Jenny Brassel Author
@jennybrassel.bsky.social
Author, historian, researcher, egalitarian, ancient history buff, keto convert. Watching closely from across the Pacific, thankful not to be under the Trump yoke. Anti-hyperbolic
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Seen on CMU campus ❤️
December 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Seen on CMU campus ❤️
Courtesy of MAGA and Trumpism, this political era will be entitled “The Age of Hyperbolism”. The things people say, from the top of govt to the man in the street, are undoubtedly over-the-top and sane voices and actions are being drowned out by memes and commentary.
December 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Courtesy of MAGA and Trumpism, this political era will be entitled “The Age of Hyperbolism”. The things people say, from the top of govt to the man in the street, are undoubtedly over-the-top and sane voices and actions are being drowned out by memes and commentary.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Newsom understands how to humiliate someone who absolutely hates being humiliated. And Dems need a whole lot more of this. Trump cannot stand when people highlight exactly who he is in a way he can’t spin or outrun. If you’re planning on running for president, this is the skill set you better master
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Newsom understands how to humiliate someone who absolutely hates being humiliated. And Dems need a whole lot more of this. Trump cannot stand when people highlight exactly who he is in a way he can’t spin or outrun. If you’re planning on running for president, this is the skill set you better master
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The way I've looked at it is, there has never been, and never will be, a bottom with Trump and his ilk.
There is a temptation is to describe what happened yesterday as somehow a “new low.”
But it’s not a new low. It’s the same old low. A scene we’ve seen repeated so often there is a kind of numbness to it.
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But it’s not a new low. It’s the same old low. A scene we’ve seen repeated so often there is a kind of numbness to it.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
"A sickening moral slum of an administration"
George Will's verdict.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The way I've looked at it is, there has never been, and never will be, a bottom with Trump and his ilk.
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Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.
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Dear House Republicans,
Most of you don’t have a 22-point head start. But definitely keep kissing that orange ass.
Sincerely,
Democrats
Most of you don’t have a 22-point head start. But definitely keep kissing that orange ass.
Sincerely,
Democrats
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Dear House Republicans,
Most of you don’t have a 22-point head start. But definitely keep kissing that orange ass.
Sincerely,
Democrats
Most of you don’t have a 22-point head start. But definitely keep kissing that orange ass.
Sincerely,
Democrats
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The one thing Donald Trump has always and will always be afraid of is the truth. And right now, he’s scared.
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The one thing Donald Trump has always and will always be afraid of is the truth. And right now, he’s scared.
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I can't get over the fact that they scheduled a televised Cabinet meeting, hyped it as a major event, planned it all out to show how active and in control Trump is ... and then he dozed off in the middle of it. Repeatedly.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I can't get over the fact that they scheduled a televised Cabinet meeting, hyped it as a major event, planned it all out to show how active and in control Trump is ... and then he dozed off in the middle of it. Repeatedly.
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And while Trump pretends to care about the international drug trade… he’s just freed the former Honduran president and convicted drug trafficker who helped smuggle 400 TONS OF COCAINE into the U.S.
December 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
And while Trump pretends to care about the international drug trade… he’s just freed the former Honduran president and convicted drug trafficker who helped smuggle 400 TONS OF COCAINE into the U.S.
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Guy voted for a rapist and just can’t figure out why his daughters are mad at him. Clearly it must be something wrong with them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Guy voted for a rapist and just can’t figure out why his daughters are mad at him. Clearly it must be something wrong with them.
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This nation would be a better place if just one White House reporter had the courage to ask "what the hell are you rambling about, old man?"
December 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This nation would be a better place if just one White House reporter had the courage to ask "what the hell are you rambling about, old man?"
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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Please add "puppy killers" to your proposed travel ban.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Please add "puppy killers" to your proposed travel ban.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
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They preach “life” and “Christian values,” then turn their backs on actual people.
This administration has made cruelty the norm, from children to trans folks to immigrants.
We deserve better than this.
This administration has made cruelty the norm, from children to trans folks to immigrants.
We deserve better than this.
November 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
They preach “life” and “Christian values,” then turn their backs on actual people.
This administration has made cruelty the norm, from children to trans folks to immigrants.
We deserve better than this.
This administration has made cruelty the norm, from children to trans folks to immigrants.
We deserve better than this.
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First, Lindsey Halligan. Now, Alina Habba.
This DOJ is breathtakingly incompetent, not just because it appoints idiots to cases, but because it is willing to break laws to appoint idiots to cases.
This DOJ is breathtakingly incompetent, not just because it appoints idiots to cases, but because it is willing to break laws to appoint idiots to cases.
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
First, Lindsey Halligan. Now, Alina Habba.
This DOJ is breathtakingly incompetent, not just because it appoints idiots to cases, but because it is willing to break laws to appoint idiots to cases.
This DOJ is breathtakingly incompetent, not just because it appoints idiots to cases, but because it is willing to break laws to appoint idiots to cases.
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It is over for @realDonaldTrump.........OUT/OUT/OUT/OUT/OUT/OUT
December 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It is over for @realDonaldTrump.........OUT/OUT/OUT/OUT/OUT/OUT
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"When senior leaders disparage legal oversight, sideline JAG officers, impede the ability of the press to report, or treat accountability as the enemy, they do more than risk unlawful action. They weaken the moral foundation that makes our military credible in the eyes of the American people...
@markhertling.bsky.social warns the gravest threat to the U.S. military is the erosion of the values that keep our forces lawful and legitimate. He implores Congress to investigate whether unlawful orders were issued in the Caribbean, and hold every official to account.
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
"When senior leaders disparage legal oversight, sideline JAG officers, impede the ability of the press to report, or treat accountability as the enemy, they do more than risk unlawful action. They weaken the moral foundation that makes our military credible in the eyes of the American people...
Hegseth has got the Epstein files off the front page … job done!
December 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Hegseth has got the Epstein files off the front page … job done!
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Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
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December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.
Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers.
Shameful.