Cole Brecheen
@cbrecheen.bsky.social
Google's roll-out of RCS-chat support in Google Messages is just astonishingly poor -- billions of people must be baffled by it -- but maybe it will nudge more of us to stop relying so heavily on old-fashioned text messages and start using Signal. Text me there, please, using cole_brecheen.97.
January 21, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Google's roll-out of RCS-chat support in Google Messages is just astonishingly poor -- billions of people must be baffled by it -- but maybe it will nudge more of us to stop relying so heavily on old-fashioned text messages and start using Signal. Text me there, please, using cole_brecheen.97.
The whole country needs to understand the outrageously flimsy and authoritarian basis of Trump's "criminal investigations" of Minnesota leaders. I didn't understand them until I read Robert Hubbell this morning:
roberthubbell.substack.com/p/trump-retr...
roberthubbell.substack.com/p/trump-retr...
January 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The whole country needs to understand the outrageously flimsy and authoritarian basis of Trump's "criminal investigations" of Minnesota leaders. I didn't understand them until I read Robert Hubbell this morning:
roberthubbell.substack.com/p/trump-retr...
roberthubbell.substack.com/p/trump-retr...
Great article from @thejohnsonpost.bsky.social this morning:
open.substack.com/pub/marccjoh...
If there is one Republican in the whole country who has the courage or integrity to read it, I'd be astonished and would love to know who it is. Just one? That doesn't seem like too much to ask, does it?
open.substack.com/pub/marccjoh...
If there is one Republican in the whole country who has the courage or integrity to read it, I'd be astonished and would love to know who it is. Just one? That doesn't seem like too much to ask, does it?
The Real GOP Base
The party is the same today as it was in 1964 - fearful, xenophobic, often hateful and full of disgust for civil rights and people not like them
open.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Great article from @thejohnsonpost.bsky.social this morning:
open.substack.com/pub/marccjoh...
If there is one Republican in the whole country who has the courage or integrity to read it, I'd be astonished and would love to know who it is. Just one? That doesn't seem like too much to ask, does it?
open.substack.com/pub/marccjoh...
If there is one Republican in the whole country who has the courage or integrity to read it, I'd be astonished and would love to know who it is. Just one? That doesn't seem like too much to ask, does it?
Never having heard Joe Rogan's podcast, but knowing he influences lots of southern men, I've been wondering what he's been saying about the onslaught of horrors. This is heartening:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
January 15, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Never having heard Joe Rogan's podcast, but knowing he influences lots of southern men, I've been wondering what he's been saying about the onslaught of horrors. This is heartening:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
My MAGA friends would say they want an America that is richer, more aggressive and dominant, more like it was for white men in the good-old-days. William Kristol boils all that down here (fairly) to "smaller, meaner, and whiter." Beware the company you keep:
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
MAGA’s Lust for Fascism
Trump’s ideologues want a smaller, meaner, whiter America.
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM
My MAGA friends would say they want an America that is richer, more aggressive and dominant, more like it was for white men in the good-old-days. William Kristol boils all that down here (fairly) to "smaller, meaner, and whiter." Beware the company you keep:
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Hmm. I want to argue with this -- like, how does a study like this account for age differences in the tendency to be posturing and filtered -- but real maturity might be an admission that it annoys me. If I can see the problem in others, it's probably also in me.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
January 6, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Hmm. I want to argue with this -- like, how does a study like this account for age differences in the tendency to be posturing and filtered -- but real maturity might be an admission that it annoys me. If I can see the problem in others, it's probably also in me.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
I think @jenrubin.bsky.social is a bit more clear-eyed than the NYTimes today: contrarian.substack.com/p/headfirst-...
Was hoping to find some Republican, any Republican, able to make a principled case for this invasion. Here's the closest thing I could find: www.nationalreview.com/corner/ten-q...
Was hoping to find some Republican, any Republican, able to make a principled case for this invasion. Here's the closest thing I could find: www.nationalreview.com/corner/ten-q...
January 3, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I think @jenrubin.bsky.social is a bit more clear-eyed than the NYTimes today: contrarian.substack.com/p/headfirst-...
Was hoping to find some Republican, any Republican, able to make a principled case for this invasion. Here's the closest thing I could find: www.nationalreview.com/corner/ten-q...
Was hoping to find some Republican, any Republican, able to make a principled case for this invasion. Here's the closest thing I could find: www.nationalreview.com/corner/ten-q...
The stench of Putin's influence on this administration is overwhelming.
See www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che.... Great reporting, as always, from @willsommer.bsky.social
See www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che.... Great reporting, as always, from @willsommer.bsky.social
Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet
Tenet Media’s Lauren Chen is back—even though the illegal-influence and money-laundering investigation remains open.
www.thebulwark.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:37 PM
The stench of Putin's influence on this administration is overwhelming.
See www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che.... Great reporting, as always, from @willsommer.bsky.social
See www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che.... Great reporting, as always, from @willsommer.bsky.social
Reading this joycevance.substack.com/p/unsealed-a... from @joycewhitevance.bsky.social today made my blood boil.
Surely all of my law-school friends have by now resigned from the Republican party, but if not: shame on you. Lots of my friends just don't know any better, but you ex-lawyers sure do.
Surely all of my law-school friends have by now resigned from the Republican party, but if not: shame on you. Lots of my friends just don't know any better, but you ex-lawyers sure do.
Unsealed: Abrego Garcia
The sealed order in the Abrego Garcia case that I wrote about in Sunday night’s “The Week Ahead” column was unsealed today.
joycevance.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Reading this joycevance.substack.com/p/unsealed-a... from @joycewhitevance.bsky.social today made my blood boil.
Surely all of my law-school friends have by now resigned from the Republican party, but if not: shame on you. Lots of my friends just don't know any better, but you ex-lawyers sure do.
Surely all of my law-school friends have by now resigned from the Republican party, but if not: shame on you. Lots of my friends just don't know any better, but you ex-lawyers sure do.
Marc Johnson (@thejohnsonpost.bsky.social) speaks for me today:
The Vanity Project Presidency
marccjohnson.substack.com/p/the-vanity...
The Vanity Project Presidency
marccjohnson.substack.com/p/the-vanity...
December 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Marc Johnson (@thejohnsonpost.bsky.social) speaks for me today:
The Vanity Project Presidency
marccjohnson.substack.com/p/the-vanity...
The Vanity Project Presidency
marccjohnson.substack.com/p/the-vanity...
Jennifer Rubin's post (@contrariannews.org) is unusually good and encouraging today. Maybe we'll get through this thing.
contrarian.substack.com/p/remember-t...
contrarian.substack.com/p/remember-t...
December 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Jennifer Rubin's post (@contrariannews.org) is unusually good and encouraging today. Maybe we'll get through this thing.
contrarian.substack.com/p/remember-t...
contrarian.substack.com/p/remember-t...
The Supreme Court is Rigging the Midterms
Trump is Handed Another Major Win.
substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Read both posts at www.thebulwark.com/p/a-nothingb..., particularly the second one from Will Saletan (@saletan.bsky.social). "Better to be a poor man than a liar," which I just now learned is not just a billboard slogan in a great TV show. See Proverbs 19:22. Wonder no more why that's so current.
A Nothingburger (With Ketchup and Diet Coke)
Let’s just say that Trump’s address Wednesday night was not the height of presidential oratory.
www.thebulwark.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Read both posts at www.thebulwark.com/p/a-nothingb..., particularly the second one from Will Saletan (@saletan.bsky.social). "Better to be a poor man than a liar," which I just now learned is not just a billboard slogan in a great TV show. See Proverbs 19:22. Wonder no more why that's so current.
Now that a broad-spectrum cancer vaccine is on the horizon, my guess is that this article shows how most of us are likely to die. Yes, that sounds hysterical, I know. If you've read something intelligent that might cause me to think otherwise, please send me a link.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | This Is the 21st-Century Arms Race. Can America Keep Up?
Innovations in A.I., synthetic biology and quantum computing are set to change war.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Now that a broad-spectrum cancer vaccine is on the horizon, my guess is that this article shows how most of us are likely to die. Yes, that sounds hysterical, I know. If you've read something intelligent that might cause me to think otherwise, please send me a link.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Depressing news from @sykescharlie.bsky.social this morning:
charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
I don't see how we come back from this.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
I don't see how we come back from this.
The Week America Switched Sides
A contrarian week in review
charliesykes.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Depressing news from @sykescharlie.bsky.social this morning:
charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
I don't see how we come back from this.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
I don't see how we come back from this.
How does @juddlegum.bsky.social do it? Any other president would have been pilloried for this outrage alone, and yet no other media seem to have noticed it:
popular.info/p/kushners-m...
popular.info/p/kushners-m...
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
popular.info
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
How does @juddlegum.bsky.social do it? Any other president would have been pilloried for this outrage alone, and yet no other media seem to have noticed it:
popular.info/p/kushners-m...
popular.info/p/kushners-m...
Interesting article from @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social :
www.afterbabel.com/p/the-devils...
My guess is that older people are similarly vulnerable, but harder to study. What metrics would tell us?
www.afterbabel.com/p/the-devils...
My guess is that older people are similarly vulnerable, but harder to study. What metrics would tell us?
The Devil’s Plan to Ruin the Next Generation
I asked ChatGPT how it would destroy America’s youth. Its answers were unsettling — and all too familiar.
www.afterbabel.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Interesting article from @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social :
www.afterbabel.com/p/the-devils...
My guess is that older people are similarly vulnerable, but harder to study. What metrics would tell us?
www.afterbabel.com/p/the-devils...
My guess is that older people are similarly vulnerable, but harder to study. What metrics would tell us?
From @kevincarroll.bsky.social today:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Doubt that I have any Republican friends who care about stuff like this, but it's a big deal, and should change their minds about supporting the commission of war crimes.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Doubt that I have any Republican friends who care about stuff like this, but it's a big deal, and should change their minds about supporting the commission of war crimes.
The ‘Five Eyes’ Are Blinking
The ‘Five Eyes’ Are Blinking The military buildup around Venezuela has prompted allies to stop sharing some intelligence with the U.S. The Trump administration’s military buildup around Venezuela has...
docs.google.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
From @kevincarroll.bsky.social today:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Doubt that I have any Republican friends who care about stuff like this, but it's a big deal, and should change their minds about supporting the commission of war crimes.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Doubt that I have any Republican friends who care about stuff like this, but it's a big deal, and should change their minds about supporting the commission of war crimes.
