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James Hell Brooks

@kleinman.bsky.social

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I like to post and see posts. Head of Research at Heartland Signal, I am always taking pitches about what's going on in your state (DM or Signal aaron.1515)

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 8d

The need for fearless. independent journalism has never been greater. Which is why I'm excited to announce that I have accepted a job to become the Head of Research at @heartlandsignal.bsky.social. We have big things in store so check us out.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 8h

I refuse to stay up late just to possibly watch the Dodgers win. It's called self-love.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 9h

I'd look so much younger now if they had ads for Japanese sunscreen on Spike TV

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 9h

Oh you flatter me by thinking I wasn't alive at the same time as the USSR

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 9h

Chef Boyardee was from here you knowwwwww

James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 9h

I like her, she reminds me of Paramore, also no way I want the smoke from Filipino Social Media

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 9h

Oh yeah, she could be president some day bsky.app/profile/chem...

ghostdoctoral researcher @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 9h

watched the John Oliver segment and thought: "she's gonna go really far"

James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 9h

Olivia Reingold may be one of the ugliest people on the inside I've ever come across. Nothing but pure malice and spite, reveling in being unpleasant. Incredibly offputting person.

James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 9h

Olivia Reingold may be one of the ugliest people on the inside I've ever come across. Nothing but pure malice and spite, reveling in being unpleasant. Incredibly offputting person.

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 14h

so, a big Resistance account on here kindly reshared my piece, then deleted their original post, and wrote another one linking to an article from a different site that aggregated my reporting here (and did so with due credit to be fair) … social media can be so weird

Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 18h

wrote about how Dr. Phil pivoted to wholesale MAGA punditry after leaving daytime TV to start his own company—and why his Trump friendship and ICE ride-alongs couldn't save his new venture from the bankruptcy proceedings that now have him tied up in court slate.com/business/202...

He Used to Dominate Daytime TV. Now He’s Sucking Up to Trump—and His Media Empire Is Collapsing.

When Dr. Phil signed off his talk show in 2023, he pivoted to MAGA politics. It’s not working so well for him.

slate.com

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 9h

2 statewide elections, AG is appointed by the legislature

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 11h

The boring and obvious take that anti-woke positions have the effect (and in many cases the intent) of making it acceptable in polite circles to be a degenerate racist was and remains correct.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11h

Cory Mills, boy I dunno

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/10/14/j...

Judge grants ex-girlfriend restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills

A Florida judge said Rep. Cory Mills had cyberstalked an ex-girlfriend and barred the lawmaker from going near her residence or workplace or referencing her on social media.

www.orlandosentinel.com

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 10h

The opening to Conan O'Brien's 10th Anniversary Special remains one of the best ever films about New York City www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkQj...

Conan's 10th Anniversary opening

YouTube video by Club Jub Jub

www.youtube.com

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 12h

they’re already cutting the aid to gaza in half. it has not been even 4 days. but yeah go ahead and throw that parade i guess fuck it.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 13h

Dr. Phil not being able to make money off MAGA is hilarious. Jack Posobiec got a beach house off it and his job was testing pee for the Navy. How are you that bad at this man?

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13h

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 14h

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 14h

what this appears to show is that something is going on specifically with plant-based and vegan protein powders, and in particular there are two that seem full-on dangerous

but there's very little to nothing wrong with any of the dairy- and meat-based ones www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 14h

watching the government's social media accounts spit out groyper stuff on main this whole last year, this is how i imagined the behind the scenes chats were going

Politico @politico.com · 16h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘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.

www.politico.com

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 14h

Vlade Divac and Luc Robitaille have both issued statements condemning the No Kings marches

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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 14h

you've got to remember earlier this year the government was basically in the hands of a 25-year-old who wrote "I was racist before it was cool" and JD Vance was just like "he's a boy!"

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GeorgiaBlue @georgiablue.bsky.social · 17h

Charlie Sykes

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 14h

But was it a hipster coffee shop

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 15h

Him and Orrin Hatch

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · Feb 23

the median republican volunteer for 2024 is a 25 year old groyper with a statue avatar twitter account who uses the word cuck roughly as often as I use "fuck" and is obsessed with seed oils and has a laptop full of the kind of anime porn that should get you 20 years in supermax

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15h

It is at least *interesting* that the people making this supposedly world-changing technology think its most profitable use cases are: social media videos and sexting.

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