ike, son of mike
@i-bresnick.bsky.social
dad, husband, jew, trekkie, zionist, executive, lawyer
in roughly that order
in roughly that order
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ike, son of mike
@i-bresnick.bsky.social
· Dec 19
On the occasion of adding another person to my list, please let me stress that if you make a point of berating someone for simply BEING a zionist, as a general matter you are hostile to any conversation with Jews.
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behold, a thousand replies of Not Beating The Allegations
Archetypal example is “capitalism ground me down so I quit my job and set up a small business so that I’m my own boss”. You didn’t dislike capitalism! You disliked authority!
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
behold, a thousand replies of Not Beating The Allegations
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Most American Jews aren’t represented by the extremes. We care about Israel’s security and oppose endless war, Netanyahu’s government, occupation and settler violence.
Disengagement only hands power to extremist voices. It’s time to mobilize the ‘conflicted majority.’
Disengagement only hands power to extremist voices. It’s time to mobilize the ‘conflicted majority.’
The ultra-hawkish right and anti-Zionist left have drowned the American Jewish majority
Every U.S. Political Pathology – on the Left and Right – Is Reproduced in American Jewish Politics, Effectively Rendering Invisible the Plurality of U.S. Jews. That's Bad for U.S. Jews, for a Democrat...
www.haaretz.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Most American Jews aren’t represented by the extremes. We care about Israel’s security and oppose endless war, Netanyahu’s government, occupation and settler violence.
Disengagement only hands power to extremist voices. It’s time to mobilize the ‘conflicted majority.’
Disengagement only hands power to extremist voices. It’s time to mobilize the ‘conflicted majority.’
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Bluesky users just fucking block Stancil if you don't like reading him challenge 2025: difficulty level apparently fucking impossible?
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Bluesky users just fucking block Stancil if you don't like reading him challenge 2025: difficulty level apparently fucking impossible?
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Understand that the Halligan thing is 100% Pam Bondi's fuck-up. She could have appointed Halligan Special Attorney and this thing would still be alive.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Understand that the Halligan thing is 100% Pam Bondi's fuck-up. She could have appointed Halligan Special Attorney and this thing would still be alive.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
So it's not just that HALLIGAN is an incompetent bigot.
It's that Bondi is too.
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this is the ~correct order for the nine- i would be willing to hear arguments for flipping RotS and TFA- and defensible placement of Rogue One and Solo. our large boy is not stealing Star Wars valor
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
this is the ~correct order for the nine- i would be willing to hear arguments for flipping RotS and TFA- and defensible placement of Rogue One and Solo. our large boy is not stealing Star Wars valor
Unpopular post: should this become the ticket, AI imagery and all, voting for the ticket is sort of the bare minimum.
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Unpopular post: should this become the ticket, AI imagery and all, voting for the ticket is sort of the bare minimum.
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And the fact that McConnell wouldn't remove a president who had less than two weeks left in his term, who had fomented an insurrection, that had very recently and directly threatened their own lives, should indicate the likelihood of removing a sitting president with a trifecta and three years left.
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
And the fact that McConnell wouldn't remove a president who had less than two weeks left in his term, who had fomented an insurrection, that had very recently and directly threatened their own lives, should indicate the likelihood of removing a sitting president with a trifecta and three years left.
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It was the fastest impeachment in history, taking one week, and Republicans at the time were actively claiming that it was too rushed to vote for, but I’m sure they would have been won round by one taking three days
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It was the fastest impeachment in history, taking one week, and Republicans at the time were actively claiming that it was too rushed to vote for, but I’m sure they would have been won round by one taking three days
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"The children will be so elated by my promise to take them to Disney World that they won't care when I actually take them to a carnival in the Shop Rite parking lot"
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"The children will be so elated by my promise to take them to Disney World that they won't care when I actually take them to a carnival in the Shop Rite parking lot"
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Hitler kept his generals in line with massive bribes.
This is not bright.
This is not bright.
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Hitler kept his generals in line with massive bribes.
This is not bright.
This is not bright.
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Everyone on here intuitively understands that hanging out with a bunch of Nazis on Twitter creates a powerful social pressure to accommodate yourself to far-right views, but then refuses to acknowledge that largely the same dynamic also exists on here with regard to some pretty nutty fringe leftists
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Everyone on here intuitively understands that hanging out with a bunch of Nazis on Twitter creates a powerful social pressure to accommodate yourself to far-right views, but then refuses to acknowledge that largely the same dynamic also exists on here with regard to some pretty nutty fringe leftists
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And your point would be fine if the organization that organized the protest didn’t view every person immigrating to Israel as a “settler”.
In other words, they weren’t protesting immigration to the territories. They were protesting immigration to Israel.
In other words, they weren’t protesting immigration to the territories. They were protesting immigration to Israel.
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
And your point would be fine if the organization that organized the protest didn’t view every person immigrating to Israel as a “settler”.
In other words, they weren’t protesting immigration to the territories. They were protesting immigration to Israel.
In other words, they weren’t protesting immigration to the territories. They were protesting immigration to Israel.
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It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
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You live in Turkey lol. Please go fight your own dictator because he's a lot worse than ours even and ours is pretty shitty lol. Go yell at him. Video tape it and record it and post it. I dare you. We would all watch lol.
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
You live in Turkey lol. Please go fight your own dictator because he's a lot worse than ours even and ours is pretty shitty lol. Go yell at him. Video tape it and record it and post it. I dare you. We would all watch lol.
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Let’s see if one single pundit who said there was some great realignment of American sentiment with this last election, based on what they saw on the Nazi-owned platform overrun by foreign actors, offers any retractions or corrections for their gullibility.
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Let’s see if one single pundit who said there was some great realignment of American sentiment with this last election, based on what they saw on the Nazi-owned platform overrun by foreign actors, offers any retractions or corrections for their gullibility.
I feel it's worth noting that the reason the synagogue protests are not ideal is not because there isn't or can't be a conceivable reason to protest at a synagogue.
It's because the reason here is one of abject stupidity.
It's because the reason here is one of abject stupidity.
[whispering knowing a lot of us are about to get MAD when they hear this]
showing up at a synagogue that invites an organization to convince diaspora Jews to settle the West Bank is not protesting the synagogue.
showing up at a synagogue that invites an organization to convince diaspora Jews to settle the West Bank is not protesting the synagogue.
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I feel it's worth noting that the reason the synagogue protests are not ideal is not because there isn't or can't be a conceivable reason to protest at a synagogue.
It's because the reason here is one of abject stupidity.
It's because the reason here is one of abject stupidity.
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Crow: "It's so telling that when members of Congress simply remind service members of the Constitution and their duty to obey the law that he cannot handle that and resorts to threats of violence and execution. That tells you everything you need to know about Trump's respect for the Constitution"
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Crow: "It's so telling that when members of Congress simply remind service members of the Constitution and their duty to obey the law that he cannot handle that and resorts to threats of violence and execution. That tells you everything you need to know about Trump's respect for the Constitution"
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When immigrants read "'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,' and feel that that moral sentiment is the father of all moral principle in them, they have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood of the men who wrote that Declaration."
—Lincoln
—Lincoln
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
When immigrants read "'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,' and feel that that moral sentiment is the father of all moral principle in them, they have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood of the men who wrote that Declaration."
—Lincoln
—Lincoln
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Twitter had to turn off its location feature within hours because thousands of prominent and "verified" MAGA accounts turned out to be foreign and I think it's hilarious that Elon was the one who exposed them all
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Twitter had to turn off its location feature within hours because thousands of prominent and "verified" MAGA accounts turned out to be foreign and I think it's hilarious that Elon was the one who exposed them all
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Congrats to everyone who covered the obviously bad faith, unprecedentedly illegal, & wildly unconstitutional data theft & dismantling of the federal government by a billionaire criminal Nazi & his henchmen as a legitimate process of “government efficiency.” Truly, well done.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Congrats to everyone who covered the obviously bad faith, unprecedentedly illegal, & wildly unconstitutional data theft & dismantling of the federal government by a billionaire criminal Nazi & his henchmen as a legitimate process of “government efficiency.” Truly, well done.
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I only just saw this thanks to @ed3d.net and I don’t have time to do a full fisking before my daughter’s bedtime but a few hundred words in and it’s utter nonsense.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The Algorithm That Detected a $610 Billion Fraud: How Machine Intelligence Exposed the AI Industry’s Circular Financing Scheme
On November 20, 2025, trading algorithms identified what may become the largest accounting fraud in technology history—not in months or years, but in 18 hours.
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I only just saw this thanks to @ed3d.net and I don’t have time to do a full fisking before my daughter’s bedtime but a few hundred words in and it’s utter nonsense.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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Credit where credit is due: this take is exactly correct. Bunch of people on all sides of this thing are showing their whole asses by completely flipping the polarity of their responses to stuff based on their own intra-left factional alliances.
The Mamdani-Trump summit is fun but c’mon, it’s not the vindication of the left/right-populist or red/brown alliance stuff.
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Credit where credit is due: this take is exactly correct. Bunch of people on all sides of this thing are showing their whole asses by completely flipping the polarity of their responses to stuff based on their own intra-left factional alliances.
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if your first reaction to Zohran’s meeting with Trump is to relitigate the 2016 primary you seriously need to touch grass
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
if your first reaction to Zohran’s meeting with Trump is to relitigate the 2016 primary you seriously need to touch grass
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a significant reason Mamdani can get away with this and other Dems can’t is less that he’s charmed Trump and more that he’s charmed you, dear reader, which is why you’re not yelling at him for being a collaborator or an appeaser right now
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
a significant reason Mamdani can get away with this and other Dems can’t is less that he’s charmed Trump and more that he’s charmed you, dear reader, which is why you’re not yelling at him for being a collaborator or an appeaser right now
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Funny how neither story made it into the @nytimes.com.
I guess the NYT doesn’t think that a president calling for the death of members of the opposition is a big deal at all.
I guess the NYT doesn’t think that a president calling for the death of members of the opposition is a big deal at all.
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Funny how neither story made it into the @nytimes.com.
I guess the NYT doesn’t think that a president calling for the death of members of the opposition is a big deal at all.
I guess the NYT doesn’t think that a president calling for the death of members of the opposition is a big deal at all.