Claire Menard Hillis
@clairemenard.bsky.social
🇪🇸🇺🇸 corporate attorney, dog lover, sailor, struggling idealist, chronic TDS
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Excited to be a part of this better, kinder and more intelligent community, and truly substantive opinion and news platform. Love that most of my fav voices have joined the #Xodus2024. 💙💙💙
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This is a reminder that no one can convince Trump voters to no longer support Trump, better than Trump can.
January 31, 2025 at 5:07 AM
This is a reminder that no one can convince Trump voters to no longer support Trump, better than Trump can.
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Top-notch photography is often about choosing the right angle and perspective.
this choice of photos by the Carter Center is shadier than a Georgia peach tree in summer
January 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Top-notch photography is often about choosing the right angle and perspective.
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This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Sound of Fear on Air
It is an ominous sign that Morning Joe felt it had to apologize for something I said.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:29 AM
This is the most-read piece on @theatlantic.com. It should be the most-read piece. You should all read it, even though it may make you sad. Here’s a gift link so you can read it.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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THREAD: Today is a sad day for justice. Jack Smith and the DoJ are bound by the Constitution to dismiss the charges against Trump. It's unlikely that charges will be brought again in four years, but the DoJ doesn't want to close the door completely and has asked for dismissal without prejudice. 1/
November 25, 2024 at 8:22 PM
THREAD: Today is a sad day for justice. Jack Smith and the DoJ are bound by the Constitution to dismiss the charges against Trump. It's unlikely that charges will be brought again in four years, but the DoJ doesn't want to close the door completely and has asked for dismissal without prejudice. 1/
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I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night.
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
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We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
🧵
November 11, 2024 at 12:35 PM
I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night.
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
🧵
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
🧵
November 21, 2024 at 9:50 AM
My Frida Margarita, who always makes everything better, even when it feels like the end of days 💙💙💙
November 20, 2024 at 7:20 PM
My Frida Margarita, who always makes everything better, even when it feels like the end of days 💙💙💙
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Could not agree with this more. Do not give in to the malignant normality no matter how many others accept it.
Remember this. We are weaker now. “Trump has groomed us.” Try to hold and speak and advocate what you know is right and true. We’ve already moved so far. Don’t change your standards to accommodate their shameless incompetence & cruelty.
November 20, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Could not agree with this more. Do not give in to the malignant normality no matter how many others accept it.
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A play in two acts. Well done, Bluesky.
November 20, 2024 at 5:09 PM
A play in two acts. Well done, Bluesky.
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In advance of Trump tariffs, U.S. businesses are already stocking up on imported goods. They also plan to raise prices and accelerate shift to manufacturing elsewhere www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
American Companies Are Stocking Up to Get Ahead of Trump’s China Tariffs
Businesses plan to stockpile, raise prices and accelerate the shift to manufacturing elsewhere.
www.wsj.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:16 PM
In advance of Trump tariffs, U.S. businesses are already stocking up on imported goods. They also plan to raise prices and accelerate shift to manufacturing elsewhere www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
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So true.
I open my Bluesky feed and it is full of really cool people saying really smart things and being really passionate about really interesting stuff.
I like this version of social media, and the world.
Thanks, folks.
I like this version of social media, and the world.
Thanks, folks.
November 19, 2024 at 6:57 PM
So true.
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Not to ruin the wonderfully positive vibes on this site, but is anyone else here concerned that American society, politics, and culture have become morally and psychologically addled?
November 20, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Not to ruin the wonderfully positive vibes on this site, but is anyone else here concerned that American society, politics, and culture have become morally and psychologically addled?
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Trump’s election means he won’t face trial in Georgia until 2029, if ever. But I think people are sleeping on the fact that during his presidency there could be televised trials of his co-defendants, with prosecutors presenting much of the same evidence they would have presented against Trump.
NEW: The Georgia Court of Appeals has canceled the Dec. 5 oral argument it previously scheduled to hear Trump’s appeal seeking to disqualify Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis.
Argument is canceled “until further order of this court.”
Argument is canceled “until further order of this court.”
November 18, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Trump’s election means he won’t face trial in Georgia until 2029, if ever. But I think people are sleeping on the fact that during his presidency there could be televised trials of his co-defendants, with prosecutors presenting much of the same evidence they would have presented against Trump.
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Jay: I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society.
November 20, 2024 at 5:07 AM
Jay: I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society.
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I’ve seen enough to make a call: Bluesky is going to be a legit competitor to Twitter.
Sweet.
Sweet.
November 17, 2024 at 1:59 AM
I’ve seen enough to make a call: Bluesky is going to be a legit competitor to Twitter.
Sweet.
Sweet.
Excited to be a part of this better, kinder and more intelligent community, and truly substantive opinion and news platform. Love that most of my fav voices have joined the #Xodus2024. 💙💙💙
November 20, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Excited to be a part of this better, kinder and more intelligent community, and truly substantive opinion and news platform. Love that most of my fav voices have joined the #Xodus2024. 💙💙💙