Brian “Enemy Within” Alexander
@brianralexander.bsky.social
Books: Glass House, The Hospital, TK The Mayor. http://BrianRAlexander.com. Past: Atlantic/Wired/Outside/Washington Monthly/MIT Tech Review/Janitor/Gas Station Attendant/Lifeguard. Social media failure. Speaking: BrightSight. Surf. Cocktails. Old movies.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Healthcare is broken, example 1,350.
Consolidation is driving out all smaller outfits, leaving pharmacy deserts. Appalachia takes it in the shorts, again.
Consolidation is driving out all smaller outfits, leaving pharmacy deserts. Appalachia takes it in the shorts, again.
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Healthcare is broken, example 1,350.
Consolidation is driving out all smaller outfits, leaving pharmacy deserts. Appalachia takes it in the shorts, again.
Consolidation is driving out all smaller outfits, leaving pharmacy deserts. Appalachia takes it in the shorts, again.
JD Vance has no beliefs.
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
JD Vance has no beliefs.
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Mom and Dad are mad as hell.
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Mom and Dad are mad as hell.
This guy was a Wall Street Bigshot, which tells you a lot about Wall Street.
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This guy was a Wall Street Bigshot, which tells you a lot about Wall Street.
I know so many writers who work so hard on good books and never come close to this kind of coverage, to say nothing of full-on glam fawning.
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I know so many writers who work so hard on good books and never come close to this kind of coverage, to say nothing of full-on glam fawning.
"Populism"
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Populism"
Happy too see pal @bethmacy.bsky.social keeping good company in my neighborhood indie.
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Happy too see pal @bethmacy.bsky.social keeping good company in my neighborhood indie.
Dear Chillicothe, Ohio:
Your paper plant was shut down due to private equity pillage, just as Lancaster's glass plant was pillaged by PE, and so many others.
Trump is helping those PE guys get even richer.
Your paper plant was shut down due to private equity pillage, just as Lancaster's glass plant was pillaged by PE, and so many others.
Trump is helping those PE guys get even richer.
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Dear Chillicothe, Ohio:
Your paper plant was shut down due to private equity pillage, just as Lancaster's glass plant was pillaged by PE, and so many others.
Trump is helping those PE guys get even richer.
Your paper plant was shut down due to private equity pillage, just as Lancaster's glass plant was pillaged by PE, and so many others.
Trump is helping those PE guys get even richer.
Beating this drum. Again. The U.S. government should open its own drug manufacturing plants to make generic drugs and sell those drugs at cost.
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Beating this drum. Again. The U.S. government should open its own drug manufacturing plants to make generic drugs and sell those drugs at cost.
I know lawyers who have defended Border Patrol officers, and prosecuted Border Patrol officers, and I've known a couple of Border Patrol officers. Under any other president, this guy would be gone, right now, not least because he is now an unreliable witness.
November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I know lawyers who have defended Border Patrol officers, and prosecuted Border Patrol officers, and I've known a couple of Border Patrol officers. Under any other president, this guy would be gone, right now, not least because he is now an unreliable witness.
Oh, FFS.
Literally nobody I have interacted with for the last decade - warehouse workers, glass workers, hospital employees, cops, paper mill workers, unemployed, municipal officials, chicken delivery drivers - thinks about this. At all.
Literally nobody I have interacted with for the last decade - warehouse workers, glass workers, hospital employees, cops, paper mill workers, unemployed, municipal officials, chicken delivery drivers - thinks about this. At all.
November 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Oh, FFS.
Literally nobody I have interacted with for the last decade - warehouse workers, glass workers, hospital employees, cops, paper mill workers, unemployed, municipal officials, chicken delivery drivers - thinks about this. At all.
Literally nobody I have interacted with for the last decade - warehouse workers, glass workers, hospital employees, cops, paper mill workers, unemployed, municipal officials, chicken delivery drivers - thinks about this. At all.
Crimeny. Umm...I live here. Literally not one person I spoke to mentioned Newsom's future. It was all about fighting for democracy.
November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Crimeny. Umm...I live here. Literally not one person I spoke to mentioned Newsom's future. It was all about fighting for democracy.
So, more about healthcare: Small governments are also getting crushed. Here’s news today from the village of Montpelier, OH, a village featured in The Hospital.
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
So, more about healthcare: Small governments are also getting crushed. Here’s news today from the village of Montpelier, OH, a village featured in The Hospital.
I dunno, man. I've never used A.I., do not want to use A.I. and am perfectly happy.
It's not inevitable.
It's not inevitable.
October 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I dunno, man. I've never used A.I., do not want to use A.I. and am perfectly happy.
It's not inevitable.
It's not inevitable.
Ohio Senate passes "Success Sequence" bill promoted by the Heritage Foundation (the Project 2025 people). Ohio's minimum wage is $10.70 per hour.
October 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Ohio Senate passes "Success Sequence" bill promoted by the Heritage Foundation (the Project 2025 people). Ohio's minimum wage is $10.70 per hour.
Bingo!
October 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Bingo!
His silence now is deafening.
October 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
His silence now is deafening.