Escot McCloud
@brutusmaximus.bsky.social
Ab initio. Ad infinitum.
We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience.
Inspired by Sophie Scholl. Cat dad. Oxford commas. Midwest persistence. F45. F47. Indigestible rascal.
We will not be silent. We are your bad conscience.
Inspired by Sophie Scholl. Cat dad. Oxford commas. Midwest persistence. F45. F47. Indigestible rascal.
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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To those who cancelled their Disney related subscriptions. Since Trump defunded PBS, it would help them quite a bit if you took the same money you used to send to Disney and instead, sent it to PBS/NPR.
September 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
To those who cancelled their Disney related subscriptions. Since Trump defunded PBS, it would help them quite a bit if you took the same money you used to send to Disney and instead, sent it to PBS/NPR.
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September 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Today’s front page of The National, a Scottish newspaper.
July 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today’s front page of The National, a Scottish newspaper.
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It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.
July 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.
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The real cabal is at Mar-a-Lago.
July 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The real cabal is at Mar-a-Lago.
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Now THAT's a cease and desist letter
July 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Now THAT's a cease and desist letter
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Pursued relentlessly by the government of Vladimir Putin, the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison. He left behind an account of his final years—and an admonition to his country and the world.
Alexei Navalny’s Prison Diaries
The Russian opposition leader’s account of his last years and his admonition to his country and the world.
www.newyorker.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Pursued relentlessly by the government of Vladimir Putin, the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison. He left behind an account of his final years—and an admonition to his country and the world.
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Rules for Surviving Authoritarian Times www.thebulwark.com/p/rules-for-...
Rules for Surviving Authoritarian Times
Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins John Avlon to talk about how authoritarianism creeps into democracies, the patterns she’s seen around the world, and what history says about how to fight back.
www.thebulwark.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Rules for Surviving Authoritarian Times www.thebulwark.com/p/rules-for-...
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BREAKING: 87 year old veteran was released from the D.C. jail after being arrested Friday on the Capitol steps while protesting the Trump parade.
Asked how it felt to be arrested at 87, he replied, 'I'm just beginning, my friend.'
Asked how it felt to be arrested at 87, he replied, 'I'm just beginning, my friend.'
June 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
BREAKING: 87 year old veteran was released from the D.C. jail after being arrested Friday on the Capitol steps while protesting the Trump parade.
Asked how it felt to be arrested at 87, he replied, 'I'm just beginning, my friend.'
Asked how it felt to be arrested at 87, he replied, 'I'm just beginning, my friend.'
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Margaret Brennan totally exposes FDA Commissioner Makary for making it up as he goes and making conflicting recommendations in order to cast doubt on covid vaccines. He's so terrible during this interview that Brennan is left shaking her head as she wraps it up.
June 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Margaret Brennan totally exposes FDA Commissioner Makary for making it up as he goes and making conflicting recommendations in order to cast doubt on covid vaccines. He's so terrible during this interview that Brennan is left shaking her head as she wraps it up.
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it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
April 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
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I don't know who besides the White House needs to hear this, but spraying cheap, Chinese-made foam wall decorations with gold spray paint isn’t classy, it’s tacky as hell and prodigiously embarrassing
Right now the Oval Office looks like the dumpster behind a Michael’s
Right now the Oval Office looks like the dumpster behind a Michael’s
April 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I don't know who besides the White House needs to hear this, but spraying cheap, Chinese-made foam wall decorations with gold spray paint isn’t classy, it’s tacky as hell and prodigiously embarrassing
Right now the Oval Office looks like the dumpster behind a Michael’s
Right now the Oval Office looks like the dumpster behind a Michael’s
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worth reiterating that in literally any other context a 10% tariff on Japan alone would be getting wall to wall financial news coverage, would be considered the largest trade war escalation in modern American history and the dumbest economic policy move by a President in decades
April 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
worth reiterating that in literally any other context a 10% tariff on Japan alone would be getting wall to wall financial news coverage, would be considered the largest trade war escalation in modern American history and the dumbest economic policy move by a President in decades
The rule of law no longer exists. The system of checks and balances between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches is effectively dismantled. It's a wild new frontier of freestyle lawlessness now.
April 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The rule of law no longer exists. The system of checks and balances between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches is effectively dismantled. It's a wild new frontier of freestyle lawlessness now.
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Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
April 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
Apparently, the new protocol is that all hecklers should be tackled and tazed. Daily noted. ✅
April 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Apparently, the new protocol is that all hecklers should be tackled and tazed. Daily noted. ✅
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Hey, do you know what you call a guy who never admits a mistake, who becomes President of the United States by never admitting a mistake, who then convinces his entire presidential administration to never admit—let alone correct—any mistake, leading to innocents getting life sentences?
A sociopath.
A sociopath.
April 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Hey, do you know what you call a guy who never admits a mistake, who becomes President of the United States by never admitting a mistake, who then convinces his entire presidential administration to never admit—let alone correct—any mistake, leading to innocents getting life sentences?
A sociopath.
A sociopath.
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We knew exactly what this administration was going to do because it was written in Project 2025.
Folks can be surprised at how quickly it has moved, but no one can act like they didn't know.
Folks can be surprised at how quickly it has moved, but no one can act like they didn't know.
April 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We knew exactly what this administration was going to do because it was written in Project 2025.
Folks can be surprised at how quickly it has moved, but no one can act like they didn't know.
Folks can be surprised at how quickly it has moved, but no one can act like they didn't know.