Ken Hughes
@fatalpolitics.bsky.social
Author of Chasing Shadows and Fatal Politics. Bylines: @NYTimes @WashingtonPost @ConversationUS
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s accounts of the notorious false flag operations proposed during the Kennedy years omit the most important part of the story. Hint: It's a family affair.
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What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t tell you about ‘Operation Northwoods,’ the false flag operation he loves to denounce
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s accounts of the notorious false flag operations proposed during the Kennedy years omit the most important part of the story. Hint: It’s a family affair.
theconversation.com
Thank you to the 15,000+ people who read my debunking of RFK Jr.'s false account of #OperationNorthwoods. Please share it with people who only know the false version. They deserve better.
Thank you to the 15,000+ people who read my debunking of RFK Jr.'s false account of #OperationNorthwoods. Please share it with people who only know the false version. They deserve better.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s accounts of the notorious false flag operations proposed during the Kennedy years omit the most important part of the story. Hint: It's a family affair.
buff.ly/FGFFBPy
buff.ly/FGFFBPy
What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t tell you about ‘Operation Northwoods,’ the false flag operation he loves to denounce
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s accounts of the notorious false flag operations proposed during the Kennedy years omit the most important part of the story. Hint: It’s a family affair.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Thank you to the 15,000+ people who read my debunking of RFK Jr.'s false account of #OperationNorthwoods. Please share it with people who only know the false version. They deserve better.
Thank you to the 15,000+ people who read my debunking of RFK Jr.'s false account of #OperationNorthwoods. Please share it with people who only know the false version. They deserve better.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s accounts of the notorious false flag operations proposed during the Kennedy years omit the most important part of the story. Hint: It's a family affair.
buff.ly/FGFFBPy
buff.ly/FGFFBPy
What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t tell you about ‘Operation Northwoods,’ the false flag operation he loves to denounce
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s accounts of the notorious false flag operations proposed during the Kennedy years omit the most important part of the story. Hint: It’s a family affair.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Thank you to the 15,000+ people who read my debunking of RFK Jr.'s false account of #OperationNorthwoods. Please share it with people who only know the false version. They deserve better.
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My 6yo has started pretend electronic locking her bedroom door at night so Trump can't get in. She seemed to think that he himself is going into homes and causing harm. There are children in her school whose families have been impacted by ICE so we assume this is where the concern came from.
A Wash Post review found instances of parents arrested near campuses in at least 10 states so far this year. Actions near campuses—which include shooting a man, releasing tear gas and engaging in a car chase—have prompted lockdowns. @justinemcdaniel.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
In cities targeted by ICE, empty desks and school disruptions follow
One in 5 students in Charlotte missed school after a recent ICE crackdown began. It’s the latest city where schools felt the impact of Trump’s deportation effort.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My 6yo has started pretend electronic locking her bedroom door at night so Trump can't get in. She seemed to think that he himself is going into homes and causing harm. There are children in her school whose families have been impacted by ICE so we assume this is where the concern came from.
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
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@brendannyhan.bsky.social is right: young people are reluctant to come to the defense of institutions that have excluded them, ignored them, and crushed their movements
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
@brendannyhan.bsky.social is right: young people are reluctant to come to the defense of institutions that have excluded them, ignored them, and crushed their movements
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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In a personalist regime, the leader always gets a taste.
Republican administrations literally backed death squads to fight communism. And now Trump is expropriating domestic companies and it's just 🦗🦗🦗
Republican administrations literally backed death squads to fight communism. And now Trump is expropriating domestic companies and it's just 🦗🦗🦗
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
In a personalist regime, the leader always gets a taste.
Republican administrations literally backed death squads to fight communism. And now Trump is expropriating domestic companies and it's just 🦗🦗🦗
Republican administrations literally backed death squads to fight communism. And now Trump is expropriating domestic companies and it's just 🦗🦗🦗
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“Experimental data from largest online survey of Irish Americans reveal learning about African Americans with Irish ancestry reduces prejudice among white Irish Americans who identify with Irish American identity, and effects are mostly driven by Republicans…” www.jasmineenglish.net/uploads/1/4/...
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“Experimental data from largest online survey of Irish Americans reveal learning about African Americans with Irish ancestry reduces prejudice among white Irish Americans who identify with Irish American identity, and effects are mostly driven by Republicans…” www.jasmineenglish.net/uploads/1/4/...
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"the evidence suggests that our intervention is a powerful tool for human-capital accumulation, by causing positive changes in self-control and lifestyle that ultimately lead to an improvement in academic performance."
University students who were provided with a free gym card (in a randomized experiment) exercised more and had a significant improvement in academic performance. The treated students were also less likely to drop out of classes
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November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"the evidence suggests that our intervention is a powerful tool for human-capital accumulation, by causing positive changes in self-control and lifestyle that ultimately lead to an improvement in academic performance."
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Putting his military rank in "quotes" when that rank is also why Hegseth is claiming jurisdiction over him.
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Putting his military rank in "quotes" when that rank is also why Hegseth is claiming jurisdiction over him.
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True tale: A Baltimore police colonel called a rival at 3 a.m. from a crime scene: "Leon, I got you now. You fucked up. You wrote "POLICE" backwards on the front of the EVU truck."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
True tale: A Baltimore police colonel called a rival at 3 a.m. from a crime scene: "Leon, I got you now. You fucked up. You wrote "POLICE" backwards on the front of the EVU truck."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
"Eddie, that's so it reads correctly in a rear view mirror."
Long pause.
"Aw Leon, you got an answer for everything."
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when you confuse the people with the rich dudes you suck up to
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
when you confuse the people with the rich dudes you suck up to
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Distinct from, but obviously correlated with, religiosity: just having a place to go to hang out with people once or twice a week is a good bulwark against loneliness!
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November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Distinct from, but obviously correlated with, religiosity: just having a place to go to hang out with people once or twice a week is a good bulwark against loneliness!
www.ymrp.org/polling
www.ymrp.org/polling
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From axing West Point’s Black history program to gutting women’s support groups, Ty Seidule says the environment for young officers is “extraordinarily hard.” He argues that those serving now are doing so in the toughest conditions in years. lnk.thebulwark.com/4oc9R3J?utm_...
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
From axing West Point’s Black history program to gutting women’s support groups, Ty Seidule says the environment for young officers is “extraordinarily hard.” He argues that those serving now are doing so in the toughest conditions in years. lnk.thebulwark.com/4oc9R3J?utm_...
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Comey stated that "a message has to be sent that the president of the United States cannot use the Department of Justice to target his political enemies.” If only that were so. Trump's assault on the rule of law is not over.
New from @kimwehle.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzNqa3
New from @kimwehle.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzNqa3
An Ignominious End to a Lawless Prosecution
The collapse of the malicious, incompetent case against James Comey.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Comey stated that "a message has to be sent that the president of the United States cannot use the Department of Justice to target his political enemies.” If only that were so. Trump's assault on the rule of law is not over.
New from @kimwehle.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzNqa3
New from @kimwehle.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzNqa3
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There is a lot we don't know, but there are lots of disturbing questions raised by one thing we do know: that at least one notorious public figure has also claimed insider knowledge of Ed Martin’s investigative work.
@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social and Susan Corke: lnk.thebulwark.com/4ofiJ8U
@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social and Susan Corke: lnk.thebulwark.com/4ofiJ8U
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
There is a lot we don't know, but there are lots of disturbing questions raised by one thing we do know: that at least one notorious public figure has also claimed insider knowledge of Ed Martin’s investigative work.
@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social and Susan Corke: lnk.thebulwark.com/4ofiJ8U
@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social and Susan Corke: lnk.thebulwark.com/4ofiJ8U
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As some Dems took Russian social-media operations in 2016 as proof that there was little domestic support for Trump, anti-groyper conservatives are probably overindexing how much these foreign accounts mean their actual domestic opposition is fake. lnk.thebulwark.com/4p5YcFc
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
As some Dems took Russian social-media operations in 2016 as proof that there was little domestic support for Trump, anti-groyper conservatives are probably overindexing how much these foreign accounts mean their actual domestic opposition is fake. lnk.thebulwark.com/4p5YcFc
Good morning, #FirstAmendmentPeople.
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Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t tell you about ‘Operation Northwoods,’ the false flag operation he loves to denounce
theconversation.com/what-robert-...
theconversation.com/what-robert-...
What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t tell you about ‘Operation Northwoods,’ the false flag operation he loves to denounce
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s accounts of the notorious false flag operations proposed during the Kennedy years omit the most important part of the story. Hint: It’s a family affair.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t tell you about ‘Operation Northwoods,’ the false flag operation he loves to denounce
theconversation.com/what-robert-...
theconversation.com/what-robert-...
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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"Something’s missing from RFKJr.’s accounts of 'Operation Northwoods,'” writes @fatalpolitics.bsky.social in a sharp essay that challenges RFKJr.'s version of that menu of false flag operations. "Something about his father." theconversation.com/what-robert-...
What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t tell you about ‘Operation Northwoods,’ the false flag operation he loves to denounce
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s accounts of the notorious false flag operations proposed during the Kennedy years omit the most important part of the story. Hint: It’s a family affair.
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Something’s missing from RFKJr.’s accounts of 'Operation Northwoods,'” writes @fatalpolitics.bsky.social in a sharp essay that challenges RFKJr.'s version of that menu of false flag operations. "Something about his father." theconversation.com/what-robert-...
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Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
www.newyorker.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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Trump's family aren't the ones who are losing. Not only did they issue the (worthless) currency themselves, but they sold shares in the company that did, for real money. Even if TrumpCoin collapses goes to zero, they're well in the black.
Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.
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Crypto Crash Is Eroding Wealth for Trump’s Family and Followers
In President Donald Trump’s second term, crypto assets transformed his family’s wealth. Now the Trumps — and their followers — are getting a crash course in the wild volatility ingrained in digital cu...
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Trump's family aren't the ones who are losing. Not only did they issue the (worthless) currency themselves, but they sold shares in the company that did, for real money. Even if TrumpCoin collapses goes to zero, they're well in the black.
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"The prosecutor running an inquiry into those who investigated President Trump has established a grand jury under Judge Aileen M. Cannon, whose scuttling of the documents case made her a White House favorite." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
As Trump’s Inquisitors Face Scrutiny, a Divisive Figure Could Play a New Role
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
"The prosecutor running an inquiry into those who investigated President Trump has established a grand jury under Judge Aileen M. Cannon, whose scuttling of the documents case made her a White House favorite." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...