Amanda Hoey

@amandahoey

UConn Law student, former Democratic campaign pollster, crazy dog lady, hockey/college basketball/F1 fan. She/her/hers. 🏳️‍🌈

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Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· 28d

An additional citation:

AOC seated at a Congressional hearing with her eyes closed and mouth open, lifting both hands in a manner similar to the "chef's kiss" gesture

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Jun 4

Okay, 77-5 might be the best I’m capable of. My God, imagine being Gus Williams, the point guard I’ve never heard of before, on this team. Living the dream while also managing some (justifiably) gigantic egos.

A screenshot from 82-0.com showing a hypothetical team of 1980s Gus Williams at PG, 2010s LeBron James at SG, 2010s Carmelo Anthony at SF, 2020s Karl-Anthony Towns at PF, and 1960s Wilt Chamberlain at C. This team is projected to have a 77-5 record during an NBA season.

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Jun 3

I am calling bullshit on this one, though. You're telling me Magic, Bird, and the Greek Freak aren't winning 70+ games? Yes, I know I couldn't get a real point guard. This team doesn't need a real point guard!

A screenshot of a team from the website 82-0 showing that a hypothetical NBA team of 1990s Magic Johnson at PG, 1980s Dennis Johnson at SG, 1980s Larry Bird at SF, 1990s Detlef Schrempf at PF, and 2020s Giannis Antetokounmpo at C would be projected to have a record of 66-16.

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· May 13

Got a fresh haircut for graduation on Sunday. My 4-month-old nephew is letting me crash his personal photo shoot that day so I have to look good!

A selfie of me in my car with a bob cut to my shoulders, mostly straight with a slight curl at the ends

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· May 2

At the Boston Fleet game! Can’t wait for it to start soon! I don’t have Fleet gear yet so I’m wearing my green and blue plaid, which fits in this crowd just fine.

The Tsongas Center arena as viewed from a corner ice seat a few rows back as Zambonis prepare the ice before the Boston Fleet game

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Mar 27

Omg hi Darth! Welcome back! The world is a dumpster fire but my sister had a baby in January and the dogs are still good.

A Rottweiler mix dog poking her head into an infant’s bouncy chair where a two month old in a green onesie is seated under space-themed plushies hanging from the top of the chair. The dog obscures the baby’s face

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Mar 24

I regrettably had to leave RI before my sister and her partner finished it, and they’re working their way through The Pitt so they waited a few days to come back to Heated Rivalry, but they’re back on it now and I enjoyed this exchange.

iPhone screenshot of a text message conversation between me and my sister.
Sister: “Omg Ilya being cute with kids in the pool 🥹”
Me: “Omg yes”
Me: “Also I love that this is what you texted me about instead of cursing my name for making you watch it after the club scene”
Sister: “Lmaoooo”

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Feb 14

ESPN, it was a great alley oop and I’m happy the UConn guys are doing well at the Rising Stars game, but you CANNOT just make this the push alert.

Screenshot of phone push alert from ESPN app. “Teammates hook up” is the headline in bold, and the subhead is “Former UConn teammates Stephon Castle and Donovan Clingan connect…” The push alert links to a video of Castle making a pass to Clingan in the NBA Rising Stars game and Clingan dunking the ball.

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Jan 23

Totally normal thing to see when sitting in employee benefits and ERISA class and pulling up info on federal government tax expenditures. Love it. Definitely not exhausting or infuriating at all.

A screenshot of the U.S. Department of the Treasury webpage header on Tax Expenditures, located at https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/tax-policy/tax-expenditures. A banner at the top of the page reads "
President Donald J. Trump has signed a Continuing Resolution through January 30th. Thanks to the President’s decisive leadership in the face of radical left-wing obstructionism, the Department of the Treasury has now resumed normal operations."

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Dec 26

My dog Molly loves blankets more than anything in the world, possibly including me. I keep telling my family she has plenty of blankets - as of this morning there were 4 throw blankets and a heated blanket in the living room and more upstairs. You’ll never guess which one of us was more persuasive.

A white Chihuahua mix dog sitting on top of a light brown blanket with an abstract geometric pattern in dark brown, white, and light blue, looking down at it with her tongue slightly poking out and a pleased expression

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Dec 23

Molly loves making blanket nests for herself, especially when the weather gets cold.

A white Chihuahua mix dog lying in the middle of a lime green blanket, with her head up and a slight smile on her face. She has arranged the blanket like a nest, with raised sides and an indent in the middle where she’s lying down.

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Dec 14

My plan tonight was to take Molly to Hubbard Park to take a cute Christmas card photo by the park’s lights and decorations. The traffic was way too awful to actually do this, so we’ll try again on a weeknight, but I got to drive around enjoying house lights and she got a pup cup, so we’re all good.

A white Chihuahua mix dog wearing a seatbelt harness and a red plaid coat in the front passenger seat of a car, eating whipped cream out of a small cup

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Dec 5

The weather outside is frightful (20 degrees, windchill of 7) but Molly looks so cute in her little flannel coat! Picture taken inside because even with her coat on, she definitely wasn’t letting me stop for a photo shoot outside.

A white Chihuahua mix dog standing on a hardwood floor looking up at the camera, with her ears and tail perked up. She is wearing a red flannel coat with a blue plaid pattern and an L.L. Bean label that covers her body from her neck to her rear end.

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Nov 19

I received a Thanksgiving-themed survey in my inbox this morning after seeing some discussion of "Thanksgiving outfits" on TikTok. I submit my own belief on both: if your Thanksgiving celebration doesn't encourage enough food that pants with an elastic waistband are necessary, I don't want to go.

Screenshot of questions from "2025 Turkey Tally" survey. Question 10 reads "Do you prefer hosting Thanksgiving or being a guest?" with "Hosting" selected as my answer. Question 11 reads "Do you usually take a post-dinner nap or keep busy with activities?" with "Stay busy with activities" selected. Question 12 reads "Do you ever dress up for Thanksgiving, or is it a "comfy clothes" holiday for you?" with "Prefer to dress down - comfy clothes" selected.

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Nov 18

I suggested to my dog Molly that this might not be an equitable distribution of my 10-foot long blanket. I’m afraid you’ll have to call the ASPCA on me for such a transgression.

A white Chihuahua mix dog sitting on the end of a couch on top of a large lime green blanket folded under her like a nest. The blanket extends to where I am sitting. My thigh is visible in the bottom of the picture and a corner of the lime green blanket covers about half of my thigh.

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Nov 16

Molly! It was her shelter name when I adopted her and I liked it, so I stuck with it.

A white Chihuahua mix dog laying on a lime green blanket, looking up at the camera and smiling slightly.

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Nov 1

A friend of my dad’s from hockey is a woodworker, and y’all, just look at these rocking chairs he made for my sister and her baby! 😭 (The shower went off without a hitch and I’m now ready for a nap.)

Two wooden rocking chairs at a baby shower, with catering on the left and presents on the right. The rocking chair to the left is large enough for an adult, while the smaller rocking chair to the right would fit a toddler or preschooler.

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Oct 29

Extreme closeup of the sticker only because I have the reddened nose and messy hair of a woman on her fourth day and counting of sinusitis, but I voted early in CT today!

A sticker reading “I voted early!” with an American flag, placed on a light pink sweater

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Oct 29

Ehhhhh. His district looks like this in large part because it surrounds LA-06, which was drawn per court order to give Louisiana a second majority Black district. It does make his district unrepresentative, yes, but it's less nefarious. (cc: @kevinmkruse.bsky.social).

Wikipedia image of Louisiana's 6th congressional district shaded in dark gray on a street map of Louisiana. The district stretches across the state in a northwest-to-southeast diagonal line from Shreveport to Baton Rouge.

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Oct 24

Turns out you can do even better. Under this map, districts 1 through 9 all voted for Biden by 9+ points and all except VA-04 voted for McAuliffe in 2021 (VA-04 was 50-49 Youngkin). I'm sure the real mapmakers could make it prettier. All the more reason to vote for Spanberger.

A rendering of Virginia in Dave's Redistricting App with 11 hypothetical districts in a Democratic gerrymander. Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 have tentacles combining the Northern Virginia area with rural areas. 5 is contained entirely within Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. 4 and 9 divide up the Greater Richmond Area, while 7 and 8 divide up Hampton Roads. 10 is along the southern border, while 11 takes in Appalachian areas in western and southwestern Virginia.

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Oct 18

We had a dinosaur, unicorn, penguin, and axolotl in Middletown!

A person in an inflatable dinosaur costume at a protest holding a sign that reads “Compassion is an American value.”

A person in an orange inflatable unicorn costume at a protest

A person in a pink inflatable axolotl costume next to a person in an inflatable penguin costume at a protest

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Oct 18

Best sign I saw today at #NoKings Middletown!

Woman holding a white protest sign with “I don’t want to live in a country that fetishizes guns.” In smaller letters in parentheses at the bottom, it reads “Fetishize feet like the rest of us.”

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Sep 22

There's a lot of Noem and Lewandowski stuff to digest here, but I want to draw attention to this from Madison Sheahan, age 28, current deputy director of ICE.

Screenshot from the NYMag article linked in the quoted tweet. The screenshotted paragraph reads "Some ICE officials call Sheahan “Fish Cop” behind her back because of her previous stint running the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in Louisiana. Sheahan knows there are people who think that, without any law-enforcement background, she isn’t qualified for a job usually occupied by veteran ICE officials. “I absolutely think I’m qualified for the job,” she told me. “Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?”"

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Sep 16

Apparently it’s not enough to honor a so-called champion of free speech by going after anyone who criticizes him (including by accurately quoting his own words) and trying to get them fired, the GOP now wants to punish people for not saying anything at all. Gotcha.

Push alert from the Hartford Courant. The bold headline reads “Fallout over Kirk murder cont…” and the subhead reads “National Republicans condemn CT congresswoman for silence.”

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Sep 11

Darth, I got a job offer for after law school! I also wrote a research paper on police unions and reform this past spring/summer and submitted it to a law journal and a new student research panel my law school is hosting. And as always, spoiling the little one should count as an accomplishment.

A white Chihuahua mix dog standing on a bed with one paw on top of a closed laptop, looking at the camera with her ears and tail perked up

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Sep 6

The social media-shareable haul from Hartford’s Le Creuset Factory to Table sale. (I bought a couple other items to give as Christmas gifts, not pictured here.) While I’m bummed I couldn’t get a VIP ticket for a mystery box, it was still a lot of fun and I have some good finds!

A Le Creuset round Dutch oven and skillet, both in cerise (a bright red color with an ombré effect), and a Le Creuset utensil crock in white with a pattern of small rainbow colored hearts in a diagonal stripe, arranged on an electric stovetop.

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Aug 19

Embracing my inner millennial with a side part lob.

A selfie of me with my hair cut to my shoulders and curled at the ends with a side part to the left of the photo (my right).

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Aug 19

Plotting the nibling’s future while picking up textbooks. (The smallest size is 6 months and I hope to have more money by the time that it fits the nibling, so I haven’t bought it…yet.)

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Aug 16

I love this entire thread, and whenever state flags come up, I enjoy pointing out to people who have not yet realized it that Rhode Island’s depicts hope being crushed by a heavy object. Also, this is my tattoo of the DC flag with text added. That flag is 10/10 in my book.

A freshly done tattoo of the DC state flag: three red stars in a horizontal row on top, then two horizontal red bars, one in the middle and one toward the bottom, with bare skin (white space on the actual flag) in the remainder of the flag area. The text “We are the change” appears in the top red bar and “that we seek” appears in the bottom red bar.

Amanda Hoey@amandahoey· Aug 12

All the places with mostly red dots on this map, except probably Brookland. (Yes, the data is exactly what you think it is.)