Brian
@northstarsfan.bsky.social
Sports fan, tech worker. Colorado. Go Birds 🦅
Remember way back when Obama had to use a nerfed BlackBerry because it was the only thing secure enough for presidential communications?
Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.
I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.
I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Remember way back when Obama had to use a nerfed BlackBerry because it was the only thing secure enough for presidential communications?
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NEW: The recall effort against 18th Judicial District DA Amy Padden (D) has failed. The recall, led by conservative Aurora councilmember Danielle Jurinsky, needed 75,875 valid signatures and turned in zero signatures. #copolitics
October 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
NEW: The recall effort against 18th Judicial District DA Amy Padden (D) has failed. The recall, led by conservative Aurora councilmember Danielle Jurinsky, needed 75,875 valid signatures and turned in zero signatures. #copolitics
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It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses
September 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses
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“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”.
-Charlie Kirk
-Charlie Kirk
September 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person’s slot”.
-Charlie Kirk
-Charlie Kirk
I had this exact sentiment last night @shamus.bsky.social Thanks for writing this. My 12 yo son loved the broadcast. Hyping up the Rizzler or something. open.substack.com/pub/broadstr...
The YouTube NFL broadcast made me feel ancient
As Lorde once sang, "It feels so scary getting old."
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September 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I had this exact sentiment last night @shamus.bsky.social Thanks for writing this. My 12 yo son loved the broadcast. Hyping up the Rizzler or something. open.substack.com/pub/broadstr...
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1. Get convicted of mortgage fraud.
2. Fire someone for alleged mortgage fraud.
3. Push gerrymandering in Texas.
4. Threaten to sue California for same.
@cnbc.com
Mhttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/25/trump-california-lawsuit-texas-redistricting-newsom.html
2. Fire someone for alleged mortgage fraud.
3. Push gerrymandering in Texas.
4. Threaten to sue California for same.
@cnbc.com
Mhttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/25/trump-california-lawsuit-texas-redistricting-newsom.html
August 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
1. Get convicted of mortgage fraud.
2. Fire someone for alleged mortgage fraud.
3. Push gerrymandering in Texas.
4. Threaten to sue California for same.
@cnbc.com
Mhttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/25/trump-california-lawsuit-texas-redistricting-newsom.html
2. Fire someone for alleged mortgage fraud.
3. Push gerrymandering in Texas.
4. Threaten to sue California for same.
@cnbc.com
Mhttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/25/trump-california-lawsuit-texas-redistricting-newsom.html
You don’t do take these actions if you plan on ever giving up power. Amazing people can’t see what is happening.
Correct. The default Dem position has to be, "I will fire everyone Trump appointed, and everyone hired by anyone Trump appointed, regardless of what any statute or court says."
Anything less is a ratification of Trump's actions that leaves the government broken and filled with saboteurs.
Anything less is a ratification of Trump's actions that leaves the government broken and filled with saboteurs.
To make the stakes clear, potential Dem Presidential candidates should say that if SCOTUS allows this they will fire any Trump Fed appointees in 2028. Because that is the logical endpoint.
August 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
You don’t do take these actions if you plan on ever giving up power. Amazing people can’t see what is happening.
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It isn't until the 26th paragraph that there is mention that what Trump is doing is being challenged as illegal. And it accepts Trump's stated rationale to act.
Here is what I think: Trump is illegally deploying the military in blue cities to set the stage to interfere with the 2026 elections.
Here is what I think: Trump is illegally deploying the military in blue cities to set the stage to interfere with the 2026 elections.
August 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It isn't until the 26th paragraph that there is mention that what Trump is doing is being challenged as illegal. And it accepts Trump's stated rationale to act.
Here is what I think: Trump is illegally deploying the military in blue cities to set the stage to interfere with the 2026 elections.
Here is what I think: Trump is illegally deploying the military in blue cities to set the stage to interfere with the 2026 elections.
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This sort of admission—the VP is involved in prosecutorial decisions, the "concerns" arise from political actors, and the administration knows they don't have probable cause—would have prompted the Founders to impeach everyone involved.
JD Vance: "We're in the very early stages of an ongoing investigation into John Bolton ... if we think Ambassador Bolton committed a crime, of course eventually prosecutions will come ... there's a broad concern about Ambassador Bolton."
August 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This sort of admission—the VP is involved in prosecutorial decisions, the "concerns" arise from political actors, and the administration knows they don't have probable cause—would have prompted the Founders to impeach everyone involved.
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My data-less take on the economy: the grocery store is a lot more fucking expensive today than it was even two months ago. Fast food is almost prohibitively pricey. Feels as bad or worse than Biden’s inflationary situation. Yet it’s a nonstory.
August 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
My data-less take on the economy: the grocery store is a lot more fucking expensive today than it was even two months ago. Fast food is almost prohibitively pricey. Feels as bad or worse than Biden’s inflationary situation. Yet it’s a nonstory.
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August 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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This is complete fantasy. Just an absurd made up lie. The EU is not giving Trump “$600 billion to invest anyway I want.” They aren’t giving him 1 dollar to invest. It is just astonishing that a president can go on a financial network and lie like this & it barely registers. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump on his EU trade deal: "The details are $600 billion to invest in anything I want. Anything. I can do anything I want with it."
August 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is complete fantasy. Just an absurd made up lie. The EU is not giving Trump “$600 billion to invest anyway I want.” They aren’t giving him 1 dollar to invest. It is just astonishing that a president can go on a financial network and lie like this & it barely registers. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Don’t say it. 👀
August 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Don’t say it. 👀
Always love glacier but they really gouge you for fuel. This has to be the most expensive station in Montana! @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Always love glacier but they really gouge you for fuel. This has to be the most expensive station in Montana! @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social
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Single shot 70mm from yesterday. Ghostly. Etherial. And a photo I'll probably never be able to top!
Dickens, Nebraska. 6/16/25
Dickens, Nebraska. 6/16/25
June 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Single shot 70mm from yesterday. Ghostly. Etherial. And a photo I'll probably never be able to top!
Dickens, Nebraska. 6/16/25
Dickens, Nebraska. 6/16/25
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Every day, Trump’s focused on addressing problems that didn’t exist until he created them.
June 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Every day, Trump’s focused on addressing problems that didn’t exist until he created them.
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1-2 million people could've seen yesterday's Bennett/SE Aurora tornadoes. Incredible.
I got photos/videos from Lakewood (below) and Castle Pines of the tornado yesterday - both 30-40+ miles away. Incredible.
Photo: Sam McQuistan
#COwx
I got photos/videos from Lakewood (below) and Castle Pines of the tornado yesterday - both 30-40+ miles away. Incredible.
Photo: Sam McQuistan
#COwx
May 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
1-2 million people could've seen yesterday's Bennett/SE Aurora tornadoes. Incredible.
I got photos/videos from Lakewood (below) and Castle Pines of the tornado yesterday - both 30-40+ miles away. Incredible.
Photo: Sam McQuistan
#COwx
I got photos/videos from Lakewood (below) and Castle Pines of the tornado yesterday - both 30-40+ miles away. Incredible.
Photo: Sam McQuistan
#COwx
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
May 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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I don't think it's fully appreciated just how much Trumpism is a celebration of ignorance. Trump not only never learns but proactively avoids it. It's a braindead movement from the top down.
May 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I don't think it's fully appreciated just how much Trumpism is a celebration of ignorance. Trump not only never learns but proactively avoids it. It's a braindead movement from the top down.
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Pete Hegseth: the ultimate affirmative action hire.
April 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Pete Hegseth: the ultimate affirmative action hire.
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My friend @rexhuppke.bsky.social is normally a great humor columnist, but there's nothing funny about the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the end of America as we know it. A must read www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
America is dangerously close to being run by a king who answers to no one | Opinion
Donald Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele sat in the Oval Office and mocked U.S. courts that ordered the return of a wrongfully deported man
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April 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My friend @rexhuppke.bsky.social is normally a great humor columnist, but there's nothing funny about the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the end of America as we know it. A must read www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Who will prosecute them?
The Signal chat itself broke numerous federal laws.
Now the Signal chat participants' denials and attempts to cover up what they did will break EVEN MORE laws.
Every time they open their mouths, they're incriminating themselves further.
Soon they'll start pleading the Fifth.
Now the Signal chat participants' denials and attempts to cover up what they did will break EVEN MORE laws.
Every time they open their mouths, they're incriminating themselves further.
Soon they'll start pleading the Fifth.
March 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Who will prosecute them?
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President Trump is complaining about his “purposefully distorted” portrait in the Colorado State Capitol. In 2018, to embarrass Republicans who hadn’t been able to raise money for the portrait’s commission, Democrats put up a portrait of Vladimir Putin in its place. #copolitics
March 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
President Trump is complaining about his “purposefully distorted” portrait in the Colorado State Capitol. In 2018, to embarrass Republicans who hadn’t been able to raise money for the portrait’s commission, Democrats put up a portrait of Vladimir Putin in its place. #copolitics
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.