Joshua Holland
@joshuaholland.bsky.social
Burned out political writer and podcast/radio host.
I was a regular contributor to Rolling Stone and The Nation and a staff writer for Bill Moyers, among others.
Scuba diver and dog guy.
I was a regular contributor to Rolling Stone and The Nation and a staff writer for Bill Moyers, among others.
Scuba diver and dog guy.
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A trans man once referred to breastfeeding as "chestfeeding" and weirdo right-wing transphobes have spent the next several years falsely pretending that people were trying to replace the word "breastfeeding." It's weirdo right-wing shit.
December 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
A trans man once referred to breastfeeding as "chestfeeding" and weirdo right-wing transphobes have spent the next several years falsely pretending that people were trying to replace the word "breastfeeding." It's weirdo right-wing shit.
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You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz
Not deleting my pirate quips but it looks like…
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Not deleting my pirate quips but it looks like…
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This does actually change the entire story. Assuming it's correct, it was an entirely lawful seizure.
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This does actually change the entire story. Assuming it's correct, it was an entirely lawful seizure.
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Washington Post editorial board really speaking truth to power
December 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Washington Post editorial board really speaking truth to power
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CNN said they were “puzzled“ by the award.
I wonder if they’ve managed to put it together?
I wonder if they’ve managed to put it together?
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
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December 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
CNN said they were “puzzled“ by the award.
I wonder if they’ve managed to put it together?
I wonder if they’ve managed to put it together?
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From 2005 to 2012, one CBP officer or agent was arrested for corruption, crimes, or misconduct EVERY SINGLE DAY. By 2019, it had slowed to just one every 35 hours. Still a huge problem:
“A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent allegedly used his gun and badge to force his way into hotel rooms and rob and sexually assault at least four prostitutes in Chicago’s suburbs in 2022, according to federal charges made public Tuesday.”
Border Patrol agent charged with robbing, raping women in Chicago suburbs in 2022
December 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
From 2005 to 2012, one CBP officer or agent was arrested for corruption, crimes, or misconduct EVERY SINGLE DAY. By 2019, it had slowed to just one every 35 hours. Still a huge problem:
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We're all trying to find the guy who did this
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We're all trying to find the guy who did this
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Couple of things here:
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Couple of things here:
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
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Racist garbage from Musk. So I live in Ilhan Omar’s district. There are maybe 30,000 Somalis in the 5th Congressional district…out of 700,000 people. Here are our demographics…Omar wins elections typically 70/30 or 65/35, she needs way more than just Somali community support to win here.
December 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Racist garbage from Musk. So I live in Ilhan Omar’s district. There are maybe 30,000 Somalis in the 5th Congressional district…out of 700,000 people. Here are our demographics…Omar wins elections typically 70/30 or 65/35, she needs way more than just Somali community support to win here.
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NEW: Emil Bove, thumbing his nose at America, is making a mockery of the rule of law.
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork:
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork:
Emil Bove, thumbing his nose at America, is making a mockery of the rule of law
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
www.lawdork.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
NEW: Emil Bove, thumbing his nose at America, is making a mockery of the rule of law.
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork:
Attending Trump's rally on Tuesday, Judge Emil Bove let it be known that his DOJ actions were just the beginning. Bove must face accountability, and ultimately impeachment.
Today, at Law Dork:
You stayed home last year cuz you didn't like the black lady and now you're a pirate. Good job.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
You stayed home last year cuz you didn't like the black lady and now you're a pirate. Good job.
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🚨 New York Times reports more details than we've had before on how Donald Trump's administration pulled strings to pressure Romania to allow Andrew Tate to travel while he was charged with crimes including trafficking minors and violently beating and raping a 15-year-old girl.
December 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
🚨 New York Times reports more details than we've had before on how Donald Trump's administration pulled strings to pressure Romania to allow Andrew Tate to travel while he was charged with crimes including trafficking minors and violently beating and raping a 15-year-old girl.
We have a volunteer fire station nearby and they just sounded the alarm. #dogsofbluesky
December 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We have a volunteer fire station nearby and they just sounded the alarm. #dogsofbluesky
Adding piracy to the list of crimes I see
Trump: "It's been an interesting day from the standpoint of news. As you probably know, we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. Largest one ever seized actually. And other things are happening."
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Adding piracy to the list of crimes I see
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A North Texas attorney who has repeatedly described himself as a fascist and said he despises democracy wants you to vote for him.
Historically, fascists rose to power in no small part by being elected to office.
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Historically, fascists rose to power in no small part by being elected to office.
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He’s an Unapologetic Fascist Who ‘Despises’ Democracy. He Still Wants You to Vote for Him.
He was once leader of the Proud Boys, has posted racist threats online, and sports a white nationalist tattoo.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A North Texas attorney who has repeatedly described himself as a fascist and said he despises democracy wants you to vote for him.
Historically, fascists rose to power in no small part by being elected to office.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/02/j...
Historically, fascists rose to power in no small part by being elected to office.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/02/j...
But what if they’re the only ones who are gullible enough to buy the AI hype?
Ceding techno optimism to the right is a generational scale mistake
December 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
But what if they’re the only ones who are gullible enough to buy the AI hype?
Yeah no shit. You don’t need to burn up the planet to have a machine tell you that.
We Asked AI Models to Analyze Trump’s Latest Bizarre Rant. Verdict: ‘Profound Narcissistic Vulnerability’
Three AI models analyzed Trump’s latest rant and reached the same conclusion: a blast of grandiosity, insecurity, and authoritarian paranoia.
www.mediaite.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Yeah no shit. You don’t need to burn up the planet to have a machine tell you that.
They should all treat us the way they do Russia.
US ally’s intel service says country now a 'security risk' over Trump’s Greenland fixation
For the first time, a close European ally of the U.S. has called the nation a "security risk" in response to President Donald Trump's insistence that Greenland should become an American territory, acc...
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December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
They should all treat us the way they do Russia.
While looking for something else (cuz search engines are useless) I stumbled across an old twoot of mine calling MAGA insurrectionists "fascist scumbags" in a 2021 DOJ thread about threats to election officials.
December 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
While looking for something else (cuz search engines are useless) I stumbled across an old twoot of mine calling MAGA insurrectionists "fascist scumbags" in a 2021 DOJ thread about threats to election officials.
He won 39% last November. A year out, I'd put more weight on special election results than generic ballot polls.
Democrat Eric Gisler just flipped a state House seat in Georgia — scoring an unexpected upset in a district Trump won last year by 12 points.
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Democrat flips northeast Georgia state House seat, pulling off special election upset • Georgia Recorder
A Watkinsville Democrat defeated a Republican in a two-way race Tuesday, flipping a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
He won 39% last November. A year out, I'd put more weight on special election results than generic ballot polls.
We just need like…two weeks.
Status update on House Republicans and a health care plan, after this morning’s conference meeting:
“The consensus is we need to come up with something,” Rep. Ralph Norman says.
“The consensus is we need to come up with something,” Rep. Ralph Norman says.
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We just need like…two weeks.
He’ll never give an interview to anyone who’d say, ‘how can you complain about politicians you don’t like being elected by people who weren’t born in this country when you not only vote but drop hundreds of millions of dollars into our elections? South Africa is further from Minnesota than Somalia.’
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
He’ll never give an interview to anyone who’d say, ‘how can you complain about politicians you don’t like being elected by people who weren’t born in this country when you not only vote but drop hundreds of millions of dollars into our elections? South Africa is further from Minnesota than Somalia.’
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My colleague reviewed a paper for the journal Climate and discovered it has been written by AI (citations that didn’t exist). Not only did the journal keep the paper, they asked her to re-review it. We are so cooked.
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
My colleague reviewed a paper for the journal Climate and discovered it has been written by AI (citations that didn’t exist). Not only did the journal keep the paper, they asked her to re-review it. We are so cooked.
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The Parking Lot Lawyer & Insurance Lawyer could open a law firm together…although I’m not sure they’d be able to afford the malpractice insurance premiums.
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Judge Suggests Prosecutor on Comey and James Cases Should Resign as U.S. Attorney
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December 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Parking Lot Lawyer & Insurance Lawyer could open a law firm together…although I’m not sure they’d be able to afford the malpractice insurance premiums.
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