Bren
@kindofnerdy.bsky.social
Defender of Democracy 🗽
Schitt's Creek 🪭 N. Carolinian
☕ Insomniac #FeministAF
I'm: Heeding History 🏫 Opposing
Forming Sentences ✍️ Shouting at the Wind 💨 Growing stuff 🌱 Using Oxford commas, & so forth
Schitt's Creek 🪭 N. Carolinian
☕ Insomniac #FeministAF
I'm: Heeding History 🏫 Opposing
Forming Sentences ✍️ Shouting at the Wind 💨 Growing stuff 🌱 Using Oxford commas, & so forth
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Bren
@kindofnerdy.bsky.social
· Aug 9
Remembering Virginia Giuffre
Daughter, Sister, Mother, Survivor, and Fierce Advocate
www.digitaldrumbeat.com
Just dropped...
On what would have been her 42nd birthday, I'm thinking of Virginia and wondering how joyful her life might have been, "had she not been forced to slay demons."
www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/rememberin...
On what would have been her 42nd birthday, I'm thinking of Virginia and wondering how joyful her life might have been, "had she not been forced to slay demons."
www.digitaldrumbeat.com/p/rememberin...
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Who caved? Here they are.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Who caved? Here they are.
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”Without facts, you can’t have truth. Without truth, you can’t have trust. Without all three, we have no shared reality, and democracy as we know it - and all meaningful human endeavors - are dead.”
~ Maria Ressa ~
'You have to fight for democracy' 🗽
Maria Ressa & her lawyer Amal Clooney
2/2🧵
~ Maria Ressa ~
'You have to fight for democracy' 🗽
Maria Ressa & her lawyer Amal Clooney
2/2🧵
October 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
”Without facts, you can’t have truth. Without truth, you can’t have trust. Without all three, we have no shared reality, and democracy as we know it - and all meaningful human endeavors - are dead.”
~ Maria Ressa ~
'You have to fight for democracy' 🗽
Maria Ressa & her lawyer Amal Clooney
2/2🧵
~ Maria Ressa ~
'You have to fight for democracy' 🗽
Maria Ressa & her lawyer Amal Clooney
2/2🧵
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If a 5’2’’woman can keep fighting even if some days, it feels like harnessing the waves in the ocean, why can't I? She simply will not accept the things that she can't change coz for her, as long as she's breathing, she will keep fighting!
#HowToStandUpToADictator 📚
@mariaressa.bsky.social
1/2🧵
#HowToStandUpToADictator 📚
@mariaressa.bsky.social
1/2🧵
October 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
If a 5’2’’woman can keep fighting even if some days, it feels like harnessing the waves in the ocean, why can't I? She simply will not accept the things that she can't change coz for her, as long as she's breathing, she will keep fighting!
#HowToStandUpToADictator 📚
@mariaressa.bsky.social
1/2🧵
#HowToStandUpToADictator 📚
@mariaressa.bsky.social
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The question of "why do people vote against their self-interest" is pretty self-explanatory when you look up the literacy rate in local schools.
We have high schools with a literacy rate of 32%.
Thirty-two percent...
We have high schools with a literacy rate of 32%.
Thirty-two percent...
October 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The question of "why do people vote against their self-interest" is pretty self-explanatory when you look up the literacy rate in local schools.
We have high schools with a literacy rate of 32%.
Thirty-two percent...
We have high schools with a literacy rate of 32%.
Thirty-two percent...
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Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.
October 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.
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I paid to be there. I drove 5 hours to get my mom and then drove 5 hours to bring her back home so we could both be in Minneapolis. My mom’s first protest because she knows she had more rights than me because of scotus when she was my age.
October 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I paid to be there. I drove 5 hours to get my mom and then drove 5 hours to bring her back home so we could both be in Minneapolis. My mom’s first protest because she knows she had more rights than me because of scotus when she was my age.
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CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand fact-checked Trump's denial. “They were easily viewable on flight radar and have been tracked by open source analysts for most of the day. At its closest point a B1 bomber was a little more than 50 miles from the Venezuelan mainland."
www.rawstory.com/trump-venezu...
www.rawstory.com/trump-venezu...
Trump hit with brutal real-time fact check after insisting report was 'not accurate'
President Donald Trump recently denied reports that he deployed B-1 bombers to Venezuela amid escalating tensions with the South American country. But journalists are now proving him wrong in real tim...
www.rawstory.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
CNN reporter Natasha Bertrand fact-checked Trump's denial. “They were easily viewable on flight radar and have been tracked by open source analysts for most of the day. At its closest point a B1 bomber was a little more than 50 miles from the Venezuelan mainland."
www.rawstory.com/trump-venezu...
www.rawstory.com/trump-venezu...
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BREAKING: Former special counsel Jack Smith asks to testify in open hearing. @nicollewallace.bsky.social reports.
October 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
BREAKING: Former special counsel Jack Smith asks to testify in open hearing. @nicollewallace.bsky.social reports.
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Private funding is just another way to say privately owned.
October 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Private funding is just another way to say privately owned.
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Another reminder why Democrats are holding the line. Aside from cuts in healthcare, SNAP benefits will end as early as November.
Hey MAGA: Trump did this.
You voted to lose your SNAP.
🔥☕️
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.businessinsider.com/snap-food-st...
Hey MAGA: Trump did this.
You voted to lose your SNAP.
🔥☕️
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.businessinsider.com/snap-food-st...
The 'Big Beautiful Bill' slashes food stamps. One map shows how much red states depend on them.
Over 40 million Americans rely on SNAP. Trump's new legislation will cut nearly $200 billion from federal nutrition programs over the next decade.
www.businessinsider.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Another reminder why Democrats are holding the line. Aside from cuts in healthcare, SNAP benefits will end as early as November.
Hey MAGA: Trump did this.
You voted to lose your SNAP.
🔥☕️
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.businessinsider.com/snap-food-st...
Hey MAGA: Trump did this.
You voted to lose your SNAP.
🔥☕️
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceUnited
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.businessinsider.com/snap-food-st...
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The Nazi tattoo alone is disqualifying, regardless of party, but especially in the Democratic Party.
We’re already in the fight of our lives against fascism in the United States of America *in 2025.*
Cannot believe this even needs to be said.
We’re already in the fight of our lives against fascism in the United States of America *in 2025.*
Cannot believe this even needs to be said.
October 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Nazi tattoo alone is disqualifying, regardless of party, but especially in the Democratic Party.
We’re already in the fight of our lives against fascism in the United States of America *in 2025.*
Cannot believe this even needs to be said.
We’re already in the fight of our lives against fascism in the United States of America *in 2025.*
Cannot believe this even needs to be said.
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Trump and his people are trying to rig the 2026 and 2028 elections. Please watch and share this video with your followers, friends, family, etc… Do not let these crooks take away our votes.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
NEWS: Trump Allies Working Toward Federal Takeover of Elections Ahead of 2026
Trump's allies inside and outside the government work to takeover elections, Trump says he decides if he gets the $230 million taxpayer payout from DOJ, ICE hires those charged with robbery, and more
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump and his people are trying to rig the 2026 and 2028 elections. Please watch and share this video with your followers, friends, family, etc… Do not let these crooks take away our votes.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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ABC News released before-and-after satellite images of the White House demolition.
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
ABC News released before-and-after satellite images of the White House demolition.
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The shutdown has air traffic controllers moonlighting as Uber drivers. What could go wrong?
October 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The shutdown has air traffic controllers moonlighting as Uber drivers. What could go wrong?
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Not one Republican elected official is speaking out!
Not one is trying to investigate ICE atrocities being committed or the horrific conditions of the detention facilities.
Not one.
Flood their phone lines & demand action!
Call your GOP Senators & Congressional reps at 202-224-3121.
Not one is trying to investigate ICE atrocities being committed or the horrific conditions of the detention facilities.
Not one.
Flood their phone lines & demand action!
Call your GOP Senators & Congressional reps at 202-224-3121.
October 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Not one Republican elected official is speaking out!
Not one is trying to investigate ICE atrocities being committed or the horrific conditions of the detention facilities.
Not one.
Flood their phone lines & demand action!
Call your GOP Senators & Congressional reps at 202-224-3121.
Not one is trying to investigate ICE atrocities being committed or the horrific conditions of the detention facilities.
Not one.
Flood their phone lines & demand action!
Call your GOP Senators & Congressional reps at 202-224-3121.
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How can we let ICE take our neighbors?
How can we let them brutalize grannies, grandpas & pregnant women?
How can we let them ziptie little children?
This Dolores Huerta video must go viral.
There are atrocities being committed in our name with our taxpayer dollars!
Don't be silent!
Speak out!
How can we let them brutalize grannies, grandpas & pregnant women?
How can we let them ziptie little children?
This Dolores Huerta video must go viral.
There are atrocities being committed in our name with our taxpayer dollars!
Don't be silent!
Speak out!
October 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
How can we let ICE take our neighbors?
How can we let them brutalize grannies, grandpas & pregnant women?
How can we let them ziptie little children?
This Dolores Huerta video must go viral.
There are atrocities being committed in our name with our taxpayer dollars!
Don't be silent!
Speak out!
How can we let them brutalize grannies, grandpas & pregnant women?
How can we let them ziptie little children?
This Dolores Huerta video must go viral.
There are atrocities being committed in our name with our taxpayer dollars!
Don't be silent!
Speak out!
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It is truly like a gut punch
IT IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE
He is destroying the whole EAST WING
He lied saying it would remain and his gaudy epstein ballroom would be added on
The AUDACITY
This is fuc💩king infuriating
IT IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE
He is destroying the whole EAST WING
He lied saying it would remain and his gaudy epstein ballroom would be added on
The AUDACITY
This is fuc💩king infuriating
October 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
It is truly like a gut punch
IT IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE
He is destroying the whole EAST WING
He lied saying it would remain and his gaudy epstein ballroom would be added on
The AUDACITY
This is fuc💩king infuriating
IT IS THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE
He is destroying the whole EAST WING
He lied saying it would remain and his gaudy epstein ballroom would be added on
The AUDACITY
This is fuc💩king infuriating
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Here are the corps that are donating to the ballroom which now will cost $300M. We may not be able to boycott some of these corps, but we can call them, protest at their HQ, or if you own their stock, disinvest in them or go to a shareholders meeting and speak up….and
October 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Here are the corps that are donating to the ballroom which now will cost $300M. We may not be able to boycott some of these corps, but we can call them, protest at their HQ, or if you own their stock, disinvest in them or go to a shareholders meeting and speak up….and
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Trump saw the note from Marco Rubio, told reporters it was about peace in the Middle East.
AP photo shows the note said “Approve a Truth Social post soon.”
We already knew he wasn’t writing his posts and now here’s proof.
Oh yeah and then he lied about live on camera 😡
apnews.com/article/trum...
AP photo shows the note said “Approve a Truth Social post soon.”
We already knew he wasn’t writing his posts and now here’s proof.
Oh yeah and then he lied about live on camera 😡
apnews.com/article/trum...
AP photos show Rubio's urgent note to Trump before announcement of Mideast peace deal
Secretary of State Marco Rubio passed President Donald Trump a note during a White House event, hinting a Mideast peace deal was close.
apnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Trump saw the note from Marco Rubio, told reporters it was about peace in the Middle East.
AP photo shows the note said “Approve a Truth Social post soon.”
We already knew he wasn’t writing his posts and now here’s proof.
Oh yeah and then he lied about live on camera 😡
apnews.com/article/trum...
AP photo shows the note said “Approve a Truth Social post soon.”
We already knew he wasn’t writing his posts and now here’s proof.
Oh yeah and then he lied about live on camera 😡
apnews.com/article/trum...
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A Navy veteran rips Trump’s shutdown apart: “They’re cutting back medical help in the hospital. You’re cheating the veterans out of everything. President Trump, what are you doing? You don’t love American veterans?”
Every Trump cut bleeds those who bled for this country.
Every Trump cut bleeds those who bled for this country.
October 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A Navy veteran rips Trump’s shutdown apart: “They’re cutting back medical help in the hospital. You’re cheating the veterans out of everything. President Trump, what are you doing? You don’t love American veterans?”
Every Trump cut bleeds those who bled for this country.
Every Trump cut bleeds those who bled for this country.
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6 ways you can save on your home energy bill using low-budget insulation foil
Take #ClimateAction at the same time
--> loft hatch, hot water tank & more!
PL RP! Thank you!🩷💚💙
Watch ▶️ youtu.be/9PlbYRNqVj4
#climate #ClimateChange #environment #hope #cleanenergy #EndFossilFuels #energy #Klima
6 ways you can save on your home energy bill using low-budget insulation foil
Take #ClimateAction at the same time
--> loft hatch, hot water tank & more!
PL RP! Thank you!🩷💚💙
Watch ▶️ youtu.be/9PlbYRNqVj4
#climate #ClimateChange #environment #hope #cleanenergy #EndFossilFuels #energy #Klima
6 ways of saving money on energy bills using low-budget insulation foil
YouTube video by My Zero Carbon
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
❄️
6 ways you can save on your home energy bill using low-budget insulation foil
Take #ClimateAction at the same time
--> loft hatch, hot water tank & more!
PL RP! Thank you!🩷💚💙
Watch ▶️ youtu.be/9PlbYRNqVj4
#climate #ClimateChange #environment #hope #cleanenergy #EndFossilFuels #energy #Klima
6 ways you can save on your home energy bill using low-budget insulation foil
Take #ClimateAction at the same time
--> loft hatch, hot water tank & more!
PL RP! Thank you!🩷💚💙
Watch ▶️ youtu.be/9PlbYRNqVj4
#climate #ClimateChange #environment #hope #cleanenergy #EndFossilFuels #energy #Klima
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Make sure you listen to the song too! Amazing. Thanks Nicky!!!
The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself.
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Defenders of democracy #NOKINGS 🗽
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Defenders of democracy #NOKINGS 🗽
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Make sure you listen to the song too! Amazing. Thanks Nicky!!!
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OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
AND Republicans Are AWOL
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
AND Republicans Are AWOL
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
AND Republicans Are AWOL
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
OUR HEALTHCARE PRICES ARE SKYROCKETING 📈
AND Republicans Are AWOL
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Leah Greenberg today (I’m paraphrasing): “The road to authoritarianism runs through attacking immigrants. What they’re doing to immigrants now, they’re planning to do to all of us.”
#NoICE
#NoKings
#NoFedTroops
#NoICE
#NoKings
#NoFedTroops
October 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Leah Greenberg today (I’m paraphrasing): “The road to authoritarianism runs through attacking immigrants. What they’re doing to immigrants now, they’re planning to do to all of us.”
#NoICE
#NoKings
#NoFedTroops
#NoICE
#NoKings
#NoFedTroops