Reposted by Ted HogbinAndrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Update here to one of the worst stories to ever come out of West Virginia from @amelianews.bsky.social westvirginiawatch.com/2026/10/01/w...westvirginiawatch.comWV pays $4.4M in historic child abuse case after CPS didn’t rescue kids from slave-like conditions • West Virginia WatchChild victims in a gruesome abuse case have been awarded $4.4 million in a settlement due to Child Protective Services failures in the case. 032
Reposted by Ted HogbinPeter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026While criticizing poor management, an internal watchdog found no evidence of illegal behavior or administrative misconduct in the Fed's $2.5 billion headquarters overhaul, despite Trump's claims targeting Jay Powell. @colbylsmith.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/b...nytimes.comFed’s Watchdog Finds No Misconduct or Illegal Activity in Costly RenovationsA new report by the Federal Reserve’s independent inspector general concluded that a nearly $2.5 billion construction project was poorly managed but made no referrals to the U.S. attorney general. 510816
Reposted by Ted HogbinAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 343124064609
Ted Hogbin @tedomega.bsky.social · 29/09/20267 $Donald Diesel Unfortunately, I saw it for the first time in person in Breezewood, Pa. 010
Ted Hogbin @tedomega.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Wordle 1,925 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 100
Reposted by Ted HogbinPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Everyone else should boycott, and they can have a G2. 59223
Reposted by Ted HogbinMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026CARL SAGAN on Libraries: "We are the only species on the planet, so far as we know, to have invented a communal memory. The warehouse of that memory is called a library." 8662541599
Ted Hogbin @tedomega.bsky.social · 22/09/2026@jimlokay.com I’m loving the Final 5. First time watching. 000
Reposted by Ted HogbinWill Truman @trumwill.bsky.social · 22/09/2026SCOOP: Looksmaxxer Clavicular Charged With Criminal Rape, Drugging ||thebulwark.comSCOOP: Looksmaxxer Clavicular Charged With Criminal Rape, DruggingThe manosphere celeb faces three counts stemming from an alleged encounter with a minor. 021
Reposted by Ted HogbinAndrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Join the great @jimlokay.com for @fox5dc.bsky.social's Week in Review covering everything from local gas prices & the politics of the pump always beating foreign policy with the American electorate, White House press bans, data centers in richest & poorest communities alike, media coverage & moreheardtell.substack.comMedia Appearance: Fox5 DC’s Week In ReviewTalking Iran War & domestic politics, it’s still the economy stupid, White House bans media outlets, data centers as political football from Loudon Co to West Virginia & more 071
Reposted by Ted HogbinHal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Disappearing into offline for the next 24 hours to repent of my sins. I wrote this many moons ago on Yom Kippur. Still holds up. ordinary-times.com/2019/10/11/y...ordinary-times.comYom Kippur: The Cycle Starts Up Again - Ordinary TimesPeople look at you strangely when you say that Yom Kippur is your favorite holiday of the year. 1113
Reposted by Ted HogbinJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trump is scared shitless of a free press. He knows his abysmal record is indefensible. 621458430
Reposted by Ted HogbinWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Also, a guy who destroys a federal memorial because judges won’t let him put his name on it isn’t a guy who will leave office because he lost an election. 830634
Reposted by Ted HogbinAndrew Donaldson @four4thefire.bsky.social · 16/09/2026talking about news media old & new for good, bad, and indifferent...and why if the audience is that last one it isn't the audiences fault... Full video here, podcast on all platforms heardtellmedia.com 022
Reposted by Ted HogbinNats Chat Podcast @natschatpodcast.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The #Nats won their 4th in a row in Tuesday night's 6-3 victory over the visiting #Phillies: www.natschatpodcast.com/episode-post...natschatpodcast.comLile's 3-Run Blast Extends the Winning Streak — Nats Chat PodcastNats Win Their 4th in a Row 071
Reposted by Ted HogbinConvolver @convolver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The interesting thing about this is that the chairman of the board, who has specific fiduciary responsibilities, is Donald J. Trump in his capacity as a private individual. 18775138
Reposted by Ted HogbinAtticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Trump takes even good ideas (the Kennedy Center may well need renovating) and turns them into divisive disasters because he can never do one single, solitary thing without making it all about him. One can imagine a world in which POTUS and Congress, R's and D's, would work together on this. 8947
Reposted by Ted HogbinPittsburgh Pirates @pirates.com · 15/09/2026Video recap from our Clemente Day of Service! 🎥⤵️ 1385
Reposted by Ted HogbinPittsburgh Pirates @pirates.com · 15/09/2026Our Annual Clemente Day of Service was a success! Pirates players, coaches and staff spent the morning giving back throughout the Pittsburgh community by visiting schools, cleaning up baseball fields and distributing food to veterans at PNC Park to carry on Roberto Clemente’s legacy of service. 0343
Ted Hogbin @tedomega.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Today, especially, I like to remember my cousin, Faye Baughman and her partner, Jo Eddy Friszell for the work they did as part of the FDNY in the days after 9/11. Both ultimately passed away from Ground Zero related illnesses. Just amazing people and greatly missed. 120
Reposted by Ted HogbinWill Truman @trumwill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The White House Ballroom Blitzordinary-times.com 013
Reposted by Ted HogbinRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The government of the United States of America. The idiots are in charge. 2619137763018
Reposted by Ted HogbinAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 05/09/2026A heartbreaking conversation between a little Ukrainian boy and his mom about the war. "What am I feeling right now? Anger. Anger about everything. That I can’t go to McDonald’s. That our people are dying. That we spend so much time sitting in the basement," little Lev cries. 27667232
Reposted by Ted HogbinSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I don’t talk as much about my work on military justice issues, especially my litigation efforts on behalf of servicemembers. But this is a really cool recognition of that work, and I’m grateful to the National Institute of Military Justice for the honor. 541010135
Reposted by Ted Hogbinwvcaver.bsky.social @wvcaver.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“This is an anomaly in U.S. history. The civilian labor force has increased by the end of every president’s term, with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln’s because of the number of people who left the workforce to fight in the Civil War.” 011
Reposted by Ted Hogbinwvcaver.bsky.social @wvcaver.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“Donald Trump is on track to become the first president in a century to oversee a U.S. labor force that will be smaller when he leaves office than when he entered…and it’s largely because of Trump’s immigration restrictions.”washingtonpost.comOpinion | Trump is set to mark a dangerous first for the labor forceA drop in the number of workers in the economy is uncharted territory. 221
Reposted by Ted HogbinBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Speaker Mike Johnson is literally #2 in the line of succession to the presidency. And he says he's "literally not qualified" to discuss major issues at the Pentagon? 73992266
Reposted by Ted HogbinTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Pete Hegseth has failed in every mission except one: keeping his job. But firing or forcing out everyone else in the Pentagon will not make Pete Hegseth into the secretary of defense America and its men and women in uniform need. Me on Driscoll's resignation: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comHegseth’s Pentagon Lurches Off the RailsThe resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is the latest sign of severe dysfunction in the Defense Department. 971207357
Reposted by Ted HogbinKim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Wendell Berry has passed, and we are poorer for it. He was a remarkable poet, essayist, and advocate for stronger bonds with nature and stronger communities. He kept up a (handwritten!) correspondence with my dad for 30+ years, sharing their thoughts, poems, and I suspect more than a few puns. RIPscottishpoetrylibrary.org.ukThe Peace of Wild ThingsWhen despair for the world grows in me / and I wake in the night at the least sound / in fear of what... 0286
Reposted by Ted HogbinHal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Note also, that AES did not single these tweets in particular for deletion. He deleted everything before July 2023. You have to get halfway through the CBS article before that's revealed. What a pathetic hack job. 061
Reposted by Ted HogbinHal 10000 @hal10000.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Over in the Bad Place, people are accusing Khalil of "spewing anti-American hate". Even if that were justification for deporting him -- and it's not -- that isn't what he did. He criticized Israel. Which is, technically speaking, another country. By that standard, we should deport Tucker Carlson. 032
Reposted by Ted HogbinAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 29/08/2026This dude is losing his mind. Can’t win a war but obsesses in AI like the unhinged boomer he is 10555455976