B Warzybok
@bwarzy.bsky.social
Lawyer, United Methodist, Polish-American, Radical for the cause of comprehensive immigration reform, Unapologetic Ukrainophile. Degenerate sports and Eurovision fan. Za naszą i waszą wolność. @Bwarzy on that other site. #coys
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B Warzybok
@bwarzy.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Oh bury me, then rise ye up
And break your heavy chains
And water with the tyrants' blood
The freedom you have gained.
And in the great new family,
The family of the free,
With softly spoken, kindly word
Remember also me.
Taras Shevchenko “Zapovit” (My Testament), 1845
And break your heavy chains
And water with the tyrants' blood
The freedom you have gained.
And in the great new family,
The family of the free,
With softly spoken, kindly word
Remember also me.
Taras Shevchenko “Zapovit” (My Testament), 1845
We are told that politics is a game, a sport, a show. After our lived experience over the last decade, who could doubt that? But this week has shown something more primitive; a kind of politics that does not argue, persuade, or even entertain. It simply bludgeons.
It is the politics of the cudgel.
It is the politics of the cudgel.
Midnight in the Garden of the Political Neanderthals
How Charlie Kirk’s death, Jimmy Kimmel’s silencing, and corporate capitulation reveal America’s slide into primitive politics.
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September 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
We are told that politics is a game, a sport, a show. After our lived experience over the last decade, who could doubt that? But this week has shown something more primitive; a kind of politics that does not argue, persuade, or even entertain. It simply bludgeons.
It is the politics of the cudgel.
It is the politics of the cudgel.
There comes a moment when the violation of sanctuary demands more than elegant speeches about peace. When churches become crime scenes and bedrooms become graveyards, eloquence becomes complicity. What Ukraine needs — what those dead children in Kyiv needed — is not our sympathy but our weapons.
From Minnesota to Kyiv: When Sanctuaries Become Killing Grounds
Yesterday, as news broke of two children murdered in their Minnesota church, the world stopped for a moment to absorb an impossible truth…
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August 28, 2025 at 1:43 PM
There comes a moment when the violation of sanctuary demands more than elegant speeches about peace. When churches become crime scenes and bedrooms become graveyards, eloquence becomes complicity. What Ukraine needs — what those dead children in Kyiv needed — is not our sympathy but our weapons.
The Russians invented a word ("по́шлость") for this kind of vulgarity because they had to live with it. Sadly, as we now enter similar waters, we may need to find new English words to convey these same concepts.
#Trump
#Trump
The Gold-Plated Presidency: Trump, Poshlost’, and the Hollow Grandeur of Fake Tradition
The Russians invented a word for this vulgarity because they had to live with it. Sadly, we may need a new English word to convey it too.
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August 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Russians invented a word ("по́шлость") for this kind of vulgarity because they had to live with it. Sadly, as we now enter similar waters, we may need to find new English words to convey these same concepts.
#Trump
#Trump
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Every so often, this video of André Rieu’s orchestra playing Voilà makes the rounds on right-wing Twitter, captioned something like:
"A magnificent example of the European culture we’re told doesn’t exist."
Let’s talk about how unintentionally hilarious that is. 🧵
Every so often, this video of André Rieu’s orchestra playing Voilà makes the rounds on right-wing Twitter, captioned something like:
"A magnificent example of the European culture we’re told doesn’t exist."
Let’s talk about how unintentionally hilarious that is. 🧵
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Every so often, this video of André Rieu’s orchestra playing Voilà makes the rounds on right-wing Twitter, captioned something like:
"A magnificent example of the European culture we’re told doesn’t exist."
Let’s talk about how unintentionally hilarious that is. 🧵
Every so often, this video of André Rieu’s orchestra playing Voilà makes the rounds on right-wing Twitter, captioned something like:
"A magnificent example of the European culture we’re told doesn’t exist."
Let’s talk about how unintentionally hilarious that is. 🧵
Today is Poland’s national day of remembrance for the victims of the Volyn massacres — one of the darkest and most painful chapters in Polish-Ukrainian history.
Tens of thousands of Polish civilians were murdered in Volyn and Eastern Galicia between 1943–45.
Tens of thousands of Polish civilians were murdered in Volyn and Eastern Galicia between 1943–45.
July 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Today is Poland’s national day of remembrance for the victims of the Volyn massacres — one of the darkest and most painful chapters in Polish-Ukrainian history.
Tens of thousands of Polish civilians were murdered in Volyn and Eastern Galicia between 1943–45.
Tens of thousands of Polish civilians were murdered in Volyn and Eastern Galicia between 1943–45.
The executive branch can be powerful and unitary without the judiciary being required to grovel or tiptoe in its presence. For the Court to pretend that its powers are diminished when the subject is government overreach is a disingenuous excuse for inaction.
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Robed Retreat
I’ve called myself a judicial conservative for as long as I’ve thought seriously about the Constitution. In some ways, I have remained a judicial conservative even as my politics have taken on new …
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June 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The executive branch can be powerful and unitary without the judiciary being required to grovel or tiptoe in its presence. For the Court to pretend that its powers are diminished when the subject is government overreach is a disingenuous excuse for inaction.
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I refuse to pretend that modern politics is biblical destiny. Israel's government makes political decisions based on national interest not divine command. To suggest otherwise is dangerous confusion. I wish leaders who claim Christ would remember the difference. bgwarzy.wordpress.com/2025/06/20/g...
God, Israel, and the Danger of Bad Theology in American Politics
I keep thinking about that text Mike Huckabee sent Trump (the one Trump proudly posted) where Huckabee says God spared Trump in Butler, PA to become the most “consequential president in a cen…
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June 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I refuse to pretend that modern politics is biblical destiny. Israel's government makes political decisions based on national interest not divine command. To suggest otherwise is dangerous confusion. I wish leaders who claim Christ would remember the difference. bgwarzy.wordpress.com/2025/06/20/g...
Once again, the mask has slipped. In the clear light of day, before the eyes of a free people, a sitting United States Senator was seized, thrown to the ground, and shackled like a common felon—for no crime but the speaking of plain and inconvenient truths to power.
June 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Once again, the mask has slipped. In the clear light of day, before the eyes of a free people, a sitting United States Senator was seized, thrown to the ground, and shackled like a common felon—for no crime but the speaking of plain and inconvenient truths to power.
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NO KINGS Paw Paw · No Kings
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NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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Favorite #Eurovision NQ’s of the past 5 years:
2025: 🇨🇿 Kiss Kiss Goodbye
2024: 🇨🇿 Pedistal
2023: 🇱🇻 Aijā
2022: 🇲🇰 Circles
2021: 🇦🇺 Technicolor
2025: 🇨🇿 Kiss Kiss Goodbye
2024: 🇨🇿 Pedistal
2023: 🇱🇻 Aijā
2022: 🇲🇰 Circles
2021: 🇦🇺 Technicolor
Favourite #Eurovision NQs of the past 10 years
2025: 🇧🇪 Strobe Lights
2024: 🇨🇿 Pedestal
2023: 🇳🇱 Burning Daylight
2022: 🇮🇪 That's Rich
2021: 🇭🇷 Tick-Tock
2019: 🇭🇺 Az én apám
2018: 🇨🇭 Stones
2017: 🇫🇮 Blackbird
2016: 🇮🇸 Hear Them Calling
2015: 🇮🇪 Playing With Numbers
2025: 🇧🇪 Strobe Lights
2024: 🇨🇿 Pedestal
2023: 🇳🇱 Burning Daylight
2022: 🇮🇪 That's Rich
2021: 🇭🇷 Tick-Tock
2019: 🇭🇺 Az én apám
2018: 🇨🇭 Stones
2017: 🇫🇮 Blackbird
2016: 🇮🇸 Hear Them Calling
2015: 🇮🇪 Playing With Numbers
June 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Favorite #Eurovision NQ’s of the past 5 years:
2025: 🇨🇿 Kiss Kiss Goodbye
2024: 🇨🇿 Pedistal
2023: 🇱🇻 Aijā
2022: 🇲🇰 Circles
2021: 🇦🇺 Technicolor
2025: 🇨🇿 Kiss Kiss Goodbye
2024: 🇨🇿 Pedistal
2023: 🇱🇻 Aijā
2022: 🇲🇰 Circles
2021: 🇦🇺 Technicolor
Nawrocki is unlikely to become a great statesman of reconciliation. But his opening message to Zelenskyy was more balanced than some had feared. The road to historical reckoning between 🇵🇱 and 🇺🇦 is long and it runs through minefields—literal and metaphorical. But it is a road worth walking, together.
June 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Nawrocki is unlikely to become a great statesman of reconciliation. But his opening message to Zelenskyy was more balanced than some had feared. The road to historical reckoning between 🇵🇱 and 🇺🇦 is long and it runs through minefields—literal and metaphorical. But it is a road worth walking, together.
When I was very young, my grandfather Chester passed away. I never really got to know him. What I did know came in fragments—war stories, old photographs, and eventually, a few notebooks my dad found while sorting through his things after he died.
May 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
When I was very young, my grandfather Chester passed away. I never really got to know him. What I did know came in fragments—war stories, old photographs, and eventually, a few notebooks my dad found while sorting through his things after he died.
I still believe in capitalism. But I believe in democracy more. And right now, the former is actively threatening the latter. If that means voting for reform, taxing wealth, and even calling billionaires what they are – a threat to the public good – then so be it.
Whatever.
Eat the rich, I guess.
Whatever.
Eat the rich, I guess.
A New Gilded Age: Why “Eat the Rich” Isn’t Nihilism, It’s History
We were raised to believe that capitalism works as long as rules are fair. I certainly did. But look around: today’s richest CEOs behave like hired kings, and our democracy is bowing low. In the la…
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May 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I still believe in capitalism. But I believe in democracy more. And right now, the former is actively threatening the latter. If that means voting for reform, taxing wealth, and even calling billionaires what they are – a threat to the public good – then so be it.
Whatever.
Eat the rich, I guess.
Whatever.
Eat the rich, I guess.
The Viennese Waltz; How #Eurovision (barely) Avoided Stepping In It
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The Viennese Waltz; How Eurovision (barely) Avoided Stepping In It
By Brandon Warzybok ( @bwarzy; @bwarzy.bsky.social) I didn’t think I’d write this post. Honestly, I was exhausted. After the final, I shut my laptop and sat in a kind of stunned silence—not becaus…
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May 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The Viennese Waltz; How #Eurovision (barely) Avoided Stepping In It
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Poland wins the tele-vote in Ireland and Iceland and comes a close second in the UK.
Polish diaspora putting in work for their girl today! So proud of the Polish/Polonia ESC community and I really believe there are special days ahead for us and TVP if we stay the course! #Eurovision #Gaja
Polish diaspora putting in work for their girl today! So proud of the Polish/Polonia ESC community and I really believe there are special days ahead for us and TVP if we stay the course! #Eurovision #Gaja
May 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Poland wins the tele-vote in Ireland and Iceland and comes a close second in the UK.
Polish diaspora putting in work for their girl today! So proud of the Polish/Polonia ESC community and I really believe there are special days ahead for us and TVP if we stay the course! #Eurovision #Gaja
Polish diaspora putting in work for their girl today! So proud of the Polish/Polonia ESC community and I really believe there are special days ahead for us and TVP if we stay the course! #Eurovision #Gaja
My final rankings for #Eurovision 2025.
May 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My final rankings for #Eurovision 2025.
My family’s 2025 Eurovision votes:
Wife: 4 votes 🇱🇻
Son: 1 vote 🇮🇸, 1 vote 🇱🇻, 1 vote 🇳🇱
Daughter: 1 vote 🇮🇸, 1 vote 🇪🇸, 1 vote 🇫🇷, 1 vote 🇬🇷
Me: 2 votes 🇫🇷, 2 votes 🇵🇱
Wife: 4 votes 🇱🇻
Son: 1 vote 🇮🇸, 1 vote 🇱🇻, 1 vote 🇳🇱
Daughter: 1 vote 🇮🇸, 1 vote 🇪🇸, 1 vote 🇫🇷, 1 vote 🇬🇷
Me: 2 votes 🇫🇷, 2 votes 🇵🇱
May 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
My family’s 2025 Eurovision votes:
Wife: 4 votes 🇱🇻
Son: 1 vote 🇮🇸, 1 vote 🇱🇻, 1 vote 🇳🇱
Daughter: 1 vote 🇮🇸, 1 vote 🇪🇸, 1 vote 🇫🇷, 1 vote 🇬🇷
Me: 2 votes 🇫🇷, 2 votes 🇵🇱
Wife: 4 votes 🇱🇻
Son: 1 vote 🇮🇸, 1 vote 🇱🇻, 1 vote 🇳🇱
Daughter: 1 vote 🇮🇸, 1 vote 🇪🇸, 1 vote 🇫🇷, 1 vote 🇬🇷
Me: 2 votes 🇫🇷, 2 votes 🇵🇱
No power at my house and the power company is estimating that it won’t be back online until… 1 hour after Eurovision ends. 🤦🤦♀️🤦♂️
May 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
No power at my house and the power company is estimating that it won’t be back online until… 1 hour after Eurovision ends. 🤦🤦♀️🤦♂️
🇵🇱🇺🇦🇱🇹🇪🇪🇱🇻
Every country of the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the current ESC field qualified for the final! Congratulations! #Eurovision
Every country of the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the current ESC field qualified for the final! Congratulations! #Eurovision
May 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🇵🇱🇺🇦🇱🇹🇪🇪🇱🇻
Every country of the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the current ESC field qualified for the final! Congratulations! #Eurovision
Every country of the old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the current ESC field qualified for the final! Congratulations! #Eurovision
Do Europeans use 'jumped the shark'? Or is that just for countries that grew up on Happy Days? Because Malta just launched over the shark in a jetpack. I’m no prude, but that was way too much. Just… no. #ESC #Eurovision
May 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Do Europeans use 'jumped the shark'? Or is that just for countries that grew up on Happy Days? Because Malta just launched over the shark in a jetpack. I’m no prude, but that was way too much. Just… no. #ESC #Eurovision
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: there really ought to be a word for the Eurovision equivalent of sportswashing. Because that’s what we’re seeing—song after song, year after year—PR campaigns wrapped in glitter and melody. #Eurovision
May 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: there really ought to be a word for the Eurovision equivalent of sportswashing. Because that’s what we’re seeing—song after song, year after year—PR campaigns wrapped in glitter and melody. #Eurovision
Has anyone considered offering Gabry Ponte the right to call "Tutta l’Italia" the official theme song of Eurovision 2025 in exchange for giving his spot in the final up to Belgium?!
#ESC2025 #Eurovision
#ESC2025 #Eurovision
May 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Has anyone considered offering Gabry Ponte the right to call "Tutta l’Italia" the official theme song of Eurovision 2025 in exchange for giving his spot in the final up to Belgium?!
#ESC2025 #Eurovision
#ESC2025 #Eurovision