Joshua Holland

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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2024-09-01 13:08:57

A lot of people who are up in arms over Brazil banning Xitter aren’t acknowledging the fact that the country cast off a military dictatorship in 1985 and Elon’s openly allied with the neofascist who tried to restore it, with help from Elon Social, just two years ago. Pretty unique situation.
That judge may well have a beef with Musk because of his intransigence but the stakes are much higher than that.
#elonmusk #brazil #twitter #bolsonaro #fascism

2024-08-25 12:37:13

It’s so telling that #TimWalz is “redefining” American masculinity. The guy’s a stereotypical macho man—veteran, hunter and football coach—but the fact that he’s also a nice dude makes it a paradigm shift.
He isn’t known for his baking or knitting skills. We’ve just come to associate masculinity with being a dick. #Election2024

2024-08-18 13:36:13

If we ever actually had an election based on serious policy debates #Republicans would be completely shut out of government.
#uspol #Election2024

2024-08-18 13:23:20

Trump is completely incoherent when talking about one of his signature policies.
Meanwhile, the press is hectoring #KamalaHarris over her "price controls."
WaPo's run one opinion piece about tariffs in the last six months. It was headlined, "How #Trump taught #Biden to love tariffs."
They've run a grand total of one opinion piece this year about the central policy proposal of his campaign, rounding up and deporting 15 million people.
#media #Election2024
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2024-08-18 12:41:07

That's not how you spell "protesters," NYT.
#media #trump #fascism #Election2024
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2024-08-17 22:57:48

Kadyrov is a notably deranged warlord and someone whose claims obviously shouldn't be taken at face value but if #ElonMusk did send him a cybertruck, or allowed one to be sent to him through some third party, that's sanctions-busting and should cost him his security clearance.
https://www.politico.eu/article/chechnyas-strongman-leader-shows-off-tesla-vehicle-with-gun-turret/

2024-07-06 13:18:50

And now the richest wingnut in the world, who owns a huge propaganda outlet, is calling for the death of everyone who opposes a messaging bill that codifies fascist disinformation about voting.
I don’t know how this toothpaste ever gets put back in the tube.
#elonmusk #fascism #politicalviolence #maga
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2024-06-21 22:31:25

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As usual, no mention of any of this in the breathless "reporting" on Trump's fundraising.
https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/lessons-one-month-national-tv-news-coverage-trumps-1-billion-big-oil-scandal

2024-06-21 22:27:55

Yes, this entirely organic surge in popular support, which must be related to Trump's convictions because that's what the RW press says, is indeed shocking.
#media #trump #corruption #election2024
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2024-06-15 12:47:05

This is how #fascism takes root.
#gop #Election2024
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2024-06-13 15:58:03

I lost this girl three years ago yesterday and I still miss her so much.
I’m also a lazy trainer and she was in charge of keeping the dogs in line. My pack’s become unruly without her steely but fair discipline. #dogsofmastodon
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2024-06-12 19:15:37

This is 100% about #elonmusk wanting to like Nazi content without getting any pushback.
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2024-06-10 23:03:00

My dad had good insurance. I donated his $24k wheelchair on Thursday, got this note back from them today and had a really good cry.
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2024-06-09 14:12:21

Giving credence to the IDF's account of events is like taking an American police department's statement about a police killing at face value.
Anyway, always keep in mind that the Israeli High Court ruled in 2009 that if civilians are "forced to [act as human shields] by terrorists, [then] those innocent civilians are not to be seen as taking a direct part in the hostilities. They themselves are victims of terrorism.”
#israel #gaza

2024-05-25 22:53:11

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

2024-05-22 17:09:32

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. #gazaprotests
https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/professor-suspended-by-wash-u-after-protests-hears-only-silence-42567338

2024-05-19 22:01:45

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

2024-05-05 15:48:21

This is a well reported piece but the framing is bizarre.
When a mob attacks a group of protesters under cover of darkness, they are not counter-protesting.
And as the reporting makes clear, they didn’t “provoke” violence, they *perpetrated* it as the cops and campus security stood by. #media #fascism #gazaprotests
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/03/us/ucla-protests-encampment-violence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pk0.8a5s.Gbpmtf9KMaWY&smid=url-share

2024-05-01 21:44:56

“I have been reporting on political dissent and violent policing for 15 years, particularly in New York City. Compared to Tuesday night, I have never witnessed, at the scene of a protest, the use of police power so disproportionate to the type of demonstration taking place.”
#fascism #acab #gazaprotests
https://theintercept.com/2024/05/01/nyc-gaza-college-protests-police-outside-agitators/

2024-04-28 16:48:46

"The practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts...
"At least 94 people died after they were given sedatives and restrained by police from 2012 through 2021, nearly 10% of the more than 1,000 deaths of people subdued by police in ways that are not supposed to be fatal. About half of the 94 who died were Black" #acab
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https://apnews.com/article/investigation-police-use-of-force-sedation-injections-demetrio-jackson-621909ba7491abc2af8ad2e33ba3415b

2024-04-28 01:21:48

“Northeastern University had around 100 peaceful protesters arrested on Saturday at its Boston campus’ pro-Palestine encampment, claiming that there had been reports of protesters using antisemitic slurs; but according to witnesses, the protester who spewed hate speech was a pro-Israel counter protester.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pro-israel-agitator-shouts-kill-the-jews-gets-everyone-else-arrested

2024-04-26 16:40:17

In the past 3 weeks, the #Biden admin has extended overtime pay for 4 mil workers, moved to cancel student debt for 25 mil borrowers, banned non-competes, banned drilling on 13 mil acres of AK wilderness, forced airlines to give refunds for delayed/ canceled flights and restored net neutrality.
Doesn't matter given that nobody knows this, popularism is BS, there's no liberal equivalent of Fox, the legacy media is relentlessly hostile and Biden's the elderly PM of Israel. #Election2024
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2024-04-25 18:19:22

Alito turned the whole idea of deterrence on its head, arguing that giving a #POTUS immunity for attempting a coup will make future coups less likely.
Hard to overstate how utterly bonkers this is.
#trump #fascism #scotus
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2024-04-24 13:16:36

#Trump losing 17% of the vote in a closed swing-state primary to a candidate who dropped out months ago should lead to a lotta commentary about his weakness. It won’t, because the press is obsessed with Trumpers sticking with Trump regardless, but it should.
Imagine how they’d cover Dean Phillips pulling those numbers against #Biden.
#Election2024
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/04/23/us/elections/results-pennsylvania-primary.html

2024-04-19 18:42:16

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I’ve never hated a car like I hate this piece of shit.
And since Elon revealed himself to be your dumb, fashy uncle who believes every bonkers conspiracy theory he sees on FB, the trade-in/ resale value has dropped by 10-15%. Fuck.

2024-04-19 18:29:49

I inherited my dad’s #Tesla and I have so far been unable to get insurance for it, possibly because of their tendency to hit people and blow up.

2024-04-18 23:12:46

This is terrifying. These “Constitutional sheriffs” are fascistic petty tyrants who believe they’re accountable to nobody. And their wingnut “posses,” hopped up on conspiracy theories, are gonna harass and intimidate voters. Or worse.
#fascism #Election2024 #maga
https://www.wired.com/story/constitutional-sheriffs-election-deniers-immigrants-voting/

2024-04-16 14:25:40

Someone dubbed #cybertruck the "WankPanzer" and now that's its name.
I don't make the rules.

2024-04-15 23:05:20

Proper headline
https://defector.com/cybertruck-deliveries-halted-due-to-car-being-a-big-piece-of-shit-that-doesnt-work

2024-04-13 14:53:03

Nothing says "freedom" quite like armed agents of the state abusing citizens with impunity.
#florida #desantis #fascism #acab
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/04/12/desantis-signs-controversial-bill-banning-civilian-boards-from-investigating-police-misconduct/

2024-03-21 15:02:43

One of the GOP’s witnesses in yesterday’s sham impeachment hearing had to testify remotely from a federal prison.
Never saw that one on The West Wing. #maga