@jhoag.bsky.social
Jersey Boy, traipsing about the inter-webs. Huge fan of using our brains. 🏳️🌈
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@jhoag.bsky.social
· Jan 10
Hi Bluesky, I wanted to introduce myself as I have just “landed” here. I’m an elder millennial gay, a little witchy, mostly progressive, and strongly believe in respecting opinions *provided* there is substance backing it up. I’m up for debate, and even sass, but rudeness will be an instant block.
Pete Hegseth called all these people here for a TED Talk?
September 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Pete Hegseth called all these people here for a TED Talk?
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There’s no better encapsulation of the current Democratic Party than the constant entreaties to hear your ideas in a “focus group” only to be brought to a donation page. 🤑 #dnc #democrats
March 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
There’s no better encapsulation of the current Democratic Party than the constant entreaties to hear your ideas in a “focus group” only to be brought to a donation page. 🤑 #dnc #democrats
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Somehow missed this 2022 UK paper exploring responses to radical right parties (RRP) and whether accommodation - i.e. "beat" them by repeating a version of their tale actually worked electorally.
Short version: Nope.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Short version: Nope.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties - Volume 11 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
March 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Somehow missed this 2022 UK paper exploring responses to radical right parties (RRP) and whether accommodation - i.e. "beat" them by repeating a version of their tale actually worked electorally.
Short version: Nope.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Short version: Nope.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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As I've argued eleventy-billion times: You cannot beat your opposition by repeating your opposition. This both dissuades your base from voting, let alone acting as your "choir," it raises saliency of oppo's desired debate.
March 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
As I've argued eleventy-billion times: You cannot beat your opposition by repeating your opposition. This both dissuades your base from voting, let alone acting as your "choir," it raises saliency of oppo's desired debate.
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Dear Senate Democrats: if you’re considering supporting the Republican CR because you’re concerned about Trump using a shutdown to stage more lawlessness—you’ve lost the plot.
They’re in charge. They need your vote. Show some spine or get tf out of the way.
They’re in charge. They need your vote. Show some spine or get tf out of the way.
March 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Dear Senate Democrats: if you’re considering supporting the Republican CR because you’re concerned about Trump using a shutdown to stage more lawlessness—you’ve lost the plot.
They’re in charge. They need your vote. Show some spine or get tf out of the way.
They’re in charge. They need your vote. Show some spine or get tf out of the way.
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PLS PROMOTE WHOEVER WROTE THIS TWEET ‼️
March 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
PLS PROMOTE WHOEVER WROTE THIS TWEET ‼️
Can’t wait to vote for a primary challenger to Hochul that isn’t Ritchie.
March 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Can’t wait to vote for a primary challenger to Hochul that isn’t Ritchie.
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March 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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If Democrats weren't more interested in presserving their stock portfolios, as oppossed to dedfending Demcracy and the Constitution, they wouldn't be getting attacked.
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.
March 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
If Democrats weren't more interested in presserving their stock portfolios, as oppossed to dedfending Demcracy and the Constitution, they wouldn't be getting attacked.
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.
𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.
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NEW: Among the work jammed up by the Trump administration's freeze on government purchase cards is genealogy research that the Army sees as essential to identify the remains of soldiers who went missing in combat.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
March 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
NEW: Among the work jammed up by the Trump administration's freeze on government purchase cards is genealogy research that the Army sees as essential to identify the remains of soldiers who went missing in combat.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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It would be super nice if every scholarly article I wanted to read was made free.
Stop putting education behind pay walls. You wonder why everyone believes bullshit? Because bullshit is free.
Stop putting education behind pay walls. You wonder why everyone believes bullshit? Because bullshit is free.
March 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It would be super nice if every scholarly article I wanted to read was made free.
Stop putting education behind pay walls. You wonder why everyone believes bullshit? Because bullshit is free.
Stop putting education behind pay walls. You wonder why everyone believes bullshit? Because bullshit is free.
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Not to mention, when we sent weapons to Ukraine, we made more here in the US to replenish our stockpiles. Arming Ukraine *supported* the industrialization of America. Biden's jobs record speaks for itself.
Vance has, for years, used this technique where he mischaracterizes the position of his opponents by taking it to an extreme that they never advocated, then arguing w/that fictitious position. Supporters don’t want “permanent” shipments, nor did we advocate de-industrialization.
March 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Not to mention, when we sent weapons to Ukraine, we made more here in the US to replenish our stockpiles. Arming Ukraine *supported* the industrialization of America. Biden's jobs record speaks for itself.
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AOC: The order has come down to this committee. Find $880 billion to pay for a tax cuts on yachts, jets, billionaires, and mega corporations while working class people pay higher tax rates than Facebook does. Undocumented immigrants pay more in taxes than many large corporations
February 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
AOC: The order has come down to this committee. Find $880 billion to pay for a tax cuts on yachts, jets, billionaires, and mega corporations while working class people pay higher tax rates than Facebook does. Undocumented immigrants pay more in taxes than many large corporations
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A personal note about the @katiephangshow.bsky.social:
February 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A personal note about the @katiephangshow.bsky.social:
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MSNBC firing Joy Reid before Mika and Joe tells you all you need to know.
February 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
MSNBC firing Joy Reid before Mika and Joe tells you all you need to know.
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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…
February 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…
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Trump firing the 300 people who oversee our nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile and then realizing the gravity of his mistake before trying to backtrack is a perfect encapsulation of how is dangerous incompetence is putting the entire world at risk.
Don’t let anyone forget it.
Don’t let anyone forget it.
February 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Trump firing the 300 people who oversee our nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile and then realizing the gravity of his mistake before trying to backtrack is a perfect encapsulation of how is dangerous incompetence is putting the entire world at risk.
Don’t let anyone forget it.
Don’t let anyone forget it.
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Here’s the thing. Every one of these people in tears heard Trump on the stump before Nov. They knew he was cruel. But they were fine with it, thinking he’d only hurt the people they didn’t like. The problem with cruelty—It spreads. You don’t get to control it. Sooner or later, it comes for you too.
February 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Here’s the thing. Every one of these people in tears heard Trump on the stump before Nov. They knew he was cruel. But they were fine with it, thinking he’d only hurt the people they didn’t like. The problem with cruelty—It spreads. You don’t get to control it. Sooner or later, it comes for you too.
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“We have nothing to fear but fear itself”
- Franklyn Delano Roosevelt 1933
Too many of our officials and government agencies are afraid to stand up to the
Trump’s crime syndicate.
Call your congressman and senators and push back! If the phones aren’t constantly ringing- we are all complicit.
- Franklyn Delano Roosevelt 1933
Too many of our officials and government agencies are afraid to stand up to the
Trump’s crime syndicate.
Call your congressman and senators and push back! If the phones aren’t constantly ringing- we are all complicit.
February 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“We have nothing to fear but fear itself”
- Franklyn Delano Roosevelt 1933
Too many of our officials and government agencies are afraid to stand up to the
Trump’s crime syndicate.
Call your congressman and senators and push back! If the phones aren’t constantly ringing- we are all complicit.
- Franklyn Delano Roosevelt 1933
Too many of our officials and government agencies are afraid to stand up to the
Trump’s crime syndicate.
Call your congressman and senators and push back! If the phones aren’t constantly ringing- we are all complicit.
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“If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
Damn.
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Damn.
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February 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
Damn.
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Damn.
static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...
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Trump calls Musk Daddy
February 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Trump calls Musk Daddy
Continuing to show national papers how it’s done. @inquirer.com
What Elon Musk wants is worse than you think | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, a new breed of journalists just might save America.
www.inquirer.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Continuing to show national papers how it’s done. @inquirer.com