Josh Hendler
@jhendler.bsky.social
Democracy and tech. Former DNC tech chief. New Jersey Dad.
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Americans cite corruption as the #1 threat to our future. Trump is running the most transparently corrupt White House in history. Democrats should be running hard on an anti-corruption platform—and I'm psyched to see my old friend @cammiecroft.bsky.social leading that charge.
Donald Trump’s Administration is fueled by unabashed corruption, while representatives in both parties in Congress continue to enrich themselves through stock trading.
This needs to stop. Period.
This needs to stop. Period.
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Americans cite corruption as the #1 threat to our future. Trump is running the most transparently corrupt White House in history. Democrats should be running hard on an anti-corruption platform—and I'm psyched to see my old friend @cammiecroft.bsky.social leading that charge.
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This “deal” would force 370,000 Arizonans to pay more for the same or worse healthcare coverage.
I refuse to make life harder for the people I serve. I’m absolutely a NO.
I refuse to make life harder for the people I serve. I’m absolutely a NO.
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This “deal” would force 370,000 Arizonans to pay more for the same or worse healthcare coverage.
I refuse to make life harder for the people I serve. I’m absolutely a NO.
I refuse to make life harder for the people I serve. I’m absolutely a NO.
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Bravo Team @mikiesherrill.bsky.social Undefeated in winning tough races. Proud to call you my next Governor!
JUST IN: Democrat Mikie Sherrill will be the next governor of New Jersey, Decision Desk HQ projects
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bravo Team @mikiesherrill.bsky.social Undefeated in winning tough races. Proud to call you my next Governor!
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Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
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Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
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“likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970” www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
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October 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
“likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970” www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
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When the Birmingham, Alabama, march is packed, you know something is up in America!
October 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
When the Birmingham, Alabama, march is packed, you know something is up in America!
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As millions across America in counties red and blue protest Trump governing as a corrupt tyrant, his approval rating hits an all-time low.
We’re gonna win. Freedom and democracy will prevail.
We’re gonna win. Freedom and democracy will prevail.
Trump Approval Polling:
Disapprove: 61%
Approve: 37%
AP/NORC / Oct 13, 2025
Disapprove: 61%
Approve: 37%
AP/NORC / Oct 13, 2025
October 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
As millions across America in counties red and blue protest Trump governing as a corrupt tyrant, his approval rating hits an all-time low.
We’re gonna win. Freedom and democracy will prevail.
We’re gonna win. Freedom and democracy will prevail.
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New Washington Post poll on who voters blame for the government shutdown:
October 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
New Washington Post poll on who voters blame for the government shutdown:
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The party of “family values” is attacking our kids.
August 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The party of “family values” is attacking our kids.
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“Science, like all technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man.” - JFK
Sometimes tech critics lose sight of this, treating technology itself as inherently bad. That’s when society starts surrendering its agency instead of exercising it
Sometimes tech critics lose sight of this, treating technology itself as inherently bad. That’s when society starts surrendering its agency instead of exercising it
July 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“Science, like all technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man.” - JFK
Sometimes tech critics lose sight of this, treating technology itself as inherently bad. That’s when society starts surrendering its agency instead of exercising it
Sometimes tech critics lose sight of this, treating technology itself as inherently bad. That’s when society starts surrendering its agency instead of exercising it
Can’t say this enough- @wired.com is exactly what we need in this very dark moment (did I mention I’m a sucker for 90s zines nostalgia?)
Never made a zine? Haven’t made one since 1999? We made one, and so can you. www.wired.com/story/downlo...
Print. Fold. Share. Download WIRED's How to Win a Fight Zine Here
Never made a zine? Haven’t made one since 1999? We made one, and so can you.
www.wired.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Can’t say this enough- @wired.com is exactly what we need in this very dark moment (did I mention I’m a sucker for 90s zines nostalgia?)
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Absolutely correct
Let’s be blunt. China and Russia are already racing to dominate AI while we still debate if it’s even worth it. Hesitation is no option, we need to lead smart, and strong. My latest (in reply)
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We Can’t Afford to Flinch: Why America Needs to Lead on AI—Before China or Russia Do
Note: I have included at the bottom, an audio embed of me reading this article.
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June 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Absolutely correct
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“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco
June 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco
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People are going to be shocked in a few years that the U.S. economy is shrinking after we cut core government services to pay for tax cuts for the rich, imposed massive tariffs and scared off both legal & undocumented immigrants.
All this and hitting a demographic cliff due to declining birth rates
All this and hitting a demographic cliff due to declining birth rates
June 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
People are going to be shocked in a few years that the U.S. economy is shrinking after we cut core government services to pay for tax cuts for the rich, imposed massive tariffs and scared off both legal & undocumented immigrants.
All this and hitting a demographic cliff due to declining birth rates
All this and hitting a demographic cliff due to declining birth rates
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THANK YOU, NEW JERSEY!
I’m thrilled to officially be your Democratic nominee for governor and I am ready for the challenge. Let’s do this.
I’m thrilled to officially be your Democratic nominee for governor and I am ready for the challenge. Let’s do this.
June 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
THANK YOU, NEW JERSEY!
I’m thrilled to officially be your Democratic nominee for governor and I am ready for the challenge. Let’s do this.
I’m thrilled to officially be your Democratic nominee for governor and I am ready for the challenge. Let’s do this.
Democrats “…are some mix of unable and unwilling to wield power to achieve specific ends.” 💯, no notes.
Democrats’ Hamlet Moment Isn’t the Start of a Solution But the Heart of the Problem talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/democ...
Democrats’ Hamlet Moment Isn’t the Start of a Solution But the Heart of the Problem
I’ve been observing the ongoing debates about which of the several “reckonings”...
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June 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Democrats “…are some mix of unable and unwilling to wield power to achieve specific ends.” 💯, no notes.
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It’s been narratives all the way down throughout human experience - Lippmann described this as “pseudo-environments” a century ago: men live in the same world but think and feel in different ones, he argued, and it was the govt and/or media’s job to bridge these divergent narratives.
What many of us warned, & what is unavoidably clear now, is that there is no privileged sphere of "real life" that is sheltered, separate from the information environment. It's narratives all the way down -- even to the point that they shape *how people experience their own material circumstances*.
May 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It’s been narratives all the way down throughout human experience - Lippmann described this as “pseudo-environments” a century ago: men live in the same world but think and feel in different ones, he argued, and it was the govt and/or media’s job to bridge these divergent narratives.
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“Considering how obsessed Trump’s top ppl are w/calling everything “communism,” it’s ironic how much this whole business seems like a page from Soviet history, w/Party commissars trying to identify ideological saboteurs in their midst.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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May 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
“Considering how obsessed Trump’s top ppl are w/calling everything “communism,” it’s ironic how much this whole business seems like a page from Soviet history, w/Party commissars trying to identify ideological saboteurs in their midst.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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reporting on this has really got to get better about communicating the magnitude of the breach here. if you read the nyt article with minimal context, you would have no sense that this was watergate-level impeachable misconduct
President Trump has personally ordered the Justice Department to open an investigation of Democrats' primary ways for raising donations.
It is the third time he has personally ordered an open-ended criminal investigation, each against a perceived political foe.
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It is the third time he has personally ordered an open-ended criminal investigation, each against a perceived political foe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
reporting on this has really got to get better about communicating the magnitude of the breach here. if you read the nyt article with minimal context, you would have no sense that this was watergate-level impeachable misconduct
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It doesn’t make any sense for Trump and Musk to get rid of Direct File—unless they want to do a big favor for giant tax prep companies, by squeezing more Americans into paying up for those products.
The IRS free tax-filing program Direct File saved users $160 each. Now it may come to an end.
Amid reports the IRS may end its free Direct File program, more than 170 lawmakers are demanding it remains open.
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April 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It doesn’t make any sense for Trump and Musk to get rid of Direct File—unless they want to do a big favor for giant tax prep companies, by squeezing more Americans into paying up for those products.
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I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
April 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
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“They’re not really using AI, they’re not really driving efficiency. What they’re doing is smashing everything,” the former official said.
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Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse
Employees of a defense tech unit say they were sidelined by DOGE. “Either we die quickly or we die slowly,” says the director.
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April 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“They’re not really using AI, they’re not really driving efficiency. What they’re doing is smashing everything,” the former official said.
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The president told a Central American dictator to build five more massive slave labor camps to hold US citizens.
April 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The president told a Central American dictator to build five more massive slave labor camps to hold US citizens.
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Camus: Under conditions so desperate, the hard, marvelous task of this century is to create justice in the most unjust of worlds, and to protect freedom from those souls who, out of principle, choose servitude. If we fail, man will return to darkness. But at least we will have fought to find light.
November 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Camus: Under conditions so desperate, the hard, marvelous task of this century is to create justice in the most unjust of worlds, and to protect freedom from those souls who, out of principle, choose servitude. If we fail, man will return to darkness. But at least we will have fought to find light.
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This argument would not be any different if the victim were a US citizen: sorry we "accidentally" disappeared a citizen, but he's a foreign policy matter now.
That is exactly the goal. They think they found an infinite gulag glitch that works on anyone, even citizens.
That is exactly the goal. They think they found an infinite gulag glitch that works on anyone, even citizens.
Despite admitting to having illegally sent a guy to El Salvador by mistake, and even though the U.S. is paying El Salvador to indefinitely imprison him, the DOJ is arguing that, well, nothing to do, it's not in our hands anymore. The general tone of their response is "welp, sucks to be him."
April 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This argument would not be any different if the victim were a US citizen: sorry we "accidentally" disappeared a citizen, but he's a foreign policy matter now.
That is exactly the goal. They think they found an infinite gulag glitch that works on anyone, even citizens.
That is exactly the goal. They think they found an infinite gulag glitch that works on anyone, even citizens.