Brian Russell
@posaune76.bsky.social
Hockey, dogs, science, watches, chess, spreadsheets, music.
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This is not a rational person. And this is deeply disturbing coming from an American President. NATO is not our enemy—they are unequivocally our closest friends and allies.
At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?
At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?
January 20, 2026 at 8:10 PM
This is not a rational person. And this is deeply disturbing coming from an American President. NATO is not our enemy—they are unequivocally our closest friends and allies.
At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?
At this point, how can you not call into question the mental fitness of this President?
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I am building an essential 90,000 square foot ballroom and soliciting billion dollar membership fees for my new alternative UN while I shake down Venezuela for cash I will hide in Qatar and I am debating whether I should collapse NATO by stealing the world’s biggest island.
as it always is, part of the trump problem is that describing his behavior in plain language makes you sound like you should be on a 72 hour hold
January 20, 2026 at 1:49 AM
I am building an essential 90,000 square foot ballroom and soliciting billion dollar membership fees for my new alternative UN while I shake down Venezuela for cash I will hide in Qatar and I am debating whether I should collapse NATO by stealing the world’s biggest island.
Ok, air it all. And ask the viewer before & after:
a) whether that shit made sense
b) how much of that sounds like the America we want to be
c) if you heard that with someone else's voice, would that be someone you thought should be in a position of leadership at a fucking Wendys, let alone the USA
a) whether that shit made sense
b) how much of that sounds like the America we want to be
c) if you heard that with someone else's voice, would that be someone you thought should be in a position of leadership at a fucking Wendys, let alone the USA
NYT publishes audio of Karoline Leavitt threatening CBS over its Trump interview: “He said, ‘If it’s not out in full, we’ll sue your ass off.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/b...
‘We’ll Sue’: White House’s Warning to CBS Is Sign of a New Media Status Quo
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Ok, air it all. And ask the viewer before & after:
a) whether that shit made sense
b) how much of that sounds like the America we want to be
c) if you heard that with someone else's voice, would that be someone you thought should be in a position of leadership at a fucking Wendys, let alone the USA
a) whether that shit made sense
b) how much of that sounds like the America we want to be
c) if you heard that with someone else's voice, would that be someone you thought should be in a position of leadership at a fucking Wendys, let alone the USA
The legally required release date was like a month ago now, right?
Whatever’s in these Epstein Files (and we have some idea) must be really bad.
January 18, 2026 at 3:40 PM
The legally required release date was like a month ago now, right?
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When Democrats folded in the last government shutdown—rescuing the GOP majority from itself and helping them pass a budget, giving validation to the Trump administration’s lawbreaking—the savvy politics knowers explained that folding was clearly worth it because it got the Epstein Files released.
No federal judge has the power or authority to make DOJ comply with the mandatory provisions of the Epstein Act, says Pam Bondi. It's unenforceable and meaningless. Essentially, DOJ is a lawless if not criminal enterprise, not a law enforcement agency, at this point.
January 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM
When Democrats folded in the last government shutdown—rescuing the GOP majority from itself and helping them pass a budget, giving validation to the Trump administration’s lawbreaking—the savvy politics knowers explained that folding was clearly worth it because it got the Epstein Files released.
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If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM
If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
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New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
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A downside to literally no one in this Administration understanding basic economics is that "we're going to raise tariffs until you give up Greenland" is the econ version of "I'm going to repeatedly kick myself in the testicles until you do what I want"
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/t...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/t...
Trump: NATO members to face tariffs increasing to 25% until a Greenland purchase deal is struck
Trump recently hinted that he may pursue a tariff strategy on Greenland similar to the one he used to force foreign countries to change their drug prices.
www.cnbc.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:06 PM
A downside to literally no one in this Administration understanding basic economics is that "we're going to raise tariffs until you give up Greenland" is the econ version of "I'm going to repeatedly kick myself in the testicles until you do what I want"
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/t...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/t...
Pick a day, any day, since 1/20/25, and you can find an easy winner for impeachment and removal. It just keeps getting worse and more blatant.
Again, I’m going to keep banging the drum that the fact we are threatening the territorial sovereignty of our closest allies is not only a gross violation of our UN & NATO treaty obligations & poses a massive threat to national security & world order but also should immediately end this presidency.
French troops deploying to Greenland because the United States might try to take it over.
Today in 2026 sentences.
Today in 2026 sentences.
January 17, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Pick a day, any day, since 1/20/25, and you can find an easy winner for impeachment and removal. It just keeps getting worse and more blatant.
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Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
I can't repeat this enough.
I've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
January 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Four GOP Senators.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
At most four Repubs in the House.
Together they could stop nearly all the mad-king's rampages. They would be known to history as Profiles in Courage. They might/would lose the next election. But people have sacrificed a lot more, for a lot less.
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You're paying for this.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
CNN airs a compilation of escalating ICE aggression towards peaceful protesters.
January 16, 2026 at 9:52 PM
You're paying for this.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs.
Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.
The only good thing about all this is that it has brought to my attention that the Greenland flag frickin’ rules. #Erfalasorput
January 17, 2026 at 2:38 PM
@kairyssdal.bsky.social Hearing the story about coffee gear & recipes, check out @jameshoffmann.bsky.social's YT channel. It's fantastic. Technical, funny, open-minded, science, tasty. ☕
January 17, 2026 at 1:54 PM
@kairyssdal.bsky.social Hearing the story about coffee gear & recipes, check out @jameshoffmann.bsky.social's YT channel. It's fantastic. Technical, funny, open-minded, science, tasty. ☕
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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TRUMP 2026: SHUT UP OR WE’LL KILL YOU
Homan: "There will be more bloodshed unless we decrease the hateful rhetoric"
January 11, 2026 at 9:19 PM
TRUMP 2026: SHUT UP OR WE’LL KILL YOU
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Republicans somehow managed to sprint from “we’re trying to protect women in sports” straight to defending a woman being shot in the head three times at point blank range for trying to drive away from a masked thug.
January 10, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Republicans somehow managed to sprint from “we’re trying to protect women in sports” straight to defending a woman being shot in the head three times at point blank range for trying to drive away from a masked thug.
Also the sun rises in the west
Chris Wright: "President Trump is no helper to the oil and gas industry, and certainly there is no corruption, preferential placement of people. There's not of that. I can assure you of that."
January 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Also the sun rises in the west
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When people you normally disagree with say something right, it’s good to say so. Noah Smith is right here, and being right in the knowledge that many of his followers will be furious.
January 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
When people you normally disagree with say something right, it’s good to say so. Noah Smith is right here, and being right in the knowledge that many of his followers will be furious.
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This is a very, very good concise refutation of both the dishonest right and the grifty centrist people who make the temperature point.
WELKER: Do you bear any responsibility to bring down the temperature?
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 PM
This is a very, very good concise refutation of both the dishonest right and the grifty centrist people who make the temperature point.
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Agents like this should be identified and their name and picture posted on a searchable web site with videos and content like this linked to their names
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Agents like this should be identified and their name and picture posted on a searchable web site with videos and content like this linked to their names
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January 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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Enjoyed seeing this wholesome guy just noping all of Fox's leading questions. It was like
Q:Don't you thinks she was wrong?
A: No obviously ICE was wrong
Q: What about the people who shouldn't be here?
A: Obviously they should be here
Q: Anything el--
A: I have a bell!
Q:Don't you thinks she was wrong?
A: No obviously ICE was wrong
Q: What about the people who shouldn't be here?
A: Obviously they should be here
Q: Anything el--
A: I have a bell!
Hannity has a Fox reporter in Minneapolis talk to a random protester walking through the city who goes on to spit bars for 2 minutes
January 10, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Enjoyed seeing this wholesome guy just noping all of Fox's leading questions. It was like
Q:Don't you thinks she was wrong?
A: No obviously ICE was wrong
Q: What about the people who shouldn't be here?
A: Obviously they should be here
Q: Anything el--
A: I have a bell!
Q:Don't you thinks she was wrong?
A: No obviously ICE was wrong
Q: What about the people who shouldn't be here?
A: Obviously they should be here
Q: Anything el--
A: I have a bell!
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Peoria Illinois showed up for #ReneeGood. Peaceful vigil this evening, looks like at least 100 people. Still there til 6 pm at corner of Main & University. @peoriail50501.bsky.social @indivisible.org @indivisiblepia.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Peoria Illinois showed up for #ReneeGood. Peaceful vigil this evening, looks like at least 100 people. Still there til 6 pm at corner of Main & University. @peoriail50501.bsky.social @indivisible.org @indivisiblepia.bsky.social
