Spock’sBrayne
@spocksbrayne.bsky.social
Politics junkie, amateur musician, trying to spread a little light in the world.
I save spiders! Because they’re cool.
Here for information and inspiration, not followers!
No offense, but If you’re spreading AI, or following me, I’ll likely block you.
I save spiders! Because they’re cool.
Here for information and inspiration, not followers!
No offense, but If you’re spreading AI, or following me, I’ll likely block you.
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Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Time to get #VichyDems trending again.
Yep. Don't give up the party apparatus, organization, etc to the Vichy Dems.
Kick THEM out.
They're the ones who suck, not us.
Kick THEM out.
They're the ones who suck, not us.
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Time to get #VichyDems trending again.
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Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
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‘After environmental regulations were finally enforced and leaded gas phased out, crime in general plunged and the so-called “golden age of serial killers” came to an abrupt end.’
James Lasdun on Caroline Fraser’s exploration of the links between pollution and murder.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Lasdun on Caroline Fraser’s exploration of the links between pollution and murder.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Lasdun · American Berserk: Serial Killers in Seattle
For a period beginning in the 1960s and ending around the turn of this century, the preferred form of the homicidally...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
‘After environmental regulations were finally enforced and leaded gas phased out, crime in general plunged and the so-called “golden age of serial killers” came to an abrupt end.’
James Lasdun on Caroline Fraser’s exploration of the links between pollution and murder.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Lasdun on Caroline Fraser’s exploration of the links between pollution and murder.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
More erasure of black heroes by chronically insecure mediocre white men.
#WhiteSupremacy is their coping mechanism.
#WhiteSupremacy is their coping mechanism.
@marisakabas.bsky.social FYI. At the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, two panels about black soldiers who liberated the Netherlands disappeared.
bsky.app/profile/nrc....
bsky.app/profile/nrc....
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
More erasure of black heroes by chronically insecure mediocre white men.
#WhiteSupremacy is their coping mechanism.
#WhiteSupremacy is their coping mechanism.
US joins Israel as only other country to not show for mandatory process scrutinising rights record of UN member states.
United States skips UN review of its human rights record
US joins Israel as only other country to not show for mandatory process scrutinising rights record of UN member states.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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NEW: More than 100 federal judges have now rejected the Trump administration’s new policy to lock up nearly everyone facing deportation — including 12 judges appointed by Trump, according to a POLITICO analysis.
Only 2 judges have sided with ICE.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Only 2 judges have sided with ICE.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
More than 100 judges have ruled against the Trump admin’s mandatory detention policy
A POLITICO review of the rulings shows judges appointed by every president since Ronald Reagan have rebuked the administration’s new interpretation of immigration law.
www.politico.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: More than 100 federal judges have now rejected the Trump administration’s new policy to lock up nearly everyone facing deportation — including 12 judges appointed by Trump, according to a POLITICO analysis.
Only 2 judges have sided with ICE.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Only 2 judges have sided with ICE.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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You can now search our database of 3.5 million U.S. political, election, and social issue ads on Facebook and Instagram, dating back to October 10, 2023. Discover who’s running these ads and who they’re targeting. app.polidashboard.org/meta_ads?cou...
November 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
You can now search our database of 3.5 million U.S. political, election, and social issue ads on Facebook and Instagram, dating back to October 10, 2023. Discover who’s running these ads and who they’re targeting. app.polidashboard.org/meta_ads?cou...
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Please help those in need if you can!
October 30, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Please help those in need if you can!
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Venezuela claims it has captured CIA-linked mercenaries plotting a “false flag” attack to justify US military action
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Venezuela claims it has captured CIA-linked mercenaries plotting a “false flag” attack to justify US military action
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What was a hypo last year now a concrete question; can Billups just pay Trump for a pardon? Or to drop the case? #ThanksJohnRoberts
October 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
What was a hypo last year now a concrete question; can Billups just pay Trump for a pardon? Or to drop the case? #ThanksJohnRoberts
“States and cities must immediately pass laws banning the use of these chemical weapons on their citizens citing international law and the CDC.”
#teargas
#teargas
October 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“States and cities must immediately pass laws banning the use of these chemical weapons on their citizens citing international law and the CDC.”
#teargas
#teargas
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As I've noted, central to Stephen Miller's propaganda is the claim that the Chicago complex targeted by ICE was "filled" with Tren de Aragua "terrorists."
Now @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports that the number of TdA members netted in that raid is down to *one.*
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
Now @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports that the number of TdA members netted in that raid is down to *one.*
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
October 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
As I've noted, central to Stephen Miller's propaganda is the claim that the Chicago complex targeted by ICE was "filled" with Tren de Aragua "terrorists."
Now @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports that the number of TdA members netted in that raid is down to *one.*
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
Now @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports that the number of TdA members netted in that raid is down to *one.*
newrepublic.com/article/2016...
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Mainstream media not covering this news. #alaska #hurricane
October 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Mainstream media not covering this news. #alaska #hurricane
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Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.
October 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.
Everyone knows someone who has been impacted by the opioid crisis in New Jersey.
Today, I stood with advocates, counselors, and leaders to share the truth about Jack's role fanning the flames of this crisis. You can read the facts for yourself: opioidjack.com
Today, I stood with advocates, counselors, and leaders to share the truth about Jack's role fanning the flames of this crisis. You can read the facts for yourself: opioidjack.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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October 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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47 and his staff have perpetrated 1500 Unconstitutional or illegal actions and abuses of office:
www.trumpactiontracker.info
www.trumpactiontracker.info
www.trumpactiontracker.info
October 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
47 and his staff have perpetrated 1500 Unconstitutional or illegal actions and abuses of office:
www.trumpactiontracker.info
www.trumpactiontracker.info
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No “clean CR” exists when Trump defies Congress and unilaterally guts programs—from law enforcement to pediatric cancer research to clean energy projects.
Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.
Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.
October 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
No “clean CR” exists when Trump defies Congress and unilaterally guts programs—from law enforcement to pediatric cancer research to clean energy projects.
Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.
Republicans want Democratic cover to keep breaking the law. Democrats won’t play along.
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"I am a proud woman of faith, and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space. And so today I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper." - @newyorkstateag.bsky.social
INBOX — New York AG Tish James' statement on Trump's retaliatory indictment of her:
October 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"I am a proud woman of faith, and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space. And so today I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper." - @newyorkstateag.bsky.social
Remember when these guys ran a completely fabricated story about trans kids sourced to a single bigot who worked at St Louis Children’s Hospital and it got so much traction that they ended a bunch of programs for trans kids because of all the bomb threats
David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press
October 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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ISP declares unlawful assembly again via loudspeaker now.
Unsure why since all people are doing right now is standing on the sidewalk where they've been ordered to be.
They're telling people they have to either disperse or return to designated free speech zone.
Unsure why since all people are doing right now is standing on the sidewalk where they've been ordered to be.
They're telling people they have to either disperse or return to designated free speech zone.
October 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
ISP declares unlawful assembly again via loudspeaker now.
Unsure why since all people are doing right now is standing on the sidewalk where they've been ordered to be.
They're telling people they have to either disperse or return to designated free speech zone.
Unsure why since all people are doing right now is standing on the sidewalk where they've been ordered to be.
They're telling people they have to either disperse or return to designated free speech zone.