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WHAT A FUCKING GAME BY THE HOKIES
B E N H A M M O N D
December 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
WHAT A FUCKING GAME BY THE HOKIES
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This is a tired strategy: accuse journalists seeking response and more information of "stalking" and "harassment"... rather than engage even to simply offer a "no comment." People in power, especially taxpayer-funded ones, should have to answer questions: www.propublica.org/article/prop...
Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people they’re writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, they’ve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This is a tired strategy: accuse journalists seeking response and more information of "stalking" and "harassment"... rather than engage even to simply offer a "no comment." People in power, especially taxpayer-funded ones, should have to answer questions: www.propublica.org/article/prop...
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There's a particular career lane for pundits whose takes are stupid and wrong but in a way that is consistently flattering to rich and powerful people. They get to have successful careers because they're dumb hacks, not in spite of it. Megan might be the stupidest but there are other variations.
December 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
There's a particular career lane for pundits whose takes are stupid and wrong but in a way that is consistently flattering to rich and powerful people. They get to have successful careers because they're dumb hacks, not in spite of it. Megan might be the stupidest but there are other variations.
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probably not a great sign that Trump's assistant AG for civil rights uses a slur for people with disabilities
December 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
probably not a great sign that Trump's assistant AG for civil rights uses a slur for people with disabilities
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This is incredible news. Today, Virginia officials will unveil a statue of Barbara Johns at the Capitol to replace one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had stood for more than a century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Statue of Black teen who fought segregation replaces Robert E. Lee at U.S. Capitol
Barbara Rose Johns was only 16 when she led a walkout in 1951 to protest horrendous conditions at her segregated high school for Black students in rural Farmville, Virginia.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is incredible news. Today, Virginia officials will unveil a statue of Barbara Johns at the Capitol to replace one of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that had stood for more than a century. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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One was Missouri vs Minnesota...
- made 3
- simultaneous off-ball defensive foul (should be an and-1 like NBA, but team gets possession in college)
- made 2 with foul
- missed FT
- o-reb
- made 3
The other appears to be PBP gremlins. So just this one.
- made 3
- simultaneous off-ball defensive foul (should be an and-1 like NBA, but team gets possession in college)
- made 2 with foul
- missed FT
- o-reb
- made 3
The other appears to be PBP gremlins. So just this one.
How does one get an 8-point possession? I assume it involves a technical and multiple 3s?
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
One was Missouri vs Minnesota...
- made 3
- simultaneous off-ball defensive foul (should be an and-1 like NBA, but team gets possession in college)
- made 2 with foul
- missed FT
- o-reb
- made 3
The other appears to be PBP gremlins. So just this one.
- made 3
- simultaneous off-ball defensive foul (should be an and-1 like NBA, but team gets possession in college)
- made 2 with foul
- missed FT
- o-reb
- made 3
The other appears to be PBP gremlins. So just this one.
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
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NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Congrats to the eight Democrats who gave this regime a huge win over the weekend. Here’s your reward.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Congrats to the eight Democrats who gave this regime a huge win over the weekend. Here’s your reward.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel.
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire.
Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year.
Glad everything worked out for them.
How about you?
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[looks around for jake tapper] hey man, do you, uh, want to write about this?
Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
October 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
[looks around for jake tapper] hey man, do you, uh, want to write about this?
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Let them eat ballrooms.
“.. perhaps the most cruel and unlawful offense the Trump administration has perpetrated yet — freezing funding already enacted into law to feed hungry Americans while he shovels tens of billions of dollars .. to Argentina and into his ballroom.”
@politico.com #SNAP
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
@politico.com #SNAP
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Let them eat ballrooms.
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Amazing. it's SO CLOSE to being a recognition that cutting off imports raises prices.
apnews.com/article/beef...
apnews.com/article/beef...
Trump suggests US will buy Argentine beef to bring down prices for American consumers
President Donald Trump says the United States could purchase Argentinian beef in an attempt to bring down prices for American consumers.
apnews.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Amazing. it's SO CLOSE to being a recognition that cutting off imports raises prices.
apnews.com/article/beef...
apnews.com/article/beef...
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I introduced a bill to ban corporations from donating to our campaigns.
This ⬇️ is exactly why.
“As state legislators turn attention to concerns about power bills and data center siting, the industry has noticed, and given >$1.7M in contributions to state political campaigns in this election cycle.”
This ⬇️ is exactly why.
“As state legislators turn attention to concerns about power bills and data center siting, the industry has noticed, and given >$1.7M in contributions to state political campaigns in this election cycle.”
As voters started asking about data centers, Virginia political candidates have started -- cautiously -- to talk about them.
Data centers emerging as an election issue
As voters started asking about data centers, Virginia political candidates have started -- cautiously -- to talk about them.
richmond.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I introduced a bill to ban corporations from donating to our campaigns.
This ⬇️ is exactly why.
“As state legislators turn attention to concerns about power bills and data center siting, the industry has noticed, and given >$1.7M in contributions to state political campaigns in this election cycle.”
This ⬇️ is exactly why.
“As state legislators turn attention to concerns about power bills and data center siting, the industry has noticed, and given >$1.7M in contributions to state political campaigns in this election cycle.”
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I have been wondering about the scabs they found to replace these teachers
An Ohio University professor was removed from teaching a MFA class a day after returning home from an Israeli prison where he was detained upon being illegally abducted from the flotilla.
His students [solidarity!] walked out on the replacement prof in protest.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/s...
His students [solidarity!] walked out on the replacement prof in protest.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/s...
October 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I have been wondering about the scabs they found to replace these teachers
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Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.
And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.
And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.
October 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.
And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.
And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.
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Here is some material Bari Weiss published regarding Covid.
So when anyone defends her in any way, what they are saying is that real world victims of medical disinformation don’t matter.
It’s all just a game to these pundits.
So when anyone defends her in any way, what they are saying is that real world victims of medical disinformation don’t matter.
It’s all just a game to these pundits.
October 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Here is some material Bari Weiss published regarding Covid.
So when anyone defends her in any way, what they are saying is that real world victims of medical disinformation don’t matter.
It’s all just a game to these pundits.
So when anyone defends her in any way, what they are saying is that real world victims of medical disinformation don’t matter.
It’s all just a game to these pundits.
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i'm sure duffy is just lying here but also i'll say again that they hard time conceptualizing relations between people that aren't strictly hierarchical.
Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."
October 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
i'm sure duffy is just lying here but also i'll say again that they hard time conceptualizing relations between people that aren't strictly hierarchical.
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The replies on the editorial include many versions of “thanks for finally convincing me to cancel.”
You’ve gotta be kidding me.
This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.
Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.
Really embarrassing stuff.
This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.
Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.
Really embarrassing stuff.
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The replies on the editorial include many versions of “thanks for finally convincing me to cancel.”
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WTAF?!!
October 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
WTAF?!!
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I’m guessing 1 and 3
Also, it’s critical media coverage does not normalize this in any way
Also, it’s critical media coverage does not normalize this in any way
Hegseth is putting all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room. Why might Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Here I discuss four possible reasons.
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
Hegseth puts us all at risk
Why put all the American commanders in one room?
snyder.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I’m guessing 1 and 3
Also, it’s critical media coverage does not normalize this in any way
Also, it’s critical media coverage does not normalize this in any way
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Joe McCarthy lives
UC Berkeley has given the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty, and staff as part of an investigation into antisemitism on campus. One of them is Judith Butler. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe
UC Berkeley gave the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty and staff and info about their “potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism” — sparking due-process...
www.sfchronicle.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Joe McCarthy lives
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"CVS Pharmacy is charging uninsured patients $224.99 for a COVID shot."
That is absolutely absurd. Preventative health care needs to be available for everyone at every income level. Hell, it's less expensive for society than indigent care cases are at the ER.
Fix this.
richmond.com/news/local/b...
That is absolutely absurd. Preventative health care needs to be available for everyone at every income level. Hell, it's less expensive for society than indigent care cases are at the ER.
Fix this.
richmond.com/news/local/b...
Some Va. residents can now get COVID shots without prescription
Adults under 65 without a preexisting condition and minors will still need to consult a health care provider before getting the jab.
richmond.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"CVS Pharmacy is charging uninsured patients $224.99 for a COVID shot."
That is absolutely absurd. Preventative health care needs to be available for everyone at every income level. Hell, it's less expensive for society than indigent care cases are at the ER.
Fix this.
richmond.com/news/local/b...
That is absolutely absurd. Preventative health care needs to be available for everyone at every income level. Hell, it's less expensive for society than indigent care cases are at the ER.
Fix this.
richmond.com/news/local/b...