The Thinking Hound
@thinking-hound.bsky.social
Liberal AF. Writer, editor. Life is better with friends, hugs, coffee, jazz, naps, dogs, trees, onion bagels, decency, justice, and democracy. Wesleyan alum. “Every day we don’t act is a day that we lose.” - Maria Ressa, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
October 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
@bocksam.bsky.social any idea if the full interview is available?
I have loved Mandy from the first time I saw him in The Princess Bride. I have loved his passion, his intenseness, and his honesty to himself and his core beliefs.
What a powerful speech!
What a powerful speech!
Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.
July 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
@bocksam.bsky.social any idea if the full interview is available?
@katiephang.bsky.social he would be a great guest. Asa follow up to Timothy Snyder’s latest essay on labor camps, also like to understand, from a legal perspective, what could happen next ro people who are detained in ICE camps.
July 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
@katiephang.bsky.social he would be a great guest. Asa follow up to Timothy Snyder’s latest essay on labor camps, also like to understand, from a legal perspective, what could happen next ro people who are detained in ICE camps.
July 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
New from me: details on the sold Glory Club, which has set up at least 26 lodges across 20 states, and whose members include antisemitic podcasters, a national guardsman, and a defense contractor with secret clearance www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Revealed: the far-right, antisemitic men’s club network spreading across US
Old Glory Club has at least 26 chapters with participants including military personnel, lawyers and civil servants
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
@weholdtruths.bsky.social New survey from Cato quantifies an epidemic of ignorance that should shame every elected official at local, state and national levels. www.cato.org/blog/53-dont...
53 Percent Don’t Know Why We Declared Independence from Britain in 1776
The Cato Institute’s 2025 4th of July National Survey finds shocking ignorance among the general public about our nation’s history and our system of government.
www.cato.org
July 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@weholdtruths.bsky.social New survey from Cato quantifies an epidemic of ignorance that should shame every elected official at local, state and national levels. www.cato.org/blog/53-dont...
Millions supported #NoKings. How can we get others to join the fight to save democracy? On June 26th, 8pm EDT, join Principles First’s Virtual Town Hall with Leaving MAGA's Rich Logis to discuss how to rebuild relationships across political divides.
www.eventbrite.com/e/principles...
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June 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Reposted by The Thinking Hound
Former Illinois Congressman Dan Lipinski at our recent Chicago dinner:
“It’s not guaranteed what we have here in the United States—our democratic republic is not guaranteed. And more people need to understand that.”
Help us preserve it: principlesfirst.us
“It’s not guaranteed what we have here in the United States—our democratic republic is not guaranteed. And more people need to understand that.”
Help us preserve it: principlesfirst.us
May 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Former Illinois Congressman Dan Lipinski at our recent Chicago dinner:
“It’s not guaranteed what we have here in the United States—our democratic republic is not guaranteed. And more people need to understand that.”
Help us preserve it: principlesfirst.us
“It’s not guaranteed what we have here in the United States—our democratic republic is not guaranteed. And more people need to understand that.”
Help us preserve it: principlesfirst.us
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Please share!!!
Please share!!!
Millions supported #NoKings. How can we get others to join the fight to save democracy? On June 26th, 8pm EDT, join Principles First’s Virtual Town Hall with Leaving MAGA's Rich Logis to discuss how to rebuild relationships across political divides.
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June 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Millions supported #NoKings. How can we get others to join the fight to save democracy? On June 26th, 8pm EDT, join Principles First’s Virtual Town Hall with Leaving MAGA's Rich Logis to discuss how to rebuild relationships across political divides.
www.eventbrite.com/e/principles...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Millions supported #NoKings. How can we get others to join the fight to save democracy? On June 26th, 8pm EDT, join Principles First’s Virtual Town Hall with Leaving MAGA's Rich Logis to discuss how to rebuild relationships across political divides.
www.eventbrite.com/e/principles...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Millions supported #NoKings. How can we get others to join the fight to save democracy? On June 26th, 8pm EDT, join Principles First’s Virtual Town Hall with Leaving MAGA's Rich Logis to discuss how to rebuild relationships across political divides.
www.eventbrite.com/e/principles...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Millions supported #NoKings. How can we get others to join the fight to save democracy? On June 26th, 8pm EDT, join Principles First’s Virtual Town Hall with Leaving MAGA's Rich Logis to discuss how to rebuild relationships across political divides.
www.eventbrite.com/e/principles...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Millions supported #NoKings. How can we get others to join the fight to save democracy? On June 26th, 8pm EDT, join Principles First’s Virtual Town Hall with Leaving MAGA's Rich Logis to discuss how to rebuild relationships across political divides.
www.eventbrite.com/e/principles...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Millions supported #NoKings. How can we get others to join the fight to save democracy? On June 26th, 8pm EDT, join Principles First’s Virtual Town Hall with Leaving MAGA's Rich Logis to discuss how to rebuild relationships across political divides.
www.eventbrite.com/e/principles...
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Building Bridges, Not Walls- free virtual town hall organized by @PrinciplesFirst
Blues in red states, Please share with your networks..
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Blues in red states, Please share with your networks..
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Millions of Americans supported #NoKings because Country comes before party. What’s next? On Thur. June 26th, 8pm EDT, join Principles First for a Virtual Town Hall with Leaving MAGA's Rich Logis to discuss how to rebuild relationships across political divides.
www.eventbrite.com/e/principles...
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Principles First Virtual Town Hall
Join us for an open conversation featuring individuals who are committed to bridging political divides.
www.eventbrite.com
June 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Building Bridges, Not Walls- free virtual town hall organized by @PrinciplesFirst
Blues in red states, Please share with your networks..
@hazel-miller.bsky.social
@wlmorin.bsky.social
@bluerebel15.bsky.social
@reptillatron.bsky.social
@kellyocon.bsky.social
Blues in red states, Please share with your networks..
@hazel-miller.bsky.social
@wlmorin.bsky.social
@bluerebel15.bsky.social
@reptillatron.bsky.social
@kellyocon.bsky.social
Millions of Americans supported #NoKings because Country comes before party. What’s next? On Thur. June 26th, 8pm EDT, join Principles First for a Virtual Town Hall with Leaving MAGA's Rich Logis to discuss how to rebuild relationships across political divides.
www.eventbrite.com/e/principles...
www.eventbrite.com/e/principles...
Principles First Virtual Town Hall
Join us for an open conversation featuring individuals who are committed to bridging political divides.
www.eventbrite.com
June 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Millions of Americans supported #NoKings because Country comes before party. What’s next? On Thur. June 26th, 8pm EDT, join Principles First for a Virtual Town Hall with Leaving MAGA's Rich Logis to discuss how to rebuild relationships across political divides.
www.eventbrite.com/e/principles...
www.eventbrite.com/e/principles...
Principles First Virtual Town Hall
Join us for an open conversation featuring individuals who are committed to bridging political divides.
www.eventbrite.com
June 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Millions of Americans supported #NoKings because Country comes before party. What’s next? On Thur. June 26th, 8pm EDT, join Principles First for a Virtual Town Hall with Leaving MAGA's Rich Logis to discuss how to rebuild relationships across political divides.
www.eventbrite.com/e/principles...
www.eventbrite.com/e/principles...
Reposted by The Thinking Hound
Everyone should say it:
The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism.
Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy.
But that's not what's interesting about Miller.
It's not brains. It's bile.
The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism.
Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy.
But that's not what's interesting about Miller.
It's not brains. It's bile.
June 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Everyone should say it:
The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism.
Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy.
But that's not what's interesting about Miller.
It's not brains. It's bile.
The thing about Stephen Miller is not that he is the brains behind Trumpism.
Yes, he is one of the people who conceptualizes the impulses of the Trumpist movement and translates them into policy.
But that's not what's interesting about Miller.
It's not brains. It's bile.
On this day in 1950, the R-Sen.from Maine addressed Congress: “I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear.”
Trump, Vance, Johnson, Miller, Biondi, Rubio, Noem, Patel…
Who do you pick?. #FourHorseman
Trump, Vance, Johnson, Miller, Biondi, Rubio, Noem, Patel…
Who do you pick?. #FourHorseman
June 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
On this day in 1950, the R-Sen.from Maine addressed Congress: “I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear.”
Trump, Vance, Johnson, Miller, Biondi, Rubio, Noem, Patel…
Who do you pick?. #FourHorseman
Trump, Vance, Johnson, Miller, Biondi, Rubio, Noem, Patel…
Who do you pick?. #FourHorseman
@jimacosta.bsky.social Alondra would be a great guest on your show!
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
@jimacosta.bsky.social Alondra would be a great guest on your show!
Can anyone translate the essence of this article, that was posted on FB?
March 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Reposted by The Thinking Hound
Perfect analogy
March 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Perfect analogy
@jimacosta.bsky.social town halls?
I think every Democrat that lost this last time around should be the ones showing up at the no-show town halls.
Beto
Amy McGrath
Marcus Flowers
Colin Allred
Sharrod Brown
Madison Horn
Etc.
@kenmartin.bsky.social thoughts?
Beto
Amy McGrath
Marcus Flowers
Colin Allred
Sharrod Brown
Madison Horn
Etc.
@kenmartin.bsky.social thoughts?
March 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
@jimacosta.bsky.social town halls?
Reposted by The Thinking Hound
Excellent idea!!
Indivisible organizes the empty chair town halls.
Indivisible organizes the empty chair town halls.
I think every Democrat that lost this last time around should be the ones showing up at the no-show town halls.
Beto
Amy McGrath
Marcus Flowers
Colin Allred
Sharrod Brown
Madison Horn
Etc.
@kenmartin.bsky.social thoughts?
Beto
Amy McGrath
Marcus Flowers
Colin Allred
Sharrod Brown
Madison Horn
Etc.
@kenmartin.bsky.social thoughts?
March 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Excellent idea!!
Indivisible organizes the empty chair town halls.
Indivisible organizes the empty chair town halls.