johnbrase.bsky.social
St. Louis booster.
Glutton and wine fiend.
Friends Board Member, St. Louis Public Radio.
Human Rights Campaign Federal Club Council.
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“Everything Trump touches …”
Amirite @therickwilson.bsky.social ?
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Because it’s in 3/4 time?
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Oh no! I’d send hugs, but that seems like a really bad idea.
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Maybe, but it’s Trump’s voice I hear in Godfather II when poor stupid Fredo brays to Michael, “I’m smahhhhjt!”
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I don’t have to use that, do I?
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I temporarily shut down facial recognition on my phone as I re-entered the US, in case there was a “pull-aside”.
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That’s … a LOT. Of everything.
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He doesn’t care. He will never face another electorate … one way or the other. His attention is just on vengeance and grift. Mostly grift.
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It’s like something out of Alice in Wonderland.
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They’re just doing this to remind people like Vance and Rubio not to start “running in place” and drawing attention from Trump. Also, Trump has no intention of running again — he will simply not leave (due to, say, a “national emergency” that cancels elections).
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Dumb and Mean is a terrible combination.
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Queens Rich. (Not to be confused with Queensrÿche.)
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Willful ignorance born of a life of privilege. “I’m rich, so I must be smart.” (Ditto Trump and Elon.)
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I don’t like to assume BUT might Guangzhou be an importer from China? (“I call it Jyna.”)
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I just saw “coercive tools” and assumed it referred to the entire Trump admiration.
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Molly, I’m getting horrific Leo Ryan flashbacks.
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As with The Holocaust, the numbers are simply too big to wrap one’s head around. Perversely, if you try to home in on a couple human examples, detractors will claim that’s all you could find.
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I missed the WH press release stating that Bukele wasn’t appropriately dressed for the Oval Office.
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Extreme Evangelicals need Israel to be intact so that the Rapture and/or Armageddon can take place, and they’ll be saved. They could care less about any Jewish residents. Sadly, Netanyahu understands this but courts them anyway for his own ends.
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Always makes me think of “Big Night” (aka “Waiting for Louis Prima”).
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Also, your pronouns ARE reality. And not just for you. It’s not performative.
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Another of St. Louis’s best. 🙄 I love my city, but seriously, where are they finding these STL-adjacent nuts like John Sauer, Ed Martin, and John Durham?
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That man wants to be Secretary of War SO bad.
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Look at the (new-ish) map of her district. They panicked when she almost lost twice, so they roped in a huge weird chunk of out-state to ensure her victory. Forever.
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It’s their schtick. Once per month you have to vote to:
1) restrict abortion rights
2) restrict gay/trans rights
3) expand gun/ammo access
It doesn’t matter if it passes. Probably better for their reelection chances if it doesn’t.
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I always suspected it was, just in case, a hedge against the property being seized, since a family member was buried there.
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I only see 3 paths.
Losing Path 1: Get Congress and States to amend the Constitution.
Losing Path 2: Argue to the Supreme Court that the 2-term rule only applies to consecutive terms.
Potential Winning Path: At a strategic moment, declare war or other national emergency and cancel elections.
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What we really need to protect is vanilla beans grown in Mississippi!
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Wait — they’re not? Alabama either?
Okay then: we’ve trariffed Madagascar but we can still get vanilla beans from Mexi—
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They’re tariffed too? AND chocolate?
Crap.
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I’ll allow it this one time. Then it goes to the Smithsonian.
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Ed finally has all his docs (not yet officially translated) and MAYBE an appointment, but it’s probably too late now. A friend said to skip trying to engage the Chicago consulate and call the DC embassy directly.