mexican Mafia.

www.latimes.com

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