Phil Hoose
@philhoose.bsky.social
Retired liberal living in way too red Indiana.
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35 million Americans live in poverty, and yet, this is what our president is focused on.
December 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
35 million Americans live in poverty, and yet, this is what our president is focused on.
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Reup: My post on the latest filings in accused pipe bomber Brian Cole's case.
There's lots of evidence they got the right guy, but also evidence they're withholding parts of the story.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/28/j...
There's lots of evidence they got the right guy, but also evidence they're withholding parts of the story.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/28/j...
Jeanine Pirro Got Curiously Silent about What Brian Cole Did on December 14, 2020 - emptywheel
The accused pipe bomber, Brian Cole, started regularly wiping his cell phone the day after he traveled to Capitol Hill weeks before planting the pipe bombs. But DOJ dropped his December 14, 2020 trip ...
www.emptywheel.net
December 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Reup: My post on the latest filings in accused pipe bomber Brian Cole's case.
There's lots of evidence they got the right guy, but also evidence they're withholding parts of the story.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/28/j...
There's lots of evidence they got the right guy, but also evidence they're withholding parts of the story.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/28/j...
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Among important details picked up by @emptywheel.bsky.social: the pipe bomber started wiping his phone on Dec 15, 2020, one day after a visit to Capitol Hill mentioned in his arrest affidavit, but disappeared from his detention affidavit.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/28/j...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/28/j...
Jeanine Pirro Got Curiously Silent about What Brian Cole Did on December 14, 2020 - emptywheel
The accused pipe bomber, Brian Cole, started regularly wiping his cell phone the day after he traveled to Capitol Hill weeks before planting the pipe bombs. But DOJ dropped his December 14, 2020 trip ...
www.emptywheel.net
December 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Among important details picked up by @emptywheel.bsky.social: the pipe bomber started wiping his phone on Dec 15, 2020, one day after a visit to Capitol Hill mentioned in his arrest affidavit, but disappeared from his detention affidavit.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/28/j...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/28/j...
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Both the U.S. and Russia signed the 1994 agreement in which Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for guarantees regarding its sovereignty and borders.
Yet here we are.
Yet here we are.
December 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Both the U.S. and Russia signed the 1994 agreement in which Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for guarantees regarding its sovereignty and borders.
Yet here we are.
Yet here we are.
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Why was the Trump administration surveilling one of the journalists who broke the Epstein story?
December 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Why was the Trump administration surveilling one of the journalists who broke the Epstein story?
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A shill for Putin couldn’t say it better.
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A shill for Putin couldn’t say it better.
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29 December 1909 | A Pole, Antoni Kwarta, was born in the village of Boreczek. A Catholic priest.
In #Auschwitz from 14 April 1942.
No. 29610
In June 1942, he was transferred to the Dachau camp. He survived the war.
In #Auschwitz from 14 April 1942.
No. 29610
In June 1942, he was transferred to the Dachau camp. He survived the war.
December 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
29 December 1909 | A Pole, Antoni Kwarta, was born in the village of Boreczek. A Catholic priest.
In #Auschwitz from 14 April 1942.
No. 29610
In June 1942, he was transferred to the Dachau camp. He survived the war.
In #Auschwitz from 14 April 1942.
No. 29610
In June 1942, he was transferred to the Dachau camp. He survived the war.
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29 December 1923 | Hungarian Jewish woman Lily Ebert was born in Bonyhád.
In July 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was then transferred to an ammunition factory near Leipzig where she was liberated.
She passed away in October 2024, at the age of 100.
In July 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was then transferred to an ammunition factory near Leipzig where she was liberated.
She passed away in October 2024, at the age of 100.
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
29 December 1923 | Hungarian Jewish woman Lily Ebert was born in Bonyhád.
In July 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was then transferred to an ammunition factory near Leipzig where she was liberated.
She passed away in October 2024, at the age of 100.
In July 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was then transferred to an ammunition factory near Leipzig where she was liberated.
She passed away in October 2024, at the age of 100.
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Large amounts of ketamine can make anyone feel like they rule the world. When should Americans start worrying about Elon Musk’s regular use? Shayla Love reported in March:
Spend time with one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025:
Spend time with one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025:
What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain
Excessive use of the drug can make anyone feel like they rule the world.
bit.ly
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Large amounts of ketamine can make anyone feel like they rule the world. When should Americans start worrying about Elon Musk’s regular use? Shayla Love reported in March:
Spend time with one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025:
Spend time with one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025:
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What a disgrace. Volodymyr Zelensky is a heroic defender of democracy. The Trump regime is a poisonous blight on our nation’s history.
Zelensky lands in Miami. Not a single US official is on hand to greet him. In the language of diplomacy this send an unequivocal message of coldness and hostility. Compare it with the lavish pomp and red carpet shown to Putin when he landed in Alaska a few weeks ago.
December 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
What a disgrace. Volodymyr Zelensky is a heroic defender of democracy. The Trump regime is a poisonous blight on our nation’s history.
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29 December 1932 | Polish Jewish boy Issachar Rokach was born in Stanisławów. His family emigrated to the Netherlands.
In February 1944, with his parents, Mendel & Zirly, and three siblings (Szejna, Mirjam & Schalom), he was deported to #Auschwitz. They were murdered in a gas chamber.
In February 1944, with his parents, Mendel & Zirly, and three siblings (Szejna, Mirjam & Schalom), he was deported to #Auschwitz. They were murdered in a gas chamber.
December 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
29 December 1932 | Polish Jewish boy Issachar Rokach was born in Stanisławów. His family emigrated to the Netherlands.
In February 1944, with his parents, Mendel & Zirly, and three siblings (Szejna, Mirjam & Schalom), he was deported to #Auschwitz. They were murdered in a gas chamber.
In February 1944, with his parents, Mendel & Zirly, and three siblings (Szejna, Mirjam & Schalom), he was deported to #Auschwitz. They were murdered in a gas chamber.
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Americans: President Trump, can you please address the affordability crisis in your economy?
Trump: Best I can do is marble armrests at the Kennedy Center.
He's so out of touch and so mentally gone.
Read more here:
https://go.govbrief.today/dcat-marble-armrests
#ResistTrump
Trump: Best I can do is marble armrests at the Kennedy Center.
He's so out of touch and so mentally gone.
Read more here:
https://go.govbrief.today/dcat-marble-armrests
#ResistTrump
December 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Americans: President Trump, can you please address the affordability crisis in your economy?
Trump: Best I can do is marble armrests at the Kennedy Center.
He's so out of touch and so mentally gone.
Read more here:
https://go.govbrief.today/dcat-marble-armrests
#ResistTrump
Trump: Best I can do is marble armrests at the Kennedy Center.
He's so out of touch and so mentally gone.
Read more here:
https://go.govbrief.today/dcat-marble-armrests
#ResistTrump
The Week Ahead
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The Week Ahead
Happy almost New Year!
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December 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The Week Ahead
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I filmed this FBI raid of an allegedly fraudulent Somali owned business outside of Minneapolis almost two weeks ago. The New York Times and KARE 11 were also there.
Now I have Republicans telling me this has never happened, and Democrats telling me I’m colluding to film a fake raid.
Now I have Republicans telling me this has never happened, and Democrats telling me I’m colluding to film a fake raid.
FBI raids Somali-owned home health agency amid Minnesota Medicaid fraud probe
YouTube video by FREEDOMNEWS TV - NATIONAL / SCOOTERCASTER
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December 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I filmed this FBI raid of an allegedly fraudulent Somali owned business outside of Minneapolis almost two weeks ago. The New York Times and KARE 11 were also there.
Now I have Republicans telling me this has never happened, and Democrats telling me I’m colluding to film a fake raid.
Now I have Republicans telling me this has never happened, and Democrats telling me I’m colluding to film a fake raid.
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Local ICE leader arrested for strangling a woman he lives with and is now being held in the Butler County jail (where ICE has been holding people)
www.citybeat.com/news/update-...
www.citybeat.com/news/update-...
UPDATE: Cincinnati ICE Leader Accused of Strangling Woman Now Faces Federal Charge, Booked into Butler County Jail
"This may be the first time an ICE agent is incarcerated in his own ICE jail," said Lynn Tramonte, executive director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance.
www.citybeat.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Local ICE leader arrested for strangling a woman he lives with and is now being held in the Butler County jail (where ICE has been holding people)
www.citybeat.com/news/update-...
www.citybeat.com/news/update-...
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This is the world Justice Kavanaugh sanctioned in his foolish & unnecessary concurring opinion to the Court’s order in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo. His hopes of cleaning up that blunder with a plaintive footnote in last week’s concurring opinion in Trump v. Illinois, demonstrates his staggering naïveté.
"'I have my ID!' Mubashir shouted repeatedly, as heard on the video. The agents do not respond."
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
ICE agents tackle, arrest American citizen in Minneapolis
Federal immigration agents tackled and arrested a Somali American man in Minneapolis on Tuesday and detained him for about two hours for no apparent reason other than his ethnicity.
www.mprnews.org
December 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is the world Justice Kavanaugh sanctioned in his foolish & unnecessary concurring opinion to the Court’s order in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo. His hopes of cleaning up that blunder with a plaintive footnote in last week’s concurring opinion in Trump v. Illinois, demonstrates his staggering naïveté.
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We know he will always try to flood the zone with BS, as Steve Bannon told us. We need to keep our focus. We know it's up to all of us to limit the damage he can do in the next 3+ years and save our country and our Democracy.
#ResistTrump
#ResistTrump
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We know he will always try to flood the zone with BS, as Steve Bannon told us. We need to keep our focus. We know it's up to all of us to limit the damage he can do in the next 3+ years and save our country and our Democracy.
#ResistTrump
#ResistTrump
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Trump lies so easily. About everything. Even things that are embarrassingly easy to disprove. It’s pathological, so remember that.
“I was never on Epstein’s plane.” ~ Donald Trump
“I was never on Epstein’s plane.” ~ Donald Trump
December 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Trump lies so easily. About everything. Even things that are embarrassingly easy to disprove. It’s pathological, so remember that.
“I was never on Epstein’s plane.” ~ Donald Trump
“I was never on Epstein’s plane.” ~ Donald Trump
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Trump says the Epstein Files are a Democrat hoax, but only Democrats were guilty of crimes with Epstein.
He says the DOJ should stop releasing files and everyone should stop talking about it, but also the DOJ should charge Democrats with crimes.
This is how you talk when you’re guilty as hell.
He says the DOJ should stop releasing files and everyone should stop talking about it, but also the DOJ should charge Democrats with crimes.
This is how you talk when you’re guilty as hell.
December 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Trump says the Epstein Files are a Democrat hoax, but only Democrats were guilty of crimes with Epstein.
He says the DOJ should stop releasing files and everyone should stop talking about it, but also the DOJ should charge Democrats with crimes.
This is how you talk when you’re guilty as hell.
He says the DOJ should stop releasing files and everyone should stop talking about it, but also the DOJ should charge Democrats with crimes.
This is how you talk when you’re guilty as hell.
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The U.S. is in an unprecedented crisis.
A convicted criminal holds the office of the presidency (unconstitutionally, I might add) and is being abetted by a corrupt and broken SCOTUS and GOP Congress.
Our constitution has no mechanism to repair it.
It must be amended.
A convicted criminal holds the office of the presidency (unconstitutionally, I might add) and is being abetted by a corrupt and broken SCOTUS and GOP Congress.
Our constitution has no mechanism to repair it.
It must be amended.
December 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The U.S. is in an unprecedented crisis.
A convicted criminal holds the office of the presidency (unconstitutionally, I might add) and is being abetted by a corrupt and broken SCOTUS and GOP Congress.
Our constitution has no mechanism to repair it.
It must be amended.
A convicted criminal holds the office of the presidency (unconstitutionally, I might add) and is being abetted by a corrupt and broken SCOTUS and GOP Congress.
Our constitution has no mechanism to repair it.
It must be amended.
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Scenes from a personalist regime: “Kalshi's newfound influence is further underscored by its deep ties to the administration: Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, has joined Kalshi as a strategic adviser.”
The Trump administration is rolling out the red carpet for once-besieged prediction apps like Polymarket and Kalshi, with millions pouring into bets on the midterms. The companies wave away concerns about foreign influence and partisan meddling www.npr.org/2025/12/23/n...
Election betting on prediction markets apps is set to boom ahead of midterms
Online prediction markets, like Polymarket and Kalshi, were under intense scrutiny in the Biden administration. But Trump officials are embracing the controversial apps, raising new fears about electi...
www.npr.org
December 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Scenes from a personalist regime: “Kalshi's newfound influence is further underscored by its deep ties to the administration: Donald Trump Jr., the president's eldest son, has joined Kalshi as a strategic adviser.”
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Record-breaking retirements in Congress. That’s not “frustration,” that’s people seeing the building on fire and heading for the exits.
Expect more retirements in January.
Expect more retirements in January.
December 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Record-breaking retirements in Congress. That’s not “frustration,” that’s people seeing the building on fire and heading for the exits.
Expect more retirements in January.
Expect more retirements in January.
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the President owning an online betting market where you can bet on what the President will do seems both deeply unethical, and stupid for bettors
Casino:
"Hey you can bet on when the buffet is out of prime rib! 10pm"
Chef: <checks bets> joe, pull the prime rib at 9pm
"dang, lost again"
Casino:
"Hey you can bet on when the buffet is out of prime rib! 10pm"
Chef: <checks bets> joe, pull the prime rib at 9pm
"dang, lost again"
The Trump family is fully embracing prediction markets: Donald Trump Jr. is an adviser of Kalshi, and the president’s TruthSocial is planning to lunch its own prediction market, which would in theory allow high-dollar betting on actions the federal could take.
December 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
the President owning an online betting market where you can bet on what the President will do seems both deeply unethical, and stupid for bettors
Casino:
"Hey you can bet on when the buffet is out of prime rib! 10pm"
Chef: <checks bets> joe, pull the prime rib at 9pm
"dang, lost again"
Casino:
"Hey you can bet on when the buffet is out of prime rib! 10pm"
Chef: <checks bets> joe, pull the prime rib at 9pm
"dang, lost again"
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27 December 1902 | A German, Erich Julius Bass, was born in Königsberg (then Prussia, today Kaliningrad in Russia). A locksmith.
In #Auschwitz from 13 September 1941
No. 20738
He perished in the camp on 12 January 1942.
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🎧 A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
In #Auschwitz from 13 September 1941
No. 20738
He perished in the camp on 12 January 1942.
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🎧 A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
December 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
27 December 1902 | A German, Erich Julius Bass, was born in Königsberg (then Prussia, today Kaliningrad in Russia). A locksmith.
In #Auschwitz from 13 September 1941
No. 20738
He perished in the camp on 12 January 1942.
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🎧 A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
In #Auschwitz from 13 September 1941
No. 20738
He perished in the camp on 12 January 1942.
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🎧 A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc