James Emmett Ryan
@goheelz.bsky.social
Literary & historical studies | Auburn University | analog > digital | native Pennsyltuckian
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Today, in the Sunday print NYT, we published an investigative look at Harold Hamm, the 13th child of Oklahoma sharecroppers who started an oil company named Continental, which turned him into a billionaire, powerbroker and friend of Donald J. Trump. You may never have heard of Hamm. But you should
December 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Today, in the Sunday print NYT, we published an investigative look at Harold Hamm, the 13th child of Oklahoma sharecroppers who started an oil company named Continental, which turned him into a billionaire, powerbroker and friend of Donald J. Trump. You may never have heard of Hamm. But you should
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"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."
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Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center
A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.
www.fox32chicago.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."
www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...
www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...
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Every 24 hours whisks the stakes to some new predation, and so much feels instantly distant, but posting-as-governance hit a wall this week. There's a tragic amount of "on the other hand..." to allude to after saying that, but this was a signature failure.
A Lovely Day for a Loyalty Test - Truthdig
Pete Hegseth’s speech to U.S. military leaders may have been fake toughness, but the threat to America is very real.
www.truthdig.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Every 24 hours whisks the stakes to some new predation, and so much feels instantly distant, but posting-as-governance hit a wall this week. There's a tragic amount of "on the other hand..." to allude to after saying that, but this was a signature failure.
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EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.msnbc.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
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Incredible. Trump drags the reputation of a highly regarded economist, first Black woman to be a Fed gov, thru the mud claiming she committed mortgage fraud. But the documents his appointee to run Fannie & Freddie got for him & that he said showed fraud don’t actually say that.
The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.
Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.
These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.
These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show
A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Incredible. Trump drags the reputation of a highly regarded economist, first Black woman to be a Fed gov, thru the mud claiming she committed mortgage fraud. But the documents his appointee to run Fannie & Freddie got for him & that he said showed fraud don’t actually say that.
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wow
Nation’s largest RN union: Time for HHS Secretary RFK Jr. to go
the wake of the latest scandal he has perpetuated, National Nurses United, the nation’s largest nurses union and professional organization, today called for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the Secretary of He...
www.nationalnursesunited.org
August 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
wow
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Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
August 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
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The whole world hates you.
July 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The whole world hates you.
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I am begging high-ranking Democrats and the entire pundit-strategist-barnacle complex to watch this.
Try listening to what Mamdani is actually saying instead of the words you're putting in his mouth.
Try listening to what Mamdani is actually saying instead of the words you're putting in his mouth.
This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
July 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I am begging high-ranking Democrats and the entire pundit-strategist-barnacle complex to watch this.
Try listening to what Mamdani is actually saying instead of the words you're putting in his mouth.
Try listening to what Mamdani is actually saying instead of the words you're putting in his mouth.
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Chair of history department at U.S. Naval Academy resigns after order to remove paper from symposium “for reasons having nothing to do with scholarship.” [James Matheson, Baltimore Sun]
Naval Academy history chair resigns over ordered removal of symposium paper
Tom McCarthy cited the removal of a paper on grounds beyond its academic standard.
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June 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Chair of history department at U.S. Naval Academy resigns after order to remove paper from symposium “for reasons having nothing to do with scholarship.” [James Matheson, Baltimore Sun]
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Keep America free!
May 17, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Keep America free!
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Friggin' bonkers story www.al.com/news/2025/05...
Why does Alabama’s GOP chairman have a Tennessee driver’s license?
Party leader who will help decide Tommy Tuberville's residency uses and ID from another state and with a different name.
www.al.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Friggin' bonkers story www.al.com/news/2025/05...
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This literally happened. People hate them totally for free. www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-mike...
GOP Rep Triggers Town Hall Fury by Saying: ‘I Support Elon Musk’
Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) was booed relentlessly for his support for Elon Musk and his criticism of Ukraine’s president.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This literally happened. People hate them totally for free. www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-mike...
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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🚨NEW: 4th Circuit unanimously rejects Trump request to halt proceedings in Mr. Abrego Garcia's case.
Reagan appointee Wilkinson writes that the Trump admin's position is "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans ... still hold dear."
Reagan appointee Wilkinson writes that the Trump admin's position is "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans ... still hold dear."
April 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🚨NEW: 4th Circuit unanimously rejects Trump request to halt proceedings in Mr. Abrego Garcia's case.
Reagan appointee Wilkinson writes that the Trump admin's position is "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans ... still hold dear."
Reagan appointee Wilkinson writes that the Trump admin's position is "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans ... still hold dear."
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There is a 7-hour time difference between DC and Moscow. He was invited at 11:44 AM on Thursday DC time. That was 6:44 PM in Moscow. He saw Putin at 8:00 PM according to Sky News and Russians. He left Moscow at 2:00 AM. He may have actually been sitting in the Kremlin even when he joined. (2/2)
It's a thousand times worse than you think
Their little group chat is the tip of a truly historic intelligence breach
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March 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
There is a 7-hour time difference between DC and Moscow. He was invited at 11:44 AM on Thursday DC time. That was 6:44 PM in Moscow. He saw Putin at 8:00 PM according to Sky News and Russians. He left Moscow at 2:00 AM. He may have actually been sitting in the Kremlin even when he joined. (2/2)
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I am sharing posts like this not only because they reflect the outrageous excess of Trump’s deportation regime but also in hopes that they might be shared with friends and neighbors who thought Trump only planned to deport violent criminals. Sharing stories is a form of change making.
March 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I am sharing posts like this not only because they reflect the outrageous excess of Trump’s deportation regime but also in hopes that they might be shared with friends and neighbors who thought Trump only planned to deport violent criminals. Sharing stories is a form of change making.
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I'm honestly running out of words I can use on the air to describe what's happening in and to this economy
March 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I'm honestly running out of words I can use on the air to describe what's happening in and to this economy
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Twitter being down is like a brief respite from cataclysmic brush fires. Suddenly the air begins to clear.
March 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Twitter being down is like a brief respite from cataclysmic brush fires. Suddenly the air begins to clear.
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"town hall night in america" -- every congressional district, once a month, all on the same night:
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Let’s Create “Town Hall Night in America”
It’s time for Democrats to institutionalize our oldest form of democracy
oldgoats.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"town hall night in america" -- every congressional district, once a month, all on the same night:
oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...
oldgoats.substack.com/p/lets-creat...
