Joel Brown
@jbnbpt.bsky.social
Fight for it now or lose it forever
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One nice thing about biking, is that when you hear some kids yelling “FUCK ICE COOKIES FOR SALE!” it’s easy to pull over and buy a bunch.
January 31, 2026 at 9:41 PM
One nice thing about biking, is that when you hear some kids yelling “FUCK ICE COOKIES FOR SALE!” it’s easy to pull over and buy a bunch.
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Translated "it's fine if they're slaves or indentured servants"
January 31, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Translated "it's fine if they're slaves or indentured servants"
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reminder: Jeffrey Epstein invoked the Fifth when asked about Trump and underage girls
January 31, 2026 at 10:03 PM
reminder: Jeffrey Epstein invoked the Fifth when asked about Trump and underage girls
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“Less than two weeks before Jeffrey Epstein’s death in jail, his lawyers and Manhattan federal prosecutors met and discussed his potential cooperation, several documents within a cache of newly released investigative files state.” #EpsteinFiles
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Epstein lawyers discussed possibility of cooperation with prosecutors days before his death, files reveal
Less than two weeks before convicted abuser was found dead, lawyers met with Manhattan federal prosecutors
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:07 PM
“Less than two weeks before Jeffrey Epstein’s death in jail, his lawyers and Manhattan federal prosecutors met and discussed his potential cooperation, several documents within a cache of newly released investigative files state.” #EpsteinFiles
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Activists responding to reports of an ICE abduction in Minneapolis found an abandoned car with flat tires, riddled with bullet holes (1/30/26)
January 31, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Activists responding to reports of an ICE abduction in Minneapolis found an abandoned car with flat tires, riddled with bullet holes (1/30/26)
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Reminder that Anne Frank died not in the gas chamber but of typhus.
Despite ample funding, the agency halted payments in October. They may not resume for several months.
ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
Despite ample funding, the agency halted payments in October. They may not resume for several months.
www.motherjones.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Reminder that Anne Frank died not in the gas chamber but of typhus.
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A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
February 1, 2026 at 2:14 AM
A little girl in Portland, OR after being tear gassed by ICE. what the actual fuck.
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I just drove past an abandoned car, with the doors open. (wrong side of highway, others had already stopped.)
This is Minnesota. No one for any reason intentionally leaves their car on the side of the road w/the doors open in January
Please understand: nothing has changed here. Please tell people
This is Minnesota. No one for any reason intentionally leaves their car on the side of the road w/the doors open in January
Please understand: nothing has changed here. Please tell people
January 31, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I just drove past an abandoned car, with the doors open. (wrong side of highway, others had already stopped.)
This is Minnesota. No one for any reason intentionally leaves their car on the side of the road w/the doors open in January
Please understand: nothing has changed here. Please tell people
This is Minnesota. No one for any reason intentionally leaves their car on the side of the road w/the doors open in January
Please understand: nothing has changed here. Please tell people
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I can’t get over how increasingly desperate and worried district judges are — they are doing all the right things — and how they’re being betrayed by appellate judges and a Supreme Court, both too cowardly to stand behind their decisions.
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
January 31, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I can’t get over how increasingly desperate and worried district judges are — they are doing all the right things — and how they’re being betrayed by appellate judges and a Supreme Court, both too cowardly to stand behind their decisions.
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One way you know America is not/no longer an actual democracy is that the Republican Governor managed to delay this election for almost a year, giving the GOP an artificial advantage in a narrowly divided parliament. This is something that does not actually happen in real democracies anywhere else.
BREAKING: Democrat Christian Menefee wins special election for Texas U.S. House seat, narrowing GOP's slim majority.
Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 5:29 AM
One way you know America is not/no longer an actual democracy is that the Republican Governor managed to delay this election for almost a year, giving the GOP an artificial advantage in a narrowly divided parliament. This is something that does not actually happen in real democracies anywhere else.
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🚨OFFICIAL FLIP ALERT🚨
Democrat Taylor Rehmet has FLIPPED Texas State Senate District 9!
This is a seat that Trump won by *17* points, and a district that has more voters than a *Congressional* district.
Plus the GOP *heavily* outspent Dems here for their MAGA candidate.
Political. Earthquake.
Democrat Taylor Rehmet has FLIPPED Texas State Senate District 9!
This is a seat that Trump won by *17* points, and a district that has more voters than a *Congressional* district.
Plus the GOP *heavily* outspent Dems here for their MAGA candidate.
Political. Earthquake.
a man is holding a frying pan in a kitchen and the website 4gifs.com is visible in the corner
ALT: a man is holding a frying pan in a kitchen and the website 4gifs.com is visible in the corner
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
🚨OFFICIAL FLIP ALERT🚨
Democrat Taylor Rehmet has FLIPPED Texas State Senate District 9!
This is a seat that Trump won by *17* points, and a district that has more voters than a *Congressional* district.
Plus the GOP *heavily* outspent Dems here for their MAGA candidate.
Political. Earthquake.
Democrat Taylor Rehmet has FLIPPED Texas State Senate District 9!
This is a seat that Trump won by *17* points, and a district that has more voters than a *Congressional* district.
Plus the GOP *heavily* outspent Dems here for their MAGA candidate.
Political. Earthquake.
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ICE just tear-gassed the shit out of the entirely peaceful union protest here in Portland. Children. Elderly. Thousands of people exercising our First Amendment rights.
February 1, 2026 at 12:56 AM
ICE just tear-gassed the shit out of the entirely peaceful union protest here in Portland. Children. Elderly. Thousands of people exercising our First Amendment rights.
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Portland, Oregon
These are the actions of thugs unleashed by an authoritarian regime to quash dissent and opposition
These are the actions of thugs unleashed by an authoritarian regime to quash dissent and opposition
I was there. They were indiscriminately firing multiple canisters into a huge peaceful crowd. Fucking cowards
February 1, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Portland, Oregon
These are the actions of thugs unleashed by an authoritarian regime to quash dissent and opposition
These are the actions of thugs unleashed by an authoritarian regime to quash dissent and opposition
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Thousands of union members staged a nonviolent march today. iCE gassed the crowd of nurses and teaches. The neighborhood is in a cloud. Flash bangs are being fired.
February 1, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Thousands of union members staged a nonviolent march today. iCE gassed the crowd of nurses and teaches. The neighborhood is in a cloud. Flash bangs are being fired.
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This is corruption on a breathtaking level. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal nicknamed the "spy sheikh", pumped $187mn into Trump family businesses. A WSJ team has the whole story, reported here for the first time. Remember: Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:30 AM
This is corruption on a breathtaking level. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal nicknamed the "spy sheikh", pumped $187mn into Trump family businesses. A WSJ team has the whole story, reported here for the first time. Remember: Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.
In case you were wondering if it’s really a class war, some poor bastard just delivered our Chewy box at 1045 on a 15 degree Saturday night
February 1, 2026 at 4:13 AM
In case you were wondering if it’s really a class war, some poor bastard just delivered our Chewy box at 1045 on a 15 degree Saturday night
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The United States sorely needs an opposition party right now.
January 30, 2026 at 9:58 PM
The United States sorely needs an opposition party right now.
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For years, Trump has spun immigrants, reporters, and anyone he dislikes as the "enemy." This created dehumanizing and legitimizing ideology on which he and his administration are now arresting, brutalizing, and killing his invented "enemy."
Terrorism, crime and cruelty have been the plan all along.
Terrorism, crime and cruelty have been the plan all along.
January 30, 2026 at 11:50 PM
For years, Trump has spun immigrants, reporters, and anyone he dislikes as the "enemy." This created dehumanizing and legitimizing ideology on which he and his administration are now arresting, brutalizing, and killing his invented "enemy."
Terrorism, crime and cruelty have been the plan all along.
Terrorism, crime and cruelty have been the plan all along.
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🧵The Whipple Building in south Minneapolis is a torture facility.
If this occupation is ever over and if we are restored to our rights, the state of Minnesota must reclaim the land, raze that building, and erect a monument and museum to memorialize this war against Minnesota and its people. 1/4
If this occupation is ever over and if we are restored to our rights, the state of Minnesota must reclaim the land, raze that building, and erect a monument and museum to memorialize this war against Minnesota and its people. 1/4
January 31, 2026 at 1:58 PM
🧵The Whipple Building in south Minneapolis is a torture facility.
If this occupation is ever over and if we are restored to our rights, the state of Minnesota must reclaim the land, raze that building, and erect a monument and museum to memorialize this war against Minnesota and its people. 1/4
If this occupation is ever over and if we are restored to our rights, the state of Minnesota must reclaim the land, raze that building, and erect a monument and museum to memorialize this war against Minnesota and its people. 1/4
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Opinion | ICE Took Their Classmate. They Started Writing Letters.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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The thing that shocks me most is that all of this incriminating stuff was sitting at the DOJ for 4 years and Biden & Garland were not cynical or ruthless enough to use it against Trump & Musk in the run up to 2024.
If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
January 31, 2026 at 12:12 PM
The thing that shocks me most is that all of this incriminating stuff was sitting at the DOJ for 4 years and Biden & Garland were not cynical or ruthless enough to use it against Trump & Musk in the run up to 2024.
If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
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Does anyone believe Todd Blanche's claim that the White House had "no oversight" over the handling of the Epstein files? No. But with their ever-more-brazen lies, they put us on notice that their version of reality is mandatory, and the truth will be executed unless we hide it in our basement.
Blanche: "My team has certain communications with the White House. Let me just be clear -- they had nothing to do with this review, they had no oversight of this review, they did not tell this department how to do our review, what to look for, what to redact."
January 31, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Does anyone believe Todd Blanche's claim that the White House had "no oversight" over the handling of the Epstein files? No. But with their ever-more-brazen lies, they put us on notice that their version of reality is mandatory, and the truth will be executed unless we hide it in our basement.
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Tom Morello live in Minneapolis
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Tom Morello live in Minneapolis
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Movie review from Guardian on Melania.
January 30, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Movie review from Guardian on Melania.