Mark Hoben
@marconius425.bsky.social
Husband, father, gamer, unapologetic liberal. Farmers' Market partisan. Warlock main. Black Lives Matter. Voted for her. Good trouble, necessary trouble.
Packer fan sniveling is among the best sniveling
All it took for the Bears to win was for the Packers to lose their starting QB, starting RB, best pass rusher, best tight end and best offensive lineman.
Yeah. The Bears are AWESOME.
First round playoff exit guarantee.
Bet me.
Yeah. The Bears are AWESOME.
First round playoff exit guarantee.
Bet me.
December 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Packer fan sniveling is among the best sniveling
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We must operate under the assumption that EVERY redaction is a detailed account of Trump raping children. It's the only reasonable conclusion until he proves otherwise.
December 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
We must operate under the assumption that EVERY redaction is a detailed account of Trump raping children. It's the only reasonable conclusion until he proves otherwise.
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Dark times, and you gotta take your chuckles where you can, but I’m still spontaneously cracking up every time I think of “Congratulations, President Kennedy!”
December 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Dark times, and you gotta take your chuckles where you can, but I’m still spontaneously cracking up every time I think of “Congratulations, President Kennedy!”
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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Oh please. The @nytimes.com continues to use their influence to cover up Trump's mental unfitness and downplay the threat he poses to our constitutional democracy. They're not about to change and suddenly commit journalism.
And again, no one should be subsidizing the Times with a subscription.
And again, no one should be subsidizing the Times with a subscription.
If the New York Times was waiting for a news hook to write a long-overdue story about how Trump is mentally unfit to be president, Trump has provided one today with his post saying Rob Reiner got murdered because he was mean to Trump.
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
Write it, NYT. End the normalization. @nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Oh please. The @nytimes.com continues to use their influence to cover up Trump's mental unfitness and downplay the threat he poses to our constitutional democracy. They're not about to change and suddenly commit journalism.
And again, no one should be subsidizing the Times with a subscription.
And again, no one should be subsidizing the Times with a subscription.
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Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social.
December 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social.
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Kinda wild that the organization the FBI considers the biggest domestic threat is ... largely imaginary.
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Kinda wild that the organization the FBI considers the biggest domestic threat is ... largely imaginary.
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"Trump is an outright racist and he appeals to 10s of millions of US citizens who are also outright racists" is both fundamentally, obviously true ... and something that mainstream journalism has decided is impermissible to say.
December 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"Trump is an outright racist and he appeals to 10s of millions of US citizens who are also outright racists" is both fundamentally, obviously true ... and something that mainstream journalism has decided is impermissible to say.
Seven days or seven hundred and seventy, Republicans are NEVER, ever going to extend ACA the tax credits
And I am beyond furious that Democratic Party 'leadership' has led us to this catastrophe
Republicans are awful people but they are what they are
We need better Democrats
And I am beyond furious that Democratic Party 'leadership' has led us to this catastrophe
Republicans are awful people but they are what they are
We need better Democrats
There are just SEVEN days of legislative session left in the year.
If Republicans cared and had any sense of urgency, they would work with Democrats to extend the ACA tax credits and save health care for millions of Americans.
If Republicans cared and had any sense of urgency, they would work with Democrats to extend the ACA tax credits and save health care for millions of Americans.
December 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Seven days or seven hundred and seventy, Republicans are NEVER, ever going to extend ACA the tax credits
And I am beyond furious that Democratic Party 'leadership' has led us to this catastrophe
Republicans are awful people but they are what they are
We need better Democrats
And I am beyond furious that Democratic Party 'leadership' has led us to this catastrophe
Republicans are awful people but they are what they are
We need better Democrats
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So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
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Three Tweets That Capture The Entire Elon Musk Free Speech Con
We've spent years calling out what a hypocrite Elon Musk is on free speech. But sometimes the universe Elon hands you a gift: three tweets in the span of a little over a week that demonstrate the entire con more clearly than any deep…
We've spent years calling out what a hypocrite Elon Musk is on free speech. But sometimes the universe Elon hands you a gift: three tweets in the span of a little over a week that demonstrate the entire con more clearly than any deep…
Three Tweets That Capture The Entire Elon Musk Free Speech Con
We've spent years calling out what a hypocrite Elon Musk is on free speech. But sometimes the universe Elon hands you a gift: three tweets in the span of a little over a week that demonstrate the entire con more clearly than any deep dive ever could. Let’s start with this one: That’s Elon announcing that: Falsely labeling non-violent people as “fascist” or “Nazi” should be treated as incitement to murder…
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December 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Three Tweets That Capture The Entire Elon Musk Free Speech Con
We've spent years calling out what a hypocrite Elon Musk is on free speech. But sometimes the universe Elon hands you a gift: three tweets in the span of a little over a week that demonstrate the entire con more clearly than any deep…
We've spent years calling out what a hypocrite Elon Musk is on free speech. But sometimes the universe Elon hands you a gift: three tweets in the span of a little over a week that demonstrate the entire con more clearly than any deep…
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The float/sink test for narcoterrorists is identical to the test for witches.
Yeah. Drowning and not fighting to survive proves you are a non-combatant. Struggling to save your life shows you might be a threat at some point in the future. Possibly. Either way you die!
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The float/sink test for narcoterrorists is identical to the test for witches.
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Ilhan Omar rose from a single parent immigrant family where her dad drove a taxi to her current position. Trump is the kid of a racist wealthy slum landlord who headed multiple failed businesses. One of these people is the example of failed ambition and it's not her.
What a racist piece of shit.
What a racist piece of shit.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Ilhan Omar rose from a single parent immigrant family where her dad drove a taxi to her current position. Trump is the kid of a racist wealthy slum landlord who headed multiple failed businesses. One of these people is the example of failed ambition and it's not her.
What a racist piece of shit.
What a racist piece of shit.
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
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The truth is the GOP could end this national nightmare anytime they want to. They don’t want to.
November 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The truth is the GOP could end this national nightmare anytime they want to. They don’t want to.
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In the last week, Donald Trump has called for the murder of Congressional Democrats and threatened to unilaterally declare an invasion of Venezuela.
If Congressional Republicans followed the Constitution, both of these would be removable offenses. But, they’re loyal to Trump, not the constitution.
If Congressional Republicans followed the Constitution, both of these would be removable offenses. But, they’re loyal to Trump, not the constitution.
November 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In the last week, Donald Trump has called for the murder of Congressional Democrats and threatened to unilaterally declare an invasion of Venezuela.
If Congressional Republicans followed the Constitution, both of these would be removable offenses. But, they’re loyal to Trump, not the constitution.
If Congressional Republicans followed the Constitution, both of these would be removable offenses. But, they’re loyal to Trump, not the constitution.
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The NYT and the Washington Post are simply ignoring the rapidly growing constitutional crisis in the White House. Almost nothing in their news coverage or opinion sections. They are as culpable as anyone in this.
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The NYT and the Washington Post are simply ignoring the rapidly growing constitutional crisis in the White House. Almost nothing in their news coverage or opinion sections. They are as culpable as anyone in this.
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AOC and Mamdani not backing a primary challenge to Jeffries is fine, actually.
It’s transactional, sure. But Jeffries did ultimately come around and endorse.
IMHO throwing a primary challenge at him now sends a message: Even if you do come around, we may still come after you.
It’s transactional, sure. But Jeffries did ultimately come around and endorse.
IMHO throwing a primary challenge at him now sends a message: Even if you do come around, we may still come after you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
AOC and Mamdani not backing a primary challenge to Jeffries is fine, actually.
It’s transactional, sure. But Jeffries did ultimately come around and endorse.
IMHO throwing a primary challenge at him now sends a message: Even if you do come around, we may still come after you.
It’s transactional, sure. But Jeffries did ultimately come around and endorse.
IMHO throwing a primary challenge at him now sends a message: Even if you do come around, we may still come after you.
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
Easily top five though
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Easily top five though
Counterpoint: Fallows and the other apologists are full of shit. Sen Whitehouse can shovel his kumbaya bullshit but it's laughable to think Democrats standing down now will somehow energize voters next year.
James Fallows is good on this.
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Counterpoint: Fallows and the other apologists are full of shit. Sen Whitehouse can shovel his kumbaya bullshit but it's laughable to think Democrats standing down now will somehow energize voters next year.
Trump is singularly awful, but America's moral collapse is being perpetrated not by Trump by the Republican Party, who have shirked or sabotaged every Constitutional protection that would have prevented this. Yes, Trump must go, but his moral cancer has already metastasized across the GOP.
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Trump is singularly awful, but America's moral collapse is being perpetrated not by Trump by the Republican Party, who have shirked or sabotaged every Constitutional protection that would have prevented this. Yes, Trump must go, but his moral cancer has already metastasized across the GOP.