Bobbie Brinegar
@capitalviews.bsky.social
“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. You are not obliged to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.”
Micah 6:8
Micah 6:8
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Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
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Blatant corruption on full display.
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Blatant corruption on full display.
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Trump isn’t hiding the hypocrisy: blowing up vessels and people to fight the drug war while pardoning a drug kingpin who facilitated tons upon tons of cocaine to enter the US…
Trump announces a “full and unconditional” pardon for Juan Orlando Hernandez, a former president of Honduras sentenced to 45 years for drug trafficking and weapons offenses.
My latest on Trump’s continued abuse of the presidential pardon power:
youtu.be/M3VzVlHhQM8?...
My latest on Trump’s continued abuse of the presidential pardon power:
youtu.be/M3VzVlHhQM8?...
Yikes! Trump’s SHOCKING Pardon IGNITES Global OUTRAGE
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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December 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Trump isn’t hiding the hypocrisy: blowing up vessels and people to fight the drug war while pardoning a drug kingpin who facilitated tons upon tons of cocaine to enter the US…
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Hakeem Jeffries is out with a new Dear Colleague letter, saying there are "just 13 legislative days left" before ACA tax credits expire, and that House Dems are planning to introduce a discharge petition to force an up-or-down vote on a three-year extension of ACA tax credits.
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hakeem Jeffries is out with a new Dear Colleague letter, saying there are "just 13 legislative days left" before ACA tax credits expire, and that House Dems are planning to introduce a discharge petition to force an up-or-down vote on a three-year extension of ACA tax credits.
#Sojourners
Voice of the day:
I wanna cherish the trying and the living and dying / And make big mistakes the way kind people do
- Sara Bareilles & Brandi Carlile, “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” (2025)
Voice of the day:
I wanna cherish the trying and the living and dying / And make big mistakes the way kind people do
- Sara Bareilles & Brandi Carlile, “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” (2025)
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#Sojourners
Voice of the day:
I wanna cherish the trying and the living and dying / And make big mistakes the way kind people do
- Sara Bareilles & Brandi Carlile, “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” (2025)
Voice of the day:
I wanna cherish the trying and the living and dying / And make big mistakes the way kind people do
- Sara Bareilles & Brandi Carlile, “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” (2025)
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Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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This story, phrased as always in vague obfuscations about the horror involved, interposed with the timeline’s other RFK Jr. storyline is quite something this morning.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This story, phrased as always in vague obfuscations about the horror involved, interposed with the timeline’s other RFK Jr. storyline is quite something this morning.
Fox News Channel legal analyst Andy McCarthy promptly wrote: “There is no insurrection or sedition without the use of force. Disobeying a lawful order is insubordination, not insurrection or sedition. Disobeying an unlawful order is required. That is all.” #HCR
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Fox News Channel legal analyst Andy McCarthy promptly wrote: “There is no insurrection or sedition without the use of force. Disobeying a lawful order is insubordination, not insurrection or sedition. Disobeying an unlawful order is required. That is all.” #HCR
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Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Earlier this morning, President Trump threatened me and a group of service and veteran Members of Congress with arrest, trial, and death by hanging.
Here’s my response:
Here’s my response:
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LWV CEO @thecelinafactor.bsky.social , and HeadCount executive director Lucille Wenegieme shared the value of nonpartisan third-party voter registration in light of restrictions that prohibits nonpartisan groups from registering voters and naturalization ceremonies.
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Ending voter registration at citizenship ceremonies tarnishes democracy
When it comes to registering voters, history has shown us one thing again and again: Government alone is not enough.
thehill.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
LWV CEO @thecelinafactor.bsky.social , and HeadCount executive director Lucille Wenegieme shared the value of nonpartisan third-party voter registration in light of restrictions that prohibits nonpartisan groups from registering voters and naturalization ceremonies.
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November 19, 1863: President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address.
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
November 19, 1863: President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address.
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Pope Leo XIV expressed his support for U.S. catholic leaders’ recent rebuke of the Trump administration’s crackdown on migrants.
Pope Leo Condemns ‘Extremely Disrespectful’ Treatment Of Migrants By Trump Administration
Pope Leo XIV expressed his support for U.S. catholic leaders’ recent rebuke of the Trump administration’s crackdown on migrants.
www.forbes.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Pope Leo XIV expressed his support for U.S. catholic leaders’ recent rebuke of the Trump administration’s crackdown on migrants.
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People in Sweden have social security, affordable healthcare, strict gun laws, 5 weeks paid annual leave & a year maternity leave
A night in hospital costs $10.
"Prescription drugs have an annual cap of $210.
The Swedish government is not communist. It is a democratic socialist country
A night in hospital costs $10.
"Prescription drugs have an annual cap of $210.
The Swedish government is not communist. It is a democratic socialist country
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
People in Sweden have social security, affordable healthcare, strict gun laws, 5 weeks paid annual leave & a year maternity leave
A night in hospital costs $10.
"Prescription drugs have an annual cap of $210.
The Swedish government is not communist. It is a democratic socialist country
A night in hospital costs $10.
"Prescription drugs have an annual cap of $210.
The Swedish government is not communist. It is a democratic socialist country
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NEW: President Trump mentioned over 1,000 times in Epstein files, more than anyone else. (gift) www.miamiherald.com/article31290...
Epstein files reveal his obsession with Trump
The president is mentioned over a thousand times in sex trafficker’s emails
www.miamiherald.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
NEW: President Trump mentioned over 1,000 times in Epstein files, more than anyone else. (gift) www.miamiherald.com/article31290...
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"They were intimate enough for her to see him flossing his teeth, his dopp kit overflowing with prescriptions.
She writes that despite being 'sober' for decades, Kennedy [RFK Jr.] told her he still uses psychedelics, and smoked dimethyltryptamine, or DMT..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
She writes that despite being 'sober' for decades, Kennedy [RFK Jr.] told her he still uses psychedelics, and smoked dimethyltryptamine, or DMT..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"They were intimate enough for her to see him flossing his teeth, his dopp kit overflowing with prescriptions.
She writes that despite being 'sober' for decades, Kennedy [RFK Jr.] told her he still uses psychedelics, and smoked dimethyltryptamine, or DMT..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
She writes that despite being 'sober' for decades, Kennedy [RFK Jr.] told her he still uses psychedelics, and smoked dimethyltryptamine, or DMT..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
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Betcha didn't have money on the Catholic Church being the only institution with the spine to stand up to fascism this time round.
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Betcha didn't have money on the Catholic Church being the only institution with the spine to stand up to fascism this time round.
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House Oversight Dems released emails from Jeffrey Epstein about Trump. One is a 2011 message from Epstein to Ghislaine Maxwell that said Trump "spent hours at my house" with one of Epstein's victims. In a 2019 email, Epstein wrote, "Of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop."
Jeffrey Epstein said Trump "knew about the girls" in 2019 email to author Michael Wolff, House Democrats allege
The three emails appear to be exchanges between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as the author Michael Wolff and Epstein.
www.cbsnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
House Oversight Dems released emails from Jeffrey Epstein about Trump. One is a 2011 message from Epstein to Ghislaine Maxwell that said Trump "spent hours at my house" with one of Epstein's victims. In a 2019 email, Epstein wrote, "Of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop."
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
“Honoring all who served. Your courage, sacrifice, and steady commitment mean more than words can say. Thank you, veterans.”
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“Honoring all who served. Your courage, sacrifice, and steady commitment mean more than words can say. Thank you, veterans.”
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For almost four decades, Nancy Pelosi has served the American people and worked to make our country better. No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed – and I will always be grateful for her support of the Affordable Care Act.
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
For almost four decades, Nancy Pelosi has served the American people and worked to make our country better. No one was more skilled at bringing people together and getting legislation passed – and I will always be grateful for her support of the Affordable Care Act.
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Warren Buffett shared leadership lessons on humility and self-improvement in his final Thanksgiving message as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
Warren Buffett shares his biggest leadership lessons after decades at the top
Warren Buffett shared leadership lessons on humility and self-improvement in his final Thanksgiving message as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
www.businessinsider.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Warren Buffett shared leadership lessons on humility and self-improvement in his final Thanksgiving message as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
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I have come to believe this as well. The list is too strange. I don’t think a majority wanted to cave, but many more than the 8.
I think that these 8 Senators are falling on the sword for Schumer and other Senators who wanted the shutdown to end. This allows the majority of Senators to save face; and only retiring or not up for reelection Senators take the heat.
It’s a ruse.
It’s a ruse.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I have come to believe this as well. The list is too strange. I don’t think a majority wanted to cave, but many more than the 8.
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After Tuesday’s elections, Republicans are even more desperate to prevent free and fair elections in 2026. In this video, I lay out the eight things we should all expect next and what we can do to fight back. youtu.be/7rSwJPz2MRo?...
8 Ways Republicans Will Subvert The 2026 Election
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
After Tuesday’s elections, Republicans are even more desperate to prevent free and fair elections in 2026. In this video, I lay out the eight things we should all expect next and what we can do to fight back. youtu.be/7rSwJPz2MRo?...
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The League of Women Voters of the United States today announced the formation of the Unite and Rise 8.5 Advisory Committee, a diverse group of leaders from across sectors who will provide strategic counsel and elevate the campaign’s mission to protect and strengthen democracy through partnership.
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The League of Women Voters of the United States today announced the formation of the Unite and Rise 8.5 Advisory Committee, a diverse group of leaders from across sectors who will provide strategic counsel and elevate the campaign’s mission to protect and strengthen democracy through partnership.
Some get the gravy / And some get the gristle / Some get the marrow bone / And some get nothing though there's plenty to spare
- Joni Mitchell, “Banquet”
- Joni Mitchell, “Banquet”
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Some get the gravy / And some get the gristle / Some get the marrow bone / And some get nothing though there's plenty to spare
- Joni Mitchell, “Banquet”
- Joni Mitchell, “Banquet”