Brian Westley Johnson
@bwestleyj.bsky.social
Purpose & Mission Driven. Husband. Father. Storyteller.
Inspiring people to live their best life today & pay it forward. Founder/CEO, http://Soulivity.com
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Inspiring people to live their best life today & pay it forward. Founder/CEO, http://Soulivity.com
https://linktr.ee/soulivity
FACTS about Andrew Jackson / a mini-🧵:
1. He strongly supported—and profited from—slavery: During his lifetime (1767-1845), Jackson went from poverty to wealth because he personally embraced the institution of slavery.
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1. He strongly supported—and profited from—slavery: During his lifetime (1767-1845), Jackson went from poverty to wealth because he personally embraced the institution of slavery.
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J. D. Vance has cited Andrew Jackson to justify the idea that a president can disobey the federal judiciary’s rulings. The historical record says no such thing.
Vance is either an ignoramus or a liar. I opt for both views of our deceitful Vice President.
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Vance is either an ignoramus or a liar. I opt for both views of our deceitful Vice President.
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Vance’s Junk History | Sean Wilentz
When Donald Trump and his followers go in search of historical forerunners to justify their regime, they turn with striking regularity to the presidency
www.nybooks.com
April 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
FACTS about Andrew Jackson / a mini-🧵:
1. He strongly supported—and profited from—slavery: During his lifetime (1767-1845), Jackson went from poverty to wealth because he personally embraced the institution of slavery.
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1. He strongly supported—and profited from—slavery: During his lifetime (1767-1845), Jackson went from poverty to wealth because he personally embraced the institution of slavery.
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Reposted by Brian Westley Johnson
Predominantly Black churches are supporting the effort to preserve the Smithsonian African American history museum after President Trump's order alleging Smithsonian exhibits had disparaged the nation’s history via a “divisive, race-centered ideology.”
Black churches back embattled Smithsonian African American history museum after Trump’s order
The museum tells the history of slavery and segregation, while also highlighting the determination and successes of Black America through history.
nbcnews.to
April 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Predominantly Black churches are supporting the effort to preserve the Smithsonian African American history museum after President Trump's order alleging Smithsonian exhibits had disparaged the nation’s history via a “divisive, race-centered ideology.”
Words to LIVE (not survive) by...
April 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Words to LIVE (not survive) by...
This is all bluster: 38% of the total population of Speaker Johnson's district are enrolled in Medicaid.
Also FYI: the mother of Johnson’s chief of staff is CEO of a rural hospital in the district, which relies on Medicaid patients for revenue.
Also FYI: the mother of Johnson’s chief of staff is CEO of a rural hospital in the district, which relies on Medicaid patients for revenue.
Mike Johnson on Medicaid: "What we've talked about is returning work requirements ... you return the dignity of work to young men who need to be out working instead of playing video games all day. We have a lot of fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicaid."
April 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is all bluster: 38% of the total population of Speaker Johnson's district are enrolled in Medicaid.
Also FYI: the mother of Johnson’s chief of staff is CEO of a rural hospital in the district, which relies on Medicaid patients for revenue.
Also FYI: the mother of Johnson’s chief of staff is CEO of a rural hospital in the district, which relies on Medicaid patients for revenue.
While this is a victory for Congressional GOP, ALL of them know it is a hollow one. They want to cut 21% of the federal budget.
71% is Social Security, defense, and Medicare, along with interest on debt.
That leaves 28% to cut, if you take out law enforcement.
There is NO CONSENUS PATH.
71% is Social Security, defense, and Medicare, along with interest on debt.
That leaves 28% to cut, if you take out law enforcement.
There is NO CONSENUS PATH.
April 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
While this is a victory for Congressional GOP, ALL of them know it is a hollow one. They want to cut 21% of the federal budget.
71% is Social Security, defense, and Medicare, along with interest on debt.
That leaves 28% to cut, if you take out law enforcement.
There is NO CONSENUS PATH.
71% is Social Security, defense, and Medicare, along with interest on debt.
That leaves 28% to cut, if you take out law enforcement.
There is NO CONSENUS PATH.
FACT: Under the Biden presidency, more than 800,000 manufacturing jobs have been added to the economy.
BARTIROMO: Increasingly people are expecting we're heading for a recession. I spoke with a CEO over the wknd, he said we're already in one. So how do you deal with that?
BESSENT: What the CEO may have alluded to is that the manufacturing sector under the previous administration was in a recession.
BESSENT: What the CEO may have alluded to is that the manufacturing sector under the previous administration was in a recession.
April 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
FACT: Under the Biden presidency, more than 800,000 manufacturing jobs have been added to the economy.
HINT: This. Will. Never. Happen.
(he's lying)
(he's lying)
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
HINT: This. Will. Never. Happen.
(he's lying)
(he's lying)
Imagine:
Wks ago, the Democrats hold firm and let the Gvnt shutdown.
While it is STILL SHUT DOWN, Trump moves forward with Tariffs he enacted over the last 2 days.
Imagine the world we'd be in and tell me if Schumer wasn't right, because as hard as it is for me...I think he got it right.
Wks ago, the Democrats hold firm and let the Gvnt shutdown.
While it is STILL SHUT DOWN, Trump moves forward with Tariffs he enacted over the last 2 days.
Imagine the world we'd be in and tell me if Schumer wasn't right, because as hard as it is for me...I think he got it right.
April 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Imagine:
Wks ago, the Democrats hold firm and let the Gvnt shutdown.
While it is STILL SHUT DOWN, Trump moves forward with Tariffs he enacted over the last 2 days.
Imagine the world we'd be in and tell me if Schumer wasn't right, because as hard as it is for me...I think he got it right.
Wks ago, the Democrats hold firm and let the Gvnt shutdown.
While it is STILL SHUT DOWN, Trump moves forward with Tariffs he enacted over the last 2 days.
Imagine the world we'd be in and tell me if Schumer wasn't right, because as hard as it is for me...I think he got it right.
ALL: It can take anywhere from 2 to 5 years (or even longer) t build a manufacturing factory, from start to operational. Why would company's do this, when they could just WAIT until a new administration comes in and changes the tariff policy?
April 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
ALL: It can take anywhere from 2 to 5 years (or even longer) t build a manufacturing factory, from start to operational. Why would company's do this, when they could just WAIT until a new administration comes in and changes the tariff policy?
ALARM Here! Federal employees typically receive unlimited cellular plans for data. It it more secure. Plus, why would you be using your personal device at work, on the work network? That is typically not allowed....there are even regulations AGAINST doing it.
So, read below: IT IS A TRAP!
So, read below: IT IS A TRAP!
April 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
ALARM Here! Federal employees typically receive unlimited cellular plans for data. It it more secure. Plus, why would you be using your personal device at work, on the work network? That is typically not allowed....there are even regulations AGAINST doing it.
So, read below: IT IS A TRAP!
So, read below: IT IS A TRAP!
If Homan was arrested for a crime, he would be HOLLERING FROM THE ROOFTOPS for due process....
just sayin.
just sayin.
KARL: Do they have any due process at all?
HOMAN: Due process -- what was Laken Riley's due process?
(That's a "no")
HOMAN: Due process -- what was Laken Riley's due process?
(That's a "no")
March 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If Homan was arrested for a crime, he would be HOLLERING FROM THE ROOFTOPS for due process....
just sayin.
just sayin.
You can't make this stuff up, folks.
Yet Elon said this about his Cybertruck: "...it is an amazing product....(but) there will be enormous challenges in reaching volume production with the Cybertruck..."
No s--t!
Yet Elon said this about his Cybertruck: "...it is an amazing product....(but) there will be enormous challenges in reaching volume production with the Cybertruck..."
No s--t!
Tesla is recalling nearly all Cybertrucks after it found that an exterior trim panel was falling off and creating hazardous driving conditions, the company said on Thursday. This is the eighth recall for the model.
Tesla Recalls Nearly All Cybertrucks Over Stainless Steel Panels Falling Off
The recall of about 46,000 vehicles includes all models that were manufactured from November 2023, when the Cybertruck was first produced, through February.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
You can't make this stuff up, folks.
Yet Elon said this about his Cybertruck: "...it is an amazing product....(but) there will be enormous challenges in reaching volume production with the Cybertruck..."
No s--t!
Yet Elon said this about his Cybertruck: "...it is an amazing product....(but) there will be enormous challenges in reaching volume production with the Cybertruck..."
No s--t!
Watch this speech Hageman made when she was running. You decide. Did you mention that she was support Trump and Musk's gutting of the Government, including the farm programs rural farmers depend on?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIXw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIXw...
March 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Watch this speech Hageman made when she was running. You decide. Did you mention that she was support Trump and Musk's gutting of the Government, including the farm programs rural farmers depend on?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIXw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIXw...
Ridiculous: in the same breathe, Leavitt says the judge needs to be impeached and removed; AND, that the judiciary is a CO-EQUAL branch of government...
Reporter to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:
"Do you think it's a good use of Congress' time and the president's political capital to try to impeach and remove a federal judge which would take 67 votes you're unlikely to get in the Senate?"
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"Do you think it's a good use of Congress' time and the president's political capital to try to impeach and remove a federal judge which would take 67 votes you're unlikely to get in the Senate?"
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March 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Ridiculous: in the same breathe, Leavitt says the judge needs to be impeached and removed; AND, that the judiciary is a CO-EQUAL branch of government...
So....they are TELLING THE COURT what its orders are subject to? Good luck with that.
REPORTER: Was it the president himself who directed the planes to stay in the air after the judge ordered them to turn back?
LEAVITT: All of the planes that were subject to the judge's written order took off before the order was submitted in court
LEAVITT: All of the planes that were subject to the judge's written order took off before the order was submitted in court
March 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
So....they are TELLING THE COURT what its orders are subject to? Good luck with that.
March 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
FYI: those aren't Democrats, people (they haven't won this seat in over 33 years). In fact, Baumgartner won this seat with 60% of the vote. So, he is in DANGER.
March 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
FYI: those aren't Democrats, people (they haven't won this seat in over 33 years). In fact, Baumgartner won this seat with 60% of the vote. So, he is in DANGER.
I know many, including me, feel the way that Sunny feels...HOWEVER, when I also look honestly at what the Sen is saying, he has very good points. The POTUS does have SWEEPING powers to prioritize what is/isn't essential during a government shutdown, including the courts' facilities.
"I think you caved. I don't think you showed the fight this party needs right now, because you're playing by a rulebook where the other party has thrown that rulebook away" -- here's the full clip of Sunny Hostin confronting Schumer today on The View
March 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I know many, including me, feel the way that Sunny feels...HOWEVER, when I also look honestly at what the Sen is saying, he has very good points. The POTUS does have SWEEPING powers to prioritize what is/isn't essential during a government shutdown, including the courts' facilities.
Those were not all criminals and thugs from Venezuela. You can't believe a word that comes out from the Trump Administration.
March 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Those were not all criminals and thugs from Venezuela. You can't believe a word that comes out from the Trump Administration.
Misinformation is powerful: $619M was spent this two months before the election on Google and Meta alone.
To give you an idea of what this means, if you make one click=$.01 in cost, you get 100M clicks per $1M spent.
This means, >61B(!) clicks were generated.
That's 117 clicks per person in US.
To give you an idea of what this means, if you make one click=$.01 in cost, you get 100M clicks per $1M spent.
This means, >61B(!) clicks were generated.
That's 117 clicks per person in US.
Immigrant neighborhoods, whether they’re white or Hispanic or Asian or African, you really see these absolutely massive shifts against Democrats. Trump won Corona in Queens. Immigrants go from a D+27 group in 2020 to a potentially R+1 group in 2024.”
www.vox.com/politics/403...
www.vox.com/politics/403...
This is why Kamala Harris really lost
Turnout among young people and immigrants was too high for the party’s own good, according to Democratic data analyst David Shor.
www.vox.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Misinformation is powerful: $619M was spent this two months before the election on Google and Meta alone.
To give you an idea of what this means, if you make one click=$.01 in cost, you get 100M clicks per $1M spent.
This means, >61B(!) clicks were generated.
That's 117 clicks per person in US.
To give you an idea of what this means, if you make one click=$.01 in cost, you get 100M clicks per $1M spent.
This means, >61B(!) clicks were generated.
That's 117 clicks per person in US.
This is a BIG problem:
TIKTOK: 20% of the videos returned contained misinformation.
FACEBOOK: 15% of frequent social media news-sharers were behind up to 40% of the fake news circulating.
TWITTER: false news being 70% more likely to be retweeted.
So, OF COURSE, young folks voted more to the right.
TIKTOK: 20% of the videos returned contained misinformation.
FACEBOOK: 15% of frequent social media news-sharers were behind up to 40% of the fake news circulating.
TWITTER: false news being 70% more likely to be retweeted.
So, OF COURSE, young folks voted more to the right.
March 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This is a BIG problem:
TIKTOK: 20% of the videos returned contained misinformation.
FACEBOOK: 15% of frequent social media news-sharers were behind up to 40% of the fake news circulating.
TWITTER: false news being 70% more likely to be retweeted.
So, OF COURSE, young folks voted more to the right.
TIKTOK: 20% of the videos returned contained misinformation.
FACEBOOK: 15% of frequent social media news-sharers were behind up to 40% of the fake news circulating.
TWITTER: false news being 70% more likely to be retweeted.
So, OF COURSE, young folks voted more to the right.
Bessent is a HEDGE FUND MANAGER. He did it for George Soros. Soros invested $1B in Bessent's fund, when he went out on his own.
He knows full well that this ain't normal. He is plain lying to the American people.
He knows full well that this ain't normal. He is plain lying to the American people.
WELKER: Worst week for the market in two years -- does that worry you, Mr Secretary?
BESSENT: Not at all. I can tell you corrections are healthy. They're normal.
BESSENT: Not at all. I can tell you corrections are healthy. They're normal.
March 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Bessent is a HEDGE FUND MANAGER. He did it for George Soros. Soros invested $1B in Bessent's fund, when he went out on his own.
He knows full well that this ain't normal. He is plain lying to the American people.
He knows full well that this ain't normal. He is plain lying to the American people.
I can't, yall...I simply can't.
"Elon Musk’s Tesla has been forced to halt sales of its electric Cybertruck pickup amid mounting concern about metal panels falling off the supposedly indestructible vehicles."
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Musk forced to halt Cybertruck deliveries as parts fall off
Latest development adds to a litany of build-quality issues with the electric pickup
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I can't, yall...I simply can't.
Here we go. Which patriots will stand up and fight against this injustice WITHIN the administration?
“ #Trump admin has transferred 100s of immigrants to El Salvador even as a fed judge issued order temp barring deportations under 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members, officials said Sunday. Flights were in the air at the time of the ruling”
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump administration deports hundreds of migrants even as judge orders that removals be stopped
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration ta...
apnews.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Here we go. Which patriots will stand up and fight against this injustice WITHIN the administration?
If one thing is clear, like Putin, Trump cannot be trusted.
1. A few hours after posting yesterday’s edition of the Editorial Board, in which I said the Senate Democrats should not cave to the demands of blackmail, Chuck Schumer took to the floor and said that he, as one of his party’s leading figures, would cave to the demands of blackmail.
The Democrats can’t save a government that Trump is already shutting down
All they can do is choose whether to be a party to evil.
www.editorialboard.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If one thing is clear, like Putin, Trump cannot be trusted.