Brian Strasert
@brianstrasert.bsky.social
Socialist. Mutual aid advocate. Environmental Engineer. Mostly post about politics. (he/any)
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It's incredibly weird that folks have convinced themselves that the Covid vaccines - which had an ~82^% take up rate - were unpopular.
Wow. New NBC poll finds 78% support vaccines, including 72% of independents and 67% of Republicans.
As I keep trying to argue, Democrats should polarize the shit out of the vaccine/public health debate. Make people take sides. It will split Republicans and MAGA.
See this:
As I keep trying to argue, Democrats should polarize the shit out of the vaccine/public health debate. Make people take sides. It will split Republicans and MAGA.
See this:
Trump/RFK are decapitating our public health system, a pillar of American greatness. So Dem Govs should scour every corner of the law for creative new ways to defend their people from this madness.
Dems should polarize this debate to the max.
Thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Dems should polarize this debate to the max.
Thoughts on this here:
newrepublic.com/article/1998...
September 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It's incredibly weird that folks have convinced themselves that the Covid vaccines - which had an ~82^% take up rate - were unpopular.
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Perceptions of the popularity of anything Trump does are extremely warped among the chattering classes. A lot of people seem to have convinced themselves that deploying troops to American cities is hugely popular. It has like 58% disapproval!
It's incredibly weird that folks have convinced themselves that the Covid vaccines - which had an ~82^% take up rate - were unpopular.
Wow. New NBC poll finds 78% support vaccines, including 72% of independents and 67% of Republicans.
As I keep trying to argue, Democrats should polarize the shit out of the vaccine/public health debate. Make people take sides. It will split Republicans and MAGA.
See this:
As I keep trying to argue, Democrats should polarize the shit out of the vaccine/public health debate. Make people take sides. It will split Republicans and MAGA.
See this:
September 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Perceptions of the popularity of anything Trump does are extremely warped among the chattering classes. A lot of people seem to have convinced themselves that deploying troops to American cities is hugely popular. It has like 58% disapproval!
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Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
September 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago
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Ah, this was Yamiche Alcindor — a Black woman of Haitian heritage? I’d been wondering and should have guessed, because Trump’s hatreds are as predictable as the sunrise.
Trump tells a reporter who asks him about going to war with American cities to “be quiet” and “listen”
September 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Ah, this was Yamiche Alcindor — a Black woman of Haitian heritage? I’d been wondering and should have guessed, because Trump’s hatreds are as predictable as the sunrise.
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He literally has no experience in public health
Stephen Miller: Secretary Kennedy, one of the world's foremost experts on public health, is working hard to restore the credibility of the CDC as a scientific organization committed to the scientific method
August 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
He literally has no experience in public health
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People are often surprised to learn that Lee was an officer who never made it past colonel. The purported promotion to general was awarded by a treasonous cabal calling itself the "confederate states of america" which was put down by force by the Union army, which also had superior generals.
The Pentagon is restoring a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, which includes a slave guiding the Confederate general’s horse in the background, to the West Point library three years after a congressionally mandated commission ordered it removed, officials said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
Pentagon Is Reinstalling Portrait of Confederate General at West Point Library
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
People are often surprised to learn that Lee was an officer who never made it past colonel. The purported promotion to general was awarded by a treasonous cabal calling itself the "confederate states of america" which was put down by force by the Union army, which also had superior generals.
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Exactly!
Lee was a traitor. Full stop. His (largely imaginary) reputation was created by Jim Crow segregationists long after his death.
Lee was a traitor. Full stop. His (largely imaginary) reputation was created by Jim Crow segregationists long after his death.
People are often surprised to learn that Lee was an officer who never made it past colonel. The purported promotion to general was awarded by a treasonous cabal calling itself the "confederate states of america" which was put down by force by the Union army, which also had superior generals.
The Pentagon is restoring a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, which includes a slave guiding the Confederate general’s horse in the background, to the West Point library three years after a congressionally mandated commission ordered it removed, officials said.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
August 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Exactly!
Lee was a traitor. Full stop. His (largely imaginary) reputation was created by Jim Crow segregationists long after his death.
Lee was a traitor. Full stop. His (largely imaginary) reputation was created by Jim Crow segregationists long after his death.
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"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
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The president of the United States, wearing a novelty hat that says he’s always right and sitting next to the World Cup trophy he stole, insists that “African American ladies, beautiful ladies” are demanding he invade Chicago with the military.
Trump: After we do this, we will go to another location and make it safe too. Chicago is a mess. That will probably be our next one after this. They are screaming for us to come. African American ladies, beautiful ladies are saying "Please President Trump, come to Chicago, please."
August 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The president of the United States, wearing a novelty hat that says he’s always right and sitting next to the World Cup trophy he stole, insists that “African American ladies, beautiful ladies” are demanding he invade Chicago with the military.
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Genuine lol at the NYT referring to “bribing a reporter” as “a bold departure from political norms.” A complete and total allergy to calling bad things bad (provided it’s not anyone that can be cast as progressive doing the things)
August 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Genuine lol at the NYT referring to “bribing a reporter” as “a bold departure from political norms.” A complete and total allergy to calling bad things bad (provided it’s not anyone that can be cast as progressive doing the things)
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It could be that Trump is just cringingly openly desperate for Putin to like and admire him and it makes him servile and obsequious.
Liberals overthink kompromat. What does Putin have on Trump? It's probably little more than this: do what I say or I will tell everyone I beat Hillary Clinton for you. It wouldn't need to be true, though it is true, for that to crush Trump.
August 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It could be that Trump is just cringingly openly desperate for Putin to like and admire him and it makes him servile and obsequious.
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The road to hell is paved with people saying "That's not realistic."
August 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The road to hell is paved with people saying "That's not realistic."
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I want to congratulate leading Democrats’ for their insistence on saying the takeover of DC is a “stunt” or a “distraction.”
It’s a rare trifecta of intellectual failure, political stupidity, and moral obtuseness.
It’s a rare trifecta of intellectual failure, political stupidity, and moral obtuseness.
August 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I want to congratulate leading Democrats’ for their insistence on saying the takeover of DC is a “stunt” or a “distraction.”
It’s a rare trifecta of intellectual failure, political stupidity, and moral obtuseness.
It’s a rare trifecta of intellectual failure, political stupidity, and moral obtuseness.
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“FBI reported that fully 43 cities in those 3 states had higher rates of violent crime in 2024 than did DC. More than 1.2 million live in those cities, including more than 900,000 in Ohio alone. Yet that state’s National Guard is being deployed to DC to protect the capital’s 700,000-odd residents”
Late last night I mapped crime rates for cities in OH, SC and WV to show how often they exceeded the rate in DC — where those states’ governors are sending National Guard troops to “combat crime.” www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
More people in Ohio need protection from violent crime than there are people in D.C.
Governors of three states — Ohio, South Carolina and West Virginia — are sending members of their state National Guards to D.C. to … well, theoretically to combat crime but, if the past week is any in...
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August 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“FBI reported that fully 43 cities in those 3 states had higher rates of violent crime in 2024 than did DC. More than 1.2 million live in those cities, including more than 900,000 in Ohio alone. Yet that state’s National Guard is being deployed to DC to protect the capital’s 700,000-odd residents”
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A man understandably refused to hand over his ID or get out of the car for a bunch of masked thugs who refused to identify themselves.
And when he drove away, they opened fire on him.
This isn’t how you do any sort of enforcement when your goal is to uphold the law. This is gangsterism.
And when he drove away, they opened fire on him.
This isn’t how you do any sort of enforcement when your goal is to uphold the law. This is gangsterism.
Immigration officers open fire during vehicle stop in San Bernardino
August 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A man understandably refused to hand over his ID or get out of the car for a bunch of masked thugs who refused to identify themselves.
And when he drove away, they opened fire on him.
This isn’t how you do any sort of enforcement when your goal is to uphold the law. This is gangsterism.
And when he drove away, they opened fire on him.
This isn’t how you do any sort of enforcement when your goal is to uphold the law. This is gangsterism.
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If pundits would like to talk about violence, a terrorist recently shot up the CDC and another assassinated Democratic officials in Minnesota but they sort of let both stories disappear
Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?
Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?
August 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If pundits would like to talk about violence, a terrorist recently shot up the CDC and another assassinated Democratic officials in Minnesota but they sort of let both stories disappear
Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?
Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?
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Probably goes without saying but if Cuomo had won the primary the Times would cover the race a handful of times between now and the debates, with lots of references to him being “the mayor in waiting” against Silwa’s “long odds.”
August 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Probably goes without saying but if Cuomo had won the primary the Times would cover the race a handful of times between now and the debates, with lots of references to him being “the mayor in waiting” against Silwa’s “long odds.”
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The adamant elite refusal to call bullshit is a big part of How We Got Here.
The prevailing cultural attitude for years is you must not, under any circumstances, treat anything as bad faith. You are obligated to find some reasonable idea and engage with that, even if you distort to get there.
The prevailing cultural attitude for years is you must not, under any circumstances, treat anything as bad faith. You are obligated to find some reasonable idea and engage with that, even if you distort to get there.
August 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The adamant elite refusal to call bullshit is a big part of How We Got Here.
The prevailing cultural attitude for years is you must not, under any circumstances, treat anything as bad faith. You are obligated to find some reasonable idea and engage with that, even if you distort to get there.
The prevailing cultural attitude for years is you must not, under any circumstances, treat anything as bad faith. You are obligated to find some reasonable idea and engage with that, even if you distort to get there.
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He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
DC Union Station tonight. Unreal.
August 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.
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Imagine you have a friend. Let’s call him Rick Reasonable.
Now imagine you have an enemy. Let’s call your enemy Bart B. Oilingwater.
Bart is a real piece of crap. Whenever he sees you, he throws boiling water at you.
www.the-reframe.com/boiling-water/
Now imagine you have an enemy. Let’s call your enemy Bart B. Oilingwater.
Bart is a real piece of crap. Whenever he sees you, he throws boiling water at you.
www.the-reframe.com/boiling-water/
Boiling Water
The corrosive damage cause by forcing people to defend their own lives by debating ideas that have already been defeated.
www.the-reframe.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Imagine you have a friend. Let’s call him Rick Reasonable.
Now imagine you have an enemy. Let’s call your enemy Bart B. Oilingwater.
Bart is a real piece of crap. Whenever he sees you, he throws boiling water at you.
www.the-reframe.com/boiling-water/
Now imagine you have an enemy. Let’s call your enemy Bart B. Oilingwater.
Bart is a real piece of crap. Whenever he sees you, he throws boiling water at you.
www.the-reframe.com/boiling-water/
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Musk signed a binding contract to purchase twitter for a price that wildly exceeded its plausible value. He could not lawfully back out of it without a counterparty consent that twitter’s fiduciaries could not lawfully give. It’s just how Delaware law works, whether or not I think it’s funny.
They egged it on! The left thought it was very funny to make Elon Musk do something he didn't want to do even though that thing was "take ownership of an influential social media platform"
Twitter has poisoned our entire society into fascism and the worst part is that ELON MUSK WAS LITERALLY TRYING TO BACK OUT OF BUYING IT AND DEMOCRATS COULDN’T LIFT A FINGER TO BLOCK THE SALE
July 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Musk signed a binding contract to purchase twitter for a price that wildly exceeded its plausible value. He could not lawfully back out of it without a counterparty consent that twitter’s fiduciaries could not lawfully give. It’s just how Delaware law works, whether or not I think it’s funny.
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We told you they were going to do project 2025 and it’s 2025 and they’re doing project 2025
July 31, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We told you they were going to do project 2025 and it’s 2025 and they’re doing project 2025
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Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
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trump is first and foremost a vehicle for delusional extremists — most of whom are total mediocrities — to impose their ideologies on the country, with vought as a paradigmatic example
TAPPER: 14 Republicans say you're risking undermining critical research by holding up NIH funding
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
VOUGHT: If they were a company, their stock price would in shambles. They in some respects caused the pandemic. You have an entire institute that does nothing more than DEI research at the NIH.
July 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
trump is first and foremost a vehicle for delusional extremists — most of whom are total mediocrities — to impose their ideologies on the country, with vought as a paradigmatic example