Brandon Flanery
@flanbran.bsky.social
Author of Stumbling.
Previous pastor turned homo.
MSW at CSU.
Atlanta.
BrandonFlanery.com
Previous pastor turned homo.
MSW at CSU.
Atlanta.
BrandonFlanery.com
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Brandon Flanery
@flanbran.bsky.social
· Jun 5
Happy #Pride! Wanna support a #gay #author get through grad school? Buy my book, Stumbling: A Sassy Memoir About Coming Out of Evangelicalism, at BrandonFlanery.com/book.
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the country that produced the world's first trillionaire is also the country whose citizens can't afford food or health care 👍
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
the country that produced the world's first trillionaire is also the country whose citizens can't afford food or health care 👍
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Hey just a reminder that it only takes 23 Senate Democrats to remove and replace Chuck Schumer as minority leader. They don't do it because the majority of Senate Democrats approve of the way he does politics.
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Hey just a reminder that it only takes 23 Senate Democrats to remove and replace Chuck Schumer as minority leader. They don't do it because the majority of Senate Democrats approve of the way he does politics.
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A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
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This is an all hands on deck moment to save health care.
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
Is Your Health Care Premium Going Up? Share Your Story | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
www.warren.senate.gov
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is an all hands on deck moment to save health care.
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
But like for real for real 👉🏻👈🏻
Your friendly semi-regular reminder that the single greatest way to help your favorite authors is to rate and review the books you've read. Goodreads, Itch, Kindle, they all give you the opportunity to rate/review and it REALLY helps us get visibility!
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
But like for real for real 👉🏻👈🏻
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Tuesday wasn’t just about Mamdani. trib.al/Spbzoc0
Erie County, PA, voted overwhelmingly for a Democrat. Virginia's Democratic candidate defeated a 36-year incumbent Republican. Even in Mississippi, Dems broke the supermajority in the state Senate, flipping three seats after 13 years.
Erie County, PA, voted overwhelmingly for a Democrat. Virginia's Democratic candidate defeated a 36-year incumbent Republican. Even in Mississippi, Dems broke the supermajority in the state Senate, flipping three seats after 13 years.
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Tuesday wasn’t just about Mamdani. trib.al/Spbzoc0
Erie County, PA, voted overwhelmingly for a Democrat. Virginia's Democratic candidate defeated a 36-year incumbent Republican. Even in Mississippi, Dems broke the supermajority in the state Senate, flipping three seats after 13 years.
Erie County, PA, voted overwhelmingly for a Democrat. Virginia's Democratic candidate defeated a 36-year incumbent Republican. Even in Mississippi, Dems broke the supermajority in the state Senate, flipping three seats after 13 years.
Honestly, far more important and horrific shit than the East Wing. Couldn’t care less.
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Honestly, far more important and horrific shit than the East Wing. Couldn’t care less.
Chest day.
Shout out to the lovely lezzies who made me an honorary “pal.”
Shout out to the lovely lezzies who made me an honorary “pal.”
October 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Chest day.
Shout out to the lovely lezzies who made me an honorary “pal.”
Shout out to the lovely lezzies who made me an honorary “pal.”
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Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe.
But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo
But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo
September 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe.
But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo
But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo
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NEW: I created this reference list of all known third-country removals since Trump's inauguration.
It's a lot more than you probably think, and there are likely more we don't know about.
Bookmark this, I will be updating it as more occur.
hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...
It's a lot more than you probably think, and there are likely more we don't know about.
Bookmark this, I will be updating it as more occur.
hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...
October 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
NEW: I created this reference list of all known third-country removals since Trump's inauguration.
It's a lot more than you probably think, and there are likely more we don't know about.
Bookmark this, I will be updating it as more occur.
hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...
It's a lot more than you probably think, and there are likely more we don't know about.
Bookmark this, I will be updating it as more occur.
hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...
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From "Stumbling" by @flanbran.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
From "Stumbling" by @flanbran.bsky.social
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Good morning New York, while you were sleeping this was one of our most read stories. on.ft.com/4mko5yF
September 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Good morning New York, while you were sleeping this was one of our most read stories. on.ft.com/4mko5yF
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Feeling fresh. Thoughts?
September 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Feeling fresh. Thoughts?
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You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go "according to plan." Even if the plan is horrifying! If two state lawmakers in MN get killed, nobody panics, because anti-Dem violence is normalized. But one GOP podcaster gets shot, well then everyone loses their minds.
September 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
You know what I've noticed? Nobody panics when things go "according to plan." Even if the plan is horrifying! If two state lawmakers in MN get killed, nobody panics, because anti-Dem violence is normalized. But one GOP podcaster gets shot, well then everyone loses their minds.
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Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
A kindergartener is more in touch with reality than one of our Supreme Court justices.
Among myriad problems with this ruling, can we pause to appreciate the childlike naïveté exhibited by Cavanaugh on the barely-worth-mentioning inconvenience of being detained and interogated by ICE? We are approaching Plessy levels of obtuseness, or feigned obtuseness.
September 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A kindergartener is more in touch with reality than one of our Supreme Court justices.
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I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org
September 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org
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Courts are really clearing their throats in the past five days.
September 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Courts are really clearing their throats in the past five days.
And I thought women were the emotional ones who would make rash decisions. 🙄🙄🙄
Uwu but hawwv you considered the epistemological standpoint of da vice president, including his twauma
September 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
And I thought women were the emotional ones who would make rash decisions. 🙄🙄🙄
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There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
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“I had hundreds of questions…Why am I here? Is being gay a crime?” Nearly 50 days after his release from CECOT in El Salvador, Andry Hernández Romero shared his story with
@msnbc.com's @anacabrera.bsky.social.
🔗 youtu.be/Cw5hdTHigTc?...
@msnbc.com's @anacabrera.bsky.social.
🔗 youtu.be/Cw5hdTHigTc?...
'Endured physical and psychological abuse': Freed CECOT deportee and gay makeup artist speaks out
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
September 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“I had hundreds of questions…Why am I here? Is being gay a crime?” Nearly 50 days after his release from CECOT in El Salvador, Andry Hernández Romero shared his story with
@msnbc.com's @anacabrera.bsky.social.
🔗 youtu.be/Cw5hdTHigTc?...
@msnbc.com's @anacabrera.bsky.social.
🔗 youtu.be/Cw5hdTHigTc?...