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Hank Mallard

@hankoduck.bsky.social
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Improviser, dark humorist, and a half green blooded bastard!

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house. This is where America is now
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 16/12/2025
"No similarity between the clear-thinking, self-governing stocks that sired the American people and this stream of irresponsible and broken wreckage that is pouring into the lifeblood of America the social and political diseases of the Old World." Sound familiar? newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/12/2025
NEW: Congress missed its chance to stop the Obamacare premium shock. But it can still undo some of the damage. @citizencohn.bsky.social explains how a retroactive fix could work, who’s standing in the way, and why every delay means more people lose coverage. lnk.thebulwark.com/4segki6?utm_...
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Would subscribe
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 27/11/2025
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22/11/2025
JFK's vision of a country built up through the service of its citizens is fundamentally incompatible with the vulgar cynicism of Trump.
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Trump Is Destroying JFK’s America
Kennedy’s vision of a country built up through the service of its citizens is fundamentally incompatible with the vulgar cynicism of the current president.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
If Donald Trump wants to release the Epstein files, he could just release them, instead of green-lighting the House resolution. And it's not as if he cares whether he has statutory authority to do a lot of what he's been doing. But he needs a law for this?
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 16/11/2025
Can the next please dear God can the next interviewer ask MTG about oh I don’t know January 6th etc before we keep pretending she found politics Jesus
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 01/11/2025
Not sure who needs to hear this but we landed on the moon
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Purges of senior military officers. If this were happening elsewhere, we'd understand right away what was happening. It's hard to grasp that it's happening here. But it is... www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...
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Exclusive: Three-star general pushed out amid tensions with Hegseth | CNN Politics
A three-star general serving on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff has been pushed out of his position following months of sustained tensions with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, according to people famili...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Of Kings and Palaces @jvl.bsky.social with his second Triad on the White House Ballroom @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/of-kings-a...
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Of Kings and Palaces
Why Democrats should commit—right now—to restoring the old East Wing of the White House.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Seven million patriots celebrated the real America today.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/10/2025
He sang Rod Stewart, danced — and then ICE grabbed him. @timmiller.bsky.social talks with @roadsteamer.bsky.social about his detention in Portland
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 17/10/2025
"Retreating to the level of numbers and statistics brings neither clarity nor comfort: Only a handful of individuals were detained." In exchange for no meaningful law enforcement activity, we get terror and trauma. Fair trade? www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-depo...
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The Lived Truth Behind Trump’s Deportation Numbers
Statistics tell one story. Trauma, terror, and communities torn apart tell a more complete one.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Big tech: From capitulation to collaboration. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
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Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump’s Immigration Force
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
ICYMI here is a quick explainer on why the strikes in the Caribbean are illegal and why you should care (hint: you might be next) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
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So You've Decided to Target Random People with Military Force
Here's why it's illegal.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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The Weeknight on MS NOW @weeknightmsnow.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
WATCH: Top Oversight Dem @robertgarcia.bsky.social says Sen. Adam Schiff – who many expect Trump might target next – is “unafraid”
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11/10/2025
Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Speaker Johnson continues to stall the swearing in of Rep.-elect Grijalva so as to avoid having to deal with the Epstein discharge petition. Why shouldn’t Dems make support for reopening the government contingent on adding to the funding measure a provision mandating release of the Epstein files?
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
"From now on, our fighting men—and I guess women—are going to adhere to the highest male standard, which has been set by our president, Donald J. Trump: Six-foot-six, buck seventy-five!! A-cups, perky!! With a dump truck in the back you wouldn't even believe! www.mediaite.com/media/entert...
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Trump Busts In On Hegseth To Warn SNL In Brutal Cold Open: ‘Daddy’s Watching!’
SNL opened its 51 season with a cold open in which their President Donald Trump cuts in on Pete Hegseth to warn the show that "Daddy's watching!"
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Holodeck Four @holodeckfour.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I can totally see Archer saying this 😅
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 03/10/2025
So Speaker Johnson gave the congress another week off. Paid of course, while they shut the govt down. The GOP has made it clear they have no interest in compromise with Dems. So they will have to figure how to reopen their govt that they closed. And they get another vacation
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
A terrific cri de coeur and an important fire bell in the night by Michael Wood. "I don’t think our generals and admirals are soft. I served under one of them—my old battalion commander in Afghanistan—who was likely in that room. He was a relentless warrior..." open.substack.com/pub/michaelw...
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I Am Worried That We Will Lose the Next Big War
Our leaders posture on TV while China studies how to send our ships to the bottom
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/10/2025
A week after her win in Arizona, @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social still has not been sworn in by Speaker Johnson
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 02/10/2025
Gov. Beshear: “What we're seeing on the other side is the president making threats, almost negotiating through blackmail, saying, 'If you don't agree to exactly what I want, I'm going to fire a whole bunch of people and cause a lot of pain.”
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 02/10/2025
The US is going to bailout Argentina with your tariff money. Let that sink in
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
File this under “essential function.” 🤡 #Shutdown abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 30/09/2025
“Health care for illegal aliens” is the new “immigrants are eating cats and dogs in Springfield.” The Republican playbook is simple: make up a baseless lie, repeat it every chance you get, hope and pray that everyone blames Democrats for the crises you created.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2025
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2025
Pfizer "secured a three-year grace period from President Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on pharmaceuticals" and in return will "sell some drugs at a 50% average discount on a direct-to-consumer website called TrumpRx" looks like state capitalism to me www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Pfizer Gets Three-Year Reprieve From Trump Pharma Tariffs
Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla said the company secured a three-year grace period from President Donald Trump’s promised tariffs on pharmaceuticals in a deal that would lower some o...
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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
My thesis is that no matter how doomer you were in Nov. 2024, we're probably past your worst-case scenario for the first 9 months of this administration. It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough. www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...
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We Are in the Worst-Case Scenario
The November 2024 version of you would be shocked at what the September 2025 version accepts as reality.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2025
Trump is threatening to sabotage HIS OWN GOVERNMENT if there is a shutdown. Ok. Thats dumb but you own that. Why are we not hearing Dem leaders saying that? “Well that sounds reckless, Americans won’t be happy about that.”
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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/09/2025
Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance
Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance
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NPR @npr.org · 24/09/2025
The statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands mid-frolic wasn't the first anti-Trump artwork on the National Mall in recent months. But it was the first to be removed, despite having a permit.
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A statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands in D.C. is removed as fast as it appeared
The statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands mid-frolic wasn't the first anti-Trump artwork on the National Mall in recent months. But it was the first to be removed, despite having a permit.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Will this be the moment that wakes people up?
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Backfires With Hispanics (w/ Adrian Carrasquillo) | Focus Group
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21/09/2025
Rep. Jim Himes: "Having the Defense Department kill alleged drug runners in the Caribbean is illegal...These folks are committing murder — murder defined as killing without a legal basis. I am mystified over why the rest of the chain of command is quite comfortable with it."
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Grifters all the way down — great scoop @carolleonnig.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
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Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 20/09/2025
Let me state the obvious that seemingly needs restated. You can BOTH condemn the murder of Charlie Kirk, and still disagree with what he said. This is the USA.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
While we're all distracted by the domestic sideshow, Trump is sending the military out to kill people he says are "terrorists", in violation of US and international law. No wonder people at the Pentagon are checking in with their lawyers. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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A Rogue Nation on the High Seas
Trump is treating the military like his personal mercenaries.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/09/2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "There's free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society...We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech."
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Trump is literally threatening to have his Justice Department go after reporters who are asking him questions he doesn’t like
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13/09/2025
As more info comes in this needs to be said: if it wasn’t some left wing radical that did it, and it appears it wasn’t, there need to be massive pushback because they are STILL pretending it’s some culture war and it is only in their own minds Dangerous times
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