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Bryan Epps
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Movement builder rooted in love.

Crafting futures with organizers, storytellers & seed planters.

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I carry Newark, my faith, and my community into every space. My latest piece for the Kettering Foundation reflects on how we can live into a vision of #democracy even amid deep division. I hope it encourages you, as it has me, to stay committed to building.
We are a nation that supports arrests, deportation and homicide for profit. Prayers and progressive policy to the film at Brown and beyond.
December 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The ascent by women economically has not been matched with an ascent by men emotionally. #MaleLoneliness
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Be uncompromising about the people and places that make you feel alive
December 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” ~ Mandela”
December 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
If you've never been weird then you've never been free
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Are you human enough to see their pain?
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Reposted by Bryan Epps
Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who was brought to the U.S. as a child and is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested near Boston earlier this month and taken into ICE custody.
Woman With Ties To Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s Family In ICE Custody
Bruna Caroline Ferreira, who was brought to the U.S. as a child and is the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was arrested near Boston earlier this month and taken into ICE custody.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
So Trump met with Mamdani once and endorsed him?
November 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A Democratic capitalist focuses on regulating private industry and finance, whereas a Democratic Socialist focuses on public ownership for the public good.
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If y'all let MTG be the first woman president, I will never forgive you 😂🤕
November 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
What a night for PBS 📺
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
So the people who more than likely could afford to work for free will be given substantial bonuses:

www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-age...
Some TSA agents will get $10,000 bonuses for "exemplary service" during shutdown, Noem says
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that TSA agents with "exemplary service" during the government shutdown​ will receive a $10,000 bonus check.
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“God doesnt cancel our mess, he meets us inside of it” - @josephyoo.bsky.social
Joseph Yoo+ (@josephyoo.bsky.social)
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josephyoo.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Jeffries, it's your turn now
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Hold out Democrats! #shutdown
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Reposted by Bryan Epps
Democrats ready to reject latest GOP shutdown offer
Democrats ready to reject latest GOP shutdown offer
Stiffened by their party’s big election wins Tuesday, they are expected to block another attempt to reopen the government Friday.
dlvr.it
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I don't understand why people are uncomfortable with public services paid for by the public being offered back to the public at no cost. #Mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Progressives, how y'all feel? Liberals, y'all alright?
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Reposted by Bryan Epps
The fact a *single* Amazon full-time employee requires SNAP benefits should be a crime. The fact Amazon is the largest employer of SNAP recipients is a disgrace. Jeff Bezos shouldnt be that rich; he should be in jail.
November 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"A contractual arrangement predicating assessment on anything other than merit will undermine the integrity of vital, sometimes lifesaving, research and further erode confidence in American higher education”

www.npr.org/2025/10/20/n...
As deadline for Trump's colleges compact looms, schools signal dissent
Of the original nine schools that received the Trump administration's Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, the majority have indicated they are not planning on signing.
www.npr.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The flotilla did more for the peace deal than 47
October 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Reposted by Bryan Epps
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...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Be joyful even though you've considered all the facts
October 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Republicans have failed to negotiate a funding bill causing a government shutdown **

apnews.com/article/shut...
Government headed to a shutdown after last-ditch vote fails in Senate
Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.
apnews.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM