Brad Raley
@streaksfriend.bsky.social
Booking agent, mandolin owner, former historian.
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House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.
June 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.
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“I’m one of the good guys keeping America safe,” I tell myself as I try to kidnap a six-year-old girl from an elementary school.
June 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“I’m one of the good guys keeping America safe,” I tell myself as I try to kidnap a six-year-old girl from an elementary school.
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Less than 1% of SNAP benefits are lost to fraud. Compare that to military contractors: "Between 2001-2011, over $60 billion in military spending had been wasted in the Iraq & Afghanistan conflicts due to lack of proper oversight, poor planning, or outright fraud."
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May 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Less than 1% of SNAP benefits are lost to fraud. Compare that to military contractors: "Between 2001-2011, over $60 billion in military spending had been wasted in the Iraq & Afghanistan conflicts due to lack of proper oversight, poor planning, or outright fraud."
frohsinbarger.com/government-c...
frohsinbarger.com/government-c...
17 republican led states are suing to stop the federal government for making them protect disabled people. Waiting for any conservative Christian to defend this cruelty.
February 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
17 republican led states are suing to stop the federal government for making them protect disabled people. Waiting for any conservative Christian to defend this cruelty.
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Any university that voluntarily shutters a DEI program, office or personnel “Because of Trumps Executive Order” is making a PR decision. Not a legal one.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
January 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Any university that voluntarily shutters a DEI program, office or personnel “Because of Trumps Executive Order” is making a PR decision. Not a legal one.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
Trumps EO does not change anti discrimination law. If anything, the EO is unlawful.
Universities should treat it that way.
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Pelican in the fog 🪶🌫️
San Simeon CA, 9.23.2024
San Simeon CA, 9.23.2024
October 8, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Pelican in the fog 🪶🌫️
San Simeon CA, 9.23.2024
San Simeon CA, 9.23.2024
Told someone the other day that it wasn't like we didn't warn conservatives that a ban would harm women. As it turns out, they don't care.
A new report from @pregnancyjust.bsky.social shows "more pregnancy-related prosecutions in the first year after Dobbs than in ANY prior year."
Abortion bans have always been about criminalization. Expect this to escalate.
www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/wp-content/u...
Abortion bans have always been about criminalization. Expect this to escalate.
www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/wp-content/u...
September 24, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Told someone the other day that it wasn't like we didn't warn conservatives that a ban would harm women. As it turns out, they don't care.
Wow.
A CA-based advocacy group for Haitian immigrants filed a bench memorandum and supporting affidavit in Springfield, Ohio, today, asking local authorities to criminally charge Trump and Vance for endangering the community. (Ohio law permits private citizens to do this.)
Haitian group seeks criminal charges vs. Trump, Vance in Springfield court filing
The Haitian Bridge Alliance filed a bench memorandum and supporting affidavit in Clark County Municipal Court on Tuesday, asking local authorities to charge former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD V...
www.springfieldnewssun.com
September 24, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Wow.
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Haitians fought in the Revolutionary War for US independence. The new Haitian government gave weapons to Simon Bolivar for the independence of Gran Colombia. The Haitian Revolution inspired slave uprisings. Haitians have done more for freedom in the hemisphere than most countries.
September 12, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Haitians fought in the Revolutionary War for US independence. The new Haitian government gave weapons to Simon Bolivar for the independence of Gran Colombia. The Haitian Revolution inspired slave uprisings. Haitians have done more for freedom in the hemisphere than most countries.
Really good piece by Serwer about why DEI matters and why conservatives hate it.
For weeks (and arguably years) Trump and Trump supporters portrayed Harris as a barely verbal idiot. Then she thrashed him so badly he refused to debate her again. This says something about why diversity efforts matter and why the right opposes them www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
September 14, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Really good piece by Serwer about why DEI matters and why conservatives hate it.
I am not sure I can get past this—that the two top candidates for the Republican Party are doubling down on endangering immigrant lives. And they don’t care. One bit
For the second day in a row, schools in Springfield, Ohio, are being evacuated because of apparent threats fueled by Trump and Vance's high-profile racist fear-mongering. The school district evacuated two elementary schools and closed one middle school.
Two Springfield schools evacuated, another closed; district cites police info
Springfield City School District closed one middle school and evacuated two elementary schools.
www.springfieldnewssun.com
September 13, 2024 at 10:45 PM
I am not sure I can get past this—that the two top candidates for the Republican Party are doubling down on endangering immigrant lives. And they don’t care. One bit
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September 6, 2024 at 12:07 PM
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There are two Trump lies that stand out from the morass for vileness:
1) That people are killing babies as they are born
2) That schools are performing gender surgery without parental knowledge.
A thread. 🧵
1) That people are killing babies as they are born
2) That schools are performing gender surgery without parental knowledge.
A thread. 🧵
September 2, 2024 at 1:59 PM
There are two Trump lies that stand out from the morass for vileness:
1) That people are killing babies as they are born
2) That schools are performing gender surgery without parental knowledge.
A thread. 🧵
1) That people are killing babies as they are born
2) That schools are performing gender surgery without parental knowledge.
A thread. 🧵
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Big day in Trumpworld. Got the coveted RFK and Rob Schneider endorsements.
August 24, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Big day in Trumpworld. Got the coveted RFK and Rob Schneider endorsements.
I don’t want to either get my hopes up, nor be a poll denier, but given the steady insults on key demographics—post menopausal women, cat ladies, people without children, the educated, etc. I find the closeness of the race inconceivable.
August 19, 2024 at 2:10 PM
I don’t want to either get my hopes up, nor be a poll denier, but given the steady insults on key demographics—post menopausal women, cat ladies, people without children, the educated, etc. I find the closeness of the race inconceivable.
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Biden needs to come out in a Hawaiian shirt with Jimmy Buffett playing with a Miller High Life longneck in hand and making Trump jokes and calling him a convicted felon then starts a Kamala chant out of nowhere and then says fuck George Clooney goodnight everybody
July 21, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Biden needs to come out in a Hawaiian shirt with Jimmy Buffett playing with a Miller High Life longneck in hand and making Trump jokes and calling him a convicted felon then starts a Kamala chant out of nowhere and then says fuck George Clooney goodnight everybody
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It’s not enough to just win this time, Trumpy and his supporters need to be stomped hard enough that that brand of fascism crawls back into its hole for another 60 years.
August 12, 2024 at 12:40 AM
It’s not enough to just win this time, Trumpy and his supporters need to be stomped hard enough that that brand of fascism crawls back into its hole for another 60 years.
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Seeing a lot of blowback to this piece.
You don’t have to embrace French’s politics or forgive him for anything he’s done wrong … but if he wants to cross the aisle and vote for our candidate and try to persuade other Republicans to do so, Sweet Jesus, let him do that work.
You don’t have to embrace French’s politics or forgive him for anything he’s done wrong … but if he wants to cross the aisle and vote for our candidate and try to persuade other Republicans to do so, Sweet Jesus, let him do that work.
Fantastic David French column! May more conservatives follow his lead. www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/o...
Opinion | To Save Conservatism From Itself, I Am Voting for Harris
If Trump loses, conservative Americans will have a chance to build something decent from the ruins of a party that was once a force for genuine good.
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Seeing a lot of blowback to this piece.
You don’t have to embrace French’s politics or forgive him for anything he’s done wrong … but if he wants to cross the aisle and vote for our candidate and try to persuade other Republicans to do so, Sweet Jesus, let him do that work.
You don’t have to embrace French’s politics or forgive him for anything he’s done wrong … but if he wants to cross the aisle and vote for our candidate and try to persuade other Republicans to do so, Sweet Jesus, let him do that work.
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How dare you. Absolutely disgusting. The former president will see you in court and you better believe he has paperwork proving he was in a helicopter with Steve Harvey or Langston Hughes or whoever
August 10, 2024 at 2:32 PM
How dare you. Absolutely disgusting. The former president will see you in court and you better believe he has paperwork proving he was in a helicopter with Steve Harvey or Langston Hughes or whoever
I finally disabled my twitter account. Every time I checked in there, I felt rage and sadness.
August 8, 2024 at 9:39 PM
I finally disabled my twitter account. Every time I checked in there, I felt rage and sadness.
Let’s hope.
Trump’s biggest problem in electoral terms is that the kind of low-information “lol yeah this will be hilarious” voter he attracted in the only election he’s ever won is sick of him and no longer has any clue what he’s rambling on about.
The show has been on for 8 seasons and nobody cares anymore.
The show has been on for 8 seasons and nobody cares anymore.
August 8, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Let’s hope.
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honestly, i like tim walz a lot, and im also wildly relieved the next few months won't be full of deeply antisemitic bullshit that would have made me near insane with torment
August 6, 2024 at 3:26 PM
honestly, i like tim walz a lot, and im also wildly relieved the next few months won't be full of deeply antisemitic bullshit that would have made me near insane with torment
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Amy Klobuchar just said her mother in law gave the Walz family a chicken parmesan bake when their son was born, absolutely violent levels of midwestern
August 6, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Amy Klobuchar just said her mother in law gave the Walz family a chicken parmesan bake when their son was born, absolutely violent levels of midwestern