Tanner Branham
@tbranham.bsky.social
Proud Hoosier. I spend way too much time dreaming about space. Working to get awesome democrats elected. Currently Campaign Manager for Jody Madeira.
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Why are you (as a man) not listening to more synthpop? Some of you are fucking hopeless.
May 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Why are you (as a man) not listening to more synthpop? Some of you are fucking hopeless.
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>people are burdened with free will and are forced to make choices in life that carry existential weight
>they turn to right-wing strongman figure with simplistic ideology who provides them with an external source of validation and meaning
Sad! Many such cases!
>they turn to right-wing strongman figure with simplistic ideology who provides them with an external source of validation and meaning
Sad! Many such cases!
May 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
>people are burdened with free will and are forced to make choices in life that carry existential weight
>they turn to right-wing strongman figure with simplistic ideology who provides them with an external source of validation and meaning
Sad! Many such cases!
>they turn to right-wing strongman figure with simplistic ideology who provides them with an external source of validation and meaning
Sad! Many such cases!
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very struck by the fact that whenever i use this image people will show up to tell me that it is gross and immoral
when they could just skeet "i am addicted to losing" and save us all some time
when they could just skeet "i am addicted to losing" and save us all some time
April 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
very struck by the fact that whenever i use this image people will show up to tell me that it is gross and immoral
when they could just skeet "i am addicted to losing" and save us all some time
when they could just skeet "i am addicted to losing" and save us all some time
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Our government is being run by random right-wing and far-right influencers on Twitter, many of whom are anonymous, many of whom are not who they say they are
SCOOP: Elon's favorite anon data expert, who's been appearing on NewsNation in sunglasses, isn't a govt. spending expert but rather a senior employee at an AI lending firm that's battled the CFPB for years.
Me at @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Me at @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Who Is the Anonymous Data Expert Telling Elon Which Cuts to Make?
Conservatives cite her account to spread misinformation about federal agencies. DataRepublican has worked at a tech firm that’s battled the CFPB.
www.rollingstone.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Our government is being run by random right-wing and far-right influencers on Twitter, many of whom are anonymous, many of whom are not who they say they are
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"Multiple kidneys had to be thrown out because of transport delays — couriers not picking them up in time or airlines misplacing them. One was accidentally left on an airport luggage trolley." www.propublica.org/article/trum...
They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left behin...
www.propublica.org
February 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"Multiple kidneys had to be thrown out because of transport delays — couriers not picking them up in time or airlines misplacing them. One was accidentally left on an airport luggage trolley." www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
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Russia has the same favorables as Hamas. But Democrats are convinced talking about anything but cost of living is a dead end
February 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Russia has the same favorables as Hamas. But Democrats are convinced talking about anything but cost of living is a dead end
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This isn’t cost-cutting. He’s trying to take over the government and turn us into a fascist nation. We need a better way to describe this insane project
Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk's push to radically overhaul the federal government is now reaching the U.S. court system with a demand that the judiciary justify why the administration should not cancel leases for space it utilizes at 160 locations nationally.
February 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
This isn’t cost-cutting. He’s trying to take over the government and turn us into a fascist nation. We need a better way to describe this insane project
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This is what antivaccine groups are pushing today. If these are your Senators, please call to say how much you oppose RFK Jr's nomination.
January 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is what antivaccine groups are pushing today. If these are your Senators, please call to say how much you oppose RFK Jr's nomination.
Donald Trump is releasing dangerous criminals on to our streets.
An Indiana man who was pardoned by Donald Trump for taking part in the January 6 insurrection was killed by police during a traffic stop on Sunday after allegedly resisting arrest.
January 6 rioter pardoned by Trump is killed by police in traffic stop
Indiana state police say Matthew Huttle, who was given six months in prison, was shot after allegedly resisting arrest
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Donald Trump is releasing dangerous criminals on to our streets.
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We have to organize at the precinct level….everywhere; and it’s time to set the expectation that if you’re serving in a precinct captain/executive role, that that means your job NOW is to organize your precinct; that we all have to OWN our precinct.
open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
Indiana: Report from the Front Lines
Time to End the Hibernation
open.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We have to organize at the precinct level….everywhere; and it’s time to set the expectation that if you’re serving in a precinct captain/executive role, that that means your job NOW is to organize your precinct; that we all have to OWN our precinct.
open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...
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I think Musk and Bezos and Zuckerberg, among others, believe their ownership of media companies and newspapers and social media platforms gives them not just influence, but the ability to dictate what American culture *is*, and I think they’re dead fucking wrong.
January 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I think Musk and Bezos and Zuckerberg, among others, believe their ownership of media companies and newspapers and social media platforms gives them not just influence, but the ability to dictate what American culture *is*, and I think they’re dead fucking wrong.
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Nah fuck off. We're not doing this dumb smol bean therapy language bullshit. He's the Secretary of Defense. He's an unqualified drunk. His decisions will undoubtedly lead to needless deaths.
January 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Nah fuck off. We're not doing this dumb smol bean therapy language bullshit. He's the Secretary of Defense. He's an unqualified drunk. His decisions will undoubtedly lead to needless deaths.
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Trump just undid the only good thing GWB did in his entire 8 years.
Many sudden and shocking health care developments this week. But this was a big one: The Trump administration on Friday paused funding for PEPFAR, the famed program to fight HIV/AIDS around the world.
@mradamtaylor.bsky.social @johnphudson.bsky.social Missy Ryan + a little help from me
@mradamtaylor.bsky.social @johnphudson.bsky.social Missy Ryan + a little help from me
Funds for fight against HIV/AIDS paused in Trump aid freeze
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, is credited with saving 25 million lives worldwide and has long enjoyed bipartisan support.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 25, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Trump just undid the only good thing GWB did in his entire 8 years.
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we haven't even got to the anti-vax stuff yet!
they are acting like they will never face political consequences again.
it's a delusion that ignores their House majority is only 2 fucking seats
they are acting like they will never face political consequences again.
it's a delusion that ignores their House majority is only 2 fucking seats
they're breaking complex, interdependent chains they don't even realize exist, and every second something stays broken is another second the average american will get angrier about it, because the average american is the one who is going to be taking it in the gut
Yeah this. I think things will get unpleasant and path dependency of their decisions now will hang over them for the rest of the term
January 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
we haven't even got to the anti-vax stuff yet!
they are acting like they will never face political consequences again.
it's a delusion that ignores their House majority is only 2 fucking seats
they are acting like they will never face political consequences again.
it's a delusion that ignores their House majority is only 2 fucking seats
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i think something that would be useful is just a content center that produces stuff like this both in physical and digital form
January 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
i think something that would be useful is just a content center that produces stuff like this both in physical and digital form
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there's this weird trend on here that wants to downplay the civic memory of American anti-fascism for godforsaken reason instead of harnessing it as part of the American civil faith
this isn't true, you moron. look up FDR's secret aid to the Spanish Republic or the lend-lease programs or the sanctions against the Japanese Empire
That would be nice wouldn't it, if it was true....
The US wanted to stay out of the war, they only entered it after Japan attacked it and subsequently Germany declared war on you...
The US wanted to stay out of the war, they only entered it after Japan attacked it and subsequently Germany declared war on you...
January 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
there's this weird trend on here that wants to downplay the civic memory of American anti-fascism for godforsaken reason instead of harnessing it as part of the American civil faith
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock left the government meeting, refusing to be photographed with Chancellor Olaf Scholz after his decision to block the allocation of a new aid package for Ukraine, - Bild.
Instead of a thousand words.
Instead of a thousand words.
January 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock left the government meeting, refusing to be photographed with Chancellor Olaf Scholz after his decision to block the allocation of a new aid package for Ukraine, - Bild.
Instead of a thousand words.
Instead of a thousand words.
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i genuinely wonder if a huge part of this is World War 2 slowly passing out out of living memory, so people don't get why the international global system exists
Almost like the United States helped create the prohibition on the use of force for a reason.
January 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
i genuinely wonder if a huge part of this is World War 2 slowly passing out out of living memory, so people don't get why the international global system exists
I feel like so many political issues are more complicated than they seem or have trade-offs that can be tricky. So it can be hard to find a solution that is 100% correct.
But not this.
We need to build more housing.
This is the law of supply and demand.
But not this.
We need to build more housing.
This is the law of supply and demand.
January 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I feel like so many political issues are more complicated than they seem or have trade-offs that can be tricky. So it can be hard to find a solution that is 100% correct.
But not this.
We need to build more housing.
This is the law of supply and demand.
But not this.
We need to build more housing.
This is the law of supply and demand.
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The take I am most certain of that gets me in the most trouble is just "The reason homes are so expensive is because there are not enough of them, so we really really really need to build more of them."
January 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The take I am most certain of that gets me in the most trouble is just "The reason homes are so expensive is because there are not enough of them, so we really really really need to build more of them."