@frankhonts.bsky.social
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We must stand resolutely against political assassination and political violence of all kinds, and just as resolutely against everyone who exploits acts of violence as the pretext or excuse for political repression of political opponents.
Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
September 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We must stand resolutely against political assassination and political violence of all kinds, and just as resolutely against everyone who exploits acts of violence as the pretext or excuse for political repression of political opponents.
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The more I research the history of the NEA and how it survived many attempts to drastically reduce (or totally eliminate) its funding, the more convinced I become that the Obama admin’s (public) vision of political compromise was totally naive and ahistorical.
July 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The more I research the history of the NEA and how it survived many attempts to drastically reduce (or totally eliminate) its funding, the more convinced I become that the Obama admin’s (public) vision of political compromise was totally naive and ahistorical.
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In my debut for @theatlantic.com, I wrote about the disappearance of cultural listings from major New York media outlets, and what it portends for artists, audiences, institutions, and journalists. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why No One Knows What’s Happening Tonight
A love letter to music listings
www.theatlantic.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In my debut for @theatlantic.com, I wrote about the disappearance of cultural listings from major New York media outlets, and what it portends for artists, audiences, institutions, and journalists. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Thank you to everyone who spoke to me for this www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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July 23, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Thank you to everyone who spoke to me for this www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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One thing that keeps me up these days: how is the next party in power supposed to govern? The GOP has signaled it will not always be bound by laws or international agreements it disagrees with. It’s not absolute — they blew up part of reconciliation, but not all; ignore some court orders, etc. (1/7)
July 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
One thing that keeps me up these days: how is the next party in power supposed to govern? The GOP has signaled it will not always be bound by laws or international agreements it disagrees with. It’s not absolute — they blew up part of reconciliation, but not all; ignore some court orders, etc. (1/7)
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NYC Comptroller Brad Lander: "I don't think the line for the [Democratic] party right now is between progressives and moderates; I think it's between fighters and folders."
June 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander: "I don't think the line for the [Democratic] party right now is between progressives and moderates; I think it's between fighters and folders."
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Monstrous:
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing.
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...
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June 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Monstrous:
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."
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DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
#BREAKING: Over a (sharp) public dissent from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS clears the way for the Trump administration to remove migrants to third countries *without* giving them an additional opportunity to contest whether they face persecution or other forms of mistreatment there:
www.supremecourt.gov
June 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
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Five things to remember about war:
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Five things to remember about war:
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They’re going to try to make you feel insane for opposing this war. They’ll ignore protests and downplay any opposition. They’ll try to strongarm you into submission.
They did it with Iraq and they’ll do it again.
And then a few years later they’ll pretend they were with you all along.
They did it with Iraq and they’ll do it again.
And then a few years later they’ll pretend they were with you all along.
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
They’re going to try to make you feel insane for opposing this war. They’ll ignore protests and downplay any opposition. They’ll try to strongarm you into submission.
They did it with Iraq and they’ll do it again.
And then a few years later they’ll pretend they were with you all along.
They did it with Iraq and they’ll do it again.
And then a few years later they’ll pretend they were with you all along.
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Because Black people know that there is no such thing as “identification” or “identifying yourself”. They aren’t saying Padilla didn’t identify himself as a U.S. Senator. They are saying that there is only one acceptable identity — credential — being white and, in these times, being pro-Trump.
June 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Because Black people know that there is no such thing as “identification” or “identifying yourself”. They aren’t saying Padilla didn’t identify himself as a U.S. Senator. They are saying that there is only one acceptable identity — credential — being white and, in these times, being pro-Trump.
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Move to hold the agents who assaulted a sitting senator in contempt of Congress. Call for articles of impeachment against Noem. Stop working on crypto legislation. Demonstrate the stakes of what is happening in LA with your actions.
Sen. Chuck Schumer: "I just saw something that sickened my stomach; the manhandling of a United States Senator. We need immediate answers to what the hell went on."
June 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Move to hold the agents who assaulted a sitting senator in contempt of Congress. Call for articles of impeachment against Noem. Stop working on crypto legislation. Demonstrate the stakes of what is happening in LA with your actions.
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"If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived."
June 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived."
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Some details on the fellowships. americantheatrewing.org/news-events/...
News & Events: The Gavin Creel Fellowships
The American Theatre Wing (ATW), led by President and CEO Heather Hitchens, in partnership with Tony Award Winner Celia Keenan-Bolger (To Kill a Mockingbird, Spelling Bee), Tony Award Nominee Sara Bar...
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June 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Some details on the fellowships. americantheatrewing.org/news-events/...
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the first sentence of Elon's obituary should be that he was one of the greatest mass murderers in the history of humanity
this is his legacy
this is his legacy
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
the first sentence of Elon's obituary should be that he was one of the greatest mass murderers in the history of humanity
this is his legacy
this is his legacy
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Supreme Court Kills The Independent Agency. Trump Is King talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
Supreme Court Kills The Independent Agency. Trump Is King
The Supreme Court majority all but declared Thursday that it is ready...
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May 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Supreme Court Kills The Independent Agency. Trump Is King talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
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Don’t give Democrats a dime until this guy is gone.
Schumer on CNN stops short of saying impeaching Trump would be a priority for Dems if they retake Congress
April 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Don’t give Democrats a dime until this guy is gone.
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Let me add something on the new Harvard letter story. The Times portrays it as they'd been negotiating in a kind of inconclusive and then Harvard was shocked at the extremity when it arrived. I had heard a subtly but significantly different version of events. As it was conveyed to me the ...
April 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Let me add something on the new Harvard letter story. The Times portrays it as they'd been negotiating in a kind of inconclusive and then Harvard was shocked at the extremity when it arrived. I had heard a subtly but significantly different version of events. As it was conveyed to me the ...
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Over on The Hellsite, JD Vance has now functionally called for an end to due process for migrants. His argument is riddled with deceptions, bad faith, and embarrassingly awful logic. I think it needs a real response, so here's what I put up over there.
First, his 20 million number is fiction. 1/
First, his 20 million number is fiction. 1/
April 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Over on The Hellsite, JD Vance has now functionally called for an end to due process for migrants. His argument is riddled with deceptions, bad faith, and embarrassingly awful logic. I think it needs a real response, so here's what I put up over there.
First, his 20 million number is fiction. 1/
First, his 20 million number is fiction. 1/
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“experts who spoke to TPM said [CECOT] could be more accurately described as a “concentration camp,” “penal colony,” or “permanent prison camp.””
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
Trump Is Sending People To The Camps
“More than a prison, El Salvador’s CECOT has many if not all...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“experts who spoke to TPM said [CECOT] could be more accurately described as a “concentration camp,” “penal colony,” or “permanent prison camp.””
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
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It's getting a lot of attn today. But even before today most of the country had very little idea of what has happened at NIH or through it the entire ecosystem of biomedical research in the US. Simply put, Musk, Kennedy & Trump exploded a bomb right in the middle of cancer cure research in the US.
April 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It's getting a lot of attn today. But even before today most of the country had very little idea of what has happened at NIH or through it the entire ecosystem of biomedical research in the US. Simply put, Musk, Kennedy & Trump exploded a bomb right in the middle of cancer cure research in the US.
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We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now
This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.
March 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We have had nearly two decades of panic about Free Speech on Campus and not a single case, not even the ones they made up, were as bad as what's happening now
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A stunning assault on the First Amendment
Before Rubio's confirmation, senators and pundits acted as though he was a "sane," "rational," "normal," "moderate" nominee. He's constantly showing himself to be a right-wing extremist.
Before Rubio's confirmation, senators and pundits acted as though he was a "sane," "rational," "normal," "moderate" nominee. He's constantly showing himself to be a right-wing extremist.
March 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A stunning assault on the First Amendment
Before Rubio's confirmation, senators and pundits acted as though he was a "sane," "rational," "normal," "moderate" nominee. He's constantly showing himself to be a right-wing extremist.
Before Rubio's confirmation, senators and pundits acted as though he was a "sane," "rational," "normal," "moderate" nominee. He's constantly showing himself to be a right-wing extremist.
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1/ No matter how fucked up and illegal you thought the random detention and RENDITION of men who the government claimed were violent gang members was... @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and @nlanard.bsky.social are here to show you it's so much worse: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
www.motherjones.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
1/ No matter how fucked up and illegal you thought the random detention and RENDITION of men who the government claimed were violent gang members was... @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and @nlanard.bsky.social are here to show you it's so much worse: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...