Tim Hughes
timrhughes.bsky.social
Tim Hughes
@timrhughes.bsky.social
Husband, father, lawyer, guitarist.
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4/ consequences on his companies. I'd love it if Musk had failed. But he didn't. He achieved a massive amount and he's still the muscle behind DOGE. I think this is all to throw people off Musk's scent.
May 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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3/ I think the idea that he "failed" is the work of some crisis communications team which is trying to end scrutiny into Musk and his companies. If he failed, you don't need to worry abt him anymore, keep scrutinizing all the contracts he hovered up for his companies, keep trying to exact ...
May 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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2/ a slew of criminal laws. And he tired of it when his antics started running existential risks for his companies. There's no morality tale here about Washington being a harder beast to tame or whatever other bullshit. He's a destructive crook and he needs to be held accountable.
May 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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The flood of encomiums and morality tales about Elon's turn in Washington cldn't be more predictable, vapid & sickening. If you want a story, get me the story about the crisis comms team directing this. He ran anti-constitutional blitzkrieg thru the federal government, did massive harm, violated ...
May 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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This Memorial Day, remember the Afghans who saved American lives, argues Will Selber:

www.thebulwark.com/p/this-memor...
May 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Mavs GM Nico Harrison says it’s “kind of a joke” to bring the firing of Casey Smith.

What about Dirk Nowitzki’s disengagement from the franchise, the friction with Luka Doncic’s camp, and the discord inside Dallas’ staff during this disastrous, injury-ravaged season?

www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
'You don't perform like that if you're a fat, drunk pig': Inside the end of the Luka Doncic era in Dallas
Doncic's time in Dallas ended with a shocking trade on Feb. 2, but the beginning of the end dates to the summer of 2023.
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April 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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BREAKING: the heroes at Susman Godfrey sue the Trump administration over the illegal retaliation against them

They have more integrity in their pinky finger than these other firms that have been capitulating have in their entire partnerships

And kudos to the team at Munger for representing them
April 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Here’s your chance to do something. Click here and send the link to all your friends, and urge them to come out too.
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
handsoff2025.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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I wrote about how Trump is destroying American democracy, along with eight crucial lessons about how to counteract it, drawing on my 14 years of studying brave pro-democracy opposition movements in authoritarian regimes across the globe. We’re in serious trouble, but there’s still hope.
Is American democracy doomed?
How to understand the concept of "competitive authoritarianism" and why it's crucial to push back now to avoid it.
www.forkingpaths.co
March 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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I’ve temporarily taken the paywall off this article, in the hopes that it can raise awareness about how to push back effectively against Trump—and also how to understand the world we’re heading toward: competitive authoritarianism.
I wrote about how Trump is destroying American democracy, along with eight crucial lessons about how to counteract it, drawing on my 14 years of studying brave pro-democracy opposition movements in authoritarian regimes across the globe. We’re in serious trouble, but there’s still hope.
Is American democracy doomed?
How to understand the concept of "competitive authoritarianism" and why it's crucial to push back now to avoid it.
www.forkingpaths.co
March 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Go ahead.

Let the people see you for what you are.
for the second time today, Tom Homan is on Fox News confirming that he asked the DOJ to investigate AOC
February 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
100% this. Fight the beach of Normandy one bloody step at a time on everything, and do it NOW.
Deny unanimous consent. Demand and use every second they have to delay. Draw the process out and let negative press and public protest build. Refuse to act like any of this is normal and help convince people it’s a crisis.
February 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Really important post from @karenattiah.bsky.social - it is not ending "DEI", it really is about resegregation.
February 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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If you work at a federal agency touched by DOGE, particularly the Education Department — or if you have other information about DOGE that you'd like to share with
@nbcnews.com — I'd love to speak with you. I'm on Signal at: tylerkingkadenbc.20

We are good at protecting sources' identities.
February 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Man, we white people would rather burn down the goddamn country than than admit that racism is real.
February 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Paging @mattyglesias.bsky.social - did you see this DC tax credit on converting "office to anything"? www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...
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January 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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The NYT article about Blake Lively’s lawsuit is incredible. Her director/costar’s PR team texting

“Holy shit, I can’t believe how well our evil plan to destroy this woman’s reputation is working! Thank god no one will ever read these text messages!”

back and forth to each other over and over
December 21, 2024 at 7:55 PM
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Just when you think "me too" is over, Justin Baldoni hired a hit PR squad to smear Blake Lively. [‘We Can Bury Anyone’: Inside a Hollywood Smear Machine] www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and a Smear Campaign After ‘It Ends With Us’
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Great piece from Alan Sepinwall about Arcane, a gorgeous, entertaining mess of an animated series on Netflix (we loved it!)
I wrote about Arcane, the frequently stunning, occasionally too ambitious for its own good, exceedingly thrilling video game adaptation that wrapped up its two-season Netflix run last month:
'Arcane: League of Legends' Makes Art Out of Chaos
The animated adaptation on Netflix sometimes tries to do too much, but it's all executed beautifully.
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December 17, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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Still looking for Kevin’s father here.

No dementia, but some issues with depression.

Last seen yesterday morning in south New Jersey.

Please circulate widely.
December 8, 2024 at 10:50 PM
This Pro Publica piece is just chilling regarding a fraudulent Helena Montana doctor and the harm he caused and profited from
Alternate headlines, all taken from quotes in this story:

“What the hell is going on here?”

"Was I killing people?"

“How the fuck did this go on for so long?”

“It’s for their comfort... It’s not that I euthanize them.”

“It depends on what you mean by killing them.”
A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did th...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2024 at 7:49 PM
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Fellas, I don’t post here a lot but you should absolutely know this // help me spread the word!

Violent crackdowns are happening in Tbilisi, Georgia. We are fighting for our lives here.

Please, please, please help us spread the word.
November 30, 2024 at 5:39 AM