Hank Hoffman
@hankhoffmanct.bsky.social
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This letter is quite a read. Toadies gonna toad, I guess.
my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This letter is quite a read. Toadies gonna toad, I guess.
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ha ha he thinks we care about clinton, summers, and hoffman
PLEASE TAKE THEM ALL
PLEASE TAKE THEM ALL
“Epstein was a Democrat, and he is the Democrat's problem, not the Republican's problem!”
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
ha ha he thinks we care about clinton, summers, and hoffman
PLEASE TAKE THEM ALL
PLEASE TAKE THEM ALL
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I always get a kick out of the NYT Defense Squad trotting out harrumphing takes about how serious journalists don't report on mere speculation, blow things out of proportion, dig into their colleagues' email, etc etc
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I always get a kick out of the NYT Defense Squad trotting out harrumphing takes about how serious journalists don't report on mere speculation, blow things out of proportion, dig into their colleagues' email, etc etc
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Karoline Leavitt standing in front of her sole job description
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Karoline Leavitt standing in front of her sole job description
Reinstate Sarah Kendzior.
Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Reinstate Sarah Kendzior.
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For every surveillance state to function, there must be a critical mass of people who willingly act as snitches to further the regime's ideology.
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
RAISE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
For every surveillance state to function, there must be a critical mass of people who willingly act as snitches to further the regime's ideology.
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
Every single member of this administration is a slimy, heartless, corrupt dirtbag. Yes, I'm being too kind.
BROWN: What do you say to someone who would ask, where is the sense of humanity? Why are you going to the Supreme Court to fight against SNAP payments?
BROOKE ROLLINS: Oh, Pamela. I mean, really?
BROOKE ROLLINS: Oh, Pamela. I mean, really?
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Every single member of this administration is a slimy, heartless, corrupt dirtbag. Yes, I'm being too kind.
Are there ANY non-hateful & hate-filled Young Republicans?
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Are there ANY non-hateful & hate-filled Young Republicans?
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Not that anyone has any free brain space to focus on the future of the Republic this morning. But I put together this short piece on how to figure out which Senators should be purged from Congress. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List
Over the last couple days I’ve argued both that the denouement of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Not that anyone has any free brain space to focus on the future of the Republic this morning. But I put together this short piece on how to figure out which Senators should be purged from Congress. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
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Our leading news organizations turned a cache of ultimately-innocuous emails into a scandal-coded weeklong series of front page stories leading into the 2016 election. If they do not cover the "emails from notorious pedophile implication the President" emails with the same fervor, it's curious!
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Our leading news organizations turned a cache of ultimately-innocuous emails into a scandal-coded weeklong series of front page stories leading into the 2016 election. If they do not cover the "emails from notorious pedophile implication the President" emails with the same fervor, it's curious!
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I feel the need to shout this from the rooftops AGAIN
If we had listened to women like Anita Hill and E. Jean Carroll and Christine Blasey Ford and SO MANY OTHERS we wouldn’t be in this damn mess right now.
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I feel the need to shout this from the rooftops AGAIN
@djrothkopf.bsky.social:
"Schumer has demonstrated that he is unfit to lead the Democrats just as Durbin and his fellow Vichy Dems who supported this stupidity are no longer fit to represent Democrats."
"Schumer has demonstrated that he is unfit to lead the Democrats just as Durbin and his fellow Vichy Dems who supported this stupidity are no longer fit to represent Democrats."
“The Democratic Party is big enough for a wide range of views—as long as all are willing to do whatever it takes to fight for the American people, the Constitution and to stand up to Trump,” says @djrothkopf.bsky.social. www.thedailybeast.com/why-these-vi...
Why These Vichy Dems and Their Spineless Boss Need to Go Now
We need courage and clarity from our leaders. Schumer and these eight in the Senate have shown they have failed that test. Time to turn the page.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
@djrothkopf.bsky.social:
"Schumer has demonstrated that he is unfit to lead the Democrats just as Durbin and his fellow Vichy Dems who supported this stupidity are no longer fit to represent Democrats."
"Schumer has demonstrated that he is unfit to lead the Democrats just as Durbin and his fellow Vichy Dems who supported this stupidity are no longer fit to represent Democrats."
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The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.
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Schumer may have voted no but people are tired of the DC dance.
✅ The 8 senators admit they kept him in the loop
✅ The 8 senators that voted yes are not up for reelection
✅ His No. 2 voted yes
We need a new politics with new faces for working people.
✅ The 8 senators admit they kept him in the loop
✅ The 8 senators that voted yes are not up for reelection
✅ His No. 2 voted yes
We need a new politics with new faces for working people.
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Schumer may have voted no but people are tired of the DC dance.
✅ The 8 senators admit they kept him in the loop
✅ The 8 senators that voted yes are not up for reelection
✅ His No. 2 voted yes
We need a new politics with new faces for working people.
✅ The 8 senators admit they kept him in the loop
✅ The 8 senators that voted yes are not up for reelection
✅ His No. 2 voted yes
We need a new politics with new faces for working people.
This. Don’t tell me you voted against the CR and you didn’t agree with ending the shutdown this way without demanding a change in the ineffectual leaders. If you can’t call for Schumer’s oyster, you aren’t serious about fighting the Republicans.
Is Schumer still the minority leader? Is Durbin still the whip? Is Cortes-Masto still a vice chair? Good Democrats -- rank and file, those committed to restoring party --must tell Act Blue and every candidate with hands out for the coming midterms -- that there's no cash coming without new leaders.
November 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This. Don’t tell me you voted against the CR and you didn’t agree with ending the shutdown this way without demanding a change in the ineffectual leaders. If you can’t call for Schumer’s oyster, you aren’t serious about fighting the Republicans.
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If more than half your colleagues are fascists, you *should* have a contentious relationship with your coworkers. No one gives AF about how friendly they are to you at the Senate gym.
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
If more than half your colleagues are fascists, you *should* have a contentious relationship with your coworkers. No one gives AF about how friendly they are to you at the Senate gym.
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Just watched Bernie Sanders on Maddow and in response to whether Schumer should step down from leadership, his answer was "Look Schumer is part of the Dem Establishment and if he steps down who will replace him?"
I mean... Bernie, WTF???? Take a damn stand.
I mean... Bernie, WTF???? Take a damn stand.
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Just watched Bernie Sanders on Maddow and in response to whether Schumer should step down from leadership, his answer was "Look Schumer is part of the Dem Establishment and if he steps down who will replace him?"
I mean... Bernie, WTF???? Take a damn stand.
I mean... Bernie, WTF???? Take a damn stand.
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Steve Inskeep: You think the Republicans voting with you here will not only agree to these measures, but actually try to do something if the administration ignores them?
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Steve Inskeep: You think the Republicans voting with you here will not only agree to these measures, but actually try to do something if the administration ignores them?
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
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Catherine my good bitch you guys are the only ones who do not know where the Republicans stand
Steve Inskeep: You think the Republicans voting with you here will not only agree to these measures, but actually try to do something if the administration ignores them?
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Catherine my good bitch you guys are the only ones who do not know where the Republicans stand
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Have you considered kicking out the people who gave up the fight and picking a new leader who is capable of leading the same
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Have you considered kicking out the people who gave up the fight and picking a new leader who is capable of leading the same
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🚨 Tim Kaine is saying the quiet part out loud - underscoring why anyone shouldn't be satisfied with any of the "no" statements or posts from Dem Senators.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🚨 Tim Kaine is saying the quiet part out loud - underscoring why anyone shouldn't be satisfied with any of the "no" statements or posts from Dem Senators.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
If Dem Senators are truly disgusted with this save they should be calling on #SurrenderSchumer to step aside as the Leader immediately.
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Tim Kaine is on MSNBC accusing Katy Tur of "overdramatizing" the way he and some other Democrats caved. "This is by far a minor-league issue within the Democratic Party," Kaine said.
He's completely out of touch, or just lying.
He's completely out of touch, or just lying.
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Tim Kaine is on MSNBC accusing Katy Tur of "overdramatizing" the way he and some other Democrats caved. "This is by far a minor-league issue within the Democratic Party," Kaine said.
He's completely out of touch, or just lying.
He's completely out of touch, or just lying.
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There are two big problems with the “the Dem strategy wasn’t working argument.” One is that it was. The other is that changing the strategy did not require capitulation.
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
There are two big problems with the “the Dem strategy wasn’t working argument.” One is that it was. The other is that changing the strategy did not require capitulation.
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You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
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it's fun how "it's already been reported elsewhere" can be an excuse for covering a thing that you want to cover OR an excuse for not covering a thing you don't want to cover
and by fun I mean "absolutely gutless"
and by fun I mean "absolutely gutless"
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
it's fun how "it's already been reported elsewhere" can be an excuse for covering a thing that you want to cover OR an excuse for not covering a thing you don't want to cover
and by fun I mean "absolutely gutless"
and by fun I mean "absolutely gutless"