Ira Hellman
@irahellman.bsky.social
Since so many of y'all seem to be here for selfish (at best) reasons: I'm a curmudgeonly member of the democratic resistance (with an ability to see both sides of most issues). While cute animal and amazing vista pics are cool, DMs and such are not.
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Trump Comes to Terms With the Fact That the Entire SAVE Act Can’t Be Stuffed in Budget Bill talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-c...
Trump Comes to Terms With the Fact That the Entire SAVE Act Can’t Be Stuffed in Budget Bill
President Donald Trump posted on his favorite social media platform Monday morning,...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 20, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Trump Comes to Terms With the Fact That the Entire SAVE Act Can’t Be Stuffed in Budget Bill talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-c...
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Asked to give her thoughts on the escalation of the Iran war and the loss of American soldiers, Fox's Rachel Campos-Duffy says "that the real threat to America is from within" and "it’s the socialists and everything we’ve been talking about earlier" the "closer this gets to the midterms."
July 20, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Asked to give her thoughts on the escalation of the Iran war and the loss of American soldiers, Fox's Rachel Campos-Duffy says "that the real threat to America is from within" and "it’s the socialists and everything we’ve been talking about earlier" the "closer this gets to the midterms."
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Watching ICE agents literally run away from a Mount Laurel Starbucks without their coffee because the neighborhood completely rejected them is pure gold. South Jersey will make you unwelcome every single time you show your faces.
July 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Watching ICE agents literally run away from a Mount Laurel Starbucks without their coffee because the neighborhood completely rejected them is pure gold. South Jersey will make you unwelcome every single time you show your faces.
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There’s something so wrong with everyone in this administration.
www.theverge.com/policy/96144...
www.theverge.com/policy/96144...
July 20, 2026 at 12:41 AM
There’s something so wrong with everyone in this administration.
www.theverge.com/policy/96144...
www.theverge.com/policy/96144...
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Susan Collins is on Fox News but notably, the interview was pre-taped. She seems to be struggling her way through it. I wonder how heavily it's been edited.
June 22, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Susan Collins is on Fox News but notably, the interview was pre-taped. She seems to be struggling her way through it. I wonder how heavily it's been edited.
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NEW: The top lawyer at the Treasury Department just resigned. Even though he clerked for Clarence Thomas, perhaps the $1.7B heist was probably too much. Also note the Times (right) and the WSJ (left) refer to it as a settlement. The judge found IT IS NOT A SETTLEMENT. 1/
May 19, 2026 at 5:59 AM
NEW: The top lawyer at the Treasury Department just resigned. Even though he clerked for Clarence Thomas, perhaps the $1.7B heist was probably too much. Also note the Times (right) and the WSJ (left) refer to it as a settlement. The judge found IT IS NOT A SETTLEMENT. 1/
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Peter Navarro: "People should read more about what China actually writes. They do it all in Chinese and they think people aren't looking at it because we're barbarians, but it's all there for us to see."
(Note how CNBC has just given him an open mic to rant with no pushback on anything.)
(Note how CNBC has just given him an open mic to rant with no pushback on anything.)
May 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Peter Navarro: "People should read more about what China actually writes. They do it all in Chinese and they think people aren't looking at it because we're barbarians, but it's all there for us to see."
(Note how CNBC has just given him an open mic to rant with no pushback on anything.)
(Note how CNBC has just given him an open mic to rant with no pushback on anything.)
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Writing things in their own language! How sneaky and unfair!
Peter Navarro: "People should read more about what China actually writes. They do it all in Chinese and they think people aren't looking at it because we're barbarians, but it's all there for us to see."
(Note how CNBC has just given him an open mic to rant with no pushback on anything.)
(Note how CNBC has just given him an open mic to rant with no pushback on anything.)
May 19, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Writing things in their own language! How sneaky and unfair!
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Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
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Fox Business Analyst
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Fox Business Analyst
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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HAPPENING NOW: Emergency hearing before Judge Karin Immergut on Trump's effort to circumvent her temporary restraining order re: Oregon national guard deployment.
I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵
I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵
October 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
HAPPENING NOW: Emergency hearing before Judge Karin Immergut on Trump's effort to circumvent her temporary restraining order re: Oregon national guard deployment.
I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵
I plan to listen in for @lawfaremedia.org.
Follow along (court remote access technology permitting...) ⬇️🧵
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Hamilton says that Trump's earlier order federalizing national guard was not limited to the state of California.
Immergut: You are missing the point...my order was based on conditions in Portland. That there was no legal basis to bring national guard into Oregon...
Immergut: You are missing the point...my order was based on conditions in Portland. That there was no legal basis to bring national guard into Oregon...
October 6, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Hamilton says that Trump's earlier order federalizing national guard was not limited to the state of California.
Immergut: You are missing the point...my order was based on conditions in Portland. That there was no legal basis to bring national guard into Oregon...
Immergut: You are missing the point...my order was based on conditions in Portland. That there was no legal basis to bring national guard into Oregon...
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5/ We should condemn political violence of all kinds, whether it comes from the left or right or is directed at Republicans or Democrats. But if we really want to be honest, there is much more right wing fueled violence than left wing violence.
White Supremacist Incidents Are Rising Across the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
5/ We should condemn political violence of all kinds, whether it comes from the left or right or is directed at Republicans or Democrats. But if we really want to be honest, there is much more right wing fueled violence than left wing violence.
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Pay attention. Something dark might be coming.
The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.
1/ Here's what's happening.
The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.
1/ Here's what's happening.
Stephen Miller: "The last message that Charlie Kirk gave to me before he joined his creator in heaven was he said that we have to dismantle and take on the radical left organizations in this country that are fomenting violence. That was the last message that he sent me ... we are gonna do that."
September 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Pay attention. Something dark might be coming.
The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.
1/ Here's what's happening.
The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.
1/ Here's what's happening.
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shout-out to everyone who had Stupider Gulf Of Tonkin for Venezuela on their bingo cards
September 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
shout-out to everyone who had Stupider Gulf Of Tonkin for Venezuela on their bingo cards
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The racism here is on steroids, as Trump tried to make case to MAGA that farmers need exemptions.
Says brown people do hard labor "naturally" and don't get bad back, while also saying they've tried to replace them with people "in the inner city" but they can't get them to do the work.
Says brown people do hard labor "naturally" and don't get bad back, while also saying they've tried to replace them with people "in the inner city" but they can't get them to do the work.
Trump on undocumented farm workers: "People that live in the inner city are not doing that work. They've tried, we've tried, everybody tried. They don't do it. These people do it naturally. Naturally ... they don't get a bad back, because if they get a bad back, they die."
August 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The racism here is on steroids, as Trump tried to make case to MAGA that farmers need exemptions.
Says brown people do hard labor "naturally" and don't get bad back, while also saying they've tried to replace them with people "in the inner city" but they can't get them to do the work.
Says brown people do hard labor "naturally" and don't get bad back, while also saying they've tried to replace them with people "in the inner city" but they can't get them to do the work.
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MacArthur Park
Federal agents need to leave and they need leave right now!
Federal agents need to leave and they need leave right now!
July 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
MacArthur Park
Federal agents need to leave and they need leave right now!
Federal agents need to leave and they need leave right now!
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Let's not forget this...
July 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Let's not forget this...
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“No collusion”
“I won the election”
“She wasn’t my type”
“I never slept with her”
“It was a perfect phone call”
“We didn’t commit any fraud”
“I never paid her any hush money”
“There are no classified records here”
“There is no Epstein client list”
“I won the election”
“She wasn’t my type”
“I never slept with her”
“It was a perfect phone call”
“We didn’t commit any fraud”
“I never paid her any hush money”
“There are no classified records here”
“There is no Epstein client list”
July 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“No collusion”
“I won the election”
“She wasn’t my type”
“I never slept with her”
“It was a perfect phone call”
“We didn’t commit any fraud”
“I never paid her any hush money”
“There are no classified records here”
“There is no Epstein client list”
“I won the election”
“She wasn’t my type”
“I never slept with her”
“It was a perfect phone call”
“We didn’t commit any fraud”
“I never paid her any hush money”
“There are no classified records here”
“There is no Epstein client list”
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BREAKING: Documents filed in court today assert that officials from El Salvador told the United Nations that it "facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure" by the U.S. but that "the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the" U.S.
July 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
BREAKING: Documents filed in court today assert that officials from El Salvador told the United Nations that it "facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure" by the U.S. but that "the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the" U.S.
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It’s so weird how Epstein killed himself when there was apparently no evidence he did anything wrong.
July 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It’s so weird how Epstein killed himself when there was apparently no evidence he did anything wrong.
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So Ghislaine Maxwell is serving 20 years for trafficking girls to nobody?!?!
July 7, 2025 at 5:03 AM
So Ghislaine Maxwell is serving 20 years for trafficking girls to nobody?!?!