Andy Hoard
@andyhoard.bsky.social
American business consultant living in the UK. 30 years in Turkey. Follower of Jesus who is concerned for justice.
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Do you know what a group of frogs is called?
AN ARMY
AN ARMY
October 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Do you know what a group of frogs is called?
AN ARMY
AN ARMY
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IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO ANYTHING TODAY it should be the supreme court. they're hearing a case today that will decide if they *gut the federal law that blocks racial discrimination in voting.* i know that doesn't sound like real life but it is.
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO ANYTHING TODAY it should be the supreme court. they're hearing a case today that will decide if they *gut the federal law that blocks racial discrimination in voting.* i know that doesn't sound like real life but it is.
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It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It's really not about politics anymore. The apparatus of the Republican Party has simply become a haven for bad people.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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smaller countries in a weaker position than the united states have bent the knee to trump’s tariffs in the short term
but where do we go from here…now that the world sees the usa as not only unpredictable but unreliable?
but where do we go from here…now that the world sees the usa as not only unpredictable but unreliable?
July 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
smaller countries in a weaker position than the united states have bent the knee to trump’s tariffs in the short term
but where do we go from here…now that the world sees the usa as not only unpredictable but unreliable?
but where do we go from here…now that the world sees the usa as not only unpredictable but unreliable?
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Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings:
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
July 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings:
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
Visiting Magdlen College in Oxford today. Reading through their struggle woth King James makese think Mr. Trump may be repeating history in his battle with Harvard and other schools.
July 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Visiting Magdlen College in Oxford today. Reading through their struggle woth King James makese think Mr. Trump may be repeating history in his battle with Harvard and other schools.
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The President—who uses antisemitic slurs—is building concentration camps and an enormous secret police force.
Ya know, maybe this is just because I’m Jewish, but I wish the political opposition and the media made a bigger deal about it!
Ya know, maybe this is just because I’m Jewish, but I wish the political opposition and the media made a bigger deal about it!
July 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The President—who uses antisemitic slurs—is building concentration camps and an enormous secret police force.
Ya know, maybe this is just because I’m Jewish, but I wish the political opposition and the media made a bigger deal about it!
Ya know, maybe this is just because I’m Jewish, but I wish the political opposition and the media made a bigger deal about it!
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia experienced "severe beatings" and "psychological torture" in a notorious high-security prison in El Salvador after he was deported by the Trump administration, according to a new court filing. bit.ly/4ex7PZ1
July 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia experienced "severe beatings" and "psychological torture" in a notorious high-security prison in El Salvador after he was deported by the Trump administration, according to a new court filing. bit.ly/4ex7PZ1
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Not another country. Happening right here. Rounding up people off the street in full kit like they're taking Mosul.
I obtained this from a community member minutes after arriving on scene following a raid at the Cypress Park Home Depot this morning. they detained day laborers.
June 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Not another country. Happening right here. Rounding up people off the street in full kit like they're taking Mosul.
Driving past Runnymede near Windsor, just outside London. Seems our 8 century run is beginning to have some serious trouble. Hoping we can hold it together for a ninth!
June 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Driving past Runnymede near Windsor, just outside London. Seems our 8 century run is beginning to have some serious trouble. Hoping we can hold it together for a ninth!
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An overapplied purity/contamination metaphor is responsible for so much harm within the church and through the church to the world.
June 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
An overapplied purity/contamination metaphor is responsible for so much harm within the church and through the church to the world.
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Our July cover story is among the most important that The Atlantic has ever published, Jeffrey Goldberg writes. Elizabeth Bruenig possesses a “toughness that has allowed her to witness, again and again, the unnatural act of state-sanctioned killing.”
A Reporter in the Death Chamber
On capital punishment, and The Atlantic’s July 2025 cover story
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June 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Our July cover story is among the most important that The Atlantic has ever published, Jeffrey Goldberg writes. Elizabeth Bruenig possesses a “toughness that has allowed her to witness, again and again, the unnatural act of state-sanctioned killing.”
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“… Miller is familiar with and influenced by white nationalist websites, books, and talking points. His public rhetoric is angry, paranoid, violent, and conspiratorial. Characterizing him as a ‘world-class hater’ is dramatic and colorful. But it is not slander and it is not inaccurate.”
"Mainstream media has a duty to inform its audience that Trump/Miller policies are in fact hateful. But it rarely does so. Moran is to be commended for speaking truth to power. Speaking truth to power is, after all, what journalists are supposed to do." — @nberlat.bsky.social
ABC is too cowed to state the obvious about Stephen Miller
The road to fascism is paved with "objectivity" and "civility."
www.publicnotice.co
June 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“… Miller is familiar with and influenced by white nationalist websites, books, and talking points. His public rhetoric is angry, paranoid, violent, and conspiratorial. Characterizing him as a ‘world-class hater’ is dramatic and colorful. But it is not slander and it is not inaccurate.”
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Let me remind you:
The senate passed bipartisan immigration reform in 2024.
Trump panicked and ordered Mike Johnson not to bring it to the House floor. He feared its passage would help Biden win.
Johnson complied.
Then, Trump made immigration a major campaign issue and won.
And here we are.
The senate passed bipartisan immigration reform in 2024.
Trump panicked and ordered Mike Johnson not to bring it to the House floor. He feared its passage would help Biden win.
Johnson complied.
Then, Trump made immigration a major campaign issue and won.
And here we are.
June 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Let me remind you:
The senate passed bipartisan immigration reform in 2024.
Trump panicked and ordered Mike Johnson not to bring it to the House floor. He feared its passage would help Biden win.
Johnson complied.
Then, Trump made immigration a major campaign issue and won.
And here we are.
The senate passed bipartisan immigration reform in 2024.
Trump panicked and ordered Mike Johnson not to bring it to the House floor. He feared its passage would help Biden win.
Johnson complied.
Then, Trump made immigration a major campaign issue and won.
And here we are.
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Trump probably doesn’t realize it, but he’s currently single-handedly rebuilding podcast-battered Newsom back to full fighting strength.
June 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Trump probably doesn’t realize it, but he’s currently single-handedly rebuilding podcast-battered Newsom back to full fighting strength.
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JULIETTE KAYYEM: “Active duty Marines for this, Hegseth? I mean, we were just reporting on it. There's music. The traffic is moving. Most people in L.A. probably don't even know this is going on.”
June 8, 2025 at 3:13 AM
JULIETTE KAYYEM: “Active duty Marines for this, Hegseth? I mean, we were just reporting on it. There's music. The traffic is moving. Most people in L.A. probably don't even know this is going on.”
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Doesn’t sound like we need the national guard. 🤔
LAPD STATEMENT: “The protests remained peaceful… without incident…”
June 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Doesn’t sound like we need the national guard. 🤔
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they're doing this because the Insurrection Act sounds cool and edgy but they can't actually justify using the Insurrection Act. it's a silly action by an insecure administration desperately to seem manly and powerful. it should be criticized relentlessly, but it should also be laughed at.
Which makes me think that this is an effort to claim the insurrection act’s power without invoking the insurrection act’s authority. None of this is necessary, at all, and the governor should say so.
June 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
they're doing this because the Insurrection Act sounds cool and edgy but they can't actually justify using the Insurrection Act. it's a silly action by an insecure administration desperately to seem manly and powerful. it should be criticized relentlessly, but it should also be laughed at.
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This is a vitally important point to remember.
Big force displays often reveal deep weaknesses—and a profound self-awareness of them.
Big force displays often reveal deep weaknesses—and a profound self-awareness of them.
They've already lost. One Home Depot raid and they had to FEDERALIZE the guard when 100 unarmed neighbors protested? This regime is in trouble. Big trouble.
June 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
This is a vitally important point to remember.
Big force displays often reveal deep weaknesses—and a profound self-awareness of them.
Big force displays often reveal deep weaknesses—and a profound self-awareness of them.
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