@fionabrett.bsky.social
Lawyer, New Yorker, Mets fan, Missing FDNY Chief Mike Fahy
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US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.
September 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.
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korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
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the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.
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This is a damning anecdote from Rep Jim McGovern. He tells me that during debate over Trump's big budget bill, House Rs privately admitted to him that it would screw over their own constituents, yet they had to vote for it anyway.
Read all of it. He wrecks them:
newrepublic.com/article/1999...
Read all of it. He wrecks them:
newrepublic.com/article/1999...
September 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is a damning anecdote from Rep Jim McGovern. He tells me that during debate over Trump's big budget bill, House Rs privately admitted to him that it would screw over their own constituents, yet they had to vote for it anyway.
Read all of it. He wrecks them:
newrepublic.com/article/1999...
Read all of it. He wrecks them:
newrepublic.com/article/1999...
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52 years.
Horace Peterson has been freed after 52 years of maintaining his innocence
‘We did it’: Michigan man freed after 52 years of maintaining innocence
Moments after Horace Peterson learned his 52 years of incarceration were coming to an end, he looked into the courtroom’s gallery, cracked a smile and waved to his 11-year-old great grandson.
www.mlive.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
52 years.
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This is part of a Trump Day One EO. He shut down the refugee resettlement program and said that it could only come back once the program had been changed “to admit only those refugees who can fully and appropriately assimilate into the United States.”
For Trump, that means Afrikaners.
For Trump, that means Afrikaners.
May 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is part of a Trump Day One EO. He shut down the refugee resettlement program and said that it could only come back once the program had been changed “to admit only those refugees who can fully and appropriately assimilate into the United States.”
For Trump, that means Afrikaners.
For Trump, that means Afrikaners.
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Duffy: "I don't want to give you a date because you're gonna hold me to it."
May 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Duffy: "I don't want to give you a date because you're gonna hold me to it."
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Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
May 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
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President Zelenskyy had his first phone call with Pope Leo XIV.
This was the first phone call of the Pope with the head of another state.
President Zelenskyy greeted Leo XIV with becoming Pope and thanked him for supporting #Ukraine&Ukrainians.
This was the first phone call of the Pope with the head of another state.
President Zelenskyy greeted Leo XIV with becoming Pope and thanked him for supporting #Ukraine&Ukrainians.
May 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
President Zelenskyy had his first phone call with Pope Leo XIV.
This was the first phone call of the Pope with the head of another state.
President Zelenskyy greeted Leo XIV with becoming Pope and thanked him for supporting #Ukraine&Ukrainians.
This was the first phone call of the Pope with the head of another state.
President Zelenskyy greeted Leo XIV with becoming Pope and thanked him for supporting #Ukraine&Ukrainians.
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You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
April 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
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Interesting. Two of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence condemned the Crown for denying legal protection, especially imprisonment without cause.
“For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury.”
“For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses.”
“For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury.”
“For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses.”
April 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Interesting. Two of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence condemned the Crown for denying legal protection, especially imprisonment without cause.
“For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury.”
“For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses.”
“For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury.”
“For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses.”
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STAND and DEMAND the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
April 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
STAND and DEMAND the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
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me this morning www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
April 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
me this morning www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
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All of this could have been avoided if enough people had just decided to vote for a competent Black Indian woman.
Racism...the downfall of America.
Racism...the downfall of America.
April 9, 2025 at 6:08 AM
All of this could have been avoided if enough people had just decided to vote for a competent Black Indian woman.
Racism...the downfall of America.
Racism...the downfall of America.
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Dominance is the attempt to gain status through intimidation or fear. It is in contrast to prestige-based strategies where people pay you respect in return for help.
Narcissistic individuals are drawn to dominance. When such individuals face status loss, they react with aggression.
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Narcissistic individuals are drawn to dominance. When such individuals face status loss, they react with aggression.
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April 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Dominance is the attempt to gain status through intimidation or fear. It is in contrast to prestige-based strategies where people pay you respect in return for help.
Narcissistic individuals are drawn to dominance. When such individuals face status loss, they react with aggression.
(2/5)
Narcissistic individuals are drawn to dominance. When such individuals face status loss, they react with aggression.
(2/5)
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Pundits are - in vain - looking to economics and politics when trying to explain Trump's behavior.
But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
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But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
🧵(1/5)
April 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Pundits are - in vain - looking to economics and politics when trying to explain Trump's behavior.
But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
🧵(1/5)
But, in reality, the central place to look if we want to understand Trump and his policies is this:
The psychology of dominance.
🧵(1/5)
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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Trump does care about the pain, chaos, and turmoil he’s causing—in the following sense:
He loves it. It makes him feel powerful.
He loves it. It makes him feel powerful.
April 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trump does care about the pain, chaos, and turmoil he’s causing—in the following sense:
He loves it. It makes him feel powerful.
He loves it. It makes him feel powerful.
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@timobrien.bsky.social who was once Trump's biographer, is not optimistic that people can talk Trump off the ledge he's dragged the world onto: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
April 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
@timobrien.bsky.social who was once Trump's biographer, is not optimistic that people can talk Trump off the ledge he's dragged the world onto: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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If you don’t think that at some point he’s going to show more interest in the 5,044 nuclear weapons he controls, you’re as deluded as the people who thought he’d never tank the stock market and the economy.
April 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If you don’t think that at some point he’s going to show more interest in the 5,044 nuclear weapons he controls, you’re as deluded as the people who thought he’d never tank the stock market and the economy.
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I can’t believe the guy who attacked the Capitol would do this.
April 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I can’t believe the guy who attacked the Capitol would do this.
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A mother and her three children were snatched by ICE from a dairy farm in Sackets Harbor, a rural town in northern New York.
But the location is no coincidence—Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, LIVES THERE. He allowed his own neighbors, including a third grader, to be jailed. Deplorable.
But the location is no coincidence—Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, LIVES THERE. He allowed his own neighbors, including a third grader, to be jailed. Deplorable.
Mom, 3 kids detained in ‘horrifying’ ICE probe in Northern NY
The family has been transferred out of New York state.
www.syracuse.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A mother and her three children were snatched by ICE from a dairy farm in Sackets Harbor, a rural town in northern New York.
But the location is no coincidence—Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, LIVES THERE. He allowed his own neighbors, including a third grader, to be jailed. Deplorable.
But the location is no coincidence—Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, LIVES THERE. He allowed his own neighbors, including a third grader, to be jailed. Deplorable.
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If you are not furious at what our government did to these people, there’s something wrong with you.
“Our client, who was in the middle of seeking asylum, just disappeared.”
Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S.
MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S.
MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
April 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
If you are not furious at what our government did to these people, there’s something wrong with you.
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Moreover, if you can send Kristi Noem to this prison to shoot S&M- themed propaganda, you can get someone out of it. They don’t want to. Because they love this. They love being the people who arrest innocent immigrants in front of their children and then send them to a prison to be tortured.
April 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Moreover, if you can send Kristi Noem to this prison to shoot S&M- themed propaganda, you can get someone out of it. They don’t want to. Because they love this. They love being the people who arrest innocent immigrants in front of their children and then send them to a prison to be tortured.
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Upon learning that your own mistake sent an innocent father to a brutal prison where he’s likely to be tortured, anyone with a shred of decency would be overcome with shame and fight like hell to get him back.
They think it’s funny.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
They think it’s funny.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Upon learning that your own mistake sent an innocent father to a brutal prison where he’s likely to be tortured, anyone with a shred of decency would be overcome with shame and fight like hell to get him back.
They think it’s funny.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
They think it’s funny.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...