@dmhorst.bsky.social
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A must-read about how to deal with online trolls.
Online trolls are expert at two things: manipulating your perception of reality and hijacking your attention. If you know how your brain works, Arthur C. Brooks writes, you can defend yourself better against the cyberbullies.
The Ultimate Antidote to Toxic Behavior Online
Changing your perception and withholding your attention are great ways of regaining control over online abuse.
www.theatlantic.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
A must-read about how to deal with online trolls.
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Can someone please tell Trump‘s press secretary that the number of executive orders someone signed in the first month isn’t how you measure positive impact? I know Donald is obsessed with size, but that’s just plain dumb. I’d call her Pressroom Barbie, but that’s an insult to Barbie. #Momsky
February 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Can someone please tell Trump‘s press secretary that the number of executive orders someone signed in the first month isn’t how you measure positive impact? I know Donald is obsessed with size, but that’s just plain dumb. I’d call her Pressroom Barbie, but that’s an insult to Barbie. #Momsky
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it's amazing how many people seem to have been Men In Black Memory Flashy Thing-ed about Trump's first term
February 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
it's amazing how many people seem to have been Men In Black Memory Flashy Thing-ed about Trump's first term
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Words fail.
Laid-off IRS employee said he had voted for Trump: "I thought that someone with his business acumen would have come in with a fine-tooth comb and actually found it instead of coming in with a wrecking ball and destroying people’s lives for no reason."
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...
February 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Words fail.
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There’s an existential desire for truth right now and many folks are feeling out where to get it. So the MeidasTouch Podcast rises.
Also, the Meidas guys are way hotter than Joe Rogan and they don’t drool when a thought lasts longer than a few seconds.
Also, the Meidas guys are way hotter than Joe Rogan and they don’t drool when a thought lasts longer than a few seconds.
February 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
There’s an existential desire for truth right now and many folks are feeling out where to get it. So the MeidasTouch Podcast rises.
Also, the Meidas guys are way hotter than Joe Rogan and they don’t drool when a thought lasts longer than a few seconds.
Also, the Meidas guys are way hotter than Joe Rogan and they don’t drool when a thought lasts longer than a few seconds.
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When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.
February 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
When FAA employees are telling us it’s not safe to fly, we should probably listen.
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In case you were wondering!
February 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
In case you were wondering!
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The good news is that he’s not very popular, the bad news is he is very very very very ensconced
February 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The good news is that he’s not very popular, the bad news is he is very very very very ensconced
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EXCLUSIVE: A federal worker at the EPA sent an incredible email to Administrator Lee Zeldin. He's refused to stay silent, and has asked me to share the email - and his name - with the public. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: Email from a Federal Worker at EPA to Lee Zeldin
I have obtained a copy of - and permission to publish - an email sent from Jason Poe to the EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. Jason has asked me to share this email, along with his name, with the public.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A federal worker at the EPA sent an incredible email to Administrator Lee Zeldin. He's refused to stay silent, and has asked me to share the email - and his name - with the public. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
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I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
www.democracydocket.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
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Exactly right
Crockett: "Down in Alabama, who's broke. Down in Louisiana, who's broke. I can go through pretty much the entire south and tell you that they're broke and rely on a lot of welfare from the government. To be perfectly honest, it is tax dollars from these big blue states...we're in the find out phase"
February 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Exactly right
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If you’re wondering why I declined to talk to the NYTimes, then you haven’t been following my account for very long.
They bear a direct responsibility for the current situation we find ourselves in, and I responded by laying out my position and that I would only talk to @jamellebouie.net
They bear a direct responsibility for the current situation we find ourselves in, and I responded by laying out my position and that I would only talk to @jamellebouie.net
February 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If you’re wondering why I declined to talk to the NYTimes, then you haven’t been following my account for very long.
They bear a direct responsibility for the current situation we find ourselves in, and I responded by laying out my position and that I would only talk to @jamellebouie.net
They bear a direct responsibility for the current situation we find ourselves in, and I responded by laying out my position and that I would only talk to @jamellebouie.net
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No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.
February 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
No, but if you’re looking for one, I am aware of a guy you work with that was indicted four times and convicted of thirty-four felonies.
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Classic con structure: the big returns are coming!
February 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Classic con structure: the big returns are coming!
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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
February 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot.
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!
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Sen. Thom Tillis will be remembered by history as a coward. For not, let us work to see that he is defeated in Nov. 2026.
January 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Sen. Thom Tillis will be remembered by history as a coward. For not, let us work to see that he is defeated in Nov. 2026.
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FACT: The law requires 30 days notice.✅
FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅
W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀
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FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅
W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀
Support fearless, pro-democracy, independent media. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
January 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
FACT: The law requires 30 days notice.✅
FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅
W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀
Support fearless, pro-democracy, independent media. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
FACT: Trump has only been in office for 6 days.✅
W. POST: Trump's firings "appeared" to violate the law.👀
Support fearless, pro-democracy, independent media. www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe...
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The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
Ten Things We Can All Do to Protect Democracy
From Marc | The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy.
www.democracydocket.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The most common question I receive is how everyday citizens can help in the fight for democracy. My advice, take the first step, start with something small and see what works for you. Here are ten things all of us can do. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/10-t...
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Trump has gagged the CDC, but not me. So I'm sharing this. www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...
Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded history
Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.
www.cjonline.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Trump has gagged the CDC, but not me. So I'm sharing this. www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...
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Do not enable Donald
open.substack.com/pub/thecause...
open.substack.com/pub/thecause...
No one elected you to enable Donald Trump
An open letter to my US Senators—Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan.
open.substack.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Do not enable Donald
open.substack.com/pub/thecause...
open.substack.com/pub/thecause...
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I’m telling everyone: Do not open the door or say a word unless you’re expecting someone and know exactly who it is.
Know your rights. Pass these around…
Know your rights. Pass these around…
January 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I’m telling everyone: Do not open the door or say a word unless you’re expecting someone and know exactly who it is.
Know your rights. Pass these around…
Know your rights. Pass these around…
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
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NEW: The Chairperson for the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency has sent a letter to the OPP advising they consult White House Counsel on the legality of ousting 17 inspectors general. 👀
January 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
NEW: The Chairperson for the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency has sent a letter to the OPP advising they consult White House Counsel on the legality of ousting 17 inspectors general. 👀