Brian Smith

Brian Smith

@briansmith26.bsky.social

Lefty leftist, musician, union cook, born Naval Hospital, Norfolk, grew up down South, grew old up North.

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On May Day — International Workers' Day — we remember the sacrifices made by union members of the past to win the rights we have today. The 8-hour workday, weekends, overtime pay, workplace safety protections—they weren't handed to us. Workers fought for them, and some gave their lives for them.

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Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teacher's, free to follow the religions of my fathers, free to talk think & act for myself. And I will obey every law. Chief Joseph - Nez Perce. US the land of the free. No more.

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Schoolchildren are routinely slaughtered by AR-15s. Hundreds die. [*crickets* "Thoughts and prayers" *crickets*] A couple unoccupied cars are set on fire. No one is hurt. ["THIS HORROR WILL NOT STAND!!! We MUST act to STOP it from ever happening AGAIN!!!!" We will pass new LAWS BANNING IT!!!]

So the most powerful Republican Senator of my lifetime whipped up ... 2 votes for literally the future of our military.

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social

BREAKING The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Pete Hegseth to serve as Secretary of Defense. The vote was 50–50, with Senator Susan Collins, Senator Lisa Murkowski, and Senator Mitch McConnell voting against Hegseth from the Republican side. VP JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote.

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Replying to @kellyscaletta.bsky.social

Me with my pandemic beard and Maxwell Silverhammer. Got him from the pound in 2002, (he picked me, really) he was 19+ when he passed. I'm only now able to think of getting another.

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Replying to @adamkinzinger.substack.com

The government shutdown is here due to Elon Musk and then Trump concurred. So it wasn’t Trump’s idea Please like, repost and share on Blue Sky. If you go to X or Truth Social share it there too. I’d rather have them jealous of each other. #MuskOwnsTrump #PresidentMusk #MuskOwnsTrump #PresidentMusk

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Piers Morgan asked Antichrist Peter Thiel what he would say to people who celebrated Luigi Mangione — who was a fan of Peter Thiel & Elon Musk — for murdering an insurance CEO. If someone can find a worse answer to any question, I’d love to see it. This is excruciating.

Albert King Butthole Surfers Cooder, Ry Dead Can Dance Eugene Chadbourne Flaming Lips Grateful Dead Harris, Emmylou Irma Thomas Jayhawks Kool & the Gang Lenny Kravitz Michael Hedges NRBQ Oingo Boingo Police Quezergue, Wardell Replacements Springsteen, Bruce Tina Turner U2 Van Morrison cont'd -

Matt Miller@mattmiller.bsky.social

artist you’ve seen live for each letter of the alphabet: Arcade Fire Babymetal Churches Devo Eagles Fleet Foxes Goose Hold Steady Isbell, Jason Janelle Monae Kriss Kross LCD Soundstsyem Massive Attack National OutKast Phair, Liz — Radiohead Spoon Toad the Wet Sprocket (cont’d)

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