E. Hochman

E. Hochman

@erhochman.bsky.social

Historian of modern Germany/Austria, politics, nationalism. Views are my own.

3,350 Followers 2,912 Following 270 Posts Joined Aug 2023
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Consumers paid for Trump’s illegal tariffs. These companies may profit. President Trump imposed sweeping global tariffs during his first year as president.

1. CONSUMERS paid most of Trump's tariffs, which the Supreme Court ruled were illegal.

But CORPORATIONS will receive the refunds.

Will they pass that cash back to consumers? Or pocket the money?

We asked them.

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Tennessee Republicans gerrymandered the state to carve up metro Nashville into three different congressional districts, and this is the result -- a large Muslim community whose own "representative" is now endangering them.

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008: GOP’s Islamophobia Surge and the Christian Nationalist Agenda Listen to Reign of Error with Sarah Posner on RedCircle

NEW Reign of Error today, I spoke with the great @texasmonthly.bsky.social reporter @robertdownen.bsky.social about Texas GOP's escalation of Islamophobia, its centrality to the Christian nationalist agenda, and how Republicans in other states are escalating too:

redcircle.com/shows/fbed71...

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4th Circuit Rules That States Can Compel Trans Adults To "Appreciate Their Sex" Via Care Bans They ruled that states "encouraging citizens to appreciate their sex" through care bans is a constitutional goal, affirming West Virginia's Medicaid ban for trans adults.

1. Horrifying ruling out of the 4th Circuit.

An all-Republican 4th Circuit panel has just ruled that states can compel trans adults to "appreciate their sex" by enacting care bans.

It even directly says that trans adult care bans are legal in the ruling.

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Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent.

State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes.

www.wired.com/story/gramma...

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So, Grammarly:
1. Stole Tiffany Barber's persona.
2. Fabricated an article by her that does not appear to exist.
3. Created a summary for that imaginary article that was the core argument of an article I wrote.
4. Linked to the "source" of this information, which was *my* article.

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Grammarly Is Facing a Class Action Lawsuit Over Its AI ‘Expert Review’ Feature The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent.

The feature, which Grammarly shut down Wednesday, presented editing suggestions as if they came from established authors and academics—without their consent. www.wired.com/story/gramma...

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V.A. Begins Drive to Put Homeless Veterans Into Guardianship

“Rights advocates said they were alarmed by the proposal, which they saw as part of a drive by the administration to place homeless people in institutional settings against their will.”

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Call for Papers - 2026 Conference: The LBI is accepting proposals for papers to be presented at its 2026 conference The LBI is accepting proposals for papers to be presented at its 2026 conference Between Revolution and Reaction: German-Speaking Jews and the Ideas, Politics, and Cultures of the Right

Reposting this CfP for fall conference on German Jews and the Right -- deadline approaching fast please help spread the word. #academicsky 🗃️
www.lbi.org/news/confere...

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Just sent the email (expertoptout@superhuman.com)

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Ryan from The OC going hard on how crypto is a scam is the wildest silver lining in this timeline

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James Talarico Stands By Defense of Trans Youth: “Focus on the Real Problem” “The only thing the media wants to ask me about are trans athletes,” Talarico told MS NOW.
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When you build a machine to target people based on gender, race, or any other identity, it ends up targeting Jews too.

New deposition testimony shows a DOGE staffer flagged a Holocaust documentary—about Jewish women forced into slave labor by the Nazis—for termination.

His reason is shocking.

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Lawsuit says DOGE used ChatGPT to tag Jewish-themed humanities grants as ‘DEI’ before canceling them - Jewish Telegraphic Agency Among the project caught in the dragnet was one about violence against women during the Holocaust.

He used an OpenAI chatbot to screen thousands of NEH grants for "DEI." Any mention of gender, race, LGBTQ people or "underrepresented cultures" triggered a flag.

An Alaskan Native language preservation project? DEI. A documentary on a massacre of Black men? DEI. Jewish women enslaved by Nazis? DEI.

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18 Dems just voted *today* for Trump’s agenda. Does it make sense yet why they’re so unpopular?

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The University of Texas at San Antonio has joined the growing list of Texas public universities closing or consolidating their race and gender studies departments in recent months.

Read More👉 ebx.sh/qc2HdL

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Holy shit - this would be very, very bad:
"The databases, called “Numident” and the “Master Death File,” include records for more than 500 million living and dead Americans, including Social Security numbers, places and dates of birth, citizenship, race and ethnicity, and parents’ names."

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Important point: The ADL has yet to speak up against the Trump administration's demand for a list of Jews at Penn. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

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Summer Latin Program | Centre for Medieval Studies Find out about studying Latin at the Centre during the summer. Includes application information, fees, and available courses.

Do you know somebody who needs to learn Latin from scratch or improve their Latin to PhD standard? CMS Toronto's summer Latin program is now entirely online and a remarkable bargain for the intensity and quality of instruction. Details here: www.medieval.utoronto.ca/latin/summer...

#medievalsky

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Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab The Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025.

Kristi Noem spent 220 million on her self-promotion ad and Hegseth said, "Hold my fruit basket."

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Because they all agree with him. Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism are completely normalized on today’s right.

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The Gámez-Cuéllar family has been released. We are taking them now to reunite with their son Antonio.

When I returned to the Dilley trailer prison today, I brought my colleagues in Congress to meet with the children and families and to bear witness to their stories.

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BREAKING: Judge Brann has ejected the new leaders of the NJ U.S. attorney's office, once again finding the Trump administration is illegally attempting to circumvent Senate confirmation.

He says this could result in dismissals of indictments.

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U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows The evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.

Breaking News: New video adds to evidence that a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian school where 175 people, many of them children, were reportedly killed.

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This is absolutely hilarious and deserves a Veep-style TV adaptation.

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X is a fascist propaganda website.

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ICE Detention of Teen Musicians Roils Texas Mariachi Community Two brothers who were recognized by their congresswoman last year, along with their parents and younger brother, are facing deportation.

Two brothers from South Texas and their high school mariachi bandmates were recognized by their congresswoman last June for winning a state mariachi competition. Nine months later, the brothers, along with their parents and younger brother, are in ICE detention and facing deportation.

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Officials in Corpus Christi say they will face a “water emergency” within months and could run out of water entirely next year. bit.ly/4lnoX72

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