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Nothing makes me happier than when people discover their love for reading again, everybody that can read, should. It’s so good for your brain! Also, please support your local library 🫶✨📚

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Absolutely 👇🏾😡

submitted 3 days ago • 917 comments

IT’S WORKING!!!! KEEP SHOWING UP, MAKING YOUR VOICES HEARD!!!

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Son: Are we better off now? Dad: Well son, mom & dad have both lost their jobs. Our savings are gone, gas & grocery prices are up. We did, however, save you from drag queen story time. Son: What's that? Dad: A mythical thing they said was happening in your school, which we can't afford anymore.

submitted 3 days ago • 351 comments

Amazing how many times “did you read the article” ends the conversation

submitted 3 days ago • 49 comments

Every scholar will certainly make mistakes. A good one knows when it’s time to stop and correct them.

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

Rep. Jasmine Crockett - "This is not America. This is a terrible nightmare. Somebody slap me and wake me the f*ck up because I'm ready to get on with it."

submitted 4 days ago • 14 comments

I'm past being frightened. I am now enraged. They all deserve the FAFO that is happening to them.

submitted 5 days ago • 230 comments

Look what's happening at the French Embassy in Washington DC.

submitted 5 days ago • 686 comments

And now this…👇 Angry yet?! This. Once. Great. Country. Is. Weeping. ✨

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Kee Malesky, NPR's research librarian for more than 20 years, has died at age 74. She left NPR in 2014. She's remembered for her love of facts, and here's another irrefutable one: She will be missed.

submitted 5 days ago • 410 comments

Whether in our water, on its bench, or in the White House, the Supreme Court is a big fan of raw sewage.

submitted 5 days ago • 1393 comments

None of this is normal

submitted 4 days ago • 420 comments

Marjorie Trailer Greene is concerned with decorum all of a sudden. 🥴

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Put your Joint Address questions here and I’ll see if I can answer some as I go ⬇️

submitted 4 days ago • 4104 comments

Well... the State of the DisUnion will begin, shortly. I'm gonna be in attendance 😳😏. DO NOT WATCH!

submitted 4 days ago • 1934 comments

One by one, every Dem should heckle like Green and be proudly thrown out by him. Not sure why all these Dems showed up tbh. They should have followed @aoc.bsky.social's lead and stayed away.

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Let this sink in.

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Trump filled the audience with people to use as props to put Democrats in the position either of looking supportive and standing up and clapping, or looking churlish by remaining seated. Staying seated was the right choice.

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Rep. Al Green is a goddamn hero.

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“Back in 2017, when I was first considering getting involved in politics, I went to the nearest Indivisible group meeting I could find.” Eight years later, she will give Democrats’ response to Trump’s speech. Good luck tonight, Senator @slotkin.senate.gov!

submitted 5 days ago • 15 comments

We will not normalize…

submitted 4 days ago • 1008 comments

Donald Trump stood in front of Congress tonight and reinforced what we already knew: He’s a corrupt megalomaniac lunatic who is running our country to the ground. These are not normal times. Everything is not fine. We are in crisis.

submitted 4 days ago • 62 comments

Not standing and cheering at the manipulative moments when Trump put kids and crime victims in the gallery was actually the correct and adult choice. The better choice was to leave, imo. But make no mistake, Trump was creating an "either you stand up for me or you hate kids with cancer" moment.

submitted 4 days ago • 68 comments

What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why. What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?

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Dear maga, The global right, who used to admire Trump, has absolutely turned on him and now is openly saying he works for Russia. The right in Canada has dropped in the polls and now openly distances themselves from you. Same with Germany and UK You suck

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I’ll be in Traverse City waiting to speak with Representative Jack Bergman. He owes his constituents an explanation as to why, as a retired Lt General in the USMC and a member of Congress, he refused to uphold his oaths to protect our Republic against all enemies, foreign AND DOMESTIC!

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La majorité des Américains détestent Trump, et beaucoup pensent qu'il est aussi un agent russe. Que nos siècles d'amitié et d'alliance survivent à ce malfaiteur! Vive la France!

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This message needs to be spread far and wide: hit them in their bank accounts. Buy small, buy local, support your farmers and family businesses. Fuck every single one of those spaced-out billionaires.

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oh wow amazing way to fight back this will make them tremble in fear why do they even bother getting up in the morning

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Remember: Trump has no mandate. His agenda is cruel, corrupt, chaotic, and deeply unpopular. And the longer it goes on, the harder it is to sustain in the face of real opposition. That’s our job now — to keep building that opposition.

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

Hey, check out my latest post on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/markbren...

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Should we just start calling him Premier Trumpski in his new role as Head of State in Emperor Musk’s new corpo-klepto-technocratic government? Or perhaps Премьер Трампски?

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submitted 6 days ago • 136 comments

The realignment of the U.S. Republican Party with the Kremlin ... and I mean fully and openly ... is stunning to watch in real time.

submitted 7 days ago • 406 comments

Nothing makes me happier than when people discover their love for reading again, everybody that can read, should. It’s so good for your brain! Also, please support your local library 🫶✨📚

Absolutely 👇🏾😡

IT’S WORKING!!!! KEEP SHOWING UP, MAKING YOUR VOICES HEARD!!!

Son: Are we better off now? Dad: Well son, mom & dad have both lost their jobs. Our savings are gone, gas & grocery prices are up. We did, however, save you from drag queen story time. Son: What's that? Dad: A mythical thing they said was happening in your school, which we can't afford anymore.

Amazing how many times “did you read the article” ends the conversation

Every scholar will certainly make mistakes. A good one knows when it’s time to stop and correct them.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett - "This is not America. This is a terrible nightmare. Somebody slap me and wake me the f*ck up because I'm ready to get on with it."

I'm past being frightened. I am now enraged. They all deserve the FAFO that is happening to them.

Look what's happening at the French Embassy in Washington DC.

And now this…👇 Angry yet?! This. Once. Great. Country. Is. Weeping. ✨

Kee Malesky, NPR's research librarian for more than 20 years, has died at age 74. She left NPR in 2014. She's remembered for her love of facts, and here's another irrefutable one: She will be missed.

Whether in our water, on its bench, or in the White House, the Supreme Court is a big fan of raw sewage.

None of this is normal

Marjorie Trailer Greene is concerned with decorum all of a sudden. 🥴

Put your Joint Address questions here and I’ll see if I can answer some as I go ⬇️

Well... the State of the DisUnion will begin, shortly. I'm gonna be in attendance 😳😏. DO NOT WATCH!

One by one, every Dem should heckle like Green and be proudly thrown out by him. Not sure why all these Dems showed up tbh. They should have followed @aoc.bsky.social's lead and stayed away.

Let this sink in.

Trump filled the audience with people to use as props to put Democrats in the position either of looking supportive and standing up and clapping, or looking churlish by remaining seated. Staying seated was the right choice.

Rep. Al Green is a goddamn hero.

“Back in 2017, when I was first considering getting involved in politics, I went to the nearest Indivisible group meeting I could find.” Eight years later, she will give Democrats’ response to Trump’s speech. Good luck tonight, Senator @slotkin.senate.gov!

We will not normalize…

Donald Trump stood in front of Congress tonight and reinforced what we already knew: He’s a corrupt megalomaniac lunatic who is running our country to the ground. These are not normal times. Everything is not fine. We are in crisis.

Not standing and cheering at the manipulative moments when Trump put kids and crime victims in the gallery was actually the correct and adult choice. The better choice was to leave, imo. But make no mistake, Trump was creating an "either you stand up for me or you hate kids with cancer" moment.

What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why. What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?

Dear maga, The global right, who used to admire Trump, has absolutely turned on him and now is openly saying he works for Russia. The right in Canada has dropped in the polls and now openly distances themselves from you. Same with Germany and UK You suck

I’ll be in Traverse City waiting to speak with Representative Jack Bergman. He owes his constituents an explanation as to why, as a retired Lt General in the USMC and a member of Congress, he refused to uphold his oaths to protect our Republic against all enemies, foreign AND DOMESTIC!

La majorité des Américains détestent Trump, et beaucoup pensent qu'il est aussi un agent russe. Que nos siècles d'amitié et d'alliance survivent à ce malfaiteur! Vive la France!

This message needs to be spread far and wide: hit them in their bank accounts. Buy small, buy local, support your farmers and family businesses. Fuck every single one of those spaced-out billionaires.

oh wow amazing way to fight back this will make them tremble in fear why do they even bother getting up in the morning

Remember: Trump has no mandate. His agenda is cruel, corrupt, chaotic, and deeply unpopular. And the longer it goes on, the harder it is to sustain in the face of real opposition. That’s our job now — to keep building that opposition.

Hey, check out my latest post on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/markbren...

Should we just start calling him Premier Trumpski in his new role as Head of State in Emperor Musk’s new corpo-klepto-technocratic government? Or perhaps Премьер Трампски?

The realignment of the U.S. Republican Party with the Kremlin ... and I mean fully and openly ... is stunning to watch in real time.

Dear Ukraine and Zelensky, Ignore @SpeakerJohnson he can’t find his spine and knows better, don’t resign.

Also no funding for Musk-related businesses.

Thanks to everyone who participated nationwide!