@brainbran.bsky.social
From desert to mountains I roam. Ally to all oppressed people. Progressive to the bone, read Voltaire and call me back. Science and critical thinking spoken here with a twist of Zen.
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One of my favorite political cartoons, this was done during the first Twitler regime
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🎩 He’s the worst president we’ve had! 🇺🇸
November 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🎩 He’s the worst president we’ve had! 🇺🇸
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An really important thing a lot of people don't realize about Trump is that he doesn't bully people he doesn't think he can bully.
Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
An really important thing a lot of people don't realize about Trump is that he doesn't bully people he doesn't think he can bully.
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Zohran Mamdani walked into the Oval Office with strength, without betraying his own values or beliefs, and had trump eating out of his hand, defending and praising him, even saying it's OK to call him a fascist.
Gave up nothing.
Gained respect.
Absolute masterclass.
Gave up nothing.
Gained respect.
Absolute masterclass.
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Zohran Mamdani walked into the Oval Office with strength, without betraying his own values or beliefs, and had trump eating out of his hand, defending and praising him, even saying it's OK to call him a fascist.
Gave up nothing.
Gained respect.
Absolute masterclass.
Gave up nothing.
Gained respect.
Absolute masterclass.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Took you long enough, Joe.
Something Finally Clicked In Joe Rogan's Head About Trump's Election Claims—And His Realization Is Going Viral
www.comicsands.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Took you long enough, Joe.
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Pete Buttigieg would be a good DNC spokesperson.
He would do a GREAT job of going around the country, being on TV all the time, and putting out Dem messaging on EVERY issue.
He would be an excellent counter-Leavitt. And we NEED one. He should be holding regular press conferences and putting
He would do a GREAT job of going around the country, being on TV all the time, and putting out Dem messaging on EVERY issue.
He would be an excellent counter-Leavitt. And we NEED one. He should be holding regular press conferences and putting
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Pete Buttigieg would be a good DNC spokesperson.
He would do a GREAT job of going around the country, being on TV all the time, and putting out Dem messaging on EVERY issue.
He would be an excellent counter-Leavitt. And we NEED one. He should be holding regular press conferences and putting
He would do a GREAT job of going around the country, being on TV all the time, and putting out Dem messaging on EVERY issue.
He would be an excellent counter-Leavitt. And we NEED one. He should be holding regular press conferences and putting
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I hope
you’ll read this piece that I wrote about Donald Trump, the price of having a president who openly calls for his political enemies deaths, & why we should be discussing this with friends & family during the holiday. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
you’ll read this piece that I wrote about Donald Trump, the price of having a president who openly calls for his political enemies deaths, & why we should be discussing this with friends & family during the holiday. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
Sorry, George Washington Would Not Have Hanged Them.
This week, Donald Trump continues to use his claimed power to kill people who have received no due process, in international waters, based on his administration’s assertion that they are narcoterroris...
joycevance.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I hope
you’ll read this piece that I wrote about Donald Trump, the price of having a president who openly calls for his political enemies deaths, & why we should be discussing this with friends & family during the holiday. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
you’ll read this piece that I wrote about Donald Trump, the price of having a president who openly calls for his political enemies deaths, & why we should be discussing this with friends & family during the holiday. joycevance.substack.com/p/sorry-geor...
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BREAKING: AOC on MTG retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
BREAKING: AOC on MTG retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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🤬Trump needs to be impeached, removed from office, and locked up in The Hague!
This is not the first time he utters vile verbiage, and it won’t be the last!
Lock him up! 🤬
This is not the first time he utters vile verbiage, and it won’t be the last!
Lock him up! 🤬
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
🤬Trump needs to be impeached, removed from office, and locked up in The Hague!
This is not the first time he utters vile verbiage, and it won’t be the last!
Lock him up! 🤬
This is not the first time he utters vile verbiage, and it won’t be the last!
Lock him up! 🤬
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🔥 Jasmine Crockett exposed the whole scheme.
Kristi Noem filmed propaganda while shoveling taxpayer money to her own political network. Millions funneled through her political circle into the same pockets.
Corruption at full volume.
Kristi Noem filmed propaganda while shoveling taxpayer money to her own political network. Millions funneled through her political circle into the same pockets.
Corruption at full volume.
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
🔥 Jasmine Crockett exposed the whole scheme.
Kristi Noem filmed propaganda while shoveling taxpayer money to her own political network. Millions funneled through her political circle into the same pockets.
Corruption at full volume.
Kristi Noem filmed propaganda while shoveling taxpayer money to her own political network. Millions funneled through her political circle into the same pockets.
Corruption at full volume.
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
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Meiselas: This guy's a con artist. He's a fraud. He's quite literally a criminal. A felon. He lies. He destroys people's lives. He's a rug puller. 'Look, $23 trillion! Dividend checks are right around the corner! I'm gonna make you so rich!'
It is demented and it is manipulative and it is abusive.
It is demented and it is manipulative and it is abusive.
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Meiselas: This guy's a con artist. He's a fraud. He's quite literally a criminal. A felon. He lies. He destroys people's lives. He's a rug puller. 'Look, $23 trillion! Dividend checks are right around the corner! I'm gonna make you so rich!'
It is demented and it is manipulative and it is abusive.
It is demented and it is manipulative and it is abusive.
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Personalized gold bars from the Swiss.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Personalized gold bars from the Swiss.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
Used jumbo jet from Qatar.
Huge amounts of $$$ from crypto.
The amount of corruption in the White House is at unconscionable levels. We need some real serious ethics across the federal government.
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The absurdity 😂😂
They can’t even acknowledge it.
They’ll call this ‘violence’ with a straight face, while it literally looks like a family-friendly street fair.
This is propaganda.
And their supporters swallow it whole.
#Pinks
They can’t even acknowledge it.
They’ll call this ‘violence’ with a straight face, while it literally looks like a family-friendly street fair.
This is propaganda.
And their supporters swallow it whole.
#Pinks
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The absurdity 😂😂
They can’t even acknowledge it.
They’ll call this ‘violence’ with a straight face, while it literally looks like a family-friendly street fair.
This is propaganda.
And their supporters swallow it whole.
#Pinks
They can’t even acknowledge it.
They’ll call this ‘violence’ with a straight face, while it literally looks like a family-friendly street fair.
This is propaganda.
And their supporters swallow it whole.
#Pinks
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“.. $DJT stock has fallen nearly 70% this year and 34.6% in the past month ..”
@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/djt...
@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/djt...
November 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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TONIGHT at 7 p.m. George Conway and I will go live for a members-only conversation on the future of American democracy.
I promise an unfiltered discussion about why so many institutions failed to stand up to Trump, the Epstein Files impact and why independent media is the last line of defense.
I promise an unfiltered discussion about why so many institutions failed to stand up to Trump, the Epstein Files impact and why independent media is the last line of defense.
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Join George Conway and Democracy Docket founder Marc Elias for a members-only live podcast exploring Republicans' capitulation to Trump, the Trump-Epstein saga and more.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
TONIGHT at 7 p.m. George Conway and I will go live for a members-only conversation on the future of American democracy.
I promise an unfiltered discussion about why so many institutions failed to stand up to Trump, the Epstein Files impact and why independent media is the last line of defense.
I promise an unfiltered discussion about why so many institutions failed to stand up to Trump, the Epstein Files impact and why independent media is the last line of defense.
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Today we won a big victory in Texas but the fight for democracy is not over. We all need to steel ourselves for the battles ahead. We won't win them all, but we can never lose sight of what we need to do to prepare fee and fair elections.
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Today we won a big victory in Texas but the fight for democracy is not over. We all need to steel ourselves for the battles ahead. We won't win them all, but we can never lose sight of what we need to do to prepare fee and fair elections.
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My legal team will be in federal court in North Carolina today fighting against the state's unconstitutional redrawn congressional map. Before you listen to those in the GOP who say we can't win, ask Texas how that worked out for them.
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My legal team will be in federal court in North Carolina today fighting against the state's unconstitutional redrawn congressional map. Before you listen to those in the GOP who say we can't win, ask Texas how that worked out for them.
This is what fascists do. In WWII the Nazis precision bombing of European cities avoiding bombing of city halls where all the records were kept about local way citizens. That way the SS could use the records to find out who the undesirables were and go and drag them out of their homes.
The DOJ has been pressing states since May for their registration rolls, which include sensitive personal information of every single voter, claiming the agency wants to ensure compliance with federal voter laws. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
States Want to Know: Why Does the DOJ Want Their Voter Rolls, Really?
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is what fascists do. In WWII the Nazis precision bombing of European cities avoiding bombing of city halls where all the records were kept about local way citizens. That way the SS could use the records to find out who the undesirables were and go and drag them out of their homes.
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I wrote about how if social media posting is Trump's art form, yesterday's post on the Epstein Files was his Magnus Opus. I title it: A man in full panic.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I wrote about how if social media posting is Trump's art form, yesterday's post on the Epstein Files was his Magnus Opus. I title it: A man in full panic.
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“FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staff members, exempting them from passing polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information…”
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Absolutely! By the way 👇
Meet Bubba Saulsbury, son of Odessa oil industry magnate Dick Saulsbury. Also friend to Kash Patel and JD Vance. This is who the Epstein felatio email is rumored to be referring to. Not Bill Clinton.
Meet Bubba Saulsbury, son of Odessa oil industry magnate Dick Saulsbury. Also friend to Kash Patel and JD Vance. This is who the Epstein felatio email is rumored to be referring to. Not Bill Clinton.
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Absolutely! By the way 👇
Meet Bubba Saulsbury, son of Odessa oil industry magnate Dick Saulsbury. Also friend to Kash Patel and JD Vance. This is who the Epstein felatio email is rumored to be referring to. Not Bill Clinton.
Meet Bubba Saulsbury, son of Odessa oil industry magnate Dick Saulsbury. Also friend to Kash Patel and JD Vance. This is who the Epstein felatio email is rumored to be referring to. Not Bill Clinton.
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She’s lying, of course, but it is noteworthy that the feels like she has to lie and say these things. She’s a weathervane and this is a sign of the way the wind is blowing.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
She’s lying, of course, but it is noteworthy that the feels like she has to lie and say these things. She’s a weathervane and this is a sign of the way the wind is blowing.