Dan Browning
@danbrowning.bsky.social
Interests include football ⚽️ #AUFC #LFC, politics, religion, philosophy, food/wine/beer, psychedelics research, & eudamonia/human flourishing. Thalassophile. He/y’all.
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Imagine that. Is there any doubt in anyone’s mind they were tipped off?
They are laughing at us all.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
They are laughing at us all.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
April 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Imagine that. Is there any doubt in anyone’s mind they were tipped off?
They are laughing at us all.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
They are laughing at us all.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Nearly everything Trump is doing now was laid out in my 2020 bestseller HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, which apparently was indeed hiding in plain sight. The book has a transcript of Trump explaining his plan in 2014. It also lays out the current plans of his partners. All of this could have been prevented.
"In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage."
-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)
-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)
April 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Nearly everything Trump is doing now was laid out in my 2020 bestseller HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT, which apparently was indeed hiding in plain sight. The book has a transcript of Trump explaining his plan in 2014. It also lays out the current plans of his partners. All of this could have been prevented.
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“While in the interrogation room, Makled said, a man in plain clothes entered and began speaking to him. He said he recalls the man telling him: ‘We know you're a lawyer. We know you take on big cases.’”
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“While in the interrogation room, Makled said, a man in plain clothes entered and began speaking to him. He said he recalls the man telling him: ‘We know you're a lawyer. We know you take on big cases.’”
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They're eating the 401ks!
They're eating the Social Security!
They're eating the retirements of the people who live here!
They're eating the Social Security!
They're eating the retirements of the people who live here!
April 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Where are the Russian tariffs?
April 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Where are the Russian tariffs?
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What can the rise of "WEIRD" and its quick murder at the hands of consultants teach us about the Democrats' messaging crisis?
For @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com's @theframelab.bsky.social, I looked at why elected Democrats fear pleasing their base.
For @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com's @theframelab.bsky.social, I looked at why elected Democrats fear pleasing their base.
What 'Weird' Reveals About the Democrats' Messaging Crisis
There are no magic words. But moral attacks your base loves are the core of a winning strategy.
www.theframelab.org
April 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
What can the rise of "WEIRD" and its quick murder at the hands of consultants teach us about the Democrats' messaging crisis?
For @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com's @theframelab.bsky.social, I looked at why elected Democrats fear pleasing their base.
For @gilduran.com and @george-lakoff.com's @theframelab.bsky.social, I looked at why elected Democrats fear pleasing their base.
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it worries me when the narrative about trump is that “it’s dumbasses that don’t know what they’re doing”. they know exactly what they’re doing. peter thiel is a close ally of trump and owns JD vance. peter thiel is a believer in curtis yarvin thought, which is 100% in line with what’s happening
April 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
it worries me when the narrative about trump is that “it’s dumbasses that don’t know what they’re doing”. they know exactly what they’re doing. peter thiel is a close ally of trump and owns JD vance. peter thiel is a believer in curtis yarvin thought, which is 100% in line with what’s happening
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The two most powerful Republican politicians in America - the president and co-president of the United States - are publicly praising and defending and excusing the crimes of a far-right foreign politician who leads a party founded by a Holocaust-denying neo-Nazi.
We are in a very, very dark place.
We are in a very, very dark place.
April 4, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The two most powerful Republican politicians in America - the president and co-president of the United States - are publicly praising and defending and excusing the crimes of a far-right foreign politician who leads a party founded by a Holocaust-denying neo-Nazi.
We are in a very, very dark place.
We are in a very, very dark place.
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There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
April 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.
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Never go to a dolphin or whale show. “Dolphins are charismatic and social beings who deserve more than a lifetime in unnatural and cruel conditions. Entertaining tourists is not a justification for their suffering.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Murky dolphin deaths at Florida theme park prompt law enforcement raid
State investigation under way at Gulf World after four dolphins have mysteriously died in past six months
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Never go to a dolphin or whale show. “Dolphins are charismatic and social beings who deserve more than a lifetime in unnatural and cruel conditions. Entertaining tourists is not a justification for their suffering.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.
March 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Since January, SpaceX has received over $560 million in government contracts—an amount projected to surpass $2 billion in taxpayer funding by year’s end, averaging roughly $6.1 million per day. Follow the money and see where it goes.
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Well, they lied. Obviously.
March 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Well, they lied. Obviously.
This seems less than ideal. #PhonyStark
The Chinese government is his most important business partner.
March 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This seems less than ideal. #PhonyStark
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People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.
March 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.
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Scoop: Washington Post editor Ruth Marcus says she’s resigning after a column on Jeff Bezos’s Wall Street Journal-like opinion pivot was rejected by Will Lewis
March 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Scoop: Washington Post editor Ruth Marcus says she’s resigning after a column on Jeff Bezos’s Wall Street Journal-like opinion pivot was rejected by Will Lewis
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It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
March 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's the entire email list for all DOGE employees. Have fun!
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He’s doing it for free? Nope. Follow the money and see where it goes.
Elon Musk is spearheading the overhaul of the $42 billion broadband program—directly benefiting himself and Starlink.
Elon Musk is spearheading the overhaul of the $42 billion broadband program—directly benefiting himself and Starlink.
March 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
He’s doing it for free? Nope. Follow the money and see where it goes.
Elon Musk is spearheading the overhaul of the $42 billion broadband program—directly benefiting himself and Starlink.
Elon Musk is spearheading the overhaul of the $42 billion broadband program—directly benefiting himself and Starlink.
This has been going around lately, and it seems timely.
March 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This has been going around lately, and it seems timely.
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Russia and China, have ramped up recruitment efforts targeting US federal employees—particularly those recently fired or at risk of termination. These efforts are unfolding aggressively on LinkedIn, where adversaries are reaching out under the guise of job opportunities, networking, and consulting.
March 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Russia and China, have ramped up recruitment efforts targeting US federal employees—particularly those recently fired or at risk of termination. These efforts are unfolding aggressively on LinkedIn, where adversaries are reaching out under the guise of job opportunities, networking, and consulting.
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"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." - Hannah Arendt
The guy who asked Zelensky if he owned a suit, Brian Glenn, is a reporter for the pro-Trump media network Real America’s Voice and also Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's boyfriend. He got one of the rare Oval Office interviewer spots only after the White House blocked the Associated Press.
February 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." - Hannah Arendt
Wishing a #RamadanMubarak to all who observe the holy month.
February 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Wishing a #RamadanMubarak to all who observe the holy month.
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Trump inherited a Goldilocks economy. But he may destroy it faster than even pessimists imagined paulkrugman.substack.com/p/surprise-c...
Chaos Is Bad for Business
Ignorance, megalomania and the economic future
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Trump inherited a Goldilocks economy. But he may destroy it faster than even pessimists imagined paulkrugman.substack.com/p/surprise-c...
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Excellent overview of what Medicaid is and isn’t, and who benefits the most from it.
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Cruel and Usual: Republicans Prepare to Gut Medicaid
And their own supporters will be among the biggest victims
open.substack.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Excellent overview of what Medicaid is and isn’t, and who benefits the most from it.
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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