Brooks
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Neurodivergent science & nature geek, civil libertarian, sci-fi & fantasy aficionado.
Mostly harmless.
Mostly harmless.
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Diary of Anne Frank, 1943
April 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Diary of Anne Frank, 1943
As I read it, we're now comfortably ensconced at (3) and within shooting distance of (4)
March 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
As I read it, we're now comfortably ensconced at (3) and within shooting distance of (4)
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Us House Dem Candidates for Special Election April 1 2025 #DemCandidates
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If they win, Dems would take back the majority in the house.
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If they win, Dems would take back the majority in the house.
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March 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Our Semi-Authoritarian State
Are we a democracy or a dictatorship? No one knows.
open.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
All 10 surrender monkeys in the Senate, giving up ahead of time. What good are y'all, anyway?
#SurrenderCaucus #ObeyinginAdvance #CapitulationistheirJob
#SurrenderCaucus #ObeyinginAdvance #CapitulationistheirJob
March 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All 10 surrender monkeys in the Senate, giving up ahead of time. What good are y'all, anyway?
#SurrenderCaucus #ObeyinginAdvance #CapitulationistheirJob
#SurrenderCaucus #ObeyinginAdvance #CapitulationistheirJob
Leadership? Nuh uh! ('We'll happily be the minority party of the ash heap, just keep us around without having any expectations of us.') Gods forbid they earn their keep!
The only real leverage the Dems might have had for the foreseeable future, and Schumer does a Schumer.
The only real leverage the Dems might have had for the foreseeable future, and Schumer does a Schumer.
Chuck Schumer says he won't block Republican funding bill amid Democratic divisions over shutdown strategy
Schumer relented one day after vowing that Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a government shutdown would be a worse option.
www.nbcnews.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Leadership? Nuh uh! ('We'll happily be the minority party of the ash heap, just keep us around without having any expectations of us.') Gods forbid they earn their keep!
The only real leverage the Dems might have had for the foreseeable future, and Schumer does a Schumer.
The only real leverage the Dems might have had for the foreseeable future, and Schumer does a Schumer.
This isn't normal, let's stop treating it that way
Three things the Democrats can do right now
We're in dire times. The opposition party should start acting like it.
radleybalko.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This isn't normal, let's stop treating it that way
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/do...
Don't cut NPR and PBS funding!
Millions of Americans rely on public media for their news and educational programming. In many rural areas in our country, public broadcasting is their main avenue for receiving news, emergency ...
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March 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Why the appeal?
A decent explainer.
A decent explainer.
The Mass Psychology of Trumpism
YouTube video by New Lines Magazine
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March 8, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Why the appeal?
A decent explainer.
A decent explainer.
A lot of Russian sympathizers point to a so-called 'US-backed coup' that turned an independent Ukraine against Russia in 2014. Here's the real story.
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-reall...
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-reall...
What Really Happened in Ukraine in 2014—and Since Then
A close look at the lies and distortions from Russia apologists and propagandists about the roots of the Ukraine war.
www.thebulwark.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
A lot of Russian sympathizers point to a so-called 'US-backed coup' that turned an independent Ukraine against Russia in 2014. Here's the real story.
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-reall...
www.thebulwark.com/p/what-reall...
I'm really trying not to frighten myself to death, but I also want to try to understand this moment we're in and where it could take us next
What in the Joseph Goebbels F*ck is Happening on Facebook?
The in-group is being signalled to
jamesfell.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I'm really trying not to frighten myself to death, but I also want to try to understand this moment we're in and where it could take us next
How regular people get sucked in to MAGA, with Joe Rogan as example
OMG: Watch Joe Rogan Realize HE WAS COMPLETELY LIED TO!
YouTube video by Luke Beasley
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February 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
How regular people get sucked in to MAGA, with Joe Rogan as example
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None of Trump's other nominees "impulse-lied to senators’ faces while under oath in a confirmation hearing, as if they were a troublemaking toddler telling their parents they didn’t drop the cake, hoping no one noticed their face was covered in icing."
Fool Me Twice, I’ll Make You FBI Director
Plus: Going along to get along in a time of democratic decline.
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February 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
None of Trump's other nominees "impulse-lied to senators’ faces while under oath in a confirmation hearing, as if they were a troublemaking toddler telling their parents they didn’t drop the cake, hoping no one noticed their face was covered in icing."
