Brendancalling
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FWIW: I hate social media.
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FWIW: I hate social media.
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December 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Everything so stupid, also the worst person in the Nuzzi scandal got to keep his cabinet appointment
December 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Everything so stupid, also the worst person in the Nuzzi scandal got to keep his cabinet appointment
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WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
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This is exactly the message I want to hear.
Not one inch of ground given.
Not one post office closed.
Not one inch of ground given.
Not one post office closed.
"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is exactly the message I want to hear.
Not one inch of ground given.
Not one post office closed.
Not one inch of ground given.
Not one post office closed.
As it turns out, @alangraysond15.bsky.social was correct about the GOP healthcare plan: "Don't get sick. But if you DO get sick, die QUICKLY." youtu.be/-usmvYOPfco?...
Alan Grayson on the GOP Health Care Plan: "Don't Get Sick! And if You Do Get Sick, Die Quickly!"'
YouTube video by Alan Grayson
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December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
As it turns out, @alangraysond15.bsky.social was correct about the GOP healthcare plan: "Don't get sick. But if you DO get sick, die QUICKLY." youtu.be/-usmvYOPfco?...
As a MSW stan, I endorse this message.
"I read your last book, and I was bored out of my mind."
"Well, that's your privilege."
100% using this Jessica Fletcher line from Murder, She Wrote when someone tells me at a con they didn't like a book 😆. Love this so much.
"Well, that's your privilege."
100% using this Jessica Fletcher line from Murder, She Wrote when someone tells me at a con they didn't like a book 😆. Love this so much.
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
As a MSW stan, I endorse this message.
Potter County was made by the hand of God/but the Devil made Three Mile Island...
youtu.be/UcIldMc_cBk?...
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(Potter County Was Made By The Hand of God, But the Devil Made) Three Mile Island
YouTube video by Craig Alan Loewen
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December 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Potter County was made by the hand of God/but the Devil made Three Mile Island...
youtu.be/UcIldMc_cBk?...
youtu.be/UcIldMc_cBk?...
Top Dog Law has the best ads. No idea how they are as a personal injury firm, but their ads are great.
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Top Dog Law has the best ads. No idea how they are as a personal injury firm, but their ads are great.
If you’re on FB, my sweetie’s been organizing at Penn State, which is fighting the union.
www.facebook.com/reel/8269451...
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19 reactions | "...there is absolutely no guarantee that our own unique needs from the job will be listened to if we don't have a union." Elizabeth Foulke, Assistant Teaching Professor of English, Uni...
"...there is absolutely no guarantee that our own unique needs from the job will be listened to if we don't have a union." Elizabeth Foulke, Assistant Teaching Professor of English, University Park......
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December 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
If you’re on FB, my sweetie’s been organizing at Penn State, which is fighting the union.
www.facebook.com/reel/8269451...
www.facebook.com/reel/8269451...
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"A number of commentators seem shocked at how unreasonable Republicans are being. 'Has the GOP gone insane?' they ask.
Why, yes, it has. But this isn’t something that just happened, it’s the culmination of a process that has been going on for decades"
Krugman in 2011:
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Why, yes, it has. But this isn’t something that just happened, it’s the culmination of a process that has been going on for decades"
Krugman in 2011:
web.archive.org/web/20111230...
Getting to Crazy
Commentators seem shocked at Republican unreasonableness as a debt default looms, but it is the end result of a process that has lasted decades.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"A number of commentators seem shocked at how unreasonable Republicans are being. 'Has the GOP gone insane?' they ask.
Why, yes, it has. But this isn’t something that just happened, it’s the culmination of a process that has been going on for decades"
Krugman in 2011:
web.archive.org/web/20111230...
Why, yes, it has. But this isn’t something that just happened, it’s the culmination of a process that has been going on for decades"
Krugman in 2011:
web.archive.org/web/20111230...
@jamellebouie.net is right. Why are people who claim to believe in integrity circling the wagons around Nuzzi, @thebulwark.com ?
this is extraordinary. too many people in my profession have circled the wagons around someone who lacks the moral sense of a child
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
@jamellebouie.net is right. Why are people who claim to believe in integrity circling the wagons around Nuzzi, @thebulwark.com ?
@fetterman.senate.gov, the liar who betrayed immigrants, says ICE is doing a good job. So he approves of this: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
VOTE THAT PIECE OF SHIT OUT IN 2028.
VOTE THAT PIECE OF SHIT OUT IN 2028.
Detainees at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facing ‘harrowing human right violations’, new report alleges
Amnesty International finds immigrants at Florida facility were shackled and left outside in metal cage for up to a day
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December 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
@fetterman.senate.gov, the liar who betrayed immigrants, says ICE is doing a good job. So he approves of this: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
VOTE THAT PIECE OF SHIT OUT IN 2028.
VOTE THAT PIECE OF SHIT OUT IN 2028.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If you want to read my occasional rants and nonsense, you can also find me at substack: brendanskwire.substack.com/subscribe?pa...
Everyone should watch the new video Flea put out. It’s really good: youtu.be/TmyjzvQv5bA?...
@ryanroat.bsky.social @booman23.bsky.social @susiemadrak.bsky.social
@ryanroat.bsky.social @booman23.bsky.social @susiemadrak.bsky.social
Flea - A Plea (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Flea
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December 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Everyone should watch the new video Flea put out. It’s really good: youtu.be/TmyjzvQv5bA?...
@ryanroat.bsky.social @booman23.bsky.social @susiemadrak.bsky.social
@ryanroat.bsky.social @booman23.bsky.social @susiemadrak.bsky.social
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I can't get over the fact that they scheduled a televised Cabinet meeting, hyped it as a major event, planned it all out to show how active and in control Trump is ... and then he dozed off in the middle of it. Repeatedly.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I can't get over the fact that they scheduled a televised Cabinet meeting, hyped it as a major event, planned it all out to show how active and in control Trump is ... and then he dozed off in the middle of it. Repeatedly.
This is an important piece by my colleague @booman23.bsky.social follow him on substack, you’ll be glad you did!
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Trump, Hegseth and the Commanders Are All Criminals
The so-called Drug Boat Strikes are illegal and constitute murder. All of them.
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December 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This is an important piece by my colleague @booman23.bsky.social follow him on substack, you’ll be glad you did!
open.substack.com/pub/martinlo...
open.substack.com/pub/martinlo...
Translated: BLAME THAT GUY! BLAME THE GUY THAT ISN'T ME!!
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Translated: BLAME THAT GUY! BLAME THE GUY THAT ISN'T ME!!
Something leopards something faces, Kansas Republican edition heartlandsignal.com/2025/12/01/r...
Republican mayor in Kansas facing deportation over voter fraud
Joe Ceballos, a longtime Republican and small-town mayor in Kansas, is facing felony voter fraud charges and possible deportation from the presidential administration he voted for.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Something leopards something faces, Kansas Republican edition heartlandsignal.com/2025/12/01/r...
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
December 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Hey Admiral Bradley – News flash: Trump doesn't give a damn about you or the Navy. Out with the Truth – now! Time for some *moral* courage – if you have any.
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Hey Admiral Bradley – News flash: Trump doesn't give a damn about you or the Navy. Out with the Truth – now! Time for some *moral* courage – if you have any.
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.