Brian Patrick O’Malley
@brianomalley2.bsky.social
Writer, History Buff, Voice Actor
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Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
What a heartbreaking moment ❤️🩹
This is where we are, our apologies to Thomas Paine
This is where we are, our apologies to Thomas Paine
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This essay might help explain the seemingly-coordinated rhetoric attacks on the European Union.
Danyk and Briggs, 2023
Modern Cognitive Operations and Hybrid Warfare
digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Danyk and Briggs, 2023
Modern Cognitive Operations and Hybrid Warfare
digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcont...
digitalcommons.usf.edu
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
This essay might help explain the seemingly-coordinated rhetoric attacks on the European Union.
Danyk and Briggs, 2023
Modern Cognitive Operations and Hybrid Warfare
digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcont...
Danyk and Briggs, 2023
Modern Cognitive Operations and Hybrid Warfare
digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcont...
From a thread 🧵 saying Candace Owens has an enormous fan base of regular folks
7. And they’re all being radicalized at a level you wouldn’t begin to imagine is possible.
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 AM
From a thread 🧵 saying Candace Owens has an enormous fan base of regular folks
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people talk about the dangers of kids being radicalized. but based on who votes for which, it seems pretty clear that adults are much more susceptible to far right radicalization, and that radicalization is much more immediately dangerous.
1. I hope you will read this.
Every time I try to educate people about Candace Owens’s base — many of them are normie moms — I get lectures from people who don’t do what I do: spend hours every day tracking these matters and collecting data; instead, they go off their vibes.
Every time I try to educate people about Candace Owens’s base — many of them are normie moms — I get lectures from people who don’t do what I do: spend hours every day tracking these matters and collecting data; instead, they go off their vibes.
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
people talk about the dangers of kids being radicalized. but based on who votes for which, it seems pretty clear that adults are much more susceptible to far right radicalization, and that radicalization is much more immediately dangerous.
Holy s**t. We forget that we’re aging.
Things like photography and mirrors usually counteract that forgetfulness
Things like photography and mirrors usually counteract that forgetfulness
OMG another one. A national leader of Turning Point USA, which purports to be a student org, posted this pic of their pro-gerrymandering rally in Indiana yesterday with these words: "These young conservatives..."
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Holy s**t. We forget that we’re aging.
Things like photography and mirrors usually counteract that forgetfulness
Things like photography and mirrors usually counteract that forgetfulness
I like good news
Somalis are totally owning MAGA on social media and the troll game and young people around the world are loving it.
Republicans will regret going full Nazi on this one.
Republicans will regret going full Nazi on this one.
December 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I like good news
Oh Lord! Supreme Court to rule on Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship #SCOTUS #citizenship
looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Oh Lord! Supreme Court to rule on Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship #SCOTUS #citizenship
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There are clips of him saying to his regular listeners 'You've got to give me room to maneuver, don't judge what I say at any given time, I'm always on mission, don't think I'm not' basically. So, he's just a politician, who is also definitely a Neo-Nazi.
Nick Fuentes has been working overtime to sanitize his image and present himself as a uniter of the left and right. Very clearly using language often associated with the left.
This is part of a larger effort by the anti-Zionist antisemitic far right to recruit people on the left.
This is part of a larger effort by the anti-Zionist antisemitic far right to recruit people on the left.
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
There are clips of him saying to his regular listeners 'You've got to give me room to maneuver, don't judge what I say at any given time, I'm always on mission, don't think I'm not' basically. So, he's just a politician, who is also definitely a Neo-Nazi.
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I named my fists Captain and Tennille because I will I will I will I will
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
I named my fists Blood and Meridian because I’m fixing to Judge your ass.
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I named my fists Captain and Tennille because I will I will I will I will
Love a good roast! This one’s well-done! @davidleavitt.bsky.social
Trump will release his MRI after he releases his taxes:
During infrastructure week when he also unveils his health plan.
During infrastructure week when he also unveils his health plan.
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Love a good roast! This one’s well-done! @davidleavitt.bsky.social
The whole thing is disgusting
Also, this tweet should be a scandal in its own right! The Secretary of Defense, currently under bipartisan scrutiny for potentially committing cold-blooded murder of shipwrecked men, is cracking public jokes about what he did - essentially spitting in the face of his victims AND Congress.
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The whole thing is disgusting
Pretty much. From a thread 🧵 in which @whstancil.bsky.social maintains the likes of Hegseth tweet the worst stuff, catering to the worst people. Nazis
The fundamental reward structure of their minds has been completely rewired around "trying to impress 100,000 of the most sociopathic white supremacists in history, carefully curated by Elon Musk" and it has turned them into gleeful murderers and open psychopathic freaks.
December 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Pretty much. From a thread 🧵 in which @whstancil.bsky.social maintains the likes of Hegseth tweet the worst stuff, catering to the worst people. Nazis
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Also they're just sick. They're killing people and whether you think it's justified or not (obviously it's not) that should mean something. Instead they're running around laughing like an axe murderer in some terrible horror movie. Completely broken people
There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Also they're just sick. They're killing people and whether you think it's justified or not (obviously it's not) that should mean something. Instead they're running around laughing like an axe murderer in some terrible horror movie. Completely broken people
Hors de combat—“out of action”
Think, wounded or incapable of fighting
Think, wounded or incapable of fighting
Or the laws of armed conflict. Or the Geneva conventions. You cannot kill people who have been rendered hors de combat in a military action.
Decent answer, but this is why CNN needs experts on the law of the sea on, instead of the usual political commentators. They could easily explain why this violates maritime rules.
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Hors de combat—“out of action”
Think, wounded or incapable of fighting
Think, wounded or incapable of fighting
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Julie Andrews is awesome.
That is all.
That is all.
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Julie Andrews is awesome.
That is all.
That is all.
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I'd never heard of this site until tonight. Both my books are on there. Did you know my publisher offers one of three lowest royalty rates in the entire industry? And that I didn't get an advance? Literally all I make is from royalties. Royalties I don't earn when you pirate my book.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I'd never heard of this site until tonight. Both my books are on there. Did you know my publisher offers one of three lowest royalty rates in the entire industry? And that I didn't get an advance? Literally all I make is from royalties. Royalties I don't earn when you pirate my book.
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I’M IN THIS. I don’t have details about which streaming services Gingerbread Kids will be on so make sure you join them all, I guess. Sign up for cable too, just in case.
October 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I’M IN THIS. I don’t have details about which streaming services Gingerbread Kids will be on so make sure you join them all, I guess. Sign up for cable too, just in case.
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Ok, but why did Trump post this solo photo of Zohran Mamdani on his Truth Social? And did Mamdani ask to be photographed in front of FDR, who is his favoite president?
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Ok, but why did Trump post this solo photo of Zohran Mamdani on his Truth Social? And did Mamdani ask to be photographed in front of FDR, who is his favoite president?
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Brilliant and important thread about why the ad generated by Mark Kelly, Elissa Slotkin and others is so threatening to the regime.
It's important to understand what this ad does and why it is so threatening to the Trump admin. It gets to social identity theory, which posits that we have many identities, and the one which is salient in a given context will dictate how we think/behave in a particular situation. 1/
WATCH: After six Democratic lawmakers posted a video urging members of the military not to follow illegal orders, Trump erupted online, accusing them of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Sen. Elissa Slotkin, one of the senators in that video, joins Chris Hayes to respond.
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Brilliant and important thread about why the ad generated by Mark Kelly, Elissa Slotkin and others is so threatening to the regime.
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To put a finer point on it: An "illegal order" is one that violates their oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
If you think that upholding the Constitution = sedition, well...you do the math.
If you think that upholding the Constitution = sedition, well...you do the math.
Them: “You don’t have to obey illegal orders.”
Him: “That’s seditious! They should be hanged!”
Definitely not beating the giving-illegal-orders allegations.
Him: “That’s seditious! They should be hanged!”
Definitely not beating the giving-illegal-orders allegations.
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
To put a finer point on it: An "illegal order" is one that violates their oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States.
If you think that upholding the Constitution = sedition, well...you do the math.
If you think that upholding the Constitution = sedition, well...you do the math.
I try not to judge people
But I don’t try very hard
But I don’t try very hard
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I try not to judge people
But I don’t try very hard
But I don’t try very hard
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Greene: I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for six years for. And I gave him my loyalty for free. Fe called me a traitor for standing with these women and refusing to take my name off the discharge petition. Let me tell you what a traitor is….
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Greene: I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for six years for. And I gave him my loyalty for free. Fe called me a traitor for standing with these women and refusing to take my name off the discharge petition. Let me tell you what a traitor is….
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MUST WATCH: Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill
A Phil Williams NC5 Investigates report on a neo-Nazi targeting kids online, telling them to prepare for a 'race war'
www.newschannel5.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
MUST WATCH: Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
www.lawdork.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
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My people assess accurately and quickly
This may not be entirely fair but a reason I don’t think mayor Pete has It is because he polled zero percent among Black voters, the demographic which - can’t say this without sounding condescending but - usually gets it right, early, when it comes to candidates
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
My people assess accurately and quickly
Welcome to the party, Melissa!
@mnichol.bsky.social 🎉🥳
@mnichol.bsky.social 🎉🥳
Hi! *Taps microphone* Is thing on? TESTING... 1 2 3...
I'm here.. the party can start now! Or am I late? Probably that one.... whoops. 😳
I'm here.. the party can start now! Or am I late? Probably that one.... whoops. 😳
November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Welcome to the party, Melissa!
@mnichol.bsky.social 🎉🥳
@mnichol.bsky.social 🎉🥳