Hope Coulter
@hopester99.bsky.social
Creative writing professor emerita | dogs, birds, books | pro science, democracy, justice, freedom of the press, and human rights | anti tyranny
www.hopecoulter.com | she/her
www.hopecoulter.com | she/her
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Only someone who avoided the draft would want to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
September 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Only someone who avoided the draft would want to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
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RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
September 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
RFK Jr: It's gonna be the biggest infusion of federal dollar into rural healthcare in American history
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
BERNIE SANDERS: Yeah. You know why? Because you're cutting $150b for rural hospitals, you're putting $50b back. That's not an infusion. That's a loss of $100b.
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Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
September 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Several anti-ICE protestors on the Ohio-Kentucky border.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
This is how the police dealt with them.
Literally beat the hell out of them.
This is Trump's police state America, coming to a protest near you.
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You know he’s got us there
Reporter: there's a school shooting problem in america
Trump: sure but there are thousands of schools where there are no shootings
Trump: sure but there are thousands of schools where there are no shootings
September 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
You know he’s got us there
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"When did we become a country where it's okay for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything – especially something we don't want? Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation – that we treat this as normal?"
Gov. JB Pritzker
Gov. JB Pritzker
September 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"When did we become a country where it's okay for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything – especially something we don't want? Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation – that we treat this as normal?"
Gov. JB Pritzker
Gov. JB Pritzker
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It’s not really necessary to mock Kristi Noem since South Park has already done such a good job of it, but here’s the actual anti-drug slogan she approved when she was Governor of South Dakota
August 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It’s not really necessary to mock Kristi Noem since South Park has already done such a good job of it, but here’s the actual anti-drug slogan she approved when she was Governor of South Dakota
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A U.S. district judge asked yesterday the same question we have been asking for weeks: why have state and federal governments failed to produce a copy of the legal agreement governing the Everglades detention camp? The detention of immigrants in that place is blatantly illegal.
Federal judges want more information about Alligator Alcatraz’s operations
“We need to get to the bottom of the interplay between the federal and state authorities on who’s running this thing,” U.S. District Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II said during a hearing Monday.
www.miamiherald.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A U.S. district judge asked yesterday the same question we have been asking for weeks: why have state and federal governments failed to produce a copy of the legal agreement governing the Everglades detention camp? The detention of immigrants in that place is blatantly illegal.
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What I cannot fathom is why any court is allowing Alligator Auscwirz to exist.
Inhumane detention facilities violate the 8th Amendment to the Constitution prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment.
Inhumane detention facilities violate the 8th Amendment to the Constitution prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment.
July 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
What I cannot fathom is why any court is allowing Alligator Auscwirz to exist.
Inhumane detention facilities violate the 8th Amendment to the Constitution prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment.
Inhumane detention facilities violate the 8th Amendment to the Constitution prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment.
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
July 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400.
Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.
wapo.st
June 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
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Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
July 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
Social Security - "That's socialism!"
Debt free education - "That's socialism!"
Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"
$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...
"That's just how it is."
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Arkansas showed up! In Little Rock, a crowd estimated by the statewide newspaper at 8,000 marched to take a stand for Constitutional rights and against tyranny. It was a day of sunny skies and good vibes, with a steady stream of passersby honking and cheering in support. #NoKings
June 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Arkansas showed up! In Little Rock, a crowd estimated by the statewide newspaper at 8,000 marched to take a stand for Constitutional rights and against tyranny. It was a day of sunny skies and good vibes, with a steady stream of passersby honking and cheering in support. #NoKings
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I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
www.democracydocket.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
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February 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
February 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
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🎤Where are we?????
February 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🎤Where are we?????
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The Oregon Trail generation speaks
I am going to be so pissed if--after everything--I do, in fact, die of dysentery.
February 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Oregon Trail generation speaks
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Cutting the NIH is cutting cancer research
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
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February 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Cutting the NIH is cutting cancer research
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
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BREAKING
The Trump administration is maintaining a funding freeze at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in defiance of two federal court orders.
The ongoing freeze was confirmed by an NIH official and internal correspondence reviewed by Popular Information.
The Trump administration is maintaining a funding freeze at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in defiance of two federal court orders.
The ongoing freeze was confirmed by an NIH official and internal correspondence reviewed by Popular Information.
Trump maintains funding freeze at NIH, defying court order
The Trump administration is still prohibiting National Institutes of Health (NIH) staff from issuing virtually all grant funding, an NIH official tells Popular Information.
popular.info
February 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
BREAKING
The Trump administration is maintaining a funding freeze at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in defiance of two federal court orders.
The ongoing freeze was confirmed by an NIH official and internal correspondence reviewed by Popular Information.
The Trump administration is maintaining a funding freeze at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in defiance of two federal court orders.
The ongoing freeze was confirmed by an NIH official and internal correspondence reviewed by Popular Information.
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Imagine the outrage if a Democratic president let a shadowy South African billionaire with a ketamine habit access U.S. financial systems and national security secrets. Republicans would burn D.C. to the ground.
But since he bankrolls their primaries, they stay silent.
Pathetic.
But since he bankrolls their primaries, they stay silent.
Pathetic.
February 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Imagine the outrage if a Democratic president let a shadowy South African billionaire with a ketamine habit access U.S. financial systems and national security secrets. Republicans would burn D.C. to the ground.
But since he bankrolls their primaries, they stay silent.
Pathetic.
But since he bankrolls their primaries, they stay silent.
Pathetic.