Brett Lorenzen
@brettlorenzen.bsky.social
JD, LLM. Jack-of-all-trades. My posts are my own.
"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.” – Edward Abbey
"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.” – Edward Abbey
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Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
Any idea why she's quitting then? Her statement isn't very coherent (big surprise), although it would make more sense as an explanation of just not running for re-election.
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
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Oh SHIT….good luck trying to unsee this! 🫣😮🤯
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Oh SHIT….good luck trying to unsee this! 🫣😮🤯
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A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
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If some involved in the raping of American children have any association with national security, those are EXACTLY who should be disclosed first.
Raping American children is not in the national interest of the United States regardless of what elites would like us to believe.
Raping American children is not in the national interest of the United States regardless of what elites would like us to believe.
Let me be clear, there is nothing about the Epstein case that can risk National Security. Trump has already flushed that. The name that will be withheld will be his, not for National Security sake but for his own security. #Corruption #ChildAbuse #Rape
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If some involved in the raping of American children have any association with national security, those are EXACTLY who should be disclosed first.
Raping American children is not in the national interest of the United States regardless of what elites would like us to believe.
Raping American children is not in the national interest of the United States regardless of what elites would like us to believe.
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I don’t know if a president vowing to send the military after has political opponents meets the legal threshold for treason, but it comes a hell of a lot closer than saying that if so ordered, the military should refuse.
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I don’t know if a president vowing to send the military after has political opponents meets the legal threshold for treason, but it comes a hell of a lot closer than saying that if so ordered, the military should refuse.
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mark kelly's wife was literally shot in the head bc of violent political rhetoric & now the president of the united states is calling for him to be executed.... but iTs tHe LeFt
Martha Blackburn defends Trump's call to arrest (and execute) Democratic elected officials
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
mark kelly's wife was literally shot in the head bc of violent political rhetoric & now the president of the united states is calling for him to be executed.... but iTs tHe LeFt
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Fox legal analyst responds to Trump’s unhinged and psychotic posts calling for Democratic senators and representatives to be executed for posting a video urging service members to obey their oath to the Constitution and follow the law in the UCMJ.
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Fox legal analyst responds to Trump’s unhinged and psychotic posts calling for Democratic senators and representatives to be executed for posting a video urging service members to obey their oath to the Constitution and follow the law in the UCMJ.
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BREAKING: Federal prosecutors have dismissed all charges against two Chicagoans, including a woman shot by federal agents, who were accused of ramming a vehicle driven by Border Patrol agents on Oct. 4, court records show.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
2 Chicagoans, Including Woman Shot by Federal Agents, Charged with Ramming Border Patrol Vehicle
Marimar Martinez, 30, and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, are facing felony charges of “forcibly assaulting, impeding, and interfering with a federal law enforcement officer,” federal prosecutors announc...
news.wttw.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors have dismissed all charges against two Chicagoans, including a woman shot by federal agents, who were accused of ramming a vehicle driven by Border Patrol agents on Oct. 4, court records show.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social: news.wttw.com/2025/10/05/2...
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Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
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Trump’s “healthcare” plan will bankrupt and kill millions of Americans.
We can eliminate the private insurance industry, and save $650B per year with Medicare for All — which would cover everyone, save families money, and include dental, vision, hearing, prescriptions and longterm care.
We can eliminate the private insurance industry, and save $650B per year with Medicare for All — which would cover everyone, save families money, and include dental, vision, hearing, prescriptions and longterm care.
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Trump’s “healthcare” plan will bankrupt and kill millions of Americans.
We can eliminate the private insurance industry, and save $650B per year with Medicare for All — which would cover everyone, save families money, and include dental, vision, hearing, prescriptions and longterm care.
We can eliminate the private insurance industry, and save $650B per year with Medicare for All — which would cover everyone, save families money, and include dental, vision, hearing, prescriptions and longterm care.
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If exposing the child rapists who palled around with Epstein endangers National Security, our National Security is in imminent danger by having child rapists who palled around with Epstein running it. Blackmail is a helluva motivation to keep child rapists like Trump doing what blackmailers want.
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
If exposing the child rapists who palled around with Epstein endangers National Security, our National Security is in imminent danger by having child rapists who palled around with Epstein running it. Blackmail is a helluva motivation to keep child rapists like Trump doing what blackmailers want.
Not one penny.
You make a risky investment, you take on the risk.
You make a risky investment, you take on the risk.
Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Not one penny.
You make a risky investment, you take on the risk.
You make a risky investment, you take on the risk.
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Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
At this point, it’ll take them three years just to deal with the threats he’s already issued.
They get more meaningless every day.
They get more meaningless every day.
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
At this point, it’ll take them three years just to deal with the threats he’s already issued.
They get more meaningless every day.
They get more meaningless every day.
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UPDATE: I'm going to sell the Labbits for charity. More info to come...
I found my old notes for Killing Pretty (Sandman Slim 7) while looking through my files this morning. Now, I just discovered a big bag of Frank Kozik Labbits. I'm not sure what to do with them, but I'll find the critters a proper home. Note the tiny halo on the angel Labbit.
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
UPDATE: I'm going to sell the Labbits for charity. More info to come...
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The Treasury Department has its own Epstein file containing thousands of bank records. My investigators reviewed a portion of those records last year. I've demanded the Secretary Bessent produce the file for further investigation. He has refused repeatedly.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The Treasury Department has its own Epstein file containing thousands of bank records. My investigators reviewed a portion of those records last year. I've demanded the Secretary Bessent produce the file for further investigation. He has refused repeatedly.
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Epstein files gonna be like, "Barack HUSSEIN Obama promised victim #4 a role on his television show the Apprentice in exchange for..."
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Epstein files gonna be like, "Barack HUSSEIN Obama promised victim #4 a role on his television show the Apprentice in exchange for..."
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One day we’ll look back on this as one of the stupidest things we’ve done.
California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds
‘Forever chemicals’ sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
One day we’ll look back on this as one of the stupidest things we’ve done.
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(NYTimes) Stating the obvious, but as the NYT states, Trump has all the approval he needs to release the Epstein papers, without Congress. He has done my things, some of which are illegal, without Congressional Approval. Makes me wonder: why dragging of the feet?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files, With or Without Congress
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 AM
(NYTimes) Stating the obvious, but as the NYT states, Trump has all the approval he needs to release the Epstein papers, without Congress. He has done my things, some of which are illegal, without Congressional Approval. Makes me wonder: why dragging of the feet?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
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Look, I know we're all sick of hearing "if this had happened with any other president ..." but it's absolutely true and absolutely can't be forgotten.
For some reason, this nation gives this idiotic spoiled brat a free pass from things that would destroy the administration of any other person.
For some reason, this nation gives this idiotic spoiled brat a free pass from things that would destroy the administration of any other person.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Look, I know we're all sick of hearing "if this had happened with any other president ..." but it's absolutely true and absolutely can't be forgotten.
For some reason, this nation gives this idiotic spoiled brat a free pass from things that would destroy the administration of any other person.
For some reason, this nation gives this idiotic spoiled brat a free pass from things that would destroy the administration of any other person.
Honestly, we need to stop giving this woman attention.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Honestly, we need to stop giving this woman attention.
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This comes hours, weeks and months after multiple business deals were announced between the Saudi global wealth fund and Trump Org worth several billion dollars. The Saudis are one of the Trump family’s biggest business partners.
November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This comes hours, weeks and months after multiple business deals were announced between the Saudi global wealth fund and Trump Org worth several billion dollars. The Saudis are one of the Trump family’s biggest business partners.
I wonder if we can make a “social media is the same thing as making speeches” argument?
November 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I wonder if we can make a “social media is the same thing as making speeches” argument?