Andrea Brown
@andreab717.bsky.social
Pie, not cake. Love, not hate.
Something I hate is when people take a beloved children’s book or TV character and make a meme out of it that perverts the nature of the character into something meant to serve their selfish purpose. It’s especially gross if the alteration makes the character murderously violent
December 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Something I hate is when people take a beloved children’s book or TV character and make a meme out of it that perverts the nature of the character into something meant to serve their selfish purpose. It’s especially gross if the alteration makes the character murderously violent
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How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Strikes?
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
🧵🧵Mega-thread of coverage of the illegal extrajudicial killings below🧵🧵
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
🧵🧵Mega-thread of coverage of the illegal extrajudicial killings below🧵🧵
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Strikes?
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
theintercept.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Strikes?
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
🧵🧵Mega-thread of coverage of the illegal extrajudicial killings below🧵🧵
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
🧵🧵Mega-thread of coverage of the illegal extrajudicial killings below🧵🧵
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
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Holy ass he said it out loud. They can't make us feed hungry people. This is insane. Like insane right? This is our tax money earmarked for SNAP and he's like no it's mine now, check out the ballroom.
Q: A federal judge ruled that the administration has to fully fund SNAP. DOJ said they're gonna appeal. What's your message to folks as we're headed to Thanksgiving?
TRUMP: *looks at JD Vance* you wanna gowithater
TRUMP: *looks at JD Vance* you wanna gowithater
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Holy ass he said it out loud. They can't make us feed hungry people. This is insane. Like insane right? This is our tax money earmarked for SNAP and he's like no it's mine now, check out the ballroom.
Amen
"Too many people think that they're the only one. That's a conceit that happens when you've been in the Senate for a long time. It's not just about age. It's about your willingness to challenge the conventional thinking and make systemic change," says @smith.senate.gov.
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Amen
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
I love stories like this: the ingenuity, the mystery, the whimsy
In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”
October 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I love stories like this: the ingenuity, the mystery, the whimsy
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Nature and the environment permeate the language viscerally. Irish predates English by a millennium. Its early writing system, Ogham, written vertically as a series of lines and strokes, has an alphabet based on trees. The Irish language is a joy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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October 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Nature and the environment permeate the language viscerally. Irish predates English by a millennium. Its early writing system, Ogham, written vertically as a series of lines and strokes, has an alphabet based on trees. The Irish language is a joy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The UAE put $2B into a crypto firm largely owned by the Trumps and Witkoffs (as in Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy to the Middle East)—then got export restrictions lifted on AI chips.
And let's not forget Trump's other gift from the Middle East, his private jet from Qatar. trib.al/gv1obvE
And let's not forget Trump's other gift from the Middle East, his private jet from Qatar. trib.al/gv1obvE
Does Anybody Care This Is the Worst Bribery Scandal Since Teapot Dome?
The UAE put $2 billion into World Liberty Financial, then got export restrictions lifted on AI chips. Nothing to see here, move along.
trib.al
September 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The UAE put $2B into a crypto firm largely owned by the Trumps and Witkoffs (as in Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy to the Middle East)—then got export restrictions lifted on AI chips.
And let's not forget Trump's other gift from the Middle East, his private jet from Qatar. trib.al/gv1obvE
And let's not forget Trump's other gift from the Middle East, his private jet from Qatar. trib.al/gv1obvE
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Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
It’s astonishing how much protects the cruel
I honestly can’t believe that in real time we’re watching a besieged Trump send his fmr personal atty & Deputy AG to talk in secret w/convicted sex trafficker, abuse, & partner to Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and is clearly heading towards pardoning her in exchange for exonerating him.
July 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It’s astonishing how much protects the cruel
I’m overwrought with disgust. One day?! One day?!!!
They mean to be as insulting to Black people, as dismissive of our lives, as resistance to our status as full citizens in this country as they can be.
There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
There is no common ground to be had at the expense of our sisters & daughters’ lives and our dignity as a people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...
Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid
www.nytimes.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I’m overwrought with disgust. One day?! One day?!!!
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The DOJ is pressuring states like Pennsylvania and Arizona over how they manage voter rolls, demanding records and threatening lawsuits. They've also sent sweeping info requests to election officials in at least two states, citing fears of political targeting.
July 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The DOJ is pressuring states like Pennsylvania and Arizona over how they manage voter rolls, demanding records and threatening lawsuits. They've also sent sweeping info requests to election officials in at least two states, citing fears of political targeting.
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The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, CA. Other workers, including US citizens, remain unaccounted for.
UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families.
Our full statement below. ⬇️
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UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families.
Our full statement below. ⬇️
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July 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, CA. Other workers, including US citizens, remain unaccounted for.
UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families.
Our full statement below. ⬇️
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UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families.
Our full statement below. ⬇️
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While warehouses in the U.S. overflow with ready-to-use therapeutic foods (known as RUTFs), designed to treat severe malnutrition, children in places like South Sudan are going hungry.
‘People Are Going to Die’: A Malnutrition Crisis Looms in the Wake of USAID Cuts
Warehouses in the US are full of foods that fight malnutrition, while kids go hungry in places like South Sudan.
www.wired.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
While warehouses in the U.S. overflow with ready-to-use therapeutic foods (known as RUTFs), designed to treat severe malnutrition, children in places like South Sudan are going hungry.
What I don’t get is lack of the obvious follow-up questions: “On what basis do you believe that US intelligence is wrong? What’s your information based on? Who’s telling you that and why do you believe their assessment is more reliable?” Make him defend it or show that he can’t.
Trump says they’re all “wrong.”
Why? Because he needs a threat. He’s laying the groundwork for war and ignoring the facts to do it. This isn’t about national security. It’s about manufacturing another crisis.
Why? Because he needs a threat. He’s laying the groundwork for war and ignoring the facts to do it. This isn’t about national security. It’s about manufacturing another crisis.
June 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
What I don’t get is lack of the obvious follow-up questions: “On what basis do you believe that US intelligence is wrong? What’s your information based on? Who’s telling you that and why do you believe their assessment is more reliable?” Make him defend it or show that he can’t.
This movement has a lot of influencers in central PA.
Regarding the NAR-inspired shootings in Minnesota… I had shared this about a week ago. Prophets and apostles regularly call for—and take credit for—the deaths of political enemies. This part of is what they mean by spiritual warfare.
June 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This movement has a lot of influencers in central PA.
The US could be part of stopping these things from happening, if we would choose it
Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while…
www.propublica.org
June 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The US could be part of stopping these things from happening, if we would choose it
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Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while…
www.propublica.org
June 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
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5 years ago: “An incalculable loss”
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
May 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
5 years ago: “An incalculable loss”
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
Today: Banning masks and restricting vaccine access
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A new report shows how little has changed for Black victims of police killings five years after George Floyd's murder www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Report: Police killings rose in the five years after George Floyd's murder
An analysis shows how little has changed for Black victims of police violence in America.
www.motherjones.com
May 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
A new report shows how little has changed for Black victims of police killings five years after George Floyd's murder www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"Federal prosecutors across the country may soon be able to indict members of Congress without approval from lawyers in the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section..."
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Trump Justice Dept. considers removing key check on lawmaker prosecutions
The Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section is charged with ensuring cases against elected officials are not politically motivated. The Trump administration is considering changing that.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Federal prosecutors across the country may soon be able to indict members of Congress without approval from lawyers in the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section..."
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1. Qatar is bribing Trump with a $400 million luxury plane that he can use as Air Force One and take with him after he leaves office
Qatar is not acting out of altruism
It wants policy concessions to bolster its economy and national security
Trump is exploiting those needs to line his pockets
Qatar is not acting out of altruism
It wants policy concessions to bolster its economy and national security
Trump is exploiting those needs to line his pockets
Why Qatar is bribing Trump
On Sunday, President Trump announced that the government of Qatar would be giving the "Defense Department" a luxury 747 aircraft to replace Air Force One.
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May 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Today, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem openly flouted the Supreme Court's order that the Trump admin facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia, saying there's "no scenario" where he comes back.
One Democratic senator called her comments "incredibly chilling." www.huffpost.com/entry/kristi...
One Democratic senator called her comments "incredibly chilling." www.huffpost.com/entry/kristi...
Kristi Noem Openly Flouts SCOTUS Order With 'Incredibly Chilling' Remark
Kristi Noem said the deported Maryland man “will not be coming back" despite a court order, a claim that one Democratic senator called "incredibly chilling."
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May 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Today, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem openly flouted the Supreme Court's order that the Trump admin facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia, saying there's "no scenario" where he comes back.
One Democratic senator called her comments "incredibly chilling." www.huffpost.com/entry/kristi...
One Democratic senator called her comments "incredibly chilling." www.huffpost.com/entry/kristi...