Ilyse Hogue
@ilyseh.bsky.social
Life long strategist and activist. Author, mom and rescue dog nut. Here for the social and political commentary. Formerly batgirl. Bees are magic. Live every week like it’s Shark Week. Defy Tyranny.
Alt-left pipeline dudes are hilarious, smart and fun to watch. If Dems were smart, they'd support these guys. The alt-right didn't bootstrap themselves into a political force. Turning Point, Prager U et al spent over 100 million signal boosting. speakingwithamericanmen.substack.com/p/the-alt-le...
The Alt Left Pipeline Is A Genuine Grassroots Movement of Online Lefty Gym Bros
But It Could Use Institutional Support
speakingwithamericanmen.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Alt-left pipeline dudes are hilarious, smart and fun to watch. If Dems were smart, they'd support these guys. The alt-right didn't bootstrap themselves into a political force. Turning Point, Prager U et al spent over 100 million signal boosting. speakingwithamericanmen.substack.com/p/the-alt-le...
Were they in the same hearing?
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Were they in the same hearing?
Life of a Virgo: writing things on my To Do list after they are done so I can have the satisfaction of crossing them off.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Life of a Virgo: writing things on my To Do list after they are done so I can have the satisfaction of crossing them off.
Long live the sandwich revolution.
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Long live the sandwich revolution.
The crocodile tears from Mike Cernovich are hilarious until you realize he’s putting Heritage on blast for walking back a statement supporting Nazism.
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The crocodile tears from Mike Cernovich are hilarious until you realize he’s putting Heritage on blast for walking back a statement supporting Nazism.
This is a great piece on an oft overlooked component of Mamdani's campaign -- it gave a generation forged in isolation and anxiety not just hope but a place to belong. More Democrats should adopt this posture regardless of whether they agree with Mamdani's politics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
A Little-Noted Element Propelled Mamdani’s Rise: Gen Z Loneliness
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is a great piece on an oft overlooked component of Mamdani's campaign -- it gave a generation forged in isolation and anxiety not just hope but a place to belong. More Democrats should adopt this posture regardless of whether they agree with Mamdani's politics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
Read this great take on last night from my partner in united front work @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social.
Just wrote an upbeat (!) Morning Shots.
I mean, if not today, when?
We should relish this moment. For a few hours. Because we should realize that these results are going to make the Trump administration even more aggressive about tilting the 2026 playing field, and we need to be ready for that.
I mean, if not today, when?
We should relish this moment. For a few hours. Because we should realize that these results are going to make the Trump administration even more aggressive about tilting the 2026 playing field, and we need to be ready for that.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Read this great take on last night from my partner in united front work @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social.
Reposted by Ilyse Hogue
I'm on the board of Demand Justice, so I'm not an objective source on this. But... I like this. :)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
A Liberal Group Returns to Push Democrats to Oppose Trump
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm on the board of Demand Justice, so I'm not an objective source on this. But... I like this. :)
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Just heard on the radio that there are so many spotted lantern flies in the sky above DC that they are showing up on the weather radar and if that is not one of the seven signs, it should be. It’s getting real folks.
September 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Just heard on the radio that there are so many spotted lantern flies in the sky above DC that they are showing up on the weather radar and if that is not one of the seven signs, it should be. It’s getting real folks.
Reposted by Ilyse Hogue
When do we get a retraction from The Wall Street Journal for erroneously claiming the assassination was related to trans people? When do we get apologies from every journalist who spread that disinformation?
September 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
When do we get a retraction from The Wall Street Journal for erroneously claiming the assassination was related to trans people? When do we get apologies from every journalist who spread that disinformation?
I have butted heads with Charlie Kirk on almost every policy issue, and my heart is hurt by this news. Taking a human life (or trying to) is vile. Political violence is never acceptable. May Charlie Kirk recover wholly and quickly.
Someone shot Charlie Kirk at a university event www.deseret.com/utah/2025/09...
Charlie Kirk shot at Utah event
www.deseret.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I have butted heads with Charlie Kirk on almost every policy issue, and my heart is hurt by this news. Taking a human life (or trying to) is vile. Political violence is never acceptable. May Charlie Kirk recover wholly and quickly.
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The House Oversight Committee has just released new documents from Epstein’s estate. Former president of NARAL @ilyseh.bsky.social and former Joe Walsh 2020 campaign manager Lucy Caldwell join The Weeknight to discuss why Trump’s Epstein troubles are far from over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv8q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv8q...
Trump’s alleged letter and drawing from Epstein ‘birthday book’ released
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The House Oversight Committee has just released new documents from Epstein’s estate. Former president of NARAL @ilyseh.bsky.social and former Joe Walsh 2020 campaign manager Lucy Caldwell join The Weeknight to discuss why Trump’s Epstein troubles are far from over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv8q...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv8q...
Because there's no bottom to the dystopian world we have entered, there's a deadly kissing disease making its way through our country.
www.sciencealert.com/deadly-kissi...
www.sciencealert.com/deadly-kissi...
Deadly Kissing Bug Disease Is on The Rise Across The US, CDC Warns
Blood-sucking 'kissing bugs' have now carried a deadly parasite across 32 US states, the CDC warns, with hundreds of thousands of people likely already infected with the parasitic disease Chagas witho...
www.sciencealert.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Because there's no bottom to the dystopian world we have entered, there's a deadly kissing disease making its way through our country.
www.sciencealert.com/deadly-kissi...
www.sciencealert.com/deadly-kissi...
A truthier Truth Social coming to you for one low, low price….and the grift goes on.
September 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A truthier Truth Social coming to you for one low, low price….and the grift goes on.
Filling this under "courts will not save us." Thanks to Rebecca Slaughter for fighting for the rule of law.
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
John Roberts backs Trump’s power to fire FTC commissioner without cause for now
The chief justice’s move is the latest boost to Trump’s power in his second term, continuing a theme from the high court’s Republican-appointed majority.
www.msnbc.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Filling this under "courts will not save us." Thanks to Rebecca Slaughter for fighting for the rule of law.
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
In a time of weakness, caving and preemptive obeyance, @ejeancarroll.bsky.social's tenacity in fighitng Trump is something to behold.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...
Appeals Court Upholds Carroll’s $83 Million Judgment Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
In a time of weakness, caving and preemptive obeyance, @ejeancarroll.bsky.social's tenacity in fighitng Trump is something to behold.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...
…..and Ernst drops out of the race. Crazy.
Signs are positive for 2026. Latest polling in the 2026 Senate race shows Zach Wahls beating Joni Ernst in a head to head match up winning a full 7% of Trump voters.
August 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
…..and Ernst drops out of the race. Crazy.
Talked on @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social tonight about the Iowa special where Caitlyn Drey broke the GOP supermajority in the State Senate in a Trump + 11 district. Far from an anomaly, it’s the fourth special this year in Iowa when the D candidate over performed by double digits.
August 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Talked on @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social tonight about the Iowa special where Caitlyn Drey broke the GOP supermajority in the State Senate in a Trump + 11 district. Far from an anomaly, it’s the fourth special this year in Iowa when the D candidate over performed by double digits.
Joy is getting to break down what’s going on in this crazy world with @symonedsanders.bsky.social on @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Joy is getting to break down what’s going on in this crazy world with @symonedsanders.bsky.social on @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social
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Wow: this decision in favor of Media Matters includes all sorts of key details concerning the Trump admin’s coordinated assault on the First Amendment.
For example: Steven Miller “seemingly” ordered Attorneys General in Missouri and Texas to go after MM.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
For example: Steven Miller “seemingly” ordered Attorneys General in Missouri and Texas to go after MM.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Wow: this decision in favor of Media Matters includes all sorts of key details concerning the Trump admin’s coordinated assault on the First Amendment.
For example: Steven Miller “seemingly” ordered Attorneys General in Missouri and Texas to go after MM.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
For example: Steven Miller “seemingly” ordered Attorneys General in Missouri and Texas to go after MM.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Hey look, secure messages with end to end encryption coming soon to a bluesky near you! Courtesy of @tessa.germnetwork.com and @germnetwork.com
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This Company Wants to Bring End-to-End Encrypted Messages to Bluesky’s AT Protocol
Germ says it is the “first secure messaging service on the ATProtocol!”
www.404media.co
July 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Hey look, secure messages with end to end encryption coming soon to a bluesky near you! Courtesy of @tessa.germnetwork.com and @germnetwork.com
www.404media.co/this-company...
www.404media.co/this-company...
THIS! This is the problem. @zachwahls.bsky.social transparency about perfectly normal experiences growing up should be treated as a superpower not a danger.
June 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
THIS! This is the problem. @zachwahls.bsky.social transparency about perfectly normal experiences growing up should be treated as a superpower not a danger.
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“Democrats can’t win these folks over if they’re not speaking the language that young men are speaking,” says @ilyseh.bsky.social. “Most people I talked to, Democratic operatives, have never heard of Red Pill Fitness, which is just huge online.”
Democrats set out to study young men. Here are their findings.
A widely mocked project to get under the hood about why Democrats are losing young men has sobering results.
www.politico.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“Democrats can’t win these folks over if they’re not speaking the language that young men are speaking,” says @ilyseh.bsky.social. “Most people I talked to, Democratic operatives, have never heard of Red Pill Fitness, which is just huge online.”
This insane military parade is bad enough on the (lack of) merits but it’s making traffic unbearable for people who need to work downtown. People actually live in this town for chrissakes.
June 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This insane military parade is bad enough on the (lack of) merits but it’s making traffic unbearable for people who need to work downtown. People actually live in this town for chrissakes.