Eric Brownfield
@browniepoints21.bsky.social
Husband to a beautiful woman, Father to a spoiled dog (RIP Maggie), Uncle, Teacher, Coach, and thankful for God’s Grace above all. Sphere100 Fellow
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It’s really hard to accept so much coming from high government officials that could have been written by a 14 year old. Just absurd. Yet, dangerous in its absurdity.
I don’t know if there’s any coming back. We are governed by the very worst.
I don’t know if there’s any coming back. We are governed by the very worst.
🚨🚨 Deranged letter from Education Secretary Linda McMahon to Harvard’s president, cutting off federal funding for any new grants.
Worth reading in full. It is NUTS.
Worth reading in full. It is NUTS.
May 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It’s really hard to accept so much coming from high government officials that could have been written by a 14 year old. Just absurd. Yet, dangerous in its absurdity.
I don’t know if there’s any coming back. We are governed by the very worst.
I don’t know if there’s any coming back. We are governed by the very worst.
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Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
February 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
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The thing about a criminal president pardoning over a thousand criminals for criming on the criminal president's behalf is that future potential criminals understand the promise clear as day
January 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The thing about a criminal president pardoning over a thousand criminals for criming on the criminal president's behalf is that future potential criminals understand the promise clear as day
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Surrender is not an option.
“However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.” Stanley Kubrick
January 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Surrender is not an option.
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It's important to remember today: You are not the crazy ones.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/todays-a-g...
charliesykes.substack.com/p/todays-a-g...
January 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It's important to remember today: You are not the crazy ones.
charliesykes.substack.com/p/todays-a-g...
charliesykes.substack.com/p/todays-a-g...
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“It was as though God was keeping a sardonic eye on the calendar. That Jimmy Carter, America’s most moralistic president, received his state funeral days before the notably contrasting Donald Trump returns to office seemed almost divinely arranged.” My take. www.ft.com/content/be38...
America bids farewell to Carter — and remembers an era before Trump
Washington commemorates statesman with political virtues many fear are now in short supply
www.ft.com
January 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“It was as though God was keeping a sardonic eye on the calendar. That Jimmy Carter, America’s most moralistic president, received his state funeral days before the notably contrasting Donald Trump returns to office seemed almost divinely arranged.” My take. www.ft.com/content/be38...
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So today is a good moment to pause and remind yourselves: You are not the crazy ones for remembering what actually happened. And it is up to us to keep the historical record intact.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
The Enduring Shame of January 6
A Day of Infamy that was just the beginning...
open.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So today is a good moment to pause and remind yourselves: You are not the crazy ones for remembering what actually happened. And it is up to us to keep the historical record intact.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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Democracy versus fascism.
The contrast could not be more stunning.
The contrast could not be more stunning.
January 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Democracy versus fascism.
The contrast could not be more stunning.
The contrast could not be more stunning.
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I want these words to be emblazoned on the wall that greets every visitor to the Trump Presidential Library and Museum.
January 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I want these words to be emblazoned on the wall that greets every visitor to the Trump Presidential Library and Museum.
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Buying another book even though the four I bought last week are still sitting untouched. It’s called self-care, look it up.
January 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Buying another book even though the four I bought last week are still sitting untouched. It’s called self-care, look it up.
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A "hard reset" means lining people like me and you against the wall and shooting us. I have no illusions about that.
The Vegas bomber called for a "hard reset" 👀 Anyone who studies Terrorgram will recognize "hard reset" as an accelerationist phrase popular among neo-fascists
This set of highly relevant facts will get no traction at all.
January 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A "hard reset" means lining people like me and you against the wall and shooting us. I have no illusions about that.
I yelled and yelled in the hours and days after this to impeach and convict him to save us from ourselves. Even most of his fervent followers sheepishly tucked their faces away in knowing guilt as if they were a dog who got in the trash while you were gone to the store. God help us all.
The fact that it wasn’t will forever be America’s shame.
January 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I yelled and yelled in the hours and days after this to impeach and convict him to save us from ourselves. Even most of his fervent followers sheepishly tucked their faces away in knowing guilt as if they were a dog who got in the trash while you were gone to the store. God help us all.
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If you want to understand the last decade, go back and read @chrislhayes.bsky.social first book, Twilight of the Elites.
I suspect his new one, on attention, will be as indispensable for understanding the present and what’s to come.
He really is one of the great thinkers of our time.
I suspect his new one, on attention, will be as indispensable for understanding the present and what’s to come.
He really is one of the great thinkers of our time.
I wrote an essay about our bottomless thirst for diversion and how avoiding boredom is the engine of modern life. It’s based on the research I did for my book.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/o...
Opinion | Chris Hayes: I Want Your Attention. I Need Your Attention. Here is How I Mastered My Own.
The problem we face is existential and spiritual, not situational.
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
If you want to understand the last decade, go back and read @chrislhayes.bsky.social first book, Twilight of the Elites.
I suspect his new one, on attention, will be as indispensable for understanding the present and what’s to come.
He really is one of the great thinkers of our time.
I suspect his new one, on attention, will be as indispensable for understanding the present and what’s to come.
He really is one of the great thinkers of our time.
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Always remember January 6.
Always fight for democracy, peace, and equality for all.
Always fight for civility, decency, and the rule of law.
Always fight for democracy, peace, and equality for all.
Always fight for civility, decency, and the rule of law.
January 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Always remember January 6.
Always fight for democracy, peace, and equality for all.
Always fight for civility, decency, and the rule of law.
Always fight for democracy, peace, and equality for all.
Always fight for civility, decency, and the rule of law.
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It never fails to amaze me how someone can go from critic to fully drinking the Kool Aid, like Mr. Ferguson here.
It’s as if folks are being turned into zombies, Trump zombies, one by one.
It’s as if folks are being turned into zombies, Trump zombies, one by one.
I’m sorry but Niall hasn’t been a critic of Trump in a very, very long time.
The historian was once a critic of the president-elect, but now says he is glad that Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris — and has already visited him at Mar-a-Lago www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
January 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It never fails to amaze me how someone can go from critic to fully drinking the Kool Aid, like Mr. Ferguson here.
It’s as if folks are being turned into zombies, Trump zombies, one by one.
It’s as if folks are being turned into zombies, Trump zombies, one by one.
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I’m sorry but Niall hasn’t been a critic of Trump in a very, very long time.
The historian was once a critic of the president-elect, but now says he is glad that Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris — and has already visited him at Mar-a-Lago www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Niall Ferguson: I was wrong to call Donald Trump a would-be tyrant
The historian was once a critic of the president-elect, but now says he is glad that Donald Trump beat Kamala Harris — and has already visited him at Mar-a-Lago
www.thetimes.com
January 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I’m sorry but Niall hasn’t been a critic of Trump in a very, very long time.
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A book is brand new every time someone reads it for the first time. There's no such thing as coming late to any story.
January 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
A book is brand new every time someone reads it for the first time. There's no such thing as coming late to any story.
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There are a lot of our brothers and sisters out there who are in pain. Let's keep this in mind before we judge too harshly.
A gift article to read.
Soldier Who Blew Up Tesla Had PTSD, Said U.S. Headed for ‘Collapse,’ Police Say www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/u...
A gift article to read.
Soldier Who Blew Up Tesla Had PTSD, Said U.S. Headed for ‘Collapse,’ Police Say www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/u...
Soldier Who Blew Up Cybertruck in Las Vegas Wrote U.S. Is Headed for ‘Collapse,’ Police Say (Gift Article)
The police shared notes recovered from one of the phones of Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger, who fatally shot himself inside the vehicle in Las Vegas.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
There are a lot of our brothers and sisters out there who are in pain. Let's keep this in mind before we judge too harshly.
A gift article to read.
Soldier Who Blew Up Tesla Had PTSD, Said U.S. Headed for ‘Collapse,’ Police Say www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/u...
A gift article to read.
Soldier Who Blew Up Tesla Had PTSD, Said U.S. Headed for ‘Collapse,’ Police Say www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/u...
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There IS a manhood crisis in the United States, but it's not about testosterone. It's about honor.
January 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
There IS a manhood crisis in the United States, but it's not about testosterone. It's about honor.
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Remember the hobbit!
December 26, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Remember the hobbit!
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Yeats, “The Second Coming” poetically defined Trump’s first term for many of us.
It feels like we are well beyond that now. It isn’t coming, it’s here.
Dylan Thomas perhaps more appropriate for this second term?
“Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
It feels like we are well beyond that now. It isn’t coming, it’s here.
Dylan Thomas perhaps more appropriate for this second term?
“Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
December 26, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Yeats, “The Second Coming” poetically defined Trump’s first term for many of us.
It feels like we are well beyond that now. It isn’t coming, it’s here.
Dylan Thomas perhaps more appropriate for this second term?
“Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
It feels like we are well beyond that now. It isn’t coming, it’s here.
Dylan Thomas perhaps more appropriate for this second term?
“Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
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This.
Elon is just saying what every other Republican employer is about to say in 2025 - deport everyone else’s employees, but not mine because I really need them.
December 26, 2024 at 9:53 PM
This.
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As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚
November 28, 2024 at 11:10 AM
As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚