Brian Conboy

A few notes about myself: I'm not a journalist. I'm not a political expert. I don't have all the answers. I'm a lousy proofreader. I'm just an opinionated American who strongly believes that a rising tide lifts all boats. And right now, I only see 0.1% of the boats lifting.

The jokes are going to come flying at Katie Zacharia, and rightfully so. But let's point out that Trump hired a breathtakingly incompetent person for the job because he has...a certain type (to put it delicately).

Coverage of Katie Zacharia's tenure as the White House Press Secretary:

I have a trade deficit with woman who used to own my house. I paid her thousands of dollars for her home and she paid me nothing. Now, all I have is a house worth thousand of dollars. I could have saved those thousands of dollars if I lived on a bench in the park. It's just simple Economics.

Mike Johnson affixing himself to the anchor that is Trump and plummeting to the bottom of the ocean is stupid in itself. The fact that he is dragging the rest of America down with him is making it vile.

Good people can do bad things. Bad people can do good things. Slapping a label of "bad" or "good" on someone never tells the whole story. We shouldn't forget that people are messy and complicated.

Happy Labor Day! “The upper class keeps all the money and pays no taxes. The middle class pays all the taxes and does all the work. The poor are just there to scare the shit out of the middle class.” - George Carlin

Can't wait until Trump signs an executive order renaming England Old America... Sigh...

Rest in peace, Gloria Steinem. She persevered when others tried to tear her down, and by doing so, she elevated others.

I'm envious of all of those people on the moon who got to see a solar eclipse last night.

Taking Tim Curry the day after Dolly Parton feels like the cruelest of jokes.

Rest in Peace to Dolly Parton. She was a music icon and an even more incredible human being. Her generosity is something we should all learn from and strive towards.

Natalie Harp appears to be in dire need of a mental health intervention and is being used by a man who only seeks to feed his own narcissism.

Werner Heisenberg is driving when a cop pulls him over: "Do you know how fast you were going?" "No, but I know exactly where I am." "Well, you were driving 90 MPH." "Oh great...now I'm lost!"

Mitch McConnell is currently Schrödinger's Senator.

I skipped the President's address to the nation last night. It's bad enough he has to lock himself in a closet so he can bask in the smell of his own farts, but does he have to drag the rest of us in there with him?

"We will have defeated Iran for the 17th time very soon."

Lindsey Graham inflicted incalculable damage on this country thanks to his spineless boot-kissing of Trump. I will not dance on his grave...but I will not celebrate him either.

"Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority." ― Arthur Schopenhauer

I really don't know much about Ted Turner the man, but Ted Turner the media mogul was an icon and his impact cannot be understated. RIP (Here's to hoping they schedule his services to begin at five minutes after the hour.)

Forest loss declined significantly in 2025, thanks to countries curbing deforestation and a lull in wildfires in some parts of the world.

I'm thinking because he sees his value as how many things he can name after himself. It's always Trump Tower, Trump Steaks, Trump Airlines, Trump This, Trump That... he's a very insecure and vain person.

Imagine the logic-twisting that is required to argue in favor of a taxpayer-funded vanity ballroom.

Like...the shooting last night may have very well been an actual serious incident. But given Trump's propensity to stretch the truth and flat out lie...who can say for sure?

Translation: We are in way over our heads here and we are in need of help that our arrogance doesn't permit us to ask for.

On this Earth Day, let us remember that we are alive on this planet because of the fragile balance that has been cultivated over billions of years that allows life to flourish. And we, as humans, are jumping up and down on the end of the seesaw. I wish more of us took it seriously.

Is this a case of no awareness whatsoever or them being fully aware and just not caring? #misogyny #georgia #ncaa

My cat curling up to me and lounging/snoozing might be the apex of peace and contentment.

Funny how those who proclaimed to be the most devout in their faith seem to be so easily to shed it in favor for the Cult of Trump. It's almost as if they used their religion as a veneer and not for anything to guide themselves through life.

Henry VIII in shambles.

To combat DEI, universities must practice affirmative action for conservative hires.

Snapped from my airplane window the other day. Who doesn't love a rainbow?

You know, I really yearn for the days where international diplomacy wasn't hashed out over social media.

There are no fucking buts, you spineless jellyfish.

Waiting for someone(s) in Washington right now to grow a spine and invoke the 25th Amendment because this is nothing short of horrifying.

Total solar eclipse! Solar corona! From behind the Moon! #Artemis

NASA isn't why the US doesn't have universal healthcare, or a social safety net. The US doesn't have those things because politicians with the power to provide them choose specifically not to (with varying levels of support from voters). Enthusiasm for human spaceflight doesn't drive that choice.

He’s not rooting for the country. He’s rooting for his team and calling it patriotism.

What in the Cinnamon Toast Crunch fuck is this supposed to be? I thought this was a fake post when I read it, but no. It's real. Our goddamn President, ladies and gentleman. What a dangerous madman and an utter embarrassment.

George Carlin said it best: The upper class keeps all of the money and pays none of the taxes. The middle class does all of the work and pays all of the taxes. The poor are there just to scare the shit out of the middle class.

Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.

Trans friends, thank you for being you, and for, when you can, sharing yourselves with a world that is so frequently undeserving of the light you bring to it. I love and support you, always. 🏳️‍⚧️🫂🫶

It's uplifting to see the photos of No Kings protests. However, organized protests won't be enough. We must hit their wallets. Organized boycotts, even at the cost of an easier life for ourselves. They can scoff at the images of protests, but they can't do that to weak quarterly earnings reports

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is now over 4,800 points lower than it was, dropping nearly 10%, since we were admonished for not praising the President because it was at 50,000.

A damn shame that Congress lacked the courage to act upon his investigative work. RIP