Ann Brenoff

Ann Brenoff

@abrenoff.bsky.social

Retired journalist (LATimes, HuffPost). Lifelong Liberal. An early bra-burner and Woodstock attendee. Read my book: “Caregivers Are Mad As “CAREGIVERS ARE MAD AS HELL!: Rants from the Wife of the Very Sick Man in Room 5029” https://a.co/d/ipwfHSj

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"To characterize the document the White House produced as a health care 'plan' is overly generous. The entirety of the proposal — literally, from start to finish — is 386 words. For context, this blog post is roughly 650 words..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

ms.nowWhy Trump’s pitiful new health care ‘plan’ is even worse than it appearsThe White House’s health care gambit isn’t just a sham, it also diverts the process from an actually helpful solution.

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Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder. " Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..." www.al.com/news/2026/01...

al.comAlabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-registerAlabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants

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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.

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Trump is already threatening Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, saying that “if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro” Way to pour more gasoline on the fire you started. 🙄

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President no new wars is threatening to seize Greenland again. A day after raiding Venezuela and a week after bombing Nigeria. And MAGA is still talking about how he’s the peace president 🤦‍♂️ fucking idiots

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Bondi must be impeached concealing the Epstein files on behalf of Trump. In this media circus, under Trump's fascist regime, she took cover-ups to the extreme. Transparency? A word they've erased from the dictionary. #ProudBlue #DV1

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NEWS: Bill Clinton is demanding full transparency from the Trump DOJ on the Epstein files. Clinton’s spokesman says the DOJ’s selective release suggests someone is being protected. He calls on Trump to direct Bondi to immediately release all remaining materials referencing Clinton.

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1. In Alaska, the right wing govt handpicked doctors to the Medical Board to ban trans youth care. A month after after, one anti-trans doctor was arrested for child porn. The day after he was bailed out, his home burned down, with reports suggesting he was found deceased. Our latest wild story.

erininthemorning.comAnti-Trans Alaskan State Medical Board Doctor Charged With CSAM, Home Goes Up In FlamesLast week Dr. Ryan McDonough was arrested on ten counts of possession of child sexual abuse material. Over the weekend, his family home went up in flames.

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As of today, a half dozen senior Republicans in Congress have now made clear that pending congressional hearings, they have no intention of expending political capital in support of Pete Hegseth. The odds that he's going down have just doubled.

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Hegseth and Trump are trying to blame some admiral for giving the kill the floating people in the water order. we know who is really guilty. Trump and Hegseth they are fucked

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Replying to @brandonfriedman.bsky.social

Democrats should commit now to disregarding any presidential pardons issued before charges have been filed. Whether or not Trump tries to sign blanket pardons for officials like Hegseth, they should be arrested as soon as Trump leaves office.

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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.

Ryan Goodman@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing "Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions." Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social

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Trump is calling for members of Congress to be arrested and/or hanged for reminding our military and IC that they have an obligation to refuse illegal orders.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump calls for Democratic members of Congress to be hanged

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This should enrage everyone. Kelly didn’t do anything wrong here, and he certainly didn’t do anything worthy of a court martial

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.

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Fun fact: After the Texas ruling and Indiana failing to redraw their maps, Democrats are now projected to win the redistricting battle. We told you not to start that dumb shit.

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Donald Trump and JD Vance were not welcome at today’s Dick Cheney funeral. If that doesn’t send a message to the Republican Party, I’m not sure what will at this point.

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“FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staff members, exempting them from passing polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information…” www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

propublica.orgFBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior StaffAs the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...

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"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents. They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..." abc7.com/post/ontario...

abc7.comImmigrant rights group placing 'ICE stole someone here' signs in OntarioA citizens group in Ontario is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving ICE agents detaining and arresting undocumented immigrants.

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Don't be evil? "Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..." www.404media.co/google-has-c...

404media.coGoogle Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation EffortGoogle is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...

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Replying to @chrislhayes.bsky.social

It's amazing how Trump, the lunatic, will spout off the stupidest things (50 year mortgages, $2,000 tariff rebate checks, $10,000 for all the good air traffic controllers who didn't "call out") and the media then feels the need to analyze the idiocy as if it somehow plausible.

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Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.