Hawenercook
@fhcook.bsky.social
Editor & Writer; working on a book about rhetoric; Chicagoan from Texas; mom to high school kid; feeder of cats; petter of dogs; very reliable Democratic voter.
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i am never again going to let a conservative get away with complaining about the liberal nanny state because these assholes actually *are* the nagging, inappropriately intrusive boogeymen conservatives have been bleating about for my entire adult life, mind your fucking business
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
i am never again going to let a conservative get away with complaining about the liberal nanny state because these assholes actually *are* the nagging, inappropriately intrusive boogeymen conservatives have been bleating about for my entire adult life, mind your fucking business
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41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.
December 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.
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Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
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You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You would think that the 8 GOP Senators who are SO OUTRAGED that Jack Smith subpoenaed their phone records that they want $1 million compensation would bring him in to testify IN A PUBLIC HEARING to explain why he did this. But no, they don’t want to do that. I wonder why?
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
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It’s a long shot but did anyone here who loves on the lower east side in nyc lose their cat? My niece found this clearly domesticated cat hiding under a car. They’ve frantically tied to find his owner for 36 hrs but no luck.
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
It’s a long shot but did anyone here who loves on the lower east side in nyc lose their cat? My niece found this clearly domesticated cat hiding under a car. They’ve frantically tied to find his owner for 36 hrs but no luck.
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I think we are actually going to get him formally removed from the succession by act of (multiple) parliaments. this would have been such exciting news in 1720
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will strip Prince Andrew of remaining titles and evict him from royal residence.
October 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I think we are actually going to get him formally removed from the succession by act of (multiple) parliaments. this would have been such exciting news in 1720
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This narcissistic attitude that sees a vote as a curated extension of your personal brand or a version of a celebrity endorsement is going to be the death of this nation.
October 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This narcissistic attitude that sees a vote as a curated extension of your personal brand or a version of a celebrity endorsement is going to be the death of this nation.
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Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
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Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social when’s your book coming out about Trump’s cognitive impairment?
Lights are on but nobody is home.
We have a broken Roomba for President.
We have a broken Roomba for President.
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Hey @jaketapper.bsky.social when’s your book coming out about Trump’s cognitive impairment?
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Walz making it clear that we can talk about corruption and government failure in the same sentence.
Basically, our public goods are disappearing because the corrupt elite are looting the government.
Basically, our public goods are disappearing because the corrupt elite are looting the government.
Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Walz making it clear that we can talk about corruption and government failure in the same sentence.
Basically, our public goods are disappearing because the corrupt elite are looting the government.
Basically, our public goods are disappearing because the corrupt elite are looting the government.
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Old Irving Park today
Video from today's first gas attack.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Old Irving Park today
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Video from today's first gas attack.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
October 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Video from today's first gas attack.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
Saturday morning in Chicago.
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“Oliver said he saw the laborer, who was working on the building, being detained by federal officers as he had "blood "coming out [of] his nose and down his mouth.” …The second person detained was Oliver's coworker Nate Griffin, who works as a night manager at the Laugh Factory.”
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Ryan Oliver, a standup comedian who works as a part-time custodian at the Laugh Factory, was inside the comedy club on Chicago's North Side when he heard shouting from outside. That prompted him to leave Laugh Factory to see what was happening.
"I was trying to look through the glass, and I seen a bunch of people holding cell phones. And then I went outside," Oliver said. "It was a Latino man. He was on the ground getting picked up by what looked to be federal officers. He was getting put in an unmarked car."
Oliver said he saw the laborer, who was working on the building, being detained by federal officers as he had "blood "coming out [of] his nose and down his mouth."
The laborer was one of two people who were detained by federal agents Friday morning at Broadway and Belmont Avenue on Chicago's North Side. The second person detained was Oliver's coworker Nate Griffin, who works as a night manager at the Laugh Factory.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zq46h5uvohvv6qjq6esvcbms/bafkreiesoiy2ucbjgvjaq2fytxfz7taxszykjv67hnib3f6dcbxlwa6gka@jpeg)
October 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“Oliver said he saw the laborer, who was working on the building, being detained by federal officers as he had "blood "coming out [of] his nose and down his mouth.” …The second person detained was Oliver's coworker Nate Griffin, who works as a night manager at the Laugh Factory.”
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North Side of Chicago today: “He was working, you bastards. Let him go!”
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
North Side of Chicago today: “He was working, you bastards. Let him go!”
ICE is in my neighborhood and in the neighborhood around my kid's school. I just had a text convo with him about the safest way to get home. I hate that this is necessary.
October 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
ICE is in my neighborhood and in the neighborhood around my kid's school. I just had a text convo with him about the safest way to get home. I hate that this is necessary.
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This is so on point it is painful.
October 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This is so on point it is painful.
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It is true every day, but days like today just are huge reminders that for all it's many and varied faults this country was always great and it deserves better than what it's political branches give it in return
October 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
It is true every day, but days like today just are huge reminders that for all it's many and varied faults this country was always great and it deserves better than what it's political branches give it in return
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One more time: As it’s not “weaponization of justice” for law enforcement to prosecute someone who committed crimes trying to rob a bank, it’s also not weaponization of justice for law enforcement to prosecute someone who committed crimes trying to overthrow an American election.
October 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
One more time: As it’s not “weaponization of justice” for law enforcement to prosecute someone who committed crimes trying to rob a bank, it’s also not weaponization of justice for law enforcement to prosecute someone who committed crimes trying to overthrow an American election.
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In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
October 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.
This is not about immigration enforcement.
It's about terrorizing Americans.
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"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."
October 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."
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I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
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I know this is hardly the point but I really wish these western chauvinists would take more pride in western civilization and read a fucking book about it
October 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I know this is hardly the point but I really wish these western chauvinists would take more pride in western civilization and read a fucking book about it