Brian Drury
@bdgarp.bsky.social
OFCS, Rotten Tomatoes, Author of Dreams of Perfection
Music is Everything
More and more young Americans, already fed up with fascism, resorting to poetry.
Music is Everything
More and more young Americans, already fed up with fascism, resorting to poetry.
Pinned
Brian Drury
@bdgarp.bsky.social
· Jan 19
Joined the People's March on Washington today in a sea of strength and hope. I hadn't felt this connected to Americans since Obama's first inauguration and my spirit was restored. Didn't see much coverage in the media, but not surprising. The People won't roll over. It's on.
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On Saturday, Sen. Lindsey Graham unloaded on the PMs of Greenland and Denmark, telling them that if Trump wanted to take Greenland, they'd just have to deal with it. “Lots of F-bombs,” said one person in attendance.
My latest.
puck.news/inside-linds...
My latest.
puck.news/inside-linds...
La La Greenland
At the Munich Security Conference, American lawmakers struggled to reassure European allies who are still traumatized by Trump’s threats to invade Greenland. Lindsey Graham’s F-bombs didn’t help.
puck.news
February 17, 2026 at 4:13 PM
On Saturday, Sen. Lindsey Graham unloaded on the PMs of Greenland and Denmark, telling them that if Trump wanted to take Greenland, they'd just have to deal with it. “Lots of F-bombs,” said one person in attendance.
My latest.
puck.news/inside-linds...
My latest.
puck.news/inside-linds...
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It’s President’s Day and we have nobody to honor. 🇺🇸
February 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM
It’s President’s Day and we have nobody to honor. 🇺🇸
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Can the press just start telling Trump to his face that he's gross and disgusting?
February 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Can the press just start telling Trump to his face that he's gross and disgusting?
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Ian McKellan delivering a speech on immigration likely written by Shakespeare. www.youtube.com/shorts/O7fAx...
I am not a Shakespearean scholar, this is more the gist of it.. #ianmckellen #immigration #ice
YouTube video by Nic Delcambre
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Ian McKellan delivering a speech on immigration likely written by Shakespeare. www.youtube.com/shorts/O7fAx...
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Sometimes I just post my favorite songs.
Tove Lo - No One Dies From Love (Live from Rehearsals)
YouTube video by Tove Lo
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Sometimes I just post my favorite songs.
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If they find bodies on Epstein's NM ranch then I say they search Trump's golf courses.
February 17, 2026 at 2:10 AM
If they find bodies on Epstein's NM ranch then I say they search Trump's golf courses.
Marco Rubio is the worst and most irresponsible Secretary of State in our nation's history.
February 17, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Marco Rubio is the worst and most irresponsible Secretary of State in our nation's history.
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What do Bannon and Epstein have in common? Sulphuric acid.
February 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM
What do Bannon and Epstein have in common? Sulphuric acid.
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Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
February 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Reuters: New Mexico lawmakers on Monday passed legislation to launch what they said was the first full investigation into what happened at Zorro Ranch, where the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women.
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on ICE, officials and tech workers.
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on ICE, officials and tech workers.
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on ICE, officials and tech workers.
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on ICE, officials and tech workers.
Trump's unusual interest in the Guthrie case is disturbing.
February 17, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Trump's unusual interest in the Guthrie case is disturbing.
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Our consigliere, oberst, Marine Lieutenant Colonel and Commander of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment is no more.
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Robert Duvall, Star of ‘The Godfather’ and ‘The Great Santini,’ Dies at 95
Robert Duvall, who won an Oscar for "Tender Mercies" and was nominated for “The Godfather,” “Apocalypse Now,” and “The Great Santini,” has died.
variety.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Our consigliere, oberst, Marine Lieutenant Colonel and Commander of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment is no more.
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Hopefully the President who raped children will resign, because he's making all of us look bad, as people.
February 17, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Hopefully the President who raped children will resign, because he's making all of us look bad, as people.
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Other pedophiles are mad that stupid loser Trump is their rep.
February 17, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Other pedophiles are mad that stupid loser Trump is their rep.
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"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
Warehouse owner won’t sell Dallas County property to ICE for migrant detention center
The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or...
www.dallasnews.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
"The owners of a Dallas County warehouse that ICE had planned to use as a mega detention center said Monday it will not sell or lease the property to the federal government.
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
“God answered our prayers,” the Hutchins Mayor said after learning of the decision...
www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
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There is a realistic, alternative path for American engagement in the world than what Trump is offering. I spell it out in detail in the last 3 chapters of AUTOCRATS VS DEMOCRATS: CHINA, RUSSIA, AMERICA AND THE NEW GLOBAL DISORDER.
www.harpercollins.com/products/aut...
www.harpercollins.com/products/aut...
Autocrats vs. Democrats
"A history, an analysis, and a set of prescriptions for the greatest geopolitical challenge of our time: the threat to the democratic world posed by Ch...
www.harpercollins.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
There is a realistic, alternative path for American engagement in the world than what Trump is offering. I spell it out in detail in the last 3 chapters of AUTOCRATS VS DEMOCRATS: CHINA, RUSSIA, AMERICA AND THE NEW GLOBAL DISORDER.
www.harpercollins.com/products/aut...
www.harpercollins.com/products/aut...
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Psst! L'il Marco Rubio? Don't Lecture Europe When You're One Face of a Chaotic Suicide Pact!
emptywheel.net/psst-lil-mar...
emptywheel.net/psst-lil-mar...
Psst! L'il Marco Rubio? Don't Lecture Europe When You're One Face of a Chaotic Suicide Pact! - emptywheel
Even as the grandson of an "illegal immigrant," Marco Rubio, attempted to lecture Europe that immigrants would destroy their shared civilization, the Secretary of State dodged his own role in the chao...
emptywheel.net
February 16, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Psst! L'il Marco Rubio? Don't Lecture Europe When You're One Face of a Chaotic Suicide Pact!
emptywheel.net/psst-lil-mar...
emptywheel.net/psst-lil-mar...
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February 16, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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"Official ICE policy says 'ICE should not detain, arrest, or take into custody for an administrative violation of the immigration laws individuals known to be pregnant, postpartum, or nursing” except in exceptional circumstances.
reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...
reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...
February 16, 2026 at 6:04 PM
"Official ICE policy says 'ICE should not detain, arrest, or take into custody for an administrative violation of the immigration laws individuals known to be pregnant, postpartum, or nursing” except in exceptional circumstances.
reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...
reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...
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Once again, a reminder that the "free speech" crusaders were always cynics operating in bad faith
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Once again, a reminder that the "free speech" crusaders were always cynics operating in bad faith
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Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.
February 14, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.
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"Trump doesn’t believe in anything except himself... When that resistance and those protests actually made his policies tremendously unpopular, he relented. And I think it’s a lesson that we should apply elsewhere when he engages in outrageous activities...”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Trump’s Minnesota Retreat Points to the Power of Public Anger
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:40 AM
"Trump doesn’t believe in anything except himself... When that resistance and those protests actually made his policies tremendously unpopular, he relented. And I think it’s a lesson that we should apply elsewhere when he engages in outrageous activities...”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
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I have come to accept that being angry won't be going away anytime soon. This is just me now.
February 16, 2026 at 5:37 AM
I have come to accept that being angry won't be going away anytime soon. This is just me now.
People get outraged when they hear about an atrocity, but don't know how to react when such atrocities become the norm.
February 16, 2026 at 5:34 AM
People get outraged when they hear about an atrocity, but don't know how to react when such atrocities become the norm.