Dana Houle
@danahoule.bsky.social
Family’s first HS grad. Worked in labor/Did policy/Elected Dems/Stint on Cap Hill. Blogged+pieces for WaPo/TNR/etc. Got rare disease, nearly died 5 times. Detroiter in Chicago. Husband. Dad to twins. Gardener. Getting healthy.
Actually lives in IL-09
Actually lives in IL-09
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Dana Houle
@danahoule.bsky.social
· Jan 1
“Hopefulness is hard-earned, makes demands upon us, and can often feel like the most indefensible and lonely place on Earth. Hopefulness is not a neutral position either. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism.”
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
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I don’t have any insight into what they are going to do here—& to a grim extent there isn’t anything that can prevent this, as ludicrous & offensive as it is—but what people have to realize is that Trump & his understudies are reflexively opposed to acknowledging limitations on their power.
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:51 PM
I don’t have any insight into what they are going to do here—& to a grim extent there isn’t anything that can prevent this, as ludicrous & offensive as it is—but what people have to realize is that Trump & his understudies are reflexively opposed to acknowledging limitations on their power.
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Gangster morality is an inexhaustible round of triumph and revenge, defeat and resentment.
- Albert Camus (tr. Anthony Bower)
- Albert Camus (tr. Anthony Bower)
December 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Gangster morality is an inexhaustible round of triumph and revenge, defeat and resentment.
- Albert Camus (tr. Anthony Bower)
- Albert Camus (tr. Anthony Bower)
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"The Monroe Doctrine was a policy born of US weakness and discarded as soon as the US became a world power" should be something that all journalists know
January 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM
"The Monroe Doctrine was a policy born of US weakness and discarded as soon as the US became a world power" should be something that all journalists know
Can anyone explain to me today’s Bluesky controversy about the person who is not Sky & is not a historian?
January 6, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Can anyone explain to me today’s Bluesky controversy about the person who is not Sky & is not a historian?
This is grotesque.
Marina Corina Machado was just on Hannity's show effusively kissing up to Trump, including offering to share the Nobel Prize with him
January 6, 2026 at 4:19 AM
This is grotesque.
Things won’t get better if people confuse having a spine with whether 53 is greater than 47 or 220 is greater than 215.
January 6, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Things won’t get better if people confuse having a spine with whether 53 is greater than 47 or 220 is greater than 215.
They were almost all in the House when the Republicans had the majority & could dictate what went to the floor.
I’m pretty sure there have been zero House votes to repeal the ACA when Dems were in control
47 is not greater than 53, 215 is not greater than 220. Majorities control votes.
I’m pretty sure there have been zero House votes to repeal the ACA when Dems were in control
47 is not greater than 53, 215 is not greater than 220. Majorities control votes.
The Republican Party tried and failed more than 60 times to repeal Obamacare when they were out of power.
60 fucking times.
Maybe Democrats should consider trying to impeach Trump more than *twice*?
60 fucking times.
Maybe Democrats should consider trying to impeach Trump more than *twice*?
January 6, 2026 at 3:54 AM
They were almost all in the House when the Republicans had the majority & could dictate what went to the floor.
I’m pretty sure there have been zero House votes to repeal the ACA when Dems were in control
47 is not greater than 53, 215 is not greater than 220. Majorities control votes.
I’m pretty sure there have been zero House votes to repeal the ACA when Dems were in control
47 is not greater than 53, 215 is not greater than 220. Majorities control votes.
Jennifer was a long-time TV news producer. She knows what she’s talking about.
Is this for real? My god what a f*ck up. His read started rough, way to nervous & uneven but the end here is about as big a mess as you’ll see on the network evening news. Truth is that every local news anchor in the country had a better show tonight than this guy…
"First day... first day, big problems here. Uh, are we going to Kelly here or are we gonna go..."
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fir...
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fir...
January 6, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Jennifer was a long-time TV news producer. She knows what she’s talking about.
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really feel sick after covering the predictable uses of grok imagine on x (formerly twitter) to generate nonconsensual intimate images & sexualized images of kids. even covering fatal & injurious car crashes from defective tech cannot prepare one for this.
January 6, 2026 at 2:33 AM
really feel sick after covering the predictable uses of grok imagine on x (formerly twitter) to generate nonconsensual intimate images & sexualized images of kids. even covering fatal & injurious car crashes from defective tech cannot prepare one for this.
“When Donald Trump said we’re going to take their oil, I think he thinks it’s a stick up” — @Maddow (possibly not verbatim)
January 6, 2026 at 2:26 AM
“When Donald Trump said we’re going to take their oil, I think he thinks it’s a stick up” — @Maddow (possibly not verbatim)
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For sure Trump himself lacks the ability to think ahead, but I doubt any of his inner circle has that insight too. They do things geared to the X crowd and political betting markets.
They want to think they're playing 4D chess, but they're playing go fish and it doesn't take much to see thru it
They want to think they're playing 4D chess, but they're playing go fish and it doesn't take much to see thru it
January 6, 2026 at 12:52 AM
For sure Trump himself lacks the ability to think ahead, but I doubt any of his inner circle has that insight too. They do things geared to the X crowd and political betting markets.
They want to think they're playing 4D chess, but they're playing go fish and it doesn't take much to see thru it
They want to think they're playing 4D chess, but they're playing go fish and it doesn't take much to see thru it
The “he’s doing x to distract from Y” theory is wrong
However, I think it’s possible that they’re doing X & Z & PDQASAP because:
A. He’s so addled that it’s his inner circle unleashed (including Uday, Qusay, & Jared), &
B. They’re desperate. They know they’re in deep trouble & headed to jail.
However, I think it’s possible that they’re doing X & Z & PDQASAP because:
A. He’s so addled that it’s his inner circle unleashed (including Uday, Qusay, & Jared), &
B. They’re desperate. They know they’re in deep trouble & headed to jail.
The “it’s a distraction” theory is circular. He’s doing A to distract from B. But he’s also doing C, D, E, & F. F is to distract from D, C is to distract from A, E is to distract from F…no, reality is he’s just always doing crazy shit. Lots of it. And it’s not a strategy, it’s bc he wants to do it
Look, *I* could be wrong. But I really don't think this is a distraction from domestic affairs, because Trump's international obsessions are a separate branch of lunatic policymaking - e.g. his Greenland fixation.
Conflating the two spheres just takes away from the ramifications.
Conflating the two spheres just takes away from the ramifications.
January 6, 2026 at 12:47 AM
The “he’s doing x to distract from Y” theory is wrong
However, I think it’s possible that they’re doing X & Z & PDQASAP because:
A. He’s so addled that it’s his inner circle unleashed (including Uday, Qusay, & Jared), &
B. They’re desperate. They know they’re in deep trouble & headed to jail.
However, I think it’s possible that they’re doing X & Z & PDQASAP because:
A. He’s so addled that it’s his inner circle unleashed (including Uday, Qusay, & Jared), &
B. They’re desperate. They know they’re in deep trouble & headed to jail.
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Remember early last year when he had the dams opened in Northern California "so the firefighters could have water"? And all he did was deprive the most Republican part of California of water they knew they'd need six months later?
This is the same kinda deal. He thinks he's helping, but he's not.
This is the same kinda deal. He thinks he's helping, but he's not.
January 6, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Remember early last year when he had the dams opened in Northern California "so the firefighters could have water"? And all he did was deprive the most Republican part of California of water they knew they'd need six months later?
This is the same kinda deal. He thinks he's helping, but he's not.
This is the same kinda deal. He thinks he's helping, but he's not.
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They don't, that's the thing. They wanted less regulations & to avoid paying to clean up their messes while they transition to a post-oil world.
They don't want Orinoco tar that can't be sold for less than $50 a barrel to make money. But Trump’s brain can't process that because it's stuck in 1987.
They don't want Orinoco tar that can't be sold for less than $50 a barrel to make money. But Trump’s brain can't process that because it's stuck in 1987.
January 6, 2026 at 12:34 AM
They don't, that's the thing. They wanted less regulations & to avoid paying to clean up their messes while they transition to a post-oil world.
They don't want Orinoco tar that can't be sold for less than $50 a barrel to make money. But Trump’s brain can't process that because it's stuck in 1987.
They don't want Orinoco tar that can't be sold for less than $50 a barrel to make money. But Trump’s brain can't process that because it's stuck in 1987.
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
Miller blather about Greenland should get a response from hundreds or even thousands of retired military staging that they are outraged that he wants to send US troops to war against our NATO allies & that he should be immediately fired
If Miller himself becomes the topic it screws Trump.
If Miller himself becomes the topic it screws Trump.
January 6, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Miller blather about Greenland should get a response from hundreds or even thousands of retired military staging that they are outraged that he wants to send US troops to war against our NATO allies & that he should be immediately fired
If Miller himself becomes the topic it screws Trump.
If Miller himself becomes the topic it screws Trump.
This can’t be a real account.
Can it?
Can it?
January 6, 2026 at 12:16 AM
This can’t be a real account.
Can it?
Can it?
I wonder if the Trumpers tried to get a stronger presence on the ground in Venezuela but the military figured out ways to limit it to a quick raid by Delta & nothing more.
January 6, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I wonder if the Trumpers tried to get a stronger presence on the ground in Venezuela but the military figured out ways to limit it to a quick raid by Delta & nothing more.
Also, if you get sick?
Stay home.
But if you absolutely have to go out in public,
Wear
A
Fucking
Mask
Stay home.
But if you absolutely have to go out in public,
Wear
A
Fucking
Mask
The current flu out there is seriously brutal. Everybody needs to be vaccinated against flu and COVID-19 too—no matter what propaganda is being spread by RFK Jr. When the health secretary gives medical advice, get a second opinion.
Flu is rising rapidly, driven by a new variant. Here's what to know
Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday that after a slow start to flu season in early December, mu...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Also, if you get sick?
Stay home.
But if you absolutely have to go out in public,
Wear
A
Fucking
Mask
Stay home.
But if you absolutely have to go out in public,
Wear
A
Fucking
Mask
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THEY LITERALLY *ARE* FORCING A VOTE ON THE ACA SUBSIDIES THIS WEEK.
Folks, I don't know what to tell you, but people's brains are fucking broken and there's nothing you can do to out-message this kind of deranged mindset.
January 5, 2026 at 11:09 PM
THEY LITERALLY *ARE* FORCING A VOTE ON THE ACA SUBSIDIES THIS WEEK.
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Also I think this misreads thing in a very Bluesky way. These normies are mad at Republicans first and foremost. Yeah they’re annoyed with Schumer (as stand in for older Dems) but their ire is pointed elsewhere
January 5, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Also I think this misreads thing in a very Bluesky way. These normies are mad at Republicans first and foremost. Yeah they’re annoyed with Schumer (as stand in for older Dems) but their ire is pointed elsewhere
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Wine moms have been right since 2016 but some people have unresolved parent issues and won’t forgive them for wearing cringe hats
we've got some ICE shit going down in our little town today and it took like three minutes for a convoy of wine moms to start chasing them around town. normies hate this shit and are putting in the work
January 5, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Wine moms have been right since 2016 but some people have unresolved parent issues and won’t forgive them for wearing cringe hats
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I fucking hate this Trumpism where he denies doing something (waging war without Congress) but also says it would be ok if he did.
Over and over. A fake denial. And then laying the groundwork for it still being fine when the lie is exposed.
Over and over. A fake denial. And then laying the groundwork for it still being fine when the lie is exposed.
TRUMP SAYS WOULD NOT NEED LAWMAKERS TO ACT IN ORDER FOR HIM TO SEND U.S. TROOPS BACK INTO VENEZUELA .
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I fucking hate this Trumpism where he denies doing something (waging war without Congress) but also says it would be ok if he did.
Over and over. A fake denial. And then laying the groundwork for it still being fine when the lie is exposed.
Over and over. A fake denial. And then laying the groundwork for it still being fine when the lie is exposed.
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If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 PM
If the biggest donor to the DCCC/DNC ran a website where you could use AI to take women's clothes off I feel like there'd be a demand for Dems to give the money back.
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Plus, the Venezuelan constitution itself had ALREADY picked her -- she's the VICE PRESIDENT, after all; that's LITERALLY HER ONLY JOB.
It would be like him "picking" Charles III to succeed Elizabeth II: "Yes, thanks for your input, that IS the way it works, yes"
It would be like him "picking" Charles III to succeed Elizabeth II: "Yes, thanks for your input, that IS the way it works, yes"
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Plus, the Venezuelan constitution itself had ALREADY picked her -- she's the VICE PRESIDENT, after all; that's LITERALLY HER ONLY JOB.
It would be like him "picking" Charles III to succeed Elizabeth II: "Yes, thanks for your input, that IS the way it works, yes"
It would be like him "picking" Charles III to succeed Elizabeth II: "Yes, thanks for your input, that IS the way it works, yes"