Ian Brickey
@ianbrickey.bsky.social
Comms at Sierra Club | W&M and Mizzou
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the constitution has many flaws but addressing our current circumstances is not among them; the framers were in fact quite concerned about this kind of thing and were clear that it should not happen here
what they did not and could not guard against is the people in charge ignoring their plain text
what they did not and could not guard against is the people in charge ignoring their plain text
As it happens though, the framers of the US constitution did say it: in the 4th amendment, the 5th, the 10th, etc.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
What they didn’t provide for is federal immigration enforcement of any kind, only “a uniform rule of naturalization.” Nor did they give the federal government a plenary police power.
It goes without saying that in the US you’re not supposed to have a masked secret police that snatches people off the streets without knowing if they’ve committed a crime. That’s about as basic a requirement for a democracy as exists.
January 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM
the constitution has many flaws but addressing our current circumstances is not among them; the framers were in fact quite concerned about this kind of thing and were clear that it should not happen here
what they did not and could not guard against is the people in charge ignoring their plain text
what they did not and could not guard against is the people in charge ignoring their plain text
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I did a whole series of stories for the Washington post late 2020/early 2021 about coup attempts, democratic backsliding and authoritarianism, and got a lot of grief from reactionary centrists about how that was "just the opinion of some elite academics"
Sure. But but it was way better for your career, and the esteem of many of your highly placed professional peers, to be wrong about this and so many people were. They’re doing great btw www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
Opinion | The Resistance Libs Were Right
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I did a whole series of stories for the Washington post late 2020/early 2021 about coup attempts, democratic backsliding and authoritarianism, and got a lot of grief from reactionary centrists about how that was "just the opinion of some elite academics"
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the writer of this — emily oster — works with bari weiss and has a show with The Free Press, and that’s all you need to know
Can you guess who authored this piece without looking at the byline? Who might not have any relevant expertise in nutrition, but would make it a habit of trying to hand it to RFKJ?
Opinion | Kennedy Is Telling Americans How to Eat. It’s Not Crazy Advice.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
the writer of this — emily oster — works with bari weiss and has a show with The Free Press, and that’s all you need to know
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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Renee Good is dead because the system was created to harass, assault and intimidate Renee Goods, and because the people who do it enjoy it. Trump II's meme reign seems determined to persuade the last people unconvinced of this.
Dismantling the Meme Logic Behind Renee Good’s ICE Execution
The Trump administration is once more invoking upside-down alibis of state to conjure the bogus specter of imminent threat.
www.thenation.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Renee Good is dead because the system was created to harass, assault and intimidate Renee Goods, and because the people who do it enjoy it. Trump II's meme reign seems determined to persuade the last people unconvinced of this.
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It should be more like a menstruation hut where they are barely tolerated at the very margins of society for being spiritually dirty. We could use the little fort they built in the Everglades
there needs to be a sex offender registry but for ice guys. you should have to go door to door when you move to a new area and inform your neighbors that you used to be an ice guy. they shouldn't be allowed with 500 feet of a school
January 9, 2026 at 2:31 AM
It should be more like a menstruation hut where they are barely tolerated at the very margins of society for being spiritually dirty. We could use the little fort they built in the Everglades
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there needs to be a sex offender registry but for ice guys. you should have to go door to door when you move to a new area and inform your neighbors that you used to be an ice guy. they shouldn't be allowed with 500 feet of a school
January 9, 2026 at 12:24 AM
there needs to be a sex offender registry but for ice guys. you should have to go door to door when you move to a new area and inform your neighbors that you used to be an ice guy. they shouldn't be allowed with 500 feet of a school
French-Fry Korps
January 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
French-Fry Korps
Everything we’ve seen from Trump is the logical conclusion of things that were first done by the George W. Bush administration: expansive executive power, ignoring the judiciary, the trampling of international law, all of it. 2017 to now is just 2002-03 without the patina of respectability.
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Everything we’ve seen from Trump is the logical conclusion of things that were first done by the George W. Bush administration: expansive executive power, ignoring the judiciary, the trampling of international law, all of it. 2017 to now is just 2002-03 without the patina of respectability.
Truly embarrassing work by the @washingtonpost.com, holding any concerns about the legality of overthrowing a government until the second-to-last graf, and having THIS be the criticism — scrutiny indeed!
January 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Truly embarrassing work by the @washingtonpost.com, holding any concerns about the legality of overthrowing a government until the second-to-last graf, and having THIS be the criticism — scrutiny indeed!
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I'm being completely serious that you can draw a direct line between the introduction of instant replay to football and the widespread toleration of Donald Trump's bad-faith lawsuits and election overturning.
Sometimes a touchdown is a touchdown.
Sometimes a touchdown is a touchdown.
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I'm being completely serious that you can draw a direct line between the introduction of instant replay to football and the widespread toleration of Donald Trump's bad-faith lawsuits and election overturning.
Sometimes a touchdown is a touchdown.
Sometimes a touchdown is a touchdown.
No.
People should be allowed to have a THC seltzer if they want to
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No.
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October 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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You gotta just block these accounts without interacting. They're doing this the night before No Kings so they can selectively grab quote posts and replies about how nasty people are being. It's extremely transparent. Just block and move on.
Yes, it does look like the government accounts joining Bluesky are real, including Homeland Security and the White House. They're tweeting about it on X.
October 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
You gotta just block these accounts without interacting. They're doing this the night before No Kings so they can selectively grab quote posts and replies about how nasty people are being. It's extremely transparent. Just block and move on.
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To illustrate what the rapid buildout of Gulf Coast LNG export terminals looks like, this beautifully written @sierramagazine.bsky.social story from @delaneynolan.bsky.social cleverly likens the development to an aggressive disease that advances in stages. www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2024-...
September 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
To illustrate what the rapid buildout of Gulf Coast LNG export terminals looks like, this beautifully written @sierramagazine.bsky.social story from @delaneynolan.bsky.social cleverly likens the development to an aggressive disease that advances in stages. www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2024-...
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Big rally of multiple unions in DuPont Circle in DC right now. “They want us to be quiet, but we’re just gonna get louder.”
August 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Big rally of multiple unions in DuPont Circle in DC right now. “They want us to be quiet, but we’re just gonna get louder.”
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one sign that the “unitary executive” is less the restoration of an older constitutional order and more the imposition of a radical new one is that allowing the president to act untethered from most legal or congressional limits has largely just served to plunge the country into disorder
August 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
one sign that the “unitary executive” is less the restoration of an older constitutional order and more the imposition of a radical new one is that allowing the president to act untethered from most legal or congressional limits has largely just served to plunge the country into disorder
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Hard to convince younger generations, but for decades, Republicans went on and on about how two of the worst things imaginable were (1) state intervention in the market and (2) DC using federal troops against US states; both so bad the people should be ready for armed rebellion in case it happens.
August 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Hard to convince younger generations, but for decades, Republicans went on and on about how two of the worst things imaginable were (1) state intervention in the market and (2) DC using federal troops against US states; both so bad the people should be ready for armed rebellion in case it happens.
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the actual communication problem democrats have is this: their most prominent national figures filter everything through focus grouped lines and are incapable of plain speech
Jeffries on Trump planning a military crackdown in Chicago: "We should continue to support local law enforcement and not simply allow Donald Trump to play games with the lives of the American people as part of his effort to manufacture a crisis and create a distraction because he's deeply unpopular"
August 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
the actual communication problem democrats have is this: their most prominent national figures filter everything through focus grouped lines and are incapable of plain speech
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A useful WaPo map of where Trump Storm Troops are actually operating in DC.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
If you know DC, what this map tell you is: They're making the gaudy show of strength in areas where it matters least and will do least good. Except for sheer spectacle.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
If you know DC, what this map tell you is: They're making the gaudy show of strength in areas where it matters least and will do least good. Except for sheer spectacle.
August 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A useful WaPo map of where Trump Storm Troops are actually operating in DC.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
If you know DC, what this map tell you is: They're making the gaudy show of strength in areas where it matters least and will do least good. Except for sheer spectacle.
www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
If you know DC, what this map tell you is: They're making the gaudy show of strength in areas where it matters least and will do least good. Except for sheer spectacle.
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NEW: National Guard troops deployed to DC by President Trump are now preparing to carry weapons.
It's a significant shift—defense officials emphasized two days ago that troops would not be armed or have weapons in their vehicles.
It's a significant shift—defense officials emphasized two days ago that troops would not be armed or have weapons in their vehicles.
August 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
NEW: National Guard troops deployed to DC by President Trump are now preparing to carry weapons.
It's a significant shift—defense officials emphasized two days ago that troops would not be armed or have weapons in their vehicles.
It's a significant shift—defense officials emphasized two days ago that troops would not be armed or have weapons in their vehicles.
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While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
August 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
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Return of the Jedi ending in DC
On the joyous day when Trump’s rotted and clotted heart finally explodes, all the loathsome hyenas in his orbit will eat each other, because he never offered anything to the world other that the opportunity for weak and amoral men to buy criminal favors in exchange for subservience.
Why in the HELL are people laughing! We all know he’s serious! I have never felt this way about another human being but I sincerely hope this man dies soon. Let the cosmos sort him out.
August 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Return of the Jedi ending in DC
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There’s just alot of people looking directly into a camera and saying 2+2=7 and expecting you to passively take that because you now have no agency and are merely a vessel for that lie to be conveyed and that’s generally bad I think
August 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
There’s just alot of people looking directly into a camera and saying 2+2=7 and expecting you to passively take that because you now have no agency and are merely a vessel for that lie to be conveyed and that’s generally bad I think