Brian Gerstel
@briangerstel.bsky.social
Wha will be a traitor knave?
Wha can fill a coward's grave!
Wha sae base as be a slave?
Let him turn and flee!
Robert Burns
Wha can fill a coward's grave!
Wha sae base as be a slave?
Let him turn and flee!
Robert Burns
Pinned
Brian Gerstel
@briangerstel.bsky.social
· Dec 18
I’m suddenly seeing a lot of people following me — I’ve now got more followers here already than I ever did on Twitter — so here’s a fair warning: I’m not some media personality or pundit or even a published writer/journalist. (That’s my wife.) 1/x
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So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
January 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM
So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
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Naaaaaaailed it
January 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Naaaaaaailed it
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Any account blaming dems for what repubs have done and what voters did should be treated with suspicion. It's a midterm year and they've come here to suppress the vote.
January 14, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Any account blaming dems for what repubs have done and what voters did should be treated with suspicion. It's a midterm year and they've come here to suppress the vote.
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Passive voice masterclass
Language: "But even some of those in favor of the community defense efforts were on edge that protesters could go too far. Residents said they were worried that with the number of agents patrolling the area and heightened tensions, weapons will be fired, deliberately or by accident."
‘Like a Military Occupation’: Clashes Rise With Federal Agents in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Passive voice masterclass
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Close to 90 million people did NOT vote in the 2024 election.
90 million.
It bears repeating over and over and over.
90 million.
It bears repeating over and over and over.
January 12, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Close to 90 million people did NOT vote in the 2024 election.
90 million.
It bears repeating over and over and over.
90 million.
It bears repeating over and over and over.
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No one has the balls to tell Shitler that his ideas stink as much as he does... They aren't financially viable and makes no good common sense. I guess that's why he's been through bankruptcy so many times.
January 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
No one has the balls to tell Shitler that his ideas stink as much as he does... They aren't financially viable and makes no good common sense. I guess that's why he's been through bankruptcy so many times.
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if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”
January 12, 2026 at 7:01 PM
if you put this in a script even erin brockovitch would be like “too on the nose, dial it back”
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Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
January 8, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Cartoon by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune
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“God damn them all.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:35 PM
“God damn them all.”
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America has never suspended elections because it was at war. Not during world wars, not during Vietnam, not even during the Civil War!
Don't let Trump get away with using a conflict with Venezuela or even Canada as an excuse for cancelling an election.
Don't let Trump get away with using a conflict with Venezuela or even Canada as an excuse for cancelling an election.
January 8, 2026 at 1:28 PM
America has never suspended elections because it was at war. Not during world wars, not during Vietnam, not even during the Civil War!
Don't let Trump get away with using a conflict with Venezuela or even Canada as an excuse for cancelling an election.
Don't let Trump get away with using a conflict with Venezuela or even Canada as an excuse for cancelling an election.
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When I tell you I have no distance from this Minneapolis story.
I can't muster composure. I did human rights observing in N. Ireland for 10 yrs. In the U.S., I video'd cop violence.
2008, St. Paul cops kicked in the door pointing guns at me and my crew. Days later a battering ram was at my office.
I can't muster composure. I did human rights observing in N. Ireland for 10 yrs. In the U.S., I video'd cop violence.
2008, St. Paul cops kicked in the door pointing guns at me and my crew. Days later a battering ram was at my office.
January 8, 2026 at 6:49 AM
When I tell you I have no distance from this Minneapolis story.
I can't muster composure. I did human rights observing in N. Ireland for 10 yrs. In the U.S., I video'd cop violence.
2008, St. Paul cops kicked in the door pointing guns at me and my crew. Days later a battering ram was at my office.
I can't muster composure. I did human rights observing in N. Ireland for 10 yrs. In the U.S., I video'd cop violence.
2008, St. Paul cops kicked in the door pointing guns at me and my crew. Days later a battering ram was at my office.
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I couldn't have said it better, so I'm re-posting this.
January 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
I couldn't have said it better, so I'm re-posting this.
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Well, there you are. 🤷♀️
January 6, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Well, there you are. 🤷♀️
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Walz: "Do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever. I don't want to be right about this, but I said if they do this they're gonna create a chaotic situation where someone innocent is gonna get killed. And they did it."
January 7, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Walz: "Do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever. I don't want to be right about this, but I said if they do this they're gonna create a chaotic situation where someone innocent is gonna get killed. And they did it."
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NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
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I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
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According to MAGA, Renee Good, just sitting in her car, is a domestic terrorist, but Kyle Rittenhouse, shooting strangers in the street with an assault weapon, is not.
These people are such shameless, twisted liars.
These people are such shameless, twisted liars.
January 8, 2026 at 12:47 AM
According to MAGA, Renee Good, just sitting in her car, is a domestic terrorist, but Kyle Rittenhouse, shooting strangers in the street with an assault weapon, is not.
These people are such shameless, twisted liars.
These people are such shameless, twisted liars.
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Her vehicle's right front panel cleared the ICE agent who didn't open fire until after he was at the side of her vehicle. He used deadly force on a fleeing individual, which is against DHS policy. This is murder. He needs to be arrested.
January 7, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Her vehicle's right front panel cleared the ICE agent who didn't open fire until after he was at the side of her vehicle. He used deadly force on a fleeing individual, which is against DHS policy. This is murder. He needs to be arrested.
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Google the video & see for yourself.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
January 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Google the video & see for yourself.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
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AOC: ICE has less accountability than virtually any law enforcement agency in the U.S., yet they are some of the most well-funded, operating with impunity—and we just saw them murder an American citizen in cold blood in the street.
January 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
AOC: ICE has less accountability than virtually any law enforcement agency in the U.S., yet they are some of the most well-funded, operating with impunity—and we just saw them murder an American citizen in cold blood in the street.
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FYI:
In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
January 7, 2026 at 4:47 AM
FYI:
In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
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1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
Five years later, these 10 corporations still aren’t funding election deniers
Five years ago today, on January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the Capitol building.
popular.info
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft
But we've identified 10 promise keepers:
Farmers
Airbnb
Expedia
Nike
Clorox
Eversource Energy
Holland & Hart
Qurate
Whirlpool
Lyft