R. Stephen Browning
@rstephenbrowning.bsky.social
Freelance Writer, Retired Senior Nonprofit Executive, Performing Arts Advocate, Thought Leader, Travel & Lifestyle, Progressive Provocateur.
DOGE hasn't resulted in identifiable or measurable improvement in government efficiency. Surprise!
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What is going on with DOGE? | USAFacts
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was created to make changes to regulations, spending, and government structure. Where does it stand now?
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January 27, 2026 at 2:41 AM
DOGE hasn't resulted in identifiable or measurable improvement in government efficiency. Surprise!
usafacts.org/articles/wha...
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Now that's real leadership. Seeing what the official MAGA media talking head suggests on TV and acting on it. This enormous and deadly chaos was created solely by OYT and his policies. T***p is the only one who should be held accountable for all of it. Along with his enabling minions at the GOP.
January 27, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Now that's real leadership. Seeing what the official MAGA media talking head suggests on TV and acting on it. This enormous and deadly chaos was created solely by OYT and his policies. T***p is the only one who should be held accountable for all of it. Along with his enabling minions at the GOP.
Well said. Agree completely.
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Well said. Agree completely.
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It's time for a truly massive general strike. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-enough
January 25, 2026 at 3:12 PM
It's time for a truly massive general strike. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-enough
Hard to believe such an upstanding guy is talking out of both sides of his crooked mouth. Shocking, really. At least these are accurate statements, for his donor's ears only, it seems.
Ted Cruz torched Vance and ridiculed Trump's tariff policy during private donor meetings, according to recordings obtained by Axios.
"JD is Tucker's protégé, and they are one and the same."
Cruz on 'Liberation Day' tariffs: "I've told my team if anyone uses those words, they will be terminated."
"JD is Tucker's protégé, and they are one and the same."
Cruz on 'Liberation Day' tariffs: "I've told my team if anyone uses those words, they will be terminated."
Exclusive: In secret recordings, Cruz trashes Trump, Vance
The comments to donors last year are some of the harshest criticisms of Trump and Vance by a fellow Republican.
www.axios.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Hard to believe such an upstanding guy is talking out of both sides of his crooked mouth. Shocking, really. At least these are accurate statements, for his donor's ears only, it seems.
T***p said that he was running to be president, “for all of America, not half of America.” He went on to announce,
"The discord and division in our society must be healed.”
Prove it, Mr. President.
Or f**king resign and let this country heal from the rupture you personally have created.
"The discord and division in our society must be healed.”
Prove it, Mr. President.
Or f**king resign and let this country heal from the rupture you personally have created.
January 25, 2026 at 3:37 AM
T***p said that he was running to be president, “for all of America, not half of America.” He went on to announce,
"The discord and division in our society must be healed.”
Prove it, Mr. President.
Or f**king resign and let this country heal from the rupture you personally have created.
"The discord and division in our society must be healed.”
Prove it, Mr. President.
Or f**king resign and let this country heal from the rupture you personally have created.
Thanks to Putin, T***p's buddy, mentor, funder and enabler. To think that his son-in-law and other regime reps sat down for tea with Putin this week is gut-wrenching. We have largely abandoned Ukraine and I put that decision totally on the small, mindless head of T***p.
Everyone freezing on the East Coast or in the Midwest remember: Kyiv has the same weather, except that hundreds of thousands of people don't have electricity, heating or running water
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Thanks to Putin, T***p's buddy, mentor, funder and enabler. To think that his son-in-law and other regime reps sat down for tea with Putin this week is gut-wrenching. We have largely abandoned Ukraine and I put that decision totally on the small, mindless head of T***p.
Ahead of the public theatrical release of the film MELANIA next week, OYT and his wife, the former Epstein party girl and nude model, will attend a premiere Thursday at the Trump-Kennedy Center, recently renamed by the Trump-appointed board of directors. Free tickets to paid-up cult members.
January 24, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Ahead of the public theatrical release of the film MELANIA next week, OYT and his wife, the former Epstein party girl and nude model, will attend a premiere Thursday at the Trump-Kennedy Center, recently renamed by the Trump-appointed board of directors. Free tickets to paid-up cult members.
Tell him to send his goons to Texas which has a huge number of illegal residents. Abbott would welcome their treachery. They need to get TF out of MN.
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Tell him to send his goons to Texas which has a huge number of illegal residents. Abbott would welcome their treachery. They need to get TF out of MN.
I hope Canadians are as impressed and proud of their P.M as we are here in the U.S. Cheers to our friends and neighbors to the north!
"I'm not letting you go to my 12-year-old birthday party, the one you said you weren't going to because your mean mom said to avoid me. SO THERE!!! Jokes on you, loser!!! Uninvited!!!!"
January 23, 2026 at 2:41 AM
I hope Canadians are as impressed and proud of their P.M as we are here in the U.S. Cheers to our friends and neighbors to the north!
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Donald Trump is furious not because Jack Smith did anything wrong as special prosecutor, but because he did everything right.
January 22, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Donald Trump is furious not because Jack Smith did anything wrong as special prosecutor, but because he did everything right.
I'd rather something be dome about our fake president. It's clear that the country is indeed suffering from TDS. Nobody wants to support a deranged T****p, syndrome or not.
January 22, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I'd rather something be dome about our fake president. It's clear that the country is indeed suffering from TDS. Nobody wants to support a deranged T****p, syndrome or not.
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The president has a new target for his retribution campaign against the press: opinion polls he doesn’t like.
Grumpy Trump Sues Poll Because His Popularity Is Plummeting
The revised lawsuit came hours after a poll showed the President’s approval rating tanking.
trib.al
January 22, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The president has a new target for his retribution campaign against the press: opinion polls he doesn’t like.
I posted something on another platform apologizing for DJT saying that he does not represent the vast majority of Americans in his behavior and brainless nasty diatribes. I heard back from a dozen Europeans within 10 minutes asking me, "Americans voted for him, why don't you do something about it?"
January 21, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I posted something on another platform apologizing for DJT saying that he does not represent the vast majority of Americans in his behavior and brainless nasty diatribes. I heard back from a dozen Europeans within 10 minutes asking me, "Americans voted for him, why don't you do something about it?"
And she still wonders why her career went nowhere after she was booted from The View. Political NEPO baby never seemed to be able to rise above her bad taste, limited intellect and poor judgement.
Meghan McCain deleted her attack on Virginia’s governor after commenters dunked on the former “View” host for her attention-seeking behavior.
Meghan McCain Under Fire for Tasteless Jab at Dem Governor
The former ‘View’ host deleted her attack at the Virginia governor.
trib.al
January 21, 2026 at 7:02 PM
And she still wonders why her career went nowhere after she was booted from The View. Political NEPO baby never seemed to be able to rise above her bad taste, limited intellect and poor judgement.
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
January 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
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The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
January 21, 2026 at 6:44 PM
The Democrats should shut down the government on this sentence alone.
"The cost of doing business". Wow. Just wow.
When asked if the U.S. losing measles elimination status would be a significant loss, the RFK Jr- appointed Deputy Director of the CDC, Ralph Abraham, said “not really” and that it’s “the cost of doing business” internationally while respecting “personal freedom”.
January 21, 2026 at 4:07 PM
"The cost of doing business". Wow. Just wow.
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The president repeated a claim that the Russian war on Ukraine "wouldn't have started" if the 2020 U.S. election "weren't rigged."
In 2020, Joe Biden earned 306 electoral votes to Donald Trump's 232. Trump's allegations of massive voting fraud have been refuted. https://to.pbs.org/4r8tNqo
In 2020, Joe Biden earned 306 electoral votes to Donald Trump's 232. Trump's allegations of massive voting fraud have been refuted. https://to.pbs.org/4r8tNqo
WATCH: Trump says 'people will soon be prosecuted' for 2020 election outcome
Before the audience in Davos, President Donald Trump repeated a claim on Wednesday that he's said before -- that the Russian war on Ukraine "wouldn't have started" if the 2020 U.S. presidential electi...
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January 21, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The president repeated a claim that the Russian war on Ukraine "wouldn't have started" if the 2020 U.S. election "weren't rigged."
In 2020, Joe Biden earned 306 electoral votes to Donald Trump's 232. Trump's allegations of massive voting fraud have been refuted. https://to.pbs.org/4r8tNqo
In 2020, Joe Biden earned 306 electoral votes to Donald Trump's 232. Trump's allegations of massive voting fraud have been refuted. https://to.pbs.org/4r8tNqo
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Fact-checking US President Trump’s speech marking one year in office https://aje.news/hjw6h3
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Fact-checking US President Trump’s speech marking one year in office https://aje.news/hjw6h3
He's a Hitler-esque despot, following much the same path and with many of the same M.O.'s. World leaders must get their act together STAT, set boundaries, enforce them and be prepared to keep this mad man in check until his regime is deposed.
The president is feeling "emboldened" by his strike on Venezuela, which ousted leader Nicolás Maduro, a White House official said.
In ritzy Davos, Trump to meet with world leaders he's pressured over Greenland
The president is feeling "emboldened" by his strike on Venezuela, which ousted leader Nicolás Maduro, a White House official said.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:02 PM
He's a Hitler-esque despot, following much the same path and with many of the same M.O.'s. World leaders must get their act together STAT, set boundaries, enforce them and be prepared to keep this mad man in check until his regime is deposed.
Those MAGA men sure have a thing or two in common...
Russell Brand appears in UK court charged with further sexual offences
Russell Brand appears in UK court charged with further sexual offences
Comedian, 50, appeared via video link from US over charges of rape and sexual assault in relation to two women
Russell Brand has appeared in a UK court via video link from the US charged with two further sexual offences, including rape.
The 50-year-old comedian was charged in December with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault in relation to two women. The two alleged offences took place in 2009. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Those MAGA men sure have a thing or two in common...
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On which planet? Because it’s definitely not the case on Earth.
My parents only ever managed to buy one home and they were lucky to do even that.
My parents only ever managed to buy one home and they were lucky to do even that.
Bessent: "Someone, maybe your parents for their retirement have bought 5, 10, 12 homes."
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
On which planet? Because it’s definitely not the case on Earth.
My parents only ever managed to buy one home and they were lucky to do even that.
My parents only ever managed to buy one home and they were lucky to do even that.
Can you imagine how weird and icky this summer's 250th celebration of our country will be with this regime at the helm? And he's making it all about his 80th B-day too, which makes the whole thing even more grotesque.
January 19, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Can you imagine how weird and icky this summer's 250th celebration of our country will be with this regime at the helm? And he's making it all about his 80th B-day too, which makes the whole thing even more grotesque.