Brandon Caples
@bcaples.bsky.social
Interested in data/analytics, frontend development, and marketing automation. Currently a nonprofit email developer.
What a legacy to leave behind.
Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in Los Angeles home, AP source says
Director-actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead Sunday at Reiner's Los Angeles home, according to a law enforcement official.
apnews.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What a legacy to leave behind.
Here's your reminder that Kristi Noem understands the Constitution entirely backwards.
DHS secretary misstates meaning of habeas corpus under Senate scrutiny
Facing sharp questioning from Democratic lawmakers, the director of Homeland Security incorrectly described the constitutional right as a presidential authority to deport individuals.
www.npr.org
December 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Here's your reminder that Kristi Noem understands the Constitution entirely backwards.
“… the president pressed Warsh on whether he could trust him to support interest-rate cuts if he were chosen to lead the central bank, according to people familiar with the meeting. Trump, in the Journal interview, confirmed that reporting.”
Exclusive | Trump Says He Is Leaning Toward Warsh or Hassett to Lead the Fed
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the president said the next Fed chair should consult with him on interest rates.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“… the president pressed Warsh on whether he could trust him to support interest-rate cuts if he were chosen to lead the central bank, according to people familiar with the meeting. Trump, in the Journal interview, confirmed that reporting.”
Unregulated AI will cause immeasurable harm to society.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Unregulated AI will cause immeasurable harm to society.
Mother Jones is doing real journalism, and threats to journalists should be scandalous for any administration.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Mother Jones is doing real journalism, and threats to journalists should be scandalous for any administration.
The Trump administration scrapped plans for new coins honoring abolition and women's suffrage. This is what's being proposed instead.
(It's illegal to use the likeness of any living president on U.S. currency.)
(It's illegal to use the likeness of any living president on U.S. currency.)
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The Trump administration scrapped plans for new coins honoring abolition and women's suffrage. This is what's being proposed instead.
(It's illegal to use the likeness of any living president on U.S. currency.)
(It's illegal to use the likeness of any living president on U.S. currency.)
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Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
“They spit, we hit” should be a much bigger deal than it is.
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“They spit, we hit” should be a much bigger deal than it is.
“Trump would be in much better political shape right now if he had basically continued Biden’s policies, with only a few cosmetic changes. When he took office inflation was on a declining trajectory. Consumer sentiment was relatively favorable at the start of 2025.”
Trump Says That You Are the Problem
Everything is perfect. Why aren’t you grateful?
paulkrugman.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
“Trump would be in much better political shape right now if he had basically continued Biden’s policies, with only a few cosmetic changes. When he took office inflation was on a declining trajectory. Consumer sentiment was relatively favorable at the start of 2025.”
Captioning this “Pirates of the Caribbean” seems a little too on the nose.
December 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Captioning this “Pirates of the Caribbean” seems a little too on the nose.
Please, won't someone look out for the big guys with lots of money?
The Supreme Court ponders giving billionaires even more power over elections
Republicans want the last limits on political spending eliminated.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Please, won't someone look out for the big guys with lots of money?
Well at least a Republican healthcare plan exists.
'A horrible idea': Trump officials are pushing this cheaper health insurance plan as a replacement for Obamacare, but it comes with 1 big catch
“The Biden administration referred to them as ‘junk’ plans.”
moneywise.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Well at least a Republican healthcare plan exists.
I'm ashamed of the Americans who have been justifying these murders.
Rand Paul: "It has not been the history of the US to kill people who are out of combat. Even if there is a war, which most of us dispute -- that a bunch of people who are unarmed allegedly running drugs is a war -- we still don't kill people when they're incapacitated ... it's illegal and immoral."
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I'm ashamed of the Americans who have been justifying these murders.
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Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
December 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
President Trump issued a statement yesterday on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, including a prayer to Mary.
December 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
President Trump issued a statement yesterday on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, including a prayer to Mary.
I've always thought that people on airplanes are not sweaty enough. Thank you, Sean Duffy!
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I've always thought that people on airplanes are not sweaty enough. Thank you, Sean Duffy!
The Simpsons does what no one else can.
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The Simpsons does what no one else can.
The Supreme Court has given Trump a royal cape; this is his scepter. All that's left is to seat him on his throne.
The Supreme Court seems likely to back Trump's power to fire independent agency board members
The Supreme Court seems likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of board members.
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Supreme Court has given Trump a royal cape; this is his scepter. All that's left is to seat him on his throne.
The president is going to wear that FIFA medal everywhere now, isn't he?
December 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The president is going to wear that FIFA medal everywhere now, isn't he?
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December 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Renaming the Institute of Peace, replacing Juneteenth/MLK with his birthday at national parks, and demanding a peace prize are all signs of a healthy level of self-confidence, if you ask me.
National parks cut free entry for MLK Day, add Trump's birthday
NPS changed its free admission days in 2026, removing MLK Day and Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday.
www.usatoday.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Renaming the Institute of Peace, replacing Juneteenth/MLK with his birthday at national parks, and demanding a peace prize are all signs of a healthy level of self-confidence, if you ask me.
Which Constitution?
The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution
The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship.
apnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Which Constitution?
Great news for the free market!
Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion
Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to buy the legacy Hollywood giant’s studio and streaming business for $72 billion.
apnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Great news for the free market!
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A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed to protect trans and other LGBTQ community members from sexual violence. n.pr/44K1Tb9
DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards
A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed to protect trans and other LGBTQ community members from sexual violence.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed to protect trans and other LGBTQ community members from sexual violence. n.pr/44K1Tb9