Holly Hughes
@hollahugh.bsky.social
Writer, reader, consumer of mass culture, known to spin a platter or two
All I see in my feed is the White House being demolished and Trump sh*tting all over huge crowds of peaceful American citizens and I have to think, what better metaphors could we have for what is going on in America today?
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
All I see in my feed is the White House being demolished and Trump sh*tting all over huge crowds of peaceful American citizens and I have to think, what better metaphors could we have for what is going on in America today?
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AS DING-DONG DONNY KEEPS HALLUCINATING ABOUT HOW HE AND WHAT'S-HER-NAME NARROWLY ESCAPED BEING
"ESCALATORED" TO BITS, A FOREIGN DIPLOMAT ASKED, AREN'T WE EMBARRASSED BY OUR DIPSHIT PRESIDENT? I ANSWER THE QUESTION VERY POWERFULLY IN TODAY'S POST. THANK YOU FOR READING, LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/4pC3clD
"ESCALATORED" TO BITS, A FOREIGN DIPLOMAT ASKED, AREN'T WE EMBARRASSED BY OUR DIPSHIT PRESIDENT? I ANSWER THE QUESTION VERY POWERFULLY IN TODAY'S POST. THANK YOU FOR READING, LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/4pC3clD
September 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
AS DING-DONG DONNY KEEPS HALLUCINATING ABOUT HOW HE AND WHAT'S-HER-NAME NARROWLY ESCAPED BEING
"ESCALATORED" TO BITS, A FOREIGN DIPLOMAT ASKED, AREN'T WE EMBARRASSED BY OUR DIPSHIT PRESIDENT? I ANSWER THE QUESTION VERY POWERFULLY IN TODAY'S POST. THANK YOU FOR READING, LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/4pC3clD
"ESCALATORED" TO BITS, A FOREIGN DIPLOMAT ASKED, AREN'T WE EMBARRASSED BY OUR DIPSHIT PRESIDENT? I ANSWER THE QUESTION VERY POWERFULLY IN TODAY'S POST. THANK YOU FOR READING, LINK IS HERE: bit.ly/4pC3clD
Wrapped up with a bow on it, so no one can fail to put it all together.
What's happening with Jimmy Kimmel is about politics and power.
September 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Wrapped up with a bow on it, so no one can fail to put it all together.
What's our excuse?
Crazy thing is the Germans didn’t have a historical precedent to warn them
September 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
What's our excuse?
I honestly don't understand how some people got from "They want to take away our guns" to "They are the party of murder." Anyone?
September 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I honestly don't understand how some people got from "They want to take away our guns" to "They are the party of murder." Anyone?
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Tyler Robinson will be out of the news by Monday.
Right wing which dominates media and politics and power is already gaslighting their audience and still blaming "the left."
You can't shame shameless people who are committed to an extremist authoritarian project.
Right wing which dominates media and politics and power is already gaslighting their audience and still blaming "the left."
You can't shame shameless people who are committed to an extremist authoritarian project.
September 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Tyler Robinson will be out of the news by Monday.
Right wing which dominates media and politics and power is already gaslighting their audience and still blaming "the left."
You can't shame shameless people who are committed to an extremist authoritarian project.
Right wing which dominates media and politics and power is already gaslighting their audience and still blaming "the left."
You can't shame shameless people who are committed to an extremist authoritarian project.
Way to level up, Netflix!
Netflix just gave Gavin Newsom 2 million for the redistricting fight and made a deal with Sesame Street. New episodes will air there and the backlog of old episodes will Be free to watch.
Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription.
Netflix picked a side. I will keep my subscription.
September 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Way to level up, Netflix!
Judges were the first line of defense. Now we've got governors kicking ass. Still waiting for the legislative branch (both sides of the aisle if we can get it) to discover their cojones.
August 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Judges were the first line of defense. Now we've got governors kicking ass. Still waiting for the legislative branch (both sides of the aisle if we can get it) to discover their cojones.
Yet another industry getting body-slammed by the current administration's failing policies.
Pauline Frommer: Trump's Policies Are Making Travel More Expensive and Less Convenient
www.frommers.com/tips/miscell...
www.frommers.com/tips/miscell...
Trump's Policies Are Making Travel More Expensive and Less Convenient
The travel industry is in a Trump slump that could have a negative impact on everything from air travel to national parks.
www.frommers.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Yet another industry getting body-slammed by the current administration's failing policies.
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Let them eat cake.
July 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Let them eat cake.
Not so hard to imagine anymore...
Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
June 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Not so hard to imagine anymore...
How beautiful is this?
Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
June 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
How beautiful is this?
Check, check, check...
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
June 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Check, check, check...
Watch his body language.
June 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Watch his body language.
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"[Troops] have told friends and family members they are deeply unhappy about the assignment and worry their only meaningful role will be as pawns in a political battle they do not want to join." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"[Troops] have told friends and family members they are deeply unhappy about the assignment and worry their only meaningful role will be as pawns in a political battle they do not want to join." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
IRL
In the failed state of California in the overrun city of Los Angeles today I drove my mom to the airport, got some coffee with a friend, got the kids from school and worked on some podcast edits. Thank god the United States Military will be sent in to shoot unarmed civilians. This cannot hold.
June 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
IRL
Why can't we all have nice things like this?
Illinois' seventh balanced budget in a row advances our state's growing record of fiscal responsibility.
All while continuing our investments in education, health care, public safety, and jobs for working families.
From start to finish, it's for the people of Illinois.
All while continuing our investments in education, health care, public safety, and jobs for working families.
From start to finish, it's for the people of Illinois.
June 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Why can't we all have nice things like this?
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Illinois' seventh balanced budget in a row advances our state's growing record of fiscal responsibility.
All while continuing our investments in education, health care, public safety, and jobs for working families.
From start to finish, it's for the people of Illinois.
All while continuing our investments in education, health care, public safety, and jobs for working families.
From start to finish, it's for the people of Illinois.
June 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Illinois' seventh balanced budget in a row advances our state's growing record of fiscal responsibility.
All while continuing our investments in education, health care, public safety, and jobs for working families.
From start to finish, it's for the people of Illinois.
All while continuing our investments in education, health care, public safety, and jobs for working families.
From start to finish, it's for the people of Illinois.
Yeah, THIS.
Poverty? “Well, we all are going to die.” Kids without insulin? “Well, we all are going to die.” School shootings, poisoned water, hurricane devastation, a mother’s cancer, a family’s hunger? “Well, we all are going to die.”
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
“We All Are Going To Die.”
In which Joni Ernst says the quiet part out loud.
open.substack.com
May 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yeah, THIS.
Wonder where he got the idea for this Golden Dome security plan?
May 30, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Wonder where he got the idea for this Golden Dome security plan?
Gotta love this guy.
I’m starting my annual walk across Connecticut today! Beginning in the very northwest corner of the state - Salisbury. I will talk to hundreds of people over the next few days about what they want (and don’t want!) from their elected leaders.
My favorite week of the year!
My favorite week of the year!
May 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Gotta love this guy.
I sure hope some investigative journalist somewhere is already at work on an in-depth article about who these ICE agents are, how they were hired, and who told them to wear those face coverings at all times.
May 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I sure hope some investigative journalist somewhere is already at work on an in-depth article about who these ICE agents are, how they were hired, and who told them to wear those face coverings at all times.
Can someone please make this neverending Opposite Day stop?
May 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Can someone please make this neverending Opposite Day stop?
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What did this buffoon expect? Headlines like "Hip Hip Hooray for the former TV Talk Show Chatterbox Pretending to Run the Department of Defense by Bigotedly Erasing the Accomplishments of Any Black or Women Veterans and Then Drunkenly Revealing Military Secrets"?
April 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
What did this buffoon expect? Headlines like "Hip Hip Hooray for the former TV Talk Show Chatterbox Pretending to Run the Department of Defense by Bigotedly Erasing the Accomplishments of Any Black or Women Veterans and Then Drunkenly Revealing Military Secrets"?
When you get right down to it . . .
People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
April 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
When you get right down to it . . .