Jason Briggeman
@jbriggeman.liberalcurrents.com
Economics professor at Austin Community College. Associate editor for Liberal Currents. briggeman.org
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How Elon Musk sees himself vs. how we see Elon
March 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
How Elon Musk sees himself vs. how we see Elon
Conservatives Tried to Warn You About Trump
by Lindsey Graham
by Lindsey Graham
February 10, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Conservatives Tried to Warn You About Trump
by Lindsey Graham
by Lindsey Graham
Politically better times to stop this were before ICE was given the money or before the warehouses were bought.
The next best time to stop this is before the warehouses are up and running and a lot of people's wealth and income begins to depend upon them continuing to run and even to be filled up.
The next best time to stop this is before the warehouses are up and running and a lot of people's wealth and income begins to depend upon them continuing to run and even to be filled up.
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Politically better times to stop this were before ICE was given the money or before the warehouses were bought.
The next best time to stop this is before the warehouses are up and running and a lot of people's wealth and income begins to depend upon them continuing to run and even to be filled up.
The next best time to stop this is before the warehouses are up and running and a lot of people's wealth and income begins to depend upon them continuing to run and even to be filled up.
Sat down at a restaurant and on the TV they are interviewing the punter and showing punting highlights
February 9, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Sat down at a restaurant and on the TV they are interviewing the punter and showing punting highlights
"AI dot com slash Elon" accepts your challenge
“Mr. Beast Salesforce ad” - they’re calling it the least appealing phrase ever assembled in any language. They finally did it
February 9, 2026 at 2:57 AM
"AI dot com slash Elon" accepts your challenge
Losing track of all the stuff we're getting in the national divorce here
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Losing track of all the stuff we're getting in the national divorce here
You rarely see cosmic fairness on the level that Dominic Szoboszlai just dealt out.
February 8, 2026 at 6:04 PM
You rarely see cosmic fairness on the level that Dominic Szoboszlai just dealt out.
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Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them.
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
February 6, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them.
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
Lead character of the show my kiddo is watching was just told "you are the one," confirming that the show is one of the shows that has been made within the last quarter century.
February 7, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Lead character of the show my kiddo is watching was just told "you are the one," confirming that the show is one of the shows that has been made within the last quarter century.
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Trump’s “fraud crackdown” list is a political hit list. He targets his critics and attacks the watchdogs who actually root out waste.
Meanwhile, he continues to pardon allies who stole millions from taxpayers. The real fraud is pretending Trump is helping the American people.
Meanwhile, he continues to pardon allies who stole millions from taxpayers. The real fraud is pretending Trump is helping the American people.
February 7, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Trump’s “fraud crackdown” list is a political hit list. He targets his critics and attacks the watchdogs who actually root out waste.
Meanwhile, he continues to pardon allies who stole millions from taxpayers. The real fraud is pretending Trump is helping the American people.
Meanwhile, he continues to pardon allies who stole millions from taxpayers. The real fraud is pretending Trump is helping the American people.
Fox News, et al., refer to this agency as being part of "law enforcement."
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Fox News, et al., refer to this agency as being part of "law enforcement."
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"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
WaPo just isn't about truth anymore. It's about powa
February 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
WaPo just isn't about truth anymore. It's about powa
I'm extremely biased but this starting five, healthy, is actually insane.
The Indiana Pacers just traded for Zubac and are currently tied for the best odds at the 2026 No. 1 pick 👀
With Haliburton healthy next year, how far could this roster — and a potential top pick — go?
With Haliburton healthy next year, how far could this roster — and a potential top pick — go?
February 6, 2026 at 12:21 PM
I'm extremely biased but this starting five, healthy, is actually insane.
The Coffee Break might have just begun.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:12 AM
The Coffee Break might have just begun.
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How did I become a crypto zillionaire? First I put everything I had in a Bitcoin wallet on Mt. Gox, later shifted entirely into OneCoin, loaded up on apes and finally rolled the full egg into Terra's LUNA stablecoin. Then this morning my father's hedge fund lent me a zillion ETH.
August 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
How did I become a crypto zillionaire? First I put everything I had in a Bitcoin wallet on Mt. Gox, later shifted entirely into OneCoin, loaded up on apes and finally rolled the full egg into Terra's LUNA stablecoin. Then this morning my father's hedge fund lent me a zillion ETH.
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All these men driving women out of their fields with giggly idiot grabassery and then bloviating to the public about how the lack of women is proof of male intellectual superiority... I hate them all. I hate them so much.
February 6, 2026 at 12:38 AM
All these men driving women out of their fields with giggly idiot grabassery and then bloviating to the public about how the lack of women is proof of male intellectual superiority... I hate them all. I hate them so much.
Zubac has always killed the Pacers and Mathurin totally seems like a Clippers type of player so this is one of the most understandable trades I have ever seen
February 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Zubac has always killed the Pacers and Mathurin totally seems like a Clippers type of player so this is one of the most understandable trades I have ever seen
it's gonna be Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil
February 5, 2026 at 2:48 PM
it's gonna be Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil
It's a big Epstein Files, and you ain't in it
very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
February 5, 2026 at 2:33 PM
It's a big Epstein Files, and you ain't in it
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Lmao
February 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Lmao
Ah, the famed expert on how to smile and have fun when asking questions in the Oval Office
February 5, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Ah, the famed expert on how to smile and have fun when asking questions in the Oval Office
"We see Trump trying to implant the same form of social organization throughout...choosing to put at the top of each cabinet agency a rich guy, experienced in managing hangers-on, determined to keep out any rule-followers, narcs, moral people, or anyone with concerns that conflict with his impunity"
February 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
"We see Trump trying to implant the same form of social organization throughout...choosing to put at the top of each cabinet agency a rich guy, experienced in managing hangers-on, determined to keep out any rule-followers, narcs, moral people, or anyone with concerns that conflict with his impunity"
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The ambitious fundraising goal we set in November was for 1/150th of the amount reportedly spent by Amazon on the production and promotion of the film "Melania."
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February 4, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The ambitious fundraising goal we set in November was for 1/150th of the amount reportedly spent by Amazon on the production and promotion of the film "Melania."
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