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Howard Wilkins

@howardwilkins.bsky.social
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Career management consultant. Privileged straight, middle-aged Jewish white guy, soccer nerd, nerd-culture nerd, proud dad, gun violence survivor. Pro women's rights, trans-rights, being kind and also calling out bad faith arguments. #ProtectTransKids

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/10/2026
Q: Can you name a time when you voted against Trump and it changed the outcome? SUSAN COLLINS: At one point, I had organized people to vote against Sec. Hegseth. At the very last minute one of our Republicans changed his mind. Otherwise he would've been defeated. Q: So it didn't change the outcome
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Laura Martínez 🥑 @miblogestublog.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The perfect Halloween costume doesn't exi...
a photo of a little kid wearing a costume of what wuold be a boiling pork carnitas casserole
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“While the Good family seeks unspecified compensatory damages, their primary focus is public accountability. At an emotional Minneapolis press conference, Renee Good’s partner Becca Good stated: ‘The whole world had to watch as our entire universe was destroyed. We were all robbed.’”
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 14/10/2026
Republican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.
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andré, but scarier @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
trump and elon are actively serving ukraine up to russia because his war in iran made oil prices explode and he needs russia’s refineries to remain unharmed after the diesel deal, so the bogus energy ceasefire was to protect them while letting kyiv’s energy infrastructure be bombed without warning
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 13/10/2026
Remembering that time when some big name accounts were arguing that X is all good now and the algorithm has been de-Elon'd. Wait, that was yesterday. The same time this was happening.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
In case you aren't knee-deep in the latest MAGA conspiracy theory, this is a response to the "bombshell" that James Talarico spent the past week-plus secretly seeking treatment at an Ohio mental health facility, and a GOP operative broke the case with a late-night phone call.
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
these companies need to be strangled to death with the full force of the regulatory state at the soonest opportunity
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/10/2026
question for brooks: what if they are, literally, nazis?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zelenskyy says Trump has betrayed Ukraine.
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Trump administration has denied Illinois’ request for disaster relief — again. The state sought FEMA’s help after days of severe weather in and around the Chicago area in August. FEMA granted Indiana’s request for help with the same storm. buff.ly/P3ElxRb
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026
"The Cultural Revolution was a huge missed opportunity" "The Weimar Enabling Act was a huge missed opportunity" "Soviet agricultural collectivization was a huge missed opportunity" "The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand von Hapsburg was a huge missed opportunity" should I go on?
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026
imagine being so horny for austerity that you talk yourself into believing that the hundreds of thousands of developing world deaths and total gutting of life-saving medical research were unfortunate excesses of DOGE and not the entire point
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This would sink a presidency in any other era. I would bet most Americans will never hear it even happened.
wapo.st
Trump bought over $1 million in SpaceX debt days before unveiling space policy
The purchase, revealed in his latest financial disclosure, involved a firm directly affected by his administration’s actions — and led by presidential ally Elon Musk.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 08/10/2026
the latest: bsky.app/profile/hugo...
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Rebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info · 07/10/2026
there are a lot unknowns in this space, but knowing him from DC days I know David to be a measured reliable narrator (I’ll trust the facts mentioned in this as actual facts)
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
No AI for kids. Full stop.
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Night of the Abigail @popeguilty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The trans panic is a manifestation of the same logic as the Satanic Panic - shifting culpability for widespread abuse and rape away from cishet men and onto an exotic other who might secretly be somebody you know and must be vigilant against instead of being vigilant against the men in your life
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026
The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.
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DFAntastic @phillytradesman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Tina Fey as Liz Lemon: That's Not A Thing
Alt: Tina Fey as Liz Lemon: That's Not A Thing
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CoachN @coachn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
John Oliver’s superb piece on trans athletes should have been a final end to this conversation. But it’s too politically and financially (see Gaines, Riley) profitable for hate grifters than to accept scientific, moral, and common sense.
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Trans Athletes: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“What are the names of the ICE agents who killed our dad? Why do they get to be protected?” #AbolishICE
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yeah I wonder who this is. Completely different topic: don't watch the Harry Potter TV show.
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Howard Wilkins @howardwilkins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Trump curse continues…
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The way to look at this is George bush is trying to help Donald trump retain power on the Hill
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Outside the obvious timebomb of selling out trans kids to appeal to ~16 bigots in deep Ohio, an underplayed part of the whole "trans kids in youth sports" stuff is making the most psycho Little League parents the most important political demo in America. They're joy vampires for the kids themselves!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
imagine if the WH press corp had banded together 18 fucking months ago
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/09/2026
It's important to remind readers that while there are a few anti-trans dems, many are doing great work. Spanberger in VA did not flinch at anti-trans attacks. Now, she just ended Governor Youngkin's infamous rule that would ban trans students from bathrooms. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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VA Gov. Spanberger Kills Youngkin-Era Rule That Would Have Banned Trans Students From Bathrooms
“Spanberger showed how Democrats win amidst Republican attacks.”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Expanding the Supreme Court is a popular idea, pass it on
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
You'd think the fact that the son of the President of the "party of family values" 2nd marriage is to the daughter of Epstein's banker and it was funded by a Rusisan oligarch involved in the mass kidnap of Ukrainian kids during a KGB agent's illegal war Would be bigger news..
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 15/09/2026
Everything is just the frogurt is also cursed now
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andykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“Leave things alone to preserve your independence” is pure mafia speak for “Nice central bank you got there, shame if something happened to it.”
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Say it and keep saying it!
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
She adds, "But Republicans have made it a big attack on you," which is a telling statement. Stated simply: We don't find it newsworthy either, but it's our job to use talking points from one side and parrot them back to the other side. If not, we'll be accused of bias. (Also, my boss is Bari Weiss)
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It’s alarming how much influence Hasan Piker may potentially one day have in the Democratic Party. by Laura Loomer, Nick Fuentes, David Duke, Thomas Rousseau, James Fishback, and Alex Jones
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/09/2026
For likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court. These “shadow docket” decisions have let the Trump admin. bypass lower courts on deportations, ICE stops and more — often with little to no explanation.
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The contractor that built the reflecting pool told the Admin that the damage was due to its errors and "human oversight." Also offered to repair the (still-drained) pool. How will this to-date concealed counter-narrative play in Trump- and Pirro-land? Interior Dept still saying it was vandals.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It's a scandal that the president of the United States is out of his damn mind. It's also a scandal that major news media aren't telling you that, loudly and often.
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Because they're "serious journalists," Maggie and Swan treat DHS' bullshit number about assaults of goons as if it MIGHT BE real. If you can't recognize THIS as propaganda, how much else can't you see for what it is?
The conspiracy Miller described was so vast that it evoked the anti-communist “Red Scare” of the mid-twentieth century. He was not basing his crackdown entirely on a hallucination; data showed there had been a recent uptick in left-wing violence, including an elevenfold increase in physical violence against ICE officers in 2025 compared with 2024, according to the Department of Homeland Security
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intracranial aneurysm (spooky, scary) @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
people have twisted themselves in knots for a long time re: musk's politics. it's really not complicated. he's a white nationalist who saw the opportunity to hurt a lot of non-white people and he took it, gleefully.
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Théo @tlpavlich.gay · 07/09/2026
Just in case it needs reiterating: TRANS PEOPLE BELONG EVERYWHERE.
A photo of the Boston Legacy Supporters section. In the foreground is a white transmasc person wearing a Legacy jersey and pink shorts, with trans pride sweat bands, waving a trans pride flag that reads "Trans people belong in sports"
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/09/2026
under remarked on aspect of trump is his deep hatred of natural beauty and the natural world.
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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I’d probably be embarrassed to have quit a high-profile national tv job in 2022 to run a Republican Senate primary campaign into the ground and then 4 years later run as the Republican nominee in what should be a Blue Wave election, only to condescend to the very electorate you need to win over.
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