JBrustad2
@jbrustad2.bsky.social
Illinois … Minnesota … Illinois
Husband of 1, father of 3, grandfather of 1.
Angry man but loving every minute of it.
Lifelong Dem (“DFL’er”🙂)
Hoping to make a difference in the lives of those I meet.
Husband of 1, father of 3, grandfather of 1.
Angry man but loving every minute of it.
Lifelong Dem (“DFL’er”🙂)
Hoping to make a difference in the lives of those I meet.
That thread was yes, delightful and terrifying -
but also - - totally awesome !!
Thank you for sharing.
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but also - - totally awesome !!
Thank you for sharing.
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This thread is both delightful and terrifying and not even remotely related to SSA so consider this just like a freebie bit of entertainment 👏👏👏👏👏👏
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 AM
That thread was yes, delightful and terrifying -
but also - - totally awesome !!
Thank you for sharing.
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but also - - totally awesome !!
Thank you for sharing.
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@durbin.senate.gov
@duckworth.senate.gov
DON’T DO IT !!!
DO NOT DO IT !!!!
Do NOT give in to the Trump terroristic tactics !!
PLEASE !!! DON’T DO IT !!!
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@duckworth.senate.gov
DON’T DO IT !!!
DO NOT DO IT !!!!
Do NOT give in to the Trump terroristic tactics !!
PLEASE !!! DON’T DO IT !!!
💙🦋
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
@durbin.senate.gov
@duckworth.senate.gov
DON’T DO IT !!!
DO NOT DO IT !!!!
Do NOT give in to the Trump terroristic tactics !!
PLEASE !!! DON’T DO IT !!!
💙🦋
@duckworth.senate.gov
DON’T DO IT !!!
DO NOT DO IT !!!!
Do NOT give in to the Trump terroristic tactics !!
PLEASE !!! DON’T DO IT !!!
💙🦋
More proof that we’re in the crummiest timeline ever …. that we have to ask for a *ceasefire* from our own Federal Gov’t ?!!??
Honestly !!!
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Honestly !!!
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Pritzker: "I sent a letter to Kristi Noem and to DHS leadership asking them to pause all of their federal agent operations for the entirety of the Halloween weekend. I'm asking for basic human decency. I think their response will be revealing. Give the children and families of Illinois a break."
October 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
More proof that we’re in the crummiest timeline ever …. that we have to ask for a *ceasefire* from our own Federal Gov’t ?!!??
Honestly !!!
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Honestly !!!
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Happy 3rd Anniversary to you !!
Indispensable part of my day - thank you !!
* highly recommend 🙂
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Indispensable part of my day - thank you !!
* highly recommend 🙂
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here's today's post: "happy 3rd birthday to us all!" — without you folks, I’d just be shouting into the wind.
thanks for being a reader, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
thanks for being a reader, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
happy 3rd birthday to us all!
without you folks, I’d just be shouting into the wind
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Happy 3rd Anniversary to you !!
Indispensable part of my day - thank you !!
* highly recommend 🙂
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Indispensable part of my day - thank you !!
* highly recommend 🙂
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Dem members of the House can do “shadow hearings” - that’s good! More of those, please!! Daily !
Even better - why can’t / don’t the House Dems just all show up in the House Chamber and “be working” ?!?
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Even better - why can’t / don’t the House Dems just all show up in the House Chamber and “be working” ?!?
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October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Dem members of the House can do “shadow hearings” - that’s good! More of those, please!! Daily !
Even better - why can’t / don’t the House Dems just all show up in the House Chamber and “be working” ?!?
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Even better - why can’t / don’t the House Dems just all show up in the House Chamber and “be working” ?!?
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Embarrassing is a word;
and I completely agree
it fits the moment ….
Additionally, ENRAGING -
and, might be even more
appropriate … 😑
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and I completely agree
it fits the moment ….
Additionally, ENRAGING -
and, might be even more
appropriate … 😑
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It is so embarrassing to be a US citizen right now.
Unbelievable.
Unbelievable.
"The boy, who is Hispanic and African American, was held in a garage for five hours “without informing his family, stating any charges, or allowing him to call an attorney,” the statement said. He is a U.S. citizen, as is his entire immediate family, the release said."
October 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Embarrassing is a word;
and I completely agree
it fits the moment ….
Additionally, ENRAGING -
and, might be even more
appropriate … 😑
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and I completely agree
it fits the moment ….
Additionally, ENRAGING -
and, might be even more
appropriate … 😑
💙🦋
There has GOT to be a way to stop this from happening 😠
We need to model the “Tesla takedown” success somehow ..
C’mon !!!!
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We need to model the “Tesla takedown” success somehow ..
C’mon !!!!
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US Treasurer Brandon Beach has confirmed this is happening. This is what Republicans are working on as the government is shut down.
October 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
There has GOT to be a way to stop this from happening 😠
We need to model the “Tesla takedown” success somehow ..
C’mon !!!!
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We need to model the “Tesla takedown” success somehow ..
C’mon !!!!
💙🦋
This 👇
“After the June 14, No Kings rally the energy of the opposition took a summer vacation. There's another protest on October 18 that should be a nationwide call for Trump to restore our rights or face the consequences.
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open.substack.com/pub/malcolmn...
“After the June 14, No Kings rally the energy of the opposition took a summer vacation. There's another protest on October 18 that should be a nationwide call for Trump to restore our rights or face the consequences.
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open.substack.com/pub/malcolmn...
DANGER! Trump Has Declared War on You!
Charlie Kirk's Death is Trump's mini-Reichstag Fire and it may destroy all of your rights.
open.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This 👇
“After the June 14, No Kings rally the energy of the opposition took a summer vacation. There's another protest on October 18 that should be a nationwide call for Trump to restore our rights or face the consequences.
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open.substack.com/pub/malcolmn...
“After the June 14, No Kings rally the energy of the opposition took a summer vacation. There's another protest on October 18 that should be a nationwide call for Trump to restore our rights or face the consequences.
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open.substack.com/pub/malcolmn...
Tell Congress: Stop Trump's Plan to Let AI Deny Medicare Coverage act.indivisible.org/sign/trump-o...
Tell Congress: Stop Trump's Plan to Let AI Deny Medicare Coverage
Donald Trump and Dr. Oz want to let Artificial Intelligence (AI) choose which procedures Medicare will cover for individual patients -- with AI companies being paid based on how much money they save b...
act.indivisible.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Tell Congress: Stop Trump's Plan to Let AI Deny Medicare Coverage act.indivisible.org/sign/trump-o...
Will we hear about this - at all?!?
I would venture to guess not!! 😠
Article says there was a Boeing plant targeted in June - I never, never heard anything of that !!
I would think that American companies being hit would require some sort of coverage - and, a response !!
C’mon !!!
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I would venture to guess not!! 😠
Article says there was a Boeing plant targeted in June - I never, never heard anything of that !!
I would think that American companies being hit would require some sort of coverage - and, a response !!
C’mon !!!
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⚡️Russian attack hits US electronics plant in western Ukraine.
A massive Russian attack struck the U.S.-owned Flex factory in the western Ukrainian city of Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Oblast, overnight on Aug. 21.
A massive Russian attack struck the U.S.-owned Flex factory in the western Ukrainian city of Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Oblast, overnight on Aug. 21.
Russian attack hits US electronics plant in western Ukraine
"This was an ordinary civilian facility with American investment. They produced everyday household items, such as coffee machines," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
kyivindependent.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Will we hear about this - at all?!?
I would venture to guess not!! 😠
Article says there was a Boeing plant targeted in June - I never, never heard anything of that !!
I would think that American companies being hit would require some sort of coverage - and, a response !!
C’mon !!!
💙🦋
I would venture to guess not!! 😠
Article says there was a Boeing plant targeted in June - I never, never heard anything of that !!
I would think that American companies being hit would require some sort of coverage - and, a response !!
C’mon !!!
💙🦋
In addition to “Blue States” doing what they’re doing, legislatively and otherwise, around the gerrymandering (ie, Texas redistricting), they should be working to pass income tax laws that completely reverse the effects of “Trump’s Ugly Bill” in their States.
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August 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
In addition to “Blue States” doing what they’re doing, legislatively and otherwise, around the gerrymandering (ie, Texas redistricting), they should be working to pass income tax laws that completely reverse the effects of “Trump’s Ugly Bill” in their States.
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This is really pathetic !!
Politico is pathetic …. Dems flee the state amid a “redistricting fight “
and in the next breath - Dems “embrace gerrymandering”
Our media eco system is so pathetically broken … 😠
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Politico is pathetic …. Dems flee the state amid a “redistricting fight “
and in the next breath - Dems “embrace gerrymandering”
Our media eco system is so pathetically broken … 😠
💙🦋
August 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is really pathetic !!
Politico is pathetic …. Dems flee the state amid a “redistricting fight “
and in the next breath - Dems “embrace gerrymandering”
Our media eco system is so pathetically broken … 😠
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Politico is pathetic …. Dems flee the state amid a “redistricting fight “
and in the next breath - Dems “embrace gerrymandering”
Our media eco system is so pathetically broken … 😠
💙🦋
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Reposted by JBrustad2
Meiselas: And now, the little engine that could—the one people said could never happen—the MeidasTouch Network has hit 5 million subscribers, 33 million views every 48 hours, more views than Fox News and any cable news network… we are so grateful to share this moment with you all.
June 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Meiselas: And now, the little engine that could—the one people said could never happen—the MeidasTouch Network has hit 5 million subscribers, 33 million views every 48 hours, more views than Fox News and any cable news network… we are so grateful to share this moment with you all.
Fair question ….
This could also be captioned “press secretary baselessly, childishly lies about the previous administration in order to deflect from the incompetency of the Trump administration - AGAIN”
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This could also be captioned “press secretary baselessly, childishly lies about the previous administration in order to deflect from the incompetency of the Trump administration - AGAIN”
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a reporter points out to Leavitt that Trump says something will happen in "two weeks" all the time and then it doesn't happen 🙃
June 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Fair question ….
This could also be captioned “press secretary baselessly, childishly lies about the previous administration in order to deflect from the incompetency of the Trump administration - AGAIN”
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This could also be captioned “press secretary baselessly, childishly lies about the previous administration in order to deflect from the incompetency of the Trump administration - AGAIN”
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Yes, please - THIS !
It is past time for local authorities to stop this !!
THIS is exactly right !!! 👇
It is past time for local authorities to stop this !!
THIS is exactly right !!! 👇
When ICE agents look like this, it is ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE for state and local law enforcement to step in and demand they identify themselves and show judicial warrants before detaining anyone from an immigration court.
Democratic mayor and governors can take action on this.
Democratic mayor and governors can take action on this.
June 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Yes, please - THIS !
It is past time for local authorities to stop this !!
THIS is exactly right !!! 👇
It is past time for local authorities to stop this !!
THIS is exactly right !!! 👇
Reposted by JBrustad2
Just an appreciation post for Jacob being on the scene. In the absence of this reporting it would have been he-said/she-said. The sheriffs attacked peaceful protestors including kids with flashbangs, tear gas, and rubber bullets. We need more peaceful protest and more documentation on the ground.
here’s the moment LASD advanced on protestors with horses and used flash-bangs as we reported live yesterday. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp-vi...
NBC's Jacob Soboroff reports from the Los Angeles protests as law enforcement fires flash bangs
NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff was reporting on the ground in Los Angeles when law enforcement started using crowd control tactics against protesters, including firing flash bangs. Soboroff spe...
www.msnbc.com
June 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Just an appreciation post for Jacob being on the scene. In the absence of this reporting it would have been he-said/she-said. The sheriffs attacked peaceful protestors including kids with flashbangs, tear gas, and rubber bullets. We need more peaceful protest and more documentation on the ground.
Here were mine !!!
Proud to have been able to protest today !!!
Proud to have been able to protest today !!!
June 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Here were mine !!!
Proud to have been able to protest today !!!
Proud to have been able to protest today !!!
Quite proud of the turnout for our Chicago suburb 😁
June 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Quite proud of the turnout for our Chicago suburb 😁
So tired of “the media’s” treatment of the news / administration…
Isn’t it long past time to #teslatakedown the corporate media sycophants??!??
#NBCnegate
#ABCannul
#CBScancel
etc etc etc
Let’s show them they should work for US !!
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Isn’t it long past time to #teslatakedown the corporate media sycophants??!??
#NBCnegate
#ABCannul
#CBScancel
etc etc etc
Let’s show them they should work for US !!
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open.substack.com/pub/contrari... important to acknowledge these people are fucking nuts
Trump and his crew are nuts
It’s time to stop rationalizing the craziness
open.substack.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
So tired of “the media’s” treatment of the news / administration…
Isn’t it long past time to #teslatakedown the corporate media sycophants??!??
#NBCnegate
#ABCannul
#CBScancel
etc etc etc
Let’s show them they should work for US !!
💙🦋
Isn’t it long past time to #teslatakedown the corporate media sycophants??!??
#NBCnegate
#ABCannul
#CBScancel
etc etc etc
Let’s show them they should work for US !!
💙🦋
This !!!
And - seemingly,
continue to do so !!!
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And - seemingly,
continue to do so !!!
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Somehow, I think the more important question is how journalists printing story after story about the supposed mental impairements of Biden during the campaign missed the evidence that was right in front of their faces that Trump's mind was decomposing.
April 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This !!!
And - seemingly,
continue to do so !!!
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And - seemingly,
continue to do so !!!
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A good read …
Thank you for your thoughts and confirming, once again, what we all (should) know about what’s going on with this administration.
Frustrating as it is that we are here - we must continue to remind ourselves of the challenges we are facing.
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Thank you for your thoughts and confirming, once again, what we all (should) know about what’s going on with this administration.
Frustrating as it is that we are here - we must continue to remind ourselves of the challenges we are facing.
💙🦋
1. Recall that the week began with news that the US secretary of defense had been involved in a second Signal chat in which he shared the same war plans he shared in the first one.
April 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A good read …
Thank you for your thoughts and confirming, once again, what we all (should) know about what’s going on with this administration.
Frustrating as it is that we are here - we must continue to remind ourselves of the challenges we are facing.
💙🦋
Thank you for your thoughts and confirming, once again, what we all (should) know about what’s going on with this administration.
Frustrating as it is that we are here - we must continue to remind ourselves of the challenges we are facing.
💙🦋
Well said. 👇
The WHCA's (in)actions have been very disappointing over the past 100 days.
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The WHCA's (in)actions have been very disappointing over the past 100 days.
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April 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Well said. 👇
The WHCA's (in)actions have been very disappointing over the past 100 days.
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The WHCA's (in)actions have been very disappointing over the past 100 days.
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I love carrots 🥕!!
Happy Easter to those that celebrate.
And always - - a thank you to our deservedly proud Farm Workers ‼️
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Happy Easter to those that celebrate.
And always - - a thank you to our deservedly proud Farm Workers ‼️
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When you think of Easter, carrots come to mind. As families gathered together to celebrate, remember the farm workers who bring the food to our holiday tables. #WeFeedYou #easter
April 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I love carrots 🥕!!
Happy Easter to those that celebrate.
And always - - a thank you to our deservedly proud Farm Workers ‼️
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Happy Easter to those that celebrate.
And always - - a thank you to our deservedly proud Farm Workers ‼️
💙🦋
Setting aside the Hogg / Priebus aspect of this for a moment, please ….
How completely fuxxed up is it that the media (shame on them) focuses all their talking points and debate around “Dems are a mess” ?!?
Really??!?? 😤😠😡🤬
cont…
How completely fuxxed up is it that the media (shame on them) focuses all their talking points and debate around “Dems are a mess” ?!?
Really??!?? 😤😠😡🤬
cont…
video of david hogg putting reince priebus in his place. this is good imho.
April 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Setting aside the Hogg / Priebus aspect of this for a moment, please ….
How completely fuxxed up is it that the media (shame on them) focuses all their talking points and debate around “Dems are a mess” ?!?
Really??!?? 😤😠😡🤬
cont…
How completely fuxxed up is it that the media (shame on them) focuses all their talking points and debate around “Dems are a mess” ?!?
Really??!?? 😤😠😡🤬
cont…