Ilyse Hogue

This Company Wants to Bring End-to-End Encrypted Messages to Bluesky’s AT Protocol Germ says it is the “first secure messaging service on the ATProtocol!”

Hey look, secure messages with end to end encryption coming soon to a bluesky near you! Courtesy of @tessa.germnetwork.com and @germnetwork.com

www.404media.co/this-company...

THIS! This is the problem. @zachwahls.bsky.social transparency about perfectly normal experiences growing up should be treated as a superpower not a danger.

Democrats set out to study young men. Here are their findings. A widely mocked project to get under the hood about why Democrats are losing young men has sobering results.

“Democrats can’t win these folks over if they’re not speaking the language that young men are speaking,” says @ilyseh.bsky.social. “Most people I talked to, Democratic operatives, have never heard of Red Pill Fitness, which is just huge online.”

This insane military parade is bad enough on the (lack of) merits but it’s making traffic unbearable for people who need to work downtown. People actually live in this town for chrissakes.

Michael welcomes Ilyse Hogue ( @ilyseh.bsky.social ) co-founder of the Speaking with American Men (SAM) Project, which aims to help the Democratic Party win back young male voters who are no longer aligning themselves with the party.
Listen to the #podcast here 🎧➡️ loom.ly/7l3hQnE

So much respect.

A Nevada politician was convicted of using funds meant to honor a slain officer on plastic surgery. Trump just pardoned her President Trump has issued a full pardon for loyalist Michele Fiore, who paid for her plastic surgery with funds that were meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer.

In another episode of Trump's Patronage and Punishment chronicles, yesterday he pardoned a politican in NV who's a loyal supporter for using money allocated to erect a memorial to a fallen police officer to get plastic surgery for herself.

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-p...

I find the lack of an operational definition of "working class" fascinating given the amount of political and media real estate supposedly dedicated to addressing the needs and desires of the working class.

It may not feel like a lot but signal boosting and bearing witness is going to be an increasingly important part of our portfolio. The front lines will move and those on them are made safer by the many more watching.

Just set up a live stream to follow along at home: www.facebook.com/watch/live/?...

FBI arrested a sitting Judge this morning for allegedly aiding the avoidance of ICE in her courtroom which a flaming red line that should not be crossed. If you're in the greater Milwaukee area and care about rule of law, head down to bear witness to the hearing happening right now.

This happened.

Wow, righties are really mad at Jordan Peterson for suggesting that there's a Woke Right and a Woke Left.

I love DC bc my kid’s elementary school gets to play the Italian anti fascist anthem Bella Caio on the Millennium stage at the Kennedy Center that the petty tyrant took over. The daily defiance is exhilarating.

The pronatalists are an often overlooked but very prominent faction in the MAGA coalition. They should not be confused with the Religious Right, who are guided by different values. good piece by @CAKitchener about how they have infiltrated policy under Trump Two:

nytimes.com/2025/04/21/us/…

Picking a fight with Susman Godfrey is “land war in Asia” levels of foolish.

Doubling down on the man thing.

It's a great day to Defy Tyranny. Protests in red states, blue states, purple states, even Paris and London. Hands off.

Protest against trump and Musk in Kutztown, PA - very red Berks County. #HandsOff

Thousands took to the streets in Raleigh, NC today! 🙌
A beautiful day to exercise our 1st amendment rights.
#handsoff2025

Oldest city’s biggest protest in Saint Augustine, Florida #handsoff #handsoffflorida #saintaugustine #florida #staugustine #handsoff2025 #staugustineprotest #resisttrump #resist @eunacis.bsky.social #usaprotest #floridaprotest @rbreich.bsky.social

YouTube video by Candace Owens It's important that we remember what our values are.

People treat Trump’s MAGA coalition as a monolith, but in truth it’s a messy aggregation of various factions in fragile alliance. Listen to Candace Owens go off on Elon Musk.

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Good break down of WI vote yesterday. Despite Trump and Musk vilifying the judiciary, Republicans were not nearly as fired up as Democrats to tuen out and vote.

I'm a big Cory Booker fan. I've always worried that the American people can't accept a leader with a heart so big that he wears right on his sleeve. But in the last 24 hours, he's proven that his will and mettle are even stronger than his heart is big. That's a winning combo. Thank you, Cory.

Democratic Party hits new polling low, while its voters want to fight Trump harder Unlike in Trump’s first term, Democratic voters say 2-to-1 they want party leaders to fight rather than compromise, even at the risk of not getting things done, per the NBC News poll.

Voters are not as worried about democrats being "woke" as they are about democrats being weak. Sure, bending to activist excesses can take a toll on the ability to define yourself to regular voters, but the overarching lesson here to to fight for what you stand for.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

This is how it's done, folks. Let the games begin.

UPDATE: A third law firm—WilmerHale—has filed suit over Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms.

WilmerHale is repped by well-known Supreme Court litigator Paul Clement.

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Jenner Stands Firm

Trump picked on the wrong law firm. Paul, Weiss caved but Jenner Block released a statement this morning saying complying with unconstitutional orders is “not in their DNA.” Read the statement. Defy tyranny.

www.jennerfirm.com

Apparently, the 2025 twist on the old adage begins “first, they came for the white shoe law firms…”

Swimmingly; things are going swimmingly.