Brian Drury
@bdgarp.bsky.social
OFCS, Rotten Tomatoes, Author of Dreams of Perfection
Music is Everything
More and more young Americans, already fed up with fascism, resorting to poetry.
Music is Everything
More and more young Americans, already fed up with fascism, resorting to poetry.
Pinned
Brian Drury
@bdgarp.bsky.social
· Jan 19
Joined the People's March on Washington today in a sea of strength and hope. I hadn't felt this connected to Americans since Obama's first inauguration and my spirit was restored. Didn't see much coverage in the media, but not surprising. The People won't roll over. It's on.
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Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
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A Supreme Court with a Justice that flies the flag upside down when his political party isn’t in power is the same Supreme Court with a Justice that allows illegally drawn maps to be used to help rig an election.
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A Supreme Court with a Justice that flies the flag upside down when his political party isn’t in power is the same Supreme Court with a Justice that allows illegally drawn maps to be used to help rig an election.
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"The most urgent news isn’t the selective history recorded in the redacted Epstein files. It’s what the president is doing with his immense power, here, now, in public, apparently so that [Ghislaine Maxwell] a child sex trafficker won’t tell what she knows." @toddzwillich.bsky.social
The Trump-Epstein Emergency Isn't in the Files
Trump has distorted the political landscape so badly that it's warping the moral intuitions of people and institutions of account.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"The most urgent news isn’t the selective history recorded in the redacted Epstein files. It’s what the president is doing with his immense power, here, now, in public, apparently so that [Ghislaine Maxwell] a child sex trafficker won’t tell what she knows." @toddzwillich.bsky.social
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The arguments Trump’s DoD is making about legitimate targets could be used against members of the American military. A sobering thought.
December 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The arguments Trump’s DoD is making about legitimate targets could be used against members of the American military. A sobering thought.
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Congress used to have the power of the purse and the power to declare war.
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Congress used to have the power of the purse and the power to declare war.
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No surprises here. This case was always destined for SCOTUS www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump Order Restricting Birthright Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
No surprises here. This case was always destined for SCOTUS www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
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A vote for children to get sick www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A vote for children to get sick www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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Ukraine was not told what happened.
"Our task now is to obtain complete information about what has been said in Russia and what other reasons Putin has found to prolong the war and to pressure Ukraine, to pressure us, our independence," Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening address from Kyiv"
"Our task now is to obtain complete information about what has been said in Russia and what other reasons Putin has found to prolong the war and to pressure Ukraine, to pressure us, our independence," Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening address from Kyiv"
Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russi...
www.france24.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Ukraine was not told what happened.
"Our task now is to obtain complete information about what has been said in Russia and what other reasons Putin has found to prolong the war and to pressure Ukraine, to pressure us, our independence," Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening address from Kyiv"
"Our task now is to obtain complete information about what has been said in Russia and what other reasons Putin has found to prolong the war and to pressure Ukraine, to pressure us, our independence," Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening address from Kyiv"
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Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:
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Make sure everyone you know hears about #ICELawlessness & knows the story of US CITIZEN & IRAQ WAR VETERAN, George Retes.
"ICE officers used tear gas, broke his car window, and applied physical force, including kneeling on him, while he complied with their instructions."
Is this freedom?
"ICE officers used tear gas, broke his car window, and applied physical force, including kneeling on him, while he complied with their instructions."
Is this freedom?
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Make sure everyone you know hears about #ICELawlessness & knows the story of US CITIZEN & IRAQ WAR VETERAN, George Retes.
"ICE officers used tear gas, broke his car window, and applied physical force, including kneeling on him, while he complied with their instructions."
Is this freedom?
"ICE officers used tear gas, broke his car window, and applied physical force, including kneeling on him, while he complied with their instructions."
Is this freedom?
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i keep thinking about that scene in The American President where President Shepherd absolutely *anguishes* about ordering a strike on the libyan intelligence headquarters because he knows it'll kill a lone civilian janitor
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
i keep thinking about that scene in The American President where President Shepherd absolutely *anguishes* about ordering a strike on the libyan intelligence headquarters because he knows it'll kill a lone civilian janitor
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We should just start calling the crew the Trump boys are running with “cryptoterrorists” if words don’t have meaning anymore.
December 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We should just start calling the crew the Trump boys are running with “cryptoterrorists” if words don’t have meaning anymore.
In most cultures child rape would be a deal breaker for a presidential leader.
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
In most cultures child rape would be a deal breaker for a presidential leader.
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With @profgalloway.com - we talked about Ukraine, and American corruption, and more:
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Ukraine and America’s Credibility Crisis — with Anne Applebaum
YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway
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December 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
With @profgalloway.com - we talked about Ukraine, and American corruption, and more:
youtu.be/aAn3B_XNSMs?...
youtu.be/aAn3B_XNSMs?...
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Poor Brian Cole who had to go almost five years being mistaken for Marjorie Taylor Greene. The man has suffered enough.
December 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Poor Brian Cole who had to go almost five years being mistaken for Marjorie Taylor Greene. The man has suffered enough.
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
I feel like there will be more to this story.
An Alleged Bomber, Arrested and Charged
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An Alleged Bomber, Arrested and Charged
In an essay posted on the Hannah Arendt Center website at Bard College, Arendt scholar Roger Berkowitz writes, “Hannah Arendt argues that the distinction between truth and lie can be eroded, over time...
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I feel like there will be more to this story.
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By law, the Department of Justice CAN go to another grand jury and try again. But even if they succeed (a big IF in this case), the DOJ will have handed Letitia James even more evidence for her vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss the charges. And that motion was already quite strong.
A separate source familiar with the matter said there “should be no premature celebrations.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed
Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
By law, the Department of Justice CAN go to another grand jury and try again. But even if they succeed (a big IF in this case), the DOJ will have handed Letitia James even more evidence for her vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss the charges. And that motion was already quite strong.
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41 minutes is a long time to sit in your air conditioned office watching men struggle to survive as you decide to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
41 minutes is a long time to sit in your air conditioned office watching men struggle to survive as you decide to kill them.
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Sometimes I think about how much would be possible without this huge effort to tilt the scales in favor of the worst people
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Sometimes I think about how much would be possible without this huge effort to tilt the scales in favor of the worst people
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Trump is to blame for her death. She should have been with family for the holidays, not performing dumb security theater for a fascist pedophile.
BREAKING UPDATE: One of the two National Guard members ambushed in an attack near the White House yesterday has died, President Donald Trump announces. on.nbcboston.com/PHiKg6V
National Guard member dies on Thanksgiving Day after shooting in DC, Trump says
Two West Virginia National Guard troops were shot in an ambush blocks from the White House Wednesday. The suspect was identified as an Afghan national.
on.nbcboston.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Trump is to blame for her death. She should have been with family for the holidays, not performing dumb security theater for a fascist pedophile.
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The constitutional right for Republicans to win elections no matter how hostile the electorate is against them
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The constitutional right for Republicans to win elections no matter how hostile the electorate is against them
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The only question they ask of every single case is: does this help or hurt Republicans? That’s it. That’s all that matters to them.
The reasoning is solid: how else do we hold the House without those five seats?
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The only question they ask of every single case is: does this help or hurt Republicans? That’s it. That’s all that matters to them.
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Jimmy Fallon should just run for Congress at this point. He's allowed the worst people in the world to walk all over him while he hides a drinking problem and gets paid. More than qualified.
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Jimmy Fallon should just run for Congress at this point. He's allowed the worst people in the world to walk all over him while he hides a drinking problem and gets paid. More than qualified.
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What's missing from this arrest affidavit, something that appears in ALL other January 6 affidavits, are data points showing that Brian Cole did ANYTHING between December 19, 2020, when Trump announced the rally and when he appears on Capitol Hill on January 5.
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
What's missing from this arrest affidavit, something that appears in ALL other January 6 affidavits, are data points showing that Brian Cole did ANYTHING between December 19, 2020, when Trump announced the rally and when he appears on Capitol Hill on January 5.