Mark Hoben
@marconius425.bsky.social
Husband, father, gamer, unapologetic liberal. Farmers' Market partisan. Warlock main. Black Lives Matter. Voted for her. Good trouble, necessary trouble.
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It’s a terrible time to be someone who pays attention or cares about other people.
February 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
It’s a terrible time to be someone who pays attention or cares about other people.
Is there maybe a block list for all of the he’s-cancelling-elections-the-sky-is-falling doomerism flooding this app? Asking for a friend.
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Is there maybe a block list for all of the he’s-cancelling-elections-the-sky-is-falling doomerism flooding this app? Asking for a friend.
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Found another RW synonym for "white."
Ron Johnson: "Republicans are trying to make sure that only legitimate votes count"
February 5, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Found another RW synonym for "white."
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I care about law and order and that is why we must vote every republican out
February 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I care about law and order and that is why we must vote every republican out
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This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
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What should happen to anyone affiliated with ICE should be so extreme that abolition *is* the compromise
February 4, 2026 at 1:15 PM
What should happen to anyone affiliated with ICE should be so extreme that abolition *is* the compromise
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Touch of Night, acrylic on canvas, 24x24in.
February 1, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Touch of Night, acrylic on canvas, 24x24in.
As a Democrat I wish Democrats would learn that the people leftists will never vote for are Democrats. Every cycle, every time, there’s always some reason. If Democrats could just internalize this truth we could save everyone the time and energy and skip the pointless dance this cycle.
Dems, Leftists are telling you, now, while there's ample time, who we straight up will not vote for.
So do not run them. Do not give them the nom.
We will not vote for them. Period.
We gave you decades of your demands. Now you listen to us.
So do not run them. Do not give them the nom.
We will not vote for them. Period.
We gave you decades of your demands. Now you listen to us.
January 31, 2026 at 12:03 AM
As a Democrat I wish Democrats would learn that the people leftists will never vote for are Democrats. Every cycle, every time, there’s always some reason. If Democrats could just internalize this truth we could save everyone the time and energy and skip the pointless dance this cycle.
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just choked on my beverage
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM
just choked on my beverage
Have been feeling this too, whatever species of cretin these ICE thugs are, they are decidedly NOT soldiers. They don’t have the decorum of even a street gang.
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals".
This should be said every time ICE is mentioned.
This should be said every time ICE is mentioned.
January 29, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Have been feeling this too, whatever species of cretin these ICE thugs are, they are decidedly NOT soldiers. They don’t have the decorum of even a street gang.
Strictly regarding uniform esthetics, I love road teams to wear all whites. Road teams already wear the white jersey, and they should wear the matching white pants *particularly* if the home team’s pants are not white.
The Patriots will go all-white in the Super Bowl, a recent social media post by Devin McCourty confirms.
Patriots to wear all-white in Super Bowl 60 vs. Seahawks
Former Patriots safety Devin McCourty shared an image on his social media.
www.patspulpit.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Strictly regarding uniform esthetics, I love road teams to wear all whites. Road teams already wear the white jersey, and they should wear the matching white pants *particularly* if the home team’s pants are not white.
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You wouldn’t reform the Nazi Party.
January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
You wouldn’t reform the Nazi Party.
We'll have to agree to disagree about what constitutes a proportionate response
but strong agree on all of this including my ongoing disappointment with Democratic impotence
but strong agree on all of this including my ongoing disappointment with Democratic impotence
January 29, 2026 at 2:37 AM
We'll have to agree to disagree about what constitutes a proportionate response
but strong agree on all of this including my ongoing disappointment with Democratic impotence
but strong agree on all of this including my ongoing disappointment with Democratic impotence
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That is correct. Trump has set a date to revoke Haitian protected status, and then set a date for the anti-Haitian pogrom to begin the next day.
ICE must go. Miller must go. Noem must go. Even Vance must go. Their ethnonationalist mania gets more violent every day and is going to destroy America.
ICE must go. Miller must go. Noem must go. Even Vance must go. Their ethnonationalist mania gets more violent every day and is going to destroy America.
This is a scheduled pogrom
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:47 PM
That is correct. Trump has set a date to revoke Haitian protected status, and then set a date for the anti-Haitian pogrom to begin the next day.
ICE must go. Miller must go. Noem must go. Even Vance must go. Their ethnonationalist mania gets more violent every day and is going to destroy America.
ICE must go. Miller must go. Noem must go. Even Vance must go. Their ethnonationalist mania gets more violent every day and is going to destroy America.
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How I'll view the eventual inevitable firing of Kristi Noem:
January 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM
How I'll view the eventual inevitable firing of Kristi Noem:
Every Republican attack is projection
Remember when republicans were all “the democrats are going to take your guns”?
January 28, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Every Republican attack is projection
The Republican Party is a fully fascist movement built on lies and sustained on violence, bigotry, and cruelty.
Ron Johnson on Minneapolis: "What President Trump laid out in terms of his requirements for deescalation I think the vast majority of Americans agree with. This is ginned up by the radical left. They've now got a couple martyrs. This is the predictable result of inciting people toward violence."
January 28, 2026 at 3:14 PM
The Republican Party is a fully fascist movement built on lies and sustained on violence, bigotry, and cruelty.
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The Senate bill is rooted in the idea that we just need to get BP/ICE "back to" only terrorizing people we deem worthy of being terrorized, and not White people. The exact problematic understanding people have been trying to warn against... While a lot of White people insisted that concern was silly
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
The Senate bill is rooted in the idea that we just need to get BP/ICE "back to" only terrorizing people we deem worthy of being terrorized, and not White people. The exact problematic understanding people have been trying to warn against... While a lot of White people insisted that concern was silly
It is CRITICAL to understand they DO NOT believe they are wrong. They have a political problem with the optics from the Pretti execution but that is ALL. Minneapolis is Republican Party values expressed as policy, and across the party, Republicans remain committed to delivering this violence.
They know they’re wrong. The pressure is working. Keep going.
January 27, 2026 at 4:06 PM
It is CRITICAL to understand they DO NOT believe they are wrong. They have a political problem with the optics from the Pretti execution but that is ALL. Minneapolis is Republican Party values expressed as policy, and across the party, Republicans remain committed to delivering this violence.
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For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
January 27, 2026 at 1:41 AM
For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
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the media is going to try really hard to sell us this bullshit narrative. "poor widdle trump just wants whats best and he's shocked, shocked at the images from minnesota."
this is like hitler trying to distance himself from auschwitz. you gave the fucking orders.
this is like hitler trying to distance himself from auschwitz. you gave the fucking orders.
Trump reshuffles his Minnesota operation after backlash from second fatal shooting
"Trump has changed his leadership in the state, reset relations with Democratic officials and distanced himself from his advisers' more extreme comments."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
"Trump has changed his leadership in the state, reset relations with Democratic officials and distanced himself from his advisers' more extreme comments."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump reshuffles his Minnesota operation after backlash from second fatal shooting
Since the killing of Alex Pretti, Trump has changed his leadership in the state, reset relations with Democratic officials and distanced himself from his advisers' more extreme comments.
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 PM
the media is going to try really hard to sell us this bullshit narrative. "poor widdle trump just wants whats best and he's shocked, shocked at the images from minnesota."
this is like hitler trying to distance himself from auschwitz. you gave the fucking orders.
this is like hitler trying to distance himself from auschwitz. you gave the fucking orders.
'We will continue to fund Trump's paramilitary death squads as long as he PROMISES they'll behave'
should be the end of the Democratic Party
should be the end of the Democratic Party
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:55 PM
'We will continue to fund Trump's paramilitary death squads as long as he PROMISES they'll behave'
should be the end of the Democratic Party
should be the end of the Democratic Party
Assuming 'he' is the president of the US, this was ALWAYS going to be true. The president and the federal government do not hold elections and they will not hold elections.
States conduct elections under Article 1 and Trump has no way to stop them. There will absolutely be elections in November.
States conduct elections under Article 1 and Trump has no way to stop them. There will absolutely be elections in November.
He already wasn't going to hold elections. Yes, it's more obvious now, but it was always true. He was obsessed with his vote counts, insisted they rigged every election and already tried to overturn the results once. There aren't gonna be elections
January 26, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Assuming 'he' is the president of the US, this was ALWAYS going to be true. The president and the federal government do not hold elections and they will not hold elections.
States conduct elections under Article 1 and Trump has no way to stop them. There will absolutely be elections in November.
States conduct elections under Article 1 and Trump has no way to stop them. There will absolutely be elections in November.
These hypocritical fucks celebrate and venerate a teenage vigilante murdering Black Live Matter protesters, but having a holstered weapon is now grounds for Alex Pretti's execution. None of these vile fucks give a damn about any part of the Constitution including the 2nd Amendment.
Bessent: I'm sorry he is dead, but he did bring a semiautomatic weapon to what was supposed to be a peaceful protest.
Karl: There's no evidence that he brandished the gun whatsoever
Bessent: But he brought a gun!
Karl: We do have a second amendment in this country.
Karl: There's no evidence that he brandished the gun whatsoever
Bessent: But he brought a gun!
Karl: We do have a second amendment in this country.
January 25, 2026 at 8:10 PM
These hypocritical fucks celebrate and venerate a teenage vigilante murdering Black Live Matter protesters, but having a holstered weapon is now grounds for Alex Pretti's execution. None of these vile fucks give a damn about any part of the Constitution including the 2nd Amendment.
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This lawless administration is now operating under the “what are you gonna do about it” doctrine. A John Roberts creation.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This lawless administration is now operating under the “what are you gonna do about it” doctrine. A John Roberts creation.