Hilly Kenkel
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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The Trump White House is a Safe Space for Sex Traffickers, Dictators, and Fraudsters
There will be no help for America's children or workers, but if you're a corrupt dictator or a sex trafficker who can benefit Trump, then you'll be protected and welcomed!
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
There will be no help for America's children or workers, but if you're a corrupt dictator or a sex trafficker who can benefit Trump, then you'll be protected and welcomed!
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The Trump White House is a Safe Space for Sex Traffickers, Dictators, and Fraudsters
There will be no help for America's children or workers, but if you're a corrupt dictator or a sex trafficker who can benefit Trump, then you'll be protected and welcomed!
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
There will be no help for America's children or workers, but if you're a corrupt dictator or a sex trafficker who can benefit Trump, then you'll be protected and welcomed!
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
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The filing deadline for congressional candidates in Texas is around the corner, on December 8.
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The filing deadline for congressional candidates in Texas is around the corner, on December 8.
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The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The fact that no one in the room stood up for her says a lot about how we got here bsky.app/profile/pale...
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Judge Jeffrey Brown is a Trump appointee.
Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Judge Jeffrey Brown is a Trump appointee.
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It's amazing that Bezos is just fine with this and continues to push pro-Trump propaganda anyway
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's amazing that Bezos is just fine with this and continues to push pro-Trump propaganda anyway
Just so we’re all clear:
Yes, everybody needs to take breaks and protect their peace. Yes, everybody needs time to enjoy frivolous things and laugh and relax. It’s the only way to get through this.
But bragging about ignoring what’s going on in the news is not cute. It’s privileged AF.
Yes, everybody needs to take breaks and protect their peace. Yes, everybody needs time to enjoy frivolous things and laugh and relax. It’s the only way to get through this.
But bragging about ignoring what’s going on in the news is not cute. It’s privileged AF.
June 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just so we’re all clear:
Yes, everybody needs to take breaks and protect their peace. Yes, everybody needs time to enjoy frivolous things and laugh and relax. It’s the only way to get through this.
But bragging about ignoring what’s going on in the news is not cute. It’s privileged AF.
Yes, everybody needs to take breaks and protect their peace. Yes, everybody needs time to enjoy frivolous things and laugh and relax. It’s the only way to get through this.
But bragging about ignoring what’s going on in the news is not cute. It’s privileged AF.
We have basically entered “crimes against humanity” territory now. Where are our elected leaders? What are they doing to stop this? When do we get our own Nuremberg trial?
June 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We have basically entered “crimes against humanity” territory now. Where are our elected leaders? What are they doing to stop this? When do we get our own Nuremberg trial?
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JUST IN: Two ballot measures to protect public libraries from the conservative city council in Huntington Beach are both ahead by very wide margins.
Measure to repeal a 'book review committee' up 61/39.
Measure to bar privatization up 63/37.
That's already with 51K+ ballots counted.
Context:
Measure to repeal a 'book review committee' up 61/39.
Measure to bar privatization up 63/37.
That's already with 51K+ ballots counted.
Context:
did you know? a wealthy beach town in southern California now has an all-MAGA city board, and they've been going after public libraries and book access
public library advocates have organized two ballot measures to counter: it's on the ballot on JUNE 10.
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
public library advocates have organized two ballot measures to counter: it's on the ballot on JUNE 10.
boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
June 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
JUST IN: Two ballot measures to protect public libraries from the conservative city council in Huntington Beach are both ahead by very wide margins.
Measure to repeal a 'book review committee' up 61/39.
Measure to bar privatization up 63/37.
That's already with 51K+ ballots counted.
Context:
Measure to repeal a 'book review committee' up 61/39.
Measure to bar privatization up 63/37.
That's already with 51K+ ballots counted.
Context:
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This is a message to the enemies of immigration enforcement: Gov. Newsom’s fate will be yours should you stand in the way of national purity,” an anonymous plainclothes ICE agent wearing a balaclava theonion.com/ice-rel...
ICE Releases Gavin Newsom Beheading Video
WASHINGTON—Disseminating grainy footage of the California Democrat meeting his disturbing and bloody end, Immigration and Customs Enforcement released a video Tuesday in which Gov. Gavin Newsom is seen being beheaded. “This is a message to the enemies of immigration enforcement: Gov. Newsom’s fate will be yours should you stand in the way of national purity,” […]
theonion.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This is a message to the enemies of immigration enforcement: Gov. Newsom’s fate will be yours should you stand in the way of national purity,” an anonymous plainclothes ICE agent wearing a balaclava theonion.com/ice-rel...
This family are valued members of the community. They were doing what they were supposed to do, going to necessary appointments. This has never been about “removing dangerous people” - this is fascism. Pure and simple. www.citybeat.com/news/welcome...
Welcome to the ICE Age: Cincinnati Family Ordered to Leave U.S. After Teen’s ICE Arrest
Just days after ICE arrested 19-year-old Emerson Colindres, his mother and teenage sister were ordered to leave the U.S. within 30 days.
www.citybeat.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This family are valued members of the community. They were doing what they were supposed to do, going to necessary appointments. This has never been about “removing dangerous people” - this is fascism. Pure and simple. www.citybeat.com/news/welcome...
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Statistically “America” is its cities. But we’re stuck with an 18th century political architecture that gives votes to cornfields & thus makes it politically viable to treat them as some kind of weird tumor.
not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
June 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Statistically “America” is its cities. But we’re stuck with an 18th century political architecture that gives votes to cornfields & thus makes it politically viable to treat them as some kind of weird tumor.
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what's crazier is they know people are looking and they don't care
June 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
what's crazier is they know people are looking and they don't care
I am so tired. Are there things we can do to keep ourselves marginally safer from Palantir or are we completely screwed
June 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I am so tired. Are there things we can do to keep ourselves marginally safer from Palantir or are we completely screwed
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A reason im not moved by the “don’t give the trump administration the pretext they’re looking for” is that we would not dare say that about any anti-authoritarian protest movement in literally any other country
June 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A reason im not moved by the “don’t give the trump administration the pretext they’re looking for” is that we would not dare say that about any anti-authoritarian protest movement in literally any other country
All these Congresspeople admitting that they didn’t read the bill they voted for is crazy. I worked for a legislator at the City Council level, and every element of every major law that got passed while I was there was picked apart, debated, and often changed for weeks before passage.
June 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
All these Congresspeople admitting that they didn’t read the bill they voted for is crazy. I worked for a legislator at the City Council level, and every element of every major law that got passed while I was there was picked apart, debated, and often changed for weeks before passage.
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Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.
May 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.
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if your grand approach to politics is bloodless poll-testing so that you're always aligned with wherever public opinion happens to be, you've already lost
May 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
if your grand approach to politics is bloodless poll-testing so that you're always aligned with wherever public opinion happens to be, you've already lost
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Laughable. Truly
TAPPER: I have a hard time thinking that if a D president held a dinner for investors in his cryptocurrency, you wouldn't be outraged
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I don't know anything about the dinner. I was a little busy this past week, so I'm not going to comment on something I haven't even heard about
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, I don't know anything about the dinner. I was a little busy this past week, so I'm not going to comment on something I haven't even heard about
May 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Laughable. Truly
Discussing the realities of medical debt with my sister recently, I joked “at least credit scores don’t follow us into death.” I laughed, but in that moment, I also realized I felt genuine relief.
May 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Discussing the realities of medical debt with my sister recently, I joked “at least credit scores don’t follow us into death.” I laughed, but in that moment, I also realized I felt genuine relief.
Discussing the realities of medical debt with my sister recently, I joked “at least credit scores don’t follow us into death.” I laughed, but in that moment, I also realized I felt genuine relief.
May 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Discussing the realities of medical debt with my sister recently, I joked “at least credit scores don’t follow us into death.” I laughed, but in that moment, I also realized I felt genuine relief.
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people here don't live, they survive
May 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
people here don't live, they survive
“MAHA! LOL Haha!” she exclaims energetically, quietly hoping that somehow irony magically keeps her drinking water safe.
May 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
“MAHA! LOL Haha!” she exclaims energetically, quietly hoping that somehow irony magically keeps her drinking water safe.
Why isn’t absolutely everyone shouting from the rooftops about Trump deporting a US citizen CHILD with STAGE FOUR CANCER?
April 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Why isn’t absolutely everyone shouting from the rooftops about Trump deporting a US citizen CHILD with STAGE FOUR CANCER?
If anybody is watching the Drag Race finale tonight, I just need you to know that Lexi Love is a Cincinnati queen, not a Louisville queen (I just want to claim her so bad)
April 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
If anybody is watching the Drag Race finale tonight, I just need you to know that Lexi Love is a Cincinnati queen, not a Louisville queen (I just want to claim her so bad)