Michael McBrien

Michael McBrien

@michaelmcbrien.bsky.social

#democracy #antifascist wondering why we are still being led by same Democrats that always fold when they have the leverage

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Thomas Phillips, the former Republican chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, announces he's backing Democrat James Talarico for Senate. "Paxton’s longstanding reputation will embarrass Texas in ways our state simply cannot afford." www.beaumontenterprise.com/opinions/art...

beaumontenterprise.comOPINION: A Republican case for voting for James TalaricoA Republican explains why he will vote for Democrat James Talarico over Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race, citing governance, party principles and leadership.

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Maybe Trump paid Bill Maher to kiss his ass, or maybe Maher was never honest about who he was and what he believed.👇

Joe Walsh@walshfreedom.bsky.social

When I was on Bill Maher’s show back in the day, he’d call me a crazy Tea Party guy. With disdain. Now look what Maher has become - an authoritarian-embracing MAGA apologist. If you told me back in 2016, that I’d become a NeverTrumper, and Maher would become a Trump bootlicker, I’d of said no way.

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If still debating whether Donald Trump or Elon Musk willfully crippled Ukraine's missile defense, helping to slay innocent civilians, you are a rube. If the U.S. President had no role, then an oligarch governs national security. If not, the U.S. President serves Russia. Both answers are mortifying.

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We don’t use ridicule enough in our politics.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Obama: "That well-known evil empire Canada. That historical adversary of ours. Canada! *laughs* It's your neighbor. It's a few minutes' drive over the bridge! These are the people who gave us Martin Short and maple syrup. They are the nicest people! And someone we've gotten them so mad."

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I don’t think the young people (ie if you’re under 25 you don’t really remember Obama) realize just how electric a speaker he is

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

“How much time do you think this defense secretary spends looking in the mirror in the morning? These are not serious people” — Obama’s audience in Ohio is hanging on every word as he skewers Trump and Hegseth

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“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama

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Barack Obama just endorsed Angie Nixon for U.S. Senate! She may not have the full backing of the Democratic establishment, but she’s building support from the biggest names in the party. LFG! 🔥

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There is a massive corruption scandal unfolding in the US, with top American executives abandoning a $25 billion gas project over allegations of secret Russian investment and control. ​All of this is happening just as the US administration moves to ease sanctions on Russia. ​

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What Sikorski says is true and most Americans don't believe it because they're received a steady drip feed of rubbish about Ukraine for years from US corporate media. bsky.app/profile/noth...

Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social

Poland’s Foreign Minister Sikorski: basically calling Trump a liar. “The US no longer finances this war since January of last year. In other words, for more than a year and a half. The US has not contributed a single cent to the defense of Ukraine. We are doing it. Europe.”

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Send good thoughts or prayers out for Pope Leo. He punches Fat Satan in the mouth with words. I love him for that. MAGA hates him for that.

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As the Trump regime sues LA officials for not disqualifying 20,000 people DHS has labeled as non-citizens based upon their screening tool, it is good to remember that DHS used to same tool to identify over 15,000 non-citizen voters in Nevada. Complete checks revealed that ALL of them are citizens.

nytimes.comFrom 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle.It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.

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One widely loathed, ketamine-addicted, white-supremacist billionaire can single-handedly keep a failing political party afloat, through the brute force of money. Excellent system we've set up here.

wired.comElon Musk Is Almost Single-Handedly Funding the Republican Midterms PushElon Musk has assembled a presidential-level field operation this midterm cycle, underscoring the extent to which he has taken over the get-out-the-vote effort for the Republican party.

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Democrats need to be ready to hold hearings and inquiries into the assault that Musk, Zuckerberg and other tech bros are making against democratic institutions at home and abroad.

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Replying to @alexwinter.com

It’s an unpalatable truth, but Meta, TikTok, and hopefully it goes without saying, X, aren’t sustainable to rely on for political amplification, cultural promotion/marketing or community organizing. It’s long past time for new platforms/means and to move on.

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Replying to @scalzi.com

"I'm gonna go be on X anyway and you can't stop me," I mean, with one exception, I'm not your dad (and that one exception is even more vehemently against X than I am, so there's that), so do what you want, my dude, as for me, I'm happy not to hang out in the Nazi bar, there are other places to drink

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Russia is cooperating with Iran. So why is Trump cooperating with Russia? Like the diesel deal, this decision is a gift to the very forces attacking our service members.

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Two US officials and a Western official say Trump’s White House instructed Pentagon to slow Ukraine’s Starshield. The sabotage took effect as Russia launched 39 ballistic missiles at Ukraine’s power grid, disrupting defensive drones & military operations.

yacnews.comOrder to restrict Ukraine’s Starshield amid Russian attacks reportedly came from White HouseThe order to restrict Ukraine’s Starshield military satellite service reportedly came from inside the White House. As Ukrainian drones lost communications, Trump pressured Kyiv to stop striking Russia...

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If verified the next question is obvious, did the US just coordinate a military attack with Russia on Ukraine?

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Two US officials and a Western official say Trump’s White House instructed Pentagon to slow Ukraine’s Starshield. The sabotage took effect as Russia launched 39 ballistic missiles at Ukraine’s power grid, disrupting defensive drones & military operations.

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How many people died as a result of this order from the Whitehouse? Each death must be prosecuted as murder. Either by the ICC, or the USA.

Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social

If verified the next question is obvious, did the US just coordinate a military attack with Russia on Ukraine?

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Anyone using Starlink or driving a Tesla should really rethink those things. Elon Musk is a fucking white nationalist Nazi. He doesn't deserve to be the world's wealthiest man. Hit these fuck puddles where it hurts them the most: Their bank accounts. That's the only way they measure their worth.

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Also: NO TRAITORS NO PATHOLOGICAL LIARS NO CONVICTED FELONS NO ADJUDICATED RAPISTS NO PEDOPHILES NO RUSSIAN ASSETS NO ORANGE ATROCITIES NO EPSTEIN/MUSK BUDDIES NO PUTIN PUPPETS NO MAKEUP-WEARING MAN-BABIES NO BLOWHARDS WITH ZERO SELF-AWARENESS BRONZED BRAGGARTS and NO ARROGANT A-HOLES

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Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g...

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Kinda wild that there have been wild protests going on in Albania for months set off by a corrupt Kushner luxury resort project and there has been barely coverage of it here 🇺🇸 and Trump never gets asked about it.