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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 2m

not so ghoul, "fuck the farmers" is definitely a plan

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Melanie Jean @princessmom122.bsky.social · 7h

Wow, wow, wow. I did a little digging and this blog post predates Ryan Walters’ resigning, but start here: the75yearoldjournalistmarkkelleyphd.wordpress.com/2025/03/10/w...

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 7h

I don't know anything special. What I do know is that Vought 1) seems angry all the time, 2) definitely seems particularly angry at women, and 3) has a tremendous amount of power rn, so his motivations for using that power are in the public interest.

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 8h

Never happier to see a newspaper fail more than the now conservative Washington Post.

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 9h

gonna keep saying it until reporters get clued in: the most underreported story in DC right now is the details of Russ Vought's divorce

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 9h

that, and Russ Vought’s divorce is the most underreported story in DC

hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 10h

there are a few ways to describe a net approval of only 5.8% in NoDak, and "politically suicidal" is one of them

Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 15h

... i'm sorry, trump is 20pts under water IN TEXAS? www.economist.com/interactive/...

economist map showing turmp's net approval in texas is -19.3%

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 12h

hey @radiofreetom.bsky.social, i feel like you wrote a book (or two) about people like this

Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 20h

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 12h

VA, it'll be your turn to join as soon as Spanberger is elected.

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 20h

everyone who writes for that place comes out of it a worse person than they entered

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 20h

personal theory: the NYT corrupts everyone who works there, and the reason that Kristol learned and Brooks did not is that Kristol's time at the NYT was relatively short

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

tfw your 1,000-word tweets aren't working

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 21h

this is a huge story

🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1d

gift link. unreal to see this happening, but it's unfortunately necessary. wapo.st/46QspkQ

Democratic governors form state public health alliance to counter RFK Jr.

The Governors Public Health Alliance would counter federal health agencies under President Donald Trump as an independent hub to monitor diseases and prepare for emergencies.

wapo.st

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 23h

politico exists to launder the news for the GOP, and no one in the democratic party should take anything they do or anyone that works for them seriously

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23h

Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 23h

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23h

Politico received an initial tip that a Taylor staffer had a swastika neatly pinned to his cubicle during a zoom call. When confronted, the congressman’s press office pretty implausibly sought to present the situation as a police matter, and Politico went along with that in its headline and lede.

Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 23h

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 23h

other things russ terminated: his marriage, for reasons that no one in the press cares to investigate

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump: "They call him Terminator but he's actually a very nice person -- Russell Vought. But Russell Vought is really terminating tremendous numbers of Democrat projects."

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 1d

them and car dealerships represent our most significant political opportunities for addition by subtraction

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 1d

man, he's really good at this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mamdani: "I just want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Mayor Adams who will call you to stay out of jail. I won't be a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election. I can do those things on my own."

hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 1d

i can only think of a few reasons why there has been no interest in the story, and none of those reasons are good

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 1d

it's absolutely in the public interest and just insane that there is next to no reporting on it

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 1d

enten flies under the radar, but he's legit one of the worst people in journalism and just an absolute fucking hack through and through

Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 1d

CNN is covering prediction market odds from an online casino as if it’s actual polling data

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 1d

his divorce is the single most underreported story in DC

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 1d

*cue jack donaghy impression* enthusiastic voters are Republican, we count those

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hoptimus @hoptimusprime.bsky.social · 1d

vought's divorce is the single most underreported story in DC, it is in the public interest, and there are zero good conclusions to draw about why it continues to go unreported

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Vought: "We're gonna keep those RIFs rolling throughout this shutdown ... think the Minority Business Development Agency that divvies up business grants on basis of race. Think Environment Justice at EPA ... "