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Brandi Buchman

@brandibuchman.bsky.social

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Legal/Justice Reporter, HuffPost. Writer covering Jan. 6; Proud Boys trial for emptywheel; Oath Keepers trial and Jan. 6 reporting at Daily Kos; former WH, Congressional Correspondent Courthouse News; Reporter at The Southampton Press/27east.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · Nov 22

Look, Ma. I'm still a citation.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 17m

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'Pearl-Clutching': JD Vance Waves Off Outcry Over Young Republicans' Racist Group Chats

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 1h

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Arizona Attorney General Threatens To Sue Mike Johnson Over Failure To Swear In New Member

Democrats have also accused Johnson of delaying the move to head off a vote related to the Epstein files.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 1h

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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 1h

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'This Bulls**t Has To Stop!': Kathy Hochul Takes On GOP Over Young Republicans Report

The New York governor swiftly dismissed talk of "some bad apples" among leaders of the Young Republicans groups.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 1h

One of my other favorite parks was finally closed due to the shutdown. But we aren't going to let the Trump administration deter us from our happiness, health or well being, are we? No!

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 17h

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Israel Plans To Halve Aid Into Gaza Over Slow Return Of Dead Hostages

The fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was tested Tuesday as the slower-than-hoped return of deceased hostages from Gaza prompted an Israeli military agency to declare a “violation” of the truc...

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 17h

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Mitt Romney's Sister-In-Law Found Dead In A Parking Garage

Her cause of death is currently pending additional investigation.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 17h

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Trump Announces Strike On Another Boat He Says Was Smuggling Drugs

The Trump administration has asserted that it is treating alleged drug traffickers as unlawful combatants who must be met with military force.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 18h

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The Pentagon Wants HuffPost To Sign An Absurd Document. We Refuse.

Sign Pete Hegseth’s ridiculous press restrictions? No way in hell!

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 19h

If you're one of the thousands of federal employees who Russ Vought/the Trump admin just RIF'd, I'm very interested in hearing from you about the work you've been doing and what services will now be hurt/gutted with you gone.

Anonymity granted.

[email protected] / Signal: jbendery.41

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 19h

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Man Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Murder Josh Shapiro In Arson Attack

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro warned that political violence like the attack on his home is discouraging people from running for office.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 19h

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The Pentagon Wants HuffPost To Sign An Absurd Document. We Refuse.

Sign Pete Hegseth’s ridiculous press restrictions? No way in hell!

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 22h

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Obama Warns GOP Wants To 'Steal' 2026 Election In Ad For California Redistricting

The former president accused Republicans of trying to "steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election" by gerrymandering Democrats out of power.

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Paul Blumenthal @paulblumenthal.bsky.social · 22h

The Supreme Court will hear arguments tomorrow over whether or not to totally gut the Voting Rights Act. If it does so it would decimate political power for racial minorities, particularly Black people, and help Donald Trump lock in one-party rule www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

The Supreme Court Could Grant Trump His Dream Of One-Party Rule

If the court’s conservative supermajority guts the Voting Rights Act, they will crush minority political power.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 23h

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Hegseth Takes Victory Lap After Crackdown On ‘Fat Troops'

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 23h

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House Speaker Mike Johnson Has An Ominous Prediction About The Government Shutdown

The longest U.S. government shutdown lasted for 35 days under Trump from December 2018 to January 2019.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 23h

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Trump Ally Javier Milei To Visit The White House On Tuesday

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Kevin Robillard @robillard.bsky.social · 23h

Why are Senate Democrats recruiting 77-year-old Janet Mills? Because they're focused proven vote-winners: Everyone likes that they recruited Cooper + Brown.

But the same philosophy is leading them to back Mills, Stevens and Turek, which is causing grumbling.
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 1d

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An Isolated Boarding School Promised To Help Troubled Girls. Former Students Say They Were Abused.

One former student called the school’s founder, Jeannie Courtney, “the all-powerful cult leader — God.”

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 1d

He deserves a prize for whining

TrumpWatch @trumpwatch.skyfleet.blue · 1d

10/14/25 - Time Magazine posted a not so flattering photo of DJT and he isn’t happy about it. https://www.reddit.com/r/trumptweets/comments/1o6c1a7/101425_time_magazine_posted_a_not_so_flattering/
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screenshot of trump post 10/14/25 - Time Magazine posted a not so flattering photo of DJT and he isn’t happy about it.

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Taiyler S. Mitchell @taiylersimone.bsky.social · 1d

Check out my latest with @sebastianmurdock.bsky.social for @huffpost.com: Spring Ridge Academy, an isolated all-girls boarding school in Arizona, promised to help "troubled teens," but former students said the facility abused them and left them traumatized instead.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 1d

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Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 2d

Got my 10 miles in before the sun came up, inhaled a roasted veggie and cream cheese bagel, rode a bike, watched a twilight zone, passed out, drank coffee and its only 3pm. If I could do this every day I would.

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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 2d

Everything about this was so great! She is!

Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 2d

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Twilight Zone - He's Alive - The Death of Peter Vollmer

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