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JoshuaHolland

@JoshuaHolland@mastodon.social

I used to write for Moyers & Company, The Nation, Rolling Stone & elsewhere.

Now a dedicated dog dad, scuba diver and the host of We've Got Issues.

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JoshuaHolland, to journalism
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I’ve heard somewhere that democracy dies in darkness.

“In a series of paragraphs that are up there as being among the most shocking I have read in my journalistic career, the Post acknowledged on Saturday — dropped in the middle of the holiday weekend, more than a week after the Times’s report — that they had known about the flag since at least January 20, 2021, and had not revealed knowledge of it until May 25, 2024.”

#media #alito

https://www.lawdork.com/p/washington-post-bombshell-washington

JoshuaHolland, to random
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This is like something you’d see in North Korea. #maga #fascism #TrumpIndictments

https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-democrat-banned-from-speaking-for-simply-listing-trumps-trials

JoshuaHolland, to random
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There is no longer a fringe right in the US. The most bonkers extremism has become totally mainstream in today's #gop #fascism #maga

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/next-with-kyle-clark/colorado-gop-kids-pulled-from-public-schools/73-e121fe9e-9a2b-498d-8a80-1efe2a179758

JoshuaHolland, to random
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This professor, who is Jewish, was suspended for posing a threat to Jewish students, AKA participating in a protest (where he was violently arrested). Now he's in a kind of limbo.

This is what a moral panic looks like.
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/professor-suspended-by-wash-u-after-protests-hears-only-silence-42567338

JoshuaHolland, to Israel
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I wonder what’s happening these days in the only democracy in the Middle East.

“Israeli officials seized a camera and broadcasting equipment belonging to The Associated Press in southern on Tuesday, accusing the news organization of violating a new media law by providing images to Al Jazeera.”

Oh.


https://apnews.com/article/live-transmission-israel-associated-press-57e8f662907334ba3599156276381190

JoshuaHolland, to animals
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One year ago today, I decided to foster a shy little stray pup from the shelter where I volunteer. Figured I'd do some housebreaking and she'd go quickly.

After a few days it turned out that she was a little hellion. Fought my dogs. Bit me a coupla times. And then I realized I couldn't let her go.

She's come such a long way since then. We're still smoothing out some rough edges but she's a really sweet good girl.

HAPPY GOTCHA DAY MOLLY!

#dogsofmastodon

Molly looking cute with a bone sitting on an outdoor love seat.
Molly looking cute on a bed.
Molly laying with her brother Oscar on a couch and her sister Emma sitting on the floor in front of them.

JoshuaHolland, to journalism
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I don't think Ezra Klein's panic attacks are either informative or helpful. #Election2024 #media

JoshuaHolland, to journalism
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There was never any possibility that #Trump would subject himself to cross-examination under oath. I would more likely be appointed to head the RNC.

The press has run with this 'will he or won't he' nonsense for weeks to contrive some drama. It's pathetic. #media

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Meanwhile, nobody even knows about stuff like the massive investments Biden and the Dems have put toward decarbonization and infrastructure. Or the fact that Trump is promising to bring about much higher rates of inflation.

JoshuaHolland, to random
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I have to get my dad’s house cleaned out, which is gonna cost thousands of dollars. This guy showed up to pitch his services in a truck covered in fuck Joe #Biden and related stickers and it cost him real money. I’m sure it’s not the first time.

That’s your work truck, dude, and you service a county where #Trump got 36% of the vote.

These people are really not smart. #maga

JoshuaHolland, to journalism
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This is absolutely maddening. #media

https://www.mediamatters.org/local-news/trumps-corrupt-offer-big-oil-executives-almost-entirely-ignored-top-local-newspapers-and

JoshuaHolland, to Israel
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If they continue on this trajectory, Israel is gonna turn itself into another right-wing culture war item and that will not serve them well.

“The tone of this letter is not reflective of the fact that the U.S. is the primary guarantor of Israel’s security. An unaware reader would assume that is the superpower in this relationship and the U.S. the recipient of aid.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israeli-ambassador-blasts-democrats-letter_n_6644fde3e4b00df0c6b6cba5

JoshuaHolland,
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@asbestos I was in Paris on 9/11 and it isn't a myth that random strangers were coming up to Americans and giving them hugs in the street. Then we invaded Iraq.

Similarly, the Israelis could have capitalized on the world's sympathies after that gruesome attack but they shat all over it instead.

JoshuaHolland, to journalism
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Every political reporter and pundit talking about #RFKJr pulling 10-15% in the polls knows (or should know) that that means like 2% in November.

And the lion's share of those votes will come from cranky people who usually vote third party. #media #Election2024

JoshuaHolland,
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But what about Ross Perot?!?

In a much less polarized era, Perot was leading both Clinton and Bush in June polls.

JoshuaHolland, to random
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These people are completely insane. Just batshit crazy.

https://www.wect.com/2024/05/16/nc-senate-votes-ban-people-wearing-masks-public-health-reasons/

JoshuaHolland, to random
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This is such naked #fascism. The #GOP is just the party of political violence.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/16/texas-gov-pardon-daniel-perry-murder-black-lives-matter-protestor/73720504007/

JoshuaHolland, to random
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Just encountered a 20-something couple shouting, “does anyone know how to change a tire?!?” Went downstairs and put their donut on and the whole time I just kept thinking that this is such a cliché.

JoshuaHolland, to journalism
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Given that 20% of the population think that witches exist, I think this shows that you were desperate to come up with a story idea and not that confusion over the issue is a challenge for Dems.

JoshuaHolland, to acab
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You want libraries or an ever growing flood of copaganda?

https://nysfocus.com/2024/05/14/nypd-dcpi-tarik-sheppard-protests-pr

JoshuaHolland,
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86 people and they couldn’t come up with something less stupid than holding up a bike lock sold by Columbia as evidence of “outside agitators.” Not the brightest bulbs in the chandelier.

JoshuaHolland, to random
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Might skip my first presidential debates since Carter v Reagan this cycle. (I was an odd child.)

JoshuaHolland, to random
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Might have been a good idea to read the curriculum first.

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/15/texas-granbury-isd-school-board-courtney-gore/

JoshuaHolland, to journalism
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It’s 2024. We’ve been through a Trump presidency. This is not in any way newsworthy.

JoshuaHolland, to Israel
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Israeli defense experts estimate that has lost around a third of the 30k fighters it had before the war, just to put how unhinged this is into perspective.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/sen-lindsey-graham-suggests-nuking-gaza-calls-hiroshima-the-right-decision

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