Richard Hellinga
@richhell.bsky.social
Books, running, and coffee. Turtle Mountain Chippewa. Protect trans kids. He/Him
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Oh is ICE so racist and sexist and ableist and corrupt and abusive that they'll target one of their own oh wow who knew
Exclusive: ICE Agent Alleges Retaliation After Whistleblower Complaint
www.newsweek.com
September 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Oh is ICE so racist and sexist and ableist and corrupt and abusive that they'll target one of their own oh wow who knew
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White House correspondents, D.C. bureau chiefs, and media execs:
The German government expelled Dorothy Thompson from the country in August 1934.
She's remembered and respected today for her important coverage and analysis over the next decade of the German regime.
Be like Dorothy Thompson.
The German government expelled Dorothy Thompson from the country in August 1934.
She's remembered and respected today for her important coverage and analysis over the next decade of the German regime.
Be like Dorothy Thompson.
September 19, 2026 at 3:08 PM
White House correspondents, D.C. bureau chiefs, and media execs:
The German government expelled Dorothy Thompson from the country in August 1934.
She's remembered and respected today for her important coverage and analysis over the next decade of the German regime.
Be like Dorothy Thompson.
The German government expelled Dorothy Thompson from the country in August 1934.
She's remembered and respected today for her important coverage and analysis over the next decade of the German regime.
Be like Dorothy Thompson.
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It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.
September 19, 2026 at 4:38 AM
It’s very simple and it’s been said over and over but I guess it needs saying continuously: if you deem one group too small to have equal rights you are enabling fascism, not fighting it. The people saying Dems are GREAT on trans rights are not paying attention and/or saying stuff like this.
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sometimes I like to remember studying political science and reading about about international relations and state behavior analyzed with the Rational Actor Model
NEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms.
September 19, 2026 at 1:15 AM
sometimes I like to remember studying political science and reading about about international relations and state behavior analyzed with the Rational Actor Model
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I have another term for it.
Abuse.
Trump is an abuser. You can understand everything he does through a lens of domestic violence, and in the context of power and control. He’s a batterer. Plain and simple.
Abuse.
Trump is an abuser. You can understand everything he does through a lens of domestic violence, and in the context of power and control. He’s a batterer. Plain and simple.
A mostly invisible force shaping politics in the Trump era—esp since 2025—is his ability to summon threats of violence & death against his opponents to such a degree it's become a material factor in political actors' decision making.
I think a good term for this is "stochastic brownshirtism."
I think a good term for this is "stochastic brownshirtism."
September 18, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I have another term for it.
Abuse.
Trump is an abuser. You can understand everything he does through a lens of domestic violence, and in the context of power and control. He’s a batterer. Plain and simple.
Abuse.
Trump is an abuser. You can understand everything he does through a lens of domestic violence, and in the context of power and control. He’s a batterer. Plain and simple.
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I mean, yes, obviously, no shit
“A senior executive at Microsoft said A.I. systems built on the work of others will be seen as ‘an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions’ and possibly the greatest robbery of labor in human history, according to court documents unredacted Thursday in an ongoing Manhattan lawsuit.”
Docs in A.I. copyright suit reveal startling admission by Microsoft exec over ‘astonishing theft’
The admission appeared in a newly unredacted filing in the landmark copyright infringement legal battle playing out between newspapers like the Orlando Sentinel and tech companies Microsoft and OpenAI...
www.orlandosentinel.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I mean, yes, obviously, no shit
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He's so stupid *and* fascist that he thinks "repressive" is a compliment.
Q: China is one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world--
TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think we're repressive also
TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think we're repressive also
September 18, 2026 at 10:12 PM
He's so stupid *and* fascist that he thinks "repressive" is a compliment.
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These hospitals are failing at their jobs, and the states' attorneys general should be holding them to account for failing at their legal obligations, too. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/doj-s...
DOJ Secures Agreements with NYU and UPMC to End Pediatric “Gender-Affirming Care”
Today, the Department of Justice announced agreements with two of the nation’s largest health care systems—New York University Langone Hospitals (“NYU”) and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (“U...
www.justice.gov
September 18, 2026 at 7:42 PM
These hospitals are failing at their jobs, and the states' attorneys general should be holding them to account for failing at their legal obligations, too. www.justice.gov/opa/pr/doj-s...
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I'm sure that just as soon as we're done throwing the transgender community under the bus the Right will cease its odious attacks on discrete and insular minorities
September 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I'm sure that just as soon as we're done throwing the transgender community under the bus the Right will cease its odious attacks on discrete and insular minorities
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Trump and Republicans are less popular by the day. Institutions and individuals folding to the Trump administration now are fundamentally misreading reality, not to mention failing in their moral obligations to society.
September 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Trump and Republicans are less popular by the day. Institutions and individuals folding to the Trump administration now are fundamentally misreading reality, not to mention failing in their moral obligations to society.
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As states fight over the dwindling Colorado River, tribes are getting left out. 30 federally recognized tribes have legal claims to the Colorado River–many that predate western states. But none have a seat at the table. Last winter, the Fort Mojave Tribe's pump couldn't pull water for four months.
September 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM
As states fight over the dwindling Colorado River, tribes are getting left out. 30 federally recognized tribes have legal claims to the Colorado River–many that predate western states. But none have a seat at the table. Last winter, the Fort Mojave Tribe's pump couldn't pull water for four months.
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The Venn diagram of Dr. Martin Luther King’s ”white moderate“ and today‘s “we gotta compromise on trans rights moderate“ is a circle
September 18, 2026 at 1:51 PM
The Venn diagram of Dr. Martin Luther King’s ”white moderate“ and today‘s “we gotta compromise on trans rights moderate“ is a circle
"Yes they're Fascists, but they're also well-bred, dapper, and have good manners."
Find you someone who loves you like the New York Times loves the sartorial preferences of right-wingers.
September 18, 2026 at 12:08 PM
"Yes they're Fascists, but they're also well-bred, dapper, and have good manners."
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You Might Think White Supremacists are Distasteful; Here’s Why You’re Wrong
part 315 of an ongoing series at the New York Times
part 315 of an ongoing series at the New York Times
Find you someone who loves you like the New York Times loves the sartorial preferences of right-wingers.
September 18, 2026 at 11:34 AM
You Might Think White Supremacists are Distasteful; Here’s Why You’re Wrong
part 315 of an ongoing series at the New York Times
part 315 of an ongoing series at the New York Times
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The US already got a do over. A mulligan. A second chance.
Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke.
The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.
Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke.
The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.
This is the part many Americans -- including the Bezosites at the Washington Post -- don't understand. Canadians don't see this just as a Trump thing. It's that America elected him twice, and the second time with an even bigger mandate.
The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump.
The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump.
"Out of spite for President Donald Trump, Carney is accelerating the decoupling of a trade bloc that has generated enormous prosperity for North America." Seriously, Wapo editorial - you're going with Canadian spite? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
September 18, 2026 at 12:14 AM
The US already got a do over. A mulligan. A second chance.
Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke.
The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.
Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke.
The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.
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There is no good writing only good rewriting exhibit 7,835
September 17, 2026 at 10:16 PM
There is no good writing only good rewriting exhibit 7,835
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Called it.
The father was charged with punching the child while the mother did witness intimidation to cover it up.
www.wbur.org/news/2026/09...
The father was charged with punching the child while the mother did witness intimidation to cover it up.
www.wbur.org/news/2026/09...
September 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Called it.
The father was charged with punching the child while the mother did witness intimidation to cover it up.
www.wbur.org/news/2026/09...
The father was charged with punching the child while the mother did witness intimidation to cover it up.
www.wbur.org/news/2026/09...
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It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
September 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Incredible quote to start with “millions of Americans like me” and then to end with “on our normal vacation to Greece or the Vineyard”
September 17, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Incredible quote to start with “millions of Americans like me” and then to end with “on our normal vacation to Greece or the Vineyard”
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oh dear
JPMorgan’s commodities team:
“For the first time since the start of the Iran conflict, we don’t have a baseline view. We simply don’t know how to model the endgame.”
“For the first time since the start of the Iran conflict, we don’t have a baseline view. We simply don’t know how to model the endgame.”
September 17, 2026 at 1:13 PM
oh dear
The 2024 Presidential Election was an Open Book Test. Many people failed it.
"Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far."
"The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today."
-Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla), a former broadcast journalist, direct to camera in campaign ad #FL27
"The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today."
-Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla), a former broadcast journalist, direct to camera in campaign ad #FL27
September 17, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The 2024 Presidential Election was an Open Book Test. Many people failed it.
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i see a lot of debate around this issue that takes it for granted that supporting trans rights (especially in the sports context) will hurt you electorally. it’s worth highlighting that that’s just not what the data shows.
September 16, 2026 at 10:21 PM
i see a lot of debate around this issue that takes it for granted that supporting trans rights (especially in the sports context) will hurt you electorally. it’s worth highlighting that that’s just not what the data shows.
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Who says American innovation is dead?! This seems like a total hoot.
Sometimes them country boys come up with good ideas because..
lol
I’d pay to watch this 🚗
lol
I’d pay to watch this 🚗
September 16, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Who says American innovation is dead?! This seems like a total hoot.
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Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop.
You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it.
You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it.
September 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop.
You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it.
You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it.