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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 5h

I've always liked him. Are you looking for my thoughts on the player, or on the man?

Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 5h

And absolutely on Aretha!

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 5h

I actually came to like Dylan's original better after a few decades, but both versions are amazing.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16h

youtu.be/TLV4_xaYynY?...

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16h

This violates the Hatch Act, not to mention it's dishonest and incredibly unethical. Everything the federal regime does is a violation. Time to revoke our consent, as Thomas Jefferson would have it.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 17h

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

Reposted by Hank Layfield

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

one thing that has been obvious for a while is this aspect of the authoritarian internationale: they recognize that their allies abroad are not *countries* but *political movements* within foreign countries.

time we liberals woke up and recognized this--because it's the truth.

Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 1d

Or maybe, just maybe, what was obvious in 2024 was correct: Netanyahu fully backed Trump and would not deal with Biden because Trump would give him a free hand to escalate the starvation, bombing, and do full ethnic cleansing. Which he then did, until Netanyahu embarrassed him by bombing Qatar.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16h

It's time to recognize that we no longer have a federal government in the United States.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 16h

This seems very contrary to Fenway Health's core mission.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 3d

That's like the way I read an article about Beyonce that mentioned she had ridden her bike to Barclay's Center before a performance. That really inspired me to increase the types of bike riding I do.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, that's about white.

Gary @garyh69.bsky.social · 4d

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, but War is Peace, right? #NewSpeak #BigBrother

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 4d

It's appealing rhetoric, but I've yet to see a single serious proposal about how we might actually do this. The author leaves it as a matter of "hard work," for local officials. But that doesn't really give us any meaningful answer to withhold federal taxes aside from mass individual action.

Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 6d

Trump, bragging that he destroyed a legal industry, is something to behold.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump: "We call them the water drugs. The drugs that come in through water. They're not coming. There are no boats anymore. Frankly, there are no fishing boats. There are no boats out there period, if you want to know the truth. Does anybody go fishing anymore?"

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 6d

He's been using that breaking nonsense in press releases for years. Clowns are going to clown.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 6d

That time has already arrived, the acts of fascism by this regime are already legion.

Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 6d

Vegas also features resorts built by union labor, rather than slaves, so I guess there's that, too.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 7d

Right there with you -- Im all analog in my own life, but I fully embrace the better future e-bikes can bring.

Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 8d

We are going to need some sort of truth and reconciliation process. These people cannot be allowed to continue in positions of authority, and most will probably need a period of confined rehabilitation.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 8d

If and when America finds a way out of authoritarianism, not only will ICE have to be abolished: All these people will need to be held accountable in a court of law for the monstrosities they are committing - those who are ordering them as well as those who are carrying them out.

Every single one.

CNN @cnn.com · 10d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 8d

Bravo, Chicago!

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 8d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 8d

When did the authoritarian in DC federalize the National Guard? Can they just send units from other states without gubernatorial consent?

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 8d

Gov. Tina Kotek said Sunday that she’s aware that 101 California troops arrived in Oregon via plane overnight and that more were on their way. She received no official notice or correspondence from the federal government via @jmshumway.bsky.social oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/05/t...

Trump administration sending California troops to Oregon after court loss, governors say • Oregon Capital Chronicle

Hours after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration from mobilizing 200 Oregon National Guard troops in Portland, the federal government began sending California National Guard troops to Oreg...

oregoncapitalchronicle.com

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 8d

I'm Gen-X, and I haven't seen a single episode of The Sopranos.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 9d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 8d

More to the point, if Trump's claims we're valid, there would be corroborating footage plastered all over state media.

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Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 8d

This is beautiful, more of this, please!

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 9d

wizard frog is insane

Hank Layfield @hlayfield.bsky.social · 8d

Wow, looks pretty out of control!

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 8d

Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question

Reposted by Hank Layfield

Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 13d

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."

Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.

Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.

We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

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