Brandy Agun
@brandyagun.bsky.social
bs in computer science, sw eng 20+ years, many years in private art schools, full time oil painter. Degas said painting is a lie. Yet it is so true.
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Brandy Agun
@brandyagun.bsky.social
· Dec 1
So I finished my nighttime parking lot painting. There is oddly a lot of bright sparks in the night. It makes me feel hope. That path from the streetlight through the orange building to the pink car is an army of cheerful resistance.
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There is no party platform anymore. Just the whims of a madman and the agenda of his handlers.
August 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
There is no party platform anymore. Just the whims of a madman and the agenda of his handlers.
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August 29, 2025
August 29, 2025
Chaos continues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:45 AM
August 29, 2025
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After months of pushing out career government officials and Democratic holdovers, President Trump is starting to turn on some of his own picks.
Trump Is Starting to Turn on the People He Handpicked
Multiple Senate-confirmed Trump officials face ouster while longtime aides come under scrutiny.
on.wsj.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
After months of pushing out career government officials and Democratic holdovers, President Trump is starting to turn on some of his own picks.
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Breaking news: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from rapidly deporting undocumented immigrants detained away from the border without a court hearing, a setback for its mass deportation agenda.
Judge blocks Trump’s broad expansion of expedited removal of migrants
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration cannot fast-track the deportations of undocumented migrants inside the country without offering them due process.
wapo.st
August 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Breaking news: A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from rapidly deporting undocumented immigrants detained away from the border without a court hearing, a setback for its mass deportation agenda.
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This is an absolute slap in the face to every single serviceperson who has protected this country and the Constitution.
Ashli Babbitt was a traitor who deserves no recognizance whatsoever. Every person involved in this decision deserves the same.
Ashli Babbitt was a traitor who deserves no recognizance whatsoever. Every person involved in this decision deserves the same.
The Air Force has offered full military funeral honors to Ashli Babbitt, who stormed the Capitol as part of a mob seeking to overturn the will of voters and stop the democratic transfer of power. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt offered full military funeral, Air Force confirms
Babbitt, 35, was an Air Force veteran who was fatally shot by Capitol police while protesting Donald Trump’s defeat in the 2020 presidential election.
www.nbcnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This is an absolute slap in the face to every single serviceperson who has protected this country and the Constitution.
Ashli Babbitt was a traitor who deserves no recognizance whatsoever. Every person involved in this decision deserves the same.
Ashli Babbitt was a traitor who deserves no recognizance whatsoever. Every person involved in this decision deserves the same.
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more of this tbh
August 29, 2025 at 4:03 AM
more of this tbh
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Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.
August 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.
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I’m filing a formal request for information about the Trump Administration’s action and role in directing federal law enforcement and military personnel in a recent operation intended to intimidate those defending a fair electoral process.
August 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I’m filing a formal request for information about the Trump Administration’s action and role in directing federal law enforcement and military personnel in a recent operation intended to intimidate those defending a fair electoral process.
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This is Texas:
Rule by force
Limited rights
Demands of obedience
Rejecting democratic rules
Denying the legitimacy of your opponents
This is authoritarianism.
They’re holding her hostage so they can rig the election and grab power.
Limited rights
Demands of obedience
Rejecting democratic rules
Denying the legitimacy of your opponents
This is authoritarianism.
They’re holding her hostage so they can rig the election and grab power.
“You can only leave if you do it OUR way.”
“Otherwise, we’re holding you here.”
Rule by force.
That’s what we’re watching.
Said to someone who represents Texans—who are ALSO being disrespected & denied their right of representation.
“Otherwise, we’re holding you here.”
Rule by force.
That’s what we’re watching.
Said to someone who represents Texans—who are ALSO being disrespected & denied their right of representation.
August 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is Texas:
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Do I have any academic friends who work specifically on American slavery who'd like to co-write a piece on this, fast and angrily?
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Do I have any academic friends who work specifically on American slavery who'd like to co-write a piece on this, fast and angrily?
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Please share Petition for museum
www.change.org/p/defend-the...
www.change.org/p/defend-the...
Sign the Petition
Defend the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture
www.change.org
August 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Please share Petition for museum
www.change.org/p/defend-the...
www.change.org/p/defend-the...
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Some Texas Democratic women have torn up their permission slips and will now be hosting a “slumber party for Democracy” on the House floor.
August 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Some Texas Democratic women have torn up their permission slips and will now be hosting a “slumber party for Democracy” on the House floor.
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You know who would also call it “extortion”, NYT? A real newspaper.
August 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
You know who would also call it “extortion”, NYT? A real newspaper.
youtube.com/watch?v=tXqr.... The best argument to the quip
“we aren’t a democracy we are constitutional republic” I have yet heard.
“we aren’t a democracy we are constitutional republic” I have yet heard.
On the Absurdity of “We are not a Democracy, We’re a Constitutional Republic”
YouTube video by Robert Arnold
youtube.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=tXqr.... The best argument to the quip
“we aren’t a democracy we are constitutional republic” I have yet heard.
“we aren’t a democracy we are constitutional republic” I have yet heard.
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Please take a moment to listen and share
It doesn't matter if YOU ARE A UNITED STATES CITIZENS
Doesn't matter what you look like
PLEASE CARRY YOUR IDENTIFICATION ON YOU ALWAYS
Please be careful especially at night
GESTAPO ICE on RAMPAGE
It doesn't matter if YOU ARE A UNITED STATES CITIZENS
Doesn't matter what you look like
PLEASE CARRY YOUR IDENTIFICATION ON YOU ALWAYS
Please be careful especially at night
GESTAPO ICE on RAMPAGE
July 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Please take a moment to listen and share
It doesn't matter if YOU ARE A UNITED STATES CITIZENS
Doesn't matter what you look like
PLEASE CARRY YOUR IDENTIFICATION ON YOU ALWAYS
Please be careful especially at night
GESTAPO ICE on RAMPAGE
It doesn't matter if YOU ARE A UNITED STATES CITIZENS
Doesn't matter what you look like
PLEASE CARRY YOUR IDENTIFICATION ON YOU ALWAYS
Please be careful especially at night
GESTAPO ICE on RAMPAGE
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249th Independence Day, July 4, 2025
🙃 “a REPUBLIC, if you can KEEP IT” 🙃
🙃 “a REPUBLIC, if you can KEEP IT” 🙃
July 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
249th Independence Day, July 4, 2025
🙃 “a REPUBLIC, if you can KEEP IT” 🙃
🙃 “a REPUBLIC, if you can KEEP IT” 🙃
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WE WILL NEVER SERVE A KING
THAT'S WHAT INDEPENDENCE DAY MEANS !!
THAT'S WHAT INDEPENDENCE DAY MEANS !!
July 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
WE WILL NEVER SERVE A KING
THAT'S WHAT INDEPENDENCE DAY MEANS !!
THAT'S WHAT INDEPENDENCE DAY MEANS !!
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the times is really just so thoroughly compromised
July 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
the times is really just so thoroughly compromised
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America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
July 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
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"So there's an another, maybe better way to tell the story, one in which immigrants are not only vital to our economy but enrich and renew our society. "
#Reading
#Reading
Wrote a thing: ...at the heart of it is another Trumpian Big Lie, that immigrants are a burden and menace. We need to fight the false story with a true one: this country needs its immigrants and they are a blessing and an enrichment of what this country is and in many ways its heart and soul.
Immigrants: A Love Letter
It has never been easy to be an immigrant to the United States – for most economic, linguistic, and cultural barriers make life here a struggle, even if they were escaping a worse life elsewhere. The ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
July 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"So there's an another, maybe better way to tell the story, one in which immigrants are not only vital to our economy but enrich and renew our society. "
#Reading
#Reading
Lisa Murkowski (202)-224-6665
Susan Collins
(202)-224-2523
Call them and tell them to vote no on the big cruel bill. We need to flood them with calls.
Susan Collins
(202)-224-2523
Call them and tell them to vote no on the big cruel bill. We need to flood them with calls.
June 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Lisa Murkowski (202)-224-6665
Susan Collins
(202)-224-2523
Call them and tell them to vote no on the big cruel bill. We need to flood them with calls.
Susan Collins
(202)-224-2523
Call them and tell them to vote no on the big cruel bill. We need to flood them with calls.
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CBO cost estimate of the Senate GOP bill is out! But this is the version where they pretend $3.76 trillion of tax cuts are actually free.
When you account for that CBO estimates that their bill will increase deficits by $3.3 trillion over the decade, much more expensive than the House.
When you account for that CBO estimates that their bill will increase deficits by $3.3 trillion over the decade, much more expensive than the House.
Estimated Budgetary Effects of an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Relative to the Budget Enforcement Baseline for Consideration in the Senate
As posted on the website of the Senate Committee on the Budget on June 27, 2025
www.cbo.gov
June 29, 2025 at 3:48 AM
CBO cost estimate of the Senate GOP bill is out! But this is the version where they pretend $3.76 trillion of tax cuts are actually free.
When you account for that CBO estimates that their bill will increase deficits by $3.3 trillion over the decade, much more expensive than the House.
When you account for that CBO estimates that their bill will increase deficits by $3.3 trillion over the decade, much more expensive than the House.
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They do this cause they know the bill is terrible for their states & districts. So they post a tweet opposing it, then fold right after. That way, come election time, they can claim they “fought it.”
99% of the time, that fight was complete BS.
99% of the time, that fight was complete BS.
June 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
They do this cause they know the bill is terrible for their states & districts. So they post a tweet opposing it, then fold right after. That way, come election time, they can claim they “fought it.”
99% of the time, that fight was complete BS.
99% of the time, that fight was complete BS.