Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert

@upine.bsky.social

4.2K followers 220 following 6.5K posts

Analysis of effects of disinfo on social systems, writer http://Medium.com/@upine "All that is necessary for evil to prevail is for good people to do bothsidesism."

Medium.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert @upine.bsky.social · Dec 26

Right Wing Domination of Media & Politics Keeps Us Stuck in Disinformation and Right Wing Government

(I found a better named for this article later, after I first wrote it, and so I retitled it, which is why the title now comes out wrong when I type in the url.)

upine.medium.com/how-people-t...

How People Try to Solve Problems in a Libertarian Culture

There once was a land without environmental regulations. So various companies routinely poisoned the air, the water and the land. Everyone…

upine.medium.com

15 42 140

Reposted by Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert

Zach Wahls @zachwahls.bsky.social · 14h

Over half of Iowa's energy comes from wind power. Because of Ashley Hinson's vote to gut clean energy tax credits via the "Big Beautiful Bill," Iowans will see their utilities go up by hundreds of dollars a year and thousands of Iowa workers are at risk of losing their jobs.

2 12 40

Reposted by Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert

Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social · 16h

INCORRECT HEADLINE: Reporters refuse to sign Pentagon’s new press rules

CORRECT HEADLINE: Pentagon launches sweeping effort to censor the news, kicks out major media outlets

23 570 1.9K

Reposted by Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 14h

Of all the pieces Mike Johnson hasn't seen, the Politico Young Republican Nazis piece he will have not seen the hardest.

25 190 950

Reposted by Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12h

As I've noted, central to Stephen Miller's propaganda is the claim that the Chicago complex targeted by ICE was "filled" with Tren de Aragua "terrorists."

Now @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports that the number of TdA members netted in that raid is down to *one.*

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

93 1.1K 2.6K

Reposted by Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 14h

NEW: Jim Jordan wants to question Jack Smith about his search of Mar-a-Lago, but Merrick Garland executed that search months before Jack Smith was even appointed. One of several lies in this letter demanding Jack Smith's testimony. judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

1.2K 5.2K 15K

Reposted by Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Stevens: There’s $1.3 trillion of credit card debt. There are people putting grocery bills on credit cards and then paying interest on them. We are in an affordability crisis. Coffee is up 20%, beef is up 16%, bacon is up over 10%. And now we’re going to see health care costs skyrocket.

240 2.2K 6K

Reposted by Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 10h

Kudos to dozens of airports across the country that are refusing to play state propaganda.

130 1.5K 9.9K

Reposted by Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert

Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 19h

This morning when I was in the coffee shop waiting for my order a woman came up to me and asked if I could do up the button on the back of her shirt because she lives alone and doesn't have anyone to help her

It made me kind of sad but also glad that I could do a small nice thing for a stranger

5 4 87

Reposted by Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d

Bari’s “journalism” is pure donor porn. Not surprising that she caught the eye of a billionaire nepo kid.

4 31 550

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert @upine.bsky.social · 5h

Sarcasm

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Trump's insistence that Joe Biden was president on January 6 raises new questions about Joe Biden's memory.

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert @upine.bsky.social · 5h

Sarcasm article suggestion

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Opinion | It's time for corporate America to end DEI and choose its leaders on the basis of merit alone.

by Barron Trump

1 1

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert @upine.bsky.social · 5h

Snotty kids at Oberlin dare to criticize free-speech-for-me-but-not-for-thee Wari Beiss, faithful servant of billionaire Trumpers. So GOP donors hate them.
And Right Winger Netanyahu is the best friend of T, who gives billionaires big tax cuts & deregulation of their businesses. So they love him.

Reposted by Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d

When I say that the Atlantic is the official magazine of the donor class this is what I’m talking about.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

59 230 2K

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert @upine.bsky.social · 5h

electrek.co/2025/10/13/e...

Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are buying Tesla's unsold Cybertrucks

Hundreds of Tesla Cybertrucks have been spotted being delivered Elon Musk’s private companies, SpaceX and xAI, as Tesla is having...

electrek.co

1 2

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert @upine.bsky.social · 5h

Sarcasm about NYT owner

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

In Zohran Mamdani’s vision, New Yorkers will be given status and privileges that ought to be based on merit.

by A.G. Sulzberger

1 1

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert @upine.bsky.social · 5h

Sarcasm

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

If airports won't play a state media video featuring Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for long TSA lines, I'm going to become an even bigger libertarian.

1 1

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert @upine.bsky.social · 5h

Sarcasm

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16h

Democrats need to accept that Trump will indict his political enemies. But if Democrats respond by later indicting the DOJ officials who illegally carried out Trump's indictments, that will be end of our Republic.

1 1

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert @upine.bsky.social · 5h

Sarcasm

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16h

Trump is practicing dementia in the right way.

by Ezra Klein

1 2

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert @upine.bsky.social · 5h

Sarcasm

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16h

Be thankful I've instructed my ICE agents to treat immigrants like violent criminals. I could have said to treat them like puppies.

by Kristi Noem

1 2

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert @upine.bsky.social · 5h

Sarcasm

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16h

I recruited Janet Mills to run for Senate because, at 72, Susan Collins is too young for the job.

by Chuck Schumer

1 3

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert @upine.bsky.social · 5h

Sarcasm

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16h

Liberals say that how Trump is governing is no way to run a democracy. They're wrong—it's no way to run a republic.

1 2

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert @upine.bsky.social · 5h

Sarcasm

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16h

Young Republicans say they love Hitler. But what does that tell us about their politics?

1 1

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert @upine.bsky.social · 5h

Sarcasm

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16h

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

1 2

Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert @upine.bsky.social · 5h

Sarcasm about mainstream media's "both sides" articles

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15h

Republicans' embrace of Hitler raises new questions about Zohran Mamdani's willingness to combat antisemitism.

Reposted by Julie H. Hotard Ph.D., Disinfo expert

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10h

I’m a subscriber to The Onion print edition and trust me, the ads alone are worth it

Fake Apple ad

Remember when those
Chinese factory workers were all committing suicide?
Neither do we!

38 480 3.4K