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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 12h

One thing people don't talk about enough is that some of these people are cultural conservatives deep down.
Communism and Islamic fundamentalism both imply some kind of aesthetic and sexual uniformity, and it's not unimaginable that they form a loose alliance with American conservatism.

LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · 13h

Biden offered the same ceasefire, hostages released, and two-state framework and got called “Genocide Joe.” Eighteen months of bombings, killings, and starvation later, Trump signs it and suddenly he’s the “peace president.”

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 15h

Someone should invent a one-click broadcasting device. When you're facing imminent danger from a robber, an ICE agent, or a domestic abuser, you can click a button and immediately livestream what you see to a public website.

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 1d

If anyone is buying into this bullshit, I want to remind you that an article in the top medical journal, The Lancet, projects that the USAID cuts will kill 14 million people in five years, about 3 million a year.

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 1d

Please share this with crypto bros you know.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

In a huge coincidence, a Bitcoin billionaire just-so-happened to put up massive leveraged bets against Bitcoin and Ethereum right before Trump posted about new tariffs on China, prompting a market crash.

$200m in profits instantly. $200m we know about, because they likely used many accounts.

Early Bitcoin Whale Shorted $1.1B Right Before Tariffs, Now Up $27M - How Did He Know?

Satoshi-era whale shorted $1.1B in BTC and ETH 30 minutes before Trump tariffs, banking $190M-$200M as liquidations hit $19.33B.

cryptonews.com

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 1d

Whoever thinks "the mob" is their priority target at this time in history is not a serious person, let alone a serious journalist.

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 1d

Lol, WP can't even bring itself to spell out the FACT that there is no riot. "Journalism" your ass.

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 1d

This is a weird way to measure public opinion considering the 52% may include those who hated what he promised from the start.
This question is only meaningful if the respondents are exclusively Republican.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 1d

52% of Americans say Trump is “doing what he promised.” But not all those people *like* what he’s doing! That is key context for interpreting this number, but was notable missing from a viral CNN segment (that the White House later turned into a press release)
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/is-trump-d...

Is Trump “doing what he promised”? | Weekly roundup for October 12, 2025

And what does that even mean? Also this week: Shutdown polls; Left-wing populism; Low favorability ratings for all U.S. leaders; Judges' concerns about Trump; + more!

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 2d

So even in a comfy jail, the child sex trafficker still gets extra privileges.

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 2d

Ask every Republican acquaintance in your life to watch this. And if they don't believe these agents should be in jail, cut them off immediately. You won't lose anything.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 2d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 2d

open.substack.com/pub/hueyli/p...

The Chinese political earth quake I slept on

What to make of the half-empty Central Military Commission

open.substack.com

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 2d

A short excerpt of my Substack video on a Chinese political earthquake that I slept on.

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 2d

Governor Ronny Meatball will face a reckoning soon.

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 3d

Also, for the record, the "sleepy Southern towns" rebelled pretty hard to keep slaves.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 3d

How about his "ankle age"?

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 3d

So Hegseth's beauty standard also applies to ships.

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 3d

Just dug up this old tweet again.

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 3d

IYKYK. Don't make me explain it.
这张照片让我想起了一个老梗。再喊“续一秒”已经晚了。

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 4d

What the heck, man? Germany at the end of the Weimar Republic had quite a lot of free talkers. "Fascism" was the foundation of the Enabling Act, not the result of it.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 9d

If we were living under fascism, none of you would be here daring to post things. You'd be erasing your social media accounts and keeping your head down; you'd know that peacocking your faux-bravery on a network would expose you to being disappeared.
You have no idea what "fascism" really means.

shane @mouthfulofcavities.bsky.social · 9d

the regime is zip tying toddlers and ripping them away from their mothers unclothed... calling it fascism upsets this neo-con.

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 4d

Harvard, of all places, doesn't have a few game theory people who understand credible commitment problems?

This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 4d

Mary mother of Christ, these people are overpaid fools.

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 4d

So this guy does know a little about confounding variables... but only when it comes to the precious circumcisions.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 4d

Some showed me a TikTok of a literal earth worm crawling out of this guy's ear.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

RFK Jr: "Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman at 8 months pregnant -- she's an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School -- and she is saying 'F Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta. The level of Trump Derangement Syndrome is now a pathology."

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 5d

No way that message was meant to be private. Do they communicate through Truth Social DM now? Or is Donald demented enough to not know which app he's typing in?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d

Yet another incident that would’ve gotten any other president immediately impeached that is only the 127th worst thing Trump has done in 2025.

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 5d

See for yourself.

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 5d

This logical gymnastics is turning my brains into pretzels.

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 5d

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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Huey Li @hueyli.bsky.social · 5d

If Trump had been President during 911, you'd have seen gas chambers set up all over the country, if not a nuclear war. If you can't see the difference between how they wield power, I don't know what to tell you.

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