Brian Reece
reecer118.bsky.social
Brian Reece
@reecer118.bsky.social
2013 Presidential Awardee for Math and Science Teaching
Throwing short of the first down since 2012.
September 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The important question that I haven’t seen asked. Where does Libs of TikTok stand on the Epstein files?
July 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The idea that there are 12 million young men scamming Medicaid while playing video games in their mom’s basement is pure Republican fan fiction.
Lying about who uses Medicaid—way more covers healthcare for the working poor and retirees than for young adults who could work but are unemployed—but also...

29-year-old guys living in their mom's basement and not working are mostly a GOP constituency now. There's been a whole discourse about it.
Hinson on Medicaid benefits: "They shouldn't be going to a 29-year-old guy who's living in his mom's basement choosing not to work."
July 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Trump and Elon broke up
June 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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DALLAS FED SURVEY: The top response from companies reacting to tariffs? Pass the cost to consumers.”

(via Apollo)
May 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Rep. Goldman: Raise your hand if you do NOT think children with cancer who are American citizens should be deported

Republicans: *all refuse to raise their hands*
May 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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President Trump says in a new interview that he was joking when he promised to end the Russia-Ukraine war in the first 24 hours of his second term.
Trump calls his promise to end the Russia-Ukraine war on Day One 'an exaggeration'
President Donald Trump's effort to end the Russia-Ukraine war was just one of the areas he touched upon in a wide-ranging interview with Time magazine about his first 100 days.
nbcnews.to
April 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
April 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Trump is still pushing an unhinged fiction about the "glory days" of American protective tariffs, so I'll repost this CAMPAIGN TRAILS piece from last month:

campaign-trails.ghost.io/tarri/
Tariffied
As part of its ongoing crusade to roll back the clock and return America to some mythical golden age, the Trump-Musk administration has just launched a new wave of tariffs against China, Canada and Me...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
April 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.

A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.

HAIRCUTS.

This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation
The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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March 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Cowards.
The hide amendment
The chair of the House GOP's campaign arm told Republican lawmakers to stop holding in-person town halls amid a wave of angry backlash over the cuts undertaken by President Donald Trump's administration.
March 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Breaking News: Stocks tumbled as investors reacted to concerns about the economy and tariffs, erasing almost all gains since President Trump’s inauguration.
Stock Market Sees Biggest Declines of Trump’s Presidency So Far
Fueling a 1.7 percent decline on Friday was an unexpected drop in the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index, as Americans worried about stubborn inflation.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Cooper DeJean with some outstanding awareness to fall back into the throw and get the interception.

DeJean also hit a max speed of 21.31 MPH on this play. The fastest by a defensive player as a ball carrier this season (including playoffs), per NextGenStats.
February 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Services supporting victims of online child exploitation and trafficking around the world have faced USAID and State Department cuts—and children are suffering as a result, sources tell WIRED.
US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking
Services supporting victims of online child exploitation and trafficking around the world have faced USAID and State Department cuts—and children are suffering as a result, sources tell WIRED.
wrd.cm
February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has removed from its website all information on current funding opportunities and directs visitors not to finalize any applications.
Federal Office on Violence Against Women removes funding opportunities from website
The office, part of the Justice Department, is a key source of grants for nonprofits that work to help victims of domestic violence.
19thnews.org
February 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.

- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.

The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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RFK JR has $1.2M in credit card debt on 23% interest rates. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/w...
RFK Jr. had up to $1.2 million in credit card debt — what experts say about tackling high balances
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent financial disclosures show a "massive" amount of credit card debt, according to experts.
www.cnbc.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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The hiring of thousands of federal firefighters has stalled amid a governmentwide freeze ordered by President Trump, just as agencies were beginning to ramp up staffing for the summer wildfire season, according to a firefighters’ union.
Firefighter Hiring Stalls at Federal Agencies After Trump’s Freeze
Job offers have been rescinded and start dates pushed back just as firefighting staffing for the summer wildfire season was beginning, a union said.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:27 AM
There are non-serious people running our state. How about spending the surplus on education that you’ve underfunded for a number of years?
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
'Make Minnesota Iowa Again': Senator proposes bill to let Iowa buy 9 Minnesota counties
A Republican Iowa senator wants to "make Minnesota Iowa again" by introducing a bill that would allow Iowa to buy nine southern Minnesota counties.
www.desmoinesregister.com
January 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM