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Erik Hoover, Gardiner NY

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Restoration carpenter, investigative researcher, and local #Dem committee chair in the Hudson Valley. Deep Springs College alum. Distantly related to everyone.

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Dog Day Afternoon is a summer movie.

06.03.2026 01:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Plus they have grown seeing only a deadlocked and feckless Congress. We have so much rebuilding ahead to restore any civic responsibility in the country.

05.03.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Lumpen-trolls

02.03.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

02.03.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 23873 πŸ” 5953 πŸ’¬ 1730 πŸ“Œ 632

Honest talk from someone who knows what he’s talking about. How refreshing!

02.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are we going to be able to protect our servicemembers?

02.03.2026 02:51 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Draft-dodging chicken-hawks love to talk tough (from their fancy, gold-plated beach resorts). But they have NO CLUE what war is really about.

We need a War Powers vote NOW.

You deserve to know who wants to send your kids to war to fight for Trump's lies.

28.02.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 5

So I alt-texted Schumer's statement and his staff HID IT in the replies. They HID the alt-text.

28.02.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 207 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 5

Time spent trying to parse Trump's motivations is mostly time wasted.

28.02.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Live with Ruth Ben-Ghiat & Joyce Vance No one speaks more eloquently about the art of resistance and why we shouldn’t give up than historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, the author of Lucid here on Substack.

Authoritarianism scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat explains why she believes Americans are succeeding at developing systems to resist the slide into authoritarianism and why we shouldn’t give up. joycevance.substack.com/p/live-with-...

28.02.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 999 πŸ” 346 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 16

To err is HUMINT

26.02.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

When someone points out it's ridiculous to even build "detention centers" when the whole point of ICE is deporting folks *elsewhere*, you realize oh right they're building a federal police force and prison system outside the reach of states to possibly detain anyone they deem an enemy, forever

26.02.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

The DOJ's handling of the Epstein files has all the stench of a cover up.

Pam Bondi does not have the right to pick and choose which Epstein files to release to the public.

The American people were promised the truth.

26.02.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 441 πŸ” 134 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 7
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The proposed mass detention center in Chester is dangerous, un-American, & the exact opposite of everything our community stands for.

This isn’t partisan β€” it’s a question of who FIGHTS for the people.

The entire Hudson Valley is standing together β€” and we’re winning.

24.02.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2
A con Edison truck seen in 2026 with encouragement to use compact fluorescent lightbulbs

A con Edison truck seen in 2026 with encouragement to use compact fluorescent lightbulbs

I think CFLs are nightmare fuel and I almost thought this was
a spoof, because really they’re dead tech.

25.02.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A White House Staffer Appears to Run Massive Pro-Trump X Account A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes "a masterpiece" appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED.

A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes "a masterpiece" appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED. www.wired.com/story/a-whit...

25.02.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 2255 πŸ” 1079 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 105
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

The US Justice Department withheld testimony that Donald Trump sexually abused a girl when she was 13 or 14 - according to a source who viewed unredacted Epstein files.

This is the worst scandal in US history and should be the biggest news story on the planet right now.

www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

24.02.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 5028 πŸ” 2445 πŸ’¬ 125 πŸ“Œ 147
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Boy that’s weird

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24.02.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 2475 πŸ” 1011 πŸ’¬ 107 πŸ“Œ 60
Lo que hay que saber sobre las detenciones de ICE en Texas El aΓ±o pasado hubo mΓ‘s muertes dentro de los centros de detenciΓ³n de ICE que en ningΓΊn otro en las ΓΊltimas dos dΓ©cadas. Casi una cuarta parte de esas muertes ocurrieron en Texas.

Seis muertes en seis semanas: Lo que hay que saber sobre las detenciones de ICE en Texas www.texastribune.org/2026/02/24/i...

24.02.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The road to hβ€”-

24.02.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Release the Trump files!

23.02.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

12. Requires the Director to annually allocate Fund monies to an entity that is a 501(c)(3)
organization that:

a) educates people through the development of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to engage in communities to restore traditional values, including patriotism and fiscal responsibility and the respect for life, liberty and family;

b) has a grassroots activist network on high school and college campuses in Arizona;
c) assists college students to register and vote to access absentee ballots; and
d) was founded in 2012.

Link: https://legiscan.com/AZ/supplement/SB1439/id/656799

12. Requires the Director to annually allocate Fund monies to an entity that is a 501(c)(3) organization that: a) educates people through the development of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to engage in communities to restore traditional values, including patriotism and fiscal responsibility and the respect for life, liberty and family; b) has a grassroots activist network on high school and college campuses in Arizona; c) assists college students to register and vote to access absentee ballots; and d) was founded in 2012. Link: https://legiscan.com/AZ/supplement/SB1439/id/656799

Sen. Jake Hoffman (who works with Turning Point USA through his company 1Ten) introduced a bill that would create a Charlie Kirk memorial license plate, and here’s how the bill says the specialty plate money will go to TPUSA without actually saying the money will go to TPUSA:

18.02.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 122 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
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Radio Operators React to Econco Closure: "A Serious Issue" - Radio World As several readers have noted in their emails to Radio World, Microwave Power Products' pending shutdown of the former Econco facility is a big deal.

The pending shutdown of one of the few remaining facilities that rebuilds vacuum tubes for radio transmitters raises a serious concern for some US broadcast stations. www.radioworld.com/news-and-b...

18.02.2026 13:02 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Amid Mass ICE Arrests, Trump Pardon Recipient Juan Orlando HernΓ‘ndez Given Special Treatment After the former Honduran president was pardoned, ICE dropped its detainer on him, and he was whisked away to a luxury hotel in New York City.

NEW: Rather than turn former Honduran President Juan Orlando HernΓ‘ndez over to immigration officials when he was released from prison less than four years into a 45-year sentence, the Trump administration paid to transport him 350 miles to a posh NYC hotel.

By @keribla.bsky.social

18.02.2026 12:28 πŸ‘ 866 πŸ” 495 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 37
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For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process

Another insightful piece by @marisakabas.bsky.social

How to build #ConcentrationCamps faster?

The answer is a new term for our list of #LanguageOfOurTimes:
WEXMAC TITUS

www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-concen...

18.02.2026 12:32 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Medicaid Work Requirements: Engaging Clinics and Pharmacies to Prevent Disenrollment Policy Points The One Big Beautiful Bill Act introduces the first nationwide Medicaid work requirement, replacing state-level variation with a uniform federal standard. Past state experiences sho...

Medicaid Work Requirements: Engaging Clinics and Pharmacies to Prevent Disenrollment onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

18.02.2026 12:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
In April, Sarah Krieger received an e-mail about a trafficking victim, who had recently been arrested by ICE. The woman, who’d been a witness for the prosecution in an ongoing case, had applied for a temporary benefit known as a T visa, which confers legal protection to trafficking victims who coΓΆperate with federal law enforcement. She had waited more than six months, but hadn’t received a notice from U.S.C.I.S. acknowledging receipt of her application. β€œThere are thousands of applications that are sitting unopened in regional offices because so many staff have left the agency,” Krieger told me. β€œLiterally boxes in mailrooms.” Krieger managed to find the woman’s application and sent an agency receipt to ICE. She was deported anyway.

In April, Sarah Krieger received an e-mail about a trafficking victim, who had recently been arrested by ICE. The woman, who’d been a witness for the prosecution in an ongoing case, had applied for a temporary benefit known as a T visa, which confers legal protection to trafficking victims who coΓΆperate with federal law enforcement. She had waited more than six months, but hadn’t received a notice from U.S.C.I.S. acknowledging receipt of her application. β€œThere are thousands of applications that are sitting unopened in regional offices because so many staff have left the agency,” Krieger told me. β€œLiterally boxes in mailrooms.” Krieger managed to find the woman’s application and sent an agency receipt to ICE. She was deported anyway.

The Trump administration's handling of the legal immigration system is so malignant and incompetent that ICE ended up deporting a human trafficking victim seemingly because so many people have quit that her application for relief was sitting in a mailroom in a box unopened.

17.02.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 173 πŸ” 84 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

wtinches

17.02.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Social Security Workers Are BeingΒ Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE The recent request goes against decades of precedent and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.

The order to share information, which was recently communicated verbally to workers at certain SSA offices, marks a new era of collaboration between SSA and the Department of Homeland Security, ICE’s parent agency.

The SSA and DHS did not reply to requests for comment.

14.02.2026 12:44 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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ICE says it has purchased Hudson Valley site for detention facilities An ICE spokesperson said Thursday that it had purchased a site in the Hudson Valley.

Secretary Noem and ICE think they can bring their terror campaign to our community.

But the Hudson Valley has been clear: there will be NO ICE facility in Chester.

This fight isn’t over – and we’re not giving up.

spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/hudson-v...

13.02.2026 14:17 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3