Henry Hoenig
@henryhoenig.bsky.social
Ex-WSJ, ex-Bloomberg.
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this is who we are.
SOS: Migrants held in Texas fear notorious El Salvador prison
Venezuelan detainees in Texas fear the Trump administration will send them to El Salvador's notorious CECOT maximum security prison.
www.reuters.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
this is who we are.
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April 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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New from 404 Media: ICE just paid Palantir tens of millions for "complete target analysis of known populations." Shows Palantir is actively working on, and updating, the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts
www.404media.co/ice-just-pai...
www.404media.co/ice-just-pai...
ICE Just Paid Palantir Tens of Millions for ‘Complete Target Analysis of Known Populations’
The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts which could soon impact U.S. citizens.
www.404media.co
April 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
New from 404 Media: ICE just paid Palantir tens of millions for "complete target analysis of known populations." Shows Palantir is actively working on, and updating, the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts
www.404media.co/ice-just-pai...
www.404media.co/ice-just-pai...
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I'm in contact with student journalists around here too and yeah same. Lots of college papers about to have entirely "Staff writer" bylines
The student paper at the college at which I teach reports a "tsunami of takedown requests" from international students terrified of being targeted for innocuous, legitimate op-eds & opinions.. Many ask in person--leave no trace in writing. Reminds me of my father's account of studying in the USSR.
April 16, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I'm in contact with student journalists around here too and yeah same. Lots of college papers about to have entirely "Staff writer" bylines
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Is there anybody in the world at this point who looks at what's going on today and thinks Trump's US is a fully functioning democracy? Seriously, guys, democracies don't banish the wire services from their leaders' open-to-the-press events. www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/m...
The Trump White House is axing the wire service spot from the coverage pool, the latest salvo in its battle with the AP | CNN Business
Instead of restoring access to The Associated Press newswire, as required by a federal judge, the Trump administration is removing the wire position in the daily press corps rotation altogether.
www.cnn.com
April 16, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Is there anybody in the world at this point who looks at what's going on today and thinks Trump's US is a fully functioning democracy? Seriously, guys, democracies don't banish the wire services from their leaders' open-to-the-press events. www.cnn.com/2025/04/15/m...
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Hecklers at Marjorie Greene’s rally were met with police violence and stun guns. And the crowd roared in approval.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
2 Protesters at Marjorie Taylor Greene Town Hall Are Subdued With Stun Guns
Three people, including the two who were subdued with stun guns, were arrested.
www.nytimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Hecklers at Marjorie Greene’s rally were met with police violence and stun guns. And the crowd roared in approval.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
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Noticed a bunch of these ornate gold medallions slapped all over the Oval Office. We found em on Alibaba. “High-density Home Decoration Polyurethane Appliques Ornament PU Foam Veneer Accessories” from seller Guangzhou Homemax Decorative Material Limited.
sherwood.news/power/shop-t...
sherwood.news/power/shop-t...
April 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Noticed a bunch of these ornate gold medallions slapped all over the Oval Office. We found em on Alibaba. “High-density Home Decoration Polyurethane Appliques Ornament PU Foam Veneer Accessories” from seller Guangzhou Homemax Decorative Material Limited.
sherwood.news/power/shop-t...
sherwood.news/power/shop-t...
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When a student is snatched from campus & denied due process, speak up. When a student protestor is harassed for their viewpoint, stand in their defense. When you’re told to keep silent about diversity by a potential employer, walk away.
We must ask: What, in this hour, are we willing to risk?
We must ask: What, in this hour, are we willing to risk?
April 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
When a student is snatched from campus & denied due process, speak up. When a student protestor is harassed for their viewpoint, stand in their defense. When you’re told to keep silent about diversity by a potential employer, walk away.
We must ask: What, in this hour, are we willing to risk?
We must ask: What, in this hour, are we willing to risk?
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We are pulling on one thread in the far right coalition: the strain of apocalyptic imaginary alongside a future vision of a gated city (celestial, earthly, digital, extra-planetary).
It's not the entire story of neofascism today.
Let's share others, like this: gilbert-achcar.net/age-of-neofa...
It's not the entire story of neofascism today.
Let's share others, like this: gilbert-achcar.net/age-of-neofa...
April 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
We are pulling on one thread in the far right coalition: the strain of apocalyptic imaginary alongside a future vision of a gated city (celestial, earthly, digital, extra-planetary).
It's not the entire story of neofascism today.
Let's share others, like this: gilbert-achcar.net/age-of-neofa...
It's not the entire story of neofascism today.
Let's share others, like this: gilbert-achcar.net/age-of-neofa...
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The televised Oval Office meeting with Bukele is mockery. They’re mocking the press, their opposition, the courts, and the entire concept of justice. They’re mocking everyone who isn’t them. The abuser’s playbook yet again.
April 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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👇🎯🧵 We’re here. This is it. The entire ballgame. There is no further moment to wait for, or further questions about what this is. It’s either this, or we’re done.
I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe."
But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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April 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
👇🎯🧵 We’re here. This is it. The entire ballgame. There is no further moment to wait for, or further questions about what this is. It’s either this, or we’re done.
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Pundits hate simplicity. If something is simple you don’t have to have pundit expertise to explain it.
Trump Cabinet now has a public record as the stupidest Cabinet in history.
This isn’t complicated. They are stupid rich people. Any analysis that doesn’t begin with their stupidity is stupid.
Trump Cabinet now has a public record as the stupidest Cabinet in history.
This isn’t complicated. They are stupid rich people. Any analysis that doesn’t begin with their stupidity is stupid.
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Wait til he finds out about automation.
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Wait til he finds out about automation.
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This is what happens when people speak up.
April 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is what happens when people speak up.
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This does not mean we can’t recover. Again, it’s not doomerism. But you can’t look at the last two months & honestly say that we currently live under a political regime where either the rule of law or the constitution currently operate. Both are being openly shredded on a daily basis.
March 31, 2025 at 5:11 AM
This does not mean we can’t recover. Again, it’s not doomerism. But you can’t look at the last two months & honestly say that we currently live under a political regime where either the rule of law or the constitution currently operate. Both are being openly shredded on a daily basis.
A generation of college students incapable of sustained engagement with the printed word.
Such rich, fertile ground for fascism.
Such rich, fertile ground for fascism.
The average college student today
How things have changed
hilariusbookbinder.substack.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
A generation of college students incapable of sustained engagement with the printed word.
Such rich, fertile ground for fascism.
Such rich, fertile ground for fascism.
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A North Carolina Republican who lost in his state Supreme Court race last November is trying to get the courts to overturn the election results by throwing out 60,000 votes. But now we learn that he was photographed wearing a Confederate uniform. Why am I not surprised?
North Carolina judge challenging outcome of race wore Confederate uniform in college photo
A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb and posing before a Confederate battle flag when he was a member of a colleg...
apnews.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A North Carolina Republican who lost in his state Supreme Court race last November is trying to get the courts to overturn the election results by throwing out 60,000 votes. But now we learn that he was photographed wearing a Confederate uniform. Why am I not surprised?
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They’ll never accept it, but everyone who cast a vote for Donald Trump did real, generations-long damage to the United States and the west in exchange for essentially nothing of value.
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
They’ll never accept it, but everyone who cast a vote for Donald Trump did real, generations-long damage to the United States and the west in exchange for essentially nothing of value.
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Chain gangs never went away. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
Mississippi Sheriff Used Inmate Labor for Family Farm
In Mississippi, incarcerated trusties cleaned chicken houses, fixed cars and installed flooring for the benefit of a local sheriff and his associates, a new investigation found.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Chain gangs never went away. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
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"Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes in the company as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs, according to previously unreported court records..."
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China
As a U.S. military contractor, SpaceX sees allowing Chinese ownership as fraught. But it will allow the investment if it comes through secrecy hubs like the Cayman Islands, court records say. “It is c...
www.propublica.org
March 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
"Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes in the company as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs, according to previously unreported court records..."
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
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I for one will never forgive or forget the people who ordered this - nor the people who voted for this.
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
www.motherjones.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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"Imagine what we would say if these things were happening in another country."
If we're honest, most would say nothing at all. People in the U.S. don't pay much attention to fucked up events in other countries, or even fucked up events in this one, when they don't feel threatened themselves.
If we're honest, most would say nothing at all. People in the U.S. don't pay much attention to fucked up events in other countries, or even fucked up events in this one, when they don't feel threatened themselves.
March 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
"Imagine what we would say if these things were happening in another country."
If we're honest, most would say nothing at all. People in the U.S. don't pay much attention to fucked up events in other countries, or even fucked up events in this one, when they don't feel threatened themselves.
If we're honest, most would say nothing at all. People in the U.S. don't pay much attention to fucked up events in other countries, or even fucked up events in this one, when they don't feel threatened themselves.
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So the guy leading RFK Jr.'s vaccine-autism study?
A total quack who was previously charged for practicing medicine without a license for using chemical castration drugs on autistic children.
A total quack who was previously charged for practicing medicine without a license for using chemical castration drugs on autistic children.
March 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So the guy leading RFK Jr.'s vaccine-autism study?
A total quack who was previously charged for practicing medicine without a license for using chemical castration drugs on autistic children.
A total quack who was previously charged for practicing medicine without a license for using chemical castration drugs on autistic children.