Brandon Friedman
@brandonfriedman.bsky.social
Founder, Rakkasan Tea Company • Dallas Police Oversight Board • Former Obama guy • Once a soldier
Dallas, Texas
rakkasantea.com
@rakkasantea.bsky.social
Dallas, Texas
rakkasantea.com
@rakkasantea.bsky.social
Pinned
Fascists are using laws and norms against us. Stop letting them. — The McPherson Square Group
There’s a reason cops don’t wait for red lights when pursuing a suspect.
www.themcphersonsquaregroup.com
My latest today on how strict adherence to the rules is killing Democrats while fascists take cities
A nice little deck of cards could help keep current and former Trump administration fascists straight.
A♠️: Donald Trump
A♥️: Elon Musk
A♦️: Stephen Miller
A♣️: RFK Jr.
K♠️: JD Vance
K♥️: Pete Hegseth
K♦️: Marco Rubio
K♣️: Russell Vought
Q♠️: Kristi Noem
Q♥️: Pam Bondi
Q♦️: Tulsi Gabbard
Q♣️: Melania Trump
A♠️: Donald Trump
A♥️: Elon Musk
A♦️: Stephen Miller
A♣️: RFK Jr.
K♠️: JD Vance
K♥️: Pete Hegseth
K♦️: Marco Rubio
K♣️: Russell Vought
Q♠️: Kristi Noem
Q♥️: Pam Bondi
Q♦️: Tulsi Gabbard
Q♣️: Melania Trump
December 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A nice little deck of cards could help keep current and former Trump administration fascists straight.
A♠️: Donald Trump
A♥️: Elon Musk
A♦️: Stephen Miller
A♣️: RFK Jr.
K♠️: JD Vance
K♥️: Pete Hegseth
K♦️: Marco Rubio
K♣️: Russell Vought
Q♠️: Kristi Noem
Q♥️: Pam Bondi
Q♦️: Tulsi Gabbard
Q♣️: Melania Trump
A♠️: Donald Trump
A♥️: Elon Musk
A♦️: Stephen Miller
A♣️: RFK Jr.
K♠️: JD Vance
K♥️: Pete Hegseth
K♦️: Marco Rubio
K♣️: Russell Vought
Q♠️: Kristi Noem
Q♥️: Pam Bondi
Q♦️: Tulsi Gabbard
Q♣️: Melania Trump
A largely forgettable administration which actively aided a genocide while ushering in fascism can expect to have this problem
Biden Has Raised Little of What He Needs to Build a Presidential Library
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A largely forgettable administration which actively aided a genocide while ushering in fascism can expect to have this problem
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
Oh no, where will they keep the records of all his accomplishments, like denying Trump a second term [tapping earpiece] ah okay well maybe foreign policy? no no you're right how could I forget. Well then his court reforms were. Uh. Okay but at least he put the party name on a big infrastructure bill
Biden Has Raised Little of What He Needs to Build a Presidential Library
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Oh no, where will they keep the records of all his accomplishments, like denying Trump a second term [tapping earpiece] ah okay well maybe foreign policy? no no you're right how could I forget. Well then his court reforms were. Uh. Okay but at least he put the party name on a big infrastructure bill
Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
Whew, this archival clipping about Greg Bovino’s father
December 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Whew, this archival clipping about Greg Bovino’s father
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
December 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
If CNN had said:
“Donald Trump signs executive order removing the Star Wars sequels from canon, appoints Greta Gerwig to launch new trilogy”
It would have the same legal impact as this EO.
“Donald Trump signs executive order removing the Star Wars sequels from canon, appoints Greta Gerwig to launch new trilogy”
It would have the same legal impact as this EO.
Feel like I'm going completely insane. Why is everyone treating this like it's a real thing he can do??? The president can't unilaterally write or prohibit state laws!
Trump signs executive order blocking states from enforcing their own regulations around AI | CNN Business
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that blocks states from enforcing their own regulations around artificial intelligence and instead aims to create a “single national framew...
www.cnn.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If CNN had said:
“Donald Trump signs executive order removing the Star Wars sequels from canon, appoints Greta Gerwig to launch new trilogy”
It would have the same legal impact as this EO.
“Donald Trump signs executive order removing the Star Wars sequels from canon, appoints Greta Gerwig to launch new trilogy”
It would have the same legal impact as this EO.
Feel like I'm going completely insane. Why is everyone treating this like it's a real thing he can do??? The president can't unilaterally write or prohibit state laws!
Trump signs executive order blocking states from enforcing their own regulations around AI | CNN Business
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that blocks states from enforcing their own regulations around artificial intelligence and instead aims to create a “single national framew...
www.cnn.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Feel like I'm going completely insane. Why is everyone treating this like it's a real thing he can do??? The president can't unilaterally write or prohibit state laws!
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
I know multiple women who genuinely, truly believe that their children are more likely to die from a HPV vaccination side effect than they are from the cancers that HPV causes. I have no idea how you even begin to undo that level of mass psychosis in society.
I will never forgive RFK Jr. for what he’s done… never.
The layers of hell he has unleashed in many different areas — not just healthcare — over the past two decades have caused so much damage, it’s overwhelming.
He is one of the greatest villains of the 21st century.
The layers of hell he has unleashed in many different areas — not just healthcare — over the past two decades have caused so much damage, it’s overwhelming.
He is one of the greatest villains of the 21st century.
December 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I know multiple women who genuinely, truly believe that their children are more likely to die from a HPV vaccination side effect than they are from the cancers that HPV causes. I have no idea how you even begin to undo that level of mass psychosis in society.
Democrats should commit now to not recognizing any pardons issued in advance of charges. Tell Trump administration officials that preemptive pardons will not be honored by a future Democratic administration and that criminals will be arrested.
"Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration"
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read/share/subscribe:
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
Read/share/subscribe:
Trump Is Already Discussing Preemptive Pardons For His Lawless Administration
The revelation comes as Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for a possible war crime, and as a judge pursues a contempt inquiry into the defiance of his order.
zeteo.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Democrats should commit now to not recognizing any pardons issued in advance of charges. Tell Trump administration officials that preemptive pardons will not be honored by a future Democratic administration and that criminals will be arrested.
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
this is the cringiest shit I've ever seen
December 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
this is the cringiest shit I've ever seen
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
Co-sign
Someone designed this article in a lab to upset me. Another addition to an insane series.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | America’s Military Needs a Culture Shift (Gift Article)
The benefits of serving have never been more appealing, but the Pentagon needs a better approach to recruiting new talent.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Co-sign
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
Someone designed this article in a lab to upset me. Another addition to an insane series.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | America’s Military Needs a Culture Shift (Gift Article)
The benefits of serving have never been more appealing, but the Pentagon needs a better approach to recruiting new talent.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Someone designed this article in a lab to upset me. Another addition to an insane series.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
Hakeem Jeffries is the worst, most corrupt national leader the Democrats have had in modern history.
This is legitimizing the rest of Trump's pardons as something others should respect and ratify.
Cuellar was convicted by a jury of his peers. His is a felon who gets to have power over our lives.
This is legitimizing the rest of Trump's pardons as something others should respect and ratify.
Cuellar was convicted by a jury of his peers. His is a felon who gets to have power over our lives.
"House Democrats on Thursday voted to return Rep. Henry Cuellar to his leadership role on the House Appropriations Committee following his presidential pardon on federal corruption charges."
JICYMI - Shameful, repulsive move by House Democrats and their leaders. Disgraceful.
JICYMI - Shameful, repulsive move by House Democrats and their leaders. Disgraceful.
Democrats Return Henry Cuellar to Powerful Spending Post After Trump Pardon
“We got ratified,” Cuellar told reporters after the vote.
www.notus.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Hakeem Jeffries is the worst, most corrupt national leader the Democrats have had in modern history.
This is legitimizing the rest of Trump's pardons as something others should respect and ratify.
Cuellar was convicted by a jury of his peers. His is a felon who gets to have power over our lives.
This is legitimizing the rest of Trump's pardons as something others should respect and ratify.
Cuellar was convicted by a jury of his peers. His is a felon who gets to have power over our lives.
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
"House Democrats on Thursday voted to return Rep. Henry Cuellar to his leadership role on the House Appropriations Committee following his presidential pardon on federal corruption charges."
JICYMI - Shameful, repulsive move by House Democrats and their leaders. Disgraceful.
JICYMI - Shameful, repulsive move by House Democrats and their leaders. Disgraceful.
Democrats Return Henry Cuellar to Powerful Spending Post After Trump Pardon
“We got ratified,” Cuellar told reporters after the vote.
www.notus.org
December 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"House Democrats on Thursday voted to return Rep. Henry Cuellar to his leadership role on the House Appropriations Committee following his presidential pardon on federal corruption charges."
JICYMI - Shameful, repulsive move by House Democrats and their leaders. Disgraceful.
JICYMI - Shameful, repulsive move by House Democrats and their leaders. Disgraceful.
Obvious explanation here is that no one involved in this project has ever read or understood Orwell's Animal Farm and it just seemed like a good way to make some money.
December 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Obvious explanation here is that no one involved in this project has ever read or understood Orwell's Animal Farm and it just seemed like a good way to make some money.
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
This is like adapting Grapes Of Wrath into a film about actual grapes
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is like adapting Grapes Of Wrath into a film about actual grapes
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
The world is waking up to the reality of what the slop peddlers are selling. Communities get ransacked. Your brain gets grated into paste. And a tiny handful of billionaires get even richer.
Sounds like Kyrsten Sinema bullying Chandler AZ didn't work - and backfired:
Arizona city rejects data center after AI lobbying push
"The project, along with Sinema’s involvement, attracted significant community opposition"
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Arizona city rejects data center after AI lobbying push
"The project, along with Sinema’s involvement, attracted significant community opposition"
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Arizona city rejects data center after AI lobbying push
Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's intervention in a local rezoning effort has sparked a fight over local control.
www.politico.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The world is waking up to the reality of what the slop peddlers are selling. Communities get ransacked. Your brain gets grated into paste. And a tiny handful of billionaires get even richer.
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
Want to get a sense of how bad the Trump economy is getting? Bean producers are now marketing "new recipes inspired by cooking strategies from the Depression" which ofc @axios.com is hyping as a "bean boom." 😏 www.axios.com/newsletters/...
December 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Want to get a sense of how bad the Trump economy is getting? Bean producers are now marketing "new recipes inspired by cooking strategies from the Depression" which ofc @axios.com is hyping as a "bean boom." 😏 www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
The fuck is happening in this framed photo three feet away from Steve Bannon?
December 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The fuck is happening in this framed photo three feet away from Steve Bannon?
The American team or the Russians?
Trump to honor 1980 ‘Miracle on Ice’ team at the White House
Trump to honor 1980 ‘Miracle on Ice’ team at the White House
The ceremony, which comes nearly 46 years after Mike Eruzione’s historic game-winning goal against the Soviets, will celebrate the Americans’ “historic and symbolic victory.”
dlvr.it
December 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The American team or the Russians?
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
so, this right here? this is one of the absolutely most lawless, brazenly unconstitutional impeachable offenses ever committed by any president other than trump in the history of our country.
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
so, this right here? this is one of the absolutely most lawless, brazenly unconstitutional impeachable offenses ever committed by any president other than trump in the history of our country.
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
Reposted by Brandon Friedman
all i'm saying is that there were better options
December 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
all i'm saying is that there were better options
This is the type of thread that only gets written if you're unaware that the VA healthcare system already exists. Or that it provides healthcare for millions of Americans. Or that it consistently generates higher patient satisfaction numbers and better clinical outcomes than the private sector.
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
This is the type of thread that only gets written if you're unaware that the VA healthcare system already exists. Or that it provides healthcare for millions of Americans. Or that it consistently generates higher patient satisfaction numbers and better clinical outcomes than the private sector.