Mark Hershberger
@markhershberger.bsky.social
Nerd. Doctor Who fan. Comic book person (mostly Marvel). Fan of horror. Reader of books. No dude-bro stuff. (he/him)
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I protested the Iraq War. The group I joined fell apart because certain members were obsessed with 9/11 conspiracy theories and used them as an excuse to divide the group by portraying themselves as victims when they failed to convince us to officially adopt 9/11 Truth as a platform.
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Merry Christmas with the yule logs and the chestnuts roasting on open fires and the reindeer games and whatnot and so forth and so on!
December 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Merry Christmas with the yule logs and the chestnuts roasting on open fires and the reindeer games and whatnot and so forth and so on!
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This week Vivek Ramaswamy spoke at a Turning Point USA event originally scheduled to headlined by the late Charlie Kirk. But during the Q&A things took a turn as Ramaswamy fielded questions about his Hindu faith…🐆💀
October 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This week Vivek Ramaswamy spoke at a Turning Point USA event originally scheduled to headlined by the late Charlie Kirk. But during the Q&A things took a turn as Ramaswamy fielded questions about his Hindu faith…🐆💀
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JFK conspiracy theories are the Sound of Music of CTs. Just as SOM has all the cloying, maudlin things people hate about musicals while being the one musical everyone loves, JFK CTs have all the things that make people wary of CTs while being the one everyone kinda believes.
December 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
JFK conspiracy theories are the Sound of Music of CTs. Just as SOM has all the cloying, maudlin things people hate about musicals while being the one musical everyone loves, JFK CTs have all the things that make people wary of CTs while being the one everyone kinda believes.
This is a massive rationalization to justify the shortcomings of someone who has been on a pedestal for far too long. Maybe it’s as simple as he sucked up to power and chased clout, while not caring about the moral lines he was crossing because he was above normal considerations.
Noam Chomsky’s emails to Jeffrey Epstein display none of the fawning chatter found from, say, Larry Summers. And he does not appear to have been co-opted by whatever access Epstein provided.
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What the Noam Chomsky–Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us
Chomsky has often suffered fools, knaves, and criminals too lightly. Epstein was one of them. But that doesn’t mean Chomsky was part of the “Epstein class.”
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December 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is a massive rationalization to justify the shortcomings of someone who has been on a pedestal for far too long. Maybe it’s as simple as he sucked up to power and chased clout, while not caring about the moral lines he was crossing because he was above normal considerations.
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absolutely this- these hearings and this sort of public calling out these claims is vital.
There hasn’t been enough appreciation for how thoroughly BENNIE THOMPSON humiliated FBI official GLASHEEN after he tried to sell the lie that ANTIFA is the top domestic terror threat.
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
December 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
absolutely this- these hearings and this sort of public calling out these claims is vital.
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Two men proving by standing next to one another that they believe in nothing at all.
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Two men proving by standing next to one another that they believe in nothing at all.
I’m neither disappointed nor surprised. This is he he is.
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I’m neither disappointed nor surprised. This is he he is.
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BREAKING: Republicans blocked our clean, three-year extension of the ACA tax credits—guaranteeing health insurance premiums skyrocket for millions in the new year.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
December 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
BREAKING: Republicans blocked our clean, three-year extension of the ACA tax credits—guaranteeing health insurance premiums skyrocket for millions in the new year.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
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Listening to an NPR story about the Vaccine Panel wrecking hepatitis B protection for infants today. Some of whom will die.
It feels very fucking newsworthy that one of these political journalists helped get RFK Jr installed, and the other covered that up until now.
It feels very fucking newsworthy that one of these political journalists helped get RFK Jr installed, and the other covered that up until now.
December 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Listening to an NPR story about the Vaccine Panel wrecking hepatitis B protection for infants today. Some of whom will die.
It feels very fucking newsworthy that one of these political journalists helped get RFK Jr installed, and the other covered that up until now.
It feels very fucking newsworthy that one of these political journalists helped get RFK Jr installed, and the other covered that up until now.
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A defiant Pete Hegseth lashed out at his critics on Thursday. “I get knocked down, but I get up again,” he said. “You're never gonna keep me down.” Revealing the secret to his resilience, Hegseth said, “I drink a whiskey drink, I drink a vodka drink, I drink a lager drink, I drink a cider drink.”
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A defiant Pete Hegseth lashed out at his critics on Thursday. “I get knocked down, but I get up again,” he said. “You're never gonna keep me down.” Revealing the secret to his resilience, Hegseth said, “I drink a whiskey drink, I drink a vodka drink, I drink a lager drink, I drink a cider drink.”
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The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
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No notes — except watch until the very end…
November 29, 2025 at 4:48 AM
No notes — except watch until the very end…
Just saw a second post where someone said they weren’t interested in Stranger Things 5 because one of the young cast members identifies as a Zionist but then claimed they didn’t like the show anyway, followed by several idiotic comments trying to have it both ways.
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Just saw a second post where someone said they weren’t interested in Stranger Things 5 because one of the young cast members identifies as a Zionist but then claimed they didn’t like the show anyway, followed by several idiotic comments trying to have it both ways.
So dorkily wholesome.
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
So dorkily wholesome.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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We’re crushed to hear the news that the great Udo Kier has passed at the age of 81. As iconic as he was prolific, Kier’s contributions to the genre span nearly 300 screen credits, from BLOOD FOR DRACULA to BACURAU and beyond. Our condolences go out to his friends, family and legions of fans.
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
We’re crushed to hear the news that the great Udo Kier has passed at the age of 81. As iconic as he was prolific, Kier’s contributions to the genre span nearly 300 screen credits, from BLOOD FOR DRACULA to BACURAU and beyond. Our condolences go out to his friends, family and legions of fans.
I remember realizing that the only reason everyone thought the conspiracies were true is because everyone said they were true or they saw a popular mainstream Hollywood movie that said so.
Today is the 62nd anniversary of JFK being assassinated by a trained marksman firing a close and unobstructed volley of shots at a slow-moving and unprotected car, hitting a target who could not physically move. RIP, President Kennedy.
November 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I remember realizing that the only reason everyone thought the conspiracies were true is because everyone said they were true or they saw a popular mainstream Hollywood movie that said so.
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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 4:15 AM
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
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Honestly, I hope Karoline Leavitt enjoys this week. She's earned it.
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Honestly, I hope Karoline Leavitt enjoys this week. She's earned it.
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️