Mel Hoffman
@melhoffman.bsky.social
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“The Pitt” has become the champion of a return to old-fashioned weekly viewing habits, our chief TV critic writes. “But honestly, it makes a pretty great binge watch.”
‘The Pitt’ Asks: Is TV Better in Small Doses?
The hospital drama has become the champion of a return to old-fashioned weekly viewing habits. But honestly, it makes a pretty great binge watch.
nyti.ms
January 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“The Pitt” has become the champion of a return to old-fashioned weekly viewing habits, our chief TV critic writes. “But honestly, it makes a pretty great binge watch.”
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As you listen to DHS and ICE offer their excuses and justifications for murdering an American mother in cold blood, a quickly-forgotten reminder from Chicago:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
January 8, 2026 at 1:25 AM
As you listen to DHS and ICE offer their excuses and justifications for murdering an American mother in cold blood, a quickly-forgotten reminder from Chicago:
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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ICE killed a woman in Minneapolis, and Trump and DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin are lying about it.
Read @premthakker.bsky.social’s piece on more of Homeland Security’s biggest lies:
zeteo.com/p/tricia-mcl...
Read @premthakker.bsky.social’s piece on more of Homeland Security’s biggest lies:
zeteo.com/p/tricia-mcl...
7 of the Biggest Lies So Far From Trump’s Homeland Security Mouthpiece
Tricia McLaughlin’s job is to defend Trump’s violent, masked immigration agents kidnapping people off the streets. That means a lot of lying.
zeteo.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:19 PM
ICE killed a woman in Minneapolis, and Trump and DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin are lying about it.
Read @premthakker.bsky.social’s piece on more of Homeland Security’s biggest lies:
zeteo.com/p/tricia-mcl...
Read @premthakker.bsky.social’s piece on more of Homeland Security’s biggest lies:
zeteo.com/p/tricia-mcl...
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"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."
Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea
I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.
www.motherjones.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."
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"America is an oil company with an army."
—George Carlin
—George Carlin
January 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
"America is an oil company with an army."
—George Carlin
—George Carlin
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ICE is made up of men who have failed the human test and have nothing of value to offer this nation.
Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.
Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.
October 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
ICE is made up of men who have failed the human test and have nothing of value to offer this nation.
Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.
Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.
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I regret to tell you that the image above is not a parody. We are a nation run by Beavis-like juveniles. (With flamethrowers.)
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Another Deplorable Week in Review
I regret to tell you that the image above is not a parody.
open.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I regret to tell you that the image above is not a parody. We are a nation run by Beavis-like juveniles. (With flamethrowers.)
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Greatest Presidential Campaign Announcement
October 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Greatest Presidential Campaign Announcement
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"[Trump's] 'mental state,' according to Justin A. Frank, a former clinical professor of psychiatry … , 'include[s] so many psychic afflictions' that a 'working knowledge of psychiatric disorders is essential to understanding Trump.'"
Unfit for Office
Donald Trump’s narcissism makes it impossible for him to carry out the duties of the presidency in the way the Constitution requires.
buff.ly
October 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"[Trump's] 'mental state,' according to Justin A. Frank, a former clinical professor of psychiatry … , 'include[s] so many psychic afflictions' that a 'working knowledge of psychiatric disorders is essential to understanding Trump.'"
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The last 3 shutdowns were all under Trump/GOP control. The GOP can’t govern, and America knows it.
October 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The last 3 shutdowns were all under Trump/GOP control. The GOP can’t govern, and America knows it.
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Hungover Hegseth Struggling To Remember How He Ended Up In Room Full Of Generals
Hungover Hegseth Struggling To Remember How He Ended Up In Room Full Of Generals
QUANTICO, VA—Racking his brain for answers as he gazed out at the high-ranking officers gathered before him, a visibly hungover Pete Hegseth reportedly struggled Tuesday to remember exactly how he end...
theonion.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Hungover Hegseth Struggling To Remember How He Ended Up In Room Full Of Generals
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DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now."
ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."
ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."
September 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now."
ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."
ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."
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Just putting this here for no particular reason.
August 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Just putting this here for no particular reason.
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The creators of “South Park” realized something about Donald Trump early on: he’s an endless wellspring of material, but what he says and does is inevitably more absurd than any satire could be.
“South Park” Skewers a Satire-Proof President
The new season première goes after Trump as never before—and solves a problem that’s plagued comedians since his first term in office.
www.newyorker.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The creators of “South Park” realized something about Donald Trump early on: he’s an endless wellspring of material, but what he says and does is inevitably more absurd than any satire could be.
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Paul Manafort: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
George Papadopolous: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Mike Flynn: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Roger Stone: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Next up, Ghislaine Maxwell.
George Papadopolous: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Mike Flynn: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Roger Stone: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Next up, Ghislaine Maxwell.
July 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Paul Manafort: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
George Papadopolous: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Mike Flynn: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Roger Stone: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Next up, Ghislaine Maxwell.
George Papadopolous: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Mike Flynn: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Roger Stone: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump.
Next up, Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Why do they need Ghislaine Maxwell if there's a list?
MAGA, they're complicating this more than it needs to be because they think you're stupid. Deliberate obfuscation.
MAGA, they're complicating this more than it needs to be because they think you're stupid. Deliberate obfuscation.
July 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Why do they need Ghislaine Maxwell if there's a list?
MAGA, they're complicating this more than it needs to be because they think you're stupid. Deliberate obfuscation.
MAGA, they're complicating this more than it needs to be because they think you're stupid. Deliberate obfuscation.