Brooks D. Simpson
@bds77.bsky.social
Historian. Islanders/Yankees fan. Opinions are my own. Has it ever been otherwise?
Their followers believe what they say. The question is how many voters who supported Trump are open to empirical evidence and experience.
So much lying.
So much lying.
Every time I listen to Trump, Bessent or Lutnick talk about economic conditions, it is always completely obvious how utterly disconnected they are from the everyday struggles the average American working family is dealing with right now. They simply can’t relate to normal people.
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Their followers believe what they say. The question is how many voters who supported Trump are open to empirical evidence and experience.
So much lying.
So much lying.
If you think that the military history of the Civil War is simply a story of generals and battles, you haven't kept up with the literature.
For decades.
At best, it's ignorance. At worst, it's insulting.
It's also sooooo yesterday.
For decades.
At best, it's ignorance. At worst, it's insulting.
It's also sooooo yesterday.
November 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If you think that the military history of the Civil War is simply a story of generals and battles, you haven't kept up with the literature.
For decades.
At best, it's ignorance. At worst, it's insulting.
It's also sooooo yesterday.
For decades.
At best, it's ignorance. At worst, it's insulting.
It's also sooooo yesterday.
Slob.
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Slob.
Fight like it's 1846.
What the hell: The US accidentally invaded Mexico on Monday, storming a beach and planting DoD “restricted area” signs claiming the land for “the commander,” and triggered a standoff with armed Mexican security forces, all because Trump’s government can’t even identify a border on a map. 🧵 1/
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Fight like it's 1846.
Clay Higgins apparently craves attention.
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Clay Higgins apparently craves attention.
Who had MTG doing the right thing on their bingo card?
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Who had MTG doing the right thing on their bingo card?
It's Sunday. Having helped someone prepare to take the US citizenship test several months ago ... I know how cringe worthy it is.
PS: They passed with a perfect score. I still got it.
PS: They passed with a perfect score. I still got it.
October 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It's Sunday. Having helped someone prepare to take the US citizenship test several months ago ... I know how cringe worthy it is.
PS: They passed with a perfect score. I still got it.
PS: They passed with a perfect score. I still got it.
So Harry Truman and George C. Marshall were woke?
Trump: "We won the first world war, second world war -- I always say, everything before and everything in between -- and then we got woke and we said, 'Well, let's call it Defense.'"
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
So Harry Truman and George C. Marshall were woke?
Appomattox Court House.
October 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Appomattox Court House.
The coup continues.
In its way, it's entirely fitting to destroy the American republic and the rule of law as we prepare to celebrate a revolution meant to secure those things.
Especially if you like neat numbers.
The threat was always from within. We have met the enemy, and it is us.
In its way, it's entirely fitting to destroy the American republic and the rule of law as we prepare to celebrate a revolution meant to secure those things.
Especially if you like neat numbers.
The threat was always from within. We have met the enemy, and it is us.
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The coup continues.
In its way, it's entirely fitting to destroy the American republic and the rule of law as we prepare to celebrate a revolution meant to secure those things.
Especially if you like neat numbers.
The threat was always from within. We have met the enemy, and it is us.
In its way, it's entirely fitting to destroy the American republic and the rule of law as we prepare to celebrate a revolution meant to secure those things.
Especially if you like neat numbers.
The threat was always from within. We have met the enemy, and it is us.
Fugitive Slave Law vibes.
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
Community action works.
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 6, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Fugitive Slave Law vibes.
Note: Donald Trump preferred a coin featuring himself to a coin bearing the likeness of Charlie Kirk.
How soon they forget.
How soon they forget.
October 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Note: Donald Trump preferred a coin featuring himself to a coin bearing the likeness of Charlie Kirk.
How soon they forget.
How soon they forget.
Someone get JD Vance a couch.
September 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Someone get JD Vance a couch.
Escalators are not the problem.
September 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Escalators are not the problem.
Did Jesse Watters actually say this?
"Fact checking the president's remarks is a plot to bring down our political institutions by the rabid left."
"Fact checking the president's remarks is a plot to bring down our political institutions by the rabid left."
September 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Did Jesse Watters actually say this?
"Fact checking the president's remarks is a plot to bring down our political institutions by the rabid left."
"Fact checking the president's remarks is a plot to bring down our political institutions by the rabid left."
What an interesting time to recall that it is Constitution Day.
September 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What an interesting time to recall that it is Constitution Day.
That Charlie Kirk was just interested in promoting free speech and open debate is open to debate.
September 16, 2025 at 4:49 AM
That Charlie Kirk was just interested in promoting free speech and open debate is open to debate.
So Roy Cohn's disciple is now an FBI informant?
September 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
So Roy Cohn's disciple is now an FBI informant?
The controversy over the Epstein files once again reminds us ...
It's the coverup that gets you.
It's the coverup that gets you.
September 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The controversy over the Epstein files once again reminds us ...
It's the coverup that gets you.
It's the coverup that gets you.
So Trump was an FBI informant about a hoax that the Democrats set up, failed to investigate, and which implicates Clinton ...
You're trying too hard, Mikey.
You're trying too hard, Mikey.
Trump administration officials are perplexed by House Speaker Mike Johnson’s claims that Donald Trump was an FBI informant in the case against Jeffrey Epstein. More:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
'What the Hell?' House Speaker Confuses White House With Claim Trump Was an FBI Snitch
Trump admin officials are perplexed by House Speaker Mike Johnson’s claims that Donald Trump was an FBI informant in the case against Jeffrey Epstein.
www.rollingstone.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
So Trump was an FBI informant about a hoax that the Democrats set up, failed to investigate, and which implicates Clinton ...
You're trying too hard, Mikey.
You're trying too hard, Mikey.
So people are out of work just to spite Trump?
Haverford Howie reaches a new low ... difficult to believe but true.
Haverford Howie reaches a new low ... difficult to believe but true.
Lutnick says the jobs numbers "will get better because you'll take out the people who are just trying to create noise against the president ... this is gonna be the greatest growth economy six months from now, a year from today"
September 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
So people are out of work just to spite Trump?
Haverford Howie reaches a new low ... difficult to believe but true.
Haverford Howie reaches a new low ... difficult to believe but true.
JD Vance's nightmare is that cabinet members will laugh when asked to extol his virtues.
August 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
JD Vance's nightmare is that cabinet members will laugh when asked to extol his virtues.
Has President Trump ever visited any of the Smithsonian museums?
August 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Has President Trump ever visited any of the Smithsonian museums?