Brienne of Snark
@brienneofsnark.bsky.social
Face of a Greek goddess, body of a Greek yogurt. 🏳️🌈
Pinned
Running list:
😡 Invaded Los Angeles
😡 Murdered 11 boaters he accused of being drug dealing gang members
😡 Oversaw the biggest data heist in American history
😡 Extorted lawyers for free work
😡 Extorted Intel for a 10% stake
😡 Kidnapped American citizens who “looked” undocumented
😡 Invaded Los Angeles
😡 Murdered 11 boaters he accused of being drug dealing gang members
😡 Oversaw the biggest data heist in American history
😡 Extorted lawyers for free work
😡 Extorted Intel for a 10% stake
😡 Kidnapped American citizens who “looked” undocumented
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A brand new Super PAC — Elect Chicago Women — just dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars into this race. Why?
Because it’s actually a front for AIPAC dark money. And they’re doing everything they can to buy my race:
Because it’s actually a front for AIPAC dark money. And they’re doing everything they can to buy my race:
February 6, 2026 at 12:52 AM
A brand new Super PAC — Elect Chicago Women — just dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars into this race. Why?
Because it’s actually a front for AIPAC dark money. And they’re doing everything they can to buy my race:
Because it’s actually a front for AIPAC dark money. And they’re doing everything they can to buy my race:
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AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.
February 6, 2026 at 1:04 AM
AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.
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mr elon musk tweet “bitcoin” to save bitcoin please my wife is going to leave me i lost everything
February 6, 2026 at 12:41 AM
mr elon musk tweet “bitcoin” to save bitcoin please my wife is going to leave me i lost everything
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ICE is an agency whose recruiting and training standards are so low that other federal law enforcement agents say pejoratively that ICE is “hired by the pound, from the pound.”
What Democrats need to know to truly reform ICE
I'm an expert, and the misconduct and corruption run far deeper than even the deadly surges have shown.
www.motherjones.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
ICE is an agency whose recruiting and training standards are so low that other federal law enforcement agents say pejoratively that ICE is “hired by the pound, from the pound.”
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
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My BIL is a veteran who did two tours during Iraq & Afghanistan. He has PTSD. He is brown and lives in MSP. He gets telehealth therapy from the VA. And his job is allowing him to work from home so this two tour Navy vet with PTSD doesn't accidentally get shot by the Gestapo. Anyway.
Everything you’re hearing from the Trump administration is a lie. Today was one of the most active days in Northeast since the entire Operation Metro Surge began.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
Nothing is changing on the ground in Minneapolis, no matter what headlines Trump and Homan try to create.
February 5, 2026 at 11:42 PM
My BIL is a veteran who did two tours during Iraq & Afghanistan. He has PTSD. He is brown and lives in MSP. He gets telehealth therapy from the VA. And his job is allowing him to work from home so this two tour Navy vet with PTSD doesn't accidentally get shot by the Gestapo. Anyway.
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One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.
February 6, 2026 at 12:12 AM
One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.
So I guess the folks who own the imaginary money are upset it was funded by the head of a pedophile ring and now the price is crashing.
Or something
Or something
February 5, 2026 at 11:54 PM
So I guess the folks who own the imaginary money are upset it was funded by the head of a pedophile ring and now the price is crashing.
Or something
Or something
Being in the Epstein files as anything other than a victim or witness is disqualifying for civilization
February 5, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Being in the Epstein files as anything other than a victim or witness is disqualifying for civilization
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Our whistleblower client is willing to speak, w/appropriate protections, w/Gang of Eight & cleared staffs to provide addt'l details about complaint & address credibility & concerns of politicization, as well as answer questions @odnigov.bsky.social is refusing to address.
We all want the truth.
We all want the truth.
February 5, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Our whistleblower client is willing to speak, w/appropriate protections, w/Gang of Eight & cleared staffs to provide addt'l details about complaint & address credibility & concerns of politicization, as well as answer questions @odnigov.bsky.social is refusing to address.
We all want the truth.
We all want the truth.
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NEW: According to Punchbowl News, Trump told Schumer he'd remove a block on the Gateway Tunnel funds if Schumer helped name Dulles Airport and Penn Station after him. The Gateway Development Commission has already sued Trump for blocking the funds: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/n...
Trump Administration Sued Over Cutting Off Funds for $16 Billion Tunnel
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
NEW: According to Punchbowl News, Trump told Schumer he'd remove a block on the Gateway Tunnel funds if Schumer helped name Dulles Airport and Penn Station after him. The Gateway Development Commission has already sued Trump for blocking the funds: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/n...
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Same-sex marriage is under attack again. The Christian nationalist right has launched a new campaign, and, unsurprisingly, it’s using children’s safety as a pretext to roll back equality.
The Right Is Coming For Same-Sex Marriage With An Insidious New Campaign
The anti-LGBTQ “Greater Than” campaign is leveraging children to attack the rights of same-sex married couples
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Same-sex marriage is under attack again. The Christian nationalist right has launched a new campaign, and, unsurprisingly, it’s using children’s safety as a pretext to roll back equality.
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Thank you!!! Since we launched this race for Congress yesterday, we’ve raised over $600K from 30,000 donors — and we’re just getting started.
February 5, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Thank you!!! Since we launched this race for Congress yesterday, we’ve raised over $600K from 30,000 donors — and we’re just getting started.
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Anyway, I wrote about a whole slew of reports saying that DHS is using abusive administrative subpoenas to track down Trump's online critics, show up at their door, and intimidate them...
And the "free speech warriors" who insisted Biden was censoring people online are somehow silent.
And the "free speech warriors" who insisted Biden was censoring people online are somehow silent.
DHS Is Hunting Down Trump Critics. The ‘Free Speech’ Warriors Are Mighty Quiet.
For years, we've been subjected to an endless parade of hyperventilating claims about the Biden administration's supposed "censorship industrial complex." We were told, over and over again, that the government was…
For years, we've been subjected to an endless parade of hyperventilating claims about the Biden administration's supposed "censorship industrial complex." We were told, over and over again, that the government was…
DHS Is Hunting Down Trump Critics. The ‘Free Speech’ Warriors Are Mighty Quiet.
For years, we've been subjected to an endless parade of hyperventilating claims about the Biden administration's supposed "censorship industrial complex." We were told, over and over again, that the government was weaponizing its power to silence conservative speech. The evidence for this? Some angry emails from White House staffers that Facebook ignored. That was basically it. The Supreme Court looked at it and said there was no standing because there was…
www.techdirt.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Anyway, I wrote about a whole slew of reports saying that DHS is using abusive administrative subpoenas to track down Trump's online critics, show up at their door, and intimidate them...
And the "free speech warriors" who insisted Biden was censoring people online are somehow silent.
And the "free speech warriors" who insisted Biden was censoring people online are somehow silent.
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I'm going to introduce legislation blocking Trump from stealing taxpayer dollars with this absurd lawsuit. Stay tuned.
Trump shares his plan for the $10 billion he expects to receive from his IRS lawsuit
The more the president tries to defend his desire for a taxpayer-financed payout, the worse his position appears.
www.ms.now
February 5, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I'm going to introduce legislation blocking Trump from stealing taxpayer dollars with this absurd lawsuit. Stay tuned.
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I know we have some 🔥 senators on the Democratic team. Can one of them, please, step up and throw their hat in the ring for leader? Stop complaining in private because this is intolerable.
@democrats.senate.gov
@democrats.senate.gov
February 5, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I know we have some 🔥 senators on the Democratic team. Can one of them, please, step up and throw their hat in the ring for leader? Stop complaining in private because this is intolerable.
@democrats.senate.gov
@democrats.senate.gov
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John Thune is the #1 cheerleader for the BBB, ICE terror, white nationalism, and Trump's authoritarian regime
He will forever be remembered as a collaborator
He will forever be remembered as a collaborator
February 5, 2026 at 10:51 PM
John Thune is the #1 cheerleader for the BBB, ICE terror, white nationalism, and Trump's authoritarian regime
He will forever be remembered as a collaborator
He will forever be remembered as a collaborator
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Every president from Nixon on released their tax returns, but Trump -- who insisted he would follow that custom -- repeatedly refused to do that. So finally they were leaked, showing he paid only $750 in 2016 and nothing in 2017.
He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.
He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.
Donald Trump’s frivolous $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns, if he were to win or get a settlement, would be paid entirely by U.S. taxpayers. trib.al/eiYvT8m
February 5, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Every president from Nixon on released their tax returns, but Trump -- who insisted he would follow that custom -- repeatedly refused to do that. So finally they were leaked, showing he paid only $750 in 2016 and nothing in 2017.
He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.
He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.
But how will the private prison stocks we own go up in value?
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
But how will the private prison stocks we own go up in value?
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Wake up, America: Federal agents were deployed at last year's Prop 50 launch in LA and at polling places across the nation.
Trump is using fear tactics to escape accountability at the ballot box.
Trump is using fear tactics to escape accountability at the ballot box.
Q: Bannon recently said 'we're gonna have ICE surround the polls come November.' Is that something the president is considering?
LEAVITT: I can't guarantee an ICE agent won't be around a polling location, but what I can tell you is I haven't heard the president discuss any formal plans
LEAVITT: I can't guarantee an ICE agent won't be around a polling location, but what I can tell you is I haven't heard the president discuss any formal plans
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Wake up, America: Federal agents were deployed at last year's Prop 50 launch in LA and at polling places across the nation.
Trump is using fear tactics to escape accountability at the ballot box.
Trump is using fear tactics to escape accountability at the ballot box.
I guess the options for male writers during the last century were limited to sex pest or head of a weird religon.
Folks outside SF/F don't know that Asimov was a sexual harasser because while he was alive fandom thought it was cute (up to and including Asimov being invited to give a lecture on "The Power of Positive Posterior Pinching" at Worldcon, which he, wisely, declined).
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
February 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I guess the options for male writers during the last century were limited to sex pest or head of a weird religon.
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Folks outside SF/F don't know that Asimov was a sexual harasser because while he was alive fandom thought it was cute (up to and including Asimov being invited to give a lecture on "The Power of Positive Posterior Pinching" at Worldcon, which he, wisely, declined).
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Folks outside SF/F don't know that Asimov was a sexual harasser because while he was alive fandom thought it was cute (up to and including Asimov being invited to give a lecture on "The Power of Positive Posterior Pinching" at Worldcon, which he, wisely, declined).
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
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The Religious Left Is a Leader in the ICE Resistance
The Religious Left Is a Leader in the ICE Resistance
University of Louisville political scientist David Buckley says liberal religious leaders are playing a key role in Minneapolis and in other efforts to resist Trump.
newrepublic.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
The Religious Left Is a Leader in the ICE Resistance
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Good. "But DHS isn't just ICE, it's also..." nope, wrong. DHS no longer serves any useful functions, the whole thing has been reassigned to repression. FEMA isn't even paying out to states. All DHS does is shooting, teargassing, facial recognition, and administrative warrants. Shut it down.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Good. "But DHS isn't just ICE, it's also..." nope, wrong. DHS no longer serves any useful functions, the whole thing has been reassigned to repression. FEMA isn't even paying out to states. All DHS does is shooting, teargassing, facial recognition, and administrative warrants. Shut it down.
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EXCLUSIVE:Marsha Blackburn faces allegations of 'flagrant violations' of campaign laws in race for Tennessee governor www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Marsha Blackburn faces allegations of 'flagrant violations' of campaign laws in race for Tennessee governor
US Sen. Marsha Blackburn faces allegations that she and her campaign engaged in "flagrant violations" of federal and state law by using donations from her Senate campaign for her gubernatorial race.
www.newschannel5.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
EXCLUSIVE:Marsha Blackburn faces allegations of 'flagrant violations' of campaign laws in race for Tennessee governor www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...