Jennifer Hooks
@gwen0000.bsky.social
Born in Iowa and living blue in red Texas.
"...He answered them warmly. I pushed and he pushed back. We found points of agreement and points of deep disagreement. That’s called civic life. It’s how adults in a healthy democracy communicate...."
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What a Jew learned from meeting Zohran Mamdani | The Jerusalem Post
I have no reason to believe that Zohran Mamdani is antisemitic or remotely close to that. But I learned that we must argue better. Respectfully, and truthfully, without demonizing the other side.
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October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"...He answered them warmly. I pushed and he pushed back. We found points of agreement and points of deep disagreement. That’s called civic life. It’s how adults in a healthy democracy communicate...."
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Wells Fargo scammed millions of people by opening fake accounts. The Trump Administration just reduced a former Wells Fargo exec's $10 million fine to $0.
Trump is making life more affordable for Wall Street executives — and more expensive for everyone else.
Trump is making life more affordable for Wall Street executives — and more expensive for everyone else.
October 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Wells Fargo scammed millions of people by opening fake accounts. The Trump Administration just reduced a former Wells Fargo exec's $10 million fine to $0.
Trump is making life more affordable for Wall Street executives — and more expensive for everyone else.
Trump is making life more affordable for Wall Street executives — and more expensive for everyone else.
Anyone on Threads notice that the Q-MAGA seems to have taken over? Or at least their Russian 'bot actors have.
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Anyone on Threads notice that the Q-MAGA seems to have taken over? Or at least their Russian 'bot actors have.
The language may mislead voters into believing noncitizens are voting en masse. This is a redundant and unnecessary alarmist proposition. Please vote no on Prop 16!
#Texas
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#Texas
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What to know about Proposition 16 on citizenship and voting
The proposed constitutional amendment would affirm that voters must be citizens, a requirement that’s already in state law.
www.texastribune.org
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The language may mislead voters into believing noncitizens are voting en masse. This is a redundant and unnecessary alarmist proposition. Please vote no on Prop 16!
#Texas
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#Texas
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Despite not having approval from the DC Historic Committee; despite the shutdown that cancelled so many paychecks (but not Congress); the ballroom continues.
October 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Despite not having approval from the DC Historic Committee; despite the shutdown that cancelled so many paychecks (but not Congress); the ballroom continues.
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"...she witnessed agents dragging residents, including children — some naked or improperly clothed — out of the building and into U-Haul vans. Children were separated from their mothers,..."
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in #Chicago
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ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in #Chicago
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ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
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October 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
"...she witnessed agents dragging residents, including children — some naked or improperly clothed — out of the building and into U-Haul vans. Children were separated from their mothers,..."
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in #Chicago
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ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in #Chicago
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"...liberals never complaining about the charity they sent to rural America. In return, too many farmers smeared the cities footing the bill as “fraud and waste,” while tolerating and amplifying racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic, and transphobic garbage....."
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This farmer really doesn’t want to face the consequences of his vote
Things are bad for farmers. President Donald Trump’s mass deportations are decimating their workforce, his trade wars are restricting key markets like China, and his inflationary policies are ...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"...liberals never complaining about the charity they sent to rural America. In return, too many farmers smeared the cities footing the bill as “fraud and waste,” while tolerating and amplifying racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic, and transphobic garbage....."
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Wait.
Wasn't it @gregabbotttx.bsky.social who said #Uvalde "could have been worse"??
How the fuck can you justify that, while denigrating people's 1st Amendment rights to free speech?
Fuck you. Fuck all you Q MAGA dumbass racist christian nationalist fucks.
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Wasn't it @gregabbotttx.bsky.social who said #Uvalde "could have been worse"??
How the fuck can you justify that, while denigrating people's 1st Amendment rights to free speech?
Fuck you. Fuck all you Q MAGA dumbass racist christian nationalist fucks.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Here's Abbott's message after Charlie Kirk arrest at Texas Tech goes viral
"F--k around and find out."
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September 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Wait.
Wasn't it @gregabbotttx.bsky.social who said #Uvalde "could have been worse"??
How the fuck can you justify that, while denigrating people's 1st Amendment rights to free speech?
Fuck you. Fuck all you Q MAGA dumbass racist christian nationalist fucks.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
Wasn't it @gregabbotttx.bsky.social who said #Uvalde "could have been worse"??
How the fuck can you justify that, while denigrating people's 1st Amendment rights to free speech?
Fuck you. Fuck all you Q MAGA dumbass racist christian nationalist fucks.
www.chron.com/politics/art...
@ENERGY.bsky.social @GOP.bsky.social @housegop.bsky.social @SenateGOP.bsky.social
And Donald cancelled the offshore site that is 80% completed.
And Donald cancelled the offshore site that is 80% completed.
September 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
@ENERGY.bsky.social @GOP.bsky.social @housegop.bsky.social @SenateGOP.bsky.social
And Donald cancelled the offshore site that is 80% completed.
And Donald cancelled the offshore site that is 80% completed.
@theonion.bsky.social Is this your doing? Please?
"Think about that, the 250th birthday of the United States of America, the UFC will be on the White House south lawn live on CBS."
@HouseGOP.bsky.social have lost their fucking minds.
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"Think about that, the 250th birthday of the United States of America, the UFC will be on the White House south lawn live on CBS."
@HouseGOP.bsky.social have lost their fucking minds.
www.espn.com/mma/story/_/...
White: UFC fight at White House 'going to happen'
UFC CEO Dana White said a fight night at the White House on the Fourth of July next year is "absolutely going to happen."
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September 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
@theonion.bsky.social Is this your doing? Please?
"Think about that, the 250th birthday of the United States of America, the UFC will be on the White House south lawn live on CBS."
@HouseGOP.bsky.social have lost their fucking minds.
www.espn.com/mma/story/_/...
"Think about that, the 250th birthday of the United States of America, the UFC will be on the White House south lawn live on CBS."
@HouseGOP.bsky.social have lost their fucking minds.
www.espn.com/mma/story/_/...
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CNN put together a clip of RKF Jr denying today he linked antidepressants and mass shootings, followed by a clip of RFK Jr last week linking antidepressants and mass shootings
September 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
CNN put together a clip of RKF Jr denying today he linked antidepressants and mass shootings, followed by a clip of RFK Jr last week linking antidepressants and mass shootings
Reposted by Jennifer Hooks
Anyone who listened to RFK Jr. yesterday knows that he was at "the top of his class" at school in the same way that other idiot, Donald Trump, was. He was *definitely* not.
Also, what would Nancy Reagan make of his "Just Say Yes To Drugs" campaign?
But all that liquor helps explain his policies.
Also, what would Nancy Reagan make of his "Just Say Yes To Drugs" campaign?
But all that liquor helps explain his policies.
"I was at the bottom of my class. I started doing heroin, and I went to the top of my class. Suddenly I could sit still and I could read."
We’re not doctors but it kinda seem like this should’ve been disqualifying 🤷🏻♂️
We’re not doctors but it kinda seem like this should’ve been disqualifying 🤷🏻♂️
September 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Anyone who listened to RFK Jr. yesterday knows that he was at "the top of his class" at school in the same way that other idiot, Donald Trump, was. He was *definitely* not.
Also, what would Nancy Reagan make of his "Just Say Yes To Drugs" campaign?
But all that liquor helps explain his policies.
Also, what would Nancy Reagan make of his "Just Say Yes To Drugs" campaign?
But all that liquor helps explain his policies.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedems.bsky.social
Why should blue states stand on constitutional ceremony when the Trump-packed Supreme Court refuses to?
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Why should blue states stand on constitutional ceremony when the Trump-packed Supreme Court refuses to?
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A new kind of civil war is here — and this is the only way to fight back
Don’t despair as authoritarianism marches around us. There is a thing that comes next. And it may come soon, as the realization spreads that blue states contribute the lion’s share of resources fundin...
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September 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
@housedemocrats.bsky.social @senatedems.bsky.social
Why should blue states stand on constitutional ceremony when the Trump-packed Supreme Court refuses to?
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Why should blue states stand on constitutional ceremony when the Trump-packed Supreme Court refuses to?
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I peed myself a little reading these:
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"...BROOKE ROLLINS, AGRICULTURE SECRETARY: Thank you for saving college football, by the way. We’re all very grateful."...
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"...BROOKE ROLLINS, AGRICULTURE SECRETARY: Thank you for saving college football, by the way. We’re all very grateful."...
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MSNBC’s Jen Psaki Busts Out Laughing At Trump Cabinet Sucking Up In Brutal Montage
MSNBC host Jen Psaki busted out laughing at the sycophantic praise being doled out in a brutal montage from President Donald Trump's cabinet meeting.
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August 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I peed myself a little reading these:
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"...BROOKE ROLLINS, AGRICULTURE SECRETARY: Thank you for saving college football, by the way. We’re all very grateful."...
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/msn...
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"...BROOKE ROLLINS, AGRICULTURE SECRETARY: Thank you for saving college football, by the way. We’re all very grateful."...
www.mediaite.com/media/tv/msn...
“Trump’s decision to halt work on the Revolution Wind project – which is 80% complete! – is another example of his corruption. The project was fully permitted and almost done but his oil industry backers don’t want it.”
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“Trump Personally Signed Off on Killing These Jobs” Says Construction Union Boss
The Trump administration on Friday issued an order to stop work on the offshore wind energy project, Revolution Wind, which is reportedly 80 percent complete. The White House justified the stop-work
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August 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“Trump’s decision to halt work on the Revolution Wind project – which is 80% complete! – is another example of his corruption. The project was fully permitted and almost done but his oil industry backers don’t want it.”
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"...Conservatives, who a decade ago used military training to cast Obama as a dictator wannabe, now cheer on Trump as he pushes closer and closer to authoritarian rule...."
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Republicans freaked out about military maneuvers a decade ago. Now, not so much. | Opinion
There was a time when Republicans spread panic over President Barack Obama doing military exercises. Now they cheer Trump's use of military.
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August 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"...Conservatives, who a decade ago used military training to cast Obama as a dictator wannabe, now cheer on Trump as he pushes closer and closer to authoritarian rule...."
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"...Created in 1965, the SCSEP is designed to help low-income, out-of-work people aged 55 and older find work by providing paid on-the-job training at nonprofit and public facilities. This includes working at schools, hospitals and daycare centers...."
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Trump administration halts $300M in job program funding for low-income seniors — suddenly leaving thousands struggling to afford their basic needs
But there may be light at the end of the tunnel.
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August 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"...Created in 1965, the SCSEP is designed to help low-income, out-of-work people aged 55 and older find work by providing paid on-the-job training at nonprofit and public facilities. This includes working at schools, hospitals and daycare centers...."
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"...I want to go beyond that and say this is an obvious pathology. It's an obsession of his. It lives. One of his staffers said to me, ‘He must dream about fat Black women.'"...
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Trump Rages About 'Fat Black Women' in Revenge Rants: Author
What the latest victim of Trump’s ire reveals about the MAGA figurehead’s long-held bias and fear, according to biographer.
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August 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"...I want to go beyond that and say this is an obvious pathology. It's an obsession of his. It lives. One of his staffers said to me, ‘He must dream about fat Black women.'"...
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"...As it turns out, the people who pioneered the slogan “Fuck your feelings” are impossibly delicate souls...."
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MAGA World Is So Close to Getting It
Gavin Newsom’s parodies are riling people up—and they don’t quite seem to understand why.
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August 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"...As it turns out, the people who pioneered the slogan “Fuck your feelings” are impossibly delicate souls...."
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