William Ward-Hyphen
@ward-hyphen.bsky.social
I was a reporter and editor back when newspapers were popular and meaningful. I've been in 50 states and nine provinces. I was a boy reporter in Georgia who covered Jimmy Carter when he ran for governor in 1966. I met him again in Canada many years later.
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Republicans have made it clear they no longer support democracy over their party, even trying to defend their position with semantics: ("We're a republic.")
On the Today show, NBC's legal analyst referred to the DOJ as "Trump's Justice Department." Of course she knows better, but this does show how much the political corruption has been normalized and accepted.
November 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
On the Today show, NBC's legal analyst referred to the DOJ as "Trump's Justice Department." Of course she knows better, but this does show how much the political corruption has been normalized and accepted.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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MAGAs sheer desperation.
October 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
MAGAs sheer desperation.
Imagine future generations of school kids memorizing a Trump speech as if it were the Gettysburg Address. Or listening to recordings of him as people still do with FDR's fireside chats.
October 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Imagine future generations of school kids memorizing a Trump speech as if it were the Gettysburg Address. Or listening to recordings of him as people still do with FDR's fireside chats.
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Who can stop this madness? Congress where are you?
Trump to the UN: "I'm really good at this stuff. Your countries are going to hell."
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Who can stop this madness? Congress where are you?
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NY Times Feb 4, 1939
September 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
NY Times Feb 4, 1939
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I just saw a comment that said "I don't support what happened to Charlie, but Charlie supported what happened to Charlie."
THAT ... that's what I've been trying to put into words.
THAT ... that's what I've been trying to put into words.
September 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I just saw a comment that said "I don't support what happened to Charlie, but Charlie supported what happened to Charlie."
THAT ... that's what I've been trying to put into words.
THAT ... that's what I've been trying to put into words.
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We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.
September 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We have a bit of a natural experiment here. Compare the tone, quantity and duration of Charlie Kirk coverage with that of the two Dem lawmakers gunned down in their homes in Minnesota 6 months ago. May be revealing.
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Not once in the entire history of the United States has the 2nd Amendment been used to successfully resist actual tyranny, but it is used day in and day out to successfully murder children just trying to go to school.
August 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Not once in the entire history of the United States has the 2nd Amendment been used to successfully resist actual tyranny, but it is used day in and day out to successfully murder children just trying to go to school.
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The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
America Tips Into Fascism
Today is different than before.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
August 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
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Keep a handful of Mexican flag stickers in your pocket and slap one in their vehicles while they are busy dealing with other protestors. They’ll go full keystone cops pulling each other over.
August 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Keep a handful of Mexican flag stickers in your pocket and slap one in their vehicles while they are busy dealing with other protestors. They’ll go full keystone cops pulling each other over.
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Cracker Barrel Logo
August 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Cracker Barrel Logo
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This is step one in how we lose free and fair elections. It’s not that Trump will “cancel” the midterms.
It’s just everyone has to vote in person, and urban downtowns will be filled with ICE checkpoints and intimidating National Guard troops to “double check” that only citizens vote.
It’s just everyone has to vote in person, and urban downtowns will be filled with ICE checkpoints and intimidating National Guard troops to “double check” that only citizens vote.
August 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is step one in how we lose free and fair elections. It’s not that Trump will “cancel” the midterms.
It’s just everyone has to vote in person, and urban downtowns will be filled with ICE checkpoints and intimidating National Guard troops to “double check” that only citizens vote.
It’s just everyone has to vote in person, and urban downtowns will be filled with ICE checkpoints and intimidating National Guard troops to “double check” that only citizens vote.
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Democrats should fully embrace a big tent party, one that has a place for Cooper AND Mamdani. Democrats need both vs. corrupt oligarchy, No one expects a Mamdani to run in NC or Cooper in NYC so why attack a candidate who is suited to his jurisdiction?
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Democrats Catch a Break in North Carolina
Roy Cooper can flip the Senate seat
open.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Democrats should fully embrace a big tent party, one that has a place for Cooper AND Mamdani. Democrats need both vs. corrupt oligarchy, No one expects a Mamdani to run in NC or Cooper in NYC so why attack a candidate who is suited to his jurisdiction?
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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There are no red states, no blue states, only purple, from Idaho fuchsia to Vermont violet. And in every state there are children, non-citizens, and prisoners who can't vote. In every state where one candidate won, a bunch of people voted for the other candidate. And so forth.
July 6, 2025 at 5:42 AM
There are no red states, no blue states, only purple, from Idaho fuchsia to Vermont violet. And in every state there are children, non-citizens, and prisoners who can't vote. In every state where one candidate won, a bunch of people voted for the other candidate. And so forth.
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Thank you Trump and Stephen Miller for saving us from this
June 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Thank you Trump and Stephen Miller for saving us from this
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Page One in Jacksonville:
“I thought the country I was living in was better than this.”
www.jacksonville.com/news/
“I thought the country I was living in was better than this.”
www.jacksonville.com/news/
June 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Page One in Jacksonville:
“I thought the country I was living in was better than this.”
www.jacksonville.com/news/
“I thought the country I was living in was better than this.”
www.jacksonville.com/news/
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Statement from the #MusiciansUnion of the United States 🇺🇸 and #Canada 🇨🇦 to the fat bastard #BruceSpringsteen #TaylorSwift
May 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Statement from the #MusiciansUnion of the United States 🇺🇸 and #Canada 🇨🇦 to the fat bastard #BruceSpringsteen #TaylorSwift
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Question: if there are so many violent criminals who are undocumented, why aIs ICE having to grab kids with cancer (who are actually citizens) just to stay busy?
April 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Question: if there are so many violent criminals who are undocumented, why aIs ICE having to grab kids with cancer (who are actually citizens) just to stay busy?
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The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
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As the Trump damage mounts, is it not time to consider cognitive failure, ignorance, emotional instability, and an increasingly maniacal character as the problem?
Definitely a sign of rational decisionmaking to be yelling at the world in ALLCAPS.
April 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
As the Trump damage mounts, is it not time to consider cognitive failure, ignorance, emotional instability, and an increasingly maniacal character as the problem?
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The Prime Minister of the Heard / McDonald Islands Speaks on Trump’s Tariffs
April 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The Prime Minister of the Heard / McDonald Islands Speaks on Trump’s Tariffs
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He’s tanking the economy, destroying our standing in the world, depriving women and LGBTQ communities of their fundamental rights, attacking the environment, disappearing legal immigrants, gutting Veteran’s benefits and Social Security. And he’s making you pay for his golf trips while he’s at it.
April 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
He’s tanking the economy, destroying our standing in the world, depriving women and LGBTQ communities of their fundamental rights, attacking the environment, disappearing legal immigrants, gutting Veteran’s benefits and Social Security. And he’s making you pay for his golf trips while he’s at it.