MBR
@flame89.bsky.social
Can’t say too much about my job these days but international affairs (especially Asia) is my specialty. I love films, novels, and history. Degrees from Oxford, Virginia Tech, and the London School of Economics. Opinions are entirely my own. He/him
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Every Republican President of my lifetime has ended their term with a higher unemployment rate than when they began while every Democrat has finished with a lower unemployment rate than they received - and yet the public almost always rates Republicans higher on the economy.
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White dudes: *oppress, enslave, torture, kill, people based on their various marginalized identities for centuries.
Marginalized people: I like myself.
White dudes: OMG STOP IT WITH THE IDENTITY POLITICS!
Marginalized people: I like myself.
White dudes: OMG STOP IT WITH THE IDENTITY POLITICS!
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
White dudes: *oppress, enslave, torture, kill, people based on their various marginalized identities for centuries.
Marginalized people: I like myself.
White dudes: OMG STOP IT WITH THE IDENTITY POLITICS!
Marginalized people: I like myself.
White dudes: OMG STOP IT WITH THE IDENTITY POLITICS!
Too many of the American people shared in Donald Trump’s hubris to believe we as a nation won’t share in his nemesis.
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Too many of the American people shared in Donald Trump’s hubris to believe we as a nation won’t share in his nemesis.
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This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is a better answer than I gave on The Source to @kaitlancollins.bsky.social last night.
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While citizens use new technologies to resist oppression, authoritarian regimes are even more adept at harnessing those same tools to strengthen it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
Anthropic Says Chinese Hackers Used Its A.I. in Online Attack
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
While citizens use new technologies to resist oppression, authoritarian regimes are even more adept at harnessing those same tools to strengthen it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
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"taking jobs from Americans" really gives away the game. This guy just hates immigrants and thinks they don't belong here, and can be treated as sub-humans.
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"taking jobs from Americans" really gives away the game. This guy just hates immigrants and thinks they don't belong here, and can be treated as sub-humans.
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Sen. Kennedy on releasing all of the Epstein files: “I just don't think this issue is going to go away until that issue is addressed and answered to the American people's satisfaction. And I may end up with a sombrero on my head for saying that, but that's the way I see it.”
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Sen. Kennedy on releasing all of the Epstein files: “I just don't think this issue is going to go away until that issue is addressed and answered to the American people's satisfaction. And I may end up with a sombrero on my head for saying that, but that's the way I see it.”
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The only guy probably not in the Epstein emails but wishes he were.
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Feels like conservative media is just starting to soften up the base for potential statutory rape revelations about Trump and/or other conservative figures.
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Feels like conservative media is just starting to soften up the base for potential statutory rape revelations about Trump and/or other conservative figures.
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It becomes overly clear why #MeToo was considered such a threat by powerful men and why they have done everything to mock and discredit it.
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It becomes overly clear why #MeToo was considered such a threat by powerful men and why they have done everything to mock and discredit it.
Going back to work after the shutdown like
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Going back to work after the shutdown like
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There is nothing “clean” about the Continuing Resolution that was passed tonight.
Sure, it reopens the government—but it does nothing to address the healthcare crisis that Republicans created.
(1/2)
Sure, it reopens the government—but it does nothing to address the healthcare crisis that Republicans created.
(1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 AM
There is nothing “clean” about the Continuing Resolution that was passed tonight.
Sure, it reopens the government—but it does nothing to address the healthcare crisis that Republicans created.
(1/2)
Sure, it reopens the government—but it does nothing to address the healthcare crisis that Republicans created.
(1/2)
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Whats so unnerving, among many other aspects of the whole sordid Epstein miasma, is how incestuous the world of these elites are. Everyone knows everyone. The personal, social, and professional spheres all overlap.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Whats so unnerving, among many other aspects of the whole sordid Epstein miasma, is how incestuous the world of these elites are. Everyone knows everyone. The personal, social, and professional spheres all overlap.
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"There is a lot more." Rep. Garcia shares the DOJ is hoarding files from federal Epstein investigations. "Photographs, possibly videos, they have information we need to actually bring justice to the survivors and to implicate the wealthy and powerful men that abused and raped children and women."
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"There is a lot more." Rep. Garcia shares the DOJ is hoarding files from federal Epstein investigations. "Photographs, possibly videos, they have information we need to actually bring justice to the survivors and to implicate the wealthy and powerful men that abused and raped children and women."
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McGovern: Buried in this bill is a corrupt kickback for eight Republican senators, a million dollar payday funded by taxpayers, taken from the treasury and deposited directly into their pockets. What the hell is wrong with this place?
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
McGovern: Buried in this bill is a corrupt kickback for eight Republican senators, a million dollar payday funded by taxpayers, taken from the treasury and deposited directly into their pockets. What the hell is wrong with this place?
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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Grijalva: That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files. Justice cannot wait another day.
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Grijalva: That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files. Justice cannot wait another day.
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In the situation room?
Q: "Why are White House officials…meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?"
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
In the situation room?
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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"DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT" going into the history books alongside "DO NOT CONGRATULATE"
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT" going into the history books alongside "DO NOT CONGRATULATE"
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It’s frustrating that the Trump administration goes soft on actual CCP agents, yet is unwelcoming toward ordinary immigrants and asylum seekers, including those from China. www.wsj.com/world/china/...
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It’s frustrating that the Trump administration goes soft on actual CCP agents, yet is unwelcoming toward ordinary immigrants and asylum seekers, including those from China. www.wsj.com/world/china/...
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Q: A provision was added allowing senators to sue the US govt for $500k. What do you say to that?
JEFFRIES: House Democrats are gonna offer an amendment before the Rules Committee to get that self-dealing sick provision out of the spending agreement
JEFFRIES: House Democrats are gonna offer an amendment before the Rules Committee to get that self-dealing sick provision out of the spending agreement
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Q: A provision was added allowing senators to sue the US govt for $500k. What do you say to that?
JEFFRIES: House Democrats are gonna offer an amendment before the Rules Committee to get that self-dealing sick provision out of the spending agreement
JEFFRIES: House Democrats are gonna offer an amendment before the Rules Committee to get that self-dealing sick provision out of the spending agreement
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BELIEVE VICTIMS.
Ok, so Epstein wrote that Trump
1. “knew about the girls”
and
2. “spent hours” with one of the victims.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
1. “knew about the girls”
and
2. “spent hours” with one of the victims.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Read Jeffrey Epstein’s newly released emails about Trump
Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein specifically referenced his relationship with President Donald Trump in writing before Trump was elected to office and in the runup to the 2020 election, ac...
www.pbs.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
BELIEVE VICTIMS.
Ok, so Epstein wrote that Trump
1. “knew about the girls”
and
2. “spent hours” with one of the victims.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
1. “knew about the girls”
and
2. “spent hours” with one of the victims.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Read Jeffrey Epstein’s newly released emails about Trump
Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein specifically referenced his relationship with President Donald Trump in writing before Trump was elected to office and in the runup to the 2020 election, ac...
www.pbs.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ok, so Epstein wrote that Trump
1. “knew about the girls”
and
2. “spent hours” with one of the victims.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
1. “knew about the girls”
and
2. “spent hours” with one of the victims.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...