Paul Hood
paulhood2.bsky.social
Paul Hood
@paulhood2.bsky.social
Lefty Progressive, critical intellectual but spiritual with atheist friends. I would rather that America not destroy itself and the world with stupidity and greed ( oops, too late? )
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Here's the direct share link (which I'm 95% sure wasn't available from the bottom of the post a little while ago) www.facebook.com/100044557238...?
Heather Cox Richardson
March 31, 2025 (Monday) On April 1, 1861, Secretary of State William Henry Seward wrote an astonishing letter to President Abraham Lincoln. Less than a month after Lincoln had taken office, Seward...
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April 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
He 'Understood the Assignment': Support for Al Green Pours In After Disruption of Trump Speech www.commondreams.org/news/al-gree...
He 'Understood the Assignment': Support for Al Green Pours In After Disruption of Trump Speech | Common Dreams
"Al Green stood up. Would like to see more people stand up," wrote Ezra Levin, the co-founder of the progressive group Indivisible.
www.commondreams.org
March 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
It’s Time for Museums to Step Up for Queer and Trans People hyperallergic.com/992452/its-t...
It’s Time for Museums to Step Up for Queer and Trans People
Amid ceaseless attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, art institutions have a responsibility to center and support their queer and trans staff and visitors.
hyperallergic.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Luigi Mangione Cleans Up Nicely in New Courtroom Sketches  hyperallergic.com/991692/luigi...
Luigi Mangione Cleans Up Nicely in New Courtroom Sketches
Jane Rosenberg's latest sketches show the accused UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter gazing into the distance in a green sweater and bulletproof vest.
hyperallergic.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Ah, the faces of cowardice.
December 5, 2024 at 8:12 PM
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While legacy media focuses on the umpeenth Hunter Biden story, they ignore that Republicans are *right now* trying to overturn the election in North Carolina by challenging 60,000 votes in the state Supreme Court race won by Democrat Allison Riggs.

I discuss with @marcelias.bsky.social:
BREAKING: Republicans try to UNDO Democratic win
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Ugh.
I only taught journalism for years but every part of this seems pretty unambiguously wrong and also un-American
December 6, 2024 at 7:01 AM
OMFG, Enron again.
The smartest guys in the room. What could go wrong?
December 3, 2024 at 6:46 AM
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December 2, 2024 at 10:27 AM
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"Patel is a purveyor of far-right conspiracism in other ways that overlap with QAnon. He claims a nefarious Deep State controls the US government and is arrayed against Trump and conservatives. He encourages paranoia and calls for revenge."
How Kash Patel, Trump's FBI pick, embraced the unhinged QAnon movement
His extremism goes far beyond assailing a supposed Deep State.
www.motherjones.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:49 PM
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The conundrum of our politics is that we may need a populist message to win back the working class, but once you start down that path you could horseshoe into pet-eating hateful nonsense.
December 2, 2024 at 8:13 PM
December 3, 2024 at 2:52 AM
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Biden should invoke the MOU between DOJ and his office, as well as the Presidential Transition Act, to investigate thoseTrump says he wants to put in office. The MOU triggers background investigations of nominees “at the request of the [sitting] president.”

www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Biden should order background checks of Trump’s Cabinet picks
The FBI has conducted background investigations of White House nominees since at least the tenure of President Dwight Eisenhower’s time in office.
www.msnbc.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Mmmm, nah, bumbling but not evil is not the worst.
November 14, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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November 14, 2024 at 9:40 AM