Ira Hellman
@irahellman.bsky.social
Since so many of y'all seem to be here for selfish (at best) reasons: I'm a curmudgeonly member of the democratic resistance (with an ability to see both sides of most issues). While cute animal and amazing vista pics are cool, DMs and such are not.
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Fox Business Analyst
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Fox Business Analyst
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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HAPPENING NOW: Emergency hearing before Judge Karin Immergut on Trump's effort to circumvent her temporary restraining order re: Oregon national guard deployment.
I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵
I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵
October 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
HAPPENING NOW: Emergency hearing before Judge Karin Immergut on Trump's effort to circumvent her temporary restraining order re: Oregon national guard deployment.
I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵
I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵
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Hamilton says that Trump's earlier order federalizing national guard was not limited to the state of California.
Immergut: You are missing the point...my order was based on conditions in Portland. That there was no legal basis to bring national guard into Oregon...
Immergut: You are missing the point...my order was based on conditions in Portland. That there was no legal basis to bring national guard into Oregon...
October 6, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Hamilton says that Trump's earlier order federalizing national guard was not limited to the state of California.
Immergut: You are missing the point...my order was based on conditions in Portland. That there was no legal basis to bring national guard into Oregon...
Immergut: You are missing the point...my order was based on conditions in Portland. That there was no legal basis to bring national guard into Oregon...
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5/ We should condemn political violence of all kinds, whether it comes from the left or right or is directed at Republicans or Democrats. But if we really want to be honest, there is much more right wing fueled violence than left wing violence.
White Supremacist Incidents Are Rising Across the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
5/ We should condemn political violence of all kinds, whether it comes from the left or right or is directed at Republicans or Democrats. But if we really want to be honest, there is much more right wing fueled violence than left wing violence.
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Pay attention. Something dark might be coming.
The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.
1/ Here's what's happening.
The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.
1/ Here's what's happening.
Stephen Miller: "The last message that Charlie Kirk gave to me before he joined his creator in heaven was he said that we have to dismantle and take on the radical left organizations in this country that are fomenting violence. That was the last message that he sent me ... we are gonna do that."
September 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Pay attention. Something dark might be coming.
The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.
1/ Here's what's happening.
The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.
1/ Here's what's happening.
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shout-out to everyone who had Stupider Gulf Of Tonkin for Venezuela on their bingo cards
September 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
shout-out to everyone who had Stupider Gulf Of Tonkin for Venezuela on their bingo cards
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The racism here is on steroids, as Trump tried to make case to MAGA that farmers need exemptions.
Says brown people do hard labor "naturally" and don't get bad back, while also saying they've tried to replace them with people "in the inner city" but they can't get them to do the work.
Says brown people do hard labor "naturally" and don't get bad back, while also saying they've tried to replace them with people "in the inner city" but they can't get them to do the work.
Trump on undocumented farm workers: "People that live in the inner city are not doing that work. They've tried, we've tried, everybody tried. They don't do it. These people do it naturally. Naturally ... they don't get a bad back, because if they get a bad back, they die."
August 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The racism here is on steroids, as Trump tried to make case to MAGA that farmers need exemptions.
Says brown people do hard labor "naturally" and don't get bad back, while also saying they've tried to replace them with people "in the inner city" but they can't get them to do the work.
Says brown people do hard labor "naturally" and don't get bad back, while also saying they've tried to replace them with people "in the inner city" but they can't get them to do the work.
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MacArthur Park
Federal agents need to leave and they need leave right now!
Federal agents need to leave and they need leave right now!
July 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
MacArthur Park
Federal agents need to leave and they need leave right now!
Federal agents need to leave and they need leave right now!
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Let's not forget this...
July 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Let's not forget this...
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“No collusion”
“I won the election”
“She wasn’t my type”
“I never slept with her”
“It was a perfect phone call”
“We didn’t commit any fraud”
“I never paid her any hush money”
“There are no classified records here”
“There is no Epstein client list”
“I won the election”
“She wasn’t my type”
“I never slept with her”
“It was a perfect phone call”
“We didn’t commit any fraud”
“I never paid her any hush money”
“There are no classified records here”
“There is no Epstein client list”
July 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“No collusion”
“I won the election”
“She wasn’t my type”
“I never slept with her”
“It was a perfect phone call”
“We didn’t commit any fraud”
“I never paid her any hush money”
“There are no classified records here”
“There is no Epstein client list”
“I won the election”
“She wasn’t my type”
“I never slept with her”
“It was a perfect phone call”
“We didn’t commit any fraud”
“I never paid her any hush money”
“There are no classified records here”
“There is no Epstein client list”
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BREAKING: Documents filed in court today assert that officials from El Salvador told the United Nations that it "facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure" by the U.S. but that "the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the" U.S.
July 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
BREAKING: Documents filed in court today assert that officials from El Salvador told the United Nations that it "facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure" by the U.S. but that "the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the" U.S.
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It’s so weird how Epstein killed himself when there was apparently no evidence he did anything wrong.
July 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It’s so weird how Epstein killed himself when there was apparently no evidence he did anything wrong.
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So Ghislaine Maxwell is serving 20 years for trafficking girls to nobody?!?!
July 7, 2025 at 5:03 AM
So Ghislaine Maxwell is serving 20 years for trafficking girls to nobody?!?!
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Trump brazenly lies: "We're cutting $1.7 trillion in this bill and you're not gonna feel any of it. Your Medicaid is left alone. It's left the same."
June 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Trump brazenly lies: "We're cutting $1.7 trillion in this bill and you're not gonna feel any of it. Your Medicaid is left alone. It's left the same."
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Read? The Gazpacho Police and Peachtree Dish lady?
June 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Read? The Gazpacho Police and Peachtree Dish lady?
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Minneapolis… San Diego… Folks are pushing back.
This is only going to get worse.
This is only going to get worse.
June 4, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Minneapolis… San Diego… Folks are pushing back.
This is only going to get worse.
This is only going to get worse.
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Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
June 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Gonna say something obvious to most: real masculinity defends the defenseless, punches up not down, has compassion, and fights only on behalf of others to battle injustice or evil.
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
It doesn’t just lift weights and tweet in all caps and listen to Rogan and grow a beard to feel accepted by other men
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Reminder to ICE: Do not lay hands on American citizens. Video, photos, and personal information have been recorded. Actions have consequences. If you have information to share, email [email protected]. Your safety is our top priority, never forget that.
June 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Reminder to ICE: Do not lay hands on American citizens. Video, photos, and personal information have been recorded. Actions have consequences. If you have information to share, email [email protected]. Your safety is our top priority, never forget that.
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I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
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It’s on record.
June 4, 2025 at 3:12 AM
It’s on record.
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Marge isn't even reading the bills she's voting for.
June 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Marge isn't even reading the bills she's voting for.