@kleybrune.bsky.social
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
Cohen
Forget your perfect offering
Cohen
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"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive."
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Republicans and Democrats have long agreed on the need to help people leaving incarceration find jobs and housing so they can contribute to their communities and avoid returning to crime. The Justice Department’s grant cuts now threaten those efforts. bit.ly/3KpuBYb
Canceled DOJ Grants Threaten Bipartisan Work to Support People Released from Prison
The cuts undermine public safety and years of bipartisan cooperation on state and federal reentry work.
www.brennancenter.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Republicans and Democrats have long agreed on the need to help people leaving incarceration find jobs and housing so they can contribute to their communities and avoid returning to crime. The Justice Department’s grant cuts now threaten those efforts. bit.ly/3KpuBYb
Thank you @eddieperez.bsky.social.
1/ In 2022, one year after Trump incited the seditious attack on the US Capitol, I posted a long thread of images on Twitter, because revisionist attempts to create a false narrative about that day were already well underway.
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
December 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Thank you @eddieperez.bsky.social.
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The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
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A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A real president does this.
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸
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Tonight, I am voting no on a procedural vote on an appropriations deal that would re-open the government. Since July, I have been clear: to earn my vote, Republicans would have to do something to bring down the cost of health care for working and middle-class Michiganders. (1/4)
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Tonight, I am voting no on a procedural vote on an appropriations deal that would re-open the government. Since July, I have been clear: to earn my vote, Republicans would have to do something to bring down the cost of health care for working and middle-class Michiganders. (1/4)
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The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
@theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk
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Political violence doesn’t just endanger individuals — it warps democracy itself. bit.ly/3JA9cuG
Political Violence Is Distorting American Lawmaking
The threat of attacks can influence elected officials’ votes, policy choices, and public engagement.
www.brennancenter.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Political violence doesn’t just endanger individuals — it warps democracy itself. bit.ly/3JA9cuG
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You don’t stage an intervention for someone you “hate” — quite the opposite. You do it for someone you love and want to see do better. 🇺🇸 #NoKingsDay
October 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
You don’t stage an intervention for someone you “hate” — quite the opposite. You do it for someone you love and want to see do better. 🇺🇸 #NoKingsDay
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
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Perhaps the most famous lines Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) ever wrote were from this 1914 poem, “Chicago.” The toughness of commerce and vitality of labor in Chicago are inseparable from the city’s fuller character—the joyful and the unseemly aspects alike.
Labor Day: ‘Building, Breaking, Rebuilding’
A classic poem of working America.
www.thebulwark.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Perhaps the most famous lines Carl Sandburg (1878–1967) ever wrote were from this 1914 poem, “Chicago.” The toughness of commerce and vitality of labor in Chicago are inseparable from the city’s fuller character—the joyful and the unseemly aspects alike.
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Massive walkout underway at CDC.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
August 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Massive walkout underway at CDC.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
RFK jr. must resign so that we can be safe.
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Note left on our typewriter.
August 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Note left on our typewriter.
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I got to chat with @nytimes.com about what they're calling "roots music" and its place in the modern music industry. As times have grown more complicated, so has the music and its function in society.
In the Age of the Algorithm, Roots Music Is Rising
www.nytimes.com
June 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I got to chat with @nytimes.com about what they're calling "roots music" and its place in the modern music industry. As times have grown more complicated, so has the music and its function in society.
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Happy Pride month!! 🏳️🌈
June 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Happy Pride month!! 🏳️🌈
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And he took a cup of Malört and said, "this is my blood."
May 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
And he took a cup of Malört and said, "this is my blood."
Small donor public financing incentivizes candidates to engage with and strengthen their ties to the individuals in their districts. Let's scale this nationwide! @brennancenter.bsky.social
Since the Supreme Court decided Citizens United 15 years ago, the ultrawealthy have fueled campaigns and drowned out small donations from everyday Americans. But New York State is showing the country how to meet this moment: small donor public financing. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
New York State’s Public Campaign Financing Program Empowers Constituent Small Donors
The matching program’s inaugural run expanded legislative candidates’ reliance on small donors from within their districts.
www.brennancenter.org
May 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Small donor public financing incentivizes candidates to engage with and strengthen their ties to the individuals in their districts. Let's scale this nationwide! @brennancenter.bsky.social
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We are in the midst of what many consider the most promising pancreatic cancer cure research in decades. This is literally joining the War on Cancer on the side of cancer. It's happening in multiple departments. They're also attacking mRNA fax science which is the heart of the possible breakthrough.
They just cut $20M of pancreatic cancer research from DoD. Who the hell could be thinking they won’t be targeted?
March 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We are in the midst of what many consider the most promising pancreatic cancer cure research in decades. This is literally joining the War on Cancer on the side of cancer. It's happening in multiple departments. They're also attacking mRNA fax science which is the heart of the possible breakthrough.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who ran a historic 100-day campaign against President Donald Trump in the hopes of becoming the first woman president of the United States, will again make history on Monday — and bring other women along. www.instagram.com/p/DFD7A5jpxQg/
January 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who ran a historic 100-day campaign against President Donald Trump in the hopes of becoming the first woman president of the United States, will again make history on Monday — and bring other women along. www.instagram.com/p/DFD7A5jpxQg/
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Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
December 28, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
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Please enjoy this shot of Elvis getting a polio shot backstage at the Ed Sullivan show as part of a pro-vaccination campaign in 1956, posted here today for no reason whatsoever
December 13, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Please enjoy this shot of Elvis getting a polio shot backstage at the Ed Sullivan show as part of a pro-vaccination campaign in 1956, posted here today for no reason whatsoever