Courtney Hagle
@chagle.bsky.social
research director @mmfa.bsky.social | she/her | opinions are my own | ☀️💐
New from @mmfa.bsky.social, a round-up of this weekend's disgraceful display: Right-wing disinformation machine spins up a false profile of Minnesota shooting suspect
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Right-wing disinformation machine spins up a false profile of Minnesota shooting suspect
In the early hours of June 14, Vance Boelter allegedly shot two Minnesota Democratic state lawmakers in their homes while impersonating law enforcement — Rep. Melissa Hortman and Sen. John Hoffman, al...
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June 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
New from @mmfa.bsky.social, a round-up of this weekend's disgraceful display: Right-wing disinformation machine spins up a false profile of Minnesota shooting suspect
www.mediamatters.org/infowars/rig...
www.mediamatters.org/infowars/rig...
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Our brains have been successfully hacked by bad actors in the tech sector and no one really talks about it. It's just a fact of modern life: We've all been hypnotized by the magic devices we were told to buy.
May 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Our brains have been successfully hacked by bad actors in the tech sector and no one really talks about it. It's just a fact of modern life: We've all been hypnotized by the magic devices we were told to buy.
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"The family of a 30-year-old metro Atlanta mother and nurse said she was declared brain dead more than 90 days ago — but is still being kept alive because she’s pregnant...Her medical team is legally required [by Georgia's abortion ban] to maintain life support until the fetus reaches viability."
Family says woman declared brain dead but her pregnancy continues under state law
Adriana Smith's been on life support 90+ days with weeks to go in her pregnancy. Her family questions Georgia’s heartbeat law — and why they had no say in her care.
www.11alive.com
May 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"The family of a 30-year-old metro Atlanta mother and nurse said she was declared brain dead more than 90 days ago — but is still being kept alive because she’s pregnant...Her medical team is legally required [by Georgia's abortion ban] to maintain life support until the fetus reaches viability."
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Casey Means called the COVID-19 pandemic “a Darwinian moment for America.”
“Americans must build personal immunity defenses through radical changes in diet and exercise, or risk getting sick and dying,” she wrote.
This is who Donald Trump picked to be surgeon general.
“Americans must build personal immunity defenses through radical changes in diet and exercise, or risk getting sick and dying,” she wrote.
This is who Donald Trump picked to be surgeon general.
May 8, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Casey Means called the COVID-19 pandemic “a Darwinian moment for America.”
“Americans must build personal immunity defenses through radical changes in diet and exercise, or risk getting sick and dying,” she wrote.
This is who Donald Trump picked to be surgeon general.
“Americans must build personal immunity defenses through radical changes in diet and exercise, or risk getting sick and dying,” she wrote.
This is who Donald Trump picked to be surgeon general.
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Broken Record: You *cannot sustain* a functioning constitutional order if the general population is blasé about open violation of the Constitution. If voters don't care, your job is to make them care. This is not optional. If you don't, you lose even if you pick up seats in the next election.
May 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Broken Record: You *cannot sustain* a functioning constitutional order if the general population is blasé about open violation of the Constitution. If voters don't care, your job is to make them care. This is not optional. If you don't, you lose even if you pick up seats in the next election.
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I heard Stephen A. Smith tell CNN yesterday that "people are afraid they're going to lose their job for messing up a pronoun" and it really amazes me how many people don't realize they are awash in intentional propaganda designed to make them afraid of the wrong things and angry at the wrong people
Men are not constantly being told “you’re bad,” they are constantly being told “LEFT WING SJWS THINK YOU’RE BAD” by conservative propaganda. There’s a huge difference.
I have two sons, and I don't think I've ever seen messaging going "Don't be a boy" or "YOU'RE BAD."
Sure looks like that's in "I heard someone say that they heard..." territory, rather than actual direct experience.
Also worth noting, the main message from manosphere influencers is "YOU'RE BAD."
Sure looks like that's in "I heard someone say that they heard..." territory, rather than actual direct experience.
Also worth noting, the main message from manosphere influencers is "YOU'RE BAD."
May 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I heard Stephen A. Smith tell CNN yesterday that "people are afraid they're going to lose their job for messing up a pronoun" and it really amazes me how many people don't realize they are awash in intentional propaganda designed to make them afraid of the wrong things and angry at the wrong people
The fact that these are the *updated* clarifications just shows how barbaric Texas’ abortion ban is. And the bill still doesn’t remove major criminal penalties or expand abortion access to cases of fetal anomalies, rape or incest.
May 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The fact that these are the *updated* clarifications just shows how barbaric Texas’ abortion ban is. And the bill still doesn’t remove major criminal penalties or expand abortion access to cases of fetal anomalies, rape or incest.
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weird, what could explain this
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
weird, what could explain this
Really great and informative book that I think about a lot, I very much recommend giving it a read
"why is any of this happening" is a question largely answered by my book btw!!!! in case you were wondering!!!
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Wild Faith: How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America
How the Christian Right Is Taking Over America
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April 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Really great and informative book that I think about a lot, I very much recommend giving it a read
How could people have possibly known that Trump was going to do what he promised every single day on the campaign trail
every ceo that publicly backed trump should be fired today for being a goddam idiot that willfully and actively advocated for destroying their own business
April 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
How could people have possibly known that Trump was going to do what he promised every single day on the campaign trail
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NEW: Friends of Neri Alvarado, rotting in a Salvadoran prison on Trump's orders, made a video highlighting his volunteer work helping neurodiverse children learn to swim. Neri was sent there after someone at ICE thought his autism awareness tattoo was a gang tattoo.
Vid posted by Noah Lanard on X.
Vid posted by Noah Lanard on X.
March 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
NEW: Friends of Neri Alvarado, rotting in a Salvadoran prison on Trump's orders, made a video highlighting his volunteer work helping neurodiverse children learn to swim. Neri was sent there after someone at ICE thought his autism awareness tattoo was a gang tattoo.
Vid posted by Noah Lanard on X.
Vid posted by Noah Lanard on X.
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A new study from @mmfa.bsky.social reaches the obvious conclusion: "The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces"
This is, IMO, the single greatest threat to the left in the US, and the one to which it is most blind.
This is, IMO, the single greatest threat to the left in the US, and the one to which it is most blind.
The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces
As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, the influence of this media ecosystem becomes more prominent — and Media Matters has found that the most popular of this conte...
www.mediamatters.org
March 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A new study from @mmfa.bsky.social reaches the obvious conclusion: "The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces"
This is, IMO, the single greatest threat to the left in the US, and the one to which it is most blind.
This is, IMO, the single greatest threat to the left in the US, and the one to which it is most blind.
Incredibly insightful study from the great @ohhkaygo.bsky.social and her team!
As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows, this media ecosystem becomes more influential. A new Media Matters’ study shows how overwhelmingly right-leaning this ecosystem is -- with nearly five times the following of left-leaning online shows. www.mediamatters.org/google/right...
March 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Incredibly insightful study from the great @ohhkaygo.bsky.social and her team!
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As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows, this media ecosystem becomes more influential. A new Media Matters’ study shows how overwhelmingly right-leaning this ecosystem is -- with nearly five times the following of left-leaning online shows. www.mediamatters.org/google/right...
March 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows, this media ecosystem becomes more influential. A new Media Matters’ study shows how overwhelmingly right-leaning this ecosystem is -- with nearly five times the following of left-leaning online shows. www.mediamatters.org/google/right...
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They voted for it to happen to someone else though bsky.app/profile/carl...
“.. We’re just in such a state of shock. We just don’t really even know how to respond,” Gilkerson said. “Everyone thinks all farmers voted for this, but we did not vote for this.”
@nbcnews.com 🚜
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@nbcnews.com 🚜
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March 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
They voted for it to happen to someone else though bsky.app/profile/carl...
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This is what Gavin Newsom and the consultant class endorses when they try to play footsie with people opposed to trans people's very existence. There is no polite, liberal way to push people out of public life--you ultimately need the state to inspect people's bodies and enforce compliance.
There are two transgender girls in the state of Maine competing in girls’ sports.
There are now SIX federal agencies investigating the state.
Here is our latest @propublica.org story with @bangordailynews.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/main...
There are now SIX federal agencies investigating the state.
Here is our latest @propublica.org story with @bangordailynews.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/main...
Two Transgender Girls, Six Federal Agencies. How Trump Is Trying to Pressure Maine Into Obedience.
Maine said it wouldn’t break state law to follow President Donald Trump’s order barring transgender girls from playing girls’ sports. Then came a barrage of investigations and threats targeting the st...
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March 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This is what Gavin Newsom and the consultant class endorses when they try to play footsie with people opposed to trans people's very existence. There is no polite, liberal way to push people out of public life--you ultimately need the state to inspect people's bodies and enforce compliance.
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The Federalist calls for a return to the US's more racist, pre-1965 immigration policy and implicitly backs national quotas.
"The plain fact is that an Afrikaner farmer[...]will assimilate to our American way of life much faster and more easily than a Muslim from the Middle East..."
"The plain fact is that an Afrikaner farmer[...]will assimilate to our American way of life much faster and more easily than a Muslim from the Middle East..."
March 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Federalist calls for a return to the US's more racist, pre-1965 immigration policy and implicitly backs national quotas.
"The plain fact is that an Afrikaner farmer[...]will assimilate to our American way of life much faster and more easily than a Muslim from the Middle East..."
"The plain fact is that an Afrikaner farmer[...]will assimilate to our American way of life much faster and more easily than a Muslim from the Middle East..."
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The embrace and protection of Andrew Tate at the highest level of US government tells you everything you need to know about this rotten administration. They worship at the altar of abusing women and girls. Their version of morality supports sex trafficking under the guise of camming
February 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The embrace and protection of Andrew Tate at the highest level of US government tells you everything you need to know about this rotten administration. They worship at the altar of abusing women and girls. Their version of morality supports sex trafficking under the guise of camming
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Maybe the most illustrative sentence about what’s going on that I’ve read in weeks.
February 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Maybe the most illustrative sentence about what’s going on that I’ve read in weeks.
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Sick shit. Truly sick. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Invasive frisks, suicide attempts: Three migrants describe Guantánamo detention
Three migrants sent to Guantánamo said they were denied calls to loved ones, subjected to humiliating strip searches and left in isolation for prolonged periods.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Sick shit. Truly sick. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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has a single mainstream journalist acknowledged that it was a massive media failure to treat project 2025 as a closed issue just bc trump lied a couple of times about not supporting it
February 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
has a single mainstream journalist acknowledged that it was a massive media failure to treat project 2025 as a closed issue just bc trump lied a couple of times about not supporting it
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Millions of people wanted more of this and it really turns my stomach.
January 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Millions of people wanted more of this and it really turns my stomach.
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Incredibly important point about how allegedly "liberal" concern trolls were clutch in making this happen. The likes of Jesse Singal and Pamela Paul hyper-focused on children, to create the illusion that trans is just a "trend."
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This is Why We've Been Yelling About This
A Service Post Analyzing Trump's Gender Affirming Care Ban
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January 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Incredibly important point about how allegedly "liberal" concern trolls were clutch in making this happen. The likes of Jesse Singal and Pamela Paul hyper-focused on children, to create the illusion that trans is just a "trend."
adriandaub.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
adriandaub.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
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On day one Trump's EO said we were harmful to kids. On day two, it said we were dishonorable and disloyal. On day three, it said we were unAmerican.
Transgender people have been a part of this country for centuries.
We are not going anywhere.
Do not comply with these EOs, they are not law.
Transgender people have been a part of this country for centuries.
We are not going anywhere.
Do not comply with these EOs, they are not law.
January 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
On day one Trump's EO said we were harmful to kids. On day two, it said we were dishonorable and disloyal. On day three, it said we were unAmerican.
Transgender people have been a part of this country for centuries.
We are not going anywhere.
Do not comply with these EOs, they are not law.
Transgender people have been a part of this country for centuries.
We are not going anywhere.
Do not comply with these EOs, they are not law.
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this is an utterly horrifying document that seeks to erase trans kids from being able to exist in schools as well as reimpose their christofascist "education" platform
regardless of the success or failure of the guaranteed legal challenges - which I fervently hope succeed - this is pure evil
regardless of the success or failure of the guaranteed legal challenges - which I fervently hope succeed - this is pure evil
BREAKING: Trump signs an executive order that attempts to restrict all schools that receive federal funds from protecting trans and nonbinary students or supporting diversity measures, while at the same time purporting to advance "patriotic education." www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Trump-Education-EO
www.documentcloud.org
January 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
this is an utterly horrifying document that seeks to erase trans kids from being able to exist in schools as well as reimpose their christofascist "education" platform
regardless of the success or failure of the guaranteed legal challenges - which I fervently hope succeed - this is pure evil
regardless of the success or failure of the guaranteed legal challenges - which I fervently hope succeed - this is pure evil