Brandon Lorenz
bllorenz.bsky.social
Brandon Lorenz
@bllorenz.bsky.social
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My article in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social is now online. It's much more personal than my usual work, an acknowledgement of how much we've lost and what I see as the only path forward. Is next year America's 250th anniversary or year one? That's up to us.
progressive.org/magazine/aft...
After the Wreck
One year from the midterm elections, what’s next for a nation of states no longer united?
progressive.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Amazing headline.
September 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Important read ——->
I guest authored one of my favorite newsletters this week. Check out my article on RSVPing for protests in FWIW. open.substack.com/pub/fwiwnews...
Should You RSVP to a Protest?
Weighing the pros and quantifying the risks
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Solidarity ask! Members who are also part of the Actors' Equity Association and American Federation of Musicians Local 802 are currently fighting for a fair contract. We stand in solidarity with the actors, stage managers, and musicians who make Broadway run!
✏️Sign here: https://loom.ly/orQgClI
Stand United for a Healthier Broadway
If you love going to the theatre, then you're familiar with the the show must go on mentality that has persisted within the theatre industry. For generations, that phrase has been a plucky, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps-like mantra that seemingly embodies the American spirit. But that mantra, and that lifestyle, is harmful to the workers who make live theatre possible. Actors' Equity Association and The American Federation of Musicians Local 802 have both been in negoti...
actionnetwork.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Statement of NYS AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento: Tish James has served New Yorkers with honor and integrity. Her reputation is above reproach. (1/2)
October 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Our union allies at @actorsequity.bsky.social and @afm-union.bsky.social Local 802 have both been in negotiations with The Broadway League since August, and they now need our help to secure a fair contract. Sign the solidarity letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
October 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Liberal media! Amirite
So right-wing oligarchs now control X, Facebook, TikTok, WaPo, Fox News, CBS...and others not controlled by them are capitulating. Do I have that right?
September 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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I wrote about Charlie Kirk and what his murder and our reaction to it says about America right now. www.altrightdelete.news/p/half-mast
Half-Mast
Some thoughts on the assassination of Charlie Kirk and what it says about America
www.altrightdelete.news
September 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The #BetterInAUnion bus tour is with @iatse.bsky.social, @afm-union.bsky.social and IAFF in Times Square today to stand with @actorsequity.bsky.social as they head into bargaining!

America’s unions are in solidarity with NYC actors as they fight for the strong new contract they deserve.
August 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Release from HHS: HHS will wind down its development of the mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
August 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Andrew Cuomo seeks explicitly non-unionized talent for his campaign ads. That should tell you all you need to know.
from @garrettjko.bsky.social on the bad place, I am SCREECHING

Andrew Cuomo literally tried the equivalent of Central Casting to find some young people to look interested in him
July 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I fell down a waterfall once.
Share a piece of lore about yourself
July 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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June 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM