Mark Hershberger
@markhershberger.bsky.social
Nerd. Doctor Who fan. Comic book person (mostly Marvel). Fan of horror. Reader of books. No dude-bro stuff. (he/him)
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I protested the Iraq War. The group I joined fell apart because certain members were obsessed with 9/11 conspiracy theories and used them as an excuse to divide the group by portraying themselves as victims when they failed to convince us to officially adopt 9/11 Truth as a platform.
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COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.
January 7, 2026 at 2:51 AM
COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.
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Five years ago, Donald Trump instigated a violent insurrection in the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election. The fact that the GOP coddled him, protected him, renominated him, and now support him in office, is a stain that will never be erased.
January 6, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Five years ago, Donald Trump instigated a violent insurrection in the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election. The fact that the GOP coddled him, protected him, renominated him, and now support him in office, is a stain that will never be erased.
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Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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George W. Bush winged it in Iraq after the invasion. The State Dept. spent months coming up with plans on how to govern following the US attack. The White House and DoD ignored them. And there’s no way Trump admin. devoted months-or weeks-to preparing for an occupation of Venezuela.
"My strong assumption is that they now seem to be totally winging it," writes @joshtpm.bsky.social about Trump's assertion that the U.S. will now "run" Venezuela.
First Thoughts on Trump’s Excellent Venezuela Adventure
Let me share a few thoughts about the U.S. action overnight in...
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January 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
George W. Bush winged it in Iraq after the invasion. The State Dept. spent months coming up with plans on how to govern following the US attack. The White House and DoD ignored them. And there’s no way Trump admin. devoted months-or weeks-to preparing for an occupation of Venezuela.
Republicans condemning these actions are feckless goobers who helped pave the way for this nonsense. This idiot got elected on giving them permission to shit on W and he’s sleepwalking us into new wars with flimsy rationalizations and without even a pretense of building a consensus.
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Republicans condemning these actions are feckless goobers who helped pave the way for this nonsense. This idiot got elected on giving them permission to shit on W and he’s sleepwalking us into new wars with flimsy rationalizations and without even a pretense of building a consensus.
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Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
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Merry Christmas with the yule logs and the chestnuts roasting on open fires and the reindeer games and whatnot and so forth and so on!
December 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Merry Christmas with the yule logs and the chestnuts roasting on open fires and the reindeer games and whatnot and so forth and so on!
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This week Vivek Ramaswamy spoke at a Turning Point USA event originally scheduled to headlined by the late Charlie Kirk. But during the Q&A things took a turn as Ramaswamy fielded questions about his Hindu faith…🐆💀
October 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This week Vivek Ramaswamy spoke at a Turning Point USA event originally scheduled to headlined by the late Charlie Kirk. But during the Q&A things took a turn as Ramaswamy fielded questions about his Hindu faith…🐆💀
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JFK conspiracy theories are the Sound of Music of CTs. Just as SOM has all the cloying, maudlin things people hate about musicals while being the one musical everyone loves, JFK CTs have all the things that make people wary of CTs while being the one everyone kinda believes.
December 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
JFK conspiracy theories are the Sound of Music of CTs. Just as SOM has all the cloying, maudlin things people hate about musicals while being the one musical everyone loves, JFK CTs have all the things that make people wary of CTs while being the one everyone kinda believes.
This is a massive rationalization to justify the shortcomings of someone who has been on a pedestal for far too long. Maybe it’s as simple as he sucked up to power and chased clout, while not caring about the moral lines he was crossing because he was above normal considerations.
Noam Chomsky’s emails to Jeffrey Epstein display none of the fawning chatter found from, say, Larry Summers. And he does not appear to have been co-opted by whatever access Epstein provided.
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What the Noam Chomsky–Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us
Chomsky has often suffered fools, knaves, and criminals too lightly. Epstein was one of them. But that doesn’t mean Chomsky was part of the “Epstein class.”
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December 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is a massive rationalization to justify the shortcomings of someone who has been on a pedestal for far too long. Maybe it’s as simple as he sucked up to power and chased clout, while not caring about the moral lines he was crossing because he was above normal considerations.
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absolutely this- these hearings and this sort of public calling out these claims is vital.
There hasn’t been enough appreciation for how thoroughly BENNIE THOMPSON humiliated FBI official GLASHEEN after he tried to sell the lie that ANTIFA is the top domestic terror threat.
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
The claim collapsed because it’s a cover.
Check my latest…
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
December 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
absolutely this- these hearings and this sort of public calling out these claims is vital.
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Two men proving by standing next to one another that they believe in nothing at all.
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 13, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Two men proving by standing next to one another that they believe in nothing at all.
I’m neither disappointed nor surprised. This is he he is.
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I’m neither disappointed nor surprised. This is he he is.
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BREAKING: Republicans blocked our clean, three-year extension of the ACA tax credits—guaranteeing health insurance premiums skyrocket for millions in the new year.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
December 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
BREAKING: Republicans blocked our clean, three-year extension of the ACA tax credits—guaranteeing health insurance premiums skyrocket for millions in the new year.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
The GOP owns the health care crisis to come.
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
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Listening to an NPR story about the Vaccine Panel wrecking hepatitis B protection for infants today. Some of whom will die.
It feels very fucking newsworthy that one of these political journalists helped get RFK Jr installed, and the other covered that up until now.
It feels very fucking newsworthy that one of these political journalists helped get RFK Jr installed, and the other covered that up until now.
December 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Listening to an NPR story about the Vaccine Panel wrecking hepatitis B protection for infants today. Some of whom will die.
It feels very fucking newsworthy that one of these political journalists helped get RFK Jr installed, and the other covered that up until now.
It feels very fucking newsworthy that one of these political journalists helped get RFK Jr installed, and the other covered that up until now.
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A defiant Pete Hegseth lashed out at his critics on Thursday. “I get knocked down, but I get up again,” he said. “You're never gonna keep me down.” Revealing the secret to his resilience, Hegseth said, “I drink a whiskey drink, I drink a vodka drink, I drink a lager drink, I drink a cider drink.”
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A defiant Pete Hegseth lashed out at his critics on Thursday. “I get knocked down, but I get up again,” he said. “You're never gonna keep me down.” Revealing the secret to his resilience, Hegseth said, “I drink a whiskey drink, I drink a vodka drink, I drink a lager drink, I drink a cider drink.”
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The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The Pentagon reporters who have been kicked out of the building continue to break huge stories every day while the right-wing New Media continue to post selfies of themselves hanging out in the Pentagon.
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No notes — except watch until the very end…
November 29, 2025 at 4:48 AM
No notes — except watch until the very end…
Just saw a second post where someone said they weren’t interested in Stranger Things 5 because one of the young cast members identifies as a Zionist but then claimed they didn’t like the show anyway, followed by several idiotic comments trying to have it both ways.
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Just saw a second post where someone said they weren’t interested in Stranger Things 5 because one of the young cast members identifies as a Zionist but then claimed they didn’t like the show anyway, followed by several idiotic comments trying to have it both ways.
So dorkily wholesome.
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
So dorkily wholesome.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵