Josh V
@bruiserchgo.bsky.social
Chicagoan, liberal, LGBT, tech, gaming, etc.
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Josh V
@bruiserchgo.bsky.social
· Feb 26
Now What?
Well, well, well. We’re a little over two weeks into the second Trump presidency and… holy fucking shit! I think even many of us who were shouting warnings about Trump have been a little taken abac…
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I keep seeing claims that Democrats need to shift more to the center, and I think that’s wrong. I wrote about my thoughts for how Democrats can move forward here: bruiserblog.com/2025/02/07/n...
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It’s the busiest shopping period of the year, so we’re hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It’s the busiest shopping period of the year, so we’re hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=bluesky
We’re all paying for AI usage, even when it’s “free”.
“.. They’re pretty much the whole boat when it comes to increases in electricity demand,” Quigley said.
“It’s going to get worse,” he said.
@cnbc.com $XLU
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
“It’s going to get worse,” he said.
@cnbc.com $XLU
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
We’re all paying for AI usage, even when it’s “free”.
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Let's also not forget that when Marjorie Taylor Greene entered Congress in 2021, she was worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later, worth around $25,000,000.
Donald Trump isn't the only person using a political office to make money. #Corruption
Donald Trump isn't the only person using a political office to make money. #Corruption
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Let's also not forget that when Marjorie Taylor Greene entered Congress in 2021, she was worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later, worth around $25,000,000.
Donald Trump isn't the only person using a political office to make money. #Corruption
Donald Trump isn't the only person using a political office to make money. #Corruption
Shovel by shovel, the Democratic party is digging its own grave. While, no, both parties aren’t the same, they’ve both failed the American people. The GOP through greed and malice and the Dems through ineptitude (and also greed). 😔
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Shovel by shovel, the Democratic party is digging its own grave. While, no, both parties aren’t the same, they’ve both failed the American people. The GOP through greed and malice and the Dems through ineptitude (and also greed). 😔
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
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This is mass murder on a scale we haven't seen in generations. Trump did this. Musk did this. The SCOTUS that allowed these cuts to congressionally mandated programs and an acquiescent GOP did this. It's sickening. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This is mass murder on a scale we haven't seen in generations. Trump did this. Musk did this. The SCOTUS that allowed these cuts to congressionally mandated programs and an acquiescent GOP did this. It's sickening. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Jeeeezus. There is no circle of hell hot enough for Elon Musk, Trump and everyone else involved in gutting life-saving government programs. Just sickening.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Jeeeezus. There is no circle of hell hot enough for Elon Musk, Trump and everyone else involved in gutting life-saving government programs. Just sickening.
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This illustrates a point I think people are underestimating dramatically. Many (probably most) Democrats are still using X to an extent without fully appreciating the danger.
Some thoughts follow.
Some thoughts follow.
brain absolutely cooked by xitter, has no idea
It is so lucky for Democrats that this kind of discourse is no longer on Twitter where the national media and politicians would see it. Better for it to be sealed off in this asylum. This is genuinely just insane.
October 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This illustrates a point I think people are underestimating dramatically. Many (probably most) Democrats are still using X to an extent without fully appreciating the danger.
Some thoughts follow.
Some thoughts follow.
It would be fun to assemble some low info GOP voters (easy), tell them Biden or Obama did some of the things Trump has been doing and ask “Should he have been impeached for that?” After they say “Yes” go “Oh I’m sorry, that was actually Trump” and watch the mental gymnastics that ensue.
I’ve already lost track of the impeachable acts *this week*
October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It would be fun to assemble some low info GOP voters (easy), tell them Biden or Obama did some of the things Trump has been doing and ask “Should he have been impeached for that?” After they say “Yes” go “Oh I’m sorry, that was actually Trump” and watch the mental gymnastics that ensue.
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"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
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October 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
"Man goes scorched earth on ICE agents kidnapping people in his hometown."
Source:
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Source:
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No fucking way am I installing the OpenAI web browser.
October 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
No fucking way am I installing the OpenAI web browser.
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NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
October 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
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The ability to remove your post when a hostile account quote-tweets you is a great feature of Bluesky.
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
October 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The ability to remove your post when a hostile account quote-tweets you is a great feature of Bluesky.
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
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A dinosaur talking with an NPR producer.
October 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A dinosaur talking with an NPR producer.
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Helicopter view of Chicago #NoKings in Grant Park via @cbschicago.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Helicopter view of Chicago #NoKings in Grant Park via @cbschicago.bsky.social
What is this crap? So tired of these fundraising texts. There seems to be an endless supply of these organizations, no matter how many times you STOP or block.
October 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
What is this crap? So tired of these fundraising texts. There seems to be an endless supply of these organizations, no matter how many times you STOP or block.
I’m on a long weekend getaway but I’m still going to a local #NoKings rally and march today. It’s so important that I’m protesting on my vacation! 💪🏼 🚫🤴🏼
October 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I’m on a long weekend getaway but I’m still going to a local #NoKings rally and march today. It’s so important that I’m protesting on my vacation! 💪🏼 🚫🤴🏼
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just go to the protests
take whatever precautions you personally feel comfortable with but these are massive, joyful events, go and have fun
take whatever precautions you personally feel comfortable with but these are massive, joyful events, go and have fun
October 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
just go to the protests
take whatever precautions you personally feel comfortable with but these are massive, joyful events, go and have fun
take whatever precautions you personally feel comfortable with but these are massive, joyful events, go and have fun
If you’re able and you feel safe doing so (bring a friend!) I encourage you to attend a #NoKings protest this weekend. You don’t need a sign or anything, just show up and be peaceful. We’re teetering on the precipice. People are being grabbed off the streets by masked agents. The time is NOW!
October 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
If you’re able and you feel safe doing so (bring a friend!) I encourage you to attend a #NoKings protest this weekend. You don’t need a sign or anything, just show up and be peaceful. We’re teetering on the precipice. People are being grabbed off the streets by masked agents. The time is NOW!
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Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
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Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.
October 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Trump just bombed six more people in the Caribbean, for a total of 27 civilians who have been killed so far by the US military. It’s illegal for the military to target civilians who do not pose an immediate threat. This is murder.
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The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.
I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now
I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
October 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The president says there are very few stores left in Portland, Oregon, and the ones that are left are made of plywood.
I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now
I know we’re numb to this, but in any other time he’d have been removed by the 25th Amendment by now
A banana ball game would never go 15 innings and 4 and half hours. It’s clearly the superior sport!
October 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
A banana ball game would never go 15 innings and 4 and half hours. It’s clearly the superior sport!