Writer. Father. I yell at cults and mirrors. Sometimes they yell back. Memoir coming soon. Newsletter: Here's a Mirror

Utah
Joined January 2016
Spent some time looking in the mirror. Decided to not take myself so seriously. Here's a Mirror open.substack.com/pub/joshho… Memoir still incoming. Still figuring this internet thing out. Join me if you want to. If not, fair enough. Have a nice day. Or don't. I don't care.
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People seem to have forgotten how truly bad it was under Biden
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I’m officially throwing my hat into the ring to become the new United States Press Secretary Shoot me a dm @realDonaldTrump and let’s chat I’m ready to serve this country 🇺🇸
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i laid this out tonight briefly tho night on IRL. democrats will use the win in November to make your lives substantively worse in order to blame Trump which will help them in the 2028. if they have the house, senate, and office of the president, the United States with have a far more radical change than any in the 20the century.
Replying to @CynicalPublius
Yes, working on some pretty shocking discoveries today. They plan on leveraging a 2026 win into creating an orchestrated hellscape in 2027 which they will blame on Trump. And then 2028 in turn will use 2027's events to leverage the Presidential election discussion into a structural reform of America (aka, multilateral democracy with socialistic elements).
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Replying to @CynicalPublius
Yes, working on some pretty shocking discoveries today. They plan on leveraging a 2026 win into creating an orchestrated hellscape in 2027 which they will blame on Trump. And then 2028 in turn will use 2027's events to leverage the Presidential election discussion into a structural reform of America (aka, multilateral democracy with socialistic elements).
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RE: The Midterms and National Survival The Democrat Party has been hijacked by an alliance of literal Communists and Islamic jihadists who now wear the mantle of Tip O’Neill and Sam Nunn like a skinsuit while espousing the most radical, anti-American agenda the USA has ever experienced. These are people who want the Constitution eviscerated, capitalism extinguished, Sharia law imposed and your very way of life destroyed. If they achieve power, the lawfare you saw in 2020 will be NOTHING by comparison. If you hold traditional conservative values and/or if you are a practicing Christian or a Jew, they want you destroyed—economically, politically, practically, reputationally and—if necessary—they want you in a Gulag or to pay with your life. This is not hyperbole, nor is this something that will happen overnight if we lose the midterms. However, if they win the midterms this will be for them a major step towards their ultimate goal of domination, a domination where the Bill of Rights has no meaning and all elections are pre-determined. I really don’t care how much you dislike RINOs or how upset you are that Trump did not fully fix your pet issue in less than two years or how irritated you get filling up your gas tank. If you sit out these upcoming midterms to “send a message,” all you are doing is participating in your own demise. If this is you, please wise up. This is NOT POLITICS AS USUAL. National survival is at stake in a way it never has been before.
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THIS IS THE SHOT! 🤯❄️ Fresh snow on Mount Timpanogos with peak fall color below. Utah showing off BIG TIME today. What a contrast between seasons! 🍂🏔️ 📸: Willie Holdman
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Josh Hopkin retweeted
Now more than ever, our music industry needs more James Hetfield from Metallica and less Macklemore.
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Josh Hopkin retweeted
If you're a proponent of Permanent Daylight Saving Time, you're just a selfish asshole who thinks government should dictate time, and not the nature, sun, and God. It's not our fault you have a shitty work/life balance, work schedule, or bad time management skills.
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I am once again begging dumbasses who got rich doing podcasts to stop asking foreign born Mayors if the American Dream is still alive.
Theo Von: “Do you think the American Dream is still alive?” Zohran Mamdani: “It feels like you have to luck out in some big way. In many ways I feel like it’s why a lot of people play the lottery. For many it feels like their only chance. People think they have better odds playing the lottery than making it in their own life. What does that say about the country we live in?”
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Replying to @catturd2
Ditch DST! Save Standard Time! Stop and amend the Sunshine Protection Act!
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Josh Hopkin retweeted
I guess I can't say this is a *new* low, but it is a low. Thank you @SenTomCotton for your perseverance and common sense on this issue. It makes zero sense to sacrifice Americans' health and safety for the sake of the golf lobby. We should "lock the clock" on permanent standard after we fall back next month. #DitchDST
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No one likes changing the clock, me included, but Congress has enacted permanent Daylight Savings Time multiple times before and repealed it each time once Americans experienced absurdly late sunrises in the winter. Arkansans don’t want their kids going to school in the pitch dark, and I’ll always put Arkansas first.
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Replying to @GuntherEagleman
No, the twice-yearly switch is outdated. Energy savings are minimal and the transitions raise accident and health risks. Permanent standard time makes more sense. It keeps morning light aligned with our circadian clocks, which sleep scientists and groups like the AASM favor for better health and safety. Permanent daylight time means darker winter mornings, which past experiments showed people dislike. From scratch, set clocks so solar noon is near 12:00 across zones and lock it year-round. No more flipping.
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Replying to @RapidResponse47
Dark mornings are more depressing and dangerous than dark evenings. Permanent DST would put sunrise past 8am for 3+ months in most states. Ditch DST with permanent Standard Time for health and safety!
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Josh Hopkin retweeted
Women who falsely accuse men of rape should face the same prison sentence that the man would have faced had he been convicted. That would put an end to these rape hoaxes immediately. Which is why it will never happen.
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Josh Hopkin retweeted
The most destructive word in the human language is "deserve." Wars start with it. Relationships die from it. Most of us torture ourselves with it daily.
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I don’t pay attention to the people in media I think are dumb and toxic because that’s what they want. What you feed, lives. What you starve, dies.
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Josh Hopkin retweeted
This perfectly describes Utah voters.
In LOTR, the shire spent so long sheltered from evil that it began to think evil did not exist. The west is like the shire. We must save the shire.
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Restore permanent Standard Time. #DitchDST
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And drink water when you wake up!
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