Alan Brenner
@abrenner.bsky.social
Retired Tech Executive. Board Member. Interim Executive Director of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland.
Reposted by Alan Brenner
Reposted by Alan Brenner
Trump was probably counting on ICE attacking protesters
Because the violence serves two purposes
It backs his claim that blue states are lawless, overrun by immigrant “invaders”
And shifts the media from the fact that his Disgusting Abomination Bill will take Medicaid away from millions of people
Because the violence serves two purposes
It backs his claim that blue states are lawless, overrun by immigrant “invaders”
And shifts the media from the fact that his Disgusting Abomination Bill will take Medicaid away from millions of people
June 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Trump was probably counting on ICE attacking protesters
Because the violence serves two purposes
It backs his claim that blue states are lawless, overrun by immigrant “invaders”
And shifts the media from the fact that his Disgusting Abomination Bill will take Medicaid away from millions of people
Because the violence serves two purposes
It backs his claim that blue states are lawless, overrun by immigrant “invaders”
And shifts the media from the fact that his Disgusting Abomination Bill will take Medicaid away from millions of people
Reposted by Alan Brenner
"The best way to support American democracy is to build the largest possible coalition to defend it."
“The first 100 days of President Trump’s second term have done more damage to American democracy than anything else since the demise of Reconstruction,” writes the @nytimes.com editorial board. It’s time to fight “bravely and smartly.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
Opinion | Fight Like Our Democracy Depends on It
The patriotic response to today’s threat to American democracy is to oppose Trump soberly and strategically.
www.nytimes.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"The best way to support American democracy is to build the largest possible coalition to defend it."
Reposted by Alan Brenner
Reposted by Alan Brenner
Reposted by Alan Brenner
Dismantling protections of voting rights: "Section is responsible for enforcing laws designed to prevent voter discrimination, raised alarm about voting rights enforcement"
Scoop: All of the managers in DOJ's voting section have been remove and political appointees have told attorneys to dismiss all active cases without explanation www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump’s justice department appointees remove managers of voting unit
Section is responsible for enforcing laws designed to prevent voter discrimination, raised alarm about voting rights enforcement
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Dismantling protections of voting rights: "Section is responsible for enforcing laws designed to prevent voter discrimination, raised alarm about voting rights enforcement"
Reposted by Alan Brenner
WAPO: “.. ocean-container bookings from China to the U.S. are down by more than 60 percent ..
“.. The consequence will be ‘empty shelves in U.S. stores in a few weeks and covid-like shortages for consumers ..’”
@davidjlynch.bsky.social @jeffstein.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“.. The consequence will be ‘empty shelves in U.S. stores in a few weeks and covid-like shortages for consumers ..’”
@davidjlynch.bsky.social @jeffstein.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
April 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
WAPO: “.. ocean-container bookings from China to the U.S. are down by more than 60 percent ..
“.. The consequence will be ‘empty shelves in U.S. stores in a few weeks and covid-like shortages for consumers ..’”
@davidjlynch.bsky.social @jeffstein.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“.. The consequence will be ‘empty shelves in U.S. stores in a few weeks and covid-like shortages for consumers ..’”
@davidjlynch.bsky.social @jeffstein.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Reposted by Alan Brenner
Reposted by Alan Brenner
Reuters poll: Trump approval
37% approve
57% disapprove
U.S. adults
37% approve
57% disapprove
U.S. adults
April 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Reuters poll: Trump approval
37% approve
57% disapprove
U.S. adults
37% approve
57% disapprove
U.S. adults
Reposted by Alan Brenner
They literally stole taxpayer money and put into their personal empire. These two are such crooks.
THIS IS WILD‼️
Florida got $67M from a Medicaid fraud settlement. Instead of using it for actual health care, Casey DeSantis funneled $10M to a “charity” she controls. That “charity” passed it to anti-abortion and anti-marijuana groups—who then helped fund GOP campaigns. Both measures lost!
Florida got $67M from a Medicaid fraud settlement. Instead of using it for actual health care, Casey DeSantis funneled $10M to a “charity” she controls. That “charity” passed it to anti-abortion and anti-marijuana groups—who then helped fund GOP campaigns. Both measures lost!
April 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
They literally stole taxpayer money and put into their personal empire. These two are such crooks.
Reposted by Alan Brenner
At the Miami Krome ICE prison, detainees are held 16 hours with “tight chains around their wrists, chests, and hips on buses outside the facilities without water, food, or access to bathrooms. Guards instructed them to urinate or defecate inside the buses.”
english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-...
english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-...
April 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
At the Miami Krome ICE prison, detainees are held 16 hours with “tight chains around their wrists, chests, and hips on buses outside the facilities without water, food, or access to bathrooms. Guards instructed them to urinate or defecate inside the buses.”
english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-...
english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-...
Reposted by Alan Brenner
A 19-year old U.S. citizen was traveling from Albuquerque to Tucson. He was arrested and detained by ICE for 10 days, before his family showed a judge his identification & he was finally released. news.azpm.org/p/news-artic...
U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days
news.azpm.org
April 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A 19-year old U.S. citizen was traveling from Albuquerque to Tucson. He was arrested and detained by ICE for 10 days, before his family showed a judge his identification & he was finally released. news.azpm.org/p/news-artic...
Reposted by Alan Brenner
Turns out you can shape the agenda with dramatic action and maybe even shift public opinion. Crazy.
Sunday morning April 20, 2025
Fox News Sunday — Van Hollen
NBC's Meet the Press — Van Hollen
CNN's State of the Union — Van Hollen
CBS’ Face the Nation — Van Hollen
ABC’s This Week — Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov
#AbregoGarcia #RuleOfLaw
Fox News Sunday — Van Hollen
NBC's Meet the Press — Van Hollen
CNN's State of the Union — Van Hollen
CBS’ Face the Nation — Van Hollen
ABC’s This Week — Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov
#AbregoGarcia #RuleOfLaw
April 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Turns out you can shape the agenda with dramatic action and maybe even shift public opinion. Crazy.
Reposted by Alan Brenner
This is an enormous theft—not just privatizing a government function with a worse and more expensive for-profit substitute, but also a massive government financial data heist—and on the other side of it everyone needs to end up broke and imprisoned to deter them and others from doing it again.
Reported earlier today that a new DOGEr, Roland Tenglong Shen, who works at Thiel-backed payments company Ramp, is now at Treasury's central payments hub. A request for comment through LinkedIn went unanswered and now Shen's LinkedIn profile has disappeared. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/rampi...
Rampin’ Up, Baby! That Thiel Start Up Hunting the Motherlode Contract is Inside Treasury
One of the most important stories in some time came out two...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 19, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is an enormous theft—not just privatizing a government function with a worse and more expensive for-profit substitute, but also a massive government financial data heist—and on the other side of it everyone needs to end up broke and imprisoned to deter them and others from doing it again.
Reposted by Alan Brenner
The protests are not for Trump to see, they are so you can all see each other and grow. It's not the protest itself that tyrants are afraid of, but the networks and community you can grow from them. Your strength is your unity and that's why the enemy thrives by demoralizing and dividing you. #3E
April 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The protests are not for Trump to see, they are so you can all see each other and grow. It's not the protest itself that tyrants are afraid of, but the networks and community you can grow from them. Your strength is your unity and that's why the enemy thrives by demoralizing and dividing you. #3E
Reposted by Alan Brenner
If CBP asks for your opinion of Trump, that is *not* the moment to be forthright. Say you don’t follow politics. Say you aren’t paying much attention. Say you like him. Don’t say you don’t.
I was waiting for this—evidence of CBP overreach at a US/Canada *land* border.
Well, here it is: a *US CITIZEN* detained in Vermont, handcuffed, and confined to a cell across from his wife.
They could have been transferred to an ICE facility.
Cross in airport pre-clearance if you can.
Well, here it is: a *US CITIZEN* detained in Vermont, handcuffed, and confined to a cell across from his wife.
They could have been transferred to an ICE facility.
Cross in airport pre-clearance if you can.
April 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If CBP asks for your opinion of Trump, that is *not* the moment to be forthright. Say you don’t follow politics. Say you aren’t paying much attention. Say you like him. Don’t say you don’t.
Reposted by Alan Brenner
Chris Van Hollen is smart.
Van Hollen details why he thinks the government of El Salvador is making a huge mistake in turning itself into a concentration camp for Trump
April 19, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Chris Van Hollen is smart.
Reposted by Alan Brenner
It is SO unusual for the Supreme Court to issue an order this late at night and honestly incredible only Thomas and Alito noted their dissents.
Also fascinating that SCOTUS rushed out the order before Alito could finish writing his dissent. That basically never happens! Again—majority seems pissed.
Also fascinating that SCOTUS rushed out the order before Alito could finish writing his dissent. That basically never happens! Again—majority seems pissed.
April 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It is SO unusual for the Supreme Court to issue an order this late at night and honestly incredible only Thomas and Alito noted their dissents.
Also fascinating that SCOTUS rushed out the order before Alito could finish writing his dissent. That basically never happens! Again—majority seems pissed.
Also fascinating that SCOTUS rushed out the order before Alito could finish writing his dissent. That basically never happens! Again—majority seems pissed.
Reposted by Alan Brenner
any Democratic elected who says they can't win the politics of "should we give Trump the power to disappear innocent people into a concentration camp" has a terminal case of consultant brain and should be ruthlessly hounded from office
April 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
any Democratic elected who says they can't win the politics of "should we give Trump the power to disappear innocent people into a concentration camp" has a terminal case of consultant brain and should be ruthlessly hounded from office
Reposted by Alan Brenner
One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
April 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
Reposted by Alan Brenner
WATCH-- @chrislhayes.bsky.social: For the vast majority of Americans, life doesn't feel that unfree or different. But the Trump administration wants to take advantage of that sense of normalcy to strip away all our liberties. That is why the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia matters to all of us.
April 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
WATCH-- @chrislhayes.bsky.social: For the vast majority of Americans, life doesn't feel that unfree or different. But the Trump administration wants to take advantage of that sense of normalcy to strip away all our liberties. That is why the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia matters to all of us.
Reposted by Alan Brenner
There should be an elected Democrat on the ground in El Salvador every minute of every day until Abrego Garcia is brought home.
D's should do the work the DoJ is refusing to do. They should harass Bukele's govt, demanding answers and sending...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-...
D's should do the work the DoJ is refusing to do. They should harass Bukele's govt, demanding answers and sending...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-...
Bring. Him. Home.
Our cause is here; our time is now.
www.thebulwark.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
There should be an elected Democrat on the ground in El Salvador every minute of every day until Abrego Garcia is brought home.
D's should do the work the DoJ is refusing to do. They should harass Bukele's govt, demanding answers and sending...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-...
D's should do the work the DoJ is refusing to do. They should harass Bukele's govt, demanding answers and sending...
www.thebulwark.com/p/bring-him-...
Reposted by Alan Brenner
The next step for Trump is to send a US citizen convicted of something like child murder and rape to CECOT in El Salvador. It'll set the precedent to send citizens there while neutralizing outrage over it because of the heinous nature of their crimes. Then it'll any felony and then protestors.
April 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The next step for Trump is to send a US citizen convicted of something like child murder and rape to CECOT in El Salvador. It'll set the precedent to send citizens there while neutralizing outrage over it because of the heinous nature of their crimes. Then it'll any felony and then protestors.