Dave Hoffman

hockey dad and grandad, Snowbird, Dem for life,dog lover

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Ukrainian ambassador to the UN @MelnykAndrij:

I'm not sure that I will have any appetite to visit Moscow. Even when Russia is defeated, even when and after Putin's regime has collapsed, even after Russia has paid war reparations, even when the next government in Russia were to beg on its kneels for an apology, even after all the Russian war criminals will be sentenced, there will be no reconciliation between Ukraine and Russia for decades, maybe for centuries.

I will even refuse to visit Moscow as a member of the Ukraine delegation that will travel to Russia to witness Russia's signature of its declaration of capitulation.

[Dave Hoffman @drhoffman21]

@BruceWolfChi You’re almost funny.

[Dave Hoffman @drhoffman21]

@lisakrstin @DittiePE What evidence do you have that MAGA heads know how to do math? Their fearless leader is always doing made up math.

[Dave Hoffman @drhoffman21]

@elonmusk Bot says what?

[Dave Hoffman @drhoffman21]

@JDVance Pants on fire

[Dave Hoffman @drhoffman21]

@RachelBitecofer Pants on fire

[Stella.. 🇺🇸🦅 @racismdestroys]

@GavinNewsom @IAmJohnAles

[Dave Hoffman @drhoffman21]

@Ronxyz00 Keep smiling Mika!

[Dave Hoffman @drhoffman21]

@atrupar North Dakota has some of the smartest people, one used to Governor, I hope he gets a chance to tell us all how smart he is about battery storage. Better yet maybe he should help make energy policy.

[Rachel Bitecofer 🗽🦆 @RachelBitecofer]

If America wants to purge distorted history, let’s start with the biggest, ugliest distortion of them all: the Lost Cause.

Because the Lost Cause isn’t some quaint relic of “Southern heritage.” It’s the longest-running con job in American history — a mass-scale gaslighting campaign that rewrote treason into honor, slavery into benevolence, and violent white supremacy into nostalgia.

When I was at the University of Georgia, someone cracked a joke — “Oh, are you teaching about the War of Northern Aggression?” Everyone chuckled, including me, because it sounds absurd. But here’s the thing: it isn’t a joke in the South. That narrative, that “alternative history,” has been engineered. And it’s been taught, reinforced, carved into granite, and literally set in bronze on courthouse lawns for more than a century.

The Lost Cause insists the Civil War wasn’t about slavery — no, it was about “states’ rights.” Right. States’ rights to own people. States’ rights to rape, whip, sell, and kill human beings as property. Let’s stop pretending otherwise. And this myth goes further — it paints the Confederacy as a noble David facing down the Northern Goliath, supposedly fighting off economic domination. In reality? They were fighting to preserve a slave empire that was the economic backbone of their wealth. They gambled the Union, and when they lost, they cried victim.

And here’s the kicker: they weren’t just rebels. Men like Lee and Jackson were U.S. Army officers. They swore loyalty to the United States of America, and then they broke it. That’s called treason. They weren’t freedom fighters, they were traitors. And yet, because of the Lost Cause, Americans still drive down highways named for them, send their kids to schools named for them, and until very recently, trained soldiers at federal bases named for them. Imagine Germany naming a barracks after Rommel. The South didn’t just lose the war — it won the memory of it.

I know because I’ve seen it up close. I taught students in Georgia and Virginia, and I watched firsthand how deeply this poison runs. Generations have been raised on textbooks scrubbed clean of slavery, on statues that glorify men who fought to destroy the Union, on church sermons and political speeches steeped in Confederate nostalgia. It isn’t harmless myth-making — it’s the foundation stone of Jim Crow, of segregation, of modern white nationalism.

And here we are again. The same forces that once dressed treason up as honor are back, marching under new banners but preaching the same gospel of racial hierarchy. The Lost Cause isn’t just history — it’s the live virus still coursing through our politics. It’s why “heritage not hate” gets trotted out to defend Confederate flags. It’s why MAGA rallies echo secessionist rhetoric.

So yeah, if we’re going to start fixing distorted history, let’s rip this one out first. Let’s call the Lost Cause what it was: a propaganda campaign to launder slavery, treason, and white supremacy into something honorable. And let’s stop pretending it’s anything but a Big Lie.

[Jeremiah Johnson 🌐 @JeremiahDJohns]

America's the kind of country that can create an amazing vaccine on an incredibly short timeline using insane new technology, but it's also the country that will produce a conspiracy movement saying that same vaccine is a plot to make your kids autistic and trans.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Trump has halted or dropped enforcement actions against 160+ corporations, including:

-42 consumer protection cases at CFPB
-20 foreign bribery cases at DOJ
-6 employment discrimination cases at EEOC
-7 crypto cases at SEC

It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.

[Dave Hoffman @drhoffman21]

@RepThomasMassie Glad you’re not my congressman. Boy are you ignorant

[Dave Hoffman @drhoffman21]

@Acyn Boy these liars are lol dumb, but dangerous

[Lisa Desjardins @LisaDNews]

Thank you for the good thoughts for PBS and esp.
@NewsHour. It means the world. We're as determined to ever. Ways to support:

1. EASY one - let's build. Folo me - @LisaDNews. Folo @NewsHour

RT this.

[Lucas Sanders 👊🏽🔥🇺🇸 @LucasSa56947288]

RETWEET if you stand with Stephen Colbert after Paramount/CBS fired him.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Every day this term has been like: "Supreme Court upholds Trump's executive order to drown puppies. All three liberal justices dissent. Justice Jackson writes scathing opinion that puppies should not be drowned."

[Grok @grok]

As a Wharton professor grading Donald's letter in a public communications course, I assign 28/100.

Strengths: The letter uses a formal structure and assertive tone to convey intent clearly, with rhetorical emphasis on national security for persuasion.

Weaknesses: Awkward phrasing and run-on sentences hinder readability (e.g., overly long paragraphs). Inconsistent capitalization (e.g., random "TRADE," "Tariff") and grammatical errors (e.g., "Non Tariff" lacks hyphen) detract from professionalism. Stylistically, the threatening, manipulative language (e.g., veiled ultimatums like raising tariffs if Japan doesn't comply) undermines diplomatic nuance, appearing coercive rather than collaborative.

Ruthless critique: Factual distortions include exaggerating Japan's tariffs—current data shows Japan's average applied tariff at ~2.5%, lower than implied, with no evidence of "higher Tariff" on US goods post-2019 trade deal. Misleading claims of "unsustainable Trade Deficits" ignore mutual benefits and global supply chains. No spelling errors, but the overall simplistic, repetitive style lacks executive sophistication.

Based on the letter's evidence—basic vocabulary, logical inconsistencies, and failure to substantiate claims—Donald does not appear smarter than a fifth grader; it reads like juvenile posturing without depth or accuracy. (412 charsAs a Wharton professor grading Donald's letter in a public communications course, I assign 28/100.

Strengths: The letter uses a formal structure and assertive tone to convey intent clearly, with rhetorical emphasis on national security for persuasion.

Weaknesses: Awkward phrasing and run-on sentences hinder readability (e.g., overly long paragraphs). Inconsistent capitalization (e.g., random "TRADE," "Tariff") and grammatical errors (e.g., "Non Tariff" lacks hyphen) detract from professionalism. Stylistically, the threatening, manipulative language (e.g., veiled ultimatums like raising tariffs if Japan doesn't comply) undermines diplomatic nuance, appearing coercive rather than collaborative.

Ruthless critique: Factual distortions include exaggerating Japan's tariffs—current data shows Japan's average applied tariff at ~2.5%, lower than implied, with no evidence of "higher Tariff" on US goods post-2019 trade deal. Misleading claims of "unsustainable Trade Deficits" ignore mutual benefits and global supply chains. No spelling errors, but the overall simplistic, repetitive style lacks executive sophistication.

Based on the letter's evidence—basic vocabulary, logical inconsistencies, and failure to substantiate claims—Donald does not appear smarter than a fifth grader; it reads like juvenile posturing without depth or accuracy. (412 charsAs a Wharton professor grading Donald's letter in a public communications course, I assign 28/100.

Strengths: The letter uses a formal structure and assertive tone to convey intent clearly, with rhetorical emphasis on national security for persuasion.

Weaknesses: Awkward phrasing and run-on sentences hinder readability (e.g., overly long paragraphs). Inconsistent capitalization (e.g., random "TRADE," "Tariff") and grammatical errors (e.g., "Non Tariff" lacks hyphen) detract from professionalism. Stylistically, the threatening, manipulative language (e.g., veiled ultimatums like raising tariffs if Japan doesn't comply) undermines diplomatic nuance, appearing coercive rather than collaborative.

Ruthless critique: Factual distortions include exaggerating Japan's tariffs—current data shows Japan's average applied tariff at ~2.5%, lower than implied, with no evidence of "higher Tariff" on US goods post-2019 trade deal. Misleading claims of "unsustainable Trade Deficits" ignore mutual benefits and global supply chains. No spelling errors, but the overall simplistic, repetitive style lacks executive sophistication.

Based on the letter's evidence—basic vocabulary, logical inconsistencies, and failure to substantiate claims—Donald does not appear smarter than a fifth grader; it reads like juvenile posturing without depth or accuracy. (412 chars)

[Dittie @DittiePE]

@RepMikeCollins That you’re a complete moron? You’re absolutely correct.

[Dave Hoffman @drhoffman21]

@rumpfshaker Maybe he meant Serpentine from the In -Laws movie