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Peter Bronez
@pbronez.me
· Apr 5
The solution is obvious & urgent:
- revitalize democracy by upgrading our system to listen better to citizens
- elect politicians beholden to better incentives
- solve problems with market regulations and direct government services as appropriate
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- revitalize democracy by upgrading our system to listen better to citizens
- elect politicians beholden to better incentives
- solve problems with market regulations and direct government services as appropriate
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"The new billboards are designed to inform troops of legal resources … 'The [Southern Command] strikes … represent the most blatantly illegal act that this administration has had the military carry out.'"
taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/
taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/
Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law’ in Caribbean strikes
“Don’t let them make you break the law,” reads a billboard along the road to U.S. Southern Command, one of several set up by veterans.
taskandpurpose.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"The new billboards are designed to inform troops of legal resources … 'The [Southern Command] strikes … represent the most blatantly illegal act that this administration has had the military carry out.'"
taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/
taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-group-billboards-caribbean-strikes/
“The key is to ensure that [public goods] are at such a level of excellence that all will choose to use them, not just those who cannot afford [what] is provided by the private sector”
- Zohran Mamdani
18:40 youtu.be/vbq7DFB8jWE?...
- Zohran Mamdani
18:40 youtu.be/vbq7DFB8jWE?...
Zohran Mamdani Says He's Ready for Donald Trump | The New Yorker Interview
YouTube video by The New Yorker
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
“The key is to ensure that [public goods] are at such a level of excellence that all will choose to use them, not just those who cannot afford [what] is provided by the private sector”
- Zohran Mamdani
18:40 youtu.be/vbq7DFB8jWE?...
- Zohran Mamdani
18:40 youtu.be/vbq7DFB8jWE?...
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Reposted by Peter Bronez
Justice Allison Riggs sworn in following a six month election battle against her GOP opponent
May 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Justice Allison Riggs sworn in following a six month election battle against her GOP opponent
“When systems that were designed for resilience are optimized instead for efficiency, they break.”
kyla.substack.com/p/the-most-v...
kyla.substack.com/p/the-most-v...
The Most Valuable Commodity in the World is Friction
AI Chatbots, Newark, and the West Village Girls
kyla.substack.com
May 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“When systems that were designed for resilience are optimized instead for efficiency, they break.”
kyla.substack.com/p/the-most-v...
kyla.substack.com/p/the-most-v...
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Policy : Politicians :: Engineering : Sales
May 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Policy : Politicians :: Engineering : Sales
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Patriots
"There is no greater privilege than to work for an institution whose mandate is to do the right thing, the right way, for the right reasons. We will not abandon this principle to keep our jobs. We resign."
April 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Patriots
I’m running a fireside chat with Andrew Yang tonight!
Great opportunity to learn about what we’re doing at @fwdvirginia.bsky.social
vafwd.click/VAFWDxAndrew...
Great opportunity to learn about what we’re doing at @fwdvirginia.bsky.social
vafwd.click/VAFWDxAndrew...
Fireside Chat with Andrew Yang
Special Fireside Chat with Andrew Yang, Co-Founder of the Forward Party. It will be moderated by our Vice Chairwoman for Communications, best-selling author, and journalist, Sophia A. Nelson.
vafwd.click
April 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I’m running a fireside chat with Andrew Yang tonight!
Great opportunity to learn about what we’re doing at @fwdvirginia.bsky.social
vafwd.click/VAFWDxAndrew...
Great opportunity to learn about what we’re doing at @fwdvirginia.bsky.social
vafwd.click/VAFWDxAndrew...
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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“Alive to our era of genuine existential danger – from climate breakdown to nuclear war to sky-rocketing inequality and unregulated AI – but financially and ideologically committed to deepening those threats, contemporary far-right movements lack any credible vision for a hopeful future.”
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“Alive to our era of genuine existential danger – from climate breakdown to nuclear war to sky-rocketing inequality and unregulated AI – but financially and ideologically committed to deepening those threats, contemporary far-right movements lack any credible vision for a hopeful future.”
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• In the short-run, tariffs pinch bottom income households 2.5x more rel. to income than at the top.
• Families at the bottom lose $1,900. In the middle, $3,400. At the top, $9,300.
• Consumers face +58% higher apparel prices in the short-run, +26% in long-run.
6/7
• Families at the bottom lose $1,900. In the middle, $3,400. At the top, $9,300.
• Consumers face +58% higher apparel prices in the short-run, +26% in long-run.
6/7
April 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
• In the short-run, tariffs pinch bottom income households 2.5x more rel. to income than at the top.
• Families at the bottom lose $1,900. In the middle, $3,400. At the top, $9,300.
• Consumers face +58% higher apparel prices in the short-run, +26% in long-run.
6/7
• Families at the bottom lose $1,900. In the middle, $3,400. At the top, $9,300.
• Consumers face +58% higher apparel prices in the short-run, +26% in long-run.
6/7
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Crimes in broad daylight. Trump and his friends are getting rich off this chaos. Market manipulation doesn’t even begin to describe this.
April 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Crimes in broad daylight. Trump and his friends are getting rich off this chaos. Market manipulation doesn’t even begin to describe this.
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In fact, the 2020 election was not "rigged and stolen," as Trump's own attorney general and other advisers told him at the time. But Trump is now indicating that to say that may be illegal and cause for a Justice Department investigation.
Trump's order to the Justice Department to investigate Chris Krebs identifies as one of his supposed offenses that he "falsely and baselessly denied that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen."
April 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
In fact, the 2020 election was not "rigged and stolen," as Trump's own attorney general and other advisers told him at the time. But Trump is now indicating that to say that may be illegal and cause for a Justice Department investigation.
Do we find a solutions in a constitution /
Has the reason we designed it gone away? /
Do we find repentance to suspend our sentence /
Because the seasons and the times don't want to wait
- Liberty, Complacency, Dependency by Threshold
youtu.be/F-537WyCDSU?...
Has the reason we designed it gone away? /
Do we find repentance to suspend our sentence /
Because the seasons and the times don't want to wait
- Liberty, Complacency, Dependency by Threshold
youtu.be/F-537WyCDSU?...
Liberty Complacency Dependency
YouTube video by Threshold - Topic
youtu.be
April 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Do we find a solutions in a constitution /
Has the reason we designed it gone away? /
Do we find repentance to suspend our sentence /
Because the seasons and the times don't want to wait
- Liberty, Complacency, Dependency by Threshold
youtu.be/F-537WyCDSU?...
Has the reason we designed it gone away? /
Do we find repentance to suspend our sentence /
Because the seasons and the times don't want to wait
- Liberty, Complacency, Dependency by Threshold
youtu.be/F-537WyCDSU?...
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The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I don’t agree with @sanders.senate.gov on everything, but this video is pretty on point.
You don’t have to love Bernie to fight for democracy. You don’t even have to vote D. You can join us at @fwdparty.bsky.social, in a values-based coalition fighting for democracy.
youtu.be/70nHmlapu7w?...
You don’t have to love Bernie to fight for democracy. You don’t even have to vote D. You can join us at @fwdparty.bsky.social, in a values-based coalition fighting for democracy.
youtu.be/70nHmlapu7w?...
Where Do We Go From Here?
YouTube video by Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
April 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I don’t agree with @sanders.senate.gov on everything, but this video is pretty on point.
You don’t have to love Bernie to fight for democracy. You don’t even have to vote D. You can join us at @fwdparty.bsky.social, in a values-based coalition fighting for democracy.
youtu.be/70nHmlapu7w?...
You don’t have to love Bernie to fight for democracy. You don’t even have to vote D. You can join us at @fwdparty.bsky.social, in a values-based coalition fighting for democracy.
youtu.be/70nHmlapu7w?...
“‘We just had to wait for the AI technology boom to be here now to let us compete with all that cheap labor all around the world,’Lutnick said”
AI is not a good substitute for cheap labor. Robots can’t fold laundry.
If AI does magically replace cheap labor, how will low skill people buy food?
AI is not a good substitute for cheap labor. Robots can’t fold laundry.
If AI does magically replace cheap labor, how will low skill people buy food?
The tech titans who lined up to kiss Trump’s ring are among the biggest losers from his tariffs. They’re still holding out hope he’ll deliver for them.
Gift link to our story today: wapo.st/4ckrKsM
Gift link to our story today: wapo.st/4ckrKsM
Big Tech bet on Trump. It’s still waiting for the payoff.
Sweeping tariffs are hitting tech giants hard, shaking the industry’s confidence in a president they hoped would boost their fortunes.
wapo.st
April 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“‘We just had to wait for the AI technology boom to be here now to let us compete with all that cheap labor all around the world,’Lutnick said”
AI is not a good substitute for cheap labor. Robots can’t fold laundry.
If AI does magically replace cheap labor, how will low skill people buy food?
AI is not a good substitute for cheap labor. Robots can’t fold laundry.
If AI does magically replace cheap labor, how will low skill people buy food?
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I am enjoying seeing all these #handsoff protests springing up around the country in towns both big and small. It's a hopeful thing to witness in such dark, scary times.
And I love these DC protest signs.
And I love these DC protest signs.
April 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I am enjoying seeing all these #handsoff protests springing up around the country in towns both big and small. It's a hopeful thing to witness in such dark, scary times.
And I love these DC protest signs.
And I love these DC protest signs.
Markets are a powerful tool that we can’t afford to ignore. For example, food banks use a market to share donations:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
April 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Markets are a powerful tool that we can’t afford to ignore. For example, food banks use a market to share donations:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
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No matter who you are (Rep. Luna 👀), we applaud bipartisan efforts that reduce party control of the legislation process.
Seek compromise. Not control.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Seek compromise. Not control.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
After 9 Republicans rebel, House Speaker Johnson fails to stop proxy voting effort led by new moms in Congress
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida and Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen of Colorado want to force a vote on their proposal for proxy voting, which a majority of House colleagues support.
www.pbs.org
April 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
No matter who you are (Rep. Luna 👀), we applaud bipartisan efforts that reduce party control of the legislation process.
Seek compromise. Not control.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Seek compromise. Not control.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Pretty cool to see Hampton Roads deploying a high tech #recycling center to reduce pressure on their municipal landfill
www.whro.org/environment/...
www.whro.org/environment/...
Hampton Roads waste authority finalizing deal that could eventually phase out curbside recycling bins
The Southeastern Public Service Authority spent the past year looking for a new way to handle the region's trash as space at the Regional Landfill runs out.
www.whro.org
March 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Pretty cool to see Hampton Roads deploying a high tech #recycling center to reduce pressure on their municipal landfill
www.whro.org/environment/...
www.whro.org/environment/...