callmebruno.bsky.social
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They need all protestors to be paid operatives because they cannot abide the possibility that somewhere in the world, people sincerely believe in standing up for others. It isn’t enough that they’ve chased all moral virtue from their own hearts. They want a world where no virtue exists in anyone.
Trump on Renee Good: "When she was shot, there was another woman that was screaming 'Shame. Shame Shame Shame.' So loud. Like a professional opera singer. She was so loud. And so professional. She wasn't a woman that was hurt like, 'Oh my heart is injured.' She was a professional."
January 21, 2026 at 12:44 AM
They need all protestors to be paid operatives because they cannot abide the possibility that somewhere in the world, people sincerely believe in standing up for others. It isn’t enough that they’ve chased all moral virtue from their own hearts. They want a world where no virtue exists in anyone.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Reminds me of one of my favorite memes:
January 19, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Reminds me of one of my favorite memes:
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Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.
January 18, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Half the battle with this guy is just reiterating government can and already does good things that are so ubiquitous they’ve become invisible. He’s able to remind you in a way that you understand that good government can exist outside of a 24/7 vengeance operation, and in NYC already does.
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Anyways, maybe put some sleeves on and catch the pass that hit you right in the hands
January 19, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Anyways, maybe put some sleeves on and catch the pass that hit you right in the hands
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It's precisely because we respect the "academic enterprise" that we criticize someone who proudly states that they're just trying be edgy and provocative by lazily churning out a half-baked historical argument in service of authoritarianism.
I want to address my friend Ilan who says here that he has been subject to “a lot of hate” from academics who “should know better” and haven’t respected the “academic enterprise.”
I don’t dislike Ilan. I also think his paper is fundamentally wrong and not scholarly.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFge...
I don’t dislike Ilan. I also think his paper is fundamentally wrong and not scholarly.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFge...
The Sanity Interview: Ilan Wurman
YouTube video by The New York Sun
m.youtube.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:35 PM
It's precisely because we respect the "academic enterprise" that we criticize someone who proudly states that they're just trying be edgy and provocative by lazily churning out a half-baked historical argument in service of authoritarianism.
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it's a real show of character (derogatory) to lend your name, your mind and your credibility to a fraudulent and disgraceful effort to gut a fundamental constitutional protection, and then whine that people are mean to you about it
I want to address my friend Ilan who says here that he has been subject to “a lot of hate” from academics who “should know better” and haven’t respected the “academic enterprise.”
I don’t dislike Ilan. I also think his paper is fundamentally wrong and not scholarly.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFge...
I don’t dislike Ilan. I also think his paper is fundamentally wrong and not scholarly.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFge...
The Sanity Interview: Ilan Wurman
YouTube video by The New York Sun
m.youtube.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
it's a real show of character (derogatory) to lend your name, your mind and your credibility to a fraudulent and disgraceful effort to gut a fundamental constitutional protection, and then whine that people are mean to you about it
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To add to this, almost all of the U.S.’s problems are linked to its hatred of Black people and that it hates Black people more than it loves anyone else. Our laws and policies are largely based on making sure Black people (and sometimes other groups) don’t benefit even at the expense of others.
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 17, 2026 at 11:51 PM
To add to this, almost all of the U.S.’s problems are linked to its hatred of Black people and that it hates Black people more than it loves anyone else. Our laws and policies are largely based on making sure Black people (and sometimes other groups) don’t benefit even at the expense of others.
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This stems from the latent belief that the Americans who matter the most are rural and exurban Americans right of center. This, in turn, is the product of the Senate and the Electoral College.
hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.
January 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This stems from the latent belief that the Americans who matter the most are rural and exurban Americans right of center. This, in turn, is the product of the Senate and the Electoral College.
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This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 2:14 AM
This is the kind of shit that would make you completely outside the bounds of any ancient society, the gods bestow generational curses for violating hospitality
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Brian’s book is a profound meditation on the privilege of making mistakes. Addiction, for example, is not a mistake or choice per se, but does involve frequently catastrophic mistakes and choices. Whether these lead to homelessness is largely shaped by economic forces beyond individual control.
Positively shocked that the house magazine of the Manhattan Institute is upset that my book refuses to attribute America's record-high homelessness to "personal choices"—rather than, say, rents outpacing income gains by 325 percent since 1985.
“There Is No Place for Us”: A Sympathetic, but Skewed, Portrait of the Working Homeless
Brian Goldstone’s new book downplays the role of personal choices.
www.city-journal.org
January 17, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Brian’s book is a profound meditation on the privilege of making mistakes. Addiction, for example, is not a mistake or choice per se, but does involve frequently catastrophic mistakes and choices. Whether these lead to homelessness is largely shaped by economic forces beyond individual control.
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The US is a great place to live for the super rich and super famous. For everyone else, plenty of other places would offer a better life. And yet, a big chunk of the latter group doesn't demand better from the US, because the former group convinced them that they too could be rich or famous someday.
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 17, 2026 at 10:35 PM
The US is a great place to live for the super rich and super famous. For everyone else, plenty of other places would offer a better life. And yet, a big chunk of the latter group doesn't demand better from the US, because the former group convinced them that they too could be rich or famous someday.
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GOP: We will come to your home and kidnap you. We will kill you if you object. We will cleanse the streets of you. You are like rodents. We laugh as we squish you beneath our feet. You are not even human. Ours is the Fourth Reich.
Democrats: Ignore that, we are only talking about the economy.
Democrats: Ignore that, we are only talking about the economy.
January 15, 2026 at 8:06 PM
GOP: We will come to your home and kidnap you. We will kill you if you object. We will cleanse the streets of you. You are like rodents. We laugh as we squish you beneath our feet. You are not even human. Ours is the Fourth Reich.
Democrats: Ignore that, we are only talking about the economy.
Democrats: Ignore that, we are only talking about the economy.
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Eric Swalwell answering a question on how the next governor of California will protect Californians from ICE.
“They're going to lose their immunity. They're not going to be able to drive. I will take your driver's license. Good luck walking to work, assholes.”
“They're going to lose their immunity. They're not going to be able to drive. I will take your driver's license. Good luck walking to work, assholes.”
January 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Eric Swalwell answering a question on how the next governor of California will protect Californians from ICE.
“They're going to lose their immunity. They're not going to be able to drive. I will take your driver's license. Good luck walking to work, assholes.”
“They're going to lose their immunity. They're not going to be able to drive. I will take your driver's license. Good luck walking to work, assholes.”
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When I look at fascism throughout history I regularly think "this happened bc the population protested and resisted the secret police too much. I wish they had chilled out, demonstrated proper civility so as not to earn the already occurring oppression, and let the fascist lose the next election
January 17, 2026 at 9:02 PM
When I look at fascism throughout history I regularly think "this happened bc the population protested and resisted the secret police too much. I wish they had chilled out, demonstrated proper civility so as not to earn the already occurring oppression, and let the fascist lose the next election
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*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What
October 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What
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this one is especially encouraging because too few Dems have even been willing to acknowledge the all out Republican assault on higher education; going this hard on reversing the attacks on UVA immediately is extremely nice to see
January 17, 2026 at 5:44 PM
this one is especially encouraging because too few Dems have even been willing to acknowledge the all out Republican assault on higher education; going this hard on reversing the attacks on UVA immediately is extremely nice to see
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once again the real divide in the Dem party is fight/don’t fight and it is extremely encouraging to see one of the more centrist standard bearers firmly on Team Fight
Wow
The night before Spanberger’s inauguration
She’s cleared house at UVA
Top Youngkin appointees resign
Spanberger should be able to easily replace them given Dem trifecta
The former CIA officer asserting her control
The night before Spanberger’s inauguration
She’s cleared house at UVA
Top Youngkin appointees resign
Spanberger should be able to easily replace them given Dem trifecta
The former CIA officer asserting her control
January 17, 2026 at 5:33 PM
once again the real divide in the Dem party is fight/don’t fight and it is extremely encouraging to see one of the more centrist standard bearers firmly on Team Fight
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I would like to think the Mad King proclaiming “I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses” would be the type of statement to cause Congress to act, but I’m not sure there’s any red line the GOP Congress has anymore.
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I would like to think the Mad King proclaiming “I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses” would be the type of statement to cause Congress to act, but I’m not sure there’s any red line the GOP Congress has anymore.
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This looks like an indictment. It is. But I see it as a reason for optimism.
We don’t need to be exceptional to transform Americans' lives. We need to become average. The solutions exist. We see them working. We have to choose them. And that means fixing our democracy so that it delivers.
We don’t need to be exceptional to transform Americans' lives. We need to become average. The solutions exist. We see them working. We have to choose them. And that means fixing our democracy so that it delivers.
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This looks like an indictment. It is. But I see it as a reason for optimism.
We don’t need to be exceptional to transform Americans' lives. We need to become average. The solutions exist. We see them working. We have to choose them. And that means fixing our democracy so that it delivers.
We don’t need to be exceptional to transform Americans' lives. We need to become average. The solutions exist. We see them working. We have to choose them. And that means fixing our democracy so that it delivers.
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Positively shocked that the house magazine of the Manhattan Institute is upset that my book refuses to attribute America's record-high homelessness to "personal choices"—rather than, say, rents outpacing income gains by 325 percent since 1985.
“There Is No Place for Us”: A Sympathetic, but Skewed, Portrait of the Working Homeless
Brian Goldstone’s new book downplays the role of personal choices.
www.city-journal.org
January 17, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Positively shocked that the house magazine of the Manhattan Institute is upset that my book refuses to attribute America's record-high homelessness to "personal choices"—rather than, say, rents outpacing income gains by 325 percent since 1985.
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A negative review from the fascists at the Manhattan Institute is a badge of honor up there with a major award.
The folks that brought us the Bell Curve and Chris Rufo should be shunned and mocked, not taken seriously by anyone that matters.
The folks that brought us the Bell Curve and Chris Rufo should be shunned and mocked, not taken seriously by anyone that matters.
Positively shocked that the house magazine of the Manhattan Institute is upset that my book refuses to attribute America's record-high homelessness to "personal choices"—rather than, say, rents outpacing income gains by 325 percent since 1985.
“There Is No Place for Us”: A Sympathetic, but Skewed, Portrait of the Working Homeless
Brian Goldstone’s new book downplays the role of personal choices.
www.city-journal.org
January 17, 2026 at 3:28 PM
A negative review from the fascists at the Manhattan Institute is a badge of honor up there with a major award.
The folks that brought us the Bell Curve and Chris Rufo should be shunned and mocked, not taken seriously by anyone that matters.
The folks that brought us the Bell Curve and Chris Rufo should be shunned and mocked, not taken seriously by anyone that matters.