Brian Broadus
@cvilletgr.bsky.social
Architecture. Architectural History. Historic Preservation. Charleston, Charlottesville, Cairo. Clemson University, University of Virginia. Devoted to Chelsea Football Club, and to my wife, Lynn, forever.
Moved to Cleveland to join a coastal elite.
Moved to Cleveland to join a coastal elite.
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Brian Broadus
@cvilletgr.bsky.social
· May 14
"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage."
It might be that most of the petrochemical types are just humoring Trump to get tax breaks.
At this point the oil barons hardly even care (they can pivot to renewables too). It’s just gender and internal combustion brain
It’s almost like green energy is the only way forward and a handful of oil barons are doing everything in their power to keep that from happening so they can get even richer at the cost of literally everything else in the world.
January 4, 2026 at 1:16 AM
It might be that most of the petrochemical types are just humoring Trump to get tax breaks.
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A foreign president can be held liable under US law, but an American president cannot. Weird.
January 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
A foreign president can be held liable under US law, but an American president cannot. Weird.
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January 3, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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Donald Trump Jr. is on the boards of both Kalshi and Polymarket
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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Rene Lalique, Vase "Biches" , Blue glass with white patina deer in foliage decorated , ca 1932
January 3, 2026 at 11:44 PM
As opposed to, when? The 19th century?
President Trump:
Under our new national security strategy, American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again.
Under our new national security strategy, American dominance in the Western Hemisphere will never be questioned again.
January 3, 2026 at 10:53 PM
As opposed to, when? The 19th century?
If I lived in Scotland, I'd be the hardest separatist you can possibly imagine.
Keir Starmer explicitly backs Trump's attack on Venezuela.
Says he has "long supported" getting rid of Maduro, who is an "illegitimate President" and "we shed no tears about the end of his regime".
Says he has "long supported" getting rid of Maduro, who is an "illegitimate President" and "we shed no tears about the end of his regime".
January 3, 2026 at 10:16 PM
If I lived in Scotland, I'd be the hardest separatist you can possibly imagine.
This is diseased. These people think of war as a game.
January 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM
This is diseased. These people think of war as a game.
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GOP Rep. Pat Harrigan: "There are members of Congress that they just cannot trust. And I understand that. We have folks that are Somali first and not America first."
January 3, 2026 at 9:24 PM
GOP Rep. Pat Harrigan: "There are members of Congress that they just cannot trust. And I understand that. We have folks that are Somali first and not America first."
If only Maduro had invested Venezuela's sovereign investment funds in Trump's cryptocurrency scheme we'd all be having a normal one right now.
January 3, 2026 at 9:16 PM
If only Maduro had invested Venezuela's sovereign investment funds in Trump's cryptocurrency scheme we'd all be having a normal one right now.
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⭕ #Grèce | #Athènes est solidaire du peuple du #Venezuela.
Des milliers de personnes ont défilé dans les rues #d'Athènes, où un drapeau #Américain a été brûlé devant l'ambassade lors de la manifestation.
Des milliers de personnes ont défilé dans les rues #d'Athènes, où un drapeau #Américain a été brûlé devant l'ambassade lors de la manifestation.
January 3, 2026 at 8:48 PM
⭕ #Grèce | #Athènes est solidaire du peuple du #Venezuela.
Des milliers de personnes ont défilé dans les rues #d'Athènes, où un drapeau #Américain a été brûlé devant l'ambassade lors de la manifestation.
Des milliers de personnes ont défilé dans les rues #d'Athènes, où un drapeau #Américain a été brûlé devant l'ambassade lors de la manifestation.
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“I think it’s wonderful that Mayor Mamdani took measures on day one to reinforce our rights to free speech, which included our right to criticize and oppose Israeli apartheid and genocide,” said YL Al-Sheikh, a Palestinian-American writer
Palestine advocates praise NYC’s Mamdani for revoking pro-Israel decrees
Israeli government hits out at newly sworn-in New York City mayor, falsely calling him a 'Muslim Brotherhood Islamist'.
www.aljazeera.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM
“I think it’s wonderful that Mayor Mamdani took measures on day one to reinforce our rights to free speech, which included our right to criticize and oppose Israeli apartheid and genocide,” said YL Al-Sheikh, a Palestinian-American writer
This photo, the "situation room" at Mar-a-Lago, which features a decor borrowed from Spirit Halloween, is clearly meant to compete with the iconic photo of Obama but it's mostly Hegseth looking like he's trying to remember his Outlook password.
Weak.
Weak.
January 3, 2026 at 8:20 PM
This photo, the "situation room" at Mar-a-Lago, which features a decor borrowed from Spirit Halloween, is clearly meant to compete with the iconic photo of Obama but it's mostly Hegseth looking like he's trying to remember his Outlook password.
Weak.
Weak.
I believe that we need to, by law, immediately reactivate the Selective Service and that the first draft number that must come up is Barron Trump's.
January 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I believe that we need to, by law, immediately reactivate the Selective Service and that the first draft number that must come up is Barron Trump's.
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In 2003 it was entirely possible to hold forth that Saddam was a bad guy but at the same time say that the second Bush administration was not to be trusted with his ouster because they'd definitely fuck up any attempt.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 PM
In 2003 it was entirely possible to hold forth that Saddam was a bad guy but at the same time say that the second Bush administration was not to be trusted with his ouster because they'd definitely fuck up any attempt.
It's been three days and I'm already pining for the halcyon days of [checks notes] 2025.
January 3, 2026 at 6:51 PM
It's been three days and I'm already pining for the halcyon days of [checks notes] 2025.
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It's amazing how one dictator Maduro is somehow under the jurisdiction of US law despite never killing an American but war criminal Netanyahu is somehow not under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court despite killing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza.
January 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
It's amazing how one dictator Maduro is somehow under the jurisdiction of US law despite never killing an American but war criminal Netanyahu is somehow not under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court despite killing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza.
The point of business operations under a dictatorship is not efficiency and value but is graft and patronage. Exploitation of Venezuelan resources will not rebound to the good of the Venezuelan people.
"We are going to run [Venezuela] until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition" to another Government, Trump says.
"As everyone knows the oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust for a long period of time".
Says he will run it better.
"As everyone knows the oil business in Venezuela has been a bust, a total bust for a long period of time".
Says he will run it better.
January 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The point of business operations under a dictatorship is not efficiency and value but is graft and patronage. Exploitation of Venezuelan resources will not rebound to the good of the Venezuelan people.
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Trump is so tired from swimming to Venezuela with a knife between his teeth to personally oversee the raid- that is why he can barely speak and has nothing to do with the benzos he took after snorting Adderall all night.
January 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Trump is so tired from swimming to Venezuela with a knife between his teeth to personally oversee the raid- that is why he can barely speak and has nothing to do with the benzos he took after snorting Adderall all night.
If I were a player from South America I'd refuse.
at this point it's especially hard to see how the world cup can take place in the US - there are bound to be large numbers of players who refuse to travel here, let alone the fiasco of trying to sell tickets to fans from other countries
and if that collapses the olympics probably will as well
and if that collapses the olympics probably will as well
The world must boycott the World Cup and the Olympics.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
It is both the only moral choice and will actually get the attention of these dead-eyed clout demons.
January 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
If I were a player from South America I'd refuse.
IED materials in Caracas just tripled in price.
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
IED materials in Caracas just tripled in price.
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So for months they have tried to blame the entire fentanyl crisis on Venezuela and the indictment only mentions cocaine, which they pardoned a different guy for weeks ago
January 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
So for months they have tried to blame the entire fentanyl crisis on Venezuela and the indictment only mentions cocaine, which they pardoned a different guy for weeks ago
Straight up right.
“People could judge and say what they want but at the end of the day that’s my child and I’m gonna love my baby regardless of what anybody says and they should be allowed to have their anonymity and enjoy their life exactly the way they want to enjoy it”
Marlon Wayans on Protecting Trans Son: "I'm Gonna Love My Baby Regardless"
“People could judge and say what they want but at the end of the day that’s my child."
www.them.us
January 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Straight up right.
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There are chilling words and a telling comparison as we head towards elections in 2026 and 2028.
FOX: Will you throw your support behind María Corina Machado?
TRUMP: Well, we're gonna have to look at it. Right now, they have a VP as you know. But the election of Maduro was a disgrace just like my election was a disgrace. 2020 was a disgrace -- a real disgrace -- now 2024 was too big to rig.
TRUMP: Well, we're gonna have to look at it. Right now, they have a VP as you know. But the election of Maduro was a disgrace just like my election was a disgrace. 2020 was a disgrace -- a real disgrace -- now 2024 was too big to rig.
January 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
There are chilling words and a telling comparison as we head towards elections in 2026 and 2028.