JoeBobHawkins
@jbhawk.bsky.social
Retired journalist. Iowa City denizen, Italian Greyhound servant, dad, husband, brother, uncle, etc. Hawkeye fan for some reason
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📽️A MUST watch from Marc Elias: It's easy to disengage with the constant stream of bad news flowing out from the Trump administration. But when we become immune — when we stop being outraged — our democracy crumbles.
https://bit.ly/48aleVG
https://bit.ly/48aleVG
There Are No "Good" Republicans
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
📽️A MUST watch from Marc Elias: It's easy to disengage with the constant stream of bad news flowing out from the Trump administration. But when we become immune — when we stop being outraged — our democracy crumbles.
https://bit.ly/48aleVG
https://bit.ly/48aleVG
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Rural Republicans are scared of rural Democrats, and they don’t like folks like me poking my head into rural places. They want rural progressives to feel alienated and disengaged. They want them to feel hopeless.
I am chasing away the boogeyman at each stop. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
I am chasing away the boogeyman at each stop. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
The Iowa GOP and Stephen King
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyon...
open.substack.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Rural Republicans are scared of rural Democrats, and they don’t like folks like me poking my head into rural places. They want rural progressives to feel alienated and disengaged. They want them to feel hopeless.
I am chasing away the boogeyman at each stop. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
I am chasing away the boogeyman at each stop. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Des Moines-Central Iowa” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Des Moines-Central Iowa · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his alli...
www.mobilize.us
June 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Des Moines-Central Iowa” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Yes!
Erica Payne: "If you're running a business, and you're not paying somebody something they can afford to live on, you don't have a business. You have a human exploitation scheme. And we need to all get that straight."
April 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Yes!
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Your outie loves baking bread.
Your outie has very strong opinions about the song "Don't Stop Believing."
Your outie once ate an entire can of Pringles in a single sitting.
Your outie apologizes to his car when he hits a pothole.
Your outie does not understand the icing rule in hockey.
Your outie has very strong opinions about the song "Don't Stop Believing."
Your outie once ate an entire can of Pringles in a single sitting.
Your outie apologizes to his car when he hits a pothole.
Your outie does not understand the icing rule in hockey.
February 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Your outie loves baking bread.
Your outie has very strong opinions about the song "Don't Stop Believing."
Your outie once ate an entire can of Pringles in a single sitting.
Your outie apologizes to his car when he hits a pothole.
Your outie does not understand the icing rule in hockey.
Your outie has very strong opinions about the song "Don't Stop Believing."
Your outie once ate an entire can of Pringles in a single sitting.
Your outie apologizes to his car when he hits a pothole.
Your outie does not understand the icing rule in hockey.
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to heal the nation, joe biden must apologize for being mean to people with 'fuck joe biden' flags
October 31, 2024 at 2:32 AM
to heal the nation, joe biden must apologize for being mean to people with 'fuck joe biden' flags
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Oprah has so fucking much to answer for.
October 27, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Oprah has so fucking much to answer for.
Dammit. This is why we can’t have nice things. Seriously. Get your shit together, Pima County!
tucson.com/news/local/g...
tucson.com/news/local/g...
Delivery of 267,000 mail-in ballots in Pima County delayed
Some early ballots won't be in Pima County mailboxes until later this week due to a problem assembling ballots that is linked to an addressing issue, officials say.
tucson.com
October 15, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Dammit. This is why we can’t have nice things. Seriously. Get your shit together, Pima County!
tucson.com/news/local/g...
tucson.com/news/local/g...
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wait republicans like obamacare now and saved it and made it better
October 2, 2024 at 2:20 AM
wait republicans like obamacare now and saved it and made it better
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Has this choice ever been so literal?
September 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Has this choice ever been so literal?
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michelle obama just snapped that man clean in half
August 21, 2024 at 2:53 AM
michelle obama just snapped that man clean in half
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According to the WaPo, updated mRNA #COVID #COVID19 vaccines will get approved late next week and should be in pharmacies a week later. The Novavax version will come later. https://wapo.st/3YPLzUs #giftarticle
August 17, 2024 at 6:42 PM
According to the WaPo, updated mRNA #COVID #COVID19 vaccines will get approved late next week and should be in pharmacies a week later. The Novavax version will come later. https://wapo.st/3YPLzUs #giftarticle
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which was part of the point all along (the other point is school segregation)
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers' tuition that it's now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects.
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
July 16, 2024 at 12:47 PM
which was part of the point all along (the other point is school segregation)
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The last page of Judge Cannon's dismissal is just a list of cool RV features?
July 15, 2024 at 2:12 PM
The last page of Judge Cannon's dismissal is just a list of cool RV features?
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RECORD SUPPORT FOR ABORTION RIGHTS IN ARIZONA
Arizona for Abortion Access turns in 823,000 signatures, double the required number, to put abortion on the November ballot.
Arizonans rally for reproductive rights: Record-breaking signatures to secure abortion access on ballot - AZPM
Arizona for Abortion Access gathers over 823,000 signatures, doubling the required number, to place the right to abortion on the November ballot.
news.azpm.org
July 5, 2024 at 1:39 PM
RECORD SUPPORT FOR ABORTION RIGHTS IN ARIZONA
Arizona for Abortion Access turns in 823,000 signatures, double the required number, to put abortion on the November ballot.
So many Joel Edgertons
June 27, 2024 at 4:28 AM
So many Joel Edgertons
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Clippy stands by your bed at night. You pull the cover over your eyes to avoid his gaze, but you still hear him. "Did you mean to rest? Did you mean to dream?" He whispers
January 29, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Clippy stands by your bed at night. You pull the cover over your eyes to avoid his gaze, but you still hear him. "Did you mean to rest? Did you mean to dream?" He whispers
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"what if the milkshake was acid"
what if clouds were hot dogs. what if lentils went to college. what if magnets screamed when you pulled them apart. what if
what if clouds were hot dogs. what if lentils went to college. what if magnets screamed when you pulled them apart. what if
June 4, 2024 at 5:45 PM
"what if the milkshake was acid"
what if clouds were hot dogs. what if lentils went to college. what if magnets screamed when you pulled them apart. what if
what if clouds were hot dogs. what if lentils went to college. what if magnets screamed when you pulled them apart. what if
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A new gold standard review of 100 studies finds:
- masks are effective in reducing transmission of respiratory diseases
- N95 respirators are significantly more effective than medical or cloth masks
- mask mandates are effective in reducing community transmission
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
- masks are effective in reducing transmission of respiratory diseases
- N95 respirators are significantly more effective than medical or cloth masks
- mask mandates are effective in reducing community transmission
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
May 22, 2024 at 3:57 PM
A new gold standard review of 100 studies finds:
- masks are effective in reducing transmission of respiratory diseases
- N95 respirators are significantly more effective than medical or cloth masks
- mask mandates are effective in reducing community transmission
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
- masks are effective in reducing transmission of respiratory diseases
- N95 respirators are significantly more effective than medical or cloth masks
- mask mandates are effective in reducing community transmission
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Whenever someone random tries to downplay confederate monuments to me and I don’t have the energy to put my work hat on, I just calmly say, “I don’t know it’s kinda like if we had statues of the 9/11 hijackers, only confederates killed more Americans.” Shuts them up every time.
May 19, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Whenever someone random tries to downplay confederate monuments to me and I don’t have the energy to put my work hat on, I just calmly say, “I don’t know it’s kinda like if we had statues of the 9/11 hijackers, only confederates killed more Americans.” Shuts them up every time.
This is not an Onion article. I double-checked
Sean Hannity gives Kristi Noem a friendly interview to defend shooting her 14-month-old dog: “Is there a difference which way you put a dog down? I'm not really sure, but I don't think people understood it.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/kri...
Kristi Noem explains to Sean Hannity why she shot a puppy and left it in a gravel pit
www.mediamatters.org
May 2, 2024 at 1:19 PM
This is not an Onion article. I double-checked