Joshua B. Hoe
@joshuabhoe.bsky.social
Sr. Policy Manager at Dream.Org, Host of the Decarceration Nation Podcast (on hiatus). Formerly Incarcerated. Registrant
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Joshua B. Hoe
@joshuabhoe.bsky.social
· Sep 9
Thread 🧵 Bail Reform
Trump went on another rant about "cashless bail" yesterday....so let me remind you why he is WRONG about this topic
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Trump went on another rant about "cashless bail" yesterday....so let me remind you why he is WRONG about this topic
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This is a good example of why it is important to remember that politics is about power, not aesthetics.
Your party ID, who you vote for, etc.? They are about the compromises necessary to enact the policies you want and thwart the ones you don’t.
They aren’t style choices, esp in our system!
Your party ID, who you vote for, etc.? They are about the compromises necessary to enact the policies you want and thwart the ones you don’t.
They aren’t style choices, esp in our system!
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is a good example of why it is important to remember that politics is about power, not aesthetics.
Your party ID, who you vote for, etc.? They are about the compromises necessary to enact the policies you want and thwart the ones you don’t.
They aren’t style choices, esp in our system!
Your party ID, who you vote for, etc.? They are about the compromises necessary to enact the policies you want and thwart the ones you don’t.
They aren’t style choices, esp in our system!
Pan's Labyrinth?
guillermo del toro's movies r all primarily cute and sort of sad/melancholy. like. people r always trying to call him stuff like "master of horror" but it's not true. he's master of cute monsters. cutie sympathetic little guys.
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Pan's Labyrinth?
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This is wild, just how LITTLE the NYPD shoots.
There’s a lot to criticize abt the NYPD, but this seems laudable.
It also seems aligned w another fact I don’t fully understand, that while ~80% of all homicides in the US are caused by a gun, in NYC it’s basically ~50%.
There’s a lot to criticize abt the NYPD, but this seems laudable.
It also seems aligned w another fact I don’t fully understand, that while ~80% of all homicides in the US are caused by a gun, in NYC it’s basically ~50%.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This is wild, just how LITTLE the NYPD shoots.
There’s a lot to criticize abt the NYPD, but this seems laudable.
It also seems aligned w another fact I don’t fully understand, that while ~80% of all homicides in the US are caused by a gun, in NYC it’s basically ~50%.
There’s a lot to criticize abt the NYPD, but this seems laudable.
It also seems aligned w another fact I don’t fully understand, that while ~80% of all homicides in the US are caused by a gun, in NYC it’s basically ~50%.
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I hate this trend of politicians screenshotting their take on one site and posting it here. What is wrong with a copy paste like a normal damn human?
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I hate this trend of politicians screenshotting their take on one site and posting it here. What is wrong with a copy paste like a normal damn human?
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Hey, yo. Joyce Carol Oates is dragging tech boys by their hair over on that weirdo app.
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Hey, yo. Joyce Carol Oates is dragging tech boys by their hair over on that weirdo app.
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White Afrikaners looking at Trump and saying “don’t associate us with this racist!”
That’s quite a legacy.
That’s quite a legacy.
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
Prominent Afrikaners refuse to be 'pawns,' and hit back at Trump's claims about South Africa
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
n.pr
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
White Afrikaners looking at Trump and saying “don’t associate us with this racist!”
That’s quite a legacy.
That’s quite a legacy.
Little rays of sunshine breaking through the gloom
The world is back to being trash but at least dinner (mapo tofu and garlic pea shoots) came out ok last night
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Little rays of sunshine breaking through the gloom
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Love to have a President who can't be left alone for five minutes with his grifting, con men advisors.
‘Sold POTUS a bill of goods’: WH furious with Pulte over 50-year mortgage
The White House was blindsided by the idea and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.
www.politico.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Love to have a President who can't be left alone for five minutes with his grifting, con men advisors.
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WOW! Huzzah!✊✊✊🎉🎉🎉
HUGE NEWS: @pghguild.com members at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have won!
For 3 years, workers showed incredible solidarity and strength in the face of relentless and gross union-busting. Now, a court has ordered their contract restored. https://bit.ly/484XIc6
For 3 years, workers showed incredible solidarity and strength in the face of relentless and gross union-busting. Now, a court has ordered their contract restored. https://bit.ly/484XIc6
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
WOW! Huzzah!✊✊✊🎉🎉🎉
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The art of folding a winning hand
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The art of folding a winning hand
If you can't keep your coalition together after investing in a strategy, you are not an effective leader
Facts are facts
Facts are facts
Indivisible.org calls on @schumer.senate.gov to step aside as Senate Majority Leader
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
If you can't keep your coalition together after investing in a strategy, you are not an effective leader
Facts are facts
Facts are facts
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This guy doesn't understand risk-pools very well
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This guy doesn't understand risk-pools very well
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Today in understatements. 👆
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Today in understatements. 👆
This guy doesn't understand risk-pools very well
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This guy doesn't understand risk-pools very well
They are just shameless
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
They are just shameless
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Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"
I have been part of legislative campaigns that only worked because people called their Senators
It might not feel like you have power, but you do. It might not always work, except when it does
USE YOUR VOICE
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
It might not feel like you have power, but you do. It might not always work, except when it does
USE YOUR VOICE
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I have been part of legislative campaigns that only worked because people called their Senators
It might not feel like you have power, but you do. It might not always work, except when it does
USE YOUR VOICE
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
It might not feel like you have power, but you do. It might not always work, except when it does
USE YOUR VOICE
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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I think Shawshank is the best prison movie of all time...But, one thing that bothers me, most juries or judges...in that time...would have understood a man killing his wife and her lover
Not saying that Andy would have gotten no time...but two life sentences?
Not saying that Andy would have gotten no time...but two life sentences?
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I think Shawshank is the best prison movie of all time...But, one thing that bothers me, most juries or judges...in that time...would have understood a man killing his wife and her lover
Not saying that Andy would have gotten no time...but two life sentences?
Not saying that Andy would have gotten no time...but two life sentences?
I think Shawshank is the best prison movie of all time...But, one thing that bothers me, most juries or judges...in that time...would have understood a man killing his wife and her lover
Not saying that Andy would have gotten no time...but two life sentences?
Not saying that Andy would have gotten no time...but two life sentences?
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I think Shawshank is the best prison movie of all time...But, one thing that bothers me, most juries or judges...in that time...would have understood a man killing his wife and her lover
Not saying that Andy would have gotten no time...but two life sentences?
Not saying that Andy would have gotten no time...but two life sentences?
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Been angry ever since I heard about this idiotic capitulation
Even if they thought they were losing the fight, you can't invest all that time and surrender all of your leverage FOR NOTHING
Just DUMB, now they have NO leverage at all going forward
Even if they thought they were losing the fight, you can't invest all that time and surrender all of your leverage FOR NOTHING
Just DUMB, now they have NO leverage at all going forward
Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Been angry ever since I heard about this idiotic capitulation
Even if they thought they were losing the fight, you can't invest all that time and surrender all of your leverage FOR NOTHING
Just DUMB, now they have NO leverage at all going forward
Even if they thought they were losing the fight, you can't invest all that time and surrender all of your leverage FOR NOTHING
Just DUMB, now they have NO leverage at all going forward
and sadly, we backed down....sigh
From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
and sadly, we backed down....sigh
Been angry ever since I heard about this idiotic capitulation
Even if they thought they were losing the fight, you can't invest all that time and surrender all of your leverage FOR NOTHING
Just DUMB, now they have NO leverage at all going forward
Even if they thought they were losing the fight, you can't invest all that time and surrender all of your leverage FOR NOTHING
Just DUMB, now they have NO leverage at all going forward
Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Been angry ever since I heard about this idiotic capitulation
Even if they thought they were losing the fight, you can't invest all that time and surrender all of your leverage FOR NOTHING
Just DUMB, now they have NO leverage at all going forward
Even if they thought they were losing the fight, you can't invest all that time and surrender all of your leverage FOR NOTHING
Just DUMB, now they have NO leverage at all going forward
Facts....sad, but true
The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Facts....sad, but true