Bob Brandon
@rhbrandon.bsky.social
spouse, parent, in-law, sibling, retired military (USNR), semi-retired lawyer, among other things. Local library board member. ETTD.
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Redeemerprudence
😬The Supreme Court will consider whether the intentional creation of a majority-minority congressional district violates the 14th or 15th Amendments.
If the answer is yes, SCOTUS will effectively declare that what remains of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. This is very, very ominous.
If the answer is yes, SCOTUS will effectively declare that what remains of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. This is very, very ominous.
August 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Redeemerprudence
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[guy opposed to socialism when a socialist wins socialist-ly] it wasn’t the socialism
If Dems want lessons from Mamdani applicable across the country “it’s less about the ideology, and more about the message discipline of focusing on what people care about and the tactical wisdom of getting out there and talking to everybody,” Pete Buttigieg says on NPR.
July 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
[guy opposed to socialism when a socialist wins socialist-ly] it wasn’t the socialism
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The stabbed in the dick legend
It's simply amazing to me that the U.S. spent 70 years (1945-2015) constructing a post-WW2 military, economic, and social world order to its liking, only to turn around and decide it was actually the victim of this order the entire time.
July 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The stabbed in the dick legend
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Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) offers a diagnosis of the Democratic Party that remains true today. The party could not then & cannot now offer both liberation & a continuation of existing inequalities & systems of repression. That path of "compromise" only leads to fascist consolidation.
"The liberal tries to become an arbitrator, but he is incapable of solving the problems. He promises the oppressor that he can keep the oppressed under control.... At the same time, he promises the oppressed that he will be able to alleviate their suffering—in due time."
The Pitfalls of Liberalism
Whenever one writes about a problem in the United States, especially concerning the racial atmosphere, the problem written about is usually black people, that they are either extremist, irresponsible,...
redsails.org
July 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) offers a diagnosis of the Democratic Party that remains true today. The party could not then & cannot now offer both liberation & a continuation of existing inequalities & systems of repression. That path of "compromise" only leads to fascist consolidation.
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I wrote this about Gaza, but it applies everywhere, to all children.
July 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I wrote this about Gaza, but it applies everywhere, to all children.
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🔥Respect to Jasmine Crockett, a true fighter & fierce voice for accountability. She’s raised millions, mobilized the base, and never shied away from confrontation.
But here’s a warning: Dems in Congress better start backing the real fighters or risk alienating the base.
@repjasmine.bsky.social
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But here’s a warning: Dems in Congress better start backing the real fighters or risk alienating the base.
@repjasmine.bsky.social
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June 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🔥Respect to Jasmine Crockett, a true fighter & fierce voice for accountability. She’s raised millions, mobilized the base, and never shied away from confrontation.
But here’s a warning: Dems in Congress better start backing the real fighters or risk alienating the base.
@repjasmine.bsky.social
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But here’s a warning: Dems in Congress better start backing the real fighters or risk alienating the base.
@repjasmine.bsky.social
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Glad to see Van Hollen choosing to oppose racism. More Democrats should try it!
We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win
Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.
www.axios.com
June 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Glad to see Van Hollen choosing to oppose racism. More Democrats should try it!
Almost certainly not the first to post this here, but pleased to repost it anyway.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Will the Democrats learn from Zohran Mamdani’s victory? | Bernie Sanders
Too many Democratic party leaders would rather be the captains on a sinking Titanic than change course
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Almost certainly not the first to post this here, but pleased to repost it anyway.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A most appropriate addition for @thelouvreof.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A most appropriate addition for @thelouvreof.bsky.social
"Their intent: Give Americans a choice between MAGA and GOP lite."
Mamdani blows the minds of the Dem establishment and so-called "centrists" and "never Trumpers" who thought they could hijack the Democratic Party in the name of helping to save it from Trump. Their intent: Give Americans a choice between MAGA and GOP lite. A new generation of voters say, "No."
June 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"Their intent: Give Americans a choice between MAGA and GOP lite."
Clintonism, that cancerous, enervating, blue-dog Democratic Party appeasement, was beaten in NYC yesterday.
N/t: @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
N/t: @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
“I am begging Democrats to embrace candidates who can authentically speak to the electorate they’re running to represent, whether they’re in red, blue, urban or rural areas.” @rebeccakkatz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...
Opinion | Democratic Leaders Tried to Crush Zohran Mamdani. They Should Have Been Taking Notes.
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Clintonism, that cancerous, enervating, blue-dog Democratic Party appeasement, was beaten in NYC yesterday.
N/t: @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
N/t: @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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LOLOLOL
That sound you hear is every columnist at The Atlantic screaming into a pillow
June 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
LOLOLOL
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Clinton, Clyburn, Summers, Palantir, Bloomberg, NYT, Wall St, AIPAC...all tried their best.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
June 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Clinton, Clyburn, Summers, Palantir, Bloomberg, NYT, Wall St, AIPAC...all tried their best.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
The entire establishment went full racist and Islamophobic in the end.
Still Mamdani won.
Biggest F U to the Democratic Establishment and 1% since AOC win.
Wow.
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No explanation.
None.
It’s obscene.
I keep remembering the 1679 habeas corpus act. It reacted to the king arresting people & without trial deporting them. It began: “for prevention of imprisonment beyond seas.”
Without explanation, our current SCOTUS majority is undoing centuries of justice.
None.
It’s obscene.
I keep remembering the 1679 habeas corpus act. It reacted to the king arresting people & without trial deporting them. It began: “for prevention of imprisonment beyond seas.”
Without explanation, our current SCOTUS majority is undoing centuries of justice.
Today’s unsigned, unexplained #SCOTUS ruling clearing the way for removals of migrants to third countries without any additional process is a disaster—not just on the merits, but because of the government misbehavior that it not only refuses to punish, but effectively rewards.
Me, via “One First”:
Me, via “One First”:
161. The Court's Disastrous Ruling in the Third-Country Removal Case
The majority did not just greenlight an especially odious immigration policy without any explanation; it did so in a case in which the government defied the district court—twice—with no consequence.
www.stevevladeck.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
No explanation.
None.
It’s obscene.
I keep remembering the 1679 habeas corpus act. It reacted to the king arresting people & without trial deporting them. It began: “for prevention of imprisonment beyond seas.”
Without explanation, our current SCOTUS majority is undoing centuries of justice.
None.
It’s obscene.
I keep remembering the 1679 habeas corpus act. It reacted to the king arresting people & without trial deporting them. It began: “for prevention of imprisonment beyond seas.”
Without explanation, our current SCOTUS majority is undoing centuries of justice.
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I see the Washington Post is platforming an op-ed by Krisi Noem, because apparently they're still pissed they missed their opportunity to publish Goebbels in the original German.
June 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I see the Washington Post is platforming an op-ed by Krisi Noem, because apparently they're still pissed they missed their opportunity to publish Goebbels in the original German.
2003.
The rules based world order died in 2003. When the U.S. invaded Iraq under the pretext of WMDs. Now its a free for all www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha....
What Rule-Based International Order? - Boston Review
Putin's war in Ukraine breaks the rules, but powerful states always do. Far from dying, a just global order remains to be built.
www.bostonreview.net
June 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
2003.
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It is terrifying that a rapture believing dispensational premillennialist is the United States ambassador to Israel.
June 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It is terrifying that a rapture believing dispensational premillennialist is the United States ambassador to Israel.
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“Forget about intelligence” is a pretty good mantra for this administration
Host: Are you saying the US did not see intelligence that the Supreme Leader had ordered weaponization?
Rubio: That’s irrelevant
Host: No, that's a key point
Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence
Rubio: That’s irrelevant
Host: No, that's a key point
Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence
June 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Forget about intelligence” is a pretty good mantra for this administration
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ICE agents in tactical gear chase down and tackle a U.S. citizen in L.A.
After realizing he’s American, they just slink away.
Their only explanation: “Why were you running?”
Probably because two masked men with guns were trying to snatch him.
After realizing he’s American, they just slink away.
Their only explanation: “Why were you running?”
Probably because two masked men with guns were trying to snatch him.
June 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
ICE agents in tactical gear chase down and tackle a U.S. citizen in L.A.
After realizing he’s American, they just slink away.
Their only explanation: “Why were you running?”
Probably because two masked men with guns were trying to snatch him.
After realizing he’s American, they just slink away.
Their only explanation: “Why were you running?”
Probably because two masked men with guns were trying to snatch him.
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Neither Donald nor any of his children or ancestors ever served in wartime or peacetime. A Trump grandfather was deported from Bavaria for refusing to serve. A family of faithless cowards.
Takes a lot of nerve, military service is for thee, not me!
June 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Neither Donald nor any of his children or ancestors ever served in wartime or peacetime. A Trump grandfather was deported from Bavaria for refusing to serve. A family of faithless cowards.
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New in PN: “Neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party” — @mcopelov.bsky.social unpacks his signature phrase
"When the right-wing party becomes a far-right party, that’s a recipe for our system being taken over."
"When the right-wing party becomes a far-right party, that’s a recipe for our system being taken over."
“Neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party”
Mark Copelovitch unpacks his signature phrase.
www.publicnotice.co
June 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
New in PN: “Neither our media nor our political system is designed to deal with a far right authoritarian party” — @mcopelov.bsky.social unpacks his signature phrase
"When the right-wing party becomes a far-right party, that’s a recipe for our system being taken over."
"When the right-wing party becomes a far-right party, that’s a recipe for our system being taken over."
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Toilet piranhas will inevitably turn on each other.
On 6/20/25, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale smeared Steve Bannon & Tucker Carlson—who oppose US intervention in the Israel/Iran war—as “this new Woke Right.” (The Israel/Iran war & “Woke Right” smear continue to fracture the MAGA coalition.) 1/
June 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Toilet piranhas will inevitably turn on each other.