Bryan Hagerla
@bongobry.bsky.social
Lifelong learner / writer-editor / mostly COVID-cautious / music lover / canoeist
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Trump on Americans' healthcare costs going up by 200-300%: "Don't make it sound so bad"
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Trump on Americans' healthcare costs going up by 200-300%: "Don't make it sound so bad"
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If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Chief got nothing
Alex Tabet tracked down U.S. Border Patrol chief agent Greg Bovino in New Orleans and asked him two questions about ongoing immigration crackdowns; Bovino refused to answer.
December 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Chief got nothing
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“It's maddening to see the number of inquests that I attend, the number of funerals that families have to attend, and the fact that we are 30 years after the royal commission, and the situation is getting increasingly worse…”
Indigenous deaths in custody at a record level in Australia. So horrific.
Indigenous deaths in custody at a record level in Australia. So horrific.
'It's maddening': Anger and frustration amid record Black deaths in custody
Australia has recorded the highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody since 1979. Experts say over-incarceration remains a national crisis and prisons are neglecting the physical and mental health...
www.abc.net.au
December 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
“It's maddening to see the number of inquests that I attend, the number of funerals that families have to attend, and the fact that we are 30 years after the royal commission, and the situation is getting increasingly worse…”
Indigenous deaths in custody at a record level in Australia. So horrific.
Indigenous deaths in custody at a record level in Australia. So horrific.
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Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Funny how 7-10 million of us managed to gather all over the country without a single violent incident that was not instigated by MAGA. But the minute a few hundred of us gather to protest ICE we turn into violent rioters who need to be pepper sprayed?
Smells like, complete and utter bullshit.
Smells like, complete and utter bullshit.
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Funny how 7-10 million of us managed to gather all over the country without a single violent incident that was not instigated by MAGA. But the minute a few hundred of us gather to protest ICE we turn into violent rioters who need to be pepper sprayed?
Smells like, complete and utter bullshit.
Smells like, complete and utter bullshit.
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What we are watching - as U.S. citizens are dragged out of cars and illegal war is waged in the Caribbean - is the corruption of the most sacred power we give the President - the power of violence.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What we are watching - as U.S. citizens are dragged out of cars and illegal war is waged in the Caribbean - is the corruption of the most sacred power we give the President - the power of violence.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
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The first-of-its-kind lawsuit aims to hold Big Oil accountable for escalating home insurance costs, which Washington residents argue are being fueled by the industry's “coordinated and deliberate scheme to hide the truth about climate change and the effects of burning fossil fuels.”
Washington residents sue Big Oil for fueling insurance crisis | Center for Climate Integrity
The class action lawsuit is the first case from individuals demanding Big Oil be held accountable for its role in skyrocketing insurance premiums.
climateintegrity.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The first-of-its-kind lawsuit aims to hold Big Oil accountable for escalating home insurance costs, which Washington residents argue are being fueled by the industry's “coordinated and deliberate scheme to hide the truth about climate change and the effects of burning fossil fuels.”
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Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
Did Centrism Help Democrats Win in Virginia and New Jersey? Or Was It ICE's Brutality? www.commondreams.org/opinion/demo...
Did Centrism Help Democrats Win in Virginia and New Jersey? Or Was It ICE's Brutality? | Common Dreams
With the Republicans becoming ever more authoritarian, centrism moves the entire political spectrum to the right.
www.commondreams.org
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Did Centrism Help Democrats Win in Virginia and New Jersey? Or Was It ICE's Brutality? www.commondreams.org/opinion/demo...
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
something stimulating and enjoyable that's not related to politics
Sarah Ross-Thompson, fine art printmaker based on the West Coast of Scotland #ReframingWomenPrintmake
November 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
something stimulating and enjoyable that's not related to politics
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TWO QUESTIONS FOR AMERICA
1. Do you agree that a child rapist can’t be POTUS?
2. If so, why do you not support an immediate DOJ and FBI investigation to determine if Donald Trump committed the same crime that two of his closest friends for 17 years committed thousands of times?
1. Do you agree that a child rapist can’t be POTUS?
2. If so, why do you not support an immediate DOJ and FBI investigation to determine if Donald Trump committed the same crime that two of his closest friends for 17 years committed thousands of times?
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
TWO QUESTIONS FOR AMERICA
1. Do you agree that a child rapist can’t be POTUS?
2. If so, why do you not support an immediate DOJ and FBI investigation to determine if Donald Trump committed the same crime that two of his closest friends for 17 years committed thousands of times?
1. Do you agree that a child rapist can’t be POTUS?
2. If so, why do you not support an immediate DOJ and FBI investigation to determine if Donald Trump committed the same crime that two of his closest friends for 17 years committed thousands of times?
rest in peace, Alice
Alice in her own words: bsky.app/profile/thra...
“With so many marginalized communities, we’re basically the oracles…we’re the ones who see shit before it happens.” In June 2020, I interviewed Alice Wong for TVU before she lost her ability to speak. I asked her how she’d first learned of SARS-CoV-2. She began with the 2016 election of Trump:
November 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
rest in peace, Alice
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista does. It would take less than one day of sales to finalize a fair contract.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
Baristas at Starbucks corporate stores nationwide are on strike to fight this corporate greed and get the fair contract they deserve.
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Of course I’m angry and disgusted at what the regime is doing to people like me in the USA. Chicago’s my favorite city. This selfie they took in front of The Bean, one of my favorite places there, makes me absolutely sick. The brutality, the lawlessness, and the smug arrogance is repugnant.
“What happens when a militia is deployed in our neighborhoods and against our own people. Left unchecked their mandate will grow; the boundaries of acceptable identity and speech will shrink.”
WE MUST STOP THEM! #Pinks
#FuckIce
#FuckTheGOP
#FuckTrump
www.rawstory.com/gassed-beate...
WE MUST STOP THEM! #Pinks
#FuckIce
#FuckTheGOP
#FuckTrump
www.rawstory.com/gassed-beate...
'Gassed, beaten, abducted, shot': Horror stories told as ICE agents pose in mocking selfie
Chicago residents are increasingly resisting operations being conducted by federal immigration enforcement operations in their city, while at the same time warning the rest of the country about the tr...
www.rawstory.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Of course I’m angry and disgusted at what the regime is doing to people like me in the USA. Chicago’s my favorite city. This selfie they took in front of The Bean, one of my favorite places there, makes me absolutely sick. The brutality, the lawlessness, and the smug arrogance is repugnant.
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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more evidence
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
more evidence
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