Brian Kidwell 🧦
@briankidwell.bsky.social
Just here to learn history & politics from 23 year old libertarians-turned-communist. Earnest poster. SE DC.
Woodworking. Dogs. Bikes. Science. Social democracy.
Woodworking. Dogs. Bikes. Science. Social democracy.
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"what's bushidoliberalism?" basically this but instead of an emperor the object of reverence is the constitution and trans rights
This is the way
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the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it
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This is such a wild thing to say to someone who just shot an unarmed person bsky.app/profile/jmet...
in a text string after the shooting, a fellow agent told Exum he's a "legend"
"Beers on me"
"Beers on me"
February 11, 2026 at 1:13 AM
This is such a wild thing to say to someone who just shot an unarmed person bsky.app/profile/jmet...
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Not sure why America got booed at the Olympics but it probably has to do with our country being a bloodthirsty warmonger led by disgusting racist slobs to the point that our president is the star of the Epstein files
February 8, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Not sure why America got booed at the Olympics but it probably has to do with our country being a bloodthirsty warmonger led by disgusting racist slobs to the point that our president is the star of the Epstein files
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Yeah the right wing of the country got way more openly racist and the secret police have been emboldened to tear gas random children whenever they feel like but at least the labor market is terrible and we'll all be poorer forever
February 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Yeah the right wing of the country got way more openly racist and the secret police have been emboldened to tear gas random children whenever they feel like but at least the labor market is terrible and we'll all be poorer forever
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You don't fight this hard to hide nothing
BREAKING: On February 2, Sec. Noem issued a memo asserting the lapse in appropriations for DHS meant there is no Sec. 527 — the provision protecting congressional oversight visits to immigration detention facilities — and she was issuing a new (third) policy requiring seven-day notice for visits.
February 10, 2026 at 1:10 AM
You don't fight this hard to hide nothing
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every single "principled libertarian" put on the red hat in 2016 and i don't think we should let them take it off and pretend like they're real intellectuals again now that he's unpopular
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
every single "principled libertarian" put on the red hat in 2016 and i don't think we should let them take it off and pretend like they're real intellectuals again now that he's unpopular
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The Super Bowl is a window into how much the U.S. economy has changed. I remember when it was mostly ads for cars, beer and stuff you’d find in the grocery store. Now it’s all AI, gambling, crypto (also gambling) and Ozempic.
February 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
The Super Bowl is a window into how much the U.S. economy has changed. I remember when it was mostly ads for cars, beer and stuff you’d find in the grocery store. Now it’s all AI, gambling, crypto (also gambling) and Ozempic.
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Weird. I tried to warn libertarians about Trump
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Weird. I tried to warn libertarians about Trump
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This is what we’re doing to people. We are the bad guys.
February 9, 2026 at 11:48 AM
This is what we’re doing to people. We are the bad guys.
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This was the USSR's policy
February 9, 2026 at 3:39 AM
This was the USSR's policy
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Ukrainians have known Chomsky is a hypocritical creep for a long time. Bringing back this banger of a meme
February 7, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Ukrainians have known Chomsky is a hypocritical creep for a long time. Bringing back this banger of a meme
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WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
February 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
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kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
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The rules clearly say we act in bad faith, manipulating the system to give ourselves disproportionate power, and you pretend it's good faith, letting it happen while unilaterally restricting yourself in adherence to standards we say must be honored when it helps us and violate otherwise. No fair!
February 7, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The rules clearly say we act in bad faith, manipulating the system to give ourselves disproportionate power, and you pretend it's good faith, letting it happen while unilaterally restricting yourself in adherence to standards we say must be honored when it helps us and violate otherwise. No fair!
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A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
February 7, 2026 at 3:36 PM
A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
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Eliminating ICE is the modern equivalent of opposing the Iraq War, and right now there are two types of Democrats: those who can see where the ball is moving and go to it, and those who will be swept away because they refused to do so.
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Eliminating ICE is the modern equivalent of opposing the Iraq War, and right now there are two types of Democrats: those who can see where the ball is moving and go to it, and those who will be swept away because they refused to do so.
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like, this story is insane—letting a 92-year-old obviously incapable of driving keep his license while leaving pedestrians/cyclists with no protection from cars has killed more people than every waymo crash ever. It will be forgotten next week.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Three dead and six hurt after driver hits cyclist and crashes car into LA store
Car, being driven by 92-year-old driver, crashed at 99 Ranch Market and victims, trapped under vehicle, died at scene
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:19 PM
like, this story is insane—letting a 92-year-old obviously incapable of driving keep his license while leaving pedestrians/cyclists with no protection from cars has killed more people than every waymo crash ever. It will be forgotten next week.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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the fact that early-stage automated vehicles that still occasionally require remote operation assistance are like several orders of magnitude safer than the average American driver should be the real wakeup call here, not the idea that these vehicles still sometimes need remote operation assistance
February 6, 2026 at 5:34 PM
the fact that early-stage automated vehicles that still occasionally require remote operation assistance are like several orders of magnitude safer than the average American driver should be the real wakeup call here, not the idea that these vehicles still sometimes need remote operation assistance
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This is the thing that always blows my mind about Trump v US: presented with the very real circumstances of a president who violated federal law, the majority decide to treat it as a theoretical creative writing exercise, and treat those real circumstances as a far flung hypothetical.
Every time I re-read Trump v. United States, it feels like getting hit in the head with a mallet.
February 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
This is the thing that always blows my mind about Trump v US: presented with the very real circumstances of a president who violated federal law, the majority decide to treat it as a theoretical creative writing exercise, and treat those real circumstances as a far flung hypothetical.
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every dem should immediately shift to the obamas-as-apes video trump posted, because it is instantly recognizable to normies are insanely racist and opens up numerous lines of questioning
February 6, 2026 at 4:26 PM
every dem should immediately shift to the obamas-as-apes video trump posted, because it is instantly recognizable to normies are insanely racist and opens up numerous lines of questioning
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Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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"one side is murdering people in the streets while they round up the impure races, laughing the whole while, and the other side is trying to prevent this. there are unacceptable excesses on both sides"
The morning after mass layoffs, The Washington Post publishes this as their lead editorial. The owner and publisher clearly have no idea why they are losing subscribers. Meanwhile they have destroyed a storied brand.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:58 PM
"one side is murdering people in the streets while they round up the impure races, laughing the whole while, and the other side is trying to prevent this. there are unacceptable excesses on both sides"
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Trump has weaponized every other part of the federal government, but we’ve heard surprisingly little about the Intelligence Community proper. It’s a shoe I’ve been anxiously waiting to drop for the past year.
February 4, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Trump has weaponized every other part of the federal government, but we’ve heard surprisingly little about the Intelligence Community proper. It’s a shoe I’ve been anxiously waiting to drop for the past year.
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Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets